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VC fund (Cat II) · SEBI registry

EscapeVelocity Trust

Multi-stage · IT / SaaS / Enterprise Software · Mumbai

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At a glance

Stage focus: Multi-stage
Primary sector: IT / SaaS / Enterprise Software
City: Mumbai
HQ / office: Mumbai (Bandra West), Maharashtra; firm also operates from the US / San Francisco
Fund registered: 2022
Website: escp.vc
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About

EscapeVelocity is an early-stage venture firm backing Indian entrepreneurs building transformational, globally scalable businesses, co-founded by Shailesh Rao (ex-Google/Twitter, ex-TPG Rise Fund) and Madhav Tandan (ex-Omidyar). EscapeVelocity Trust is its India-domiciled Category II AIF.

Investment focus

Early-stage technology VC (Category II AIF): pre-seed to pre-Series A in SaaS, fintech, healthtech and consumer-tech, backing Indian founders building for global markets; typical cheques ~$1M–$3M

SEBI registration

SEBI AIF Category II — reported as “Cat II”

IN/AIF2/22-23/1231

SIDBI Fund of Funds

None found

Team & organisation

Small core team (~3); led by founders Shailesh Rao and Madhav Tandan

Trust-structured SEBI Category II AIF; India-focused early-stage VC (escp.vc)

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What does EscapeVelocity Trust invest in?: Early-stage technology VC (Category II AIF): pre-seed to pre-Series A in SaaS, fintech, healthtech and consumer-tech, backing Indian founders building for global markets; typical cheques ~$1M–$3M
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About this record

⚑ founders also operate from US/San Francisco (cross-border firm). Website escp.vc is live and indexed but could not be fetched from this environment (DNS/network block in sandbox); no fund-level portfolio companies could be independently confirmed — names found in databases were the founders' prior personal/TPG/Omidyar deals, not this fund's, so omitted.

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Sources: https://escp.vc/; https://www.linkedin.com/company/escapevelocity-vc