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80%

Responds in

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About Sun Icon Ventures

Investor type

VC firm

First check

$30k to $400k

Lead

Sometimes

Themes

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

80%

Responds in

6 days

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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