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Tier-2 City Ventures

VC
Hyderabad, IndiaWebsite

Tier-2 City Ventures is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm based in Hyderabad, India investing in Other, Marketplace. The firm typically writes $200K–$1.5M checks and has 2 portfolio companies in our records.

Check size
$200K–$1.5M
Portfolio
2 companies on record
Partners
1 listed
Stage
Pre-Seed, Seed
Sectors
Other, Marketplace
HQ
Hyderabad, India
AUM
Not in our records
How to approach: warm intro preferred
Stage

Pre-Seed, Seed

Check Size

$200K – $1.5M

Portfolio

2+ companies

Team

1 partner

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Focuses exclusively on supporting startups expanding into tier-2 and tier-3 Indian cities across service industries.

How Tier-2 City Ventures invests

Tier-2 City Ventures is a vc firm based in Hyderabad, India. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on Other, Marketplace. It does not invest in Blockchain, AR/VR.

Tier-2 City Ventures typically writes checks of $200K–$1.5M per investment.

Tier-2 City Ventures has backed 2 companies in our records, including Repairies, CityChow.

Partners & Team

MD

Manish Desai

Partner

Local Services
Regional Marketplaces

Industry Focus

Invests In

Other
Marketplace

Does Not Invest In

Blockchain
AR/VR

Portfolio Companies (2)

Other

RE

Repairies

Home Repair Marketplace
CI

CityChow

Food Delivery SaaS
How to pitch Tier-2 City Ventures
  • Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • Lead with your fit in Other, Marketplace — the sectors they actively back.
  • Size your ask to their typical $200K – $1.5M check.
  • warm intro preferred
  • Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Manish Desai, Partner.
  • A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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