Venture Catalysts++

An angel to multi-stage investor backing 400+ startups, with increasing cheque sizes and targeting around 60 annual investments from 2026. It focuses on AI, deep-tech, and manufacturing tech. Venture Catalysts has backed more than 400 startups over roughly a decade, with portfolio companies including OYO Rooms, BharatPe, RentoMojo and Beardo, and is the group behind the later-stage 9Unicorns and 100Unicorns vehicles that provide follow-on capital to promising portfolio companies as they scale — relevant context for why this listing spans MVP through scaling stages rather than idea-only investing. Roughly 30% of deals from its affiliated 9Unicorns fund have historically come from founders in tier-2/tier-3 Indian cities, reflecting a broader geographic sourcing approach than many Bangalore/Delhi-centric investors.