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Artha India Ventures (AIV) has completed the first close of Rs 250 crore for its second micro venture capital fund, Artha Venture Fund II (AVF II).
The fund has a target corpus of Rs 500 crore, with an additional Rs 100 crore green-shoe option.
AVF II will invest in 36 seed-stage startups across four focus areas such as premium consumption, fintech infrastructure, applied AI, and deep tech. The fund will deploy initial investments of around Rs 4 crore in early rounds, followed by additional investments of Rs 8–16 crore in selected companies.
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