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Venture Highway

Founders Neeraj Arora Samir Sood

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Total investments 86
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$13M
Portfolio companies 49
Rounds per year 9.56
Lead investments 10
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.42
Exits 5
Key employees 1
Stages of investment
Early Stage Venture
Seed

Areas of investment

  • Internet
  • E-Commerce
  • SaaS
  • Mobile Apps
  • Retail
Summary

Venture Highway is the famous VC, which was founded in 2015. The main office of represented VC is situated in the New Delhi. The company was established in Asia in India.

Besides, a startup requires to be at the age of 2-3 years to receive the investment from the fund. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight OKCredit, BuildSupply, BetterPlace Safety Solutions Pvt. Ltd.. Among the most popular fund investment industries, there are Apps, Mobile Apps. The fund has no exact preference in a number of founders of portfolio startups. If startup sums 4 or 5+ of the founder, the chance for it to be financed is low. For fund there is a match between the country of its foundation and the country of its the most frequent investments - India.

The fund was created by Samir Sood. We also calculated 1 valuable employee in our database.

The high activity for fund was in 2019. The fund is generally included in less than 2 deals every year. Speaking about the real fund results, this VC is 11 percentage points less often commits exit comparing to other organizations. The average startup value when the investment from Venture Highway is 100-500 millions dollars. Comparing to the other companies, this Venture Highway performs on 26 percentage points less the average number of lead investments. The usual things for fund are deals in the range of 10 - 50 millions dollars.

The standard case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 4-5 partakers. Despite the Venture Highway, startups are often financed by Y Combinator, SAIF Partners, India Quotient. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Y Combinator, SAIF Partners, Sequoia Capital India. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Y Combinator, SAIF Partners, Accel.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Ema

$25M05 Mar 2024 Mountain View, California, United States

Grip Invest

Angel Investment
Commercial Lending
Credit
Finance
Financial Services
Funding Platform
Impact Investing
Micro Lending
$9M09 Jan 2024 Gurugram, Haryana, India

Weekday

Human Resources
Information Technology
Recruiting
$2M24 Aug 2023 Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Kintsugi

$2M15 Aug 2023 San Francisco, California, United States

Kidovo

Children
E-Learning
Edutainment
$1M29 Jun 2023 -

Cityfurnish

E-Commerce
Furniture
Home Renovation
Rental
$2M11 Nov 2022 Gurugram, Haryana, India

Mason

CMS
E-Commerce Platforms
Retail Technology
SaaS
$7M27 Oct 2022 Sunnyvale, California, United States

Drivetrain

Analytics
Business Intelligence
Finance
SaaS
Software
$15M18 Oct 2022 Alpharetta, Georgia, United States

Kula

$12M30 Aug 2022 Walnut, California, United States
News
Hiration Raises $3M in Seed Funding

– Hiration, a San Francisco, CA and New Delhi, India-based platform that offers resources for qualified candidates to create resumes and find a role, raised $3m in seed funding.
– Backers included from Prime Venture Partners, Venture Highway and Y Combinator, among others.
– The company intends to use the funds for hiring and growth.

FamPay, a fintech aimed at teens in India, raises $38 million

– Bangalore-based FamPay raised $38m in Series A funding.
– The round was led by Elevation Capital and joined by General Catalyst, Rocketship VC, Greenoaks Capital, Sequoia Capital India, Y Combinator, Global Founders Capital, and Venture Highway.
– The size of the new investment makes it one of the largest Series A rounds in India.

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Total investments 86
Average round size 13M
Rounds per year 9.56
Peak activity year 2019
Lead investments 10
Follow on index 0.42
Exits 5
Group Appearance index 0.85

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Ema

$25M05 Mar 2024 Mountain View, California, United States

Grip Invest

Angel Investment
Commercial Lending
Credit
Finance
Financial Services
Funding Platform
Impact Investing
Micro Lending
$9M09 Jan 2024 Gurugram, Haryana, India

Weekday

Human Resources
Information Technology
Recruiting
$2M24 Aug 2023 Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Kintsugi

$2M15 Aug 2023 San Francisco, California, United States

Kidovo

Children
E-Learning
Edutainment
$1M29 Jun 2023 -

Cityfurnish

E-Commerce
Furniture
Home Renovation
Rental
$2M11 Nov 2022 Gurugram, Haryana, India

Mason

CMS
E-Commerce Platforms
Retail Technology
SaaS
$7M27 Oct 2022 Sunnyvale, California, United States

Drivetrain

Analytics
Business Intelligence
Finance
SaaS
Software
$15M18 Oct 2022 Alpharetta, Georgia, United States

Kula

$12M30 Aug 2022 Walnut, California, United States
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