Arka Venture Labs

Arka Venture Labs is a first-of-its-kind India-US cross-border accelerator platform, launched in partnership with three leading VC firms - Benhamou Global Ventures (BGV), Blume Ventures and Emergent Ventures. The program is designed to facilitate a faster global transition for Indian B2B start-ups. Arka Venture Labs provides seed and pre-seed capital of up to 200K USD, besides mentorship, infrastructure and access to the Silicon Valley ecosystem which is critical for scaling up B2B startups in the US. This platform is only open to B2B startups that have an MVP or paying customers with a strong potential in the US or European region, backed by strong core technology and economic differentiators. Arka Venture Labs will operate out of Blume’s offices in India and BGV’s offices in Silicon Valley. While Blume Ventures brings extensive knowledge and experience of the Indian entrepreneurial ecosystem, BGV and Emergent Ventures provide deep operational experience in the B2B sector and cross-border investments.