A $500K early-stage fund backing daring founders using technology to disrupt Sri Lanka's traditional industries. We invest pre-seed to seed in startups reimagining how established businesses work.
Bold Fund is a $500K early-stage vehicle backing founders willing to take on the incumbents. Where traditional businesses in Sri Lanka have run the same playbook for decades, we back the startups rewriting it — using AI, automation, and software to deliver what old models can't. We invest at the pre-seed and seed stages, betting on founders bold enough to challenge how entire industries operate.
We're drawn to founders who look at an established, slow-moving industry and ask "why does it still work this way?" We back teams building technology-first alternatives to traditional business models — companies that collapse cost, remove friction, and make premium services accessible to everyone. We're drawn to:
For example: Sri Lankan marketing agencies all follow the same manual playbook and charge heavy monthly retainers. Why not build a company of AI agents that does the same work — creative, strategy, execution — for $49 a month instead? That's the kind of daring bet Bold Fund exists to back.
We write early cheques and follow on in our best-performing companies as they grow. But capital is only the starting point — the real value comes from partnership.
Every startup we back is assigned a dedicated General Partner who works alongside the founding team as a hands-on partner. Through this relationship, portfolio companies get:
Backed further by engineering depth from the ESOFT group, this model ensures founders aren't just funded — they're supported by someone invested in their success from day one.
Bold Fund exists to back the founders willing to challenge the status quo — and to give them the capital, partnership, and support to turn Sri Lanka's traditional industries on their head.