Top 50 Media (entertainment) Startup Investors in India

Investor	Media (entertainment) India investments
Titan Capital	18
Blume Ventures	16
India Quotient	16
3one4 Capital	16
Indian Angel Network	15
Kunal Shah	15
ah! Ventures	14
LetsVenture	14
Kalaari Capital	12
Rajan Anandan	11
Chiratae Ventures	11
Rajan Anandan	11
Vijay Shekhar Sharma	11
Mumbai Angels	11
Inflection Point Ventures	9
YourNest Venture Capital	9
Accel	9
Venture Highway	9
Elevation Capital	9
Matrix Partners India	8
North Base Media	8
Info Edge	8
Gaurav Munjal	8
Smile Group	8
Rajesh Sawhney	8
Artha Group	8
Binny Bansal	7
Anupam Mittal	7
Singapore Angel Network	7
Lightspeed India Partners	7
Peak XV Partners	7
Sujeet Kumar	7
Better Capital	7
Nexus Venture Partners	7
Dholakia Ventures	6
Kae Capital	6
WEH Ventures	6
Orios Venture Partners	6
iSeed	6
Roman Saini	6
We Founder Circle	6
Whiteboard Capital	6
100X.VC	6
Hyderabad Angels	6
Times Internet	5
Phanindra Sama	5
JITO Angel Network	5
1Crowd	5
Rajesh Mane	5
Empire Angels	5

Titan Capital invests behind world-class entrepreneurs looking to create wide-scale positive impact on India and the World.

Investment focus

Software, Internet, Financial Services
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
India, United States, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

Neodocs — Meet Neodocs, the in-home wellness tracker that instantly and accurately uncovers what your body really needs.
Supertails — Shop for pet food, accessories, grooming essentials and more. Book online vet consultation and online training for your pets. Shop for all your pet needs at supertails.com
InPrime Finserv — InPrime Finserv offers the best products and services by analysing the changing financial needs of the unregulated prime market.

Blume Ventures provides pre-series A and early stage funding to tech-focused/tech-enabled ventures. They are typically the first institutional investors in their portfolio companies and invest for about 8-10 years. They are proponents of a collaborative approach and like to co-invest with like-minded angels and seed funds. They then providefollow-on investments to their stellar portfolio companies.

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

Kusho — AI agent for API testing.
Nurturev — Revenue intelligence is the process of analyzing & interpreting sales data to make informed business decisions. Transform your sales conversations, gain insights, & drive revenue growth.
Interview Kickstart — Interview Kickstart, established in 2014, is the gold standard for Technical Interview Preparation. Our 500+ instructors, drawn from tech giants like Google and Amazon, have guided 15,000+ engineers beyond skill enhancement- from mock interviews and real-world projects to effective salary negotiation. The outcome? Alumni landing jobs with $300K+ offers, and the highest compensation at a whopping $1.28 Million.

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

Reo.Dev — Reo is a Revenue Intelligence tool for Developer focused Go-To-Market and allows you to map developer activity and convert it into revenue pipeline.
BharatAgri — BharatAgri Krushi Dukan is one stop Agri Shop for all your fertilizers, seeds, pesticides or equipments. Free Delivery. Best Quality Products Guaranteed. Delivery in 5-7 Days.
General Autonomy — General Autonomy is a robotics firm on the cutting edge of manufacturing and automation for the future.

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

Fasal — Fasal, an agri-tech platform, developed by Wolkus Technology Solutions, is an AI-powered platform for the Agriculture ecosystem that records a variety of growing conditions on the farm. It then uses artificial intelligence and data science to make on-farm predictions, before delivering the insights anywhere on any device including (iOS, Android,Tablet, and web).Its data-driven precision agriculture solution recommends real-time agronomic solutions to growers using on-farm and micro-climate data collected through agnostic sensors that helps farmers with cost savings in terms of water, energy, fertilizers, and pesticides.
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.
Vidyut — Vidyut offers end-to-end solutions for purchase and financing to resale which provide superior economics on electric vehicles compared to petrol & diesel vehicles.

