Tech-focused venture capital fund Athera Venture Partners, previously known as Inventus India, has received investment from HDFC AMC’S Select AIF FoF I Scheme for its Fund IV which is scheduled to close in 2025.
HDFC Fund of Funds will be a dominant LP in Athera’s Rs 900 crore fund, which will invest in tech startups operating in consumer internet, enterprise software, AI, and other emerging technologies.
Athera has invested in several startups, including Ati Motors (autonomous robotics), Terra (3D immersive gaming platform), ClickPost (logistics management software), Cyn:Lr (computer vision for robotics), Hyperbots (AI automation), and Billion Hearts (digital consumer products for a global audience).
With these 6 investments, 30% of the portfolio is already constructed and the fund is already in the positive IRR territory. Over the next 18-24 months, Athera will invest in a dozen more such startups from its Fund IV.
Overall, the VC firm has invested in over 40 companies so far, including category-defining ventures like redBus, PolicyBazaar, Pixxel, MoveinSync, Sokrati, FundsIndia, Euler Motors, BluArmor, Vunet, Healthifyme, Playshifu, Unbxd, and many more.
