A $250K early-stage fund backing Sri Lankan founders building for global markets. We invest pre-seed to seed with a dedicated General Partner and hands-on support for every startup we back.
Alpha Fund is ESOFT Ventures' inaugural fund — a $250K, 100% self-funded early-stage vehicle backing Sri Lankan founders building for global markets. As our first fund, it reflects a direct conviction bet: we're deploying our own capital into the region's most ambitious teams, with no external LPs shaping the mandate. We invest at the pre-seed and seed stages, where belief in a founder matters more than metrics, and we pair every cheque with hands-on operational support.
We back founders at the earliest and most formative moments — when conviction, not traction, is the deciding factor. Our focus is on teams building software products with a credible path from Sri Lanka to global markets. We're drawn to:
We're comfortable being the first institutional believer in a company, and we lean in when others consider it too early.
We write first cheques of $25K–$50K 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.
Alpha Fund exists to prove that world-class companies can be built from Sri Lanka — and to give the founders doing it the capital, partnership, and support they need to reach global markets.