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Top 50 ESports VC (Venture Capital) Funds in India in January 2026

Last updated: Jan 2026 A list of 50 VC (Venture Capital) funds that invest in Esports startups based in India. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Esports companies from India. We update this investor list every month.

Top 50 ESports VC (Venture Capital) Funds in India in January 2026

Investor	eSports India investments
Lead Angels Network	3
SucSEED Indovation	3
TopYa Aspac LLC	2
Mumbai Angels	2
Unicorn India Ventures	2
SOSV	2
Info Edge	2
SRI Capital	1
Kwan Entertainment & Marketing Solutions	1
Astarc Ventures	1
Makers Fund	1
Peak XV Partners	1
Orbit Startups	1
Alpha Wave Global	1
Trifecta Capital Advisors	1
Denlow Private Trust	1
Baldota Family Office	1
KOMLAY Group	1
FJS Holdings Pvt. Ltd	1
Eximius Ventures	1
Founder Bank Capital	1
WarmUp Ventures	1
IndigoEdge	1
SAMBAVANATH Group	1
RTP Global	1
GameWith	1
Courtside Ventures	1
We Founder Circle	1
March Capital	1
Times Internet	1
North Base Media	1
Kalaari Capital	1
Urmin Group	1
First Cheque	1
Rockstud Capital	1
Sequoia Capital	1
Smile Group	1
Pivot Ventures	1
Aarin Capital	1
India Quotient	1
Potential Ventures	1
Intex Technologies	1
Base Partners	1
GVFL	1
Venture Highway	1
Alpha Wave Global	1
Argor Capital	1
JetSynthesys	1
ADvantage	1
Saswat Ventures	1

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Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

Healspan — At Healspan, we're dedicated to simplifying healthcare operations, particularly in claims management. Our tech-driven platform ensures hospitals can focus on what matters most - providing quality care.
goStops — Book cool & affordable youth hostels with dorms across India. Social stays, great locations & Gen Z vibes with goSTOPS | Goa Rishikesh Mussoorie Nainital Bengaluru Delhi Coorg Ooty
Nitro Commerce — Interested in turbocharging your sales with AI-enabled commerce? Discover the power of Nitro today.

SucSEED Indovation offers access to capital for deep tech startups to scale and grow. SucSEED supports early-stage deep tech and tech-driven startups providing solutions to the large-scale needs of India and with the potential to serve global emerging market needs too.

Investment focus

Software, SaaS, Artificial Intelligence
Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
India, United States

Portfolio highlights

GameEon Studios — GameEon Studios is a creative game development and publishing company that specializes in creating games for an exciting and meaningful experience.
Beat22 — Beat22 is an industry organization that provides computer infrastructure to music and sound creators so they may market, offer, monetize, and license their original beats and sounds.
Str8bat Sport Tech Solutions — The str8bat cricket bat sensor is a lightweight, pocket-sized motion sensor that gives you instant, visual and actionable insights into your batting. Get

Venture Capital

Investment focus

EdTech, Sports, eSports
Seed, Pre-Seed
India

Portfolio highlights

NacFun — Art, craft, drawing, dance & music online competitions for students with prizes 2021. NacFun online contest in quiz, gk, sports, fun activities for kids adults

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

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

Portfolio highlights

Gramiyaa — Pure, fresh cold pressed cooking oils that bring out the natural flavours in your home cooked food, making meals delicious. Shop cold pressed groundnut, coconut, sesame and mustard oils from Gramiyaa.
BabyChakra — If you're thinking of getting pregnant or researching on how to conceive - you're in the right place. Here you'll learn about ovulation, signs of pregnancy, fertility and guidelines on when to be concerned about a possible fertility problem.
goStops — Book cool & affordable youth hostels with dorms across India. Social stays, great locations & Gen Z vibes with goSTOPS | Goa Rishikesh Mussoorie Nainital Bengaluru Delhi Coorg Ooty

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

Portfolio highlights

Kluisz.ai — Kluisz.ai is an enterprise AI startup building an autonomous, AI-native private cloud platform designed to simplify and secure the operation of enterprise and AI workloads across hybrid, on-premise, edge, and sovereign cloud environments.
Netrasemi — Netrasemi is a semiconductor company that designs and develops system-on-chips.
PeLocal Fintech — Pelocal Fintech Private Limited offers digital solutions to empower local businesses and facilitate consumer payments.

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.

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.
Rumik.ai — Rumik.ai is an innovative AI company focused on creating AI beings that connect with humans on a deeply personal level. Their philosophy is that "the future of AI isn't artificial—it's human." rumik aims to bridge the gap between technology and human emotion by developing AI that can understand intent, infer emotions, andconverse naturally in multiple Indian languages.
LegitQuest — LegitQuest is a legal-tech company that operates an AI-powered legal research platform with Indian case laws. The platform helps the stakeholders to research efficiently with the most advanced search engine developed through cutting edge technology as we have transformed complex data into a user-friendly form to make legal research faster.LegitQuest is run by a versatile team of tech-savvy attorneys, engineers and designers who aim to make the practice of law simpler for its end users.

We invest in transformative companies at the intersection of artificial intelligence, robotics, and enterprise software, bridging innovation across the United States and India.

