First Cheque is a Bengaluru-based early-stage venture capital firm launched in 2018 under the India Quotient umbrella. It specialises in pre-seed investments, offering up to $500,000 to startups at the ideation or MVP stage. The firm has backed over 130 companies across sectors like SaaS, fintech, D2C, and AI. First Cheque is currently investing in 15–20 startups over the next 18 months, focusing on differentiated brands targeting Gen Z, kids, sports, and white goods.
Operating Experts associated with First Cheque:
| Member | Expertise Area | Sector | Location | Social Presence |
| Abdul Paravengal | Leadership & Fundraising | Consumer Internet, Logistics | Indonesia | |
| Aishvarya Murali | Marketing & Branding | Consumer Internet | Bengaluru | |
| Aman Singh | Product & Community | Consumer Internet, SaaS | Bengaluru | |
| Anirudh Singhal | Growth | Consumer Internet | Gurugram | |
| Apoorv Mittal | Customer Success | SaaS | Bengaluru | |
| Arun Raveendran | Growth | SaaS | Bengaluru | |
| Atishay Kumar | Engineering | SaaS, Gaming, FinTech | Gurugram | |
| Bala Ayyaswaami | Growth | SaaS | Chennai | |
| Deepak Angrula | Product & Community | InsureTech | Bengaluru | |
| Deepak Lamba | Sales | SaaS | Delhi | |
| Mohit Choudhary | Sales | B2B Marketplaces | Hyderabad | |
| Paritosh Chhibber | User Experience | All | Pune | |
| Prakhar Jain | Sales | SaaS | Bengaluru | |
| Pratik Sagar Mishra | Growth | SaaS | Bengaluru | |
| Rahul Zutshi | Growth | SaaS | Gurugram | |
| Ranjeet Pratap Singh | Leadership & Fundraising | Consumer Internet | Bengaluru | |
| Rishi Kumar | Engineering | FinTech | Greater Bengaluru Area | |
| Rohit Srivastav | Growth | SaaS | Bengaluru | |
| Sayan Ghosh | Leadership & Fundraising | All | – | – |
| Suchir Bhatnagar | Product & Community | FinTech | Bengaluru | |
| Suhas Motwani | Product & Community | Consumer, SaaS, Web3 | San Francisco Bay Area | |
| Swetha Murali | Growth | SaaS | India | |
| Udita Pal | Growth | Consumer Internet | Bengaluru | |
| Venus Dhuria | Growth | Consumer Internet | Gurugram | |
| Victor C. | Talent & People | Bengaluru |
Investments:
| Name of the startup | Focus Area/ Sector | Investment Status |
| Biddano | B2B Marketplace | Active |
| Capgrid | B2B Marketplace | Active |
| Fashinza | B2B Marketplace | Active |
| Freshok | B2B Marketplace | Active |
| Gaugau | B2B Marketplace | Active |
| Global Fair | B2B Marketplace | Active |
| Omnee | B2B Marketplace | Active |
| Outvision | B2B Marketplace | Active |
| Refrens | B2B Marketplace | Active |
| Saveo | B2B Marketplace | Active |
| Disrupt | B2B Marketplace | Closed |
| FreshHomez | B2B Marketplace | Closed |
| Drinkprime | Consumer Internet | Active |
| Leap Club | Consumer Internet | Active |
| Mall91 | Consumer Internet | Active |
| Medial | Consumer Internet | Active |
| Mingout | Consumer Internet | Active |
| Seekho | Consumer Internet | Active |
| Cozopet | Consumer Internet | Closed |
| FirstU | Consumer Internet | Closed |
| Goplannr | Consumer Internet | Closed |
| Yolobus | Consumer Internet | Closed |
| Rigi | Creator Economy | Active |
| Scrollme | Creator Economy | Active |
| BRB Chips | D2C | Active |
| Folie | D2C | Active |
| Giva | D2C | Active |
| Habbit Health | D2C | Active |
