Epiq Capital Marks First Close Of Its $250 Mn Tech Startup Fund

Epiq Capital Marks First Close Of Its $250 Mn Tech Startup Fund

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Epiq Capital Has Raised $100 Mn So Far From Global Institutional Investors

Mumbai-based PE firm Epiq Capital has announced the first close of its $200 Mn-$250 Mn maiden tech startup fund. The firm has raised $100 Mn so far entirely from global institutional investors to invest in tech startups.

Epiq Capital was established in April 2016 by former Matrix Partners India Managing Director Rishi Navani. Rishi is known for his investments in firms such as Mswipe and Dailyhunt. The private equity firm specialises in growth and expansion stage investments in technology and consumer-driven product companies.

Epiq Capital, with the newly raised fund, aims to invest in technology and tech-enabled startups with the ticket size of $10 Mn-$20 Mn. As per media reports, Epiq Capital will have a major focus on secondary transactions in mature startups with an aim to provide liquidity to early investors and employees.

According to Inc42 Data Labs H1 2017 tech startup funding report, since H1 2015, over 906 VC funds have participated in the Indian tech startup funding. During H1 2017, about 191 VC funds participated in the Indian tech startup funding, where Blume Ventures and Accel took the top spot.

Also, H1 2017 saw many international conglomerates announcing India specific funds such as Softbank, Micromax, and others. While SoftBank announced a $100 Bn Vision fund, Sequoia Capital India added another $125 Mn to its fourth fund, taking total corpus to $850 Mn of the current funds.

As stated by Rishi Navani, this is the gap Epiq Capital is trying to fill in. “Secondaries is a large market and tech companies prefer to remain private for a long time. While there has been a fair amount of capital invested in tech companies, because it takes longer for companies to mature in India means angel investors, VCs, employees want an exit option. And you can get a significant discount when you buy secondaries,” he said.

Epiq Capital has been part of the array of funds floated by former investors of the existing VC firms. This includes names such as Stellaris Venture Partners, Unitary Helion, Fundamentum Advisors, Fireside Ventures, Pravega Ventures, Endiya Partners and more. As per Inc42 Data Labs so far this year, Indian tech startups were able to close more than 700 deals (until September 2017) across different segments. With almost a month remaining to the close of the year, to what extent this bar could be raised will be worth watching.

(The development was reported by ETtech.)

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