VERTICES PARTNERS represented Prath Ventures on their investment of ₹19.6 crore ($ 2.3 million), through Eternal Emerging Enterprises Fund – I, in the pre-Series A fundraise of Nothing Before Coffee. The transaction was led by Vikrant Anand (Partner) and Vishal Mehta (Partner), along with Shagun Rathi Mittal (Senior Associate) and Associates, Srishti Singh and Mohammad Kaif. Founder and Managing Partner Vinayak Burman provided strategic inputs. Nothing Before Coffee was represented by Chir Amrit Legal LLP. Nothing Before Coffee (NBC) is an Indian quick-service coffee chain founded in 2017 in Jaipur by Akshay Kedia, Anand Jain, Ankesh Jain, and Shubham Bhandari. It operates over 85 outlets across 36 Indian cities as of April 2025, and opened its first international store in Porto, Portugal in 2024. NBC offers a menu of over 100 beverages, including its signature “Shrappe,” with prices typically ranging from ₹100 to ₹240. It plans to scale up to 400 outlets in India and expand further into Europe by 2026.