| O’ Be Cocktails | D2C | Active |
| Swift | D2C | Active |
| The Healthy Company | D2C | Active |
| Hea Boosters | D2C | Closed |
| Deepsync | DeepTech | Active |
| Inspekt Labs | DeepTech | Active |
| Niflr | DeepTech | Active |
| Simplismart | DeepTech | Closed |
| Indshine | DeepTech | Closed |
| Mauna | DeepTech | Active |
| Vibinex | DevTools | Active |
| Workduck | DevTools | Active |
| Zipy | DevTools | Active |
| Able Jobs | EdTech | Active |
| After School | EdTech | Active |
| Ambitio | EdTech | Active |
| Flashprep | EdTech | Active |
| Hobspace | EdTech | Active |
| Kalam Labs | EdTech | Active |
| Kutuki | EdTech | Active |
| Little Leap | EdTech | Active |
| Outscal | EdTech | Active |
| Questt | EdTech | Active |
| Rocket Skills | EdTech | Active |
| Stoa School | EdTech | Active |
| Tangibl | EdTech | Active |
| Yellow Class | EdTech | Active |
| Konfinity | EdTech | Closed |
| Melio | EdTech | Closed |
| Claimbuddy | FinTech | Active |
| Fego | FinTech | Active |
| Findeed | FinTech | Active |
| Gromo | FinTech | Active |
| Happy Credit | FinTech | Active |
| Indiaclan | FinTech | Active |
| Junio | FinTech | Active |
| Onebanc | FinTech | Active |
| Stratzy | FinTech | Active |
| Uno Finance | FinTech | Active |
| Vital | FinTech | Acquired |
| Wealth42 | FinTech | Active |
| Wint Wealth | FinTech | Active |
| Yellow Metal | FinTech | Active |
| Tamasha | Gaming | Active |
| Tournafest | Gaming | Active |
| Vimobin Labs | Gaming | Active |
| Wuri Games | Gaming | Active |
| Chirrup | Gaming | Closed |
| 30 Sundays | Generative AI | Active |
| GetCrux | Generative AI | Active |
| Maya | Generative AI | Active |
| Predis | Generative AI | Active |
| Confido Health | HealthTech | Active |
| ConnectedH | HealthTech | Active |
| Diagna AI | HealthTech | Active |
| Health Tick | HealthTech | Active |
| Prescribe | HealthTech | Active |
| Urban Health | HealthTech | Active |
| Zealthy | HealthTech | Closed |
| Interview Vector | HRTech | Active |
| Skillbee | HRTech | Active |
| Freshqo | KiranaTech | Active |
| Express Stores | KiranaTech | Closed |
| Zaroor | KiranaTech | Closed |
| SuperK | KiranaTech | Exited |
| Grow Simplee | Logistics | Active |
| Wherehouse | Logistics | Active |
| Nestery | Marketplace | Active |
| Picxy | Marketplace | Active |
| Customfit.ai | SaaS | Active |
| Datazip | SaaS | Active |
| Extraaedge | SaaS | Active |
| FleetX | SaaS | Active |
| Good Meetings | SaaS | Active |
| Huddleup | SaaS | Active |
| Kosh | SaaS | Active |
| LoopinHQ | SaaS | Active |
| Looppanel | SaaS | Active |
| Mailmodo | SaaS | Active |
| Revenue Hero | SaaS | Active |
| Rocketlane | SaaS | Active |
| Zeda.io | SaaS | Active |
| Anar | SMB SaaS | Active |
| Bitespeed | SMB SaaS | Active |
| Dashmed | SMB SaaS | Active |
| Delight Chat | SMB SaaS | Active |
| Eazybe | SMB SaaS | Active |
| Kaagaz | SMB SaaS | Active |
| Kaching | SMB SaaS | Active |
| Maplemonk | SMB SaaS | Active |
| RecordBook | SMB SaaS | Active |
| Rentok | SMB SaaS | Active |
| Astrogate Labs | SpaceTech | Active |
| Bellatrix Aerospace | SpaceTech | Active |
| The Eplane Company | SpaceTech | Active |
| Cryptocase | Web3 | Active |
| Questbook | Web3 | Active |
| Swaraj Labs | Web3 | Active |