Amazon's corporate venture fund investing in India's digital-economy startups, expanded to $350M.
- The offer:
- $350M per company
- Location:
- Remote
- Stages:
- Seed, Series A+
What you need to qualify
- Your business must be based in India.
- Early stage, technology led startups.
- The fund's three stated focus areas are small business digitisation, healthcare (technology assisted doctor services, telemedicine, AI diagnostics) and agritech innovation (farm productivity, supply chains, farmer credit and insurance).
- Amazon lists fintech products and services, e-commerce services, consumer brands, gaming, electrification, machine learning and social media offerings as further areas the fund has expanded into.
Eligibility
- Eligible stages
- All stages
- Countries
- Global, subject to the provider’s eligibility and approval
How to apply
- 1
Check that your company fits the fund's mandate
ASVF backs early stage, technology led Indian startups, with stated focus areas of small business digitisation, healthcare and agritech innovation. Amazon states the fund is for businesses based in India.
- 2
Prepare your company details and your query
There is no online application form or portal. Amazon asks interested founders to share their details together with the query they want to put to the fund.
- 3
Write to the ASVF team
The fund's own site routes its 'Got an idea? Speak to us' call to action to the email address contact-asvf@amazon.com. Send your company details there.
Frequently asked
Early stage, technology led startups whose business is based in India. Amazon's page addresses founders whose business is based in India, and the fund's own site describes itself as an India dedicated venture fund for early stage startups.
There is no application form. The fund asks founders to write in with their details and their query, and its 'Got an idea? Speak to us' contact resolves to contact-asvf@amazon.com.
The fund's site describes it as a $350 million India dedicated venture fund for early stage startups. Neither the fund's site nor Amazon's page publishes a standard cheque size or an equity stake, so terms are set deal by deal.
The fund lists global reach and a scaled venture capital team, portfolio development managers, public relations and marketing opportunities, product testing opportunities, and mentorship from Amazon.
At any time. The fund runs no cohort and publishes no deadline; it invites founders to write in whenever they are interested.
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