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Top 25 Life Science VC Funds in India

Last updated: Aug 2024 A list of 25 VC funds that invest in Life science startups based in India. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Life science companies from India. We update this investor list every month.

Top 25 Life Science VC Funds in India

Investor	Life Science India investments
Malpani Ventures	2
Pi Ventures	2
Mumbai Angels	2
Acquipharma	1
Singapore Angel Network	1
Kotak Private Equity	1
UTEC - The University of Tokyo Edge Capital Partners	1
Spark Growth Ventures	1
Indian Angel Network	1
Somerset Indus Capital Partners	1
GVFL	1
Eight Roads Ventures	1
Rebel Fund	1
Anterra Capital	1
Fidelity International	1
92 Angels	1
Artesian VC	1
Unitus Ventures	1
Zephyr Management	1
Green Frontier Capital	1
3one4 Capital	1
Indian Scientific Innovation Company	1
50K Ventures	1
LetsVenture	1
Kitara Capital	1

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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

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

FruBon — FruBon is a product of Dev Milk Foods that provides milk & dairy products.
Ai Palette — Discover growth opportunities in F&B with AI Palette. Research, develop, and screen products consumers love. Stay updated with the latest in CPG innovation.
Silence laboratories — The versatile toolkit for MPC-TSS and Privacy-Preserving Compute. Enabling enterprises to adopt Threshold Signatures and Secure Computations.

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

Portfolio highlights

Bambrew — Bamboo Kraft Paper Bags | Eco-Friendly Food Packaging | Paper Mailer Bags | E-Commerce Packaging | Food Packaging
Dhruva Space — Creating exceptional small satellite systems to help space exploration technology meet human imagination
Celcius Logistics Solutions — India's Largest 'ONLINE " cold chain network.Book reefer vehicles, Cold Storages or get booking for your vehicle and cold storages across India instantly with the best price

Acquipharma is headed by Oppel Greeff, a medical doctor and a former executive with publicly traded Quintiles Transnational Corp.

Investment focus

Finance, Medical, Health Care
Series A, Series B, Funding Round
India, United States

Portfolio highlights

Burl Concepts — Burl Concepts is a San Diego-based medical device start-up that manufactures portable ultrasound device to detect strokes in the field. It was founded in order to bring a portable and affordable pre-hospital stroke detection solution to millions of at-risk people worldwide.Fueled by an interdisciplinary exchange of ideas between the naturalsciences and engineering disciplines, the company seeks to bring academic institutions and industrial partners together to meet today’s challenges in global medical care. The first product from BURL Concepts is the SONAS portable, battery-powered ultrasound device designed for the non-invasive, transcranial diagnosis of major strokes.Founded in 2013, Burl Concepts is based on the research of Thilo Hoelscher, a neurologist who previously served as a professor at UC San Diego, where he founded the UCSD Brain Ultrasound Research Laboratory.
BUGWORKS Research — Bugworks, a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company Harnessing the power of science to develop affordable, accessible, novel therapies against infectious disea

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

Portfolio highlights

Qyuki — Qyuki is the next big thing that's going to hit new media very soon. If you've got latent creative talent that's waiting for the right opportunity to come along, then this is your time. Wait no more, prepare to give your best to the company that is founded by some of the biggest names in the entertainment business the world over;Shekhar Kapur and A. R. Rahman.
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.

Kotak Private Equity is a financial services company.

Investment focus

Health Care, Life Science, Fitness
Private Equity, Seed, Series B
India

Portfolio highlights

Licious — Licious is a path breaking concept in the Indian Food industry; aimed at solving the perennially existing problem of finding safe, delectable, trustworthy fresh meat in India. The company builds a world-class enterprise that's bound to upgrade the way the company procures, sells, buys, and consumes meat in India.
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.
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.

UTEC-The University of Tokyo Edge Capital Partners Co., Ltd.. UTEC is a seed/early stage technology focused venture capital firm associated with The University of Tokyo.

Investment focus

Biotechnology, Health Care, Medical
Seed, Funding Round, Series A
Japan, United States, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

SWAT Mobility — SWAT Mobility is a smart mobility company that provides demand-responsive, ride-sharing technology in high capacity vehicles. We work with corporates, transport operators and government agencies to improve transport services. Learn more about how we can help you leverage technology for your transport.
Celaid Therapeutics — Celaid Therapeutics specializes in manufacturing and sales of regenerative medicine products utilizing human hematopoietic stem cells.
Red Arrow Therapeutics — Red Arrow Therapeutics is a biotech firm that provides systemic cytokine delivery, targeted intratumoral activation, and biological potency.

