Hearth Ventures

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VCMatch tracks Hearth Ventures as an investor focused on D2C Brands, E-commerce, and Marketplace companies, Pre-Seed and Seed rounds, India, Global, and USA markets, and $122k to $610k check sizes. Upload your deck to compare your startup against the full private matching profile.

Check Size

$122k to $610k

Stages

Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A

Focus Areas

D2C Brands, E-commerce, Marketplace

Geography

India, Global, and USA

Investment Thesis

Hearth Ventures targets early-stage, investible businesses within India’s creative, cultural and circular (3C) economy with the dual aim of scaling profitably and generating positive social and environmental impact. The firm believes the 3C sectors — historically viewed through a philanthropic lens — are a large, undercapitalized market opportunity that can deliver livelihoods (especially for rural women), preserve cultural diversity, and advance UN SDGs by bridging artisans to global consumers through design, marketing and technology.

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Investment Focus

Who should take a closer look

Hearth Ventures is most relevant for founders raising Pre-Seed, Seed, and Series A rounds in D2C Brands, E-commerce, Marketplace, and Consumer, especially across India, Global, and USA, with public check-size signals around $122k to $610k.

Focus statement

Investing primarily at Pre-series A to Series A (and selectively across stages) in start-ups in handicrafts, handmade, art, creative/cultural enterprises, circular-economy solutions and enabling tech (ecommerce, logistics, digital art). Preference for founders with product-market fit and businesses that can scale profitably; typical check sizes today are between INR 1 Cr and 5 Cr.

Value Add

Positioning: "Hearth Ventures is the only fund investing at an early stage into new-age entrepreneurs with start-ups in the creative, cultural and circular economy." — explicit single-fund focus on the 3C sector in India.
Impact + Commerciality: Emphasis on enterprises that can "scale profitably and deliver positive impact on rural livelihood and the environment," not pure philanthropy.
Domain-led team & advisory network: Founders and advisory board include leaders from Jaipur Rugs, INSEAD, Unitus Ventures, Acumen and industry veterans with deep crafts, impact and go-to-market experience.
Hands-on, coaching approach: Beyond capital they "will help...defining business plans, creating market linkages, strengthening governance & control processes, hiring, technology etc." and position themselves as a coach to founders.
Clear job-creation and sustainability KPI ambition: Public vision to "create a million jobs" (and reference to offsetting carbon in other copy) tying investment outcomes to measurable social/environmental goals.