ValleyNXT Ventures has launched Bharat Breakthrough Fund–I, a ₹400 crore SEBI-registered Category I venture capital fund designed to support Indian start-ups stuck in the high-risk “Valley of Death” between product validation and scale.
The fund is targeting a base corpus of ₹200 crore with a greenshoe option of another ₹200 crore, taking the total potential size to ₹400 crore. It will back seed to pre-Series A companies and follows a combined VC-plus-accelerator model anchored in ValleyNXT’s MIB Framework—Mentorship, Investment and Business Connects—to offer capital along with structured execution support.
ValleyNXT argues that most early-stage failures are not only about funding gaps but also about fragmented advice, premature scaling pressure and lack of clarity on execution, which this fund aims to systematically address. The Bharat Breakthrough Fund–I will focus on deep-tech and tech-first ventures across sectors such as space, defence technology, robotics, artificial intelligence and machine learning, cybersecurity, biotech, sustainability and consumer innovation, positioning itself as a catalyst for India’s next wave of high-impact technology start-up.
