#𝗙𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗜𝗻𝗙𝗼𝗰𝘂𝘀 | 𝗜𝗔𝗡 𝗔𝗹𝗽𝗵𝗮 𝗙𝘂𝗻𝗱 @padmajaian, Co-founder, @ianetwork, features in this edition of Fund in Focus, discussing how India’s early-stage investment landscape has evolved and the growing opportunity to build deeptech businesses around scientific research, intellectual property, and technologies addressing critical market needs. IAN Alpha Fund looks for businesses where technological innovation addresses a meaningful problem, serves a large market, and has a credible path to commercialisation. Ruparel discusses the fund’s approach to evaluating companies across sectors such as space, semiconductors, defence and biotechnology, while balancing different investment horizons through a portfolio spanning pre-revenue and post-revenue businesses. The conversation also examines the challenges of moving from intellectual property to commercially scalable businesses, the role of institutional capital in bridging funding gaps, and how investor support through mentoring, market access, and domain expertise can help founders navigate the path to commercialisation. Read the full Fund in Focus feature here: ivca.in/insights/blogs/fund-… #FundInFocus #DeepTech #EarlyStageInvesting #Innovation #IANAlphaFund

𝗜𝗩𝗖𝗔 𝗖𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝗔𝗶𝗿 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝘂𝗺 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲: 𝗔𝗱𝘃𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗜𝗻𝘃𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁, 𝗜𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗖𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝗔𝗶𝗿 𝗦𝗼𝗹𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 Air quality is emerging as an important investment theme within India's climate transition. At the Indian Venture and Alternate Capital Association (@IndianVCA) Clean Air Forum 2026, investors, founders, policymakers, family offices, development institutions, and climate leaders came together to explore the ideas, technologies, and capital required to build scalable solutions for cleaner air. Through keynote addresses and expert-led discussions, the Forum explored the economics of air quality management, climate-tech innovation, technology transfer, and ways to transform clean air action plans into investable projects. It also featured Air-Tech Startup Showcases and the launch of IVCA GreenPages, reflecting the growing momentum behind India's clean air and climate investment ecosystem. We extend our sincere thanks to our partners for their support in making the inaugural edition of the Forum possible. 𝗞𝗻𝗼𝘄𝗹𝗲𝗱𝗴𝗲 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘀 📌 @3one4Capital 📌 @AavishkaarVC 📌 @advantEdge_vc 📌 @aeravti 📌 @ankurcapital 📌 @AspireImpact 📌 @avaanacapital 📌 @BlumeVentures 📌 @ChirataeVC 📌 Clean Air Fund 📌 @climate_angels 📌 Council on Energy, Environment and Water (@CEEWIndia) 📌 Econ Climate Fund 📌 @EversourcePE 📌 Fullerton Fund Management 📌 @growXventures 📌 @ianetwork 📌 @IIMAVentures 📌 @IvyCapVentures 📌 @MerakVentures 📌 MeritX Ventures 📌 @NABVENTURES1 📌 @navamcapital 📌 ParinamaGroup 📌 @peak_ventures 📌 ProsperETE 📌 @RebrightVC 📌 @sbi_ventures 📌 Seafund 📌 @shecapital 📌 Small Ticket Funding 📌 @VenturesStride 📌 Transition VC 📌 Trilegal 📌 ZeCa Capital 𝗘𝗰𝗼𝘀𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘀 📌 AndPurpose 📌 Climate Asia 📌 @clim8collective 📌 Habitat India 📌 @sus_mafia #IVCACleanAirForum #CleanAir #ClimateTech #ClimateInvestment #Sustainability