Top 50 Music Startup Investors in India in December 2024

Investor	Music India investments
Blume Ventures	4
Rajan Anandan	2
Rajan Anandan	2
Vijay Shekhar Sharma	2
JetSynthesys	2
Fosun RZ Capital	2
Whiteboard Capital	2
Vikas Taneja	1
Sol Primero	1
Bhaskar Raju Konduru	1
Rukam Capital	1
Sawan Laddha	1
Shubham Rangra	1
LetsVenture	1
Dholakia Ventures	1
India Internet Fund	1
Singapore Angel Network	1
Varun Alagh	1
Himanshu Aggarwal	1
Vikash Rajput	1
Abhishek Deo	1
Sachin Bhatia	1
Orios Venture Partners	1
Long Tail Ventures	1
AngelList India	1
Madhusudanan R	1
Sunil Kalra	1
Rothenberg Ventures	1
Chiratae Ventures	1
Capital 2B	1
Sonu Nigam	1
Ravi Trivedi	1
Vaibhav Kapoor	1
Tarmac Ventures	1
We Founder Circle	1
Piyush Shah	1
Ankur Warikoo	1
The Chennai Angels	1
Anicut Capital	1
Akash Agarwal	1
Shrishti Sahu	1
Peak XV Partners	1
Priyamvada Balaji	1
Arihant Patni	1
Redstart Labs	1
Piyush Goel	1
Rebright Partners	1
Tailwind Capital	1
Anupam Mittal	1
Mumbai Angels	1

Backing the next wave of revolutionary founders, from India, for the world.

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

Stellapps — Stellapps designs dairy management software applications that leverage the power of technology to improve dairy supply chain parameters. The company's applications leverage the Internet of Things (IoT), big data, cloud, mobility and data analytics to improve agri-supply chain parameters, including milk production, milk procurement, cold chainanimal insurance and farmer payments, enabling dairy farms, dairy farmers and cooperatives to maximize profits while minimizing effort.
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Sports For Life — Sports for Life (SFL) focuses on nurturing young talent through expert training and grassroots tournaments. Explore top sports academies near you with licensed coaches and technology-driven performance tracking. Join SFL in shaping the future of sports excellence!

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.

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, Apps
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, Social Media
Seed, Funding Round, Angel
India, United States, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

Vahan — Vahan's AI-Driven virtual assistant helps field sales teams and frontliners do better work at scale. A web-based dashboard allows employers to track usage data that can be used for business intelligence. Their virtual assistant is completely customizable to align with employers' support, training, communication, and reporting needs.
Vahan.ai — Vahan uses Artificial Intelligence to match job seekers with employers inside messaging apps
TechEagle Innovations — TechEagle is India's pioneer and lead manufacturer of long range, high Speed, heavy payload delivery Drone solutions. Founded in 2015 by IIT Kanpur alumni, It became one of the very first companies to receive approvals from DGCA, MoCA, AAI & MHA to conduct BVLOS trials for package delivery in India.

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

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

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

Fosun RZ Capital was founded in 2013 and headquartered in Beijing. As an affiliate of Fosun Group, RZ Capital is an independent fund with strategic resources, quickly establishing global footprints. The company invests in all the stages of a company’s development from the early start- Up to IPO. The firm has over 100 portfolio companies in China,with about $1.2 billion in assets under management, with investments in India, Israel, China, Southeast Asia, and the United States. Focuses on investing in science and technology innovation, and connecting global momentum to global resources.

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

UniUni — Explore our shipping Universe. Our mission is to be your first-choice for last-mile delivery.
Aiper — Aiper leads the way in cordless robotic pool cleaning and drives advances in automated maintenance, smart technology, and user convenience.
Menhai Microelectronics — Menhai Microelectronics is an integrated circuit design company engaged in the R&D and sales of MCU/SOC chips.

Whiteboard Capital is Mumbai based early stage investment firm.

