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Top 35 Life Science VC (Venture Capital) Funds in India in January 2025

Last updated: Jan 2025 A list of 35 VC (Venture Capital) 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 35 Life Science VC (Venture Capital) Funds in India in January 2025

Investor	Life Science India investments
Pi Ventures	3
Malpani Ventures	2
IAN Group	2
Somaiya Vidyavihar	2
Mumbai Angels	2
LetsVenture	1
Kitara Capital	1
Fidelity International	1
Unitus Ventures	1
3one4 Capital	1
50K Ventures	1
Acquipharma	1
UTEC - The University of Tokyo Edge Capital Partners	1
Kotak Private Equity	1
Anterra Capital	1
Colossa Ventures	1
Kotak Alternate Asset Managers	1
Unicornus Maximus	1
Endiya Partners	1
Eight Roads Ventures	1
Singapore Angel Network	1
GVFL	1
Green Frontier Capital	1
Society for Innovation and Entrepreneurship	1
Indian Scientific Innovation Company	1
Zephyr Management	1
Artesian VC	1
Somerset Indus Capital Partners	1
Rebel Fund	1
92 Angels	1
Legacy asset	1
Spark Growth Ventures	1
Tomorrow Capital	1
Karnataka Information Technology Venture Capital Fund	1
Capital 2B	1

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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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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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!

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

Health Care, Life Science, Health Diagnostics
Series A, Funding Round
India

Portfolio highlights

Krsnaa Diagnostics — We provide specialized diagnostic imaging Pathology, Radiology and tele-radiology services through our network of diagnostic across India

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.

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.

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

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

Portfolio highlights

Everstage — Everstage is a modern, no-code platform to automate commissions and motivate sales teams with real-time visibility and insights on their commissions
ZenStatement — ZenStatement is a economic automation and cash flow monitoring platform.
AGNIT Semiconductors — AGNIT Semiconductors is to provide Gallium Nitride devices that are dependable, cost-effective, high-performing, and unique for the upcoming wireless systems. AGNIT Semiconductors is a semiconductor business that uses gallium nitride (GaN). AGNIT Semiconductors primary focus is on designing and producing electrical components and GaN materials(wafers) for use in radio-frequency applications. For the defense and telecommunications sectors, AGNIT's GaN components provide strong performance, cost, and footprint advantages.

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

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

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, Series A, Funding Round
Japan, United States, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

Estie — Estie is a Development of AI / machine learning algorithm and new business in real estate company.
Liminal — Advanced battery inspection and metrology with ultrasound and machine learning
Eureka Robotics — Eureka Robotics develop robotics technologies and products to automate the mundane, so that humans can focus on the creative.

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.

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.

Colossa Ventures is an ecosystem of investments with the goal of empowering India's women's economy one business at a time. They are here to invest in "women first" enterprises that are upending the current quo and influencing the future through the power of the 3 Cs: capital, capability, and confidence.

Investment focus

Automotive, Health Care, Electric Vehicle
Seed
India

Portfolio highlights

Exposome — We help you solve your air and water pollution challenges with customized, cost-effective and ingeniously designed deep-tech 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.
Serigen Mediproducts — Serigen Mediproducts is an innovative tissue regeneration products company producing silk based wound dressings, bone repair and soft tissue repair products.

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.

Unicornus Maximus offers equity investments and corporate debt solutions for startups in NanoTech, Pharma, Defense, Space, AI/ML, and HealthTech, driving innovation and sector growth.

Investment focus

Dental, Medical, Medical Device
Seed
India

Portfolio highlights

Dantech — Dantech is a dental prosthetics manufacturing company that strives to redefine the dental craftsmanship.
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.

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.

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.

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!

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

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.

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.

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.

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!

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

GALY — Saving Our Planet by Transitioning the World to Cellular Agriculture
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.
Fleet Space Technologies — Fleet is an agile, next generation connectivity company. Our mission is to Connect Everything using cutting-edge communications and space technologies to maximise the resource efficiency of human civilisation and enable the next industrial revolution with our free, ubiquitous connectivity platform.

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.
Cyrix Healthcare — Cyrix Healthcare is a healthcare solutions provider that delivers medical equipment.
Emil Pharmaceutical — Emil Pharmaceutical is responsible for creating, producing, and selling medications of a quality that is recognised worldwide.

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, Artificial Intelligence, Health Care
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
United States, India, Canada

Portfolio highlights

Sphinx — AI compliance analysts for banks and fintechs.
Gecko Security — Gecko Security finds and fixes security vulnerabilities in codebase, just like having a security engineer making one's code secure.
Lightscreen AI — Lightscreen AI is developing a speech agent for unbeatable tech screens, allowing hiring managers to focus on truly skilled candidates.

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.

Legacy assets' prominent investment areas include biotech, government, and health tech, as well as investments in startups.

Investment focus

Health Care, Life Science, Biotechnology
Series A
India

Portfolio highlights

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.

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.
Astra Holding Group — We acquire exceptional British businesses.

Tomorrow Capital is a $100 million early-stage strategic investment fund focused on helping early-stage businesses with capital and access to blue-chip talent, industry networks, and resources for growth which enables them to drive the next wave of growth and enables us to create the next consumer unicorns to come out of India.

Investment focus

Health Care, Education, Marketplace
Seed, Series A, Series B
India

Portfolio highlights

Vituscare — Vituscare is a dialysis management program.
Leverage Edu — Leverage Edu is an AI-enabled marketplace designed to help students with their higher education and career growth plans. It is one of India's leading/fastest growing ed-tech companies, transforming access to an exponential career growth, by democratising mentorship, breaking traditional systems, & helping the new student of today jumpover the artificial high walls!
India IVF Fertility — India IVF is rated as best IVF center in India for high success rates, expert care, and personalized fertility treatments. Start your journey to parenthood.

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.

Investing in Deep Science and Tech startups.

Investment focus

Information Technology, SaaS, Software
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
India, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

SuperMoney — SuperMoney is caters to gig economy and blue-collar workers offering them a suite of financial products focused towards customised credit, savings, and insurance solutions. The startup’s typical customers include cab drivers, delivery personnel, shop floor workers, and other blue collar staff employed by corporations.
Matter — Redefining the present, Reimagining the future.
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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