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StrongHer Ventures

Seed · Women-focused · Bengaluru

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At a glance

Stage focus: Seed
Primary sector: Women-focused
City: Bengaluru
HQ / office: Bangalore (Bengaluru), Karnataka
Fund registered: 2022
Investments on record: 50
Website: www.ariseventures.vc/
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About

Women-focused venture capital fund founded by Ankita Vashistha, operating as part of the Arise Ventures platform; backs early-stage women-led companies. Tholons (whose domain provides the SEBI-registered email) is a strategic investor and partner.

Investment focus

Early-stage (seed) venture capital in women-led / women-focused startups across fintech, femtech, future of work, healthcare, consumer and Web3

SEBI registration

SEBI AIF Category I — reported as “Cat I”

IN/AIF1/22-23/1180

SIDBI Fund of Funds

Yes — partial/indirect: predecessor fund by the same founder/manager Ankita Vashistha, Saha Fund (India's first gender-lens women-entrepreneurship VC fund, 2015), counted SIDBI among its LPs/investors. No confirmed SIDBI/govt LP in the current StrongHer/Arise vehicle itself.

Notable portfolio

Licious; Assiduus Global; Meolaa; P-Tal; Kindlife; VAMA; Streamingo; Fitternity (exited, acquired by CureFit)

Team & organisation

Approx 11-50 employees (LinkedIn ~28); key principals: Ankita Vashistha (Founder & Managing Partner), Avinash Vashistha (General Partner)

Category I AIF (per task category); Arise Ventures / StrongHer multi-fund VC platform (successor to Saha Fund and Tholons Capital), early-stage tech focus

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What does StrongHer Ventures invest in?: Early-stage (seed) venture capital in women-led / women-focused startups across fintech, femtech, future of work, healthcare, consumer and Web3
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About this record

⚑ rebrand (operates under the Arise Ventures platform / 'StrongHer by Arise')

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.ariseventures.vc/strongher-awe; https://www.linkedin.com/company/ariseventuresvc