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.

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.

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.

FreeFlow Ventures

FreeFlow is a Venture Builder and Venture Studio partner based in India (With functional offices in London, Kuala Lumpur, Kenya, Dubai, USA). We are a fast-paced Startup that helps other Startups to grow and reach success through various competitive advantages. At FreeFlow, we help Startups to identify business ideas, find capital, and manage & govern ventures by providing essential services to help them meet their business objectives and entrepreneurial goals. We give shape to ideas through our vast ecosystem, thus enabling and expediting the time to market to keep you ahead in the entrepreneurial arena. FreeFlow, as an Investor, allocates funding to scale up innovative Startups too! FreeFlow is the nationally accredited partner of Invest India and is a government-affiliated body.

Project A

Project A is one of the leading early-stage tech investors in Europe with offices in Berlin and London. In addition to $1bn assets under management, Project A supports its portfolio companies with a platform team of over 100 functional experts in key areas such as software and product development, data, brand, marketing, sales and recruiting. The venture capital firm was founded in 2012 and has backed more than 100 startups. The portfolio includes companies such as Trade Republic, WorldRemit, sennder, KRY, Spryker, Catawiki, Unmind and Voi.