Investment focus

Information Technology, Software, Machine Learning
Seed, Funding Round, Series A
United States, India, Sweden

Portfolio highlights

Meddo — Meddo (Arctern Healthcare) are re-defining how primary and secondary healthcare is provided in India through a connected care delivery platform.
Fakespot — Fakespot spots, analyzes and identifies fake reviews and counterfeits - helping you out when buying stuff online.
Brown Foods — Brown Foods is to produce “real cow’s milk” in a laboratory.

KWAN Entertainment & Marketing Solutions Pvt. Ltd. operates as an entertainment and marketing company in India. The company offers services in the areas of casting, talent management, fashion and modeling, sports management, and live entertainment. It owns a network of brands, ad.

Investment focus

Gaming, Apps, Content
Seed, Angel
India

Portfolio highlights

Rooter — Rooter is an Indian game streaming platform that organizes multiple esports tournaments and owns many gaming IPs. It focuses on the massive mobile gaming market of more than 350 mn gamers. Conceptualized in 2016, Rooter was initially set up by Piyush and Dipesh Agarwal to build a strong community of sports fans around the world. But soon afterthe outbreak of COVID-19, Rooter forayed into game streaming to build one of the country’s biggest communities of gamers as well. Rooter has reached out to more than 23 mn users with an average user watching Live game streams daily for 26 mins. Rooter also runs the biggest community program to build the next million game streamers in India. Today Rooter is the biggest streaming platform in India available across Android, iOS, and Desktop.
Gamezop — Gamezop develops HTML5 games. HTML5 games do not have to be installed as apps and are not tied to any particular operating system (i.e. these games work across Android, iOS, Windows, etc.). These games are device-agnostic as well and can run on feature phones, smartphones, desktops, smart TVs, in-flight entertainment systems, etc. The companyleverages the distribution network of various messengers, browsers, entertainment apps, telecom operators, and gaming websites to publish its games. These distribution partners get access to a rich product suite (APIs, SDKs, white-labeled PWA, bots, revenue, and analytics dashboard) during and after integration with Gamezop.

Astarc Ventures is a leading early stage venture capital (VC) fund based in India. It is a sector agnostic fund which invests across all geographies.

Investment focus

Financial Services, E-Commerce, FinTech
Seed, Funding Round, Series A
India, United States, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

Zypp Electric — Zypp Electric is an EV delivery app that operates in the last-mile space. Zypp is working to convert all deliveries for e-commerce, grocery, medicine, and food verticals to go electric with an e-scooter sharing app. Making last-mile delivery more affordable, time-saving, and with zero emission. Zypp, through its continuous efforts to invest andstrategize toward the mission of zero-emission, has become the first EV logistics player to turn into an EBITDA-positive business.
Rooter — Rooter is an Indian game streaming platform that organizes multiple esports tournaments and owns many gaming IPs. It focuses on the massive mobile gaming market of more than 350 mn gamers. Conceptualized in 2016, Rooter was initially set up by Piyush and Dipesh Agarwal to build a strong community of sports fans around the world. But soon afterthe outbreak of COVID-19, Rooter forayed into game streaming to build one of the country’s biggest communities of gamers as well. Rooter has reached out to more than 23 mn users with an average user watching Live game streams daily for 26 mins. Rooter also runs the biggest community program to build the next million game streamers in India. Today Rooter is the biggest streaming platform in India available across Android, iOS, and Desktop.
CytoReason — CytoReason is a tech company developing a computational model of the human body. The company collects proprietary data from pharma companies and uses it to simulate human diseases – tissue by tissue, cell by cell. With CytoReason’s massive database and AI-led platform, pharma and biotech companies identify new opportunities, shorten trial phases,reduce development costs and increase the likelihood of approval. To date, six of the world’s top ten pharma companies use CytoReason’s technology.

Makers Fund is a global interactive entertainment venture capital firm focused on early stage investments. The team supports founders through an extensive network and deep experience in the industry.

Investment focus

Gaming, Video Games, Online Games
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
United States, United Kingdom, Finland

Portfolio highlights

Hybe IM — HYBE INTERACTIVE MEDIA (HYBE IM) is broadening the scope of HYBE's entertainment offerings by creating games and publishing them for people all over the world. HYBE IM creates numerous contents and services by combining cutting-edge interactive media technology with music, artists, and entertainment components, resulting in new viewpoints andexperiences.
Rune — Rune is an automated friend or squad finder and voice chat for players on mobile games. Users can hang out and share amazing experiences together. The company builds the future of LFG for mobile gamers.
Thinkr — THINKR provides advertising, video production, content, UX design, and animation services.

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

Alex AI — Conduct real-time interviews with your AI Interviewer
InVideo — Create & edit AI videos, AI Avatars, UGC product ads and much more!
Truemeds — Buy medicines online with Truemeds. Get flat 25% off on your first order and save up to 51%* on genuine medicines delivered across India.

