VC fund (Cat II) · SEBI registry
Naya Ventures India Trust
Growth (Series C+) · IT / SaaS / Enterprise Software · Hyderabad
At a glance
- Stage focus
- Growth (Series C+)
- Primary sector
- IT / SaaS / Enterprise Software
- City
- Hyderabad
- HQ / office
- Irving, Texas, USA (firm HQ); India office at Dallas Centre, Raidurga/Knowledge City, Hyderabad, Telangana (matches registry address)
- Fund registered
- 2020
- Investments on record
- 7
- Corpus (as reported)
- ~USD 83M cumulative capital deployed across funds (dallasvc.com); 26 active investments (the site's '$1T AUM' figure is an evident typo)
- Website
- dallasvc.com
- Profile ↗
About
Naya Ventures India Trust is the SEBI Category II AIF arm of Naya Ventures, a US-India venture firm founded in 2011 by Dayakar Puskoor that has rebranded to Dallas Venture Capital (DVC). It backs early-to-growth-stage B2B SaaS, AI/ML and cloud-infrastructure startups across the US and India, operating from Irving, TX and Hyderabad. The SEBI registry domain nayaventures.com now 301-redirects to dallasvc.com.
Investment focus
Early- and growth-stage B2B SaaS / enterprise software; AI/ML, cloud infrastructure, data security, IoT/XR; US-India cross-border; cheque size ~USD 2-10M
Cheque size
USD 2-10 million (early & growth-stage B2B SaaS)
As compiled from public sources — verify with the investor.
SEBI registration
SEBI AIF Category II — reported as “Cat II”
- IN/AIF2/20-21/0819
SIDBI Fund of Funds
None found
Notable portfolio
CoreStack; HyperVerge; Kore.ai; DQ Labs; VuNet; Fiddler AI; Alkira
Team & organisation
~11 (4 partners + founder/MD Dayakar Puskoor + ops/platform)
LLP-managed Category II AIF: Naya Ventures India Trust (SEBI IN/AIF2/20-21/0819), Investment Manager Dallas Venture Partners India LLP, Sponsor Dayakar Rao Puskoor, Trustee Amicorp Trustees (India) Pvt Ltd; part of US-India cross-border DVC platform
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Frequently asked
- What does Naya Ventures India Trust invest in?
- Early- and growth-stage B2B SaaS / enterprise software; AI/ML, cloud infrastructure, data security, IoT/XR; US-India cross-border; cheque size ~USD 2-10M
- What cheque size does Naya Ventures India Trust write?
- As compiled from public sources: USD 2-10 million (early & growth-stage B2B SaaS)
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About this record
- ⚑ foreign-HQ (US, Irving TX); rebrand — Naya Ventures now operates as Dallas Venture Capital (nayaventures.com redirects to dallasvc.com)
Compiled from SEBI registrations and 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.dallasvc.com/firm; https://dallasvc.com