What cheque size does Achieving Women Entrepreneurs Early Growth Trust write?

As compiled from public sources: USD 0.5-3 million (initial USD 0.5-1M, up to USD 3M with follow-on)

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VC fund (Cat II) · SEBI registry

Achieving Women Entrepreneurs Early Growth Trust

Growth (Series C+) · Climate & Clean energy · Mumbai

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At a glance

Stage focus: Growth (Series C+)
Primary sector: Climate & Clean energy
City: Mumbai
HQ / office: Mumbai, Maharashtra (Malad East)
Fund registered: 2019
Investments on record: 17
Corpus (as reported): First close ~USD 15 million (2023); targeting USD 45 million / ~INR 350 crore fund
Website: www.awefunds.com
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About

AWE Funds (Achieving Women Equity) is a SEBI Category II AIF (regn. IN/AIF2/19-20/0722) founded by Seema Chaturvedi, pursuing a gender-smart/intersectional investment strategy in early-growth Indian startups. Its investment manager is AWE Capital Advisors LLP.

Investment focus

Pre-Series A to Series A early-growth equity; gender-smart investing in women owned/led/influenced startups; sectors: climate-tech, health-tech, fintech, future of work/skilling, agri

Cheque size

USD 0.5-3 million (initial USD 0.5-1M, up to USD 3M with follow-on)

As compiled from public sources — verify with the investor.

SEBI registration

SEBI AIF Category II — reported as “Cat II”

IN/AIF2/19-20/0722

SIDBI Fund of Funds

None found — gender-smart impact fund; engages with SIDBI Venture Capital on green-finance panels but no verified SIDBI/govt LP or FFS commitment located

Notable portfolio

Monitra Healthcare; Uravu Labs; FreshoKartz; AGAM International; KBCols Sciences; Velmeni.ai; EyeROV

Team & organisation

~11 named team members incl. 4 leadership (Seema Chaturvedi - Founder & Managing Partner; Harsh Singh; Divya Sampath; Isabelle Ganz) plus investment committee

LLP-managed Category II AIF (Venture Capital Fund); Investment Manager: AWE Capital Advisors LLP; SEBI Reg. IN/AIF2/19-20/0722; gender-smart single-fund platform (Fund I)

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Frequently asked

What does Achieving Women Entrepreneurs Early Growth Trust invest in?: Pre-Series A to Series A early-growth equity; gender-smart investing in women owned/led/influenced startups; sectors: climate-tech, health-tech, fintech, future of work/skilling, agri
What cheque size does Achieving Women Entrepreneurs Early Growth Trust write?: As compiled from public sources: USD 0.5-3 million (initial USD 0.5-1M, up to USD 3M with follow-on)
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About this record

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Sources: https://www.awefunds.com; https://in.linkedin.com/company/awe-funds