Prime Venture Partners

About The Fund

Founded in 2011 and based in Bengaluru, India, Prime Venture Partners is a seed-stage venture capital firm that focuses on investing in the information technology and business products and services sectors. With assets under management worth $120 million, they seek to partner with visionary founders to build game-changing companies by offering early-stage financing and support. As an early-stage, tech-driven, and sector-agnostic fund, they prioritize investments in businesses across a wide array of industries, including Software (Web Marketplace, SaaS), Education, Business Solutions, FinTech & Financial Services, Retail & E-Commerce, IoT & Wearables, A.I. & Big Data, HealthTech & Fitness, Logistics & Distribution, Medical Devices & Hospital Services, Healthcare & Wellness, and Investment Management. They commit to being the first institutional check, usually between $1 million to $4 million, with a sweet spot at about $1.5 million per company, and can allocate $6-8 million over the life of the primary fund. Beyond financial support, they provide vital mentoring services in areas such as marketing, public relations & communications, recruitment, finance, legal, and human resources. Their investment process emphasizes a long-term commitment to startups with a strong focus on teams that display a missionary zeal, collaborative spirit, bias for action, and the drive towards solving real-world problems with solutions that are 10 times better than the existing alternatives. They support the growth journey from early-stage funding to market leadership, eyeing a revenue scale that moves from $1M to $100M efficiently. The firm’s portfolio includes MyGate, Niyo, Wheelseye, Sunstone eduversity, Quizizz, and Zuper, showcasing their ability to nurture startups to successful exits through IPOs or M&A.