Top 50 Biotech Startup Investors in India in January 2025

Investor	Biotech India investments
Society for Innovation and Entrepreneurship	10
Omnivore	9
IAN Group	7
Aarin Capital	5
Navam Capital	5
Endiya Partners	4
Mumbai Angels	4
Somaiya Vidyavihar	4
Eight Roads Ventures	3
Peak XV Partners	3
Singapore Angel Network	3
Pi Ventures	3
Accel	3
Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council(BIRAC)	3
Kotak Alternate Asset Managers	3
LetsVenture	3
Info Edge	3
Artiman Ventures	3
SOSV	3
Karnataka Information Technology Venture Capital Fund	3
Chiratae Ventures	3
Malpani Ventures	2
Inflexor Ventures	2
Rajasthan Venture Capital Fund	2
Campus Fund	2
1Crowd	2
Rajan Anandan	2
Aureolis Ventures	2
F-Prime Capital	2
Sanjiv Rangrass	2
Unicorn India Ventures	2
Tata Capital	2
Rajan Anandan	2
GenNext Ventures	2
GVFL	2
Nagendra Bandaru	2
Rebel Fund	1
Anterra Capital	1
Sharaf Yamani	1
HealthQuad	1
ICICI Venture	1
Paula Mariwala	1
The Chennai Angels	1
Sami Mikati	1
Speciale Invest	1
Somerset Indus Capital Partners	1
David Rowan	1
ah! Ventures	1
Goldman Sachs (Singapore) Pte	1
Abhishek Kabra	1

Society for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (SINE) is a business incubator that provides support services to technology-based entrepreneurship in India. It also facilitates the conversion of research activity into entrepreneurial ventures. The institution aims to pre-incubate, incubate, and virtually incubate early-stage entrepreneurialtechnology based ventures; create physical infrastructure and support systems necessary for business incubation activities; facilitate networking with professional resources, including mentors, experts, investors, industry professionals, consultants, and advisors; identify technologies and innovations which have potential for commercial ventures; and promote and foster the spirit of entrepreneurship, and to carry out activities that facilitate knowledge creation, innovation, and entrepreneurship activities.The Department of Science and Technology of the Government of India provides SINE with financial assistance. With infrastructure spread over 10000 sq. ft., SINE can accommodate about 15-17 companies.Society for Innovation and Entrepreneurship was founded in 2004 and is based in Powai, India.

Investment focus

Manufacturing
Seed
India

Portfolio highlights

Endimension — Endimension develops AI solutions for medical image analysis. It helps to automatically detect abnormalities and diseases, via AI algorithms from medical scans, so as to reduce patient misdiagnosis and increase Radiologists’ efficiency.
Torus Robotics — Torus Robotics develops unmanned ground vehicles, robotics, and innovative powertrain technology for defense, aviation, automotive, and consumer applications.
Navork Innovations — Navork Innovations is an indian startup that provides technology for extending shelf life of fruits and vegetables that maintains freshness.

Omnivore funds entrepreneurs building the future ofagriculture and food systems.

Investment focus

AgTech, Agriculture, Farming
Seed, Series A, Series B
India, United States

Portfolio highlights

Stellapps — Stellapps designs dairy management software applications that leverage the power of technology to improve dairy supply chain parameters. The company's applications leverage the Internet of Things (IoT), big data, cloud, mobility and data analytics to improve agri-supply chain parameters, including milk production, milk procurement, cold chainanimal insurance and farmer payments, enabling dairy farms, dairy farmers and cooperatives to maximize profits while minimizing effort.
Two Point O Capital — Two Point O Capital enable access to prudent financing for clean energy interventions.
BioPrime AgriSolutions — Develop Innovative and Disruptive Next-Generation Agri Biological technology platforms, which will prove to be game changer for farmer, help them combat climate change, fight different stress conditions, increase yield and thereby increase their revenues. Their endeavor is to be leader in the agricultural industry, reforming and revolutionizing theindustry by developing, promoting and providing Innovative and Sustainable farming solutions.

Started in April 2006, the Indian Angel Network is a unique concept which brings together highly successful entrepreneurs and CEOs from India and around the world who are interested in investing in startup / early stage ventures which have the potential of creating disproportionate value.The Network, in addition to money, provide constantaccess to high quality mentoring, vast networks and inputs on strategy as well as execution. The Network members, because of their background are better able to assess the potential and risks at the early stage.

Investment focus

Software, Education, Health Care
Seed, Angel, Series A
India, United States, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

MiClient — Miclient are deal closure platform which was founded by experienced sales leaders who recognized the need for a new generation of complicated quote configuration, contract signing, renewal & payment collection at one place for SMEs, Lead Management System, B2B SaaS, CRM software, CPQ (Configure- Price- Quote)
Transcell Biologics — Transcell Biologics is an innovative biotech company with continuous discovery and process development as it’s central theme to deliver unique disruptive stem cell based solutions to treat chronic and debilitating diseases that have otherwise no options available to manage. The passionate leadership team is committed to developing therapies toaddress important medical needs through adult stem cell technologies by collaborating with clinicians and patient communities. Among the company’s landmark innovations is the development of a novel proprietary process for maximizing the therapeutic stem cell yield that also maintains the native pluripotent properties and inherent functionality. The Company has evolved from solely an R&D-focused biotech entity diversifying based on the intended applications of stem cell technologies.
Ahammune Biosciences — Ahammune Biosciences is an innovation-led drug discovery company started in 2016 which focuses on developing new treatment options for immune mediated diseases of the skin. Our current program is on the depigmenting disorder, Vitiligo.

Who We Are Aarin Capital is a proprietary venture fund that invests in technology-intensive businesses in life-sciences & healthcare, education and other potentially large India-centric or India-first market opportunities. Technology and differentiation are key to the businesses that we invest in, led by passionate and driven founders. We aim to fund companies that

Investment focus

Education, Biotechnology, Software
Series A, Seed, Funding Round
India, United States, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

88academics — 88academics (INDIA) has been established with the social objective of making quality video-based learning material available to ALL Indian students. Technology, connectivity, and social media are rapidly changing the world of Education and we wish to lead the democratization of the tuition industry in India. The current tuition options available inthe market are expensive and cater only to the upper classes leaving students from middle and lower-income families at a disadvantage. We intend to leverage technology to level the playing field.
Magic Crate — Magic Crate is an innovative early childhood learning company that is a pioneer and market leader in the area of discovery kits for young children. Magic Crate was set up in early 2014 by young parents from IIT, IIM, NID and Georgia Tech. as a subscription service that delivers activity boxes based on fresh new themes to their customer’s doorstepseach month.
Foodlink F&B Holdings India Pvt. Ltd. — FOODLINK provides catering and banquet management services.

