AdvantEdge is an early stage tech fund investing across consumer sectors with a focus on mobility.
We back founders who are passionate about solving big problems and support early stage companies with strong growth potential.
Quality of urban life is deteriorating fast due to inadequate infrastructure, unprecedented pollution and gridlocked streets across the country. Innovation in mobility to be one of the key drivers in the transformation of India led by an electric, shared and connected mobility paradigm.
The onset of Autonomous Vehicles, evolving notions around car ownership, rise of the shared economy, improvements in battery technology, and growth in electric vehicle/charging infrastructure will redefine the automotive supply chain.
Regulatory support, manifested in policies such as FAME, Green Mobility Fund, Smart Cities Mission, Digital India, and Make In India, will continue to support the evolution,and expansion of mobility infrastructure in India.
Introduction of technology is leading to an evolution in the way consumers interact with goods and services they consume. From online presence being a luxury, consumers in India across sectors expect businesses to be technology enabled and this is revolutionising India into a digital first society.
Leading early stage venture capital fund investing from $0.5M upto $3M, helping startups scale and raise follow-on rounds. We look for strong, balanced founding teams working on a compelling value proposition, who are able to demonstrate product-market fit, customer traction and revenue visibility.
Hands-on program providing determined founders with the essential tools, resources, knowledge and funding starting from $100K. We help startups identify their go-to-market, achieve product-market fit, and raise follow-on rounds of funding to scale their product. The program runs at our Founder's Adda facility, and is aimed at aspiring entrepreneurs anywhere from prototype to the pre-revenue stage.
Fund I was deployed across mobility, and consumer bets. See Fund I portfolio here.
Everyone at AdvantEdge is a former founder. We have built companies, scaled them, sold them, and failed. We understand an entrepreneur's journey as we have lived through it, and we hope to support our founders with the learnings we've had.
Kunal is a serial entrepreneur & investor with 20+ years of global experience.
His previous ventures include Carnation (exit to Mahindra Group), Laurus Labs (IPO NSE & BSE), Aptuit Inc., InfoPro Solutions Inc. (exit to Aptuit), Razorfish and Vodafone.
Kunal has completed his Economic (Hons) from Delhi University, MBA from FSM and MS from Northwestern University's Kellogg & Medill Graduate Schools.
Samir is an entrepreneur and an active angel investor with 14+ years of experience in capital raising, M&A and investment management.
In his previous stints, he co-founded a boutique investment banking firm with specialization in equity fund raising and restructuring advisory. He also played a key role in helping S Chand emerge as a leading school education content player - raising over $150 MN of external equity, acquiring multiple education assets for the group and taking the company public. Prior to that he worked at Och-Ziff Capital, E&Y, and Kotak Mahindra Bank.
Samir is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and a B.Com Honours graduate from Delhi University.
Ridhish has co-founded two startups including a poker focused gaming brand called The Shark and EasyLaw, a platform for legal services in India.
His previous experience includes stints in the financial services industry with Cantor Fitzgerald and Grant Thornton.
Ridhish has studied Economics at University of Cambridge, M.Sc. in Finance at University of Manchester and has a B.Sc. in Business and Management from University of Bradford.
Ashwin co-founded Decimated Sanity, an AR platform for smartphones, which was acqui-hired by Fantasmo Studios (a TechStars backed company).
He was previously with Yang Ventures, based in San Francisco.
Ashwin has a B.Sc. degree in Game Design from The Art Institute of California -- Los Angeles.
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