Venture Center

Venture Capital Fund for Backward Castes

More Info
www.vcfsc.in
Organization
Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment (MoS&JE) (IFCI Venture Capital Funds Limited)
Fund type
Equity | Preference
Source
Government
Status
Active
Focus area
Biotech, Medtech, Health & rehabilitation | Agriculture, food and nutrition | Cleantech, energy, environment, waste, sanitation | Automation, mobility | Hardware, software, IOT, data, AI, ML | Industrial Products | Material Tech, textiles | Space and Aviation | Edtech, Fintech | Other sectors
Target
Private Limited Company
Fund range
Rs. 10 lakhs- Rs. 25 lakhs | Rs. 25 lakhs- Rs. 50 lakhs | Rs. 50 lakhs- Rs. 2cr | Rs. 2 cr- Rs. 10 cr | Greater than Rs. 10 cr
Fund stages
D. Technology Scale-up/ Validation / De-risking | E. Market Entry | F. Expansion

Rs.20 lakh to Rs.15 Crore [Maximum aggregate assistance not more than two times the current net worth of the Company].

Purpose

A Social Sector initiative to be implemented nationally to promote entrepreneurship amongst Backward Classes (BC) population, who are oriented towards innovation and growth technologies; applicble for companies having at least 51% stake holdings by Backward
Classes entrepreneurs