India, Jan. 18 -- Homegrown early stage venture capital firm 100X.VC has invested INR 23.3 Cr ($2.7 Mn) in 18 startups as part of its 12th cohort.

For this cohort, 100X.VC picked 18 startups out of 304 shortlisted from a pool of more than 1,900 startups.

The portfolio includes companies such as Cellarim Labs, Clodexa, Currychief, Dualite, Famyo, Gape Labs and Numberlabs among others.

The VC fund claims to have made a total of 180 investments since its launch in July 2019.

Founded by Sanjay Mehta, Ninad Karpe, Shashank Randev, Yagnesh Sanghrajka and Vatsal Kanakiya, 100X.VC is a sector agnostic fund that invests in early stage startups.

Following the investment, 100X.VC provided each startup with over 100 hours of mentorship, which in...