Wishing everyone a very happy and prosperous 2026!
When we started Atomic Capital, we wanted to build an institution that goes beyond capital. We saw a white space where spray-and-pray investment strategy was not able to deliver results and help founders build companies. We believe capital alone cannot build businesses and a lot of other things have to go right. We built a structured playbook to help founders make irreversible design choices right.
When we started with SEBI approval in March 2024 we had envisioned ₹250 crore + ₹100 crore green-shoe for Fund 1. We did our first close in August 2024 with approximately ₹150 crore commitments but thanks to overwhelming response of our investors we decided to close our fund in August 2025 with ~₹425 crore. It's been a privilege to partner with investors across institutions, HNIs, and family offices. Since then we have backed 6 companies, deployed ₹100 crore and put together a stellar team.
It's an opportune time to reflect and share what lies ahead in 2026.
- Partnering with new founders: we see a massive opportunity to build India for next decade and there are plenty of white spaces (jewellery, food, D2C enabling etc.). We plan to back 4-5 new companies this year, a natural constraint given our operating VC playbook.
- Accelerating our existing portcos: we started Atomic Capital with a vision to make every company successful and so far initial signs are very promising. All our portfolio companies are progressing better than industry leading results. And the ecosystem we have built continues to strengthen day by day.
- Double down our operating VC playbook: based on extremely encouraging early response, we feel extremely confident of deploying our operating VC playbook across portfolio companies. For example, we are happy to look at value unlock through org building etc.
- Investor engagement: one area we plan to do better is our ability to engage with our investor base, we look forward to engaging our investors more and seek their inputs for building Atomic Capital.
- Partner with the overall ecosystem: as we scale Atomic Capital, we look forward to partnering with other stakeholders and members of the ecosystem. For example, family offices, marketing agencies, recruiters.
- Future proof of our playbook: as we are cognizant of changes brought in by new technologies such as AI and digitisation, we look forward to embrace them more in our value creation framework.
- Invest into Atomic Capital team: we would like to scale up collectively both in terms of quality and quantity.
We feel extremely excited about 2026 prospects. As we look back on our journey from SEBI approval to closing a larger-than-planned fund and backing promising companies, we’re grateful for the trust placed in us and eager to deepen our partnerships, strengthen our playbook, and embrace new opportunities ahead.
