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Lok Capital

Founders Donald Peck Rajiv B. Lall Venky Natarajan Vishal Mehta

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Total investments 44
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$8M
Portfolio companies 28
Rounds per year 1.91
Lead investments 17
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.36
Exits 2
Key employees 4
Stages of investment
Early Stage Venture

Areas of investment

  • Financial Services
  • Finance
  • Banking
  • FinTech
  • Health Care
Summary

In 2000 was created Lok Capital, which is appeared as VC. The company was established in Asia in India. The main office of represented VC is situated in the New Delhi.

The usual cause for the fund is to invest in rounds with 2-3 partakers. Despite the Lok Capital, startups are often financed by Aavishkaar Venture Capital, Nordic Microfinance Initiative, International Finance Corporation. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Aavishkaar Venture Capital, Omidyar Network, Michael & Susan Dell Foundation. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by International Finance Corporation, Gaja Capital, Evolvence India Fund.

The top activity for fund was in 2016. The common things for fund are deals in the range of 5 - 10 millions dollars. Considering the real fund results, this VC is 41 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other organizations. The fund is constantly included in 2-6 investment rounds annually. Comparing to the other companies, this Lok Capital performs on 23 percentage points less the average number of lead investments.

The current fund was established by Donald Peck, Rajiv B. Lall, Venky Natarajan, Vishal Mehta. The overall number of key employees were 4.

Besides, a startup needs to be aged 6-10 years to get the investment from the fund. Among the most successful fund investment fields, there are Banking, E-Commerce. For fund there is a match between the location of its establishment and the land of its numerous investments - India. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight Janalakshmi, Suryoday Small Finance Bank, Vistaar. The fund has exact preference in some founders of portfolio startups. If startup sums 4 or 5+ of the founder, the chance for it to be financed is low.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

GrowXCD Finance

Banking
Finance
Financial Services
$3M27 Nov 2023 Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Seeds Fincap

$4M15 Sep 2023 Gurgaon, Haryana, India

SuperBottoms

$5M23 Aug 2023 Thane, Maharashtra, India

Aquaconnect

Aquaculture
Machine Learning
Seafood
$15M19 Dec 2022 Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Mintifi

Financial Services
Lending
$39M08 Feb 2022 Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

RenewBuy

Auto Insurance
Financial Services
Insurance
Internet
$42M18 Jun 2021 Gurugram, Haryana, India

RenewBuy

Auto Insurance
Financial Services
Insurance
Internet
$16M02 Jul 2019 India, Haryana

Monsoon Harvest

Food and Beverage
Food Processing
$184K22 Jun 2019 India, Tamil Nadu

Drishti Eye Care

Fitness
Health Care
Wellness
$4M11 Jun 2019 India, Karnataka

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Total investments 44
Average round size 8M
Rounds per year 1.91
Peak activity year 2014
Lead investments 17
Follow on index 0.36
Exits 2
Group Appearance index 0.66

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

GrowXCD Finance

Banking
Finance
Financial Services
$3M27 Nov 2023 Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Seeds Fincap

$4M15 Sep 2023 Gurgaon, Haryana, India

SuperBottoms

$5M23 Aug 2023 Thane, Maharashtra, India

Aquaconnect

Aquaculture
Machine Learning
Seafood
$15M19 Dec 2022 Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Mintifi

Financial Services
Lending
$39M08 Feb 2022 Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

RenewBuy

Auto Insurance
Financial Services
Insurance
Internet
$42M18 Jun 2021 Gurugram, Haryana, India

RenewBuy

Auto Insurance
Financial Services
Insurance
Internet
$16M02 Jul 2019 India, Haryana

Monsoon Harvest

Food and Beverage
Food Processing
$184K22 Jun 2019 India, Tamil Nadu

Drishti Eye Care

Fitness
Health Care
Wellness
$4M11 Jun 2019 India, Karnataka
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