Elated to announce our Winners Fund II today. Through this fund, we will be able to back our star founders in late-stage rounds as well as participate in rounds of other market-leading companies outside the Kae portfolio. We'd like to thank all our investors who have continued backing us and encouraged us in this endeavour. Sasha Mirchandani Gaurav Chaturvedi Sunitha Viswanathan Krishna Vinjamuri
Kae Capital
Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals
Mumbai, Maharashtra 34,302 followers
A pioneer of early-stage investing in India, based out of Mumbai and Bengaluru
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Founded in 2012, Kae Capital is a sector-agnostic fund that invests in the pre-seed to pre-series A stages of a company. A pioneer of early-stage investing in India with offices in Mumbai and Bengaluru, Kae partners with passionate founders and teams, building for Indian and global markets and is the first institutional investor in a majority of its portfolio companies. Kae aims to be an all-weather partner to its portfolio founders, enabling them to build enduring companies. Kae's portfolio has a mix of B2B and B2C startups. Some of the investments are Nazara Technologies (gaming), Porter (logistics tech), HealthKart (health tech), Zetwerk (manufacturing tech), Tata 1MG (health tech), Traya (D2C) and Square Yards (property tech).
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Our portfolio company, Snapmint, which is one of the leading no-cost EMI platforms in the country, has raised $18 Mn in a mix of debt and equity. The platform's integration with the top brands in the country, along with its EMI shopping app and ease of accessibility set it apart from their competitors. Excited to see them grow further from here! Nalin Agrawal Abhineet Sawa Anil Gelra Krishna Vinjamuri
Snapmint secures $18 mn in a mix of debt and equity to expand its no-cost EMI platform
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How is the Gaming Industry transforming with the advent of GenAI? Here's a snapshot of how we view this fast-developing space, as well as anticipated future trends and potential challenges that may come along. You can read the entire piece by Natasha Malpani Oswal here: https://lnkd.in/gqunAsQU
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Brief glimpses of a night that was too engrossing to capture extensively! We continue to promote the idea of having free-flowing conversations without any speeches/panels to keep it light and engaging and would like to thank everyone who showed up last night for the 3rd edition of 'Kocktails with Kae'
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“Today, several funds and companies alike are thinking of a trajectory that is better suited to creating value in the public markets and this is having some trickle-down effect in the early stages as well. With fewer high-quality assets, these growth funds are chasing a lesser number of companies. So there has been a reawakening of sorts for some of them, as they recalibrate the exuberance and have to take a hard call to resize their funds accordingly." Abhishek Srivastava shares his thoughts with Priyamvada C of Mint about VC firms sticking to leaner funds.
India’s venture capital firms are finding that leaner might be better
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We have a special piece for you to check out over the weekend! Indian Spacetech has been getting increasing attention across the board and rightly so! We've been cost-efficient and grown quickly in the space (pun intended) Nisha K Pai from our team breaks down the latest developments, the different segments of spacetech developments and what the future holds for India. Have a look at our blog and let us know your thoughts. If you're building in this sector and wish to connect, reach out to nisha@kae-capital.com
Beyond the Horizon: How India’s Spacetech is Transforming and Why VCs Should Pay Attention
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GenAI has the potential to create intelligent travel experiences that adapt to user needs in real time through personalized recommendations, dynamic pricing, and efficient customer service. Read more about this in our blog on GenAI and its impact on the travel industry, written by Natasha Malpani Oswal. Reach out to her at natasha@kae-capital.com in case you're building in this space!
