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Entrepreneur
22-05-2025
- Business
- Entrepreneur
360 ONE Asset Unveils Early-Stage VC Strategy to Back Next-Gen Unicorns
The early-stage VC strategy is central to 360 ONE Asset's "Idea to IPO" capital stack, providing a seamless investment journey for category-defining startups across consumer technology, fintech Infrastructure, generative AI, and frontier technologies, including spacetech, defence, and precision manufacturing. You're reading Entrepreneur India, an international franchise of Entrepreneur Media. 360 ONE Asset, a wholly-owned subsidiary of 360 ONE WAM, has launched its early-stage venture capital strategy, aiming to fuel India's most ambitious startups from inception to IPO. With this move, the firm reinforces its integrated lifecycle investing model, anchored by its broader INR 25,000 crore (USD 3+ billion) private equity platform. The early-stage VC strategy is central to 360 ONE Asset's "Idea to IPO" capital stack, providing a seamless investment journey for category-defining startups across consumer technology, fintech Infrastructure, generative AI, and frontier technologies, including spacetech, defence, and precision manufacturing. "As India approaches its next wave of startup-led economic transformation, 360 ONE Asset's early-stage strategy aims to be at the forefront – identifying, backing, and shaping the companies that will define the next generation of unicorns," said Sameer Nath, CIO and Head, Private Equity and Venture Capital, 360 ONE Asset. "Our strategy is backed by a highly experienced team and distinguished by proprietary deal flow through a network of over 7,000 founders and domain experts." Led by a seasoned team, the strategy takes a high-conviction approach — marked by significant ownership, board involvement, and active value creation. Founders also gain strategic support and access to 360 ONE's ecosystem, including scale-stage capital. "India's early-stage ecosystem is entering a pivotal decade. With our early-stage strategy, we aim to bridge the white space between India's robust micro-VC ecosystem and the large global funds – by backing exceptional founders early and supporting them with patient, long-term capital throughout their growth journey," said Abhishek Nag, Senior Fund Manager and Strategy Head, Early-Stage VC. He added, "We follow a disciplined investment process with rigorous diligence, clear value creation plans, and defined exit strategies. We also offer active co-investment opportunities for strategic partners – all while staying focused on long-term macro trends like domestic consumption, financial infrastructure, healthcare, AI-led services, and deep tech innovation." A robust deal pipeline is already underway, including: A hybrid-casual gaming startup with over 10 million downloads in three months. A hot sauce brand popularizing Indian flavours globally. A SaaS startup building a "mutual fund AMC in a box." A space-tech firm led by ex-ISRO scientists, working on indigenous SAR tech. Backed by a strong advisory board, including leaders like Gaurav Kushwaha (Bluestone) and Nigel Vaz (Publicis Sapient), 360 ONE Asset's early-stage strategy aims to power the next era of Indian innovation.
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Business Standard
22-05-2025
- Business
- Business Standard
360 ONE Asset launches Rs 500 cr VC fund to tap early-stage startups
360 ONE Asset, the asset management arm of wealth manager 360 ONE WAM, has rolled out a Rs 500 crore early-stage venture capital fund, marking a decisive push into India's burgeoning startup ecosystem. The fund has already backed four startups across diverse sectors, bolstering the firm's 'Idea to IPO' capital stack. The fund will focus on seed and Series A rounds in areas such as consumer tech, fintech infrastructure, generative AI and frontier technologies including spacetech, defence and precision manufacturing, according to a press statement. Anchored by 360 ONE Asset's $3 billion private equity platform, the strategy emphasises deep involvement, board participation and long-term capital support, the company said. 'As India approaches its next wave of startup-led economic transformation, 360 ONE Asset's early-stage strategy aims to be at the forefront, identifying, backing and shaping the companies that will define the next generation of unicorns,' said Sameer Nath, CIO & Head, Private Equity & Venture Capital, 360 ONE Asset. The firm is positioning itself to fill a gap between the country's micro-VC ecosystem and large global funds, said Abhishek Nag, Senior Fund Manager, Strategy Head, Early-Stage VC, 360 ONE Asset, adding that the firm will support startups with patient, long-term capital throughout their growth journey. 'We follow a disciplined investment process with rigorous diligence, clear value creation plans and defined exit strategies. We also offer active co-investment opportunities for strategic partners, all while staying focused on long-term macro trends like domestic consumption, financial infrastructure, healthcare, AI-led services and deep tech innovation,' Nag added. The strategy is already in motion, with deals in advanced stages of diligence. These include a hybrid-casual gaming startup whose flagship India-focused game hit 10 million downloads in three months; a hot sauce brand popularising Indian flavours abroad; a SaaS firm building a 'mutual fund AMC in a box'; and a spacetech company developing indigenous Synthetic Aperture Radar technology with ISRO expertise, the company said. 360 ONE Asset's early-stage bets are supported by an advisory board that includes entrepreneurs and tech leaders such as Gaurav Kushwaha, Nigel Vaz, Vaibhav Domkundwar and Ashwin Mittal.
Time of India
22-05-2025
- Business
- Time of India
360 One Asset launches early-stage VC fund to back startups
360 One Asset , a subsidiary of wealth and asset manager 360 One Wam , has launched an early-stage venture capital fund aimed at backing Indian startups from their first institutional round through to later stages. The strategy is part of the firm's Rs 25,000 crore private equity platform and focuses on sectors such as consumer technology, fintech infrastructure, generative AI, spacetech, defence, and advanced manufacturing. The fund will invest with high ownership, take board seats, and work closely with founders on business strategy and growth. Sameer Nath , CIO and head of private equity and venture capital at 360 One Asset, said the new strategy is aimed at identifying and supporting companies that could become India's next unicorns. 'As India approaches its next wave of startup-led economic transformation , 360 One Asset's early-stage strategy aims to be at the forefront — identifying, backing, and shaping the companies that will define the next generation of unicorns. Our strategy is backed by a highly experienced team and distinguished by proprietary deal flow through a network of over 7,000 founders and domain experts,' Nath said. The early-stage fund is led by Abhishek Nag, who said the firm wants to fill the funding gap between micro-VCs and large global funds. The team will offer co-investment opportunities to partners. The fund has already built a deal pipeline. These include a gaming company with over 10 million downloads, a hot sauce brand targeting global markets, a SaaS outfit offering mutual fund tech, and a spacetech startup building indigenous radar systems. Discover the stories of your interest Blockchain 5 Stories Cyber-safety 7 Stories Fintech 9 Stories E-comm 9 Stories ML 8 Stories Edtech 6 Stories The fund is advised by a board that includes founders and executives from BluestOne, Publicis Sapient, Better Capital, and C5i.
