For investors
Founders investing in founders.
Our LPs are successful founders and operators across the US and India. They help us find and support the companies we back, and can invest further in the ones we back early.
Why we win
Our advantage is access. A community of founders and operators invests in the fund and helps us find, select and support founders earlier than others can.
Founders investing in founders
The fund is backed by successful founders and investors in the US and India. They help us source and assess companies, and can invest further in the ones we back early.
Both sides of the corridor
In the US, our community includes leaders inside enterprises who buy and deploy what our companies build. In India, it includes founders of the companies that the next generation of founders is leaving to start their own.
The earliest check
We aim to be the first institutional money in, often before founders move to North America. Companies that go on to raise US seed rounds can continue with z21 Ventures, with pricing set by independent investors.
A path into the US market
A shared go-to-market playbook for our vertical AI companies: customer introductions, follow-on investors and early hiring. Each company that succeeds through it makes it stronger for the next.
Respect for founders' time
Quick, clear answers, and a fund run on software that keeps our community engaged and our support consistent.
How the fund is built
First checks at pre-seed and seed, with reserves for follow-on in the companies that pull ahead.
Pre-seed and seed
Term | Detail |
|---|---|
| Stage | Pre-seed and seed |
| Initial check | Aiming to be the first institutional money in |
| Reserves | Deployed asymmetrically in top-quartile companies |
| LP co-investment | LPs can invest further in companies the fund backs early |
| Target first close | [December 2026] |
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The full deck covers the team, track record and portfolio construction in detail. Full fund terms are shared privately with prospective investors.
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This website is for information only. It is not an offer to sell, or a solicitation of an offer to buy, any interest in the fund. Any offer will be made only through the fund's definitive documents. Figures are targets and estimates, and are subject to change.