Micro private equity
Patient capital for India's future,One frugal breakthrough at a time
We provide long-term, structured, equity capital to innovative founders.
We back founders that run their company as a business rather than a startup.
Long-term capital for lasting impact
Malpani Ventures partners with founders building capital efficient businesses in India.
We offer structured growth equity for companies that want to stay frugal and still grow responsibly. We invest with an ownership mindset and do not force growth for optics. We value durability over blitz-scaling and resilience over arbitrary paper valuations.
A banyan begins as a fragile seed, spending its first two years establishing a vital taproot before accelerating into a visible canopy by year ten. The true transformation occurs between years 12 and 15, when aerial roots finally anchor into the ground to form secondary trunks. Our goal is to support companies with patient capital during the decade-long evolution from a tiny plant into an unbreakable and dominant ecosystem.
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We’re sector-agnostic in spirit and disciplined in practice.
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When you have revenue, real customers and early momentum.
We are sector-agnostic but we have a bias towards businesses where frugality is an advantage, not a constraint. If the model is fundamentally burn heavy it is probably not a fit.
We move as fast as conviction allows, the more prepared you are with numbers and clarity the faster we can decide. On an average we take 4-6 weeks to issue a term sheet.
Warm introductions help, but we consider cold emails as well. You can also pitch to us via the form on the website.
Typically first check is INR 3-10 cr via the Compulsorily Convertible Preference Shares route.