First Cheque
Venture Capital
Early institutional pre-seed fund backing India's most ambitious founders, often at the idea or paper-plan stage.
Bengaluru, India · 21+ investments · 19 portfolio companies
Seed
Pre-Seed
- Headquarters
- Bengaluru, India
- Founded
- 2018
- Website
- firstcheque.vc
- Portfolio Companies
- 19
- Total Investments
- 21
- Last Investment
- Dec 2024
- Geographic Focus
- India
Investment Thesis
Aims to be the first institutional backer of a startup at the pre-seed stage, sometimes investing before a product exists, then supports founders toward an institutional raise.
First Cheque is a Venture Capital firm based in Bengaluru, India. It has made 21 investments, including Skillbee, Tamasha.live and RecordBook.
Portfolio19
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Venture Capital ×19 · Accelerator ×4 · Angel Group ×1 · 37 shared rounds
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