First conviction for companies with a wedge.
Early-stage capital for teams with a real edge and the people to press it — backed not just with money, but with operators who've built before.
At the early stage, the cheque is the easy part. The help is what decides the outcome.
Conviction at the first institutional round.
We invest early in companies that have found a genuine wedge — a thing they do that others can't easily copy — and a team capable of pressing the advantage. Early-stage is where conviction matters most and where the gap between capital and help is widest: many will fund a promising team, few can actually change its odds.
Our capital arrives with operators. Because we run a consulting practice and a venture studio, we can put real builders alongside a young company — on product, go-to-market, hiring, and the corridor crossing — at the stage when that help compounds fastest. And where conviction is high on both sides, an early position can grow into a co-build.
It is the natural home of our thesis: corridor-relevant, founder-aligned, and operator-backed.
What we look for early.
A real wedge
A defensible edge, validated by early signal — not a slide.
A team to press it
Founders we'd want to build alongside.
Corridor relevance
Where India–US movement is an advantage.
Early signal
Evidence, however small, that the wedge is real.
A way to help
Where our operators can change the odds materially.
Alignment
Terms that tie our outcome to the founders'.
From first cheque to traction.
Conviction
We back the wedge and the team, on our thesis.
Operators
Builders join on product, GTM, hiring, and the corridor.
Traction
We help get to the metrics the next round needs.
Deepen
Where it fits, an early position becomes a co-build.
Early-stage sits between the studio and the next round.
Cofoundry · Build
When we co-found rather than just back.
Solopreneurs
The lean end of the spectrum.
Mid-Market
Where companies grow to next.
For Founders · Raise-Ready
Getting set for the round.
The things people ask first.
How early will you go?
From first institutional conviction — earlier than most, because our operators can de-risk what's still forming.
What makes you different from a seed fund?
Operators, not just a cheque — and a path into a co-build where conviction is high on both sides.
Do you lead or follow?
Either, depending on the situation — what matters is whether we can genuinely help, not the label.
Is corridor relevance required?
It's our edge and usual filter; exceptional non-corridor teams are considered, but the corridor is where we're strongest.
Raising your first real round?
Tell us about the wedge and the team. We bring conviction and operators.