Altius Venture Partners

Altius Venture Partners is a Mumbai, India-based early-stage venture capital fund founded in 2015, dedicated to backing gamechanging founders developing new innovations and disruptive business models. The firm operates as a mentor-led, methodology-driven platform, building an ecosystem of corporates, investors, mentors, and service providers around its portfolio companies. Co-Founder and General Partner Navyug previously co-founded QGLUE, India's first strategic design and innovation company, bringing a distinctive right-brain and left-brain perspective to investment evaluation. The team also includes investment professionals with backgrounds in transaction advisory and sector expertise spanning manufacturing, electric vehicles, and education. Altius leads seed and pre-seed rounds with check sizes of up to $500,000, targeting India-based startups across software, SaaS, fintech, healthtech, consumer goods, e-commerce, and adtech sectors. The portfolio of 11 companies includes 1 IPO and 3 acquisitions, a strong exit track record for a fund at this stage and check size. The firm deliberately seeks teams that haven't yet raised significant capital, favouring earlier entry and more meaningful ownership. Altius looks for intense founding teams solving large, hard problems — businesses with unique approaches that are tackling challenges significant enough to justify the difficulty of the venture path. The mentor-driven model means portfolio companies receive active support across commercial strategy, introductions, and operational guidance, not just capital. This approach reflects the firm's belief that the most impactful early-stage investors are those who combine financial commitment with genuine operating partnership through a startup's most difficult early phases.