Information Edge (India) on Thursday stated its board has accredited a dedication of as much as ₹250 crore to B8 Fund I, a newly launched various funding fund centered on growth-stage expertise corporations in India.
The dedication might be made straight by Information Edge and/or by way of its wholly owned subsidiaries, in a number of tranches, the corporate stated in an change submitting.
B8 Fund I is a scheme below B8 Belief, registered with the Securities and Trade Board of India as a Class II AIF below the Sebi (Different Funding Funds) Rules, 2012.
The fund was launched on 12 February 2026, and can spend money on growth-stage, tech-enabled companies working in or primarily centered on India. The capital might be drawn down over the fund’s eight-year life, which will be prolonged by two years with the consent of two-thirds of contributors.
The corporate’s wholly owned subsidiary, Smartweb Web Companies Ltd, will act because the fund’s sponsor and funding supervisor, that means Information Edge retains operational management over how the capital is deployed.
Because of this association, B8 Fund I might be categorized as a associated get together of Information Edge below Sebi’s itemizing laws. The corporate has acknowledged that the transaction is on an “arm’s size” foundation and that promoters haven’t any private curiosity within the fund.
The corporate already operates Information Edge Ventures, a three-fund early-stage car with commitments of ₹2,300 crore, Capital2B with ₹280 crore dedicated throughout one fund, and Redstart, by way of which it has deployed ₹110 crore straight.
Redstart backs early-stage startups in deeptech and SaaS, with a portfolio that features robotics agency Unbox Robotics, neurotechnology startup BrainSight AI, drone firm Skylark Drones, electrical plane enterprise The ePlane Firm, and industrial robotics startup CynLr.
Its balance-sheet funding programme accounts for an extra ₹2,000 crore. The truthful market worth of the overall portfolio, spanning stability sheet holdings and all fund autos, together with capital raised from exterior restricted companions, stood at roughly ₹48,000 crore as of 31 December 2025.
No regulatory approvals are required for the transaction to proceed.
Information Edge first backed Policybazaar in 2008 and Zomato in 2010, when the 2 startups had been valued at simply ₹21 crore and ₹9.4 crore, respectively.