Investment focus

Financial Services, Health Care, Information Technology
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
India, United States, Hong Kong

Portfolio highlights

BiteSpeed — Drive 10% of your Shopify store's revenue from WhatsApp & FB Messenger. Recover abandoned carts, send promotional & shipping messages. Trusted by 1500+ brands!
Tuco Intelligent — A natural personal care range for kids and teens with a vision to make this planet plastic free
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.

Vikas Taneja is an advisor to and investor in technology companies. He is a Partner & Managing Director with the Boston Consulting Group and a leader in BCG's Technology, Media, and Telecommunication practice. Vikas' investments with HT ventures include imedix, webchutney, Blip.tv, Quorus, Mashery, mobitrans, refinery29, 8tracks, andothers. Vikas received his MBA with Honors in Economics & Finance from the University of Chicago and a Bachelor of Arts and Sciences in Computer Systems Engineering and Economic Development from Stanford University. Vikas is also on the Executive Committee of Pratham, an India-based organization that has helped over 2 million children achieve literacy and basic mathematics skills.

Investment focus

Software, Music, TV
Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
United States, India

Portfolio highlights

Jugnoo — E-hailing taxi app that provides safe, affordable rides at your doorstep. Download the app & book now! Jugnoo - Sawaari India Ki.
Teamble — Teamble dramatically improves how managers coach their people and how employees learn and up-skill. Teamble uniquely combines continuous feedback, performance, employee engagement, and learning & development in one AI-based platform, built to drive higher performance.
Dashbell — Dashbell provides independent lodgings with a SaaS platform that allows them to both manage their reservations and availability as well as distribute through their global partners.

Incorporated in 2014, Sol Primero is an early stage investment firm dedicated to partnering with ambitious entrepreneurs addressing large opportunities that require innovation. They are industry agnostic and focus on high growth, emerging businesses that can demonstrate the ability to scale quickly.Their investment philosophy is founded on thebelief that backing big ideas pays off, but backing the right team that can implement the idea is the winning strategy.They are long-term partners with the resources to support their portfolio companies through various stages of their journey. As entrepreneurs ourselves, they want each one of their companies to succeed and are willing to leverage their skills and networks to act as a multiplier on to the efforts of their founding teams.They act with strong conviction and make quick investment decisions, typically getting back to the opportunities they are evaluating within 2 weeks.

Investment focus

Apps, Music, File Sharing
Seed
India

Portfolio highlights

Reach App — Reach is a cross platform mobile application which gives you access to files across the mobiles and tablets of your friends.Their P2P technology frees you of your dependence on peers to upload files you want and lets you access them directly at your convenience. They know you love music, so do they. Their Beta version is out for Musicfiles. You can view playlists of friends, stream all the music live and easily maintain the logs in your Reach Queue. The Beta version is launched on Android, but you’ll find us on iOS very soon.

Bhaskar Raju Konduru

Investment focus

Music, Video, Fashion
Seed
India

Portfolio highlights

Try & Buy Fashion — Try & Buy is a deep tech company in the area of computer vision and artificial intelligence and has developed applications such as virtual try –on of dresses, face recognition based surveillance and face recognition based payment. Try & Buy's technology is protected by its more than 70 International Patents , out of which 9 Patentsare granted in US. Try & Buy is the winner of Amazon's Innovator of the Year 2020 Award for making World's Most Advanced Virtual Trial Room. The company has developed proprietary software which offers virtual try-on solutions to be implemented at fashion e-commerce platforms and offline stores. Through the plug-ins, shoppers can try-on clothes virtually while browsing online . At offline stores , users can interface with Try & Buy’s virtual try on screens.
Playtoome — Playtoome is a live entertainment destination. Watch live concerts and shows online. Engage with the artistes and performers in real time.

Rukam Capital invests in early-stage consumer products and services companies that have exceptional growth potential and substantial returns. We invest in purpose-led founders obsessed with solving hard problems at scale by creating products and companies.

Investment focus

Food and Beverage, Manufacturing, Consumer Goods
Seed, Series A, Series B
India, Argentina

Portfolio highlights

GO DESi — Sweet nostalgia straight from the rural kitchens of India - Imlipop, Lemon Chaat, Banana Bites, Amla Bites, Ginger Kashaya
Beco — Buy eco-friendly products online at Lets Beco. Our products are 100% eco-friendly & sustainable. We offer personal care, kitchen care, & home products at the best prices in India.
Yoho — Yoho manufactures orthopaedic lightweight footwear.

