Patient capital for hard problems.
Samarthya Capital partners with exceptional Indian founders building defensible, high-impact businesses across deep tech, defence, space, robotics and AI. We deploy patient capital from pre-seed through Series A — and stay close through scale.
A small team, deliberately.
High-conviction investing requires focus. Our team is built for bandwidth per portfolio company, not fund AUM. We meet founders before the deck, we read the science, and we lead when we believe.
We were built to back the people who are quietly rebuilding the spine of Indian industry — sovereign launch, autonomous defence, AI compute, energy, mobility, and the manufacturing depth that makes the rest possible.
Two questions we ask first.
- Outstanding founding team with founder/market fit
- Big vision to build a substantial company in a large market
- Ability to build an amazing product
- Grit and track record to execute — and walk away when right
- Defensibility: an inherent moat from tech or business model
- We invest in deep-tech businesses across India
- Lead or co-lead pre-seed and seed financing rounds
- Initial cheques between $500K and $2M, with flexibility
- Priced rounds and convertibles welcome
- Reserves for pro-rata through Series B
How we operate.
We lead when we believe. We tell you what we actually think.
Hard tech has its own clock. We don't translate physics into quarterly KPIs.
We pick up the phone. We show up on launch day and after a setback.