Pants to payments: Sorin Investments sharpens focus for its ₹1,350-crore fund

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Bengaluru: Sorin Investments, an early-stage investment firm that raised its first fund last month, will primarily focus on six sectors including direct-to-consumer startups, fintech, and enterprise marketplaces, and may even consider growth-stage companies in the long run, executives at the firm said. The company is in advanced talks to lead the Series A round in The Pant Project, a D2C firm that sells custom-made pants, with an investment of ₹32-36 crore. The company is also exploring deals in the software-as-a-service (SaaS) sector. The Pant Project did not immediately respond to Mint's request for comment. While Sorin’s core investment areas also...