Arka Venture Labs

Arka Venture Labs is a cross-border pre-seed and seed fund enabling B2B entrepreneurs building from India to scale globally. The firm provides startups with capital, mentorship, and deep access to both the Silicon Valley and Indian startup ecosystems, operating out of Blume Ventures' offices in India and BGV's offices in the US. Arka Fund II, anchored by BGV, focuses specifically on pre-seed and seed-stage US-India enterprise AI companies headquartered in the United States with engineering and operations in India. The fund writes checks up to $500K, typically in the form of preferred equity, SAFE, or convertible notes, and leads rounds as the first institutional investor. With 40 investments across SaaS, AI, B2B software, and data analytics, portfolio companies have raised over $100 million in follow-on financing, with six crossing $1 million in ARR and nine exits. Notable portfolio companies include Lyzr, Bruviti, and Xcaliber. Four new investments were made in the most recent twelve-month period. Arka's core insight is structural: the best enterprise B2B companies of the next decade will increasingly be built with Silicon Valley distribution and Indian engineering, but most venture funds are optimized for one geography and not both. By combining Blume's knowledge of India's entrepreneurial ecosystem with BGV's operational track record in B2B cross-border investments, Arka offers founders a genuine bridge — not just a check — across the US-India corridor.