Roots Ventures

The firm is led by its three named founders: Japan Vyas, Ravinder Vashist, and Bhavik Mehta. They collectively drive the investment ethos anchored in decades of combined experience. Specific titles or committee breakdowns beyond 'founder' are not published on the current website.

It explicitly states it takes the 'Path Less Travelled,' avoiding glamour sectors and FOMO-driven rounds. The firm looks for opportunities where no one else is looking, backing founders regardless of age, formal educational credentials, or geography.

Roots Ventures operates several SEBI-registered alternative investment funds. Roots Ventures Trust manages a Category II AIF (IN/AIF2/18-19/0617), and Roots Ventures Trust-II runs a Category I Angel Fund (IN/AIF1/20-21/0815). Roots Ventures LLP serves as the Investment Manager and Sponsor for these vehicles.

Its primary mandate is to channel capital into Indian entrepreneurs for both domestic and overseas investors. While the firm’s site references 'startups from around the world' on its portfolio page, all disclosed operational context centers on India-based founders.

The firm focuses on early-stage companies, with its Category I Angel Fund targeting pre-institutional rounds. Its Category II AIF permits a wider mandate that can extend through later-stage growth, though the public emphasis remains on early-stage, sector-agnostic venture bets.

The firm accepts both Indian and overseas limited partner capital through its registered AIF schemes. No specific co-investment syndication partners or club-deal structures are publicly named.

Rather than naming specific verticals, the firm articulates a blanket avoidance of 'go-go' sectors and hyper-competitive rounds. It chooses to step away from any space characterized by crowding and short-term glamour, though it does not publish a formal exclusion list.