Java Capital

Stage focus

Multi-stage

Primary sector

Deep Tech (AI/ML/Robotics)

City

Bengaluru

HQ / office

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India. No specific street address is published on the official site; firm reportedly operates with embedded teams in India (Bengaluru) and the US, with no fixed office street address listed.

Fund registered

2020

Investments on record

35

Corpus (as reported)

Fund III launched with a target corpus of Rs 400 crore (incl. Rs 150 crore greenshoe), 2025/early 2026; debut Fund I was ~Rs 75 crore (incl. Rs 25 crore greenshoe). Total committed AUM not officially disclosed.

Website

javacapital.co

LinkedIn

Profile ↗

Java Capital is an India-based, Bengaluru-headquartered early-stage venture firm founded in 2020 by Vinod Shankar and Bhargavi Vijayakumar (with Karteek Pulapaka as a key partner), branding itself a leading deeptech and climate-focused seed-stage fund ("Accelerating the Pace of Technology"). It backs founders at the idea/prototype stage in IP-led deeptech (space, semiconductors, AI infrastructure, robotics, defence, climate). It has evolved from a micro-VC (debut Fund I ~Rs 75 cr) toward an institutional deeptech fund with a Rs 400 cr Fund III.

Pre-seed / seed (to pre-Series A) deeptech and climate-tech. Focus sectors: semiconductors, spacetech/aerospace, defence & cybersecurity, robotics/physical intelligence, AI infrastructure & vertical AI, advanced manufacturing/materials, energy & climate infrastructure, quantum, synthetic biology. Initial checks ~Rs 6-8 cr for Fund III (historically ~$150K-$250K).

Pre-seed/seed cheques (deeptech & climate); maiden fund ~USD 6M targeting a 15-20 startup portfolio. Specific per-deal range not disclosed on site.

As compiled from public sources — verify with the investor.

Registration category not stated — reported as “Seed / micro-VC (deeptech & climate; now scaling to institutional deeptech fund)”

None found — no verified SIDBI FFS or other govt/DFI LP relationship located for Java Capital / CSQUARE Venture Partners funds.

Agnikul Cosmos; The ePlane Company; CynLr; Okulo Aerospace; Oorja Energy; Lightspeed Photonics; SatLeo Labs; Codingal; Preimage; Frigate; Healium

~10-person team including ~3 partners (Vinod Shankar, Karteek Pulapaka, and others; LinkedIn lists ~39 associated profiles)

Multi-fund VC manager investing via SEBI-registered funds — CSQUARE Venture Partners Fund I (Category I VCF / Angel Fund) and Fund II. HQ Bengaluru, Karnataka 560037.

What does Java Capital invest in?

Pre-seed / seed (to pre-Series A) deeptech and climate-tech. Focus sectors: semiconductors, spacetech/aerospace, defence & cybersecurity, robotics/physical intelligence, AI infrastructure & vertical AI, advanced manufacturing/materials, energy & climate infrastructure, quantum, synthetic biology. Initial checks ~Rs 6-8 cr for Fund III (historically ~$150K-$250K).

What cheque size does Java Capital write?

As compiled from public sources: Pre-seed/seed cheques (deeptech & climate); maiden fund ~USD 6M targeting a 15-20 startup portfolio. Specific per-deal range not disclosed on site.

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VC fund (Cat II)

100Unicorns

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

INR 3-5 Cr initial cheque at pre-seed/seed with follow-on capacitySIDBI FFSContact on file

Angel fund (Cat I)

1Funds Trust

Multi-stage · Pharma & Life sciences · Mumbai

Pre-seed to Series A+ stage; specific cheque size not disclosedContact on file

VC fund (Cat II)

247VC Investment Trust

Seed · Deep Tech (AI/ML/Robotics) · Mumbai

INR 4-5 Cr at seed, with follow-on appetiteContact on file

VC fund (Cat II)

3IPARTNERS FUND

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

USD 150k-1M (INR ~1-8 Cr) per startup for 5-15% stake; pre-seed/seed/pre-Series AContact on file

VC fund (Cat II)

3one4 Capital

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

Early-stage seed to Series A; firm does not publish exact cheque range on siteContact on file

VC fund (Cat I)

888vc Accelerator Fund

Seed · Deep Tech (AI/ML/Robotics) · Bengaluru

INR 2-4 Cr average; first cheques up to USD 500K (Seed to Pre-Series A)Contact on file

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• ⚑ Private firm, no government/DFI linkage found — clean on that front. Email: official site (javacapital.co) publishes NO contact email and NO contact form (/contact returns 404); only Home/Portfolio/Team/Blog pages exist. An email for co-founder Vinod Shankar appears only on third-party scraper sites (RocketReach), which is NOT output here. No fixed office street address published. Possible name collision: "Java Capital" can match unrelated entities (e.g., a US/real-estate 'Java Capital'); the verified VC is the deeptech fund at javacapital.co.

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://www.javacapital.co/; https://in.linkedin.com/company/javacapital