- Published on May 5, 2025
- In AI Startups
Inside 2am VC’s Investment Strategy
The firm, based in Mumbai, Bengaluru, Delhi NCR, and Los Angeles, focuses on consumer startups, especially AI in education, and language learning.
- By Aditi Suresh
In India, where startup founders are young, technical, and quick to launch, the momentum is strong. But while adoption is rising, trust remains a hurdle.
AIM spoke to the founders of investment fund 2am VC, who believe that companies in India take longer to grow compared to more mature markets like the US. “Companies take time to form because the markets take time to form,” said Brendan Rogers, one of the co-founders of 2am VC.
Rogers added that in the US, even niche companies can become large because of deep market sizes. The same cannot be applied to India, as many markets are still maturing and are 20-30 years away from deep niche demand.
Startups founded around 2015-2016 are hitting major growth milestones now, which indicates the extended incubation period req
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Aditi Suresh
I hold a degree in political science, and am interested in how AI and online culture intersect. I am at aditi.suresh@analyticsindiamag.com & x.com/aditisuresh12
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