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There's no official SEBI-published performance ranking for AIFs — and SEBI specifically restricts funds from making promotional return claims. So instead of chasing "top 10" lists, serious investors evaluate funds on a consistent set of criteria:

1. SEBI Registration — Always verify a fund's registration number on the official SEBI website. A legitimate SEBI registered AIF will carry a number beginning with IN/AIF1/, IN/AIF2/, or IN/AIF3/, depending on its category.

2. Track Record, Not Projections — Ask for realised, audited returns from the manager's prior funds, not forward-looking projections. How did the fund perform in genuinely difficult periods? Track record under stress tells you far more than a pitch deck.

3. Manager Quality Over Fund Size — A large AUM doesn't automatically mean better outcomes. Smaller, more disciplined managers with proprietary deal flow often deliver stronger risk-adjusted results than larger, more generalist platforms.

4. Fee Transparency — Most AIFs charge a management fee alongside a profit share (typically 12–15% above an 8–10% hurdle rate). Understand the full fee structure before committing, and be wary of any hidden charges.

Venture X Fund is launched in Dec 2024 with a target corpus of ₹1000 cr. The Fund is sponsored by Alpha Ventures Private Limited (Alpha AMC).

But for most institutional and high-net-worth investors, there was no structured, research-based access to this segment. That gap is exactly what VentureX Fund by Alpha AMC was built to close.

The VentureX Fund is structured for a specific investor profile. SEBI mandates a minimum commitment of “₹1 crore” for Category I AIF investors. Therefore, participation is limited to HNI, ultra-HNI, family offices, and institutional investors.

Alternative Investment Funds (AIF) are private investment field which raise funds from investor with courage to take high risk like HNIs, SMEs - and invest those funds in high return opportunities such as Stokes,  Hedge funds etc. SEBI divided AIF Fund in three main categories: Category I - These funds invest in government sector, economical significant sectors, and social development sector. AIF Category I funds sometimes get certain regulatory concessions, this includes 

Venture capital funds, SME fund, infrastructure funds, social sectors. Category II - It is the vastest and most common category use in aif investment , it contain any fund that doesn’t cover by Cat I or Cat III and they don’t use leverage excluding day to day operational needs, this includes Private equity funds, debt funds, real estate funds.