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VentureSoul Partners achieves first close for Rs 600 Cr maiden fund

The venture debt firm has so far received commitments from a mix of family offices, corporates, HNIs, professionals, and other leading angel investors.

VentureSoul Partners achieves first close for Rs 600 Cr maiden fund

Friday September 06, 2024 , 2 min Read

Mumbai-based venture debt firm VentureSoul Partners has achieved the first close of its maiden Rs 600 crore fund, hitting nearly half the fund size following its launch in the second quarter this year.

The SEBI-registered Category II AIF has so far received commitments from a mix of family offices, corporates, HNIs, professionals, and other leading angel investors. Micro Labs is the anchor investor in the fund along with other corporate investors such as Rupa Group, Glen Appliances, and PSN Group. It also saw participation from startup founders like E Madhusudan of KreditBee and Omkar Shirhatti of Perfios.

The fund aims to make debt investments in companies that are generally at Series A or beyond stage, with a demonstrated business and revenue models, and focused on fintech, B2C, B2B, and SaaS companies, said the company in a statement.

VentureSoul Partners will primarily provide growth capital to the startups, and the founders said they would be expanding their operations following this fund raise.

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VentureSoul Partners Founders (L-R): Ashish Gala, Anurag Tripathi, and Kunal Wadhwa

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Edited by Megha Reddy