About Company
Equanimity Investments
EQUANIMITY Ventures Fund
Equanimity Investments is a venture capital firm based in Mumbai, India, founded in 2017. The firm partners with early-stage Indian startups that are building disruptive, scalable, and technology-enabled businesses. With a focus on backing innovators across diverse sectors, Equanimity applies disciplined investment rigor and operational support to help founders scale from early traction to long-term success.
Equanimity’s investment philosophy is rooted in partnering with entrepreneurs solving real problems with strong market potential. Alongside capital, the firm brings strategic guidance, industry expertise, and a hands-on approach to enable sustainable growth for portfolio companies. Equanimity’s team combines investment management experience with deep domain insights, ensuring founders have access to the right resources at critical growth stages.
The firm invests across a wide range of stages, from Seed and Early Stage rounds to Series A, Series B and beyond, with flexible ticket sizes typically ranging from moderate Seed checks to multi-million dollar commitments. Equanimity maintains a sector-agnostic outlook, supporting innovative business models in technology, consumer, healthcare, fintech, logistics, and other high-potential domains.
Equanimity’s portfolio includes companies leveraging emerging technologies in EV mobility, SaaS platforms, surveillance tech, consumer brands, insurance tech, and social platforms, reflecting its broader commitment to backing teams that can build category-defining businesses.
The firm has also successfully backed ventures through follow-on stages and has delivered notable exits, reinforcing its value as both capital provider and strategic partner for early-stage ventures.
Fund Snapshot
| Founded | 2017 |
| Headquarters | Mumbai, India |
| Investment Focus | Early-stage to growth-stage startups |
| Typical Ticket Size | From ~$250K up to $10M+ |
| Sector Focus | Technology, Consumer, FinTech, HealthTech, Enterprise SaaS and more |
| Geographical Focus | India |
| Portfolio Count | 30+ investments |
| Notable Exits | Sqrrl, PrepBytes |
WHAT EQUANIMITY LOOKS FOR
Equanimity invests in companies that:
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Leverage technology to build scalable, defensible business models.
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Address large, real markets with clear paths to monetization.
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Have strong founder teams capable of executing and adapting.
The firm also emphasizes founder support beyond capital, offering operational insights, strategic introductions, and growth-oriented guidance.
FEATURED PORTFOLIO THEMES
Equanimity’s portfolio represents a mix of sectors and business models, including:
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EV & Clean Tech – Smart battery and EV solutions.
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AI & Enterprise SaaS – Software analytics platforms for business growth.
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Consumer Tech & D2C – Mass-market branded products.
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Insurtech & FinTech – Platforms solving financial complexity.
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Social & Community Platforms – Next-gen engagement apps.
These demonstrate the firm’s broad yet curated approach to identifying high-potential opportunities.
Fund Snapshot
| Parameter | Details |
| Fund Name | Equanimity Ventures Trust III |
| SEBI Registration No. | IN/AIF2/25-26/2058 |
| Fund Category | Category II Alternative Investment Fund (AIF) |
| Investment Manager | Equanimity Investments |
| Headquarters Address | 408, ATL Corporate Park, Opposite L&T Gate Number 7, Saki Vihar Road, Powai, Mumbai, Maharashtra 400072 |
| Target Segment | Early-stage technology startups, capital-efficient business models, and disruptive innovation sectors |
Fund Purpose
The Equanimity Ventures Trust III is an institutional venture capital platform designed to identify, fund, and accelerate early-stage technology-driven startups within the Indian corporate ecosystem. Operating as a close-ended Category II vehicle, the fund provides critical growth capital, governance support, and operational metrics to high-potential enterprises during their foundational scale-up phases. The fund bridges early-stage private capital gaps, equipping innovative entrepreneurs with the necessary post-investment support to transition into highly profitable and sustainable industry leaders.
Fund Philosophy
High-Conviction Tech Backing
The fund concentrates its capital allocations on capital-efficient, technology-enabled startups building unique intellectual properties and deep operational moats within large addressable domestic and global markets.
Active Post-Investment Partnership
Rejecting passive equity allocation strategies, the management team acts as hands-on operational sounding boards, helping early founders design optimal corporate governance structures, marketing engines, and product-market fit trajectories.
Process-Driven Value Creation
Every deployment choice relies on a disciplined valuation framework that prioritizes robust unit economics, repeating customer cohorts, and clear paths to profitability rather than uninhibited cash burn or chasing market hype.
Strategic Capital Preservation
By maintaining an optimal diversification framework across technology sectors, the fund carefully buffers its core assets from single-industry market downturns while maintaining downstream co-investment alliances for future funding cycles.
Long-Horizon Secular Gains
The investment thesis aligns its portfolios with long-term technological transformations and structural shifts in customer behavior, working with patient capital timelines to extract stable financial outcomes for its allocators.
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Learn about the experienced fund managers responsible for investment decisions, portfolio strategy, and long-term fund performance.
Rajesh Sehgal
A Wharton and XLRI alumnus with over 20 years of experience. He previously worked at Franklin Templeton under Dr. Mark Mobius and has been a prolific angel investor since 2007, backing over 20 startups. He is also a CFA charter holder and a board member of the CFA Society India.
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Find answers to common questions about fund investments, performance, portfolio strategy, and investor services.
A: The fund is fully registered, regulated, and supervised by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) as a closed-ended Category II Alternative Investment Fund (AIF) under code IN/AIF2/25-26/2058.
A: The fund focuses its asset pipelines primarily on early-stage opportunities, specifically targeting seed-stage platforms, Pre-Series A opportunities, and early Series A capital expansions.
A: The overall portfolio design, deep due diligence tracking, asset allocation management, and compliance operations are executed by its registered manager, Equanimity Investments.
A: The platform explores diverse, tech-leveraged segments including enterprise software, artificial intelligence applications, blockchain integrations, consumer technology platforms, and logistics innovation.
A: In strict compliance with standard SEBI alternative asset directives, individual investors, corporate treasuries, and global family offices must satisfy a minimum commitment size of ₹1 crore to buy units.
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