Sawan Laddha is a Founder at Workie.

Investment focus

Apps, Music, Retail
Seed, Pre-Seed
India

Portfolio highlights

Kyari — Kyari is a plant nursery and online home garden store that offers indoor plants, succulents, planters, and pots online.
STAGE — STAGE is an Indian language content platform for artist-led entertainment.

Shubham Rangra He became a well known public figure in the country of Haryana after his tremendous success on YouTube, which led him to get verified on the video-sharing platform in 2021. Currently, he is verified on various streaming platforms like Spotify, Jiosaavn, Amazon Music, Apple Music, Soundcloud, and many other Platforms.

Investment focus

Music, Retail, Publishing
Series A
India

Portfolio highlights

Desi Beats — Record Label

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

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.
Newmi — Newmi operates as an e-commerce company that focuses on women's health and wellness. The company offers a range of medical products and treatments, delivered through a digital platform, clinics, and corporate and insurance offerings. Newmi's services encompass various stages of a woman's life, including puberty, PCOS, pregnancy, andmenopause. The company also provides trendy maternity dresses online. It is important to note that Newmi does not cater to any medical or psychiatric emergencies.
Alt Mobility — ALT Mobility is a full-stack EV leasing platform offering mobility as a service (MaaS) for commercial vehicle users.

Dholakia Ventures is an investment firm.

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

Nitro Commerce — Nitro Commerce provides AI tools to help them reach their greatest potential.
Ghost Kitchens — Join the fastest growing restaurant company in the country
WTF Gyms and Technology — WTF: Revolutionizing the Fitness Landscape in IndiaIn today's fast-paced world, maintaining a healthy lifestyle has become increasingly challenging. Traditional gym models often fail to cater to the diverse needs and preferences of the modern fitness enthusiast. This is where WTF steps in, with a mission to redefine the gym experience inIndia and make fitness more accessible, engaging, and enjoyable for everyone.WTF aims to address the common pain points in the fitness industry by offering innovative solutions that combine cutting-edge technology, personalized fitness plans, and expert coaching. By integrating virtual classes, AI-powered coaching, and tailored workout plans, WTF creates a unique fitness ecosystem that transcends conventional gym models and provides a comprehensive, personalized approach to health and wellness.The impact of WTF's approach is evident in the impressive growth statistics of its partner gyms. About 50% of the WTF gyms have experienced remarkable growth of at least 70% during the last 12 months, while 30% have seen growth anywhere between 20 to 40%. These figures showcase the power of WTF's partnership and the mutual benefits that arise from their collaboration with gym owners.In conclusion, WTF is on a mission to revolutionize the fitness industry in India by addressing the challenges faced by gym-goers and gym owners alike. Through the use of innovative technology, personalized fitness offerings, and a strong emphasis on community-building, WTF is poised to transform the way India stays fit and healthy.

India Internet Fund is an early stage venture capital focused on technology and consumer startups in India and the US.

Investment focus

Mobile, Software, Apps
Seed, Funding Round, Angel
India, United States, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

Ketto — Ketto is a social network or NGO/social enterprises in India, serving as a platform for companies to raise funds, recruit volunteers, and build partnerships domestically and internationally.
Tala — A money app for the majority. Tala bridges digital and cash ecosystems to help customers seamlessly manage their financial lives, all in one app.
AppVirality — AppVirality is a plug-and-play growth hacking toolkit for mobile applications that helps app developers in identifying and implementing the right growth techniques, no coding required. Its referral marketing solution helps customize, launch, and automate referral campaigns for mobile apps and SaaS products. Its tools work through a softwaredevelopment kit and dashboard and customizable application referral programs to help boost a brand its app installs and engagement that enable mobile-focused companies to identify and implement the right growth techniques without having to write new code.AppVirality was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in Wilmington, Delaware.

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!

