Backing the builders of the new industrial age

Powering India’s Industrial Century

Early to late stage investments in Manufacturing and Infrastructure.

Explore our thesis→ See the portfolio→
19Portfolio companies
US$ 100M+INR 1,000 CrFund III · live
2020Building since
Robotic arms on an assembly lineAutomated shop floor
Semiconductor waferMicrochip on a circuit board
Molten metal pour in a foundryWelder at work
Wind turbines at sunsetCircuit board detail
Data centre cablingEngineers in a control room
Shipping containers from aboveConstruction crew on site

Our Funds

Assets Under Management

Deploying capital across the manufacturing spectrum.

View portfolio→

Fund I

Deployed
Proprietary
Fund

Vintage 2020 4 companies 1 Exit

Fund II

Active
$12M₹104.6Cr

Vintage 2022 seed to pre‑Series A 15 companies 1 Partial Exit

Fund III

Live
$100M+₹1,000Cr

Vintage 2026 pre‑Series A to Series B

Focus sectors

What lights us up?

Portrait of Vignesh Shankar, Managing Partner at a99 VC

Founded a99 with a simple conviction: if India wants to compete globally, institutional capital must return to the shop floor.”

Vignesh Shankar
Managing Partner

Latest intel

Press coverage

All perspectives→
Economic Times article: Transforming Manufacturing
Economic Times

Transforming Manufacturing: a99 Capital's Journey

Read more →
Panel discussion: Alternative Asset Classes and Wealth Creation
Panel discussion

Alternative Asset Classes & Wealth Creation

Watch video →
YourStory article: $100M Fund for Sunrise Industries
YourStory

$100M Fund for Sunrise Industries

Read more →