Spark Growth Ventures is a community driven VC firm based in San Diego, CA. Our mission is to support gritty and exceptional founders in their missions by bringing forth the combined value of our strong community.

Investment focus

Health Care, Software, Artificial Intelligence
Funding Round, Seed, Series B
United States, India

Portfolio highlights

Rain — Rain Instant Pay Earned Wage Access grants you a chance to get an advance on your salary before thepay date right into your bank account. Get your Salary Today!
ARC Health — ARC Health elevates mental healthcare, one professional at a time. With our forward-thinking, provider-centric approach.
AssetWatch — Nikola Labs eliminates unplanned downtime with Vero remote condition monitoring solution. Wireless vibration sensors monitor machine health through vibration analysis for prescriptive analysis and predictive maintenance.

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)
Fyllo — Fyllo is a next gen agriculture technology company that hepling farmer with precision farming
LetsDressUp — LetsDressUp is a platform that designs and customizes clothes, aims to be India’s version of US-based Stitch Fix.

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, Private Equity, Seed
India

Portfolio highlights

Printmann Group — Printmann Group is a manufacturing company that provides packaging solutions for the pharmaceutical, food, and FMCG industries.
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.

Welcome to GVFL Ltd !GVFL Limited (formerly Gujarat Venture Finance Limited) is widely regarded as pioneer of Venture capital in India. It is an independent, autonomous Board managed venture finance company based in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, 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 — At Dice, we are disrupting the way enterprises consume B2B goods and services, and manages corporate spend. We are redoing what SaaS stands for in a corporate setup - Spending as a Service.The modern corporate spending & consumption marketplace, built over unique UPI & banking architecture, integrates digital consumption APIs & B2Bmarketplaces with a no-code approval workflow. This enables all types of employee discretionary spend scenarios like commute, hotels, etc, and corporate spend scenarios like PO and Non-PO based vendor spend, through a single in-app open partner platform. No more cash. No more cards. No more reimbursements. No more offline invoices. Dice's super-app is used by more than 50,000 users pan-India, providing greater visibility into and control over how enterprises spend money, driving significant cost savings and profitability.
Ghost Kitchens — Join the fastest growing restaurant company in the country

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

Odaseva — Odaseva is the leading enterprise data platform for Salesforce. Industry leaders rely on Odaseva to keep data protected, compliant, and agile.
Feon — Feon is pioneering new-molecule-based liquid electrolytes for advanced batteries. We are a "pharmaceutical company" in the battery space, creating "new drug molecules" to treat the "diseases" of next generation batteries.
Hero Software — Hero Software offers cloud software solutions.

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, Health Care, FinTech
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
United States, India, Canada

Portfolio highlights

OffDeal — OffDeal is building an AI-native investment bank for buying and selling small businesses. We use custom AI agents and big data to screen thousands of SMBs each day, matching buyers with the perfect acquisition target in days instead of months. Unlike legacy M&A advisors, we can search for targets for hundreds of buyers concurrently, 24/7.
Pythagora — Dev tool that uses AI to generate integration tests by analysing server activity without the developer having to write a single line of code
Socap.ai — Discover ready-to buy prospects, break into key accounts and accelerate deal cycles with YC-backed AI sales tool.

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.

Fidelity International offers world class investment solutions and retirement expertise to institutions, individuals and their advisers - to help their clients build better futures for themselves and generations to come. As a private company they think generationally and invest for the long term. Helping clients to save for retirement and otherlong term investing objectives has been at the core of their business for nearly 50 years.They offer their own investment solutions and access to those of others, and deliver services relating to investing: For individual investors and their advisers they provide guidance to help them invest in a simple and cost effective way. For institutions including pension funds, banks and insurance companies they offer tailored investment solutions and full-service asset management outsourcing. And for employers they provide workplace pension administration services on top or independently of investment management. They are responsible for total client assets of : USD $379.2* billion from over 2.4 million clients across Asia Pacific, Europe, the Middle East, and South America.