Varun Alagh is the Founder, Chief Dad, and Get Stuff Done Officer at Mamaearth.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Health Care, Retail
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
India, United States

Portfolio highlights

Ninecamp — Ninecamp is a food and beverage company. They anticipate creating new and unique brands with a strong emphasis on high-quality offerings in product, service, and design.
Liquid Diamonds — Liquid Diamonds is a B2B online exchange for certified diamonds; think Nasdaq for diamonds.
Circuit House Technologies — Circuit House Technologies is the next-gen Indian consumer tech company that provides cutting-edge home entertainment items that elicit excitement and joy.

Himanshu Aggarwal - Chief Growth Officer, SHL Group @ SHL

Investment focus

SaaS, Artificial Intelligence, Fitness
Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
India, United States, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Trisu — Sterling silver 925 jewellery with 18k gold vermeil for every Indian working woman. Lightweight & comfortable earrings giving look and feel of solid gold jewellery with no allergic reactions.
Reevoy — Reevoy offers SMEs a solution to solve the working capital gap.
Pepper Farms — Pepper Farms is an agritech startup that helps farmers in organizing the vegetable production lifecycle by building a network of farms with end-to-end virtual management, customized agronomy, and direct market linkages.

He started his career in 2021, and his age is only 21 years. He is the youngest best Artist of Chhattisgarh Music Industry who has succeeded in achieving success at a very young age and has set a precedent for the youth.When a person is deeply passionate about doing something, the result is always positive. Something like this has also happenedwith singer Vikash Rajput. From his childhood, Vikash Rajput has grown up listening to a lot of Lo-Fi Beats and learned it and decided to venture into the singing industry. Today, he’s well-known and considered as one of the best talents. But his journey was not a smooth one.Dreams always come true for people who take lots of effort and appreciate every small or big opportunity that comes their way. Some people go their solo way to make their dreams come true. Vikash Rajput from Bilaspur Chhattisgarh, is an independent musician and Singer who is all set to entertain his fans with a new songChhattisgarh Artist Vikash Rajput is busy promoting his upcoming video. Vikash Rajput is constantly sharing information about it on social media. Vikash Rajput is giving a story about his new music video by putting a story on his Instagram. Vikash Rajput told that he gave many songs he had sung to big companies early in his career Vikash Rajput is famous with his Artistic Stage Name ‘Vikash Rajput’, who is succeeded in achieving success at a very young age and has set a precedent for the youth. It has been very loyal and passionate about its work, which is the only means of reaching success. He earned fame in the society.Anyone can enjoy His Amazing Lo-Fi, Slowed and Reverb by Vikash Rajput across various platforms like Gaana, Spotify, Apple Music, Instagram Music, Tidel, Deezer, Jio Savan , Soundcloud and also YouTube.

Investment focus

Music, Retail, Publishing
Series A
India

Portfolio highlights

Desi Beats — Record Label

A seed stage investor who invests in visionary Entrepreneurs, whose belief is " An Entrepreneur never fails, even if the idea or the startup fails"..

Investment focus

Software, Apps, SaaS
Seed, Series B
India

Portfolio highlights

Almo Wear — Born with the desire to embody the effortless sophistication of Italian designs, Almo crafts innerwear that keeps you fresh & comfortable throughout the day.
UrbanPiper — The only integration solution you need for Swiggy/Zomato/Amazon Food and to manage your own online store!
The New Shop — 24x7 omnichannel convenience retail stores for the "New" India

Sachin Bhatia - CEO & Co-founder @ Bulbulive Shopping Network

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Food and Beverage, Travel
Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
India, Japan

Portfolio highlights

myHQ — Explore range of myHQ Workspaces & office solutions, including fully furnished managed offices, affordable coworking spaces, day passes, virtual office and meeting room options. Find your perfect workspaces with myHQ.
Lio — Lio lets businesses calculate, tabulate, and organize tasks such as creating to-do lists, wedding registries, and class schedules. The product can be used by home businesses, solo business owners, farmers, doctors, and small to medium businesses, among others.
STAGE — STAGE is an Indian language content platform for artist-led entertainment.

