Venturi Partners Marks First Close Of Its Second Fund At $150 Mn

Consumer-focussed VC firm Venturi Partners has marked the first close of its second fund at $150 Mn (around INR 1,300 Cr). The fund has a target corpus of $225 Mn (about INR 2,000 Cr). 

The VC firm launched the second fund in March this year to back startups operating in the retail, education, healthcare and FMCG space in India and Southeast Asia. It plans to back 10 startups across these sectors with an average ticket size of $15 Mn to $40 Mn.

Founded in 2020 by Nicholas Cator, Rishika Chandan, Sarvesh Nevatia and Lauren Burns, Venturi Partners is an investment platform for family offices who are looking to invest in consumer-led business in Asia. The firm invests in consumer-focussed growth stage businesses by participating in their Series B to Series D rounds.

It launched its first fund in 2022 with a corpus of $175 Mn and invested in seven companies across sectors such as education, retail, beauty and home interiors. The fund was backed by three cornerstone limited partners (LPs) – Peugeot Invest, Ackermans & Van Haaren, and Frederic De Mevius. European and Asian family offices also participated in the fund. 

Its portfolio includes startups like Cult.fit, Livspace, Country Delight, K-12 Techno Services, among others, in its portfolio. 

The VC firm is doubling down on India’s consumer-focussed startup story at a time when the ecosystem has grown dramatically over the past decade. With the rise of D2C brands, booming digital adoption, and consistent inflows of domestic and global investment, the consumer-focussed startup ecosystem hosts a number of unicorns, including Zepto, Meesho, Mamaearth, Blinkit, Lenskart, Swiggy. 

In this, the D2C segment alone is projected to evolve into a $300 Bn market opportunity by 2030 due to improvements in the country’s digital infrastructure, increase in smartphone penetration and a new generation of digital-first consumers seeking convenience and niche products.

The first close of the fund also comes at a time when the overall Indian startup ecosystem continues to see rapid growth. Consequently, a number of new funds have been launched by firms to back startups.

Last week, a99 launched its third fund with a corpus size of $100 Mn to back 12-15 startups in the manufacturing and infrastructure sectors. In the same week, Elevation Capital also announced the launch of its $400 Mn fund to back startups looking to go public.

As per Inc42’s ‘Indian Tech Startup Funding Report, H1 2025’, funds worth over $6.8 Bn were launched in H1 2025.