Hunch Ventures: The Sector-Agnostic, Multi-Stage Fund That Turns Instinct Into Impact

Hunch Ventures is a New Delhi-based, multi-stage, sector-agnostic investment firm founded in 2016 by Karanpal Singh. Its homepage headline — "Turning Instinct Into Impact — We Invest in People" — captures the firm's founder-first creed: it invests patient, long-term capital and strategic guidance, treating portfolio companies as partners rather than just businesses funded. Operating with a family-office style, the firm has backed companies across India, Canada, the US, Tanzania, Singapore, the UAE and the UK.

Investment thesis

Hunch bets on people first and spreads its capital across stages rather than doubling down on a single sector. The firm's "Approach" page frames its value-add as networking and mentorship, global expansion support (including access programmes to Israel, South Korea and Japan), an in-house marketing agency and HR support — an unusually hands-on toolkit for a fund of its type.

Sectors & stages

Firmly sector-agnostic and multi-stage. Reported areas of investment include lifestyle media, fine arts, hospitality and F&B, sustainable food supply chains and food security, ports and logistics infrastructure, healthtech, air and urban mobility, B2B SaaS and enterprise tech, media, sports, luxury concierge, gold mining, co-working and incubation, and cybersecurity.

Fund size & cheque sizes

Fund size and typical cheque sizes are not publicly disclosed. A 2019 Economic Times report noted the fund planned to invest around $25 million (₹175 crore) that year — a point-in-time figure, not a current corpus. Founders should treat all capital figures as unavailable in the public domain.

Notable portfolio

Names listed on the firm's portfolio page or reported in press include Fly BLADE / BLADE (urban air mobility), MyHealthcare (healthtech), Jamie Oliver Restaurants India (Hunch took over sole ownership of the Indian Jamie's Italian, Pizzeria and Kitchen operations in September 2025), The Quorum (members' club), The Circle.Work (co-working and incubation), Mercantile Ports & Logistics (Karanja Port), Cloud Raxak (cybersecurity), Quintessentially, Red Otter Salads, Kalinga Black Tigers (rugby) and Tea Monk. The firm exited SpotDraft following its Series B fundraise in September 2025, after investing early in the B2B SaaS company.

Partners & team

Karanpal Singh is Founder & Managing Director, verified across the firm's site, PitchBook and Economic Times; he is also founder of The Circle Founders Club and co-founder of Blade. No other named partners could be verified from public sources — the firm's team section did not render readable names.

Programmes run

None found — no standalone accelerator, cohort programme or named founder initiative is publicly advertised. Portfolio support runs through the firm's in-house resources described above.

Credits & perks

None found — no credits or perks programme is publicly advertised.

How to engage

Not verifiable: the firm publishes no application form, pitch-deck submission process or founder-facing contact details. Founder Karanpal Singh has publicly said the firm "continues to actively seek good entrepreneurs to partner with" — warm outreach through the firm's network remains the practical route.