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

Unnati — Unnati Agri is a leading Agri fintech startup in India that empowers farmers & agriculture stakeholders with digital farming & modern agri technology platform solutions.
Varaha — Varaha generates carbon credits through its tech solutions.
Bimaplan — Bimaplan's full-stack embedded insurance platform simplifies distribution by providing end-to-end insurance integration for a seamless digital experience.

Backing pre-seed & seed founders going after the 'long tail' of India.

Investment focus

Apps, Music, Delivery
Seed, Series A
India

Portfolio highlights

STAGE — STAGE is an Indian language content platform for artist-led entertainment.
Zippee — ZFW Dark Stores enables 30 Min, 2 Hour, & Same-Day deliveries for E-commerce brands through next-gen fulfillment, network of dark stores, & last-mile infrastructure across India. This capital-light approach is helping brands like Epigamia, Unilever, Rage Coffee, NOTO, and Baskin Robbins expand without upfront capital, overheads, &headaches.Our platform integrates seamlessly with all industry platforms to provide brands with complete visibility into supply-chain ops & customers: significantly improving customer loyalty, RTOs, & costs.E-commerce is becoming increasingly competitive with shifting brand loyalties. Stay ahead of the curve & be closer to your customers by offering them super-fast deliveries.If you're a D2C brand in India that wants to boost profitability & customer experiences- reach out & say hi!

Invest in India's top startups. Join leading venture capitalists and angel investors funding tech startups.

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

HealthCred — HealthCred offers financial solutions tailored to the needs of India's healthcare ecosystem. The company specializes in providing working capital to healthcare stakeholders such as hospitals, medical device manufacturers, drug manufacturers, distributors, and importers. HealthCred's services are designed to stabilize cash flows withoutrequiring equity dilution, ensuring that healthcare providers can continue their operations smoothly. With a process that promises capital availability within 72 hours, HealthCred addresses the urgent financial needs of its clients efficiently.
The Hosteller — The Hosteller creates happy memories for our travellers in 18+ different locations and continue to expand with gusto.
First Coffee — First Coffee a specialty coffee brand, combines design, culture and a new customer experience, with premium coffee

Madhusudanan R is a Co founder of M2P fintech.

Investment focus

Financial Services, Software, Music
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
India

Portfolio highlights

Cookr — No.1 Healthy Indian Home Cooked Food Delivery|Order Biryanis, Desserts, Idly & more. Serving Bangalore, Chennai, Coimbatore & more cities. Enjoy convenient home delivery.
Finsire — Finsire Modern finances to embrace your financial desires
Stable Money — Steady returns, untapped opportunities, and excellent long-term performance to aid your journey of wealth creation!

Sunil Kalra - Managing Director @ Via Projects

Investment focus

Financial Services, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence
Seed, Angel, Series C
India, United States

Portfolio highlights

Chargeup — Chargeup is a full-stack EV Financing & Asset Management Platform. We enable last-mile drivers with ownership and higher earnings
Medikabazaar — Medikabazaar is an online B2B marketspace for medical supplies and equipment. They are a single point of contact for all product-based needs, enabling medical institutions and individual practitioners alike to cut down on operational costs and making the best global brands available locally, all aided with the miracle that goes by the name oftechnology. They are connected with more than 50,000 medical establishments, 1,50,000 Independent Practitioners, and have partnered with 13,000+ suppliers all over India including ones in Tier 2, Tier 3 cities, and remoter locations to establish a strong foothold in India and simultaneously earn the respect of our clients. With the power of technology, we organized a haywire market in a country with perhaps the largest and most complex geographical structure in the world for this purpose. Our last-mile delivery system and 26 strategically placed Fulfilment Centres across India enable us to deliver essential medical supplies to healthcare facilities and help them nurture quality and timely patient care. With our first international office in the Middle East, we are transcending boundaries to deliver care, everywhere.
Pepper Farms — Pepper Farms is an agritech startup that helps farmers in organizing the vegetable production lifecycle by building a network of farms with end-to-end virtual management, customized agronomy, and direct market linkages.

