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Scale Ventures Trust

Seed · HealthTech & Digital health · Pune

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At a glance

Stage focus: Seed
Primary sector: HealthTech & Digital health
City: Pune
HQ / office: Deccan Gymkhana, Bhandarkar Road, Pune, Maharashtra
Fund registered: 2016
Investments on record: 12
Corpus (as reported): ~INR 100 Cr (approx USD 16M) corpus, SEBI Category I AIF (reported)
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About

Scale Ventures is a Pune-based venture capital firm (founders include Nilesh Rathi and Rahul Narvekar) that runs an early-stage, sector-agnostic Category I AIF investing primarily at seed stage in Indian startups, with a focus on Tier 2/3/4 cities. 'Scale Ventures Trust' is its SEBI-registered AIF vehicle.

Investment focus

Seed / early-stage; sector-agnostic (enterprise applications, high-tech, healthtech) Indian startups

Cheque size

Seed-stage cheques; fund corpus targeted ~INR 100 Cr (USD 16M); per-deal not disclosed

As compiled from public sources — verify with the investor.

SEBI registration

SEBI AIF Category I — reported as “Cat I”

IN/AIF1/16-17/0274

SIDBI Fund of Funds

None found

Notable portfolio

Jivaana; EngineerBabu; Guerrilla Ventures

Team & organisation

~4 (4 partners; designated partners Nilesh Rathi & Geeta Govardhan)

Trust-structured Category I AIF (Angel/VC Fund), SEBI Reg. IN/AIF1/16-17/0274; managed by Scale Ventures (LLP/Pvt Ltd, Pune); single-fund

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Frequently asked

What does Scale Ventures Trust invest in?: Seed / early-stage; sector-agnostic (enterprise applications, high-tech, healthtech) Indian startups
What cheque size does Scale Ventures Trust write?: As compiled from public sources: Seed-stage cheques; fund corpus targeted ~INR 100 Cr (USD 16M); per-deal not disclosed
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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.zaubacorp.com/SCALE-VENTURES-PRIVATE-LIMITED-U74900PN2013PTC146263; https://tracxn.com/d/venture-capital/scale-ventures/___jkoFoy9eZUP5vTS3ycoUDSz-OMLmYuGVIRjl7AQdwo