Navam Capital is a venture capital investment firm focused on making seed and early-stage investments in frontier technology and science-driven innovation.

Investment focus

Manufacturing, Biotechnology, Health Care
Seed, Series A, Series B
India, United States

Portfolio highlights

GalaxEye — GalaxEye enables businesses to make better Decisions & perform operations efficiently via Space Technology.
Alyssum Therapeutics — Alyssum Therapeutics is a biotechnology company that focuses on developing next-generation immunotherapies to modulate B cells.
Aereo — Aereo provides end-to-end drone solutions with accurate surveys, analytics, and aerial intelligence; all powered by patented drone technology.

Discover Endiya Partners, a leading venture capital firm in India, focusing on funding and nurturing startups in SaaS, Healthcare, Lifesciences, Fintech, and Deeptech. Learn about our early-stage investments and co-founder VC approach.

Investment focus

Software, Health Care, Machine Learning
Seed, Series A, Series B
India, United States, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

AltiusHub — AltiusHub's platform enhances supply chain traceability in the pharma industry. Stay compliant and improve efficiency from production to final sale.
Pulse — Pulse is an Agentic AI-powered platform built for SaaS product teams, enabling product managers to automate feature extraction, prioritise effectively, and make seamless, data-driven decisions. By integrating diverse data sources, Pulse delivers unified, real-time, actionable intelligence. Leveraging purpose-built LLMs and Agentic AI capabilities,it drives outcome-based actions throughout the product lifecycle, enhancing productivity by up to 70% and linking product management to essential business metrics like NRR and churn, ensuring B2B SaaS companies remain agile in a dynamic market.
Perceptyne Robots — Perceptyne Robots is a deep-tech robotics firm developing dexterous, affordable, and contextually aware robots. Its robots are sector agnostic and can be used in applications like product assembly, kitchen automation, packing, and machine tending among others.

Mumbai Angels is an angle stage investment firm. Mumbai Angels has served as a breeding ground for both plug-in businesses for larger corporations and financial investors seeking incubated businesses ready to scale.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Food and Beverage, Software
Seed, Funding Round, Angel
India, United States, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

Hemptyful — Hemptyful's hemp seed-based goods include dips and cold-pressed oils made from premium hemp seeds, providing a high supply of protein, omega-3 fatty acids, and critical components for a healthy and balanced diet
ReCircle — ReCircle is a resource recovery enterprise. It works toward the circular economy and supports sustainable businesses through EPR and PNP services. India.
Big Bang Boom Solutions — Big Bang Boom Solutions is India's hottest new Startup in the Defence Sector. Founded by a couple of serial entrepreneurs who are comfortable in Deep Tech, it aims to co-create intellectual property that can reside within the borders of the country. The Founders have great connects in the Research Space which helps them develop technology thatbolsters the capability of the Indian Armed Forces.

Somaiya Vidyavihar is an educational trust that has built educational institutions.

Investment focus

Biotechnology, Farming, Agriculture
Seed, Pre-Seed
India

Portfolio highlights

Frelo — Frelo is an AI-based platform that connects Indian startups with top freelancers in tech, design, and content.
Techinvention — TechInvention is a biotech company that developes vaccines and biopharmaceuticals accessible in developing countries.
Drone School India — Drone School India offers expert drone solutions and training, driving innovation and building a community of skilled pilots.

Eight Roads has a 50+ year history of investing and partners with game-changing technology and healthcare companies, supporting them as they scale to become global leaders.

Investment focus

Software, Health Care, Information Technology
Series B, Series A, Series C
United States, China, India

Portfolio highlights

Laurus Bio — Laurus Bio offers precision fermentation expertise as a service to customers engaged in microbial fermentation-based manufacturing and product development. They manufacture animal-origin-free recombinant proteins, growth factors, and cell-culture media supplements. Their solutions include cultured meat, cell culture media, biologics and insulinmanufacturing, vaccine, stem cell culture, and regenerative medicine.
Lighthouse — Lighthouse transforms complexity into confidence with actionable insights, business intelligence & pricing solutions that maximize revenue.
Tenpoint Therapeutics — Tenpoint Therapeutics Ltd. is a global, clinical-stage biotech company developing groundbreaking treatments to rejuvenate vision in the aging eye.

We help the daring build legendary companies.

Investment focus

Software, Financial Services, E-Commerce
Series A, Series B, Seed
India, United States, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

Mindgrove — Discover the benefits of choosing Mindgrove Tech's System on Chip, backed by SHAKTI open-source processor program. Join the movement to put India on the map.
RapidCanvas — Delivering industry benchmarked out-of-the-box AI solutions that can be easily customized by business users using conversational interface.
Kast — Kast Finance provides open access, financial freedom, and rapid gratification services.

SGAN is an early stage VC anchored by the multi billion dollar Thakral Group of Companies and has investments across India, Singapore and the USA.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Health Care, Software
Seed, Angel, Series A
India, United States, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

MyCaptain — MyCaptain is an online learning and teaching platform offering online courses with placements and certification programs. Upskill industry knowledge in the fields of business, marketing, design, content, and more.
Dawaa Dost — Dawaa Dost specializes in the pharmacy retail chain of generic medicines in India. The company focuses on the availability of affordable generic medicines. Dawaa Dost was founded by Amit Choudhary and Yash Harlalka and is based in India.
The Ayurveda Experience — The Most Trusted and Recognized Ayurveda Platform in North America and Australia, Your One-Stop Shop for All Things Ayurveda! Customized to your Dosha or Body Type, enabling the most personalized Ayurveda Experience. Free Shipping to most parts in the world for orders over 30 USD!

pi Ventures is an early stage fund focused on investing on disruptive ideas leveraging machine learning, AI and IoT.

Investment focus

Artificial Intelligence, Software, Machine Learning
Seed, Series A, Series B
India, United States, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

Quanfluence — Quanfluence operates as a quantum technology start-up. Quanfluence develops photonics-based quantum and quantum-inspired solutions.
Ahammune Biosciences — Ahammune Biosciences is an innovation-led drug discovery company started in 2016 which focuses on developing new treatment options for immune mediated diseases of the skin. Our current program is on the depigmenting disorder, Vitiligo.
Theranautilus Private Limited — Theranautilus, is a nanorobotics company, translating the result of a decade of research and development in nanorobotics from laboratory to clinics. We are a hardware company specializing in instruments for fabricating nanorobots, safe deployment of nanorobots in living systems, and mechanisms to maneuver them to their target inside the bodyremotely.