Rothenberg Ventures invests in early-stage frontier technology startups. Its team of investors, operators, and community builders support founders through portfolio success programs across virtual reality, augmented reality, artificial intelligence, robotics, drones, space, next-generation hardware, and IoT. It was founded in 2012 andheadquartered in San Francisco, California.

Investment focus

Software, Virtual Reality, E-Commerce
Seed, Series A, Series B
United States, Canada, India

Portfolio highlights

VRChat — VRChat is a virtual reality social platform that allows users to easily build social virtual reality content. Any virtual world built with the VRChat platform instantly becomes a social VR world. This means VRChat users can explore and play in these worlds together, in a social setting. Using VRChat, content creators can take their 3D worlds and bewalking around those worlds in VR, with friends, in under an hour. Users can then sell their content to other users using the VRChat market place.It was founded in 2014 and is based in San Francisco, California.
Wave — Wave focuses on interactive virtual experiences with a mission to help artists make money at the intersection of gaming and entertainment. Wave’s technology enables musicians to create lifelike avatars of themselves that can “perform” their music on a virtual stage. Most of these virtual shows take place either on the company’s YouTube channel, butWave’s apps let users tune in on gaming consoles, phones or even the Oculus Rift VR headset. While watching a Wave, viewers can log in to comment in a chat function and give live feedback to the avatar performers.
InsiteVR — InsiteVR helps architects and 3D designers easily create immersive virtual reality experiences. At InsiteVR.com architects and 3D designers can upload existing 3D models, which are then converted and optimized for viewing in virtual reality devices like the Oculus Rift, Google Cardboard or simply on mobile devices.Trying to understand 3D spacesby looking at static two-dimensional pictures is not intuitive. Communicating those 3D designs to a client, friend or colleague who isn't trained to understand 3D space isn't always trivial either. With virtual reality, architects and designers can effortlessly communicate the essence of their designs, save time and feel confident their viewer understands the design.

Chiratae Ventures is a global network of venture capital funds with approximately $3.6 billion under management and a portfolio of over 220 companies built over the last 15 years. The Chiratae Ventures network is comprised of five independent partnerships managing funds in North America and Asia. Each partnership makes investments on behalf of itslimited partners, including International Data Group (IDG), the world's largest IT media company. By combining the IDG platform – an unparalleled combination of global publishing, market research (IDC), and conferences and exhibition resources – with years of hands-on experience in early-stage company building, each Chiratae Ventures fund helps companies understand their markets better and penetrate them faster than their competition.With partnerships in the USA, Korea and multiple locations throughout China, India and Vietnam, the IDG Ventures network offers the international perspective and the local market expertise to help companies grow from start-ups to global success stories.

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

Blitzscale Technologies — WMall hai khaas ladies ke liye ek online mall. WMall pe aap Kapde, Jewelery, Cosmetics, Ghar ka samaan, kitchen ka samaan, baccho ke liye kapde, toys etc ki shopping MRP se 30-70% discount pe kar sakte hai. Blockbuster Deals: WMall har din kuch products pe deta hai extra discount.
ShopDeck — ShopDeck helps sellers to create their ecommerce store/website, manage logistics, payment and everything for a business to sell stuffs online.
Dezy — Smiles.ai is India's leading dental clinic with 100+ expert dentists and has 300+ dental care centers in major cities like Bangalore, Bhopal, Chennai, Delhi, Indore, Lucknow, and Kolkata. Find the best dentist nearby.

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.

Sonu Nigam is an Indian singer, music director, and actor.

Investment focus

Music, Education, E-Learning
Seed
India

Portfolio highlights

Artium Academy — Artium Academy is an Online Music Education platform that makes learning fun and accessible to people of all ages.