Orbit Startups helps companies scaling breakthrough technologies across emerging and frontier markets to the regions with the most aggressive growth.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Information Technology, Software
Seed, Pre-Seed, Convertible Note
India, Singapore, Pakistan

Portfolio highlights

TAPPI — TAPPI is the leading association for the worldwide pulp, paper, packaging, and converting industries and publisher of Paper360º.
Braingaze — Braingaze solves major challenges around cognitive disorders of the brain. We use a patented neuro-biomarker based on small involuntary eye movements. These are triggered by functional games, the resulting signal is analysed using algorithms trained by Deep Learning based on actual real patient / control cases. We adress pre-symptomatic stagesof Alzheimer's disease and the most common child cognitive disorder ADHD. Our tools are on the market and covered by a CE Mark as a medical device. Our pipeline includes detection / diagnostic tools as well as digital therapy solutions that have shown to reduce symtoms by over 50%.
Tappi — Convert one-time customers into loyal ones by getting discovered, growing leads and building your business reputation.

Alpha Wave is an investment company that has three main verticals; private equity, private credit, and public markets. The objective of the private equity partnerships is to invest in best-in-class venture and growth stage companies and endeavors to be helpful, long-term partners to these exceptional founders and management teams; credit, whichincludes direct private lending to businesses looking for funding solutions; and public markets in an uncorrelated strategy.Alpha Wave has offices in New York, Miami, London, Monaco, Madrid, Abu Dhabi, Tel Aviv, Bangalore, and Sydney.

Investment focus

Financial Services, Biotechnology, Software
Series A, Series B, Series C
India, United States, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

Tavily — Tavily is a search engine for LLMs and RAG that connects AI agents to the real-time web. The company provides a platform that enables AI agents to navigate live web data through a single, developer-friendly search layer. It also supports a wide range of applications, including fraud prevention at major financial institutions, logistics optimizationfor large-scale shipping providers, and academic research at leading institutions.
Dailyhunt — Dailyhunt offers personalized news in 14 Indian languages. Stay updated with the latest in news, cricket, football, viral content, entertainment, technology, travel, politics, business, lifestyle, and more. Available on Android, iOS, and the web.
WizCommerce — WizCommerce is an AI-powered platform that empowers B2B wholesalers, distributors, and manufacturers. Sales reps can take orders at tradeshows, online, in the field find hidden upsell opportunities to increase their average cart value. WizCommerce seamlessly integrates with websites, ERPs, CRMs, and accounting systems, helping users manage theirentire data on a single platform.

Trifecta Capital is India's leading alternate financing platform for startups across their life cycle. It manages three venture debt funds, a growth equity fund and a tech platform which helps startups with treasury management.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, FinTech, Financial Services
Debt Financing, Series C, Series B
India, United States, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

Servify — Servify offers the world's most advanced self-learning post-purchase service platform to deliver great customer experience. Integrating multiple partners of the post sales service ecosystem on a tech-driven unified intelligent platform, Servify provides Device Lifecycle Management Services for all devices that touch our daily lives.
WayCool — global video community
BharatPe — BharatPe is an Indian fintech company that primarily focuses on providing financial services to small and medium-sized merchants. It facilitates digital payments through the Unified Payments Interface (UPI) and Point of Sale (POS) devices. Additionally, BharatPe offers various services such as business loans and other financial products to empowermerchants in managing their finances.

Denlow Private Trust operates as an investment firm.

Investment focus

Gaming, Content, eSports
Funding Round
India

Portfolio highlights

Rooter — Rooter is an Indian game streaming platform that organizes multiple esports tournaments and owns many gaming IPs. It focuses on the massive mobile gaming market of more than 350 mn gamers. Conceptualized in 2016, Rooter was initially set up by Piyush and Dipesh Agarwal to build a strong community of sports fans around the world. But soon afterthe outbreak of COVID-19, Rooter forayed into game streaming to build one of the country’s biggest communities of gamers as well. Rooter has reached out to more than 23 mn users with an average user watching Live game streams daily for 26 mins. Rooter also runs the biggest community program to build the next million game streamers in India. Today Rooter is the biggest streaming platform in India available across Android, iOS, and Desktop.

Baldota Family Office operates as a family investment office.

Investment focus

Gaming, Content, eSports
Funding Round
India

Portfolio highlights

Rooter — Rooter is an Indian game streaming platform that organizes multiple esports tournaments and owns many gaming IPs. It focuses on the massive mobile gaming market of more than 350 mn gamers. Conceptualized in 2016, Rooter was initially set up by Piyush and Dipesh Agarwal to build a strong community of sports fans around the world. But soon afterthe outbreak of COVID-19, Rooter forayed into game streaming to build one of the country’s biggest communities of gamers as well. Rooter has reached out to more than 23 mn users with an average user watching Live game streams daily for 26 mins. Rooter also runs the biggest community program to build the next million game streamers in India. Today Rooter is the biggest streaming platform in India available across Android, iOS, and Desktop.

KOMLAY Group

Investment focus

Sports, eSports, Digital Entertainment
Seed
India

Portfolio highlights

The Esports Club — Founded in 2019, The Esports Club (TEC) is a leading platform driving esports experiences and grassroots gaming development across India and South Asia, with a team backed by 20+ years of industry expertise.

Private Equity

Investment focus

EdTech, Sports, eSports
Seed
India

Portfolio highlights

NacFun — Art, craft, drawing, dance & music online competitions for students with prizes 2021. NacFun online contest in quiz, gk, sports, fun activities for kids adults

Eximius Ventures is an early-stage venture capital fund.

