Principle Ventures

Principle Ventures

Principle Ventures was founded in 2017 by Rohit Singh, who previously co-founded a fintech startup. The firm structures itself as a multi-family office, pooling capital from several family offices across geographies. Its offices span Menlo Park, New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Gurugram, Calgary, Wilmington, San Carlos, Arlington, and Ikoyi, reflecting a global reach. The firm focuses on early-stage enterprise technology investments, typically leading or co-leading Seed and Series A rounds with $2-5 million checks. Principle Ventures targets software, AI/ML, fintech, digital health, cybersecurity, and climate tech. Portfolio companies include Obsidian Security (cybersecurity) and Unqork (enterprise no-code), both backed alongside other institutional investors (per Crunchbase, 2021-2023). The firm also participates in syndications with co-investors from its family office network, emphasizing direct deals over fund-of-funds. Principle Ventures does not disclose total AUM. It runs a lean investment team; Rohit Singh serves as Managing Partner, with Karan Gupta as Partner. The firm maintains a philanthropic arm, the Principle Foundation, which focuses on education access in underserved communities (per Principle Foundation filings, 2022). In 2023, the firm closed a new fund vehicle targeting $150 million for continued early-stage venture investing (per public reports, 2023). The firm's structural differentiator is its multi-family office model, which allows it to source proprietary deal flow from its family office network and co-invest flexibly. This hybrid structure—combining direct venture investing with family office capital aggregation—gives it a longer time horizon than typical VC funds and access to a global LP base.