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, Health Care, SaaS
Seed, Angel, Series A
India, United States, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Noccarc — One of the best ICU Ventilators in India, NOCCARC V310 is a solution to a wide range of respiratory problems. With 3000+ ventilators installed, Noccarc is a promising brand involved in the development & manufacturing of medical equipment (ICU equipment including ventilators & other respiratory devices)
Scandalous Foods — Scandalous Foods offers food preparation services such as 6-month preservative-free sweets in single-serve sizes.
Pandorum Technologies — TISSUE ENGINEERING & REGENERATIVE MEDICINE Building blocks of life... Learn More BIO-ENGINEERED CORNEA Advanced therapies for Cornea Regeneration Learn More 3D

Kunal Shah

Investment focus

Financial Services, FinTech, Internet
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
India, United States, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

Nurturev — Revenue intelligence is the process of analyzing & interpreting sales data to make informed business decisions. Transform your sales conversations, gain insights, & drive revenue growth.
SydeLabs — Secure your generative AI foundation with SydeLabs. Build with unshakeable confidence. Unleash the full potential of your applications.
Mave Health — Mave Health uses science-based interventions to provide a comprehensive solution that fits effortlessly into an individual's lifestyle and causes no inconvenience.

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

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

Settl. — Settl is a technology-driven accommodation platform focused on providing a convenient and high-quality living experience for young millennials; We take the daily hassle out of rental accommodation so our members have more time to do the things they're passionate about. From fully-furnished rooms, 24/7 power backups, enterprise internet,nominal deposit to all-inclusive rent, our coliving spaces will take care of all your needs.We have an all-inclusive and caring community where people bond over movie nights, barbeque nights, yoga sessions, etc. Our curated events aim to bring the Settlrs together to form a closely-knit family.We expertise in providing tech-enabled property management, residential solutions, convenient and community-driven platforms.
FlexifyMe — FlexifyMe is to achieve mental, physical, and spiritual harmony through live 1-on-1 and group sessions with our world-class yoga, meditation, and nutrition coaches.
Delta X Automotive — An Automotive startup based out of Bangalore, India

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

Vidyut — Vidyut offers end-to-end solutions for purchase and financing to resale which provide superior economics on electric vehicles compared to petrol & diesel vehicles.
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

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

EloElo — Look Good, Feel good daily with India’s #1 Short Videos App for Health, Beauty & Lifestyle ! 100% Made in India, Made for India App that lets you watch entertaining & informative 60 second videos and also win 100s of Products free
AuditCue — Reimagine how risk, audits & controls work together.
Zluri — Gain complete visibility and control across your SaaS stack - detect & manage shadow IT, optimize costs, govern user access in a single place

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

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

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

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

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

HealthifyMe — HealthifyMe is an application that allows its users to achieve their fitness and weight loss goals from their computers and smartphones.The application enables its users to track their calories, nutrition, and fitness activities; track their weight and determine if they are healthy; set healthy goals and work toward meeting them; share theirdata with experts; and get expert advice and suggestions on their lifestyles.HealthifyMe was developed and launched by a team of doctors, nutritionists, and fitness trainers in 2012. It is based in Bangalore, India.
Ergos — Ergos is building an integrated supply chain by setting up micro warehouses. Ergos is a transformational bank for the farmer which leverages technology to seamlessly provide custodial services (warehousing, loans, and market-linkages, enabling the farmer to convert his produce to a financial asset.Through their grid of digitally connected ruralmicro warehouses, they enable farmers to store their produce, avoid distress sales during harvest season, reduce wastage by scientific warehousing, tide over their immediate liquidity/ financing needs by working with NBFCs/ Banks, and thereby empower farmers to sell their produce as and when they desire, thereby resulting in farmers achieving 25%-30% higher incomes. Ergos was founded in 2012 and headquartered in Patna, Bihar.
Cavli Wireless — Build, Connect and scale your IoT Solutions with Cavli Wireless Cellular IoT Modules and Cavli Hubble IoT connectivity platform

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

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

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

Vijay Shekhar Sharma is the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Paytm. He previously worked at India Today Group Online as a Tech head. Vijay Shekhar attended Delhi College of Engineering.

Investment focus

Internet, News, Lifestyle
Seed, Funding Round, Angel
India, United States, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

RAAHO — Raaho is the most reliable trucking partner in India. Loved for our transparent and 24*7 super friendly customer service.
Crib — Crib is building India's first digital ecosystem aimed at redefining how landlords operate, tenants stay and market sells.
Jimmy's Cocktails — Jimmy's Cocktails makes premium cocktails.

Mumbai Angels Network is a sector-agnostic, new age, early-stage, venture investment platform with a diverse membership base, spanning the globe. Today, the network is 600+ members strong, across 70 locations all over the world. They have a 170+ strong portfolio with over 70 exits and next rounds of investments.

