Investing platform Venture Catalysts raises Rs 150 crore, valuing the firm at Rs 1,750 crore

Venture Catalysts, the multi-stage venture investing platform, has raised Rs 150 crore (about $17 million) through a mix of primary and secondary share sales, valuing the company at roughly $200 million (or about Rs 1,750 crore) post-money.

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The primary investment set the valuation, while the secondary transactions were negotiated independently between existing shareholders and new investors, co-founder and managing director Apoorva Ranjan Sharma said.

Founded in 2016 as an angel network, Venture Catalysts has since expanded into deal-by-deal syndication through angel alternative investment funds (AIFs) and a venture capital arm that structures Category II AIFs with institutional anchors. The firm said the latest capital infusion will be used to expand leadership teams, launch new funds and deploy artificial intelligence-driven tools for due diligence and reporting to limited partners.

The round drew a wide roster of new investors, including public market veteran Ashish Kacholia, Authum Investments, the Shah Rukh Khan family office, actor Aishwarya Rai, financier Mukul Agarwal, Utpal Sheth, Hardik Patel of Finquest, the LNB Group and Vinod Dugar of RDB Group.

They join an existing set of backers that includes DMart founder Radhakishan Damani, Kamal Agarwal of Haldiram, Enam Securities, Capri Global and prominent startup founders such as Aman Gupta of boAt, Ritesh Agarwal of Oyo, Nirmit Parikh of Apna and Srinath Ramakkrushnan of Zetwerk.

Venture Catalysts manages more than $500 million across funds, with about $200 million deployed through syndication from ultrahigh-net-worth individuals, high-net-worth investors and family offices over nine years. Its portfolio of Category II AIFs includes 100 Unicorns, Beams Fintech Fund, Elev8 Venture Partners and Spyre PropTech Venture Fund.

The platform has backed more than 400 companies, including BharatPe, InsuranceDekho, Renee Cosmetics, Zypp Electric, Wiom and Kissan Konnect.

“This fresh capital will deepen active deal flow, seed new fund strategies and enhance the technology backbone that supports our ecosystem — particularly AI-driven solutions that enable investors and founders to collaborate at speed and scale,” said co-founder Anuj Golecha.