InnoVen Capital hits first close of ₹740 cr for maiden Indian venture debt fund

The first close was done with anchor investor Innoven Capital Pte Ltd, a joint venture between Seviora (a wholly owned subsidiary of Singapore’s state-owned investment arm Temasek) and United Overseas Bank.

While the fund is stage and sector agnostic, the primary focus will be on sectors such as consumer internet, B2B commerce, enterprise software, fintech, health-tech, and logistics.

“India is now home to 50+ unicorns and the third-largest venture eco-system globally. Over the years, we have been fortunate to partner with some of the best founders and start-ups, including 17 that have achieved a unicorn status. Our portfolio companies have raised over US $20 Billion of external capital and now valued at over US $70 Billion. We are thankful to our anchor investors for demonstrating their confidence in the team and look forward to bring in other investors as well,” said Ashish Sharma, Managing Partner of InnoVen Capital.

In India, InnoVen Capital has executed over 250 transactions with more than 180 start-ups. Since 2017, the platform has disbursed approximately $400 million to Indian start-ups. Portfolio companies have raised over $20 billion of external capital and are now valued at over $70 billion. InnoVen has backed start-ups in the country including Byjus, Swiggy, Oyo Rooms, Eruditus, DailyHunt, PharmEasy, Infra.Market, Zetwerk, Moglix, FirstCry, BharatPe, boAT, Licious, Blackbuck, Rebel Foods, Ofbusiness, amongst others.

“At InnoVen, we continue to champion the rise of entrepreneurship and be an active participant in the growth of the venture eco-system. The new fund will help us to engage with even more start-ups and to continue to build out a truly, unique platform which collaborates with the best founders and Investors,” said Tarana Lalwani, Partner at InnoVen Capital.