Origami
Applications open 30 September. Calls begin 12 October.
A fourteen-day window, a straight answer, and a first call.
Every applicant gets something out of it — not just the ones we fund.
Start your application
Window closes 11 October
The timeline
Fourteen days to apply. Seven to hear back.
30 Sep
Applications open
The form goes live. Fourteen days on the clock from here.
11 Oct
Applications close
Last day to submit. The window does not get extended.
12 Oct
Calls begin
First calls start the day after the window shuts
18 Oct
Everyone has heard
Within seven days of close, every applicant has an answer either way.
What you get
You do not have to get funded to get something out of this.
Everyone who applies
A real answer
No silence, no ghosting. Within seven days of the window closing you know where you stand.
If we take a call
A seat at the workshop
Every founder who reaches a first call is invited to a working session with us, whether or not we end up investing.
If we invest
The cheque and the toolkit
Capital, plus the partner credits below — the software most early teams end up paying full price for.
Partners and perks
Credits on the tools you'll use anyway.
Discounts we have negotiated for the companies we back — hosting, design, sales, compliance.
Perks are available to 8i portfolio companies. Partner list grows through the year.
Founders we backed this way
Ask them how long it took.
8i moves like founders — ReelSaga's raise done in 7 days. And for sharp counsel anytime, Vikram's my first call.
ReelSaga
Shubh, Founder
We are scaling India's first multi-agent AI platform to become the active companion for every credit and personal finance decision. It is a pleasure to partner with a founder friendly VC firm like 8i Ventures in this journey.
Oolka
Utkrishta Kumar, Founder
Vishy, Vikram and 8i backed us when it was just belief — today that belief drives Bharat's safety. The real test of an investor is belief before proof.
Cautio
Ankit Acharya, Founder
Vikram is one of the most helpful and honest investors I've met, with razor-sharp intuition like no other.
PowerUp
Prateek Jindal, Founder