Investment focus

Blockchain, Finance, Internet
Seed, Pre-Seed
India

Portfolio highlights

Quicklend — Instant loan against Mutual Funds. Lowest interest rate guaranteed. Raghuram Trikutam Co-founder @ Quicklend.
30 Sundays — Book personalized international tours, adventures, and accommodations designed specifically for couples. Perfect for honeymoons, anniversaries, and special celebrations.
Triple Tap — Triple Tap is a game development studio, specializing in creating engaging titles.

Founder Bank Capital — an early-stage arm of RB Investments.

Investment focus

Internet, Apps, Financial Services
Seed, Series A, Series B
India, United States, Indonesia

Portfolio highlights

EcoSoul Home — Shop online for palm leaf plates & bowls, bamboo cutting boards, compostable bags, and more. All of our products are made from plants and certified compostable.
Zippee — ZFW Dark Stores enables 30 Min, 2 Hour, & Same-Day deliveries for E-commerce brands through next-gen fulfillment, network of dark stores, & last-mile infrastructure across India. This capital-light approach is helping brands like Epigamia, Unilever, Rage Coffee, NOTO, and Baskin Robbins expand without upfront capital, overheads, &headaches.Our platform integrates seamlessly with all industry platforms to provide brands with complete visibility into supply-chain ops & customers: significantly improving customer loyalty, RTOs, & costs.E-commerce is becoming increasingly competitive with shifting brand loyalties. Stay ahead of the curve & be closer to your customers by offering them super-fast deliveries.If you're a D2C brand in India that wants to boost profitability & customer experiences- reach out & say hi!
Breathe Well-being — Your Guide to Health, Fitness, Nutrition and Well-being

WarmUp Ventures is an investment firm.

Investment focus

Internet of Things, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS
Seed, Series A
India

Portfolio highlights

ReelSaga — ReelSaga produces short films and content for mobile entertainment.
GreenStitch.io — GreenStitch empowers fashion and textile brands with software to track, manage, and reduce their environmental impact. Drive supply chain transparency and sustainability with actionable insights.
Exiles Interactives — Exiles Interactives is a 3D browser-based, high-fidelity online multiplayer social gaming platform that works across devices.

Established in 2006, IndigoEdge is an investment banking firm based in Bangalore, India. The firm's primary areas of service include investment advisory, capital raising, mergers and acquisitions, post-transaction integration, deal negotiations, and cross-border transactions. IndigoEdge caters to the real estate, technology, manufacturing,e-commerce, hospitality, and healthcare sectors.

Investment focus

Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Apps
Seed, Series A, Series B
India

Portfolio highlights

SatSure — SatSure turns satellite, aerial data to decision intelligence, powering insights for agriculture, banking, infrastructure, and sustainability
StepOut — Discover StepOut, the first online sports ecosystem transforming player development and sports analysis. Learn how StepOut revolutionises the game of football.
Exiles Interactives — Exiles Interactives is a 3D browser-based, high-fidelity online multiplayer social gaming platform that works across devices.

SAMBAVANATH Group

Investment focus

Sports, eSports, Digital Entertainment
Seed
India

Portfolio highlights

The Esports Club — Founded in 2019, The Esports Club (TEC) is a leading platform driving esports experiences and grassroots gaming development across India and South Asia, with a team backed by 20+ years of industry expertise.

A global, early-stage venture capital firm, backing founders who use technology to reimagine how the world works like Datadog, DeliveryHero and Cred.

Investment focus

Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
Series A, Seed, Series B
United States, India, Germany

Portfolio highlights

Khatabook — Digital India's Digital Khata! Download Khatabook now & take charge of all your transactions, use Khatabook and grow your business!
Motley — Manual reporting costs business teams 2.4 billion hours a year. Get your time back with Motley, your AI reporting assistant.
Cuckoo — Cuckoo is a broadband services provider used to simplify broadband for users. The company has a simple broadband offering, suppling a single 67 Mb/s fibre deal on a monthly rolling contract with no hidden fees. Founded in 2019 by Alexander Fitzgerald, Cuckoo is headquartered in London, England.

GameWith is an online game information community that provides its users with hints and tips for smartphone games. Its initial focus is providing strategy guides for the rapidly expanding (and updating) mobile gaming market. The company was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in Minato, Japan.

Investment focus

Gaming, eSports, Video Games
Seed, Corporate Round
India, Japan

Portfolio highlights

Game Server Services — Game Server Services is an asset, game keeps important player data such as billing currency and character level.
GamingMonk — GamingMonk is an eSports gaming company based out of New Delhi, India. eSports or Competitive Gaming Tournaments are played across platforms such as PC, Console & Mobile. They currently have 2 verticals - Offline Tournaments & an Online eSports Portal.Offline Tournaments are held across India covering 8 cities so far with an expansionplan of covering 16 cities by next year.Online eSports Portal was launched in Aug 2017 with an idea of bringing the tournaments experience online & with a vision to reach out to every gamer in India.With a passion and a commitment to the best gaming experience, they at GamingMonk, have strived to create a community for gamers.A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies, and gamers always know where to find an extra life.

Courtside Ventures is the leading early-stage fund focused on Sports, Lifestyle, and Gaming. We invest in passionate entrepreneurs.

