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SAHA Fund

Multi-stage · Women-focused · Bengaluru

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At a glance

Stage focus: Multi-stage
Primary sector: Women-focused
City: Bengaluru
HQ / office: No. 346, 17th Cross, Dollars Colony, Off New Bel Road, Bangalore, Karnataka - 560094, India
Fund registered: 2015
Investments on record: 12
Corpus (as reported): INR 100 crore (~US$15 million) maiden fund corpus, reported 2015. Successor platforms (StrongHer Ventures / Arise Ventures) report a larger target corpus (~INR 500 crore reported) but that is a different, later vehicle — not verified as SAHA Fund's own AUM.
Website: www.sahafund.com/
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About

SAHA Fund is a Bangalore-based, women-focused technology venture capital fund founded by Ankita Vashistha around 2014-2015 and billed as India's first VC fund dedicated to women entrepreneurs and women-centric products/services. It ran a maiden corpus of roughly INR 100 crore (~US$15M) doing seed to Series A deals in digital/tech startups. The founder later extended the thesis through StrongHer Ventures and the current Arise Ventures (ariseventures.vc); early team/advisors included Usha Amin (Partner), Deepak Aggarwal (CFO) and advisors such as Mohandas Pai and Avinash Vashistha.

Investment focus

Seed to Series A / pre-seed & seed. Sector: digital/tech companies that are women-led, have a majority-women workforce, or build products/services for women — across e-commerce, fintech, future-of-work, healthtech/femtech, edtech, food tech, SaaS, cloud and analytics.

Cheque size

Early-stage; specific cheque range not formally disclosed (small ticket within ~INR 100 Cr corpus across ~12 deals)

As compiled from public sources — verify with the investor.

SEBI registration

SEBI AIF Category I — Venture capital — reported as “Sector fund (women-focused / diversity tech VC) / Cat I”

IN/AIF1/15-16/0175

SIDBI Fund of Funds

On the SIDBI FFS list

Funds: Saha Fund Scheme I

Yes — on official SIDBI FFS supported-AIF list (Saha Fund Scheme I)

Notable portfolio

LoveLocal (formerly m.Paani); Fitternity (acquired by CureFit/Cult.fit); Shoptimize; JoulesToWatts; GoCoop; MyAlly / Phenom People; Velmeni.ai

Team & organisation

~7 named (CEO/Managing Partner Ankita Vashistha; Partner Usha Amin; CFO Deepak Aggarwal; plus advisors Mohandas Pai, Avinash Vashistha, Aarti Gupta, Jens Horstmann)

Saha Trust — SEBI-registered Category I Venture Capital Fund (IN/AIF1/15-16/0175, since Oct 2015); single-fund trust structure, women/diversity-focused tech VC.

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Frequently asked

What does SAHA Fund invest in?: Seed to Series A / pre-seed & seed. Sector: digital/tech companies that are women-led, have a majority-women workforce, or build products/services for women — across e-commerce, fintech, future-of-work, healthtech/femtech, edtech, food tech, SaaS, cloud and analytics.
What cheque size does SAHA Fund write?: As compiled from public sources: Early-stage; specific cheque range not formally disclosed (small ticket within ~INR 100 Cr corpus across ~12 deals)
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About this record

⚑ REBRAND / SUCCESSION: SAHA Fund is a legacy brand. Founder Ankita Vashistha has since launched StrongHer Ventures and now Arise Ventures (ariseventures.vc) as successor platforms; sahafund.com is still live and still branded "SAHA Fund," but the firm's active investing today operates under Arise Ventures — confirm which legal entity/email is current before official engagement. HQ in Bangalore (outside UP). Private VC (not a govt/DFI vehicle) — clean on that count.

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.sahafund.com/; https://yourstory.com/herstory/2026/01/ankita-vashistha-venture-capitalist-women-founders-business