VC fund (Cat I) · SEBI registry
INCUBE CONNECT FUND
Early stage (Pre-Series A) · Impact & Social · Ahmedabad
At a glance
- Stage focus
- Early stage (Pre-Series A)
- Primary sector
- Impact & Social
- City
- Ahmedabad
- HQ / office
- Ahmedabad (S.G. Road / Gokuldham area), Gujarat
- Fund registered
- 2012
- Corpus (as reported)
- ~Rs 200 crore target fund size (nine-year fund) per 2013 launch reports
- Profile ↗
About
Incube Connect Fund was the first social venture fund in India to be registered by SEBI under the AIF Regulations (Category I – Social Venture Fund, Reg. IN/AIF1/12-13/0025, Jan 2013). Sponsored and managed by Ahmedabad-based Incube Ventures Pvt Ltd. No live official website could be confirmed.
Investment focus
Social-impact / early-stage — sector-agnostic social venture fund focused on healthcare delivery, vocational education & skilling, clean energy & eco-business, and sustainable rural business innovations
SEBI registration
SEBI AIF Category I — reported as “Cat I”
- IN/AIF1/12-13/0025
SIDBI Fund of Funds
None found
Team & organisation
~8-11 employees at sponsor Incube Ventures; six-member advisory board (incl. HC Pattnaik-GVFL, Nitin Deshmukh-Kotak PE, Biju Varkkey-IIM-A, Bhaskar Bhatt-Titan, Madhu Mehta-iCreate, Vinodh Modha)
Category I AIF - Social Venture Fund (India's first SEBI-registered social venture fund), SEBI reg IN/AIF1/12-13/0025 dated 23-Jan-2013; sponsored by Incube Ventures Pvt Ltd, Ahmedabad; single-fund trust. Note: own website in3ventures.org is now parked/for-sale (defunct).
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About this record
- ⚑ Cat I Social Venture Fund (impact, not commercial startup VC); registry contact details not provided
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Sources: https://in.linkedin.com/company/incube-ventures; https://www.business-standard.com/article/markets/sebi-approves-india-s-first-social-venture-fund-in-gujarat-113021700497_1.html