Investment focus

Gaming, Sports, Software
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
United States, India, Canada

Portfolio highlights

Kabata — Full workout comprehension. Data-driven coaching. Gamified progression. Welcome to the next generation in connected fitness.
Eternal — Eternal provides lifelong athletes with an expert team of health and performance advisors to keep them going in the activities they love for as long as possible.
Eternal — Eternal provides lifelong athletes with an expert team of health and performance advisors to keep them going in the activities they love for as long as possible.

WeFounderCircle - Seed Fund by founders, for founders. Backed by a community of successful founders & strategic angels, we help raise seed funding of $100K-$150K to early-stage founders

Investment focus

Education, Software, Health Care
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
India, United States, New Zealand

Portfolio highlights

Oben Electric — Oben EV is an electric vehicle company developing new electric 2-wheelers in-house with indigenously developed components to deliver high quality products for the Indian market & founded by IIT Kharagpur & IIM Bangalore Alumni.Oben’s vision is to use technology as a tool to become the market leader by developing reliable, performanceoriented, and connected electric 2-wheelers with world class designs for the customers.
Crib — Crib is building India's first digital ecosystem aimed at redefining how landlords operate, tenants stay and market sells.
Supplynote — End-to-end supply chain management tool to track inventory, orders, payments and suppliers online

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Investment focus

Software, Artificial Intelligence, Analytics
Series A, Series B, Series C
United States, India, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Suki — Reduce burnout by 60% and note-taking time by 41%. Suki's AI assistant automates clinical documentation and coding to boost revenue and focus on patient care.
Altana — Altana is the network for trusted trade.
Lila Sciences — Lila Sciences is a platform that uses artificial intelligence to support research in life sciences, chemical sciences, and materials sciences. It develops AI-driven tools and autonomous labs to improve research efficiency and facilitate scientific discoveries. The platform is designed to enhance various aspects of the scientific method andcontribute to advancements in technology and innovation.

Times Internet builds premium digital products that simplify and enhance the everyday lives of people. We are India’s largest digital products company with presence in a wide range of categories across news, entertainment, marketplaces and transactions.Many of our products are market leaders and iconic brands in their own right. TOI, ET,Cricbuzz, Gaana, MX Player, Dineout, Indiatimes, MensXP, iDiva, NBT, Gradeup among others are products that bring you closer to your interests and aspirations. Website - http://www.timesinternet.in Industry - Internet Company size - 1,001-5,000 employees Headquarters Gurgaon, Haryana Type - Privately Held Founded 1999 Specialities e-commerce, Advertisement Solutions, News and Entertainment, Start-up acceleration, Music streaming services, AdTech, Merger & A, Acquisition, Sports, Classified, and Startup Investment

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

Gaana — Gaana.com- Listen & Download latest MP3 songs online. Download new or old Hindi songs, Bollywood songs, English songs* & more on Gaana+ and play offline. Create, share and listen to streaming music playlists.
Pocket FM — Listen to Audio Books, Podcasts and read Novels on Pocket FM. We bring you over 10k+ popular audio shows in multi languages. Best audiobooks app
Abound — Live your best NRI life with Abound. Transfer money to India at the best exchange rates and earn cashback on your everyday shopping!

NBM is a specialized firm that successfully pioneered global digital-media investing over the last decade, backing successes like IDN Media in Indonesia, Pocket Aces in India, TheNewsLens in Taiwan and Capital Digital in Mexico. Its first venture fund, launched in 2015, consistently ranks in the top quartile of media and global venture funds. TheFund, which has been backed by several of the world’s leading media brands, is now open to other investors as its investment team moves to take advantage of the sudden rise of opportunities and new valuations in the global media landscape. NBM’s co-founders are Marcus Brauchli, the former top editor at The Washington Post and The Wall Street Journal; Sasa Vucinic, the longtime CEO of the Media Development Investment Fund (MDIF). The firm’s general counsel is Stuart Karle, former COO of Reuters and General Counsel of the Journal.

Investment focus

Digital Media, Advertising, Publishing
Seed, Series A, Series B
United States, India, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Spectrm — Streamline your marketing funnel with Spectrm conversational marketing. The leading end-to-end chatbot platform for growth teams and enterprise.
Vietcetera Media — Vietcetera Media - Understanding Vietnam
Kaleidoscope — Kaleidoscope Content, bringing vivid stories from around the globe. Listen in color!

Kalaari is a $160 million venture capital fund with a strong advisory team in Bangalore investing in early-stage, technology-oriented companies in India.Kalaari Capital invests in the unknown Indian entrepreneur who is poised to become tomorrow’s global leader. They are India’s leading investor in early-stage businesses, nurturing them throughevery aspect of growth on the transformative journey toward success.

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

Figr — The first design agent that actually understands your product. Drop in context like industry benchmarks, user feedback, product flow, design systems to get production-ready UX backed by real app patterns. No guesswork. No endless revisions. Just ship.
Triple Tap — Triple Tap is a game development studio, specializing in creating engaging titles.
Deconstruct — Looking for 100% authentic dermatologically tested skin products? Build your skincare routine with Deconstruct's evidence based products for best results. Check now!

Urmin Group is a fully-integrated branded packaged food manufacturing and processing corporate specializing in FMCG products. Headquartered in Ahmedabad, India, the company boosts of dedicated production of premium quality food products, skilled technologists and state-of-the-art production facility.

