Viraj Phanse

Partner
2024
- Arka is Benhamou Global Ventures’ cross-border pre-seed and seed fund investing in US-India enterprise AI companies. These companies are headquartered in the US, but with development and operations from India. - We are a US Delaware fund that enables Indian-origin entrepreneurs, building from India, to scale globally. - We have recently launched Fund II with a target of $15M and focused on enterprise AI companies at pre-seed and seed stage. - We have already achieved our first close and our anchor LP is BGV (www.bgv.vc), a cross border VC platform and an enterprise AI specialist deeply rooted in the heart of Silicon Valley, and with a presence in Israel, France, and India, deploying financial and human capital from seed stage to IPO. Successful track record of Fund I: - Launched in 2018/19 with a $7M fund size, Fund I is on track to be a top-performing fund with already a DPI of about 40% and a portfolio of 32 investments. - To date, Fund I has seen 9 exits, with 6 companies surpassing $1M in ARR, 1 company in YC, and 13 companies successfully raising follow-on rounds, collectively over $100M. - Email: viraj@arka.vc

2025