First partner to exceptional teams everywhere

Investment focus

Software, SaaS, Information Technology
Series A, Series B, Series C
United States, India, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Nuitée — Nuitée provides infrastructure APIs tailored for the travel sector, offering a user-friendly solution to transform hotel connectivity and distribution. Its technology platform serves as a vital link between accommodation providers and demand partners. The business started with a simple API and white-label solution that enables businesses and brandsto offer a comprehensive hotel booking system. Today Nuitée is a multi-product ecosystem that allows businesses to create their own booking apps, monetize their audience, and establish ongoing revenue streams while retaining full control over their brand and pricing. Founded in 2017, Nuitée is headquartered in Ireland.
FirstClub — FirstClub's mission is to become a rapid commerce-first omnichannel retailer that uses offline experience stores to promote the quality of its items. FirstClub's goal is to create a platform that serves customers and offers brands a unique opportunity to connect with affluent homes.
RapidCanvas — Delivering industry benchmarked out-of-the-box AI solutions that can be easily customized by business users using conversational interface.

Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council (BIRAC) is a not-for-profit Section 8, Schedule B, Public Sector Enterprise, set up by Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Government of India as an Interface Agency to strengthen and empower the emerging Biotech enterprise to undertake strategic research and innovation, addressing nationallyrelevant product development needs.BIRAC is a industry-academia interface and implements its mandate through a wide range of impact initiatives, be it providing access to risk capital through targeted funding, technology transfer, IP management and handholding schemes that help bring innovation excellence to the biotech firms and make them globally competitive. In its Eight years of existence, BIRAC has initiated several schemes, networks and platforms that help to bridge the existing gaps in the industry-academia Innovation research and facilitate novel, high quality affordable products development through cutting edge technologies. BIRAC has initiated partnerships with several national and global partners to collaborate and deliver the salient features of its mandate.Vision“To Stimulate, foster and enhance the strategic research and innovation capabilities of the Indian biotech industry, particularly start-ups and SME’s, for creation of affordable products addressing the needs of the largest section of society”Key StrategiesFoster innovation and entrepreneurship Promote affordable innovation in key social sectors Empowerment of start-ups & small and medium enterprises Contribute through partners for capability enhancement and diffusion of innovation Enable commercialization of discovery Ensure global competitiveness of Indian enterprises BIRAC’s Core ValuesIntegrity Transparency Team work Excellence Commitment BIRAC’s aim is to play a transformative and catalytic role in building a US$ 100 billion Indian bioeconomy. We believe that the agents of change for building the Indian bioeconomy would be biotech start-ups & SMEs & hence our focus is on raising their capabilities

Investment focus

Health Care, Biotechnology, Medical Device
Grant, Seed, Pre-Seed
India, United States

Portfolio highlights

SiCureMi — SiCureMi is a medical device manufacturing company that specializes in the fields of vital signs monitoring and decision support. It aims to develop an affordable and non-invasive intelligent self-care product for users providing personalized care using predictive analytics from historical/real-time data using IOT/Mobile based app.
Hester Biosciences — Hester Biosciences Limited is an India-based company engaged in manufacturing of poultry vaccines and large animal vaccines, and trading of poultry health products and large animal health products. Its segments include Poultry Division and Large Animal Division. It provides over 40 products across poultry vaccines (live and inactivated), largeanimal vaccines (live and inactivated), health products and diagnostics. Its product range includes vaccines, drugs, feed supplements and disinfectants. It manufactures over two live vaccines for large animals, including Peste des Petits Ruminants (PPR) Live vaccines and Goat Pox Vaccine. Its offerings include Avian, including Live B1, Live LAS, Live R2B, Live M48, Live FP, Gumboro M1, Gumboro I and Gumboro I+; swine fever vaccines, and large animal, including PPR Vaccine-Sungri 96 strain and Brucella abortus (S19) calf Vaccine. It offers services, such as seromonitoring for poultry farms and mastitis prevention programs for cattle farms.
NEERX — NEERX TECHNOVATION PVT LTD is developing micro-climate sensing & farm management solution. SHOOL is a Smart Soil Sensor alongwith climate sensing capabilities helping reduce agri-input cost and improve efficiency for our farmers.

Kotak Investment Advisors focuses exclusively on managing the alternate assets business of the Kotak Mahindra Group.

Investment focus

Health Care, Biotechnology, Medical
Private Equity, Debt Financing, Series A
India, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Nutrabay — Nutrabay is a D2C multi-brand nutrition store that provides an online platform to sell nutritional supplements. Its products include proteins, whey proteins, mass gainers, amino acids, creatine, multivitamins, fish oil, herbs, and many more.
Matrix Pharma — The purpose of the pharmaceutical matrix industry is to create a platform to build a robust API business that can support organic and inorganic growth.
Ahammune Biosciences — Ahammune Biosciences is an innovation-led drug discovery company started in 2016 which focuses on developing new treatment options for immune mediated diseases of the skin. Our current program is on the depigmenting disorder, Vitiligo.

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Investment focus

E-Commerce, Software, Internet
Seed, Series A, Angel
India, United States, Italy

Portfolio highlights

Alt Mobility — ALT Mobility is a full-stack EV leasing platform offering mobility as a service (MaaS) for commercial vehicle users.
SaveSage Club — SaveSage Club provides a centralized, AI-powered solution to simplify management and aims to empower users by addressing the lack of awareness about reward optimization.
The Money Club — Money Club is a registered digital AI chit fund platform in India which lets you create peer-to-peer chit fund clubs. Download the safe & secure app now!

Info Edge is an internet company that manages and operates online job portals. The company's mission is to address the middle east job market and have launched a Gulf version of the recruitment site. The company also launched a career counseling and guidance site, a professional networking site, and an education classified site.It wasfounded in 2016 and headquartered in Uttar, Pradesh.

Investment focus

Software, E-Commerce, SaaS
Seed, Series A, Series B
India, United States

Portfolio highlights

Nexstem — We create brain-computer interfaces using EEG to convert brain signals into commands to control technology using your thoughts. Transcending biological limits.
LegitQuest — An online legal research platform with Indian case laws. Research on Indian Cases, Judgments & Acts with AI enabled, User friendly product features.
Clean Electric — Clean Electric builds Lithium-Ion Batteries with Liquid Immersion Cooling. Fast Charge. Long Life. Unparalleled Safety.

Artiman is an early-stage venture fund that seeks to invest in entrepreneurs that have the potential to disrupt multi-billion markets. The firm was established in 2000 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, California, United States.

