Malpani Ventures

Malpani Ventures is an angel investment firm that provides seed funding to innovative ideas, assisting entrepreneurs through active mentoring and strategic guidance. Their mission is to engage with top-notch teams and partner with them to build great companies. Over the years, they have invested in the early-stage ecosystem across diverse sectors including Healthcare, SaaS, Consumer Tech, and Ed Tech. Their sweet spot is working with startups that have paying customers, though they also invest in pre-revenue startups under certain conditions.

Their approach includes a collaborative engagement process with a special focus on strategic and financial issues, working with entrepreneurs to create a strategic roadmap and revisiting it periodically. They exhibit responsiveness both pre and post-investment, providing mentorship and support through tough moments as true partners. Their initial investment ranges from 50 Lacs to 1 Crore INR, with the possibility of additional follow-on investments as the venture progresses.

Malpani Ventures is known for its large network, speed at which they work, long-term view on investments, fairness to promoters with no unfair clauses in agreements, and no pressure on early exit. They focus on novel ideas or significant improvements on existing solutions, scalable business models validated by initial traction, and prefer more than one promoter. They aim for a return on investment with upside commensurate with risk and seek a board or observer seat for governance and learning agenda.