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

Clensta — Clensta is a biotechnology start-up to improve the National Hygiene condition whilst addressing the aspect of water conservation. Clensta is an Indian startup and in association with IIT Delhi, works to create innovative healthcare solutions to make hygiene accessible for anyone, anytime, and anywhere. Driven by their aim to create products thatpromote complete cleaning solutions without water.
Proost69 — Proost69 offers a premium quality beer with a smooth taste.
Vgenomics — Your partner in newborn healthcare and diagnosis for rare diseases, your partner in whole genome and exome research.

Inflection Point Ventures, with over 3300 CXOs and professionals, HNIs and Family Offices, is India’s leading angel network investing in early-to-mid stage startups. IPV supports new-age entrepreneurs with not just capital but also uses its wide network of investors to provide startups with access to new markets, customers, guidance and mentorship.Inflection Point Ventures is democratizing angel investing with low membership fee, lowest investment ticket size (per investor), transparent investment process and extensive upfront due-diligence led by industry experts. IPV is industry agnostic, with a focus on committed and competent founders.

Investment focus

Health Care, Artificial Intelligence, E-Commerce
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
India, United States, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

Maidaan — Maidaan is a social gaming platform that hosts LIVE Olympiads and Tournaments for schoolchildren. They are allowing parents of 100 million or more children to introduce their children to a peer group outside of school from an early age.
IndicWisdom — Find the best selection of wood pressed oils at Indic Wisdom, Mumbai's leading oil manufacturer. Delivering pan India.
Snap-E Cabs — Snap-E Cabs is an eco-friendly public electric transport service that allows people to travel safely.

Early-stage, DeepTech, Enterprise, Startup Funding, B2B, AI, ML, IoT, VR, AR, Blockchain, Tech-enabled, Nurture Capital, Venture Capital

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

Contiinex — Contiinex is an operator in the speech AI market. It analyzes audio files to assist organizations in better understanding their clients and making tactical business choices.
Datamotive.io — Datamotive is a firm that provides the seamless migration of workloads in a hybrid multi-cloud environment with a guaranteed SLA of 10 minutes. Its unique approach safeguards enterprises against data loss caused by cloud security misconfigurations, data breaches, or corporate network corruption.
Datoms — Industrial IoT Platform for OEMs & System Integrators

First partner to exceptional teams everywhere

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

Wonder — Introducing a new kind of home dining experience. Currently available in areas of New Jersey.
Coast — Coast is the simple, all-in-one fleet and fuel card that helps businesses easily pay for and track vehicle expenses. It's quick to set up, easy-to-use, and full of rewards.
Imperia — We provide to our clients tools for managing and optimizing their processes in the area of operations through an innovative, advanced and user-friendly software solution. Analytics Demand Planning (ADP) is a complete solution to support the demand forecasting process, based on two key pillars: 1. Easy-to-use: the solution is fully integrated inExcel, providing great ease of use and minimum implementation times. “If you know how to use Excel, you know how to use ADP”. 2. Collaborative planning: the tool is developed under a collaborative environment in which all members of the organization can be involved in the process, improving the decision-making process.Furthermore, it has great computing power based on statistical models and a wide range of advanced functionalities that add extra value to the product. Such as reference segmentation, intelligent cleaning of historical data series and integrated dashboards for sales and forecast analytics.

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, Information Technology
Seed, Series A, Series B
India, United States, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

Ema — Ema is developing next-generation AI technologies to help every employee in the workplace be their most creative and productive. Ema is a seamless, accurate, and secure Enterprise Generative AI system that simplifies complex tasks using enterprise tools.
Grip Invest — Grip Invest is an alternative investment platform that offers Bonds, Commercial Real Estate, Invoice Financing & more with attractive returns. Explore Now!
Weekday — At Weekday, we help companies hire engineers who are vouched by other software engineers. We are enabling engineers to earn passive income by leveraging & monetizing the unused information in their head about the best people they have worked with.

Elevation Capital is an early-stage venture capital firm that focuses on consumers, enterprises, logistics, and B2B.

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

mylight150 — Mylight150 contributes to the creation of a society in which people generates own electricity to ensure self-sufficiency and long-term abundance.
Vridhi Home Finance — Vridhi Finserv Home Finance Limited, is a Housing Finance Company (HFC) offers various affordable home loans at best interest rates for every individual.
General Autonomy — General Autonomy is a robotics firm on the cutting edge of manufacturing and automation for the future.

We work with visionary founders of early-stage startups to amplify their intrinsic talent.

