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RPSG Capital Ventures closes Fund II at Rs 550 Cr

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RPSG Capital Ventures closes Fund II at Rs 550 Cr
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Early-stage consumer venture capital fund RPSG Capital Ventures has announced the close of its latest Fund II with Rs 550 crore. The investor base for this fund is largely domestic including family offices, high net worth individuals and industry veterans from the consumer sector. Along with other repeat investors from its previous funds, RPSG group itself has doubled their initial investment as the anchor investor. RPSG Capital Ventures has invested into 16 companies till date that includes brands such as The Souled Store, Supertails, Perfora, mCaffeine, Vedix, SkinKraft, Plix, and True Elements amongst others. “With this new Fund, we’ll continue to invest into new age consumer businesses that have solid unit economics, differentiated positioning, and strong teams.” said Abhishek Goenka, partner at RPSG Capital Ventures. The fund invests in Series A rounds with first cheques of Rs 10 to Rs 40 crore in the digitally native consumer ecosystem across F&B, beauty, health and wellness, entertainment, lifestyle goods and consumer enabler categories.

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Yali Capital closes maiden deeptech fund at Rs 893 Cr

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Yali Capital closes maiden deeptech fund at Rs 893 Cr
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Yali Capital closes maiden deeptech fund at Rs 893 Cr Venture capital firm Yali Capital has closed its maiden deeptech focused fund at Rs 893 crore (about $103.2 million). Yali Capital had launched the early stage fund at Rs 810 crore in July last year to back startups operating in the deeptech sector. The fund intends to invest in startups across chip design, robotics, genomics, smart manufacturing, aerospace, and AI sectors, Yali Capital said in a press release. The VC firm has raised capital from corporates such as Infosys, Qualcomm Ventures, the DPIIT Fund of Funds for Startups, and Evolvence, among others. Additionally, TVS Capital founder Gopal Srinivasan, Rare Enterprises chief executive Utpal Sheth, and JM Financial’s managing director Vishal Kampani are among its notable investors. Launched by Ganapathy Subramaniam and Mathew Cyriac, Yali Capital is a SEBI approved Category II AIF and had initially set its target close to Rs 500 crore, with an additional greenshoe option of Rs 310 crore. “China is well ahead in the deeptech space and has overtaken America. India has all the potential, from services to deeptech, but certainly has much distance to cover,” said Ganapathy Subramaniam. Yali Capital has made five investments, including genomics startup 4baseCare, robotics startup Perceptyne Robots, and fabless chip design company C2i Semiconductors. It plans to expand its portfolio to eight companies by the end of the year.

Kettleborough VC launches fund II with Rs 80 Cr target, closes Rs 35 Cr in first tranche

EntrackrEntrackr · 10d ago
Kettleborough VC launches fund II with Rs 80 Cr target, closes Rs 35 Cr in first tranche
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Venture capital firm Kettleborough VC, founded by early-stage investor Nisarg Shah, has launched its second fund with a target corpus of Rs 80 crore and announced a first close at Rs 35 crore. The fund is backed by a mix of family offices and entrepreneurs from India and the US. According to Kettleborough, Fund II will continue to invest in deeply experienced founders at the earliest stages, typically those with over 10 years of domain expertise and a strong execution focus. The firm will write initial cheques of $300,000–$500,000 in about 10 startups, with significant follow-on reserves for high-performing bets. Founded in 2021, Kettleborough VC has built a name as a conviction-led, construct-specific fund. Its Fund I backed 12 startups including Zippmat, InPrime, Finhaat, and Elivaas, nine of which received their first institutional cheque from Kettleborough. These portfolio companies have since raised follow-on rounds from investors like Omnivore, Lightspeed, 3one4, and Bessemer. “We only back founders for whom the startup is a natural outcome of a decade-long journey in their domain. Fund I has validated this thesis with strong portfolio traction and early PMF. Fund II doubles down on this conviction,” said Shah. Kettleborough added that it focuses on “Dhandha-first” businesses, with interest across financial services, commerce infrastructure, and vertical SaaS/AI platforms. Shah has personally backed over 30 startups, with 10 exits and 80 follow-on rounds, including hits like Foxtale, Onebanc, and Homeville.

Neo Asset Management announces fund II at Rs 2,000 Cr

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Neo Asset Management announces fund II at Rs 2,000 Cr
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Neo Asset Management, a seasoned Alternative Asset Management firm in India, has announced the first close of its second flagship private credit fund - the Neo Special Credit Opportunities Fund-II (NSCOF II), at Rs 2,000 crore as on date including the first closing as filed with SEBI. Launched 3 months ago, the fund is targeting a total corpus of Rs 5,000 crore. The fund witnessed interest from Family Offices, Ultra High Net Worth Individuals (UHNIs) and Institutional Investors alike to make Neo’s journey an alternative investment platform focused on Private Credit and Real Assets. NSCOF-II is a SEBI-registered Category II AIF designed to provide bespoke credit solutions to EBITDA positive companies. As a strategy, all investments are fully covered with at least 2-3 times hard asset collateral and bear regular coupons. Neo Asset Management aims to adhere to its fund strategy and deliver returns. It looks forward to deploying capital efficiently in Fund-II. Its objective is to create a well-diversified portfolio with 25-30 investments, each ranging between Rs 150-300 crore. Neo’s first private credit, Neo Special Credit Opportunities Fund-I, closed in June 2024, raising Rs 2,575 crore. This fund has gross deployed 100% of its capital across 23 carefully curated diversified investments and have exited from 7 of these investments, over the past 18 months. The team has evaluated more than 450 investments in the last two years. Neo Group is a new-age wealth and asset management company, backed by Peak XV Partners, MUFG Bank, and Euclidean Capital and committed to building India’s leading Alternatives Asset Management platform. Neo Asset Management, the India-focused Alternative Asset Management arm of the Neo Group, manages more than Rs 10,000 crore of AUM, investing across various asset classes and delivering returns with stable cashflows.

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