Investment focus

Food and Beverage, Tea, Food Delivery
Seed, Funding Round, Series C
India

Portfolio highlights

GamerJi Esports — Gamerji is an online eSports gaming platform where tournaments are created for different games such as PUBG, Call of Duty Mobile, Free Fire, Asphalt 9, WCC Rivals, Clash Royale etc. Users participate in these tournaments which are conducted by the team of Gamerji and depending on their performance, stand a chance to win real money and prizes.Gamerji is an online eSports gaming platform based out of Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India and founded by Soham Thacker and Valay Patel in Dec 2018.
WebEngage — WebEngage offers CDP, Omnichannel Campaign Manager and Web & App Personalization Engine - to help brands boost their revenue from existing customers.
DevX — DevX - Coworking Office Space & Start-up Community in Ahmedabad, Mumbai and More Locations

First Cheque Built and Exited Founders, Product Leaders, Growth Leaders, and also angel investors. A lot of change They bring is in how to think- based on first principles, based on data, building a data driven organisation, setting up teams for performance et al. Most importantly, They will help you graduate to the next level of your journey.

Investment focus

Software, Internet, Information Technology
Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
India, United States

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Wuri — Transform your ideas into stunning videos with AI-powered editing. Create professional videos in minutes.
30 Sundays — Book personalized international tours, adventures, and accommodations designed specifically for couples. Perfect for honeymoons, anniversaries, and special celebrations.
BitScale — BitScale enables growth teams to create scalable AI operations. Bitscale is developing a new form of UI that allows sales and marketing professionals to automate their manual procedures, making them 10X more successful.

Rockstud Capital is an early-stage sector-agnostic venture fund, focusing on pre-Series A stage. It focuses only on India-based investment opportunities, typically having a ticket-size of US$ 0.5 million; prefer companies that are operational for atleast 18-24 months, having minimum revenue of INR 1 crore.

Investment focus

Software, Retail, Industrial Automation
Seed, Funding Round, Series A
India

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Expertia.AI — AI-powered screening and assessments: find and interview top candidates from 100+ platforms and hire in 24 hours, all at <10% of the cost.
IndicWisdom — Find the best selection of wood pressed oils at Indic Wisdom, Mumbai's leading oil manufacturer. Delivering pan India.
Palette Brands — Digitally Native Vertical Brands

We help the daring build We help the daring build legendary companies from idea to IPO and beyond. companies.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
Series A, Series B, Series C
United States, China, India

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Infracost — Infracost creates cloud cost estimates for infrastructure as code in pull requests, so developers know how much their cloud resources will cost before launching them, creating a cost-aware engineering organization.
Catch — Catch is a payment method that provides a new way to pay and earn store credit.
Papaya — Pay any bill in a matter of seconds. No stamps, no complicated portals, no stress.

Smile is Asia’s leading platform that builds internet businesses with passionate entrepreneurs. We partner with fast-growing companies for their expansion and invest in disruptive companies.Business Building We build and operate companies across multiple domains such as digital media, consumer internet, SaaS and more. We operate Tyroo, APAC’sLargest Multi-Screen Performance Network and SingleInterface, a location-based marketing company for multi-location enterprise retail brands. Some notable ones are as follows: -> Quasar sold to WPP -> SVG Media sold to Dentsu Aegis Network -> Squad Digital sold to Scan GroupPartnerships (Katalyzers) We partner with fast growing technology companies to expand their business overseas. Our partnerships include Airbnb, WPP(Prodigi/Hogarth India), WPP Africa and moreInvestments We enable entrepreneurship by investing in disruptive companies. Our investments include Letsbuy.com, HackerEarth, Scoopwhoop, Yumlane, Rapido, Wealthy, The Man Company, Bira 91, Little Eye Labs and more Say Hello! info@smile.co.in

Investment focus

Internet, Advertising, E-Commerce
Seed, Funding Round, Pre-Seed
India, United States, United Kingdom

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Nexstem — We create brain-computer interfaces using EEG to convert brain signals into commands to control technology using your thoughts. Transcending biological limits.
Moonrider — Moonrider is an electric tractor technology company focused on developing heavy-duty electric tractors designed to reduce farming costs and improve operational efficiency for farmers and fleet operators. With a focus on reliability and reduced upfront cost of ownership, Moonrider tractors enable sustainable farming practices with a mission toenhance farm profitability and productivity.
Hapbee Technologies — Hapbee is the next generation of wearable wellness technology. Chemical-free and satisfaction guaranteed to improve your sleep, energy and mood. Naturally fall asleep faster, stay asleep all-night, improve your REM sleep and wake up feeling refreshed. Manage your focus and mood without stimulants or drugs.

