Vicus Ventures closes $55M debut seed fund with LP 'village' model

Vicus Ventures has closed its debut seed fund at a deliberately capped $55 million, according to a report first published by Fortune. The vehicle formalizes two years of SPV-based investing by the firm, which was founded by brothers Raj and Sunny Singh Sandhu.

The $55 million cap was selected as a nod to the Sandhu family's roots in Punjab, often referred to as the land of five rivers. Rather than scaling AUM aggressively, the partners are positioning the fund size as intentional and tied to their thematic approach.

Vicus is structured around what the firm describes as a "village" model of seed investing, emphasizing the composition of its LP base as a core asset. The investors span venture partners at firms including General Catalyst, Bain Capital, and Kleiner Perkins alongside operators and cultural figures.

Named LPs include McLaren CEO Zak Brown, former Amazon consumer chief Jeff Wilke, and entertainers Drake and Chris Paul. The idea is to give portfolio founders access to a curated network for distribution, strategy, and brand-building support beyond the capital itself.

The firm’s pitch to founders is that seed capital has become increasingly commoditized, but a high-intent, engaged network of limited partners is not. By engineering that network at the fund level, Vicus aims to differentiate its offering in a crowded early-stage market and to formalize the ad hoc SPV relationships it has been running over the past two years.