Investor Profile: Silicon Road Ventures — Thesis, Cheque Size & How to Apply

Silicon Road Ventures is an Atlanta-headquartered early-stage venture firm that has turned its commerce-technology expertise towards India with a dedicated fund. The firm, founded in 2019, has long backed retail and enterprise technology, and its India fund is built on a simple bet: agentic artificial intelligence will change how retailers, brands, manufacturers and consumer-goods companies run commerce, from supply chains to payments.

Thesis: agentic AI for B2B commerce

Silicon Road Ventures backs early-stage startups creating agentic AI solutions for business-to-business commerce technology. The focus is digital transformation and operational efficiency across retailers, brands, manufacturers and consumer packaged goods companies. Rather than backing consumer apps, it looks for software that automates workflows and improves decisions inside commerce infrastructure, where intelligence embedded in payments, retail and supply-chain systems can compound.

Sectors, stages and fund size

The India fund is a SEBI-approved Category II Alternative Investment Fund with a target corpus of ₹150 crore, and it had completed its first close and begun deploying capital when announced in May 2026. It invests at the seed and Series A stage and continues to back portfolio companies through follow-on rounds. Areas of interest include multi-channel commerce, supply chain and logistics, fintech, consumer insights, retail operations, fraud and identity, autonomous payments, customer analytics and warehouse automation.

Partners and portfolio

The firm was founded by Sid Mookerji, managing partner, who previously co-founded Software Paradigms International, later acquired by Cognizant. Its team includes general partners Ross Kimbel and Frank Tighe, while India operations are led by Ajay Mahajan, with Deeksha Narendra Kumar as head of India investments. Globally, the firm says it has backed more than 30 startups across AI-led commerce and fintech themes, and its site names commerce companies including Perch and SoftWear Automation. Its India-specific portfolio is not publicly disclosed.

Programs, credits and perks

Silicon Road Ventures offers portfolio companies access to the United States market through leadership, infrastructure and funding networks, for technologies that transfer to that market. That cross-border bridge is its clearest perk: Indian commerce-technology founders get a route to United States customers, partners and follow-on investors. No named accelerator program, standalone credits package or India-specific cheque size is publicly disclosed for the India fund, so founders should not assume a fixed first cheque.

How to apply for funding

How to apply for Silicon Road Ventures funding: approach through the firm's official site, siliconroad.vc, and its India team, ideally with a warm introduction from a commerce, retail or fintech operator. No public application portal or pitch email was found in the sources read. Founders should lead with a working agentic workflow, not a slide about artificial intelligence in general: show which retailer, brand or logistics workflow it automates, what measurable efficiency it delivers, and why it can scale from India to the United States.