What cheque size does FAAD Network write?

As compiled from public sources: USD 50K-500K per startup (newer fund avg USD 100K-500K cheque)

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FAAD Network

Multi-stage · Agritech · New Delhi

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At a glance

Stage focus: Multi-stage
Primary sector: Agritech
City: New Delhi
HQ / office: 115-F, Pocket-1, Mayur Vihar Phase-I, New Delhi, Delhi 110091, India (registered office per MCA/corporate records)
Fund registered: 2015
Investments on record: 100
Corpus (as reported): INR 300 Cr (~$40M) Category I AIF (angel fund); SEBI approval received Dec 2022. ~INR 75 Cr deployed across 60+ startups to date.
Website: faad.in
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About

FAAD Network Pvt. Ltd. is a New Delhi-based early-stage investor network founded in 2015 (angel-network arm launched 2019), co-founded by Karan Verma (director) and Dr. Dinesh Singh. It runs a member community of 1,600+ angels, HNIs and VCs across India, Singapore, Dubai, the US, UK and Canada, and operates FAAD Capital, a sector-agnostic SEBI-registered Category I angel fund (INR 300 Cr / ~$40M corpus). Beyond capital it provides mentorship, strategic guidance and market access to portfolio startups.

Investment focus

Pre-seed to Series A early-stage (angel + co-invest at Pre-Series A); sector-agnostic with emphasis on agritech, deeptech, healthtech, cleantech. Typical check ~$50K–$1M.

Cheque size

USD 50K-500K per startup (newer fund avg USD 100K-500K cheque)

As compiled from public sources — verify with the investor.

SEBI registration

SEBI AIF Category I — Angel fund — reported as “Angel network / SEBI-registered Cat I AIF (angel fund)”

SIDBI Fund of Funds

None found

Notable portfolio

BluSmart; Battery Smart; ClearDekho; WCube; Hesa; Huviair; Beyond Snacks

Team & organisation

Not clearly disclosed (founder/CEO Aditya Arora; small core team)

Faad Network Pvt Ltd; investor network operating FAAD Capital, a sector-agnostic SEBI-registered Cat I AIF angel fund (INR 300 Cr corpus, SEBI nod 2022); HQ New Delhi

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Frequently asked

What does FAAD Network invest in?: Pre-seed to Series A early-stage (angel + co-invest at Pre-Series A); sector-agnostic with emphasis on agritech, deeptech, healthtech, cleantech. Typical check ~$50K–$1M.
What cheque size does FAAD Network write?: As compiled from public sources: USD 50K-500K per startup (newer fund avg USD 100K-500K cheque)
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About this record

⚑ Two related brands under the same group (not a name collision): FAAD Network (investor network, est. 2015) and FAAD Capital (SEBI Cat I angel fund) — same group. Official site (faad.in) is a JS-rendered Next.js app; contact route is form/JS-only and publishes NO email in page source (verified via raw curl — zero @-addresses found), so no email could be confirmed from the firm's own site. Scraper-site emails ('[contact on file]', '[contact on file]' on RocketReach/Lusha/ContactOut) are UNVERIFIED and NOT used. Private firm; no government/DFI linkage. 'Swiggy'/'InCred' appear only in one aggregator (Tracxn) and are NOT corroborated by named-portfolio disclosures, so excluded.

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://faad.in/; https://inc42.com/buzz/angel-network-faad-gets-sebi-approval-for-inr-300-cr-aif-to-invest-in-early-stage-startups/