Investment focus

Information Technology, Software, Biotechnology
Series A, Series B, Series C
United States, India, Canada

Portfolio highlights

Boxbot — Dynamic storage and retrieval platform that adapts to varying cubic dimensions and eliminates manual pick stations.
Subskribe — Subskribe is the adaptive quoting, billing, and revenue platform for modern SaaS companies. Totally unified. Zero reconciliation, from quote to revenue.
Pavilion Data Systems, Inc. — Get unmatched storage performance, density, and ultra-low latency with Pavilion's Hyperparallel NVME-oF storage solution. Embrace the third wave of storage.

SOSV is a global, deep tech venture capital firm that operates the HAX and IndieBio startup development programs focused on human and planetary health. SOSV invests $500,000 in startups at their inception as they onboard either HAX or IndieBio for a 4-6 month period designed to accelerate the raise of their next institutional round. SOSV joins thelater rounds of HAX and IndieBio graduates. HAX, based in a 35,000 sq ft facility in Newark, NJ, is equipped with machine tools, 3D printers, chemical, electrical and mechanical engineering labs, as well as on-staff engineering and design experts. SOSV's IndieBio has locations in NYC and San Francisco, both of which offer extensive services and facilities to founders including on-site BSL-2 labs, well equipped lab benches and hoods, and advanced lab equipment, such as chromatography equipment.

Investment focus

Biotechnology, Health Care, Software
Seed, Convertible Note, Pre-Seed
United States, India, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

MixRift — MIXRIFT - game developers specialized in Mixed Reality
unspun — From 3D scan to perfect fitting custom jeans. unspun makes each pair of jeans unique to your actual body and design. On a mission to reduce global carbon emissions by 1%. As seen in Fast Company's World Changing Ideas, Time's Best Inventions, and PopSci's Best of What's New. Welcome to the future of apparel.
Mesa Quantum — Unlock the potential of chip-scale quantum sensing for enhanced Position, Navigation, And Timing capabilities. Explore Mesa Quantum's practical solutions.

KITVEN Fund is a venture capital fund backed by state & central government financial institutions operating in the State of Karnataka.

Investment focus

Biotechnology, Software, Information Technology
Series A, Seed, Funding Round
India, United States

Portfolio highlights

Fibroheal — Fibroheal Woundcare uses the biomaterial property of silk and silk protein to provide wound care management for acute, chronic, surgical, and traumatic wounds. Its products include sheets, mesh, foams, powder, and particles.
Vipragen Biosciences — Vipragen Biosciences is a biotechnology company that specializes in Pharmaceuticals & drug development.
Taqanal Energy — Taqanal Energy is powering the shift from fossil fuels and internal combustion engines through its Intelligent Energy Storage Management System which integrates the power of embedded intelligence in the battery with cloud applications.

IDG Ventures India is a leading technology venture capital fund in India. The fund is part of IDG Ventures, a global network of technology venture funds with over $6 billion under management with over 220 investee companies and 10 offices across Asia and North America. IDG Ventures has been an investor in companies including Funzio, Ctrip, Tencent,Baidu, Netscape, BabyCenter, Sohu, Vancl and VinaGame. In India, IDG Ventures has invested in companies such as Flipkart, Myntra, Yatra, Newgen, Brainbees (FirstCry.com), Vserv, Manthan Software, Valyoo (Lenskart.com), Actoserba (Zivame.com), NestAway and Hiree. More information about IDG Ventures is available at www.idgvcindia.com

Investment focus

Software, E-Commerce, Health Care
Series A, Series B, Seed
India, United States, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

Metadome.ai — Metadome is a metaverse that provides the no-code infrastructure to millions of creators and brands to build immersive experiences for the virtual world.Metadome is a persistent virtual world, and all experiences (including shopping) will be driven by 3D and AR/VR. Brands will be able to represent themselves in Metadome, and creators will beable to engage through tools that allow everyone to interact, collaborate, learn, play, work, create, trade, transact and buy virtual goods.
Pepsales — Pepsales is a AI Led Product Demo Automation software for B2B SaaS Companies to create personalized and live product demos to increase their sales.
Fibe — Get instant loans up to Rs. 5L with tenures up to 24 months & rates as low as 2.5% p.m. Check your eligibility now.

We fund frugal Innovation in India

Investment focus

Information Technology, Health Care, Artificial Intelligence
Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
India, United States

Portfolio highlights

clodura.AI — clodura.AI is a sales engagement platform.
IntelloSync — IntelloSync offers bespoke solutions to address the particular difficulties of B2B organizations. With Intellosync in place, you can leverage the power of data analytics and AI to eliminate repetitive tasks, human errors, and security risks.
the EleFant — Rent toys for kids online from The EleFant Toy. Choose from a variety of educational, fun, and unique toys. Best toy rental service for kids online in India

Inflexor Ventures is a technology focussed venture capital firm investing in next-generation tech backed founding teams changing the way we live and work.

Investment focus

Information Technology, Space Travel, Apps
Series A, Seed, Funding Round
India, United States

Portfolio highlights

ClickPost — ClickPost is a Logistics Intelligence Platform helping eCommerce companies select right courier partner, generate labels and track shipments leading a delightful customer experience and operations excellence.
BioPrime AgriSolutions — Develop Innovative and Disruptive Next-Generation Agri Biological technology platforms, which will prove to be game changer for farmer, help them combat climate change, fight different stress conditions, increase yield and thereby increase their revenues. Their endeavor is to be leader in the agricultural industry, reforming and revolutionizing theindustry by developing, promoting and providing Innovative and Sustainable farming solutions.
NoPo Nanotechnologies — NoPo Nanotechnologies manufactures Single Walled Carbon Nanotubes for use in Electronics, Si Anode, Membranes etc. Using the goodness of Carbon Nanotubes to improve efficiencies.

RVCF operates from Jaipur and focuses on investments on a Pan India basis. RVCF Fund-I was established in 2002-03 and created an active investment portfolio of 10 companies, straddling across various sectors and stages. RVCF Fund I has managed successful exits from 9 companies. On the other the second fund by the name and style of SME Tech Fund –RVCF Trust II, which was launched in 2008-09 aiming to invest in IT/ITES, Education, Retail, Health care, Agro Products, Auto Components and other high growth sectors has made investment in 12 companies. It has already made exit from 4 companies while others remain a part of the portfolio.

Investment focus

Retail, Health Care, E-Commerce
Funding Round, Seed, Series A
India

Portfolio highlights

Dhurina — Dhurina is an online learning and state competitive exam preparation platform that provides direction to study.
Codevidhya — Codevidhya is an EdTech firm that provides coding e-learning to young students.
FutureCure Health — FutureCure Health harnesses emerging technologies to diagnose and treat patients with chronic diseases like dizziness, migraine, tinnitus, and others.

India's very own fund for Student Led Startups. Your own Campus Fund - Supporting Student Entrepreneurs.

