Sixth Sense Ventures

Stage focus

Growth (Series C+)

Primary sector

Food & FMCG (D2C)

City

Mumbai

HQ / office

Mumbai, India — INS Towers, A 1102-1103, Opp. Trident, Bandra Kurla Complex (BKC), Bandra East, Mumbai 400051 (address confirmed via Private Equity International institution profile and PEI/third-party records; exact suite per those sources, not independently rendered from the firm's own site due to fetch timeouts).

Fund registered

2013

Investments on record

23

Corpus (as reported)

Reported AUM ~Rs 4,500 crore (~$540M) per third-party profiles; Fund III (SSIO III) reported to have deployed ~Rs 2,603 cr across 30+ companies, with Fund IV (SSIO IV, SEBI reg. IN/AIF2/24-25/1563, July 2024) targeting ~Rs 2,500 cr corpus. Funds: SSIO I (reg. Feb 2014), SSIO II (reg. Nov 2017), SSIO III (reg. May 2020), SSIO IV (reg. Jul 2024) — all SEBI Category II AIFs. Figures vary by source — confirm with firm.

Website

sixthsenseventures.com

LinkedIn

Profile ↗

Sixth Sense Ventures is India's first domestic, consumer-centric venture capital fund, founded in 2014 by Nikhil Vora (ex-Managing Director & Head of Research, IDFC Securities), a veteran consumer-sector analyst (voted India's No.1 analyst, Asia Money 2012). Headquartered in Mumbai (BKC), it backs first-generation entrepreneurs building challenger brands across consumer categories. Operates as SEBI-registered Category II AIF; investment manager is Sixth Sense Ventures Advisors LLP.

Consumer-focused VC. Early-to-growth stage investments in first-generation founders disrupting large, sticky consumer categories — challenger D2C brands, consumer goods, consumer healthcare/hygiene, consumer-tech, and consumer enablers. SEBI-registered Category II AIF. Typical cheque reported ~Rs 50-100 cr (up to ~Rs 250 cr).

Approx INR 40-70 Cr average, up to ~INR 250 Cr (Fund IV); earlier funds smaller

As compiled from public sources — verify with the investor.

SEBI AIF Category II — reported as “Consumer / D2C venture capital (early-to-growth stage) / Cat II”

• IN/AIF2/13-14/0095
• IN/AIF2/20-21/0794
• IN/AIF2/24-25/1563

On the SIDBI FFS list

Funds: Sixth Sense India II

Yes — on official SIDBI FFS supported-AIF list (Sixth Sense India II)

Phool / Phool.co (Help Us Green, Kanpur, UP); GIVA; Soothe Healthcare (Paree); Purplle; The Ayurveda Co. (T.A.C.); Hindustan Foods; Nobel Hygiene; Parag Milk Foods; Neeman's; Bombay Shaving Company

~8+ investment team members (Nikhil Vora founder; Nimisha Nagarsekar, Swati Mehra, Kathan Shah, Sohail Manjiramani and others)

LLP-managed (Sixth Sense Ventures LLP) multi-scheme trust; SEBI Category II AIF; multiple funds (SSIO I 2014, SSIO III 2020, SSIO IV 2024); consumer-centric early-to-growth

What does Sixth Sense Ventures invest in?

Consumer-focused VC. Early-to-growth stage investments in first-generation founders disrupting large, sticky consumer categories — challenger D2C brands, consumer goods, consumer healthcare/hygiene, consumer-tech, and consumer enablers. SEBI-registered Category II AIF. Typical cheque reported ~Rs 50-100 cr (up to ~Rs 250 cr).

What cheque size does Sixth Sense Ventures write?

As compiled from public sources: Approx INR 40-70 Cr average, up to ~INR 250 Cr (Fund IV); earlier funds smaller

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VC fund (Cat II)

108 Capital Venture Fund

Growth (Series C+) · Not disclosed · Bengaluru

Contact on file

VC fund (Cat I)

35North India Growth Fund Trust

Growth (Series C+) · Fintech · Mumbai

Approx USD 0.5-3M (INR ~3-20 Cr) per company; 8-10 companies targeted (per inc42 / fund reporting)Contact on file

VC fund (Cat I)

77 EAST VENTURE FUND

Early stage (Pre-Series A) · Food & FMCG (D2C) · Bengaluru

Not disclosed (Cat I AIF; SEBI min investor commitment INR 1 Cr)Contact on file

VC fund (Cat II)

A91 Partners

Growth (Series C+) · Financial services (non-tech) · Mumbai

Typically USD 10M-50M per company (approx INR 80-400+ Cr), targeting ~15 companies per fund.Contact on file

VC fund (Cat II)

a99 Investment AIF Trust

Growth (Series C+) · Manufacturing & Industrials · Chennai

INR 20-80 Cr (pre-Series A to pre-Series B cheques, Fund III)Contact on file

VC fund (Cat II)

Aaroh Capital Trust

Growth (Series C+) · Not disclosed · Bengaluru

Contact on file

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• ⚑ Two domains appear: sixthsenseventures.com (official — confirmed live and indexed with working /team, /portfolio, /contact, /alternative-investment-funds subpages, but every direct WebFetch/curl from this environment timed out, so the live site could not be personally rendered) and legacy sixth-sense.in (older/secondary domain still hosting news pages). Email NOT output: '[contact on file]' / '[contact on file]' appear only on third-party scrapers (RocketReach) and the legacy domain, not confirmed on the firm's own official site by my fetch; the official contact page is a contact FORM. Registered entity 'SIXTH SENSE VENTURES ADVISORS LLP' (LLP No. AAB-6967), SEBI-registered Category II AIF (IN/AIF2/13-14/0095) — PRIVATE, no government/DFI linkage. Prior record's HQ cited 'The Capital' building — corrected to INS Towers per PEI. AUM/track-record figures vary across sources and need firm confirmation.

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://sixthsenseventures.com/; https://inc42.com/buzz/sixth-sense-ventures-plans-fourth-consumer-focused-fund-with-inr-2500-cr-target-corpus/