The domain name, pivot.asia, beckons the ambitious minds of startups seeking to navigate the ever-changing tides of business in the Asian market. It encapsulates the essence of adaptability, resilience, and strategic maneuvering. An evocati

Investment focus

Gaming, Content, eSports
Funding Round, Convertible Note
India

Portfolio highlights

Rooter — Rooter is an Indian game streaming platform that organizes multiple esports tournaments and owns many gaming IPs. It focuses on the massive mobile gaming market of more than 350 mn gamers. Conceptualized in 2016, Rooter was initially set up by Piyush and Dipesh Agarwal to build a strong community of sports fans around the world. But soon afterthe outbreak of COVID-19, Rooter forayed into game streaming to build one of the country’s biggest communities of gamers as well. Rooter has reached out to more than 23 mn users with an average user watching Live game streams daily for 26 mins. Rooter also runs the biggest community program to build the next million game streamers in India. Today Rooter is the biggest streaming platform in India available across Android, iOS, and Desktop.
Power Gummies — Simplifying Good Health for Healthy Hair & Nails, the perfect beach body, & PMS Gummies Vitamins with a Natural Blend of Nutrition & Antioxidants.

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

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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.

India Quotient is a new type of early stage investor. We fund companies building disruptive businesses aimed at Indian consumers. We're creating a powerful network of start-up enthusiasts.

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

PlatinumRx — PlatinumRx is a healthcare company that is transforming the pharmaceutical market through openness and affordability.
Curie Money — Curie Money offers a unique financial service in India by combining the benefits of high yield savings accounts with the flexibility of mutual fund investments. This innovative approach allows customers to remain invested in mutual funds while having the ability to spend anytime using UPI or Debit Card. Curie Money is focused on redefining banking,spending, and saving for the modern Indian consumer, aiming to make money management more efficient and accessible. With a commitment to providing a seamless financial experience, Curie Money is at the forefront of offering India's first high yield savings bank account that bridges the gap between investing and everyday banking needs.
speakX — Yellow Class is an online hobby platform for young kids.

Potential Ventures operates as a venture capital firm.

Investment focus

Gaming, Content, eSports
Series C, Funding Round
India

Portfolio highlights

Rooter — Rooter is an Indian game streaming platform that organizes multiple esports tournaments and owns many gaming IPs. It focuses on the massive mobile gaming market of more than 350 mn gamers. Conceptualized in 2016, Rooter was initially set up by Piyush and Dipesh Agarwal to build a strong community of sports fans around the world. But soon afterthe outbreak of COVID-19, Rooter forayed into game streaming to build one of the country’s biggest communities of gamers as well. Rooter has reached out to more than 23 mn users with an average user watching Live game streams daily for 26 mins. Rooter also runs the biggest community program to build the next million game streamers in India. Today Rooter is the biggest streaming platform in India available across Android, iOS, and Desktop.
Curefoods — Curefoods democratizes access to food on a sustainable basis. They focus on operations management for cloud kitchens and the online food ordering market.
BetterPlace — People-centric HR technology, employee benefits management, upskilling platform and workforce fulfilment solution. We help organisations achieve operational excellence.

Now Explore a wide range of Consumer Electronics, LED TV, Speakers, Computer Accessories, Washing Machines, Mobiles more at Intex India.

Investment focus

Gaming, Content, eSports
Angel
India

Portfolio highlights

Rooter — Rooter is an Indian game streaming platform that organizes multiple esports tournaments and owns many gaming IPs. It focuses on the massive mobile gaming market of more than 350 mn gamers. Conceptualized in 2016, Rooter was initially set up by Piyush and Dipesh Agarwal to build a strong community of sports fans around the world. But soon afterthe outbreak of COVID-19, Rooter forayed into game streaming to build one of the country’s biggest communities of gamers as well. Rooter has reached out to more than 23 mn users with an average user watching Live game streams daily for 26 mins. Rooter also runs the biggest community program to build the next million game streamers in India. Today Rooter is the biggest streaming platform in India available across Android, iOS, and Desktop.

we invest globally in private technology companies and help them win in Latin America, Brazil first.

Investment focus

Software, Financial Services, FinTech
Series A, Series C, Series E
United States, Brazil, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Praso — Praso is a business-to-business platform that connects large food service producers with small shops such as bars, restaurants, cafés, and bakeries, offering a data-driven approach to demand generation, last-mile logistics, understanding purchase behavior, and a credit solution.
Liquido — Liquido is an online payment platform developer that provides turn-key mobile payment solutions. The platform of company provides instant transactions, cross-border technical support, and pay-in and pay-out solutions, allowing clients to make payments with ease.
Pledge — Pledge makes it simple for businesses of every size to measure, reduce and offset the climate impact of their products.

Gujarat Venture Finance provides seed financing and growth capital to small and medium-sized companies. They concentrated on the job of giving venture financing to innovative start-ups. GVFL's approach is distinct in that it provides broad-spectrum help to its financed companies, ranging from strategic direction to governance support.

Investment focus

Manufacturing, Food and Beverage, Information Technology
Seed, Funding Round, Series A
India

Portfolio highlights

Garaaz — Garaaz is an application for all spare parts requirements and a business analysis tool. They manage orders and backorders, along with tracking. They track the pending payments of different parties and manage credit days, credit value, and critical payments.
Genexis Biotech — Transforming Science Into Sustainable Solutions Custom proteins, growth factors, and serum-free media driving advancementsin cellular agriculture, regenerative medicine, and beyond. Our Key Solutions At Genexis Biotech, our products are designed to empower you to create with confidence, knowing that sustainability and performance are always in harmony. Your focus is on providing patients the best possible
GROWiT — GROWiT is India’s 1st D2F Protective Farming Agritech Company and was born with the intention to manufacture advanced and innovative protective farming products that ensure optimum quality and yield for the Indian Farmers.