Investment focus

Apps, Health Care, Software
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
India

Portfolio highlights

Gramiyaa — Internet-First Health Food Brand with local presence and fast deliveries in Indian metros
EtherealX — EtherealX designs develops, and manufactures next-generation launch vehicles and spacecraft.
Human Biogenesis — Human Biogenesis is a company that developing a first-of-its-kind semen detection test that can establish pregnancy risk within 15 minutes and up to 72 hours after intercourse.

1crowd is a unique equity crowd funding platform focused on connecting investors with a host of extremely promising Indian start-ups and early stage ventures, with an array of capital solutions and co-investment commitment. For a start-up, with an incredible business idea, 1crowd will not only help raise capital, but will also provide access to apool of illustrious mentors and effectual partners who can help nurture the business to its potential.What differentiates 1crowd from others is their ecosystem that has been built around “commoditized” fundraising. Their range of services includes deal origination and sourcing, structuring the capital raising, guidance on building business plans and financial models, screening proposals, carrying out due diligence, providing access to investor members and presentment, deal closure, mentoring, and post investment monitoring. 1crowd co-invests in companies that raise capital through our platform. 1crowd is also in the process of launching a suite of exclusive capital solutions for start-ups, early stage ventures and investors.

Investment focus

Information Technology, Health Care, Education
Seed, Funding Round, Series A
India

Portfolio highlights

Vituscare — Vituscare is a dialysis management program.
Alyve Health — Alyve Health provides complete healthcare solutions tailored to your unique needs. Explore our services for businesses, groups, and more.
Karma Healthcare — Karman Healthcare are see a world where everyone has an opportunity and means to access equitable and affordable healthcare.

As part of the leadership team at Sequoia Capital India, Rajan is focusing on developing its early-stage program Surge, into the world's top scale-up program for startups by acting as an investment advisor and mentor to the programme's founders. Surge aims to engineer rapid early progress for startups, by enabling disproportionateaccess to capital, talent, network and decades of company-building knowledge. Rajan's deep understanding of technology, operating expertise and a track record of growing tech businesses across the region will help Surge's founders scale and build the businesses of tomorrow.Prior to Sequoia, as Head of Google India and Southeast Asia, Rajan played a key role in expanding the regions internet ecosystem while accelerating Google's innovation and growth units. He is also a prolific angel investor who has backed a large number of successful startups at very early stages. Rajan also led Microsoft and Dell in India and was earlier a Partner at McKinsey & Company in Chicago.

Investment focus

Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology
Seed, Angel, Series A
India, United States, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

NAYAN — NAYAN visual AI monitors and identifies real-time road events. NAYAN AI supports businesses and authorities by offering actionable insights on visual events, to make the world a safer place.
Omnify — Automate your business and simplify your life with Omnify's all-in-one online booking system that streamlines your operations through one simple dashboard.
mirrAR — mirrAR your go to augmented reality company for ECommerce. Experience our platform, solutions & AR software. Transform shopping with augmented reality in E-commerce.

Aureolis is founded by Paula Mariwala, who brings in more than two decades of business and investing experience across Silicon Valley and India.

Investment focus

Health Care, Education, Information Technology
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
India, United States, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

SuperKalam — SuperKalam is an AI-backed Super Mentor, offering personalised learning, instant doubt resolution, and evaluation by focusing on discipline-based learning to help you clear UPSC exam.
Schmooze Dating — Like Memes? We can find you Dates to enjoy it with. Say No to bad dates and creepy experiences. Say No to objectification and people who keep swiping right.
NoPo Nanotechnologies — NoPo Nanotechnologies manufactures Single Walled Carbon Nanotubes for use in Electronics, Si Anode, Membranes etc. Using the goodness of Carbon Nanotubes to improve efficiencies.

F-Prime Capital is a global venture capital firm investing in healthcare and technology, with a heritage that spans four decades.

Investment focus

Biotechnology, Health Care, Medical
Series A, Series B, Series C
United States, United Kingdom, China

Portfolio highlights

Rhygaze — Rhygaze develops a novel gene therapy that targets cone cells to restore vision in patients suffering from diseases causing blindness.
TripSuite — Spend more time growing your agency and less time tracking commissions.
Tenvie Therapeutics — Tenvie Therapeutics is a biotechnology company founded to improve patients' lives with neurological, cardiometabolic, and ophthalmic diseases. The company is focused on developing small molecules targeting brain inflammation, metabolic dysfunction, and lysosomal issues, with a robust pipeline inherited from Denali Therapeutics. Tenvie isprogressing a range of therapeutics aimed at addressing neurological, cardiometabolic, and ophthalmic conditions. Its collection of fully owned, highly brain-penetrant, and precisely designed peripherally restricted small molecules targets three main factors of disease: alleviating inflammation, correcting metabolic dysfunction, and rejuvenating lysosomal function.

Sanjiv Rangrass is the Venture Partner of Unitus Ventures. He previously worked at ITC Limited as a Group Head - R&D, Sustainability & Projects. Sanjiv Rangrass attended Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur.

Investment focus

AgTech, Food Processing, Farming
Seed, Series A, Angel
India

Portfolio highlights

altM — altM is an alternate materials company on a mission to develop the future of materials to reduce carbon footprint and improve circularity in their supply chain.
Wootz.work — We provide precision engineering solutions, from custom fabrications to full assemblies. Enhance supply chain resilience with integrated design, manufacturing, and delivery expertise, backed by global standards.
Sugar Watchers — A healthy twist to our daily staples like Rice, Atta and Poha. Sugar Watchers is a range of Low GI staples that are 100% Natural, non-gmo and clinically tested. They are good for diabetics, help in sugar and weight management and good for the full family.

Unlock the Power of Innovation with Unicorn IVC - a leading venture capital firm committed to fueling innovation and transforming businesses. We are seed funding company for startups which visionary entrepreneurs pioneering innovations across sectors.

Investment focus

Software, Health Care, Information Technology
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
India, United Kingdom, United States

Portfolio highlights

Netrasemi — Embedding real-time AI on edge devices with a power-efficient Graph Stream Parallel Architecture.
Ikin Global — Discover IKIN's smart locks for enterprises. Secure assets with our Smart GPS lock, container lock, bolt seal, and more. Enjoy live tracking and access control.
PeLocal Fintech — Pelocal Fintech Private Limited offers digital solutions to empower local businesses and facilitate consumer payments.

Tata Capital marks the entry of the Tata Group into a host of new financial services. The Company caters to multiple needs of the retail and institutional customer â€“ truly a one-stop shop, be it investment or finance.

