Investor Profile: Brinc — Thesis, Cheque Size & How to Apply

If you are a founder building at the intersection of climate, food, health or deep tech, understanding how Brinc funding works could open doors across seven countries. Brinc (also styled BRINC) is a global venture accelerator platform that backs what it calls "game changers" — entrepreneurs solving big challenges across food, health, energy, climate and deep tech — and it runs more than 15 multidisciplinary accelerator programmes worldwide.

Investment thesis

Brinc's thesis is that the next generation of businesses is built by bridging ecosystems and deploying capital intelligently. Rather than operating as a traditional fund, it connects capital, corporates and founders through investment structures, accelerator programmes and communities. In 2022 it closed a US$30M Series B fundraise plus a further US$100M earmarked for startup investments, led by Animoca Brands. Its total fund size has not been publicly disclosed by the firm.

Sectors, stages and cheque size

The firm invests across climate tech, food tech, blockchain/Web3, AI, connected hardware, robotics, IoT, health tech, clean energy, EdTech, MedTech and healthcare — typically pre-seed to seed, with Series A-plus co-investment for LPs. Programmes have run across seven countries, with office presence in 11 countries including India. Cheque sizes are programme-set: up to US$500,000 per startup via Launchpad Luna (with Animoca Brands); the Guild Accelerator Program committed US$30M over two years for play-to-earn guilds at up to US$500,000 per guild; the Good Food Accelerator Programme with DayDayCook carried a US$10M commitment at a minimum of US$200,000 per startup; and the Australia CleanTech programme offered AUD 150,000 per startup.

Notable portfolio and leadership

Verified portfolio companies include Enlite Research, the Indian hardware/IoT startup building BLE-mesh building-management systems; Aurora Food, a Singapore food-tech company working on glycemic-lowering foods; and iMAGsystems, an Australian AV-over-IP networking company. (Brinc's own site shows its portfolio as images only, so named companies come from press sources.) The firm was founded by Manav Gupta, its founder and CEO, and its India operations are led by Karan Keswani, Managing Director of Brinc India.

Programmes run by the firm

Brinc runs more than 15 multidisciplinary accelerator programmes across seven countries: Launchpad Luna and the Guild Accelerator Program (both with Animoca Brands), the Brinc x XDC Network Web3 accelerator (LAUNCH), the Good Food Accelerator Programme (with DayDayCook), ENTERPRISE NEXT with Cornerstone Ventures (a US$4.5M India enterprise-tech programme), plus FoodTech, Climate Tech, EdTech and MedTech tracks. It also runs corporate innovation programmes for companies including Manulife, Huawei, Schneider Electric, Puma and Merck, works with governments including Hong Kong Science Park and NEOM, and partners with venture funds such as Artesian, LeverVC and Hatcher+. In India — entered in 2019 via a Government of Kerala hardware/IoT accelerator — it holds a strategic partnership with GVFL Limited and a network of more than 150 VCs, investors and corporate partners.

How to get funding from Brinc

Applications historically ran through programme-specific pages on brinc.io, but several — including the accelerators listing — now return 404 errors, so the current route is the enquiry form on the firm's site. Confirm the live path on brinc.io before using older programme links; for India-specific opportunities, the GVFL Limited partnership and ENTERPRISE NEXT with Cornerstone Ventures are the verified points of entry.