Venture Highway teams up with the next generation of entrepreneurs by providing guidance and capital to early-stage nascent ideas in technology.We are looking to team up with founders who demonstrate a passion and ability to create world-class businesses. If you’ve got the ability, drive, desire, passion, perseverance, and all that ‘good’ (butreally really painful) stuff then you’ve reached the right place.

Investment focus

Software, SaaS, Internet
Seed, Series A, Series B
India, United States, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

Meragi — Meragi is an end to end wedding decor service taking care of all decor requirements from deisgn to execution, all at a great price
OrbitShift — Advanced AI operating system for actionable account insights, RFP response generation and targeted sales content
Kintsugi AI — Kintsugi is the global sales tax automation and compliance platform for ecommerce and SaaS companies. Save 10+ hrs/month on manual work and thousands on tax costs.

Investment focus

Financial Services, Artificial Intelligence, Biotechnology
Series B, Series A, Series C
India, United States, Singapore

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Mitra Chem — Mitra Chem is innovating and commercializing iron-based cathode materials to enable mass-market electrification for electric vehicles, energy storage solutions and beyond.
Mstack Chemicals — Mstack, powered by Chemstack AI platform is the AI-native company for chemical synthesis and manufacturing. Our platform unifies molecular research, synthesis, and manufacturing into a single, intelligent chemical R&D workflow.
Marea Therapeutics — Marea Therapeutics is a clinical-stage biotechnology firm that uses the most recent advancements in human genetics to create first-in-class, next-generation medications for cardiometabolic illnesses.

Argor Capital is an early stage venture fund focused on the fast growing markets of Southeast Asia.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Mobile Apps, Financial Services
Series A, Seed, Series B
Indonesia, India, Vietnam

Portfolio highlights

AI Hay — AI Hay develops an AI-driven answer engine that allows users to access information through a question-and-answer format. The company combines hyperlocal, culturally nuanced knowledge discovery engines with social loops to enhance community validation and perspectives. It utilizes in-house specialized large-language models, retrieval-augmentedgeneration (RAG), and social features to build a knowledge discovery platform that serves the community.
SeIndonesia — Se’Indonesia is a fastest growing Indonesian Quick Service Restaurant chain. providing high-quality protein that is flavorful, nutritious, accessible, and affordable. The company specializes in smoked beef bowls, leveraging a proprietary smoking process that delivers distinct taste and aroma rooted in Indonesian culinary tradition.Founded with avision to revolutionize the food industry, Se’Indonesia emphasizes product integrity, operational scalability, and efficient delivery formats. Through its commitment to honest cooking and accessible nutrition, the company is positioned to lead the next generation of quick-service food solutions across Indonesia and beyond.
SkorLife — Download Skorlife App now and check your credit score online for free! Take control, own, and see how Banks see your data only in a matter of seconds.

Our aim is to build world class digital products, platforms and services in India, with a goal of impacting the daily digital lives of 1.3 Billion Indians. A billion+ reaching for their mobiles, we reach them through our products.

Investment focus

Music, Events, Gaming
Seed, Pre-Seed, Corporate Round
India, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

SonicJobs — Apply to your dream position with just one click, with the magic of AI. Sign up with SonicJobs today!
Artium Academy — Artium Academy is an Online Music Education platform that makes learning fun and accessible to people of all ages.
Jet Media Network — Jet Media Network is an exciting new venture between Box to Box Sports Marketing Ltd and JetEngage, part of an established and impressive group called the JetLine group

ADvantage Sports Tech Fund invests in early-stage technology companies aimed at shaping the future of sports. ADvantage is backed by leAD Sports, an initiative spearheaded by the grandchildren of Adi Dassler to further sports innovation, and global hybrid venture capital platform, OurCrowd. ADvantage is leveraging a strong global network to sourceleading opportunities in the spaces of fan engagement and experience, connected athletes and communities, and derivative sports (eSports, fantasy, and new sports).

Investment focus

Sports, eSports, PaaS
Series A, Seed, Series B
United States, India, Israel

Portfolio highlights

Rooter — Rooter is an Indian game streaming platform that organizes multiple esports tournaments and owns many gaming IPs. It focuses on the massive mobile gaming market of more than 350 mn gamers. Conceptualized in 2016, Rooter was initially set up by Piyush and Dipesh Agarwal to build a strong community of sports fans around the world. But soon afterthe outbreak of COVID-19, Rooter forayed into game streaming to build one of the country’s biggest communities of gamers as well. Rooter has reached out to more than 23 mn users with an average user watching Live game streams daily for 26 mins. Rooter also runs the biggest community program to build the next million game streamers in India. Today Rooter is the biggest streaming platform in India available across Android, iOS, and Desktop.
Ladder — Get stronger & workout more. Free 7 day trial, no credit card needed!
Greenfly — Greenfly's short-form media orchestration software platform captures, collects, organizes & distributes videos & photos to drive fan engagement and boost revenue for sports and entertainment organizations.

Saswat Ventures is a family fund that acts as an investment firm.

Investment focus

News, Gaming, eSports
Seed
India

Portfolio highlights

TalkEsport — TalkEsport is a one stop destination for esports news and content coverages. From live scores to esports news, interviews, and videos you..

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