Source: Entrackr
Mumbai, August 11, 2025 – Lavni Ventures has completed the first close of its second fund at ₹200 crore, to support India’s best science-led enterprises. The new fund, Lavni Fund II, will support companies working in the climate, healthcare, energy, and education sectors. The aim is to help these ventures scale to a global level while creating measurable social and environmental impact.
The launch of Fund II arrives at a time when government programs such as the National Deep Tech Startup Policy and the Deep Tech Innovation Platform are advancing the deep-tech sector. Lavni Ventures is planning to capitalize on this growing situation and invest in tech solutions that can potentially help solve major global issues while also being sustainable.
“The successful launch of Fund II, with strong repeat participation from Fund I LPs, validates our core thesis: Indian deep-tech founders are uniquely positioned to deliver scalable impact and attractive returns,” said Vasu Guruswamy, co-founder and General Partner at Lavni Ventures.
Impact from Fund I
Lavni Ventures is already having an impact with its first fund. By the end of FY25, its portfolio companies had:
- Provided over 3.5 million student learning hours
- Created over 10,000 healthcare interventions in underserved markets
- Offsets of 303 metric tons of CO₂ equivalents through climate solutions
Notable companies funded by Fund Lavni include Padcare Labs, which is changing the game in waste management, Monitra Healthcare, which is changing the way we monitor heart health, and MedPrime Technologies, which is creating change by changing the approach to medical imaging solutions.
Investment Strategy for Fund II
Fund II will invest between ₹2 crore and ₹8 crore in startups that are in the Seed to Series A stage. For high-potential companies, Lavni may make follow-on investments between ₹8 crore and ₹15 crore. Lavni looks at over 800 deep-tech investment opportunities every year and filters and conducts research to select only selected startups through a rigorous evaluation process. The evaluations assess sustainable business models, demonstrable positive impact, and strong scope for persistent investor returns.
Lavni Ventures – Who We Are
Established in 2020, Lavni Ventures is a SEBI-registered Category II Alternative Investment Fund founded by Vasu Guruswamy, Sanjay Kanvinde, and Krishna Shivram. We focus on early-stage medtech, edtech, cleantech, and agritech investments.
Lavni Ventures focuses on the mission of bridging deep science to product/market fit. Lavni provides funding for founders, not only that, but will facilitate mentorship, as well as introductions within the industry, to aid founders in commercializing the best ideas that can compete globally.
With Fund II, Lavni Ventures is emphasizing our commitment to growing India’s deep-tech story and advancing entrepreneurs creating future companies using science and technology to address the hardest problems in the world.
