Brand Capital, India

Brand Capital is the strategic investment arm of The Times Of India and a part of Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd. (BCCL). We work with young businesses in creating iconic brands for businesses by putting unmatched might of our media offerings along with our brand building expertise. At the core we engage with growth- oriented Indian entrepreneurs; established as well as new-gen; to provide funding for long- term advertisement solutions. Brand Estate, our realty-focused arm, helps to propel real-estate brands to top-of-mind by providing innovative brand-building solutions. Overall, our aim is to help businesses targeting similar consumer segments ride on the equity of our power brands. We also work closely with the investor and mentor eco-system through our initiatives like SCALEUP and PROPEL, that bring budding young businesses in deep contact with investors and experts to help develop strategic direction and access to capital. Most trusted brands in India and globally have an underlying common thread – a sustained Brand Building effort. At Brand Capital, our mission is to ideate, articulate and establish your business’ growth potential through the Branding prism. Through our unique and pioneering models, Brand Capital provides critical leverage for brand-led growth and value creation.

Venture Catalysts++ | India's 1st Multi-Stage VC

Established in the year 2016, Venture Catalysts++ is India's first multi-stage VC dedicated to creating the world's most prominent startup ecosystem. Our global presence is established across a total of 50+ cities in countries such as UAE, USA, UK, Singapore, Luxembourg, Thailand, Canada, Eastern Africa, Zimbabwe, Hong Kong, and Southern Africa. With $700Mn syndicated across 300+ portfolio startups and a $10 Bn+ portfolio valuation, our ultimate aim is to democratize angel investing. We empower startup founders who dared to dream with 10+ Alternate Investment Funds s It is one of the largest early stage players in India with 3000+ angel investors spread across 11 cities in 3 countries - India, Hong Kong & Qatar. Globally, marquee investors such as YCombinator, Greenoaks, Axis Capital, Alpha Capital, Rocketship, FJ Labs (investors of Airbnb, Uber, Facebook) have co-invested with Venture Catalysts. With its focus on developing startup ecosystem in Tier II, III cities in India, Venture Catalysts has launched its incubation program in cities like Ahmedabad, Lucknow, Raipur, Surat and Nagpur besides metros like Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore and Kolkata. These centres not only offer incubation support to startups but also organise regular investor education sessions for potential angel investors viz. HNIs & industrialists. Besides raising seed stage and Series A investments for startups, Venture Catalysts is known for its startup building capability, strategic guidance, generating business leads, leveraging its network across the globe through its partners and providing phenomenal returns to its investors. It is evident from the fact that more than 10 incubatee companies of Venture Catalysts have raised Series A investment in the last two years especially when the market had not been very upbeat. Today, Venture Catalysts has taken the leadership position in startup investments and incubation and has been rated as India's top Early stage Investor by leading national media.

Kade Ventures

There's a new kid on the block - Kade Ventures. We are all about investing in cool, hip, and tech-savvy companies. We don't care about the boring old widget factory, and want a piece of that hot new fintech startup that's disrupting the industries. Also, forget about the stiff and stuffy approach of traditional private equity firms. Kade Ventures is all about being flexible, collaborative, and...well, just plain cool. We’re like that friend who shows up to social gatherings with a guitar and some craft beer, ready to party. So if you're a cutting-edge company with big dreams and an even bigger desire for a group of investors who totally get you, look no further than Kade Ventures. We may not have a corner office with a mahogany desk, but we've got plenty of beanbag chairs and kombucha on tap."

n47

N47 is a global venture firm. We invest when the product speaks loudest—before the buzz and the metrics, when the truest expression of potential is the product itself. That’s when we partner with bold builders, those who begin with insight and move with urgency, and help them grow from belief to scale. Headquartered in Silicon Valley, we back builders across the US, Europe, and Israel.

qiming venture partners

Founded in 2006, Qiming Venture Partners is a leading China venture capital firm with offices in Shanghai, Beijing, Suzhou, Hong Kong, Seattle, Boston, and the San Francisco Bay Area. Currently, Qiming Venture Partners manages eleven US Dollar funds and seven RMB funds with $9.5 billion in capital raised. Since our establishment, we have invested in outstanding companies in the Technology and Consumer (T&C) and Healthcare industries at the early and growth stages. Since our debut, we have backed over 530 fast-growing and innovative companies. Over 200 of our portfolio companies have achieved exits through IPOs at the NYSE, NASDAQ, HKEX, Shanghai Stock Exchange, or Shenzhen Stock Exchange, or through M&A or by other means. There are also over 70 portfolio companies that have achieved unicorn status. Many of our portfolio companies are today’s most influential firms in their respective sectors, including Xiaomi (SEHK:1810), Meituan (SEHK:3690), Bilibili (NASDAQ:BILI, SEHK:9626), Zhihu (NYSE: ZH, SEHK: 2390), Roborock (SHSE:688169), Gan & Lee Pharmaceuticals (SHSE: 603087), Tigermed (SZSE:300347, SEHK:3347), Zai Lab (NASDAQ:ZLAB, SEHK:9688), CanSino Biologics (SEHK:6185, SHSE:688185), Schrödinger (NASDAQ:SDGR), APT Medical (SHSE:688617), New Horizon Health (SEHK:6606), Sanyou Medical (SHSE:688085), AmoyDx (SZSE:300685), Berry Genomics (SZSE:000710), SinocellTech (SHSE: 688520), Yuanxin Technology, Caidya, Belief BioMed, WeRide, Biren Technology, and UBTech, among many others.