What cheque size does Antler India write?

As compiled from public sources: ~INR 4 Cr (~$470K) for ~11% equity at day-zero/residency; pre-seed cheques

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Antler India

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

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At a glance

Stage focus: Multi-stage
Primary sector: Deep Tech (AI/ML/Robotics)
City: Bengaluru
HQ / office: Antler India (Antler Innovation India Pvt Ltd), Bengaluru — registered office: IndiQube Townhub, 2nd Floor, Municipal No. 837/1, 100 Feet Road, HAL 2nd/1st Stage, Indiranagar, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560038, India. Antler global HQ: Singapore.
Fund registered: 2021
Investments on record: 8
Corpus (as reported): Antler India maiden fund: $75M (~INR 635 Cr), 2024, with ~80 India portfolio companies as of end-2024. Globally Antler announced $510M in new capital commitments across regions (announced ~Jan 2026, raised over the prior 12 months); also runs Antler Elevate, a $285M emerging-growth fund (London/Singapore/New York). India plans ~$25M (~INR 211 Cr) into ~50 startups in 2025.
Website: antler.co
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About

Antler India is the India arm of Antler, a global day-zero / early-stage venture capital firm founded in 2017 (HQ Singapore) by Magnus Grimeland and Fridtjof Berge that co-founds and backs founders from the idea stage via a residency model. The India business (legal entity Antler Innovation India Pvt Ltd, Bengaluru; India operations launched ~2020-2021) is led by partners Rajiv Srivatsa and Nitin Sharma, and runs a $75M maiden India fund (2024) investing across AI/ML, SaaS, fintech, consumer tech, deeptech, enterprise software, health and climate. It had built a portfolio of roughly 80 Indian startups by end-2024, including Namma Yatri, Bizup, Keeper, Cautio and Meine Electric.

Investment focus

Stage: Pre-seed / seed / "day-zero" via Antler's residency model (co-founds and backs founders pre-product/pre-revenue); follow-on through later stages. Typical India entry investment ~INR 4 Cr (~$470K-$500K). Sectors: AI/ML (positions itself as one of the most active AI investors in India), SaaS, fintech, consumer tech, deeptech, enterprise software, health and climate tech.

Cheque size

~INR 4 Cr (~$470K) for ~11% equity at day-zero/residency; pre-seed cheques

As compiled from public sources — verify with the investor.

SEBI registration

SEBI AIF Category II — reported as “Seed / early-stage / day-zero (residency-model) VC / Cat II”

IN/AIF2/21-22/0885

SIDBI Fund of Funds

On the SIDBI FFS list

Funds: ANTLER INNOVATION INDIA FUND 1

Yes — on official SIDBI FFS supported-AIF list (ANTLER INNOVATION INDIA FUND 1)

Notable portfolio

Namma Yatri; Bizup; Meine Electric; Keeper; Cautio; Navana.ai; Figr; Segwise

Team & organisation

~20-person India team incl. partners Rajiv Srivatsa and Nitin Sharma (2 partners); plus associate partners/directors

Manager: Antler Innovation India Pvt Ltd (CIN U74999KA2020PTC139578), Bangalore; SEBI-registered Category I AIF (Antler India residency/day-zero fund), part of global Antler platform

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What does Antler India invest in?: Stage: Pre-seed / seed / "day-zero" via Antler's residency model (co-founds and backs founders pre-product/pre-revenue); follow-on through later stages. Typical India entry investment ~INR 4 Cr (~$470K-$500K). Sectors: AI/ML (positions itself as one of the most active AI investors in India), SaaS, fintech, consumer tech, deeptech, enterprise software, health and climate tech.
What cheque size does Antler India write?: As compiled from public sources: ~INR 4 Cr (~$470K) for ~11% equity at day-zero/residency; pre-seed cheques
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About this record

⚑ Global parent HQ is outside India (Singapore); India operates as a private subsidiary (Antler Innovation India Pvt Ltd) — privately owned, no government/DFI/public-university linkage found (clean on that count). MODEL CAUTION: Antler is a residency/day-zero co-founding model rather than a classic pure-capital micro-VC, which differs from a "Seed / micro-VC" framing; founders typically join a cohort residency. EMAIL: official site publishes NO direct contact email, only application/contact forms; a "[contact on file]" pattern appears only on third-party aggregator/scraper listings (Justdial etc.), unverified on the official site, so the email field is left blank.

Compiled from SEBI registrations and 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.antler.co/location/india; https://www.antler.co/press-releases/antler-india-approaches-final-close-of-maiden-inr-600-crores-usd-75-million-pre-seed-fund