Ravi is the founder of Srijan Capital, which is focused building startups, and angel investing.He is a board observer and board member for few startups in his portfolio. He is a Mentor for IIM-A's iAccelerator, and Microsoft Accelerator. Ravi is also an hands-on Digital Marketer with experience in running online businesses, and currentlylearning the ropes of SAAS business.Prior to this, he worked as a Principal at Southeast Interactive Technology Funds, an early stage technology venture capital fund in North Carolina, USA. Before Southeast Interactive Technology Funds, he worked as Equity Analyst with Bank of America, where he covered companies over $120B in market capitalization. He was part of the team that was ranked runners up in the Alpha Hedge Fund Research rankings.He started his career as a software engineer at Hewlett Packard and has global cross-functional experience in leading and managing technology functions. He worked in marketing, consulting and engineering functions at Hewlett Packard. Ravi co-authored the book Web Services Security, and participated in creating web services standards. He holds a Patent for "System and Methods for Recommending Third Party Services". Ravi completed his MBA from Duke University, Fuqua School of Business and has a Masters in Computer Science from Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore.

Investment focus

Mobile, News, SaaS
Seed, Angel
India, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

Tookitaki — Protect your business against financial crime with Tookitaki's smart AML screening, monitoring and case management solutions. Get in touch to get started.
Skillenza — Skillenza is the optimum gap filler between required market-ready skills and the current college student skillset. We directly address the growing concerns of students & job seekers while connecting the right person with the right opportunity.
Mech Mocha — Mech Mocha runs India's first vernacular social gaming platform for the next billion Indians.

Vaibhav Kapoor

Investment focus

FinTech, Financial Services, Finance
Seed, Series A, Series B
India, Kenya

Portfolio highlights

Falca — Falca is a rural AgTech supply chain startup offering one-stop solution for all farming needs. Falca aims to enhance the farmer lifecycle through farmer centric phygital (Physical + Digital) platform by providing Input Solutions, Advisory Solutions and Market Linkages.
Kikibix — Relish what tastes like your childhood, loaded with an array of healthy ingredients for scrumptiously flavorful and healthy snacks. Born from the vision of a doctor to make a brilliant amalgamation of tasty and healthy. Made with love, baked to perfection, a home for healthy cookies that taste amazing!
MarketForce — MarketForce connects Africa’s informal retail outlets and consumers directly to suppliers of consumer goods and financial services by digitizing orders, delivery, and payments with the aim of solving the last mile distribution challenge.

Tarmac Ventures is a managed real estate investment fund that makes investments in a variety of high-yielding industries.

Investment focus

Apps, Music, Content Creators
Series A
India

Portfolio highlights

STAGE — STAGE is an Indian language content platform for artist-led entertainment.

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

Piyush Shah joined InMobi in October 2009 and serves as Vice President and General Manager for Performance Advertising and Developer Platforms. He is responsible for the overall vision, strategy and execution for InMobi's global performance advertising business - helping customers to acquire quality users through app installs and leadgeneration offerings. Piyush also heads InMobi’s Developer Platform initiatives and drives the roadmap to enable global app developers to effectively acquire, monetize and retain users.He brings to InMobi over 13 years of experience in entrepreneurship, strategy, business development, product management and operations. Prior to joining InMobi, Piyush had corporate stints as the Associate Vice President with Deutsche Bank and Product Manager at Citigroup. At Deutsche Bank, he was part of the core team that established their Payments & Private Banking business in India. He also founded LearningSpiral, an educational portal and youth marketing venture, and was awarded the accolade as one of India's Innovative Youth Entrepreneurs by Business World.Piyush is based in our Bangalore office. He graduated from the Indian School of Business (ISB), Hyderabad with an MBA in Strategy and Marketing and was elected President of the Mumbai Alumni Chapter. He received his Bachelors in Engineering from the Delhi College of Engineering.

Investment focus

Software, Education, Financial Services
Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
India, Singapore, United States

Portfolio highlights

Studio Sirah — Studio Sirah is an Indie Gaming studio making core Indian content games
Artium Academy — Artium Academy is an Online Music Education platform that makes learning fun and accessible to people of all ages.
Billion Hearts — Did you sign-up for our beta launch?

Ankur Warikoo is the Co-founder and Board Member of Nearbuy.