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

InPrime Finserv — InPrime Finserv offers the best products and services by analysing the changing financial needs of the unregulated prime market.
Krutrim — Unlock the power of intelligent conversations with Ola Krutrim. Immerse yourself in intelligent conversations tailored to your native language, as our Native Language AI and India AI synergize to create a uniquely personalized experience.
Mswipe Technologies — Mswipe card swipe machines or EDC machines are safe and secure and accepts all debit credit cards We offer devices and services at affordable prices

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!

Info Edge provides online recruitment, matrimonial and real estate classifieds, and related services. 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 educationclassified site.It was founded in 2016 and headquartered in Uttar, Pradesh.

Investment focus

Software, E-Commerce, Internet
Seed, Series A, Corporate Round
India, United States

Portfolio highlights

Adda247 — Adda247 is India's largest vernacular learning platform with courses in more than 12 Indian languages. Adda247 is backed by marquee investors like Google, WestBridge Capital, Infoedge etc. Adda247 is on a mission to take quality education to the masses by providing online courses in local languages at a very affordable price.
Happily Unmarried — Happily Unmarried was anti established in 2003 with no vision and no business plan. Actually at somepoint they did make a business plan but according to that they should have retired 5 years ago.They make fun products, they do music festivals, they work with corporates when they want to do interesting work and lately they have been doing a lotof projects involving branding, communication, interiors, marketing all rolled into one (they are trying to think of a name for someone who does all that but no luck yet).
Startup Investments Holding — Startup Investments (holding) inolved in Legal, accounting, book-keeping and auditing activities; tax consultancy; market research and public opinion polling; business and management consultancy.

Gaurav Munjal is the Co-Founder and CEO at Unacademy.

Investment focus

Health Care, Internet, Apps
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
India, Singapore, United States

Portfolio highlights

Lissun — Lissun is an online counselling platform, which allows you to get expert advice and counselling for any mental health problem anytime and from the comfort of your own home.
Beyond Odds — Beyond Odds focuses on upskilling the workforce and offers support to yhe healhcare industry.
Up — Up was founded by IIT Bombay alumni, Mahek Mody, ex-Chief of Staff at Ather Energy and Mohit Sharma, ex-head of engineering at Chaayos. React is at the forefront of transforming modern Indian households. As India’s first D2C, smart home appliance brand, their maiden product the R1 has been designed to change the way we cook and expand ourrepertoire of food. The smart cooking appliance offers 10 inbuilt functions - chop, stir, sauté, whisk, blend, boil, steam, cook, knead & self-clean, along with an integrated smart weighing scale. The onboard 8” touchscreen offers consumers a guided cooking experience, with access to hundreds of recipes from across the world. React’s CookClub.ai will also allow users tocreate and share their own recipes and give them access to thousands more as they are built. React will begin deliveries of the R1 in June, 2022.

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
Funding Round, Seed, Series A
India, United States, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Spyne — Remove background from any product image in seconds 100% automatically. No editing skills required! Single-click to change the image background.
Swiggy — Order food online from restaurants and get it delivered. Serving in Bangalore, Hyderabad, Delhi, Gurgaon, Nagpur, Jaipur, Coimbatore, Chandigarh, Ahemdabad, Visakhapatnam, Lucknow, Noida, Mumbai, Pune, Indore, Kochi, Kolkata and Chennai. Order Pizzas, Burgers, Biryanis, Desserts or order from Subway, Pizza Hut, Dominos, KFC, McDonalds.
LanguifyAI — Boost Your Platform with our AI-driven Solutions. Enhance assessments, interviews, student communication and unlock the full potential of personalized education.

Rajesh is the co-founder and CEO of InnerChef and Super Angels. He holds a bachelor's degree in electronic engineering from Delhi University, and a master's degree in management from Mumbai University. He has also done a fellowship in 'Globalisation and Leadership' from the London School of Economics and Social Sciences.

Investment focus

Software, E-Commerce, Internet
Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
India, Singapore, United States

Portfolio highlights

hypergro — Hypergro provides the power of user-generated content, craft impactful UGC video ads designed to attract, engage, and convert.These video advertising act as a distinctive, tailored connection between the brand and potential clients, which boosts consumer traffic, app downloads, and revenue for your company.
Fairdeal Market — Seamlessly Sell Your Products Direct to Offline Retailers. Get Access To The Right Retailers Now.
hypergro — Hypergro provides the power of user-generated content, craft impactful UGC video ads designed to attract, engage, and convert.These video advertising act as a distinctive, tailored connection between the brand and potential clients, which boosts consumer traffic, app downloads, and revenue for your company.

