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Kettleborough VC
Venture capital · India · Asia Pacific
Kettleborough VC is an early stage venture capital fund that acts as inception capital partners for founders, backing new ventures where domain experience and relationships converge. It is managed by Kettleborough Ventures LLP and operates SEBI-registered AIF funds along with Bowden Syndicates.
Invests inAI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareCybersecurity
In its own wordsearly stageconstruction techindustrial supplyfounder-led
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Or find every investor that fitsKettleborough VC lists 2 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 2 funding rounds. Its most frequent entry is Seed, 50% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are AI & Machine Learning (50%), Enterprise Software (25%) and Cybersecurity (25%). 100% of its companies are based in India. It invests most often alongside Aroa Venture Partners, Kalaari Capital and Siana Capital.
Counts come from funding rounds that name Kettleborough VC, complete from mid-2025: earlier rounds appear only when they were reported later. Round amounts and full round histories are on Fundup AI.
Entry stage
share of companies by the stage of its first roundShow as a table
| Value | |
|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 0% |
| Seed | 50% |
| Series A | 50% |
| Series B | 0% |
| Growth | 0% |
Activity by year
rounds it joined, last 10 yearsShow as a table
| Total | Rounds it led | |
|---|---|---|
| '17 | 0 | 0 |
| '18 | 0 | 0 |
| '19 | 0 | 0 |
| '20 | 0 | 0 |
| '21 | 0 | 0 |
| '22 | 0 | 0 |
| '23 | 0 | 0 |
| '24 | 0 | 0 |
| '25 | 2 | 0 |
| '26 | 0 | 0 |
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| AI & Machine Learning | 50% | 18% |
| Enterprise Software | 25% | 8% |
| Cybersecurity | 25% | 4% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Aroa Venture Partners | 1 |
| Kalaari Capital | 1 |
| Siana Capital | 1 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers2100%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company00%
- Parked or sold domain00%
A site that stops answering three checks in a row is counted as no longer answering; that is not proof of closure. A site that points to another company is often an acquisition.
Co-investor network
who it backs companies with, and who they back togetherAll co-investors or Compare portfolios with Aroa Venture Partners
Compare Kettleborough VC head to head
portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both backThree or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.
Funds
from public registers and its siteRecent portfolio activity
when companies last raised with Kettleborough VC| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 4 Dec 2025 | Series A | |
| 6 Nov 2025 | Seed |
Round details for Kettleborough VC
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in Kettleborough VC's rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
2 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CoreOps.AI develops and provides artificial intelligence technology for enterprise systems | AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software | Dec 2025Series A | Funding round | |
| Mesh Defend develops AI-powered systems for intelligent, autonomous, and secure data infrastructure | CybersecurityAI & Machine Learning | Nov 2025Seed | Funding round |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- kettleborough.vc
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 5 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 6 Nov 2025
- Companies checked
- 2
Rates come from what VCinfo has observed since observation_start. Firms tend to remove companies that closed, so early rates understate reality. A company leaving a portfolio page does not mean it closed or exited. An unreachable site means our checks failed, nothing more.
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