Beams Fintech Fund is the First Fintech Focused Growth Capital fund for India offering Ecosystem, Value Add & Capital to support the Fintech founders of tomorrow. Beams Fintech Fund is backed by Venture Catalysts, it’s a first sector focused Growth Capital Fund by the Group & second fund from their platform after 9 Unicorns Accelerator Fund
Beams Fintech Fund is Co-Founded by Sagar Agarvwal, Dr Apoorva Sharma, Anuj Golecha, Anil Jain and Gaurav Jain,. Sagar has held Senior positions & built Investment Management firms over the last 15 years covering Emerging markets of India, Asia, Middle East & Africa. Founders have huge experience in the asset management space having built investment management firms over the last 20 years covering Emerging markets of India, Asia, Middle East & Africa. Founders have advised on more than $700 Mn+ of invested capital across 250+ investments, 50+ exits & liquidity events, $4 Bn in portfolio value creation. Founders have backed 30+ Fintech/FS Companies in India till date, created $3 Bn in portfolio value, returns ranging from 1.3x to 197x
Our key focus areas are Embedded Finance, SAAS Products or Technologies for the Incumbents & Disrupting the Incumbents, Global Enterprises SAAS, Open Banking & Digital Financial Inclusion
We have built an Alliance network of Banks, Fintechs, NBFCs, Fintech Founders, Mentors, Advisors & Portfolio Support Group from the Financial Services & Fintech Industry to provide maximum value add to the Fund’s portfolio companies
Founders key current & past Fintech/FS investments include BharatPe, Dukaan, Flobiz, Esskay Fincorp, Suryoday, Centrum Forex, MFS Africa, GetVantage, Sarva, Impact Guru, Creditwise, OTO, Liquiloans, Lenden, Junio etc
Venture Catalysts is the largest incubator & accelerator in India & third largest in the world. They have backed more than 200+ start-ups in India, syndicated $250+ Mn of invested capital, created two of the largest Unicorns in India, has a network of 500+ Founders