The Startup Journey: New Seed Funds: Right time, Right Place, Right Model

While the number of entrepreneurs with good products ideas is growing rapidly in Bangalore and other cities, the bane of genuine early-stage investments in recent years has been lack of ability and willingness on the part of VCs to provide seed capital (a typical VC firm cannot invest less than $3 million) and more importantly, play a hands-on role in growing start-ups.

Mentor Partners plans to raise its corpus from high-net worth individuals and Silicon Valley venture firms.