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Reply Rate

75%

Responds in

2 weeks

About Sun Icon Ventures

Investor type

VC firm

First check

$30k to $400k

Lead

Sometimes

Themes

drugs
business to business
gene therapy
psychedelic
bio
industrial
biomarkers
GPS
prosumer
therapeutic
psychedelics
lifesciences
IIoT
space tech
renewables
life science
b-to-b
IoT
clothing
genAI
deep learning
smart manufacturing
therapeutics
manufacturing
CBD
newspace
biotech
smart factory
cleantech
subscription
advanced manufacturing
consumer
b-to-c
machine vision
transcriptomics
fashion
drug
drone
computer vision
rocketship
industry 4
AI
pharmaceuticals
neural network
waste
greentech
cell therapy
proteomics
data science
biopharma
software
artificial intelligence
mRNA
life sciences
small and medium business
small and medium businesses
metabolites
environmental
protein
geospatial
3d-printing
space-tech
dronetech
in vitro diagnostics
B2B
industrial revolution
IVD
genomics
productivity tools
environnement
hardtech
CGT
b to b
cannabis wearables
spacetech
3d printing
business-to-business
big data
agents
space
SaaS B2C
lifescience
enterprise
smart clothes
ML
additive manufacturing
environment
life sciences tools
medicines
generative AI
industry 4.0
pharma
robotics
satellites
industrial IoT
recurring
SMB
machine learning
smbs
circular economy
drones
LLM
life-science
B2B2C
hardware
data
collaboration tools
metabolomics
clothes
climate
biodiversity
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Funding Stages

2. Prototype3. Early Revenue

Countries of investment

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Who we are

We are a Mumbai-based seed fund investing in technology-led startups across India. Sector-agnostic with a deep-tech lean, run by a team with operating and investing experience across finance and technology.

Funding Requirements

We invest in seed to pre-Series A startups in India, writing checks of $30K to $400K with capacity to lead or co-lead. Sectors and keywords: deep tech, robotics, drones, hardware, autonomy, IoT, B2B SaaS, enterprise software, vertical SaaS, AI, applied AI, agri-tech, climate tech, biotech, life sciences, space tech, manufacturing tech, consumer.

Value add

Founders get a sounding board with a team that has built, scaled, and operated businesses across tech and finance. Support spans senior and technical hiring, fundraising prep and intros to Series A leads, GTM strategy, and a multi-decade industrial family office network for manufacturing, supply chain, and distribution in India.

Frequently Asked Questions

Ownership varies widely across our portfolio, typically ranging from 1% to 15% depending on round size, stage, and check size. We don't gate decisions on ownership minimums when conviction is high.
intro call, then a deep dive on product, market, and technology. We layer in reference calls with prior employers, customers, and co-investors; technical diligence for deep-tech bets; cap-table and legal review; and an IC discussion before issuing a term sheet.
Two to four weeks for a yes or no, faster when co-investing alongside a trusted lead. We try to give founders an early no rather than slow-walk diligence.
Yes when we lead a round. Otherwise we typically take observer rights where useful and prefer to keep early-stage boards lean.
Yes. We reserve a meaningful portion of fund capital to follow on in our highest-conviction companies, typically through Series A.
Rarely. We have a strong preference for founding teams.

Locations

303, Kumar Plaza, Near Kalina Market, Kalina Kurla Rd, Santacruz East, Mumbai, Maharashtra 400029 HQ
Reply Rate

75%

Responds in

2 weeks

Sun Icon Ventures Team

Aakansh Jain

Aakansh Jain

Analyst

“I invest in all sectors (Agnostic)”

Krunal Makwana

Krunal Makwana

Analyst

“I invest in software”

Darshan Jain

Darshan Jain

Partner

“I invest in India. Sector-agnostic with a technology lean, writing ₹25L ($30,000) to ₹3.0 Cr ($400k) initial cheques at seed and pre-Series A. ”

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