We believe in combining the top 1% of technology and innovation with India’s engineering talent, cost-innovation and manufacturing advantages to open the doors to global markets and results in the creation of extremely valuable companies.
What We Look For
Our goal is to transform innovative ideas into global ventures. We look for founders best at their game with big ideas and exciting cutting-edge technologies that can change the world.
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Exceptional Teams: Mission focused, founders with deep subject matter and technical expertise, a bold vision and strong execution focus and capability.
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Dual-Use & Cross-Border Potential: Pathbreaking Technologies addressing large global markets across civil and defense applications.
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Advanced & Market-ready Technology: Field-proven solutions, orders of magnitude better than the rest, approaching revenue generation with clear competitive advantages.
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Strategic Alignment: Strong alignment with Make in India, for the world vision, with ability to deliver world-class products to a global market, leveraging domestic cost effciences.
A Differentiated approach to venture & portfolio development
Integrating a proprietary blend of venture capital, private equity and cross-border partnerships, unique to the venture capital industry.
Top 1% Technology Portfolio: Propreitary deal-flow via our global network and strategic partnerships with marquis sector-focused investors enables early, exclusive access to game-changing technology from the world’s leading innovation hotspots.
Unique High-Touch Model: Distinctive high-touch approach, combining venture capital with commercialization, manufacturing and scale-up.
Early to Growth Stage Focus: Stradling early-stage (tech) to (building) growth-stage companies, with the potential for exceptional returns.
Strategic Partner Ecosystem: Long-term partnerships with successful industrialists with deployed infrastructure, proven experience and a clear vision to build highly valuable India-centric yet global businesses and a global GTM network to unlock opportunities at scale.
India – the opportunity of the decade
In the coming years, India will deliver cost-effective solutions at a global scale. We’re helping accelerate this shift.
Fastest growing large economy ($10T, #3 by 2030), 1.4 billion population.
Large highly competent science and engineering talent pool.
World’s third-largest startup ecosystem: 130K+ startups, 100+ unicorns.
Cost Efficiency: lowest manufacturing costs globally, surpassing China.
Entrepreneurial Edge: India’s entrepreneurial spirit, combined with its demographics and economic strength, fuels innovation and global competitiveness.
With a leadership team of experience, proven operators, deep domain knowledge, strategic capital and global networks we are uniquely positioned to scale path-breaking technology and build globally competitive companies using India as a launch pad.
India's Growing A&D Sector
India's Aerospace and Defense (A&D) sector is rapidly evolving, making it a pivotal player on the global stage. The sector's growth is driven by strategic government initiatives, significant investments, and a focus on enhancing domestic manufacturing capabilities, for the world.
India is the fourth-largest military spender globally with a $80B+ budget.
Atmanirbhar “Self Reliant” India - The worlds largest defense importer is moving towards an era of Make in India, for the world - indigenous design, development and manufacturing of defense technology and this presents a large opportunity for the private sector.
With the rising demand for aerospace and defense production, a new geopolitical world and disrupted supply chains and order backlogs, India is well positioned to be a stable, reliable and scalable aerospace and defense manufacturing hub of the future.
Large pool of engineering, technical talent, cost-innovation and government incentives will further competitiveness and its position to be a research, development and production supplier for global aerospace, defence and UAV industries.
CASE STUDY
US based advanced materials (light-weight nano composites) company, with potential to replace structural, non-structural metal parts across a wide range of applications across A&D, UAV, space and automotive sectors.
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Spin-off from one of the world’s largest aerospace companies, developed for the F35 fighter program.
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Highly experienced leadership, managed $10B+ businesses.
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Active engagement with Top 20 A&D majors, at cusp of large revenue growth.
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India development and manufacturing entity an integral part of global supply chain, with demonstratable cost savings in development, tooling and scale production allowing for enhanced global competitiveness.
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Additional opportunity to cater to untapped regional markets (India’s growing A&D, drone, space sector) and applications beyond A&D.