Artha India Ventures' league of member Angel Investors mentor and invest in nascent ventures with business ideas that create value by participating in the entrepreneurial process. AIV have invested in more than 47 start-ups and has diversified portfolio ranging from last minute hotel bookings (HotelsAroundYou.com), to classes aggregators(FindUrClass.com), cosmetic ecommerce (Purplle.com) and at home salon services (The Home Salon). From microfinance credit rating platforms (Inventure) to online interview platforms (Talview), electronic repair & insurance companies (PickMeIndia.com), Cloud Telephone (Exotel.com) and Cab Aggregators (BookMyCab.com) the portfolio has it all.

Investment focus

Information Technology, Internet, E-Commerce
Seed, Angel, Funding Round
India, United States, Kenya

Portfolio highlights

Buupass — BuuPass is Kenya's market leader for online bus booking. We enable travelers to reserve seats and make payments in a convenient and timely way. Try BuuPass today!
GetWork — Looking to hire top talent for your organization? GetWork is the platform for you! With a candidate pool of 1.9M+ job seekers, you can easily post your job and find the perfect candidate for your needs. Sign up today and start hiring with GetWork.
KarmaLifeAI — KarmaLifeAI is an AI-powered digital solution for the financial well being of blue-collar gig workers and micro-business. The company allows the user to pay directly for key expenditures and smoothen their consumption patterns. It offers real-time access to credit for gig workers, based on their payroll account, through partnerships with thedigital platforms they work for. It operates an interest-free subscription model in which the platform or the gig worker can pay a flat fee and access credit equalling up to one-third of their monthly income. The company analyzes alternative data points and payment behavior over time to unlock higher credit lines for the workers.

Binny Bansal is an Indian software engineer and Internet entrepreneur. In 2007 he co-founded the e-commerce platform Flipkart with Sachin Bansal (not related) and was serving as the Chief Operating Officer until 11 January 2016 and was promoted to Chief Executive Officer. In January 2017 he was promoted to Group CEO of Flipkart. Binny is fromChandigarh and graduated from the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi with a degree in Computer Science and Engineering.

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

OppDoor — Launch your Amazon Brand into Thriving International Markets. OppDoor is a Growth Partner for Amazon Brands.
Leela Life — Timeless Indian wellbeing secrets for peaceful and joyful living
Alltius Inc. — Alltius is an AI-driven platform for conversational assistance in software products primarily to help and guide users in their product journeys.

Anupam started his entrepreneurial journey by founding People Group - A New Media & Entertainment group, which includes businesses such as Shaadi.com, Makaan.com, Mauj Mobile, and People Pictures. Today the group is recognized as one of the most innovative enterprises in the country. Besides his operational roles, Anupam is also one ofIndia's most active angel investors.He attended Boston College.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Internet, Financial Services
Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
India, United States, France

Portfolio highlights

Nasher Miles — Shop Good Quality Premium Luggage Bags, Suitcases & Laptop Backpacks online on Nasher Miles. Wide Range of Small & Medium Cabin Bags, Travel Luggage Bags Sets in different Colours & Designs.
ReFit Global — ReFit Global converts electronic waste into affordable technological gems for a sustainable future. Their objective is to raise awareness and confidence among gadget users about reconditioned products.
GrayQuest — GrayQuest Education Finance Pvt. Ltd provides Parents and Students with the most convenient and easiest option to pay fees to their Institute.

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.

Lightspeed Venture Partners has invested in direct and cross-border. They invest across several stages and sectors, including technology-led businesses as well as non-technology opportunities in sectors such as advertising and media, business services, financial services, healthcare, education, and retail.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Internet
Series A, Seed, Series B
India, United States, Indonesia

Portfolio highlights

Rep3 — Rep3 is a Web3 community management application. Rep3 uses gamification methods to assist lps encryption projects in managing communities, members, and contributions.
Gushwork — Gushwork operates as an AI-powered global platform, designed for enterprises to outsource highly complex operational workflows.
Beyond Odds — Beyond Odds focuses on upskilling the workforce and offers support to yhe healhcare industry.

