VC fund (Cat II) · SEBI registry
Prana Venture Trust
Early stage (Pre-Series A) · Financial services (non-tech) · Bengaluru
At a glance
- Stage focus
- Early stage (Pre-Series A)
- Primary sector
- Financial services (non-tech)
- City
- Bengaluru
- HQ / office
- Bengaluru, Karnataka (Indiranagar, HAL 2nd Stage)
- Fund registered
- 2026
- Corpus (as reported)
- Managing the inherited Omidyar Network India portfolio of 40+ companies (~US$160M cost base); new Fund I size not publicly disclosed (in fundraise as of 2025-2026)
- Website
- pranaventures.com
- Profile ↗
About
Prana Venture Trust is the SEBI-registered Category II AIF of Prana Ventures, an early-stage impact VC founded by the team that previously ran Omidyar Network India, led by Managing Partner Badri Pillapakkam. It backs startups serving India's bottom-60% income households in fintech, climate and MSME sectors.
Investment focus
Early-stage VC investing in financial services, climate and MSME, opportunistically in education, healthcare and agriculture; thesis focused on India's lower-middle-income ('Aspirers and Seekers') households
SEBI registration
SEBI AIF Category II — reported as “Cat II”
- IN/AIF2/26-27/2143
SIDBI Fund of Funds
None found
Team & organisation
Founding team from Omidyar Network India; Managing Partner Badri Pillapakkam plus a small partner group (exact count not disclosed)
SEBI Category II AIF (Accredited Investors only), trust structure; sponsor entity Prana Ventures Sponsor LLP; purpose-driven VC fund (Fund I) targeting financial services, climate, MSME
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Frequently asked
- What does Prana Venture Trust invest in?
- Early-stage VC investing in financial services, climate and MSME, opportunistically in education, healthcare and agriculture; thesis focused on India's lower-middle-income ('Aspirers and Seekers') households
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About this record
- ⚑ none (rebrand/spin-out from Omidyar Network India; registered domain pranaventures.in redirects to primary site pranaventures.com)
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Sources: https://pranaventures.com; https://www.ivca.in/insights/blogs/fund-in-focus-prana-ventures