Investment focus

Financial Services, SaaS, Artificial Intelligence
Seed, Series A, Angel
India, United States

Portfolio highlights

Kredmint — Explore Kredmint's financial solutions, including business loans, Working capital loans, term loan, Embedded Finance,supply chain finance, trade finance and invoice discounting. We offer tailored funding options to support your business growth.
wealth42 — wealth42 helps you create a plan to be wealthy. It is the fastest financial planning app on the planet, available on iOS and Android. Get productive with your money with planned investments, loans, expenses, savings, and insurance.
Josh Talks — By leveraging our expertise in research and storytelling, we create exclusive content in regional languages to help brands tell their story better and reach their target audience.

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

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

Proost69 — Proost69 offers a premium quality beer with a smooth taste.
Ai Health Highway — AiSteth is a next-gen smart stethoscope that helps you see the sound - on your smartphone - & detect anomalies with Ai/ML integration.
Kreedo Early Childhood Solutions — Kreedo Preschool Non-Franchise Solution | education development partner that helps create your preschool brand | Promotes with strong ROI.

Anicut Capital is a leading alternative investment firm based in India, dedicated to powering the growth of the country's burgeoning startup & SME ecosystem. With a dynamic team of seasoned professionals, Anicut excels in bridging the gap between ambition and success, providing strategic insights, industry knowledge, and crucial funding. At Anicut, every investment is more than just capital; it's a partnership for the future.

Investment focus

Food and Beverage, Health Care, E-Commerce
Seed, Debt Financing, Series A
India, United States, France

Portfolio highlights

WayCool — global video community
Wheelocity — Wheelocity - Home
Blue Tokai Coffee Roasters — Direct from India's best farms, roasted fresh, twice a week and delivered straight to your door

Akash Agarwal is a veteran business executive in high technology with over 20 years experience spanning general management, marketing, product development, strategy, and sales. Akash's experience is in the mobile, enterprise and consumer Internet, at both small and large companies. Akash has been an entrepreneur, founding and running severalventure-backed Internet startups, and in management at HP (via Mercury acquisition) and Oracle Corporation. He holds an M.B.A. from the Harvard Business School and a B.S. in Computer Science (with honors) from the University of Kent at Canterbury, England. Akash is also a Charter Member of TIE (The Indus Entrepreneur TiE).EducationMBA, Harvard Business School, General Management (1998)Bsc. Hons. Comp Science, University of Kent at Canterbury, UK (1990)

Investment focus

Local, Music, Fitness
Seed
India

Portfolio highlights

Near.in — India's Biggest Services Superstore

entrepreneur and investor in tech start-ups, crypto and public markets. Founded a fintech company, and was a part of the Investment Team of Lumis Partners (PeopleStrong, TalentEdge, Sheroes etc). Headed Startup Programs for Facebook for South Asia & India. Early backer of companies like Plum (health insurance for SME employees), Clickpost(logistics tech), Rupifi (credit for SMEs), WorkApps (Enterprise Collaboration), Chingari (Social Video), Kutumb (social communities for Bharat), DelightChat (customer support for D2C brands), 10Club (D2C e-commerce), UrbanYogi (mental health)

Investment focus

Internet, FinTech, Apps
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
India, Singapore, South Korea

Portfolio highlights

OnFinance AI — OnFinance.ai is committed to harnessing the power of Generative AI for the betterment of the banking, wealth management, and insurance landscapes. Every Generative AI solution they develop is anchored in safety, efficiency, and the intricate nuances of their industry.NeoGPT, their in-house LLM (Large Language Model), and their flagship offering,embodies their belief in Generative AI's potential to redefine the financial sector. They provide secure AI Copilots, powered by NeoGPT, designed for internal teams at these institutions, boosting the efficiency of research, relationship management, sales, and customer support functions.
Thermoflyde — Refractory
leap.club — we are a powerful and private network of women leaders.

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

Ambak — Compare home loans, balance transfers, or loans against property from 35+ banks with Ambak. Instantly calculate EMI and apply online.
Enterpret — All customer feedback categorized automatically, combined with advanced analytics capabilities that ensure no customer pain goes unnoticed.
OneCard — One Credit Card is India's best and smartest metal credit card. Apply credit card online & get instant approval. Enjoy benefits like 5X reward points, no