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Emergence Highway Partners — Pre-Seed & Seed VC Firm ($100K–$1.0M Checks)

VC
Bangalore, India

Emergence Highway Partners is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm based in Bangalore, India investing in Other, Marketplace, Consumer. The firm typically writes $100K–$1.0M checks and has 2 portfolio companies in our records.

Check size
$100K–$1.0M
Portfolio
2 companies on record
Partners
1 listed
Stage
Pre-Seed, Seed
Sectors
Other, Marketplace, Consumer
HQ
Bangalore, India
AUM
Not in our records

Last verified: 2026-05-21

How to approach: cold outreach ok
Stage

Pre-Seed, Seed

Check Size

$100K – $1.0M

Portfolio

2+ companies

Team

1 partner

Investment Thesis

Specifically invests in gig platforms, local services marketplaces, and emerging market solutions, with a focus on India and Southeast Asia.

How Emergence Highway Partners invests

Emergence Highway Partners is a vc firm based in Bangalore, India. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on Other, Marketplace, Consumer. It does not invest in Crypto trading.

Emergence Highway Partners typically writes checks of $100K–$1.0M per investment.

Emergence Highway Partners has backed 2 companies in our records, including TaskRunner, LocalHelpNow.

Partners & Team

VR

Vikram Rao

Managing Partner

India
Gig economy
Emerging markets

Industry Focus

Invests In

Other
Marketplace
Consumer

Does Not Invest In

Crypto trading

Portfolio Companies (2)

Other

TA

TaskRunner

Gig platforms
LO

LocalHelpNow

Local services marketplaces
How to pitch Emergence Highway Partners
  • •Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • •Lead with your fit in Other, Marketplace, Consumer — the sectors they actively back.
  • •Size your ask to their typical $100K – $1.0M check.
  • •cold outreach ok
  • •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Vikram Rao, Managing Partner.
  • •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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