Investment focus

Health Care, Energy, Manufacturing
Funding Round, Debt Financing, Series A
India, United States, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

BluPine Energy — BluPine Energy is a renewable energy services company.
Sunsure Energy — Unlock sustainable growth with Sunsure, your trusted partner in renewable energy solutions & Power Purchase Agreements (PPA) across India. Explore Your Options Now!
Kesoram Industries — Kesoram was founded in 1919 under the name of Kesoram Cotton Mills Ltd. From its humble beginnings as a cotton textile mill in Calcutta, Kesoram expanded into the production of rayon. Its first rayon plant was built in 1959, with a production capacity of 4,635 metric tons of rayon yarn per year. The spirit of entrepreneurship did not end there.Kesoram soon entered the tyres and cement industries. A change of name was needed to reflect the companyâ€™s increasing portfolio of businesses. So in 1986, it changed its name to Kesoram Industries Limited. Since then, Kesoramâ€™s operations have grown from strength to strength. Its reputation is recognised today by its listings on four global stock exchanges â€“ National Stock Exchange of India, Bombay Stock Exchange, Calcutta Stock Exchange Association, and the Societe de la Bourse de Luxembourg.

As part of the leadership team at Sequoia Capital India, Rajan is focusing on developing its early-stage program Surge, into the world's top scale-up program for startups by acting as an investment advisor and mentor to the programme's founders. Surge aims to engineer rapid early progress for startups, by enabling disproportionateaccess to capital, talent, network and decades of company-building knowledge. Rajan's deep understanding of technology, operating expertise and a track record of growing tech businesses across the region will help Surge's founders scale and build the businesses of tomorrow.Prior to Sequoia, as Head of Google India and Southeast Asia, Rajan played a key role in expanding the regions internet ecosystem while accelerating Google's innovation and growth units. He is also a prolific angel investor who has backed a large number of successful startups at very early stages. Rajan also led Microsoft and Dell in India and was earlier a Partner at McKinsey & Company in Chicago.

Investment focus

Software, E-Commerce, Artificial Intelligence
Seed, Angel, Series A
India, United States, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

NAYAN — NAYAN visual AI monitors and identifies real-time road events. NAYAN AI supports businesses and authorities by offering actionable insights on visual events, to make the world a safer place.
Omnify — Automate your business and simplify your life with Omnify's all-in-one online booking system that streamlines your operations through one simple dashboard.
mirrAR — mirrAR your go to augmented reality company for ECommerce. Experience our platform, solutions & AR software. Transform shopping with augmented reality in E-commerce.

GenNext Ventures is a venture capital firm specialized in early stage investments.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Machine Learning
Seed, Funding Round, Series B
India, United States, France

Portfolio highlights

CamCom — CamCom is an award-winning, industry agnostic AI powered platform for visual inspections built on a Computer Vision stack. We are pioneers in leveraging CV and associated technologies in the visual inspection process.
LegalDesk — LegalDesk.com is a “Do It Yourself” service that lets you prepare various legal documents and contracts online. All you have to do is select the document template, fill in your details, check the document preview and execute the most up to date paperwork for your statutory requirements. They help you with printing documents on Stamp paper anddelivering it to your doorstep.LegalDesk.com is built, operated and owned by Desk Nine Pvt. Ltd. The team is based in Bengaluru, Mumbai, New Delhi, Chennai, and Kolkata. It includes legal consultants, product designers, software engineers, content creators, sales honchos and true blue digital marketers along with customer engagement specialists.
Conexstra Technologies Pvt. Ltd. — Conexstra - Consumer Experience Strategy is all about delivering innovative and disruptive user experience solutions.

Gujarat Venture Finance provides seed financing and early-stage and growth capital to small- and medium-sized companies based in India.

Investment focus

Food and Beverage, Software, Manufacturing
Seed, Funding Round, Series A
India

Portfolio highlights

LetsDressUp — LetsDressUp is a platform that designs and customizes clothes, aims to be India’s version of US-based Stitch Fix.
Dice — Manage all your corporate spending with dice and make daily business operations fast and seamless.
Ghost Kitchens — Join the fastest growing restaurant company in the country

Nagendra Bandaru

Investment focus

Fitness, Hardware, Security
Seed, Angel
India

Portfolio highlights

Transcell Biolife — Transcell is a Biotech company with a strong commitment to develop innovative and transformative stem cell based approaches in advancing evidence based practice in disease management. The in-house stem cell repository programs bridge the gap between the research and emerging discoveries in clinical applications.
SecurWeave Research Labs — SecurWeave is one of the most trusted and leading cyber security companies in India offering CHESS, which is designed to fill the gap in cyber defense against APTs. Malware

Rebel Fund is powered by an elite team of top Y Combinator alumni partners to support the world's most promising technology startup founders

Investment focus

Software, IT, Financial
Seed, Funding Round, Series A
United States, India, Canada

Portfolio highlights

Cerrion — Cerrion is a visual AI that helps production teams react faster to process deviations, automate root cause analysis, and implement targeted improvement actions. They believe that process transparency enabled by AI and computer vision is key to achieving more autonomy and sustainability in manufacturing. Their software is built and designed withproduction teams from all over the world in the loop.
Krave Mart — [vc_section full_width="stretch_row" el_class="home-f2" css=".vc_custom_1657789976521{margin-top: 12px !important;padding-top: 100px ancillary branding advertising brand partnerships partnerships marketing Krave Mart Ads
Vahan.ai — Vahan uses Artificial Intelligence to match job seekers with employers inside messaging apps

Anterra Capital is an independent growth capital fund. They invest in fast growing companies that are working to make the global food supply chain safer, more efficient and more sustainable. Their focus is on supporting the growth of companies who are commercializing novel technologies and services. They invest across the food supply chain fromnovel agro inputs and precision farming through to smarter logistics and consumer safety. They do not invest in other funds, land, operating assets, or other capital intensive businesses.They are a lead investor taking significant minority equity positions and performing an active role on the boards of the companies they support. At the time they invest, their companies typically already generate revenue and have great growth prospects. They target investments of EUR 1M to EUR 15M per company and often support their portfolio companies in raising additional capital from professional investors including from their own financial partners. Importantly, they are long-term investors. They focus on working closely with management teams to build lasting value.

Investment focus

Biotechnology, Agriculture, Food and Beverage
Series B, Series A, Funding Round
United States, United Kingdom, France

Portfolio highlights

La Fourche — At La Fourche we believe healthy consumption should be affordable to everyone and our mission is to offer everyday organic products to "the 99%". Based on a a subscription model, our platform offers thousands of organic products with up to 50% discount and allows families to reduce up their spending up to 1000€. Join us!
ProducePay — ProducePay provides a wide array of payment solutions to the fresh produce industry and its agents. Produce Pay was first conceived at Cornell University. With strong support from experienced faculty and the student body, it was able to rapidly gain momentum. Produce Pay obtained recognition from Cornell’s entrepreneurial community and was soondubbed "The Next Johnson Start-Up," in reference to Cornell’s S.C. Johnson Graduate School of Management.
Slingshot Biosciences — Precise, reliable, and repeatable results. With synthetic cell controls, these goals are achievable in your flow cytometry experiments. Reduce costs, save time and commercialize faster. Beads for spectral compensation, immunophenotyping, viability, and assay controls.

