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Nexus Venture Closes $700 Mn Fund For AI, Fintech, Consumer Startups

• ByStartupStory     |    December 4, 2025

Eighth Fund Targets Early-Stage Builders Across India-US Amid AI Inflection

Nexus Venture Partners has closed its eighth fund, Nexus Ventures VIII, at $700 million to back early-stage founders building transformative companies in artificial intelligence, enterprise software, consumer goods, and fintech across India and the United States. The vehicle maintains the same size as its predecessor from 2023, reflecting disciplined deployment strategy amid selective venture conditions.

Balanced Thesis Spans AI Stack And India Consumption Boom

Nexus allocates equally between U.S. AI innovators and India-focused consumer/fintech plays, capitalizing on generative AI’s rewrite of tech stacks—from infrastructure to agentic applications—while tapping India’s accelerating digital consumption powered by payments infrastructure and mobile broadband. Partners Jishnu Bhattacharjee, Abhishek Sharma, Anup Gupta, and Suvir Sujan emphasized: “AI is a defining inflection point, but we’re also seeing innovations serve the masses better.”

The firm, founded in 2006 by entrepreneurs with deep technical experience, manages $3.2 billion across funds and boasts 30+ exits including multiple IPOs. Portfolio spans AI stack leaders (Avoca, Giga, TensorWave, Firecrawl, Gumloop), developer platforms (Postman, Apollo, Fingerprint, MinIO), and India consumer/fintech (Zepto, Turtlemint, Delhivery, India Shelter, Rapido).

Hands-On Partnership From Inception To IPO

Nexus deploys at inception/seed/Series A stages, leveraging Bay Area-India teams for cross-border support. Fund VIII continues backing visionaries challenging status quo, with LPs largely from early days. Recent momentum includes backing generational companies poised for public markets.

Investment focus:

• AI infrastructure/applications: Developer tools, open-source, agentic systems

• Enterprise software: SaaS reshaping workflows

• Consumer: E-commerce, quick commerce, services

• Fintech: Digital infrastructure, payments

Strategic Positioning In Dual Ecosystems

Nexus uniquely bridges world’s two largest startup ecosystems, understanding open-source/developer dynamics and India’s consumption surge. Amid VC recovery, the firm avoids overheated categories, balancing AI tailwinds with diverse India opportunities where digital natives drive $900 billion exports ambition.

This eighth fund doubles down on founders solving hardest problems, positioning Nexus to shape global innovation waves from silicon to services.

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