Venture debt / Private credit · SEBI registry
BETTERINVEST GROWTH VISION TRUST
Debt / Venture debt · Media & Entertainment · Chennai
At a glance
- Stage focus
- Debt / Venture debt
- Primary sector
- Media & Entertainment
- City
- Chennai
- HQ / office
- Chennai, Tamil Nadu
- Fund registered
- 2025
- Investments on record
- 5
- Corpus (as reported)
- ~Rs 821 crore cumulatively funded across structures (platform figure, 2026); Media Vision Fund-1 AIF targets Rs 300 cr corpus + Rs 300 cr green-shoe
- Website
- www.betterinvest.club
- Profile ↗
About
BetterInvest is a Chennai-based media & entertainment financing platform (founded 2021 by Pradeep Somu, Sriram Anax and Sedhumanikandan), with offices in Kochi and Hyderabad. It runs a SEBI-registered Category II AIF providing private-credit/debt-plus-profit-sharing financing to film and content production houses and digital creators; it has financed 200+ media projects and 114 production houses.
Investment focus
Media & entertainment private credit — financing for film/content production houses, TV/web-series and OTT/YouTube creators (debt-plus-profit-sharing structure)
Cheque size
INR 50,000 minimum on platform; AIF (BetterInvest Media Vision Fund-1) is a private-credit vehicle (Cat II AIF min commitment INR 1 Cr applies)
As compiled from public sources — verify with the investor.
SEBI registration
SEBI AIF Category II — reported as “Cat II”
- IN/AIF2/25-26/1861
SIDBI Fund of Funds
None found
Notable portfolio
Home Movie Makers; Studio Green; Padmavati Productions; Escape Artists; Sai Nirmala Productions
Team & organisation
Category II AIF (trust) under BetterInvest brand; media & entertainment private credit (debt-plus-profit-share); launched SEBI-registered BetterInvest Media Vision Fund-1 (Jan 2026); Chennai-based platform with offices in Kochi/Hyderabad
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Frequently asked
- What does BETTERINVEST GROWTH VISION TRUST invest in?
- Media & entertainment private credit — financing for film/content production houses, TV/web-series and OTT/YouTube creators (debt-plus-profit-sharing structure)
- What cheque size does BETTERINVEST GROWTH VISION TRUST write?
- As compiled from public sources: INR 50,000 minimum on platform; AIF (BetterInvest Media Vision Fund-1) is a private-credit vehicle (Cat II AIF min commitment INR 1 Cr applies)
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About this record
- ⚑ private-credit / debt fund (Cat II)
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.betterinvest.club; https://www.prnewswire.com/in/news-releases/betterinvest-launches-sebi-registered-category-ii-aif-focused-on-media--entertainment-private-credit-302665178.html