Invest with Tremis Capital
₹75.3L (₹5,00,000)
Typical Investments
10
Expected Deals/Year
10
Unique LPs have invested
Note from Tremis Capital
We invest in highly scalable, early-stage, curated opportunities and are extremely selective with our deals. We are present on both AL India & AL US (for international opportunities as well as Indian Startups that have their holding companies abroad).
We have a vision to build a founder-friendly network and we are extremely quick with our discussions and analysis and offer quick feedback and commitments if interested.
Our core values:
- Relationships and Trust are our biggest asset
We aim to bring together the best angel investors and startups. We have special incentives for our regular investors so they can become a larger part of the company's journey and we also utilise their expertise in the decision-making process. We strive to be accurate and transparent as possible but understand that we operate in a dynamic environment where flux is the only constant. If you believe that any information given by us is stale or incorrect, kindly reach out and we would look into it. We respond to all messages.
- Portfolio companies are our biggest responsibility.
We are selective of the companies we partner with because we are always mindful of our responsibilities to our investors. We try to help them out with a lot of things such as hiring, building industry connections and future fundraises.
Our Investment Criteria is as follows:
- Early Stage Startups with indicators pointing towards PMF: We only invest in post-revenue startups where KPI’s such as customer retention point to early signs of PMF being established in industries with large TAM’s.
- Sector Agnostic: We believe that good opportunities can come from anywhere and do not limit our investments by sector. However, we consult industry veterans before taking a final call for shortlisted opportunities.
- At least Two Co-founders: We believe that it is extremely tough and lonely for a founder to go solo with his venture and therefore we like to back startups where there are multiple co-founders on board. However, we have made one exception in the past due to founder credentials.
- Invest alongside quality Co-Investors: We believe that VCs play a substantial role in providing guidance and resources to startups as part of their growth journey. Therefore, we select opportunities being backed by other marquee funds that lead the round. We never lead the round.
- Protection of Interests: We only back startups if they assure us transparency with Information Rights and other rights such as pre-emptive rights, tag-along rights, etc. We do not compromise on them and also share monthly updates with all LP’s about their investments.
While it is too early for us to calculate IRR since we are just building our portfolio, it's in healthy double digits%. We have 2 outcomes already- with 1 exit and 1 bust so far.
We do not aim to be prolific, but allocate capital extremely judiciously to offer the best return to our investors. Investments in startups are quite risky but we aim to mitigate those risks.
We also have a deal advisory arm that helps larger startups raise money (gives us a better understanding of the VC ecosystem and improves deal flow). The sister business also helps our portfolio companies with their up rounds (only if board requests).
Dealflow
We source our deals through Linkedin Connects, referrals, and scout networks. In venture capital, access is a superpower. Our goal is to give our LPs the best deals accessible to the select few.
We will syndicate most of our deals here, but we might use another platform depending on our allocation.