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Inception Ventures

VC
Bangalore, IndiaWebsite

Inception Ventures is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm based in Bangalore, India investing in Other, Healthcare, Developer Tools. The firm typically writes $250K–$1.0M checks and has 6 portfolio companies in our records.

How to approach: warm intro preferred
Stage

Pre-Seed, Seed

Check Size

$250K – $1.0M

Portfolio

6+ companies

Team

1 partner

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Inception Ventures focuses on early-stage technology companies innovating in DefenseTech and HealthTech, particularly those that revolutionize government sectors.

How Inception Ventures invests

Inception Ventures is a vc firm based in Bangalore, India. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on Other, Healthcare, Developer Tools, Security, Enterprise. It does not invest in Consumer, Media.

Inception Ventures typically writes checks of $250K–$1.0M per investment.

Inception Ventures has backed 6 companies in our records, including DefendAI, GitGuardian, Permit.io.

Meet the Team

AR

Anjali Rao

GP

DefenseTech
HealthTech

Industry Focus

Invests In

Other
Healthcare
Developer Tools
Security
Enterprise
SaaS

Does Not Invest In

Consumer
Media

Portfolio Companies (6)

Other

DE

DefendAI

DefenseTech
GI

GitGuardian

Cybersecurity / Developer Tools·Series A·Inception Ventures I

A cybersecurity platform that helps developers and security teams detect and prevent secrets leakage in source code.

PE

Permit.io

Developer Tools / Cybersecurity·Seed·Inception Ventures I

A full-stack authorization-as-a-service platform that allows developers to build and manage fine-grained access control.

HE

Helios

Developer Tools / Observability·Seed·Inception Ventures I

A developer platform that provides end-to-end observability and troubleshooting for distributed microservices architectures.

BA

Basecamp Research

Biotechnology / Deep Tech·Seed / Series A·Inception Ventures I

A biotechnology company mapping global biodiversity to design novel proteins and enzymes.

LI

LinearB

Enterprise Software / Developer Tools·Series A·Inception Ventures I

A software delivery intelligence platform that helps engineering leaders improve team productivity and delivery pipelines.

How to pitch Inception Ventures
  • Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • Lead with your fit in Other, Healthcare, Developer Tools — the sectors they actively back.
  • Size your ask to their typical $250K – $1.0M check.
  • warm intro preferred
  • Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Anjali Rao, GP.
  • A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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