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Stride Ventures
Debt / Venture debt · Private credit / Debt · Bengaluru
At a glance
- Stage focus
- Debt / Venture debt
- Primary sector
- Private credit / Debt
- City
- Bengaluru
- HQ / office
- India HQ (Delhi NCR): DLF Corporate Park, Mehrauli-Gurgaon Rd, Garden Estate, DLF Phase 3, Sector 24, Gurugram, Haryana 122002. Also offices in Mumbai (BKC — 3 North Avenue, Maker Maxity, Bandra East 400051), Bengaluru (Koramangala 3rd Block 560034), plus UAE (Al Khatem Tower, ADGM Square, Al Maryah Island, Abu Dhabi), UK (20 North Audley Street, London W1K 6WE), Singapore (Asia Square Tower 1, 8 Marina View) and KSA (The Garage, KACST, Riyadh).
- Fund registered
- 2019
- Investments on record
- 200
- Corpus (as reported)
- USD 1.6B+ in credit enabled globally (per official site, 2026); first Indian venture debt fund to surpass USD 1B in commitments (announced Dec 2024). Disclosed fund closes: Fund I USD 50M, Fund II USD 200M, Fund III USD 164M; Fund V (ADGM-domiciled) first close announced Q3 2025.
- Website
- strideventures.global
- Profile ↗
About
Stride Ventures is an India-founded venture debt and growth-credit firm established in 2019 by Ishpreet Singh Gandhi, who serves as Founder and Managing Partner. It provides non-dilutive debt financing to startups alongside their equity rounds and has scaled to 200+ portfolio companies across multiple funds. The firm has expanded globally, with a fund vehicle (Stride Ventures Limited) incorporated in the Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM) and regulated by the FSRA, plus offices across India, the GCC, Southeast Asia and the UK.
Investment focus
Stage: primarily growth-stage venture debt / private credit (also active across Seed and Series A as debt complement to equity rounds). Sector: sector-agnostic across 12+ sectors — consumer/D2C, fintech, e-commerce/quick-commerce, EV & cleantech, agritech, healthtech, SaaS.
Cheque size
Approx INR 15 Cr average ticket (growth-stage venture debt)
As compiled from public sources — verify with the investor.
SEBI registration
SEBI AIF Category II — reported as “Venture debt / Cat II”
- IN/AIF2/19-20/0721
- IN/AIF2/21-22/0895
- IN/AIF2/22-23/1198
- IN/AIF2/24-25/1640
- IN/AIF2/25-26/2000
SIDBI Fund of Funds
On the SIDBI FFS list
Funds: Stride Ventures India Fund
Yes — on official SIDBI FFS supported-AIF list (Stride Ventures India Fund)
Notable portfolio
Zepto; Sugar Cosmetics; Ather Energy; Battery Smart; BlueStone; Cashfree Payments; Bizongo; Lohum
Team & organisation
Approx 100+ employees in India (founder/Managing Partner Ishpreet Singh Gandhi); senior partner-led investment team
Global venture-debt/growth-credit manager; SEBI-registered Category II AIF (India Debt Fund series, multi-fund) plus ADGM-regulated global fund vehicle; non-dilutive credit
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Frequently asked
- What does Stride Ventures invest in?
- Stage: primarily growth-stage venture debt / private credit (also active across Seed and Series A as debt complement to equity rounds). Sector: sector-agnostic across 12+ sectors — consumer/D2C, fintech, e-commerce/quick-commerce, EV & cleantech, agritech, healthtech, SaaS.
- What cheque size does Stride Ventures write?
- As compiled from public sources: Approx INR 15 Cr average ticket (growth-stage venture debt)
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About this record
- ⚑ It is a venture DEBT / private-credit provider rather than a traditional early-stage equity VC — relevant if the program expects equity investment. The firm is private and independent (no government/DFI/public-university ownership), though a fund vehicle is now incorporated/domiciled in and regulated out of the Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM, UAE); India operations remain HQ'd in Gurugram, Haryana. Note also a 2025 LP partnership with Saudi Arabia's PIF (sovereign wealth fund) to deploy ~USD 200M in KSA — an LP relationship, NOT government ownership of Stride. Name collision: 'stride.vc' is a separate, unrelated London-based equity VC — not this firm.
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.strideventures.global/contact-us; https://yourstory.com/2020/11/venture-debt-stride-ventures-sidbi-sugar-cosmetics-miko