2am VC is a sector agnostic, Gen Z centric, "India Only" early-stage venture fund.

Founders

Portfolio Companies

Established

We invest via iSafe, safe, convertible notes and priced rounds. We are lead investors in over half of our deals. When we invest, our first priority is closing the round and getting capital into our portfolio accounts as fast as possible.&nbsp;

Speed

Our term sheets and investor documents are incredibly straightforward and simple. Our team will work directly with you to help you understand the terms and the overall investment documentation. We are not in the business of pulling fast ones.

Transparent

As founder ourselves, we understand the playbook to get from zero to one. We are not in the business of controlling portfolio companies. We do not take board seats and we will never impede on founders' growth.

Founder Friendly

We bring a global mindset to the cap table. We are a US-domiciled fund with the majority of our LPs outside of India.

Cross Border

DIFFERENT

HOW ARE WE

triangle desktop.png

STORIES

Both Hershel and Brendan have been phenomenal when it comes to connecting us with customers, investors as well as partners. We can always count on them to help us out.

Karbon Card

SUCCESS

A golden era for Indian startup founders: VC Brendan Rogers at TechSparks 2021

2am VC aims to back startups across themes like e-commerce, fintech, wellness, mental health and fitness, crypto, and NFTs

Startup Fridays Ep 25: In India, a light bulb went off in my head, and I knew I wanted to invest in founders there - Brendan Rogers

Home Page

Firstclub

Newme is the most loved fashion destination for GenZ across India and South East Asia.

Newme

web_image.png

linkedin-icon.png

Apmamart

Linkrunner.io

Coolberg is India’s largest non-alcoholic beverage company.

Coolberg

Karbon is trusted by 2000+ companies from unicorns like Unacademy, MyGate, Cred, and Pharmeasy to SME/MSME all across India. They provide a corporate card with high credit limit free of charge to improve cash flow. Karbon also offers premium banking features such as bulk pay for vendor payment as well as a free software suite for expense management and cash flow control.

Redefining commerce for Bharat’s next billion consumers.BizzTM brings the variety and range of e-commerce categories to the aspirational population in Tier 2+ cities, which is underserved by e-commerce due to high delivery costs and the need for trust. BizzTM has a unique model of community commerce involving a local network of 'Bizz Owners' who bring innovative categories of products to their community, through an innovative aggregated delivery model.

Bizztm

SalaryBox helps simplify staff attendance and payroll processes for SMB’s. SalaryBox makes salary calculation and payments simple and convenient. The technology solution addresses the complexities of employee management, payroll, benefits, compliance, and more. This also helps blue-collar employees get a digital footprint of their payroll and employment details so that they can easily share them with financial institutions to receive loans and insurance products.

SalaryBox

GoSats is the easiest on-ramp to crypto and Web3 for a billion people in India. People accumulate free crypto as cashback and rewards everytime they shop in India using India's first bitcoin rewards prepaid debit card.

GoSats

Bimaplan is an affordable insurance platform for the next billion Indians. The company’s vision is to provide financial security to the 150 million underserved Indian households through relevant insurance products. Bimaplan works with insurers to co-create customized products for the lower-to-middle income segment. Bimaplan is building a full-stack insurance platform from underwriting to distribution, to customer engagement and retention. Bimaplan has launched its insurance-in-a-box product which allows its partners to sell embedded insurance products to their customers seamlessly.

Bimaplan

EximPe plays in the massive SME export/import market that has been largely untouched by technology. EximPe is reimagining workflows and FX transactions through technology and allowing Indian companies to be competitive in the global markets.

Eximpe

Brendan Rogers is currently the Co-Founder of Founder 2am [VC] an early-stage India Fund.Previously, Brendan Co-Founded Wag! the mobile dog walking app that disrupted the global pet service space. 

Wag! has raised over $360 million in venture capital, most recently $300 million from Softbank's Vision Fund.Brendan is an active advisor and mentors many companies, accelerators, and universities in the LA/Silicon Valley/South Korea. 

He is a frequent contributor to Forbes, a speaker at national conferences, and has appeared on some of the top podcasts in the industry.Before Wag!, Brendan co-founded a social discovery service to meet new people, which grew to over 50 million users in over 10 countries and was acquired by IAC in 2014.

Hershel Mehta is currently the Co-Founder of  2 a.m. VC an early-stage India Fund. Hershel Mehta is a Venture Capitalist in charge of US investments through his Family Office's proprietary fund called Mehta Ventures. He is based out of Los Angeles and works with different accelerators, incubators, VC’s, and other Family Offices to source startups for investment purposes. 

In the last three years he has lead over 50 global startup investments for the family.He enjoys working closely with early stage - first time or second time - founders by guiding them to connect the dots to  achieve product market fit.He is sector agnostic because the family’s value add - an understanding of and access to the Indian market - spans sectors. He look for founders and teams with the moonshot vision, with an irrational belief, with the relevant expertise, and with the willingness to learn from their mistakes. 

He has also have gone through the entrepreneurship journey having published a mobile application in the Apple App Store in 2015, and he uses that experience to help guide entrepreneurs through their own journeys.  He has finished his Venture Investing Education through the Executive Education Program at the Wharton School of Business, and is a CPA (inactive) certified with the CA State Board of Accountancy. Likewise, Hershel has received a B.A. in Accounting and Marketing with a minor in Business Management from the University of Miami.