Shastra VC

Shastra VC is an India-focused early-stage venture firm with a generalist mandate spanning B2B software, consumer technology, and selectively healthcare and digital health categories. Stage focus is pre-seed and seed, with checks typically in the $250k to $1M range and a willingness to participate in subsequent rounds. Healthcare exposure is opportunistic and concentrated in digital health, telehealth, and B2B health software targeting Indian and broader South Asian markets rather than US-anchored healthcare or therapeutics. Physician founders building Indian-anchored digital health, telehealth, or care-coordination platforms with credible local commercial momentum are the right profile. Founders building therapeutics, devices with US-only regulatory paths, or US-only commercial models should pitch elsewhere. Geographic posture is India-anchored with selective Southeast Asian deal capacity. The realistic entry path is a warm introduction from an Indian ecosystem operator, an existing portfolio founder, or a co-investing Indian seed fund; the firm is responsive to thesis-aligned founders with strong local credibility. Founders should arrive with traction signal, defended unit economics calibrated to Indian market dynamics, and a credible regional expansion narrative. Treat Shastra VC as a thesis-aligned Indian seed partner that brings regional network value and a credible early lead for healthcare technology founders building for the Indian and broader South Asian opportunity.