Venture Capital Firm StartupXseed Closes Fund II At Rs 243 Crore

Updated on: 20 September 2022 7:25 pm

The size of the venture capital fund is Rs 200 crore, of which Rs 100 crore will be contributed by the state government, Rs 50 crore by SIDBI and the remaining Rs 50 crore will be by other contributors

Assam govt unveils logistics and warehousing policy for Start-Ups Photo: The size of the venture capital fund is Rs 200 crore, of which Rs 100 crore will be contributed by the state government, Rs 50 crore by SIDBI and the remaining Rs 50 crore will be by other contributors

Venture capital firm StartupXseed Ventures on Monday announced the final close of its Fund II at Rs 243 crore commitment, which was 20 per cent more than initially targeted.

Along with top family offices and corporates, the fund saw participation from its Fund I investors, most of whom doubled their commitment.

StartupXseed has invested in companies such as DarwinBox, CloudSEK, Bellatrix and AUS (Aarav Unmanned Systems), among others.

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"Having expertise in the B2B segment, we have helped founders to gain commendable success and our average markup of past investments is more than 6 times. A couple of Fund II LPs doubled their commitment at final close after witnessing similar growth indicators on Fund II portfolio," StartupXseed Managing Partner BV Naidu said in a statement.

StartupXseed is looking for startups with forwarding innovations in technologies related to cloud migration of brownfield projects, AI-led workflow automation, energy storage technologies for quick discharge applications, cybersecurity, AI-led e-commerce enablers, and other disruptive technologies in respective markets.

"The typical first cheque size will be between Rs 5 crore to Rs 12 crore," the statement said.

Fund II plans to add 8 to 10 more startups in the next 12 months.