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Boundless VC closes Rs 300 crore fund for early-stage AI bets
Mumbai-based venture capital firm Boundless VC has closed its maiden fund at Rs 300 crore ($35 million) to invest in early-stage startups building in artificial intelligence, robotics, space technology and advanced applications.…
Mumbai-based venture capital firm Boundless VC has closed its maiden fund at Rs 300 crore ($35 million) to invest in early-stage startups building in artificial intelligence, robotics, space technology and advanced applications. The firm, launched in 2025 by former Kae Capital partner Natasha Malpani, will invest primarily at the pre-seed and seed stages, writing cheques of $500,000 to $1 million.
Boundless VC was oversubscribed from its initial target of Rs 200 crore. It has already invested in 10 companies including Litmus (AI-powered tutoring), Glide (travel discovery), Hypernorm (AI wealth management), Armatrix (industrial automation), Piersight (ocean intelligence) and Knot (AI fashion logistics). More than half of its portfolio companies have raised follow-on rounds. The firm plans to deploy the remaining capital over two to three years.
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Indian venture capital for frontier technology remains thin relative to the US and China, and Boundless VC is one of the few domestic funds willing to back pre-revenue AI startups. The fund's research-driven sourcing model, which includes partnerships with IIT Madras, IISc, Stanford and Oxford, mirrors how top-tier global early-stage funds operate but is still rare in India. The Rs 300 crore corpus, though modest by global standards, is meaningful at the pre-seed and seed stages where cheque sizes are small. The real test will be whether Boundless can produce breakout companies that attract later-stage capital within India, or whether its portfolio will follow the pattern of Indian deep-tech startups seeking growth funding abroad. The next data point to watch is how many of the remaining 15-20 investments from this fund secure follow-on rounds within the next 18 months.
Source: livemint.com
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