Investment focus

Financial Services, Software, Biotechnology
Post-IPO Equity, Funding Round, Series D
India, Japan, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

GO — GO is a developer of both software and hardware in the field of transportation and mobility based on a taxi system. It specializes in mobility-related business, such as the provision of vehicle allocation systems for taxi operators, and helps people with a wide range of services in the mobility field.
IperionX — IperionX aims to become a leading American titanium metal and critical materials company with our low cost, low carbon titanium technologies.
Axis Bank — Axis Bank is the third largest private sector bank in India. Axis Bank is one of the first new generation private sector banks to have begun operations in 1994. The Bank was promoted in 1993, jointly by Specified Undertaking of Unit Trust of India (SUUTI) (then known as Unit Trust of India),Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC), GeneralInsurance Corporation of India (GIC), National Insurance Company Ltd., The New India Assurance Company Ltd., The Oriental Insurance Company Ltd. and United India Insurance Company Ltd. The shareholding of Unit Trust of India was subsequently transferred to SUUTI, an entity established in 2003.With a balance sheet size of Rs.2,85,628 crores as on 31st March 2012, Axis Bank is ranked 9th amongst all Indian scheduled banks. Axis Bank has achieved consistent growth and stable asset quality with a 5 year CAGR (2007-12) of 31% in Total Assets, 30% in Total Deposits, 36% in Total Advances and 45% in Net Profit.

92 Angels is angel network focused on pre-seed & seed-stage startups.

Investment focus

Life Science, Biotechnology
Seed
India

Portfolio highlights

Mestastop Solutions — Discover cutting-edge metastasis treatment at Mestastop. Our focus on small molecule drugs offers effective solutions for distant metastasis.

Artesian Capital Management is an alternative investments management company, which was spun out of ANZ Banking Group's capital markets business in 2004, with backing from ANZ Private Equity. Artesian's founding partners, purchased ANZ's stake in 2005. The company has subsequently been fully owned by partners and staff. Since 2004,Artesian has managed specialised funds focused on credit arbitrage and relative-value strategies across global financial markets. In 2008, while continuing to manage credit relative value investment strategies from its New York, London and Singapore offices, Artesian began to make principal investments in seed/early-stage ventures from its offices in Sydney, Melbourne and Shanghai. In 2011, Artesian launched the first of its early stage venture capital funds and now manages AUD +255m. Artesian's VC strategy is to partner with best of breed accelerators, incubators, angel groups and university programs. In 2017, Artesian launched its China VC Fund with a USD 50m cornerstone investment industry super fund Hostplus. Artesian will soon launch a Southeast Asia VC Fund.

Investment focus

Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
Australia, United States, Hong Kong

Portfolio highlights

Bygen — Bygen delivers high-quality activated carbon products while also facilitating large-scale, long-term carbon dioxide sequestration.
Ohmie Go — EV charging solutions, shared electric vehicles, shared e-bikes & e-scooters delivered to residents as a premium managed service and amenity - An intelligent way to get EV ready with one seamless experience.
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%.

Unitus Ventures is India’s leading impact venture fund investing in startups innovating for the masses across healthcare, education and fintech sectors. Founded in 2012, Unitus Ventures is a part of Capria Network, the leading global network of venture fund managers investing in emerging markets of Africa, Asia and Latin America. Unitus Venturesis based in Bangalore and Seattle. Capria has offices in Bangalore, Jakarta, Nairobi, and Seattle. More at: https://unitus.vc and http://capria.vc

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

Eduvanz — Eduvanz is NBFC and private finance company offers low interest student, education, career, skill development loan in Mumbai, Pune, Delhi, Hyderabad and Bangalore.
Cusmat — We Enhance On Job Industrial Worker Performance Through Our Collaborative Physics-Realistic Logistics, Manufacturing and Mining Metaverse
BetterPlace — People-centric HR technology, employee benefits management, upskilling platform and workforce fulfilment solution. We help organisations achieve operational excellence.

Since 1994, they have sponsored 22 funds with approximately $1.2 billion in committed capital which are managed from their offices in New York, London and Bangalore.With a global network of partners, Zephyr is positioned to identify sustainable secular growth changes which lead to attractive investment opportunities for their investors.While their focus is on the creation and execution of innovative investment strategies, the operating style is conservative and sustainable.Managers strictly adhere to their respective mandates and investments are selected based on rigorous fundamental research. Today, Zephyr manages investment funds in India and Sri Lanka, and they are actively researching new investment opportunities around the world.

Investment focus

Financial Services, Information Technology, Education
Private Equity, Series A, Series B
India, Kenya, Sri Lanka

Portfolio highlights

Ripplr — Ripplr is a full-stack tech distribution and logistics player that offers data-driven analytics and plugs and play system.
ZUMI — ZUMI connects apparel wholesalers and retailers in a transparent, affordable marketplace. It empowers women retailers with the technology, logistics, and financial services to scale. Through ZUMI, customers order via SMS, call, or with a ZUMI Agent. It collects orders from suppliers early each morning. Its logistics partners deliver to customerswithin 18 hours of ordering then customers pay with mobile money.ZUMI was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya.
Ed Partners — Get School Development Loan up to Ksh 20 million in 3 days, School Transportation Loan, School Techy Loan and School Upgrade Loans Available!

