8X Ventures

Stage focus

Seed

Primary sector

Deep Tech (AI/ML/Robotics)

City

Noida

HQ / office

Chennai (registered/main): D403, IIT Madras Research Park, Taramani, Chennai. India DeepTech Hub office: C-44, 2nd floor, C Block, Sector 2, Noida, Uttar Pradesh 201301. Also UAE: Vision Tower, Al Khaleej Al Tejari 1, Business Bay, Dubai.

Fund registered

2021

Investments on record

20

Corpus (as reported)

Fund II (first close announced June 2024): SEBI-registered Category-II AIF with a corpus of ~Rs 200 crore + Rs 100 crore greenshoe (target ~Rs 300 cr), targeting 18-20 Indian deeptech startups; first close reported at ~Rs 60 cr committed. Website states target AUM "350 CR+". Fund I (2022) was a Delaware-domiciled global deeptech fund (reportedly ~2.1x to date per secondary sources — unverified, treat as self-reported).

Website

www.8xventures.co

LinkedIn

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8X Ventures is a DeepTech-focused venture capital firm founded in 2021, headquartered at the IIT Madras Research Park in Chennai, investing primarily at seed/pre-Series A stage in science- and research-driven startups (quantum/computing, biotech, WASH, Industry 4.0, robotics, cleantech, spacetech, B2B SaaS). It is led by Managing Partner Chirag Gupta, with partners Esha Arya, Ajay Singh Rajput and Vinod Agarwal (the latter three listed as Partner & Board Advisor). Its second vehicle is a SEBI-registered Category-II AIF (first close June 2024) with a ~Rs 200 cr + Rs 100 cr greenshoe corpus targeting 18-20 Indian deeptech startups.

Stage: Seed / pre-Series A (early-stage), with follow-on. Sector: DeepTech — Quantum/Future of Computing, Biotech, Water-Health-Sanitization (WASH), Industry 4.0, Robotics, CleanTech/Alternative Energy, Spacetech, AI/Big Data, Enterprise B2B SaaS.

Initial cheques INR 2-5 Cr each; up to ~INR 20 Cr total per startup including follow-ons (Fund II)

As compiled from public sources — verify with the investor.

Registration category not stated — reported as “Seed / micro-VC (DeepTech venture capital)”

None found

Solinas Integrity (robotics / water sanitation — confirmed on 8xventures.co portfolio page); Pantherun Technologies (AI/real-time encryption cybersecurity — follow-on 2025); Xyma Analytics (industrial sensing); TIEA Connectors (electronics/ESDM); Trishul Space (spacetech); Neuralzome Cybernetics (robotics); Enerzi (energy storage); LightSpeed Photonics

~9+ team members; ~4 partners/board advisors (Chirag Gupta - Managing Partner, plus 3 partner-advisors)

SEBI-registered Category II AIF (DeepTech Fund, 2024); India-domiciled fund (Fund II) alongside an earlier 2022 Delaware vehicle; based at IIT Madras Research Park, Chennai.

What does 8X Ventures invest in?

Stage: Seed / pre-Series A (early-stage), with follow-on. Sector: DeepTech — Quantum/Future of Computing, Biotech, Water-Health-Sanitization (WASH), Industry 4.0, Robotics, CleanTech/Alternative Energy, Spacetech, AI/Big Data, Enterprise B2B SaaS.

What cheque size does 8X Ventures write?

As compiled from public sources: Initial cheques INR 2-5 Cr each; up to ~INR 20 Cr total per startup including follow-ons (Fund II)

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VC fund (Cat II)

021 Capital Trust

Seed · IT / SaaS / Enterprise Software · Bengaluru

USD ~1 Mn (below USD 1 Mn per cheque; up to USD 2 Mn reported for earlier fund); INR ~8-16 CrContact on file

VC fund (Cat II)

100Unicorns

Multi-stage · Deep Tech (AI/ML/Robotics) · Mumbai

INR 3-5 Cr initial cheque at pre-seed/seed with follow-on capacitySIDBI FFSContact on file

VC fund (Cat II)

247VC Investment Trust

Seed · Deep Tech (AI/ML/Robotics) · Mumbai

INR 4-5 Cr at seed, with follow-on appetiteContact on file

VC fund (Cat II)

3IPARTNERS FUND

Multi-stage · Deep Tech (AI/ML/Robotics) · Bengaluru

USD 150k-1M (INR ~1-8 Cr) per startup for 5-15% stake; pre-seed/seed/pre-Series AContact on file

VC fund (Cat I)

3ONE4CAPITAL TRUST

Seed · IT / SaaS / Enterprise Software · Bengaluru

Early-stage (seed to Series A); per-cheque range not disclosed on siteContact on file

VC fund (Cat I)

888vc Accelerator Fund

Seed · Deep Tech (AI/ML/Robotics) · Bengaluru

INR 2-4 Cr average; first cheques up to USD 500K (Seed to Pre-Series A)Contact on file

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• ⚑ Private firm — clean; no government/DFI ownership. The Noida DeepTech Hub is a privately sponsored joint initiative (8X Ventures + SanchiConnect + Arctic Invent), no UP-government equity. Note: HQ effectively split across Chennai (IIT Madras Research Park, registered/main), Noida UP (India DeepTech Hub), and Dubai UAE. Fund I (2022) was Delaware-domiciled; Fund II is India SEBI-registered Cat-II AIF. Name-collision risk with similarly named "8i Ventures" — confirmed distinct entity. Fund I performance (~2.1x) is self-reported, not independently verified.

Compiled from public sources as of 2026-07. iHub India lists investors neutrally and does not endorse, rank, or verify investment terms — confirm all details directly with the investor before transacting.

Sources: https://www.8xventures.co/; https://www.bwdisrupt.com/article/8x-ventures-announces-first-close-of-rs-200-cr-deeptech-fund-523742