About Us – Kae Capital

Founded in 2012, Kae Capital is a sector-agnostic fund that invests in the pre-seed to pre-series A stages of a company. A pioneer of early-stage investing in India with offices in Mumbai and Bengaluru, Kae partners with passionate founders and teams, building for Indian and global markets and is the first institutional investor in a majority of its portfolio companies. Kae aims to be an all-weather partner to its portfolio founders, enabling them to build enduring companies.

Kae’s portfolio has a mix of B2B and B2C startups. Some of the investments are HealthKart (health tech), Porter (logistics tech), Nazara (gaming), Zetwerk (manufacturing tech), Tata 1MG (health tech), Traya (D2C), Square Yards (property tech), and Rupeek (fintech).

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Our Philosophy

When we invest in a company, we also invest our confidence in its founders. We engage with them on multiple fronts and bring in our broad range of experiences and expertise to help them grow their business. But it’s the entrepreneurs who build great companies, and we play a supportive role working alongside them.

Being an all-weather partner

We help founders through good and tough times, staying committed to being a founder-first firm despite changing market conditions.

Founder first

Unwavering support and advocacy for our founders, ensuring their best interests are always at the forefront.

Accountability to each other

A commitment to transparency and responsibility, ensuring all team members are aligned and engaged with our collective mission.

Teamwork and Collaboration

We champion a culture of mutual support, shared objectives, and collective achievements.

Humility

The courage to embrace our limitations, learn from our mistakes and continuously strive for improvement.

Respect to all

A commitment to equality, diversity, and inclusion, valuing every individual’s contribution to our collective success.

Compassion

Fostering a supportive internal and external environment, recognizing the human element in all our endeavours.

Integrity

Upholding the highest ethical standards, ensuring our actions consistently reflect our values.

Pioneers of early-stage investing in India. Partnering with passionate founders & teams.

“Having Kae Capital since the very start has been a sheer delight. Their guidance in helping us set our direction and sound operating practices have been a big blessing. While we continued to build our platform and promise a value proposition to our customers, their unwavering support, especially during tough times, helped us cut through the clutter and focus on our work.”

Pranav Goel

Co-founder and CEO

“Kae Capital was one of our first investors and has been a partner since our inception. Sasha has always taken a people-first approach – always backing the entrepreneurs and believing that good entrepreneurs will create good businesses. While in the last 11 years, we have gone through various ups and downs, Kae has always supported us through business coaching, industry connections, and add-on capital.”

Sameer Maheshwari

Founder and CEO

“We started working with Sasha & Kae Capital back in 2011, at the very beginning of the first institutional fund. As an entrepreneur, I tremendously value having an investor like Sasha, who is always 100% supporting and backing us entrepreneurs through good times and tough times. Kae Capital is a long-term partner and constantly provides support to the company by opening its networks and helping out in connecting with investors, prospective hires and partners. I would be happy to work with Sasha & Kae Capital any day!”

Prashant Tandon

Founder and CEO

“Kae has been such a great partner to Zetwerk from the early stages, from the time we first raised capital, to pivoting business models, to navigating COVID, and to now transitioning into a large company. The team is always thoughtful, proactive and solution-oriented, whether it is towards helping with solving a business problem, connecting to potential customers/investors proactively or being a helpful shoulder to listen. We have thoroughly enjoyed the partnership over the last 4 years!”

Amrit Acharya

Co-founder and CEO

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