Back in 2016, when Zerodha’s growth story was still unfolding, we realised that an expanding capital market, open to more people, would have a compounding effect on everyone involved.

We also saw that a business has to survive long enough for its market to mature, and doing that takes patient capital. So we set out to give back to the ecosystem, using the principle that built Zerodha: always do right by the customer. That’s how Rainmatter started.

We provide patient capital without exit mandates or mandatory board seats, prioritizing founders and their autonomy above all else. We invest our own capital, so we can stay invested forever and help however we can. All returns generated from our investments flow directly back into supporting the next generation of entrepreneurs, while our ecological and livelihood initiatives are funded through a dedicated allocation of Zerodha’s profits via the Rainmatter Foundation.

We started by backing fintech startups and today we fund founders in health, climate, deep tech, manufacturing and media. To date, we’ve backed 170+ startups and invested close to ₹1,800 crore.

And we’re only getting started.