Customer money trumps investor money.
We back deeptech startups that learn it early.
What we do
Majority backs early-stage deeptech startups in India working on livelihoods and climate. We're raising a $10 mn fund. Meanwhile we've made 4 angel investments and work hands-on with those founders. We also support a select few deeptech startups from our pipeline on product, go-to-market and fundraising, before we invest.
We also deliver projects for marquee customers such as BSE, IFAD and GAME. That revenue keeps us independent and funds new angel investments. It's the principle we train startups to live by: build a business customers pay for first, then raise investor money to grow it.
Startups we're looking for
Early-stage tech startups in India that raise the incomes of people living on a few dollars a day, or protect livelihoods from climate change.
Stage: you have your first customers and are working out how to grow them.
- A real problem for a large customer base: farmers, small businesses, gig workers, women, workers whose jobs climate change puts at risk
- Deeptech that makes the solution hard to copy
- Customers who pay, or clear signs they will
- Sound unit economics and a path to profit
- Founders who talk to customers, learn fast and want hands-on support
- India-first, with a path to Southeast Asia and Africa
Fintech and edtech fit when they serve livelihoods. Write to info@majority.fund with what you're building and who pays for it.
Apply to MajorityThe application asks about customer traction, your team, funding needs and a pitch deck.
Where tech can change livelihoods
Jobs impacted by climate change
From agriculture to construction - climate change is set to affect a lot of sectors and jobs.
SME solutions
Powering SMEs which drive 30% of India's GDP, 50% of exports, and represent 95% of its manufacturing units
Gig worker and Female worker Self-sufficiency
Helping under-served communities move toward prosperity
Entrepreneurship
Startups that help create a generation of job-creators, and not job seekers.
Fintech
Improving access to credit, saving, etc.
EdTech
Re-imagining edtech for non-traditional learners.
Team
"A charity dollar has one life, a Social Business dollar can be invested over and over again" -Prof. Muhammad Yunus