Kabir Kochhar
Founder & Managing Partner at Audacity Venture Capital
· New Delhi, India
Check size
$500K-$5M
Lead stage
pre-seed
Deals tracked
12
Sectors
Media-Tech, Sports
Media-Tech
Sports
Entertainment
Gaming
AdTech
MarTech
pre-seed
seed
Series A
growth
India
United States
About Kabir
Kabir Kochhar is Managing Partner at Audacity Venture Capital, an early-stage VC fund founded in 2022 with offices in India and the US. He focuses on mediatech startups across Media SaaS, Gaming, Generative AI, Adtech, Martech, and Creator Economy. As an angel investor, Kochhar has built a portfolio with multiple exits and double-digit multiple returns
Investment thesis
Invests in media-tech and creator-economy startups across India and the US.
Audacity is a specialist media-tech fund backing audacious founders across their entire fundraising journey from seed to growth. The firm focuses on technologies that monetize discretionary time and underlying technologies powering the global media ecosystem, including sports IP infrastructure, entertainment tools and platforms, gaming commerce and creator tools, adtech systems, and martech stacks. Kabir leads the firm's investment strategy with deep expertise in digital media, creator economy, and AI-native mediatech, deploying capital across India and the US with a cross-border approach
Investment philosophy
Kabir Kochhar leads Audacity as a media-tech focused investor, backing founders building across the full fundraising journey from seed to growth. His stated focus is on audacious companies changing the global media landscape, with emphasis on capital-efficient building and global reach.
Investment focus
Early-stage venture capital backing global mediatech startups, with particular emphasis on founders outside traditional media ecosystems who can iterate and innovate faster. Audacity invests across Media SaaS, Gaming, Generative AI, Adtech, Martech, and Creator Economy verticals
Areas of expertise
Recent activity
Live platform data · proprietary, citable layer
Notable portfolio
Koyal AI
Postudio
Rusk Media
VideoVerse
ReDesyn
Welly
Wiggles India
Bold Care
Nojoto
Notable deals
Rusk Media – Pre-Series C, ₹100 crore funding round (2026), vertical media platform backed by Audacity
Rusk – Early-stage mediatech investment, founded by non-traditional media entrepreneurs
Frequently asked
Does Kabir Kochhar invest at pre-seed stage?
Yes. They invest at pre-seed, seed, Series A stage.
Their geographic focus includes India, United States.
What is their typical check size?
Kabir Kochhar's typical check size is $500K-$5M.
They currently invest through Audacity Venture Capital.
What sectors does Kabir Kochhar focus on?
Kabir Kochhar primarily invests in Media-Tech, Sports, Entertainment, Gaming.
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