Sharaf Yamani - Managing Director @ Windlesham Advisors

Investment focus

Biotechnology, Software, Life Science
Seed
India, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

CyGenica — CyGenica uses a non-viral, non-toxic platform to develop in vitro and in vivo delivery solutions for drugs, gene editing components, and antibiotics.
Synthace — The Synthace Experiment Platform lets you design powerful experiments, run them in your lab, & gather automatically structured datasets. No code necessary.

HealthQuad’s investment philosophy is to create value by empowering visionary entrepreneurs building unique solutions that have the potential to redefine the way the society prevents and treats illness. Their approach is defined by “inspired ownership” and they strive to act as a meaningful strategic partner and not just as a financial sponsor.They provide a platform where entrepreneurs can work with us to get not only the capital but also the advice, support, and tools they need to achieve their market potential. In the eyes of the entrepreneurs, they see that the breadth and depth of their expertise, their strong network and their rich ecosystem, are their raison d’être for partnering with us.

Investment focus

Health Care, Hospital, Fitness
Funding Round, Series A, Series B
India

Portfolio highlights

BeatO — Effectively manage your diabetes with BeatO, India's # 1 Diabetes Management & Health Care Experts Online, and experience the convenience of smartphone glucometers for accurate and hassle-free monitoring.
Qure AI — Qure ai is on a mission to provide accessible, affordable, & timely assistance to healthcare professionals
Medikabazaar — Medikabazaar is an online B2B marketspace for medical supplies and equipment. They are a single point of contact for all product-based needs, enabling medical institutions and individual practitioners alike to cut down on operational costs and making the best global brands available locally, all aided with the miracle that goes by the name oftechnology. They are connected with more than 50,000 medical establishments, 1,50,000 Independent Practitioners, and have partnered with 13,000+ suppliers all over India including ones in Tier 2, Tier 3 cities, and remoter locations to establish a strong foothold in India and simultaneously earn the respect of our clients. With the power of technology, we organized a haywire market in a country with perhaps the largest and most complex geographical structure in the world for this purpose. Our last-mile delivery system and 26 strategically placed Fulfilment Centres across India enable us to deliver essential medical supplies to healthcare facilities and help them nurture quality and timely patient care. With our first international office in the Middle East, we are transcending boundaries to deliver care, everywhere.

ICICI Venture is a specialist alternative assets manager based in India. The firm is a wholly owned subsidiary of ICICI Bank (www.icicibank.com), the largest private sector financial services group in India.ICICI Venture has been at the forefront of driving entrepreneurship in India for over two decades, both as a partner and capital providerfor individuals with a clear common objective, the passion to pursue business ideas in the quest for creating value for all stakeholders and for the larger good of the nation. Till date, various funds managed by the firm have invested in over 500 companies. ICICI Venture continues to remain committed to this mission.

Investment focus

Health Care, Manufacturing, Sales
Funding Round, Private Equity, Seed
India, Italy

Portfolio highlights

Cello — Drinkware, Lunch boxes, Containers, Dinnerware & Serveware, Bakeware, appliances, cookware, cleaning aids & Furniture from the official website of Cello.
Zopper — Zopper works with insurance providers to create smaller and personalized insurance products that it supplies to distribution partners. Zopper is an insurance infrastructure API platform that democratizes access to insurance distribution.
Indifi Technologies — Indifi Technologies is a digital lending platform that offers loans to those that have potential and intent.Indifi believes in helping small businesses grow by offering loans to those that have potential and intent. Most such businesses have little or no access to financing from traditional institutions such as banks or lack either collateral orfinance data trail to access a loan.Indifi is a technology platform that gathers and analyzes data of businesses from various sources and draws insights to judge their creditworthiness, their past and current performance in the context of the industry they are operating in. This differentiated approach helps find businesses that are low on risk and high on promise thus opening up possibilities for those who earlier had no access to short or long term business funding.Indifi takes the relevant applications to multiple lenders, increasing the chances to secure a loan and creates choice for lenders to pick the ones they wish to back.

Part of the founding team of Seedfund, Paula Mariwala is the Executive Director at Seedfund. She has over 20 years of experience with technology companies in USA and India. In her role as the Executive Director since inception of Seedfund in 2006, Paula has worked extensively with the entrepreneurial ecosystem in India to source, evaluate andmentor start-up companies for Seedfund. She works closely with Portfolio companies to take them to their next stage of growth and has led investments in education, healthcare and mobile technology.Coming from a strong business background and a technocrat by profession, Paula has worked with companies like Photon Kinetics, Tektronix and Optivideo in USA and is Promoter and Director of The Hinditron Group of companies, one of India’s oldest technology company, where she has been responsible for managing the Telecommunication business of the Group and for driving new business initiatives. She is also an active angel investor, and has mentored and invested in several innovative companies across sectors.Paula holds an MS in Applied Physics from Stanford University, USA. She has several publications and patents to her credit in the fields of Astrophysics and Optical Communication.A Charter member of TiE, she is very active in the entrepreneurial ecosystem and is involved in various capacities with academic institutions and incubators. She is associated with professional organizations like IEEE (Life Member), Computer Society of India, Stanford University Alumni Association. Paula has a strong commitment and interest in education and also devotes time working with several schools and NGOs.

Investment focus

Internet of Things, EdTech, Toys
Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
India, United States

Portfolio highlights

altM — altM is an alternate materials company on a mission to develop the future of materials to reduce carbon footprint and improve circularity in their supply chain.
Praan — Praan builds the world's most advanced air purification technologies for commercial and industrial applications.
Awaaz.De — Awaaz.De provides technology solutions and services for development sector organizations to connect with under served communities. It develops cost-effective, easy-to-use communication and data collection tools that work on mobiles and landlines, breaking language and literacy barriers. Awaaz.De clients use their applications for health, education,microfinance, and agriculture to increase the impact.Awaaz.De was founded on 2010 and is headquartered in Ahmedabad, India.

The Chennai Angels is an Angel Investment Group in India with over 140 individual, corporate and institutional members. The Chennai Angels invests in early stage startups and also provide mentorship for their portfolio companies.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Software, Artificial Intelligence
Seed, Funding Round, Angel
India, United States, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

Ecoil — Ecoil works to make the world a better place for future generations. Agricultural waste must be properly disposed of and recycled in order to provide sustainable energy. to lead the route towards an environmentally and socially responsible future.In order to reduce waste, Ecoil buys wasted cooking oil from restaurants at the best price andconverts it into Biodiesel. We offer a comprehensive range of solutions to assist enterprises in dealing with waste oils and fats generated by their activities.
LetsDressUp — LetsDressUp is a platform that designs and customizes clothes, aims to be India’s version of US-based Stitch Fix.
Kreedo Early Childhood Solutions — Kreedo Preschool Non-Franchise Solution | education development partner that helps create your preschool brand | Promotes with strong ROI.

Sami Mikati is a Director of Synthace Ltd. Investor and commercial executive with deep experience and network across energy and engineering industries in Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

Investment focus

Biotechnology, Software, Life Science
Seed
India, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

CyGenica — CyGenica uses a non-viral, non-toxic platform to develop in vitro and in vivo delivery solutions for drugs, gene editing components, and antibiotics.
Synthace — The Synthace Experiment Platform lets you design powerful experiments, run them in your lab, & gather automatically structured datasets. No code necessary.

Unlocking Future Technologies. We are excited by startups exploring science and engineering innovation.

Investment focus

Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
Seed, Funding Round, Pre-Seed
India, United States, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Neverinstall — Access a powerful computer from your browser in an instant, with all your applications already downloaded and installed.
Morphing Machines — This is the landing page for the Morphing Machines website showcasing its silicon chip, REDEFINE.
Peptris Technologies — Peptris Technologies is a artificial intelligence (AI)-powered drug discovery company.

Somerset Indus Capital Partners seeks to make private equity and equity-related investments primarily in growth-oriented healthcare companies in India. Somerset is led by Avinash Kenkare on the offshore fund side, a private equity professional with eighteen years of successful investing experience in over fifteen transactions, and duly assisted byMayur Sirdesai on domestic fund side, a healthcare professional with over twenty years of experience in the Indian Pharma/ Healthcare Industry with both private equity, operational and consulting services related experience.

Investment focus

Health Care, Medical, Manufacturing
Funding Round, Seed, Series A
India

Portfolio highlights

Globela Pharma — Every Life is Precious. Globela: Quality, affordable healthcare globally. Changing lives with innovative pharma products. Serving the underserved.
Emil Pharmaceutical — Emil Pharmaceutical is responsible for creating, producing, and selling medications of a quality that is recognised worldwide.
Genworks — GenWorks is no1 medical solution provider in India providing digital healthcare solutions and, we are providing healthcare training solutions in India.

David Rowan is editor of the UK edition of WIRED magazine, which won 2009 Launch of the David Rowan is Editor of the WIRED UK, the technology and trends magazine covering online brands, gadgets and the culture that surrounds them. David has reported on technology for The Times and Channel 4 News, the latter requiring him to illustrate the newiPod Video from the set of a porn shoot. He's also written for The Sunday Times and Telegraph Magazines, and edited the Guardian's on-line content. David has curated an exhibition of British creative talent at the Government's Cabinet Forum conference. He has also addressed the TEDs, and frequently contributes on Newsnight and the Today programme. He also writes a monthly column for GQ. David is in touch with many of the world's leading trend-setters and spotters. In presentations he looks at how the net is disrupting almost every sector, how apps change consumer behaviour and why 'social commerce' is killing traditional marketing. He reveals the 10 trends that will change your market in the next decade - and what you should be doing now to protect yourself.

Investment focus

Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
United Kingdom, Germany, Croatia

Portfolio highlights

EWOR — Build a successful company with EWOR
Climate X — Climate X combines climate science and econometrics to deliver precise climate risk data without any black boxes.
Rhizocore Technologies — We develop high-performance strains of locally-sourced mycorrhizal fungi to improve tree growth, tree health and tree resiliency. We offer a sustainable solution to increase forest yields whilst improving the ability of trees to sequester carbon.

ah! Ventures is India’s only curated, sector agnostic and the largest fundraising platform for early stage startups raising funds up to 10 MN USD. Very strong network of 3000+ Investors including 2000+ angel investors and 1000+ institutional investors & fund/family houses, Robust deal pipeline of more than 600 business plans/monthand Well-established brand as one of India’s premier aggregators with a cornucopia of offerings to catalyze startup growth.

Investment focus

Software, Internet, Education
Seed, Angel, Funding Round
India, Singapore, United States

Portfolio highlights

EVeez — EVeez aims to electrify the Indian mobility sector. We provide eBikes on subscription to businesses who is looking to reduce their carbon footprint. Your next pizza delivery could be pollution free, count on us!
Geekster — Geekster is a tech driven education company working to up-skill software engineers and get them hired at leading tech companies globally.
Razorclub — Grooming, Health and Beauty

Goldman Sachs (Singapore) is a financial services corporation that specializes in securities, investment banking, and management.

Investment focus

Restaurants, Finance, Internet
Post-IPO Secondary, Funding Round, Secondary Market
India

Portfolio highlights

PolicyBazaar — Compare insurance policies offered by various insurers in India & buy insurance policy online. Get instant quotes & save huge on premiums.
Godavari Biorefineries — Godavari Biorefineries is a biorefining company producing sugar, other foods, biofuels, chemicals, power, compost, waxes, and related products, using sugarcane as the primary feedstock. Their aim is to engage in research and innovate by continuously making new products and entering new markets in order to derive the maximum value from ourfeedstock. Their research areas include sustainable farming, transformation of biomass (chemical, mechanical and biological), product development, and process optimization. Founded in 1939, they have been pioneers in the growing, processing, and utilization of biomass to make a wide variety of products.
Zaggle — Zaggle is an award-winning digital payments, cashback and analytics company. The company help corporates and individuals enjoy gifts and experiences across multiple channels everyday; in the form of employee rewards and recognition, channel partner incentives, employee benefits, online shopping cash back and restaurant cash back.

Before joining Samara in mid 2008, Abhishek was an equity analyst in Reliance Mutual Fund where he was actively analyzing and recommending listed companies in the infrastructure, cement, textiles and mid cap space for over 2 years. He has also worked as a credit administrator with Citifinancial Retail Services India Ltd for a year.Abhishekholds an MBA degree from S.P. Jain Institute of Management & Research, Mumbai.He is also a Chartered Accountant from the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and a Certified Treasury Manager from Institute of Chartered Financial Analysts of India.

Investment focus

Wellness, Health Care, Neuroscience
Seed
India

Portfolio highlights

Ivory — Neuroscience-backed assessments & games to improve your brain health and live your best life.