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As compiled from public sources: INR 1-4 Cr (early-stage; per Fund I disclosure of Rs 1-4 Cr at early stages)

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Menterra Venture Advisors

Seed · Impact & Social · Bengaluru

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At a glance

Stage focus: Seed
Primary sector: Impact & Social
City: Bengaluru
HQ / office: Prestige Craig House, 21/30 Craig Park Layout, Mahatma Gandhi Road, Bengaluru 560001, Karnataka, India
Fund registered: 2015
Investments on record: 15
Corpus (as reported): Menterra Social Impact Fund II: first close ~Rs 227 Cr (~US$30M) announced April 2022, against a target corpus of ~Rs 750 Cr (~US$100M incl. ~Rs 250 Cr green-shoe). Fund I was ~US$6M. Third-party trackers (Tracxn/Crunchbase) report low ~US$7M AUM figures that appear to predate/understate Fund II; the fund-level closes are the more reliable figures. (2022)
Website: menterra.com
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About

Menterra Venture Advisors is a Bengaluru-based private impact venture capital firm founded in 2015 that makes early-stage (seed / Series A) investments in Indian businesses delivering affordable, scalable solutions in healthcare, education/skilling and agriculture. It runs the Menterra Social Impact Fund series (Fund I ~US$6M; Fund II first-closed at ~Rs 227 Cr / ~US$30M in April 2022 toward a ~US$100M target). Key partners are George Thomas (CEO / Head of Asset Management), Mukesh Sharma (co-founder, Head-Investment Management) and Paul Basil (co-founder, Head-Impact Management).

Investment focus

Early-stage (seed / early growth) impact VC; sectors: healthcare, education & skilling, agriculture/agri-tech, with attention to climate and gender (2X) outcomes

Cheque size

INR 1-4 Cr (early-stage; per Fund I disclosure of Rs 1-4 Cr at early stages)

As compiled from public sources — verify with the investor.

SEBI registration

SEBI AIF Category I — Venture capital — reported as “Sector: impact/agri/healthcare/education (early-stage VC) / Cat I”

IN/AIF1/15-16/0187
IN/AIF1/19-20/0694
IN/AIF1/25-26/1980

SIDBI Fund of Funds

On the SIDBI FFS list

Funds: Menterra Social Impact Fund II

Yes — on official SIDBI FFS supported-AIF list (Menterra Social Impact Fund II)

Notable portfolio

Adiuvo Diagnostics (verified — Menterra-backed, Seed Dec 2018, with Villgro/Artha Impact); Biosense (exited — acquired by Tulip Diagnostics in Nov 2019; Tulip is a PerkinElmer subsidiary, so PerkinElmer is only the indirect parent); Chrysalis / EZ Vidya; iDreamCareer; Stones2Milestones; LEAP Skills (Leap Skills Academy); Omix Research and Diagnostic Labs; NubeSol Technologies

Team & organisation

~3 partners (George Thomas, Mukesh Sharma, Paul Basil) leading; small investment team

Manager: Menterra Venture Advisors Pvt Ltd; runs Menterra Social Impact Fund I & II (SEBI Category II AIF, multi-fund impact strategy)

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Frequently asked

What does Menterra Venture Advisors invest in?: Early-stage (seed / early growth) impact VC; sectors: healthcare, education & skilling, agriculture/agri-tech, with attention to climate and gender (2X) outcomes
What cheque size does Menterra Venture Advisors write?: As compiled from public sources: INR 1-4 Cr (early-stage; per Fund I disclosure of Rs 1-4 Cr at early stages)
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About this record

⚑ Private impact/early-stage VC (not large PE), HQ in India (Bengaluru). Two cautions: (1) the official site menterra.com appears partially compromised — WebFetch detected injected casino/betting spam links amid the legitimate content; identity is still genuinely Menterra but the site may be insecure. (2) Some third-party trackers report low ~US$7M AUM that understates Fund II; fund-level closes above are more reliable.

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Sources: https://menterra.com/; https://www.prnewswire.com/in/news-releases/menterra-social-impact-fund-ii-announces-first-close-887485636.html