YAN is India’s first early stage fintech focused SEBI registered CAT 1 AIF
Founded by some of the most respected entrepreneurs and BFSI professionals. YAN enables impactful investments in the fintech industry where angels will not only contribute capital but also bring subject matter expertise (SME), network, mentorship, potential customer/partner/vendors and more to a startup.
YAN Philosophy
Our investment revolves around partnering with startup and their founders having financial technology background and demonstrated execution ability, great ideas and passion to create viable solutions.
We believe in long-term partnerships with startups, where angels will not only contribute capital but also bring expertise, network, mentorship, potential customer/partner/vendors and more to a startup with them. The commitment from startups founders & angels brings stability to our relationships and provides a strong platform to deliver enormous growth. Our focus is completely aligned with our partner entrepreneurs. YAN demonstrates ability to add value beyond capital. We leverage our experience and network to drive the success of every company we back.
YAN Stats
150+
BFSI professionals in our ecosystem
19+
Cities to visit in search of potential idea
900+
Startups during Yatra each year
3000+
Startup Founders
$300
Million Portfolio Value
Our Partner
The Fintech Meetup convenes startups founder, government bodies, strategic investors, financial institutions to learn more about the changes that will bring about the next generation of financial services.
“The Fintech Yatra” is a flagship event of The Fintech Meetup, a road journey aimed at understanding the startup ecosystem (fintech focused) of various countries grounds up through various methods including one on one conversations with the startup founders, workshops and industry connect sessions.
They also run three months long unique Public-Private Partnership model led Fintech acceleration program “India Fintech accelerator” that is industry catalyzed and guided by regulatory and BFSI experts. They help startups with market validations, offer mentorship and networking, provide technological tools and support to succeed, access to the international market, opportunities to receive financial support and many others. IFF partnered with Switzerland Global Enterprise, IndusInd Bank, NPCI, SBI General Insurance and many others.
In 2018, Mumbai Fintech Accelerator (Cohort 1) jointly runs by Government of Maharashtra (GoM) and The Fintech Meetup , wherein top 12 fintech startups got selected such as Bon Fleet, PaperKing, HuePay, PhiCommerce, GoPlanner, M2P, Microchippayments, Riskcovr, Finlok, MoniTree, Crelytics, News4use in partnered with NPCI, Hannover Re, Fino Payments Bank, IndusInd Banks, PayU and others.
In 2019, Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology (MeitY) and The FinTech Meetup have kickstarted the country’s biggest FinTech accelerator programme, India FinTech Accelerator 2020.
Portfolio
Our recent investments