Part 6: The Future of Travel – How GenAI is Revolutionizing the Travel Industry
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One of our earliest investments, we're proud to see HealthKart go from strength to strength, led by Sameer Maheshwari. Beyond the funds raised, they have achieved EBITDA profitability and also announced their first ESOP buyback program of $6.5 Mn. Excited to witness their next phase of growth! Sasha Mirchandani
Excited to announce $153MM USD investment round, which was led by ChrysCapital and Motilal Oswal Alternates. Neo Wealth and Asset Management and our existing investor, A91 Partners, also participated in the round. Delighted to welcome new investors to HealthKart family and hope to leverage their expertise during the next phase of growth. FY24 was an important year for HealthKart, during which we not only crossed 1,000Cr ($120MM USD) revenue, but also achieved full fiscal year EBITDA profitability. Being profitable allows us to take a long term view of our mission without worrying about short term market fluctuations. Look forward to continuing to strengthen our power brands while expanding our presence in the international markets. Most excited about our first ESOP buyback program which will create INR 55Cr ($6.5MM USD) value for both current as well as former employees. I sincerely thank our employees and alums for contributing towards company’s vision with utmost trust and commitment over the years. I firmly believe that empowered culture and people are our greatest asset, and we will continue to align our employees’ personal success with the company’s long term vision. I want to thank Shailesh Lakhani, Sakshi Chopra and Peak XV Partners for being an amazing support during the last 13 years and helping build the company from scratch. I also want to thank Temasek, A91 Partners and Kae Capital for continuing to support our journey. Special shoutout to our advisors – Avendus, Neeraj Shrimali, Prasshanth Hari, Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co, Manish Gupta - for helping us with the transaction. https://lnkd.in/gppdN_Dx Kshitij Sheth Arpit Vinayak Vishal Tulsyan Rohit Mantri Swati Bhartia Varun Bajpai Saloni Vaish Vishesh Shrivastav Ved Kalanoria Shailesh Lakhani Sakshi Chopra VT Bharadwaj Sasha Mirchandani Prashant Tandon Shikha Maheshwari
Press Release | HealthKart Announces $153 MM Investment Round led by ChrysCapital and Motilal Oswal Alternates
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Working with Blume Ventures as a Guest Fund for the second edition of the coveted #OmegaFiles has been delightful. It was also an exercise that made us realise how far we've come as a fund since 2012 and allowed us to look back at the successes we've had every year. We are grateful to Karthik B. Reddy for this opportunity, to Adithya Santhosh, Maitri Vora and Naman Biyani for their constant support in crafting this guest feature, and finally to Sucheta Damle, Abhilasha Mooley, Gaurav Chaturvedi, Sasha Mirchandani and Abeer Bhutani for all the work done internally to bring this to life. We are featured on pages 65-68 of the report, have a look! https://lnkd.in/gPS8_Cmw
Omega Files Episode 2 Release date: 15 Nov 2024 Reporting a fund is easier than digging deep into the innards of the venture craft and sharing valuable insights. Last year's Omega Files Ep 1 paves the way to share more this time. It's time for Episode 2 of the #OmegaFiles https://lnkd.in/dvdSRi8f Benchmarking Fund IRRs, Pattern Matching (and extracting signals from noise), Impact generation from venture capital and showcasing more peer funds from the Fund I era (2011-15) are the highlights. And you have to mine the nuggets tucked away. Thanks to our peer funds who graciously agreed to share their performances this year: Sunil Goyal, Ravi Prakash Poddar, CFA and team YourNest Venture Capital Sasha Mirchandani, Abeer Bhutani and team Kae Capital Kumar Shah and Micromax Corp VC A big thanks to Adithya Santhosh and his relentless intern army of 2 - Maitri Vora and Naman Biyani Flashback to Episode 1 here: https://lnkd.in/dx6pKXYU Special mention to Greytip Software Pvt. Ltd. - making it into the top winners of the Fund I era this year. Thanks Deepak Shenoy for validating our math and thinking on performance benchmarking for a complex pvt asset with public indices Sanjay Nath Ashish Fafadia Sayeed Anjum Girish Rowjee Arpit Agarwal Alok Mehta Mitul Mehta Sajith Pai Sarita Raichura Ria Shroff Desai Blume Ventures Rohit Kaul Deepak Shenoy
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Ecstatic to be a part of #IGDC2024 Lots of interesting companies are building from India for the world. An event of this magnitude will surely help the gaming community in India scale new heights! India Game Developer Conference Natasha Malpani Oswal
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