8i Ventures

About 8i Ventures

8i Ventures is a venture capital firm based in India, focusing on Pre-Seed stage investments. The fund actively supports founders building innovative solutions in E-Commerce, SaaS, providing strategic guidance and capital to help startups scale.

Investment Focus

Location / RegionIndia

Funding StagePre Seed

Industry Focus

Ecommerce

Saas

Investor Signals Profile

active

Sweet Spot

India pre-seed founder, fintech or B2B, day-zero

Early-stage India

Fintech

B2B Fintech

Consumer

Pre-seed

Bullish Signals

Portfolio: Slice, M2P, Easebuzz, Bluetokaiexternal

Day-zero backing, repeated follow-onsexternal

Operators from India + Silicon Valleyexternal

Origami pre-seed program, 2nd edition livetwitter

Top 10 global VC by IRR, Preqin rankedtwitter

Fund II $50M first close donetwitter

Portfolio expands: Transbnk, Bbetter, BobaBhaiwebsite

Founders cite clarity, patience, genuine partnershipwebsite

Backed 0-to-1 before scale or certaintywebsite

Repeated follow-on: Blue Tokai confirms patternwebsite

7 portfolio founders publicly endorse fundwebsite

India fintech factory vision — M2P co-signswebsite

Both GPs named by founders — rare trust signalwebsite

Contrarian Signals

India-only focus, limited global scopeexternal

Stage/check size not publicly disclosedexternal

$1.5M avg ticket — small check sizetwitter

FAQ answers hidden — low website transparencywebsite

Founder Do's

Apply to Origami pre-seed program

Build for India-first markets

Come pre-product or day zero

Show long-term company vision

B2B fintech / vertical SaaS welcome

Founder Don'ts

Expect passive capital only

Approach without India conviction

Skip deck — required for outreach

Key GPs & Partners

Vikram

Partner

Operator-turned-investorFounder-friendlyLong-term

Vishy

Partner

Operator-turned-investorHands-onSpeed-focused

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Fund Overview

Fund Size$25M

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Key People

Vikram Chachra, Vishwanath

VikramPartner

VishyPartner