Early-stage venture capital firm Jungle Ventures is sharpening its focus on repeat founders and deep-domain operators while writing larger cheques at the pre-seed and seed stage, even as India’s broader early-stage funding market faces a slowdown.
“We do three to five seed deals every year based on large industry opportunities and founder profile,” said Rishabh Malik, managing partner for pre-seed and seed-stage investments at Jungle Ventures, in an interaction with businessline. “Our strategy is high conviction and lower velocity compared to peers.”
The Singapore-headquartered firm, which invests across India and Southeast Asia, is increasingly backing founders with prior start-up experience or sector expertise, particularly in large addressable markets such as AI, aerospace, defence, healthcare, specialty chemicals and consumer brands.
Cautious Time
Malik’s comments come at a time when seed-stage funding activity in India has moderated, with industry reports showing a decline in deal volumes and tighter investor discipline over the past year.
