Better Capital is a US-based, India-focused pre-seed venture capital firm led by solo GP Vaibhav Domkundwar. Headquartered in Santa Clara, California, it was the first US-based pre-seed fund purpose-built to back India's breakout founders, investing across fintech, SaaS, AI, education, and consumer sectors.
Their most common stage is seed (52% of deals). Average disclosed round size is $8.2M (across 152 rounds with reported amounts).
Portfolio
145
Fund Size
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Top Stage
Seed
Last 12 Mo
5
Team
RA
Rob Asplin
Managing Director
JM
Jon Moulton
Chairman
VD
Vaibhav Domkundwar
Founder & CEO
Portfolio Breakdown
Stage Distribution
Sector Distribution
Investment Activity
DealsAvg Round Size
Portfolio
187 investments
| Company | Round | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| KkWh Bikes | Seed | $2M | Oct 2026 |
 Ivy Homes | Seed | $7M | Aug 2026 |
 Mowito | Pre-Seed | $3M | Jul 2026 |
 Oasys | Seed | $4.6M | Jan 2026 |
 Smallest | Series A | $13M | Jan 2026 |
 Plazza | Series A | $15M | Jan 2026 |
| SSmallest.ai | Series A | $13M | Jan 2026 |
 Matters AI | Seed | $4.8M | Oct 2025 |
| Matters AI | Pre-Seed | $1.5M | Oct 2025 |
| RRefold AI | Seed | $6.5M | Aug 2025 |
 NuCicer | Series A | $11.5M | Jul 2025 |
 ALVA Energie GmbH | Seed | — | Jul 2025 |
 Zoca | Seed | $6M | May 2025 |
 DPDzero | Series A | $7M | Jan 2025 |
 Astra Security | Unknown | $2.7M | Jan 2025 |
| Plazza | Seed | $1.4M | Jan 2025 |
| MMatters | Seed | — | Jan 2025 |
| MMatters | Pre-Seed | — | Jan 2025 |
| RRefold | Seed | $6.5M | Jan 2025 |
 IPF | Seed | — | Jan 2025 |
| Zoca | Unknown | $6M | Jan 2025 |
 One bio | Series A | $27M | Dec 2024 |
 BIOVOX | Seed | — | Sep 2024 |
 Matereal | Seed | $4.5M | Jul 2024 |
 Trait | Seed | — | Jul 2024 |
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Top Co-Investors
India Quotient47 shared
Y Combinator17 shared
Titan Capital17 shared
Elevation Capital11 shared
BEENEXT9 shared
iSeed9 shared
Tiger Global Management, LLC8 shared
Blume Ventures8 shared
Better8 shared
Peak XV Partners7 shared
Info Edge Ventures7 shared
Nexus Venture Partners6 shared
RTP Global5 shared
Sequoia Capital5 shared
DeVC5 shared
Balaji Srinivasan5 shared
Techstars5 shared
private angel investors5 shared
Accel5 shared
100Unicorns5 shared
Last updated: 7 October 2026