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

Sarvam AI — Sarvam AI is on a mission to lead transformative AI research that will significantly improve the robustness, performance, and cost-effectiveness of GenAI app development, deployment, and distribution in India.
Atlan — Atlan is an active metadata platform for modern data teams, that helps them discover, understand, trust, and collaborate on data assets.
Twin Health — Combining advanced medical science with digital twin technology to help people reverse, improve, and prevent chronic metabolic diseases like type 2 diabetes.

Sujeet Kumar - Co- Founder @ Udaan

Investment focus

Internet, E-Commerce, Health Care
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
India, Singapore, Kenya

Portfolio highlights

Vidyut — Vidyut offers end-to-end solutions for purchase and financing to resale which provide superior economics on electric vehicles compared to petrol & diesel vehicles.
Mainstreet — Browse through our vast collection of premium streetwear like sneakers, apparel & accessories. Mainstreet is India's premiere hype outlet for all sneaker-heads out there!
Third Wave Coffee — Third wave coffee is a manufacturer and distributor of easy coffee bags that help to make barista-quality coffee anytime without any equipment. The third wave roasts coffees in small batches and introduce specialty cofee.

Better is a micro venture firm that creates and invests in innovative business which deliver value & impact, and have a strong focus on profitability. Better Labs is our operating portfolio of product businesses that we create and fund and includes ReadyContacts, PicBackMan, DataDoctor, Magik, Simple wall, and Maroun Place.

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

RapidClaims — Rapid Claims helps businesses autonomously code medical charts, find up-coding opportunities, improve the CDI process and reduce denials.
InCommon — Incommon assists fast-growing companies in setting up high-performance global teams by hiring the best talent across countries.
VoiceClub — We provide 1-1 on demand audio calling facilities with experts from categories like Astrology, Love, Career & Legal. Download VoiceClub App Now!

Nexus Venture Partners is a venture capital firm established by ex-entrepreneurs in enterprise technology and consumer internet. The firm was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in Menlo Park, California, United States.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, SaaS
Series A, Seed, Series B
India, United States, Kenya

Portfolio highlights

Giga ML — AI first customer service
Zepto — India's fastest grocery delivery service.
Liquidnitro Games — India's flagship Games & Live Services Company. Founded by industry veterans who led some of the biggest and most iconic game franchises for over a decade.

Dholakia Ventures is an investment firm.

Investment focus

Artificial Intelligence, Software, Information Technology
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
India, Saint Kitts and Nevis

Portfolio highlights

Neverinstall — Access a powerful computer from your browser in an instant, with all your applications already downloaded and installed.
Ghost Kitchens — Join the fastest growing restaurant company in the country
hypergro — Hypergro provides the power of user-generated content, craft impactful UGC video ads designed to attract, engage, and convert.These video advertising act as a distinctive, tailored connection between the brand and potential clients, which boosts consumer traffic, app downloads, and revenue for your company.

Kae Capital is a pioneer of early-stage investing in India, focused on tech startups, and has been investing in India for 10+ years.

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

SuperAGI — Research lab dedicated to explore and pursue Generalized Super Intelligence
GobbleCube — GobbleCube's AI-powered copilot automates revenue monitoring and RCA, allowing revenue staff to focus on execution.
InviroNext — InviroNext Is building power of Decentralized Applications (DApps) with Artificial Intelligence (AI) prowess is heralding a new era of technological synergy.

Sector-agnostic early-stage VC. Use our website to schedule a call with us.

Investment focus

Apps, Artificial Intelligence, E-Commerce
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
India, United States

Portfolio highlights

Segmind — Segmind provides a serverless optimization and development platform for generative AI that helps to create web designs and mockups, illustrations and pictures, marketing content, and VFX gaming elements.
SustVest (Formerly SolarGridX) — SustVest is an Investment platform allowing individuals to invest in renewable energy assets with just INR 5000
Hectar Global — Hectar Global operates as a B2B cross-border agri commodity procurement.

Orios Venture Partners is an early stage venture fund which primarily invests in software and technology enabled startups.

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

BeatO — Effectively manage your diabetes with BeatO, India's #1 Diabetes Management Health Care Experts Online, and experience the convenience of smartphone glucometers for accurate and hassle free monitoring
Varaha — Varaha generates carbon credits through its tech solutions.
Hypd Marketing Technologies Pvt Ltd — Shop from your favourite Creator's recommendations directly from their store! | #ItsAFullTimeJob | #getHYPD

iSeed is India's first micro-fund backed by top global founders and investors.