Green Frontier Capital is India's first investment firm that focuses on growth companies which are delivering breakthrough innovation in green industries.

Investment focus

Electric Vehicle, Shoes, Automotive
Seed, Series A, Series B
India

Portfolio highlights

RevFin — RevFin is a digital lending company.
KisanKonnect — Get fresh produce delivered to your doorstep straight from the Farm. We're an integrated organization dealing in fresh agri produce that brings you the highest quality food at a fair-price.
BluSmart Mobility — Blu Smart Mobility is a provider of electric shared smart mobility platform for transportation. Blu Smart is an all-electric, shared, and smart mobility platform for ride-sharing, car-sharing, and scooter-sharing. Blu Smart is a 100% electric mobility platform that partners with electric vehicle manufactures.

At 3one4, we are biased towards action and channel the relevant resources to support generational innovation engines out of India. We partner with early-stage companies that are mission-oriented and are setting new standards for inclusive value creation and sustainable growth.

Investment focus

Financial Services, Software, Information Technology
Seed, Series A, Series B
India, United States, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

Rozana — Best Online Groceries Store in India: Rozana is India's best online supermarket where you can order groceries online at best prices. Free & same day home delivery.
CheQ Digital — CheQ allows you to pay your credit card bills, loan EMIs on a single platform, and earn 1% back as CheQ Chips.
Circuit House Technologies — Circuit House Technologies is the next-gen Indian consumer tech company that provides cutting-edge home entertainment items that elicit excitement and joy.

Indian Scientific Innovation Company

Investment focus

Medical, Health Care, Life Science
Seed
India

Portfolio highlights

Ykrita Life Sciences — YLS is developing a bio-medical device: Bio-engineered Artificial Ectopic Liver (BAEL), aimed at helping clinicians to treat patients suffering from liver failure while eliminating the need for an organ transplant, hospitalization, and exorbitant expenditure on the treatment.

50K Ventures is a Hyderabad-based investment platform to back technology startups at the idea and early-stage of their lifecycle. It brings together accredited investors, high networth individuals, and mentors to seed, nurture, and accelerate startups, besides guiding them in securing the next round of funding.The company has so far invested intwo Hyderabad-based startups:

Investment focus

Health Care, Artificial Intelligence, Gaming
Seed, Funding Round, Convertible Note
India

Portfolio highlights

Scholr — Scholr is an online educational service that provides its users with personalized learning experiences. It answers problems ranging from mathematical expressions to word problems from all the CBSE textbooks of mathematics and science. Scholr was launched by Himanshu Nimje and Manil Gupta in 2015. It is operated from Mumbai, Maharashtra.
Pee Safe — Discover Pee Safe, your go-to destination for top-quality hygiene products. Explore our extensive range of solutions in toilet hygiene, menstrual care, intimate care, grooming needs, and sexual wellness to ensure your comfort and well-being. Shop now for safe and effective hygiene essentials.
Book My Bai — Bookmybai.com has over 10000 maids, baby sitters, nanny, cooks, patient care staff in Mumbai,Thane,Pune, Bangalore, Hyderabad and Kolkata. Select from over 50000 options and hire them at the click of a button

Connect with 10,000 plus angel investors. Raise funding seamlessly. Find startups to invest in. Easy to use & seamless technology platform for startup investing & funding.

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

REGRIP — Regrip tyres are a high-performance alternative to fresh tyres for big commercial vehicles' dummies and drive axles. Regrip's inexpensive, dependable, and ecological product line assists fleet owners in saving significant money on tyre use.
Beautywise — Beautywise is a dermatology-led supplement brand with the purpose of empowering everyone to embrace unique beauty by embracing long-term, evidence-based treatments that operate from inside.
Ghost Kitchens — Join the fastest growing restaurant company in the country

Kitara Capital is a private equity and venture capital firm specializing in seed capital, growth capital, and PIPEs investments in medium sized businesses. The firm is sector agnostic. It invests both locally and globally. The firm seeks to invest between $10 million and $40 million. The firm also provides co-investment opportunities. It invests inboth publicly traded and privately held companies.

Investment focus