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sauce.vc

Last cheque observed Oct 2026; 4 cheques on record.

Deploying nowNew fund $45M, Oct 2025VC firm

Pre-seedSeedConsumerFood & BeveragePersonal Care

Deploying now
100%of best year4cheques in 12 months, 4 on record
Since the last cheque11days00hrs00min00sec
Median round$2.3MRounds led4 of 4
Pitch sauce.vc

sauce.vc highlights

  1. 01

    4 cheques in the last 12 months

  2. 02

    Mostly Pre-seed and Seed: 67% of its rounds

  3. 03

    Led 4 rounds

What they do

We are a venture capital fund with a dedicated consumer focus and a high-engagement model.From their own website
Type
VC firm
Cheque size
Not stated
Stages
Pre-seedSeed
Sectors
ConsumerFood & BeveragePersonal Care
Based in
New Delhi, India
Cold pitches
Not stated

The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first4 appearances

  1. 2026

    4 rounds

  2. Oct
    So/FacetSeed · IN · Entrackr$1.1MLed
  3. Oct
    The StackIN · Inc42$2.3MLed
  4. Sept
    EDTPre-seed · IN · The Economic Times: startups$2.4MLed
  5. Sept
    MokobaraSeries C · IN · NiveshaayUndisclosedLed

An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor.

The team

Named by the firm itself, on a filing, its Form ADV or its company registration1 named

YDYash DholakiaManageriFiling they signed

We also hold 9 people at this firm from the lists this database was built from: a weaker source than the filings, since a list does not say when a title ended. Login to see them.

What they claim to have backed

From their own portfolio page (on their website)

8 of 27 we have independently watched raise

GobblyHoovufreshInnovistMabelMetashotMokobaraSupertailsUniseoulAroleapBabyorganoCoveandlaneDaysaheadEdtworldHausandkinderHoccoHomehygieneHypdKreo-techLoopieMistersMymusePerforacareSammmmThewholetruthfoodsVisitdrpawsWearlafoliXyxxcrew

Weaker than a round we watched, stronger than a list somebody sold us. A firm is far less willing to put a company on its own site that it never funded.

Who they invest alongside

The investors most often in the same rounds as sauce.vc. A count of rooms they were both in, not a relationship either has claimed.

Recently backed

The latest companies sauce.vc put money into.

Quick answers about sauce.vc

What does sauce.vc invest in?

sauce.vc invests most often at Pre-seed and Seed (67% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Consumer, Food & Beverage and Personal Care.

How active is sauce.vc?

4 investments on record, 4 of them in the last 12 months, and it led 4. The most recent was in Oct 2026.

What has sauce.vc invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: So/Facet (Seed, Oct 2026), The Stack (Oct 2026) and EDT (Pre-seed, Sept 2026).

How big are sauce.vc's cheques?

The median round it joins is $2.3M.

Is sauce.vc investing now?

Yes: it is actively investing, with 4 investments in the last 12 months.

Who does sauce.vc invest alongside?

Most often AYRA Ventures (2 rounds together).

What kind of investor is sauce.vc?

sauce.vc is a VC firm based in New Delhi, India.

Has sauce.vc raised a new fund?

Its latest fund filing with the SEC was in Oct 2025, reporting $45M raised.

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