Indian Silicon Valley CapitalPre-seed and seed · Gurugram, India

Early partners to exceptional founders

Drag the blue dot and let go

We back founders at pre-seed and seed who see markets differently, move with urgency and build with unusual depth. We are based in Gurugram, invest across India, and stay useful through the hard parts.

Where we invest

Sector-agnostic. Early-stage.

We are a sector-agnostic early-stage fund, investing at pre-seed and seed. These are the spaces we spend most of our time in today.

Founders

We back founders first.

The Indian Silicon Valley podcast

Long conversations with the people building India.

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Building something extraordinary?

We partner with founders at pre-seed and seed. If you are building with a clear insight and real intent, we would like to hear from you.

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Portfolio

The founders we back.

From the first cheque at pre-seed and seed. Pick any company to see who is building it and how we think about it.

About Indian Silicon Valley Capital

The boldest founders in India deserve thoughtful early partners.

We are a sector-agnostic early-stage fund. We back exceptional founders at pre-seed and seed, with conviction, context and real partnership, and we stay close long after the first cheque.

01

Conviction-led

We do our best work at the earliest stage, when the market is still forming its view. We look for founders with unusual insight, a clear edge and the ability to move fast.

02

Founder-first

We back people before momentum is obvious. Writing the cheque is the easy part. Being useful through the uncertain years is the job.

03

Built for India

Some of the most important companies of the next decade will be built here, by founders with global ambition and a deep read of the local market.

How we help

Useful in the years after the cheque.

Most of the work starts once we have invested. In the first years a founder has more decisions to make than people to ask, and the cost of a wrong call is highest. That is where we try to be useful.

We do it in two ways. We think through the hard calls with founders: the first hires, the channel to bet on, pricing, when to raise and from whom. And we open doors to the operators, agencies and partners we have built relationships with over the years, so a founder starts with a warm introduction and a reference rather than a cold search.

The areas below are where we can help most directly.

Our Journey

Round partners

In good company, before and after us.

We co-invest alongside

Our companies go on to raise from

Team

Small team. Deep conviction.

A focused group working closely with founders through the earliest and hardest stages of building. Get in touch through the team below. We read everything.

The Indian Silicon Valley podcast

Candid conversations with the people building from India.

Founders, operators and investors in long-form conversation about building companies, making decisions, and what it really takes to endure.

110K+YouTube subscribers on @IndianSiliconValley

Flagship conversations

ISV talent network

Join a company we back, early.

Meet companies we back at the stage when a small team can make a big difference. Share your background and the kind of role you want through the ISV talent network.

Apply to the network Takes about five minutes

How it works

  1. 1

    Apply once

    The kind of role you want, your background and a few lines on what you want to do next.

  2. 2

    We review your profile

    We look for relevant opportunities across the portfolio.

  3. 3

    An introduction when there is a fit

    If a relevant opportunity comes up, we can connect you with the team.

Who it is for

People who want the early stage: you move fast, are comfortable without a playbook and treat the company like it is yours.

Roles across

Consumer brandsConsumer services and commerceFintechSoftware and AIClimate and deep tech

Functions

Growth and marketingProductEngineeringOperationsBrand and designFounder office
ISV talent network

Ready when you are.

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