- Type
- VC
- Stages
- Pre-Seed, Seed
- Cheque size
- $1.5M – $2M
- Fund size
- Not stated (three funds plus Winners/Opportunities schemes; registration details on Fund Details page)
- Based in
- Bengaluru
- Founded
- 2012
About
Kae Capital is an early-stage venture capital firm founded in 2012 by Sasha Mirchandani, focused on India. It is typically the first institutional cheque, from pre-seed to pre-Series A, and says it has backed 90+ companies. It is currently sharpening focus on AI and intelligent automation, manufacturing and deeptech.
What they invest in
Team (from their public pages)
Sasha Mirchandani
Founder and Managing Partner
Abhishek Srivastava
General Partner
Gaurav Chaturvedi
General Partner
Sunitha Viswanathan
Partner
Nisha K Pai
Senior Associate
Antra Saxena
Associate
Notable investments
Examples shown on kae-capital.com. This is not a complete portfolio.
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