Investment focus

Software, Apps, Internet
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
India, United States, Vietnam

Portfolio highlights

APX — APX is a digital freight consolidator and transportation hub-and-spoke network that provides a fully integrated countrywide delivery service to and from everywhere.
BosonQ Psi — BosonQ Psi Pvt. Ltd. (BQP) is a state-of-the-art SaaS-based enterprise software venture leveraging the power of Quantum computing to speed up virtual simulations of Multiphysics and Computer-Aided Engineering (CAE) nature. BosonQ Psi is at the forefront of this quantum revolution. Our vision is to become the premier multiphysics simulation softwareusing quantum computing. Our world-class software suite will include computational science fields of fluid dynamics, structural dynamics, thermal, chemical, and aeroacoustics. With such an innovative product, we will revolutionize the computational world by enabling high-fidelity simulations that are impossible to solve with current computing technology. Further, this product will aid aerospace, automotive, energy, manufacturing, biotechnology, civil engineering, and astrophysics industries in saving millions of dollars by reducing long turnaround times of simulations used in the design process and give higher accuracy to make significant design changes for giving rise to the next generation of an electric car, eVTOL, skyscraper, or even Mars Rover.The possibility to harness the power of quantum computers is endless, and we at BQP thrive on pushing the boundaries of quantum computing technologies to serve our clients. We have made it our mission to bring these possibilities into the hands of every person - from a researcher to a scientist, from a professor to a student. Our name, BosonQ Psi, pays tribute to the great Indian physicist Dr. Satyendra Nath Bose, after whose name the elementary particle in quantum mechanics, Boson, was named and further incorporates the fundamental quantity that describes the state of the quantum particle - Psi, thus symbolizing the company's fundamental goal to contribute in India's goal to be the leader in the Quantum realm and also become a global leader in Quantum paradigm shift in coming years.
Slick App — Go Slick, and declare your true feelings like nobody's watching!

Roman Saini is Co Founder at Unacademy.

Investment focus

Internet, Health Care, Apps
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
India, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

Turnip — Empowering online communities to run, discover and join interactive experiences.
Up — Up was founded by IIT Bombay alumni, Mahek Mody, ex-Chief of Staff at Ather Energy and Mohit Sharma, ex-head of engineering at Chaayos. React is at the forefront of transforming modern Indian households. As India’s first D2C, smart home appliance brand, their maiden product the R1 has been designed to change the way we cook and expand ourrepertoire of food. The smart cooking appliance offers 10 inbuilt functions - chop, stir, sauté, whisk, blend, boil, steam, cook, knead & self-clean, along with an integrated smart weighing scale. The onboard 8” touchscreen offers consumers a guided cooking experience, with access to hundreds of recipes from across the world. React’s CookClub.ai will also allow users tocreate and share their own recipes and give them access to thousands more as they are built. React will begin deliveries of the R1 in June, 2022.
Meme Chat Private Limited — Make memes, trends and money. All under one hood.

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

Whiteboard Capital is Mumbai based early stage investment firm.

Investment focus

Health Care, Internet, Financial Services
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
India, United States, Trinidad and Tobago

Portfolio highlights

Supertails — Shop for pet food, accessories, grooming essentials and more. Book online vet consultation and online training for your pets. Shop for all your pet needs at supertails.com
SuperHire — SuperHire provides pre-vetted, interview-ready candidates to its clients by leveraging its fast-growing expert recruiter community.
StepChange — Discover StepChange, India's best platform for ESG management. Measure, analyse, report, and reduce emissions. Request a free demo to get started!

100X.VC, a venture capital firm created a new model for funding early stage startups in India. 100X.VC is a SEBI Registered AIF.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
Pre-Seed, Seed, Convertible Note
India, United States

Portfolio highlights

Buckmint — Buckmint is a regenerative finance firm focused on harnessing the potential of blockchain and web3.0 to solve climate change, assist conservation and biodiversity, and build a more fair and sustainable financial system.
Sprentzo — Sprentzo is a direct-to-consumer (D2C) rental marketplace that provides high-quality sports equipment on demand. They source their products from major manufacturers and store them in sports facilities where customers may obtain the gear via their platform.
Wastefull Insights — Pioneering automated waste segregation through Robotics and Computer Vision

We are a network of leading entrepreneurs who have successfully built and run enterprises across several domains and industries and are keen to invest in the new stage businesses having the potential to create value for mankind. Meet our Angels.

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

Proost69 — Proost69 offers a premium quality beer with a smooth taste.
Enso Logic — Ensologic Commerce is an online marketplace that simplifies sales and distribution of consumer products in India for overseas Brands, Manufacturers or Aggregators. We have an extensive network of sellers and distributors that use our services and technology platform to sell to both online and offline consumers across India.
ImmersiveLabz — We have built two innovative learning products - SimuLab (virtual science lab) and Cadaviz (virtual human dissection table).

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

Portfolio highlights

Clinikk — Dedicated Care team of Doctors and Health Assistants, available 24/7.Budget friendly payment plans with comprehensive claim support.Holistic Healthcare coverage for the underserved.
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
ShareChat — ShareChat is India's own social network in 14 Indian languages Install ShareChat from Google Play Store for FREE!

Co-Founder of Redbus.

Investment focus

Internet, SaaS, Software
Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
India, United States, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

Futwork — With Futwork, learn for free and get a telecaller job. Find Work from Home jobs in India. Flexi hours & work suitable for freshers and women. Earn from home now!
Jovian — Learn practical skills from Silicon Valley engineers, build real-world portfolio projects, and earn a certification. Kick start your data science career!
Bytebeam — Accelerate your IoT initiatives with Bytebeam - our platform makes it 10X simpler and quicker to build cutting-edge smart products

JITO Angel Network is backed by JITO's 15000+ Industrialits, Businessmen and HNI's of the Jain community spread worldwide. They provide Business support that accelerates the growth of startups.

Investment focus

Education, Financial Services, Health Care
Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
India, France, Israel

Portfolio highlights

Heliware — Heliware is a 3D Geo-Spatial analytics platform for developers, analytics & data scientists which provides tools for GIS, Web Mapping and spatial data science & helps companies to get insight in just a few clicks.
Vehiclecare — Reinventing the automotive space, VehicleCare is one of the fastest-growing online platforms for auto service and damage repair. Our digitised solution extends the reach of our quick and easy processes to both Business and Consumer markets and with a deft management system of damage assessment and repair, our model has helped numerous used by carowners, fleet owners, manufacturers, Insurance Brokers, Insurers, to enhance customer satisfaction, eliminate redundancies in time cycle and easily compare, asses and find the best offer on their vehicle's repair damage.
Twyn — Marj Technologies provides industry 4.0-based manufacturing intelligence solutions that include AI-based Plant digitisation, internet of things and robotic process automation, virtual reality-based training, autonomous robots.

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

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

Karma Healthcare — Karman Healthcare are see a world where everyone has an opportunity and means to access equitable and affordable healthcare.
PeAr Technologies — We wanted to help restaurants earn more revenue and help customers have an amazing experience. So, we created an app that lets customers see menu in 3D.
Kreedo Early Childhood Solutions — Kreedo Preschool Non-Franchise Solution | education development partner that helps create your preschool brand | Promotes with strong ROI.

An active investor in early stage startups across technology & CPG.

Investment focus

Internet, Mobile, Fashion
Seed
India, United States

Portfolio highlights

Orbo.ai — Orbo.ai provide contextual information and become a gateway to the world and not just stay limited to computational photography through our deep learning technology based solutions.Orbo’s face tracking technology can be implemented across devices to identify human emotions, transformative & augmented effects as well as one can build enhancedcamera centric applications.
LiquiLoans — LiquiLoans is a company uses technology to match borrowers and lenders and in the process eliminates the margin which is charged by traditional banks and NBFCs, thus, making borrowing cheaper and investing a more lucrative opportunity as compared to traditional investment avenues.
Impact Guru — ImpactGuru is a No.1 crowdfunding platform in India offering fundraising solutions for medical treatments, emergencies, NGOs & startups. Start a crowdfunding campaign now!

Investing In the Entrepreneurial Spirit of Our Generation. A diverse group of Millennials investing in early stage ventures.

Investment focus

Analytics, Mobile, Software
Seed, Series A, Angel
United States, India

Portfolio highlights

Popsy — Popsy is one the fastest growing AI-powered mobile application to buy & sell locally building the next generation of classifieds. You can buy everything from electronics, to baby clothing, housing, cars and furniture. Using Artificial Intelligence, selling any item is as simple as taking a photo. Popsy's image recognition technologysuggests in real time a title, price and category.
Enertiv — Enertiv's is a CRE technology company that transforms building data into asset value. Top owners and operators have adopted Enertiv as their primary smart building technology and a key component in their overall PropTech strategy.
Superpedestrian — Superpedestrian provides cities with the world's safest and most advanced small vehicle technologies. Download the Superpedestrian app to begin riding today.