VC fund (Cat II) · SEBI registry
VSS INVESTMENTS FUND
Early stage (Pre-Series A) · Deep Tech (AI/ML/Robotics) · New Delhi
At a glance
- Stage focus
- Early stage (Pre-Series A)
- Primary sector
- Deep Tech (AI/ML/Robotics)
- City
- New Delhi
- HQ / office
- Nehru Place, New Delhi
- Fund registered
- 2022
- Corpus (as reported)
- Rs 30 crore target corpus (Rs 20 cr base + Rs 10 cr green-shoe), 2023
- Website
- fedsec.in
About
Category II AIF launched in 2023 by Paytm founder Vijay Shekhar Sharma, sponsored by his entity VSS Investco Pvt Ltd, to invest in early-stage Indian AI and EV startups. The SEBI-registered email belongs to Federal Securities (fedsec.in), a Delhi merchant-banker/investment-manager entity; the fund has no standalone official website (vss.com is an unrelated US firm).
Investment focus
Early-stage VC; AI and electric-vehicle (EV) startups incubated in India serving Indian consumers/businesses
Cheque size
Not disclosed (early-stage AI/EV; ticket size not made public)
As compiled from public sources — verify with the investor.
SEBI registration
SEBI AIF Category II — reported as “Cat II”
- IN/AIF2/22-23/1190
SIDBI Fund of Funds
None found
Team & organisation
Not disclosed (managed by VSS Investco Pvt Ltd; sponsor/lead contributor Vijay Shekhar Sharma)
VSS Investments Fund — Category II AIF (venture), sponsored & managed by VSS Investco Pvt Ltd (entity controlled by Paytm founder Vijay Shekhar Sharma); trust structure. Phone/address (Borivali/Vile Parle, Mumbai) and email are those of Fedsec / Fedex Securities (Cat I Merchant Banker, INM000010163), the associated merchant banker/trusteeship-services group via fedsec.in — NOT confirmed as the fund's own manager contact; Nehru Place Delhi HQ per registry not matched on fedsec.in.
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- Early-stage VC; AI and electric-vehicle (EV) startups incubated in India serving Indian consumers/businesses
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- As compiled from public sources: Not disclosed (early-stage AI/EV; ticket size not made public)
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About this record
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.businesstoday.in/technology/news/story/paytm-ceo-vijay-shekhar-sharma-launches-vss-investments-fund-for-indian-startups-with-focus-on-ai-and-ev-403131-2023-10-25; https://inc42.com/buzz/vijay-shekhar-sharma-launches-inr-30-cr-fund-to-invest-in-indian-ai-ev-startups/