Investor Profile: Cedar Hill Capital — Thesis, Cheque Size & How to Apply

If you are building AI-first software for banks and financial institutions, here is how to get funding from Cedar Hill Capital. This Mumbai-based early-stage fund, founded by Sahil Anand, is raising a maiden Rs 250 crore fund dedicated to enterprise fintech — and had already raised over 90% of it by mid-2026. Cedar Hill Capital funding targets startups modernising the financial-services technology stack.

Thesis and sweet spot

The thesis is crisp: "FinTech 2.0 is the enterprise revolution." Cedar Hill backs AI-first enterprise technology for financial services — fraud and risk intelligence, regtech, cybersecurity, document AI and agentic AI for banks — deliberately avoiding crowded B2C fintech. It invests only in companies that already have early enterprise customers, never idea-stage. The fund's sister platform, the Cedar-IBSi FinTech Lab, has supported 60+ enterprise tech companies since 2017.

Cheque size and fund

Fund I targets Rs 250 crore (SEBI-registered as Cedar-IBSi Capital), with typical cheques of Rs 5–10 crore and a planned portfolio of 12–15 companies. Backers include institutional investors and family offices, with SIDBI anchoring 15–20% — a strong credibility signal for a first-time fund.

The fund expects its final close in October 2026, and founder Sahil Anand has called SIDBI’s participation a huge stamp of credibility — a meaningful endorsement for a first-time fund targeting institutional LPs.

Notable portfolio

Early bets include Sign3 (AI-native fraud intelligence; Cedar Hill led its $1.5 million round), Cogniquest AI, WonderLend Hubs and RevRag AI (participant in its $2.5 million seed round in October 2026).

Partners

Founder and Managing Partner Sahil Anand — NYU Stern finance graduate, ex-Everstone Capital private equity, and formerly associated with DSG Consumer Partners — leads the fund with a team of operating partners from financial-services technology.

Programs, credits and perks

Portfolio companies plug into the Cedar-IBSi FinTech Lab's network of banks and financial institutions for partnerships, GTM support and international expansion — distribution that early enterprise startups rarely get elsewhere.

How to apply for funding

Reach the investment team through cedarhill.vc. Come with live enterprise customers and an AI-native product for financial services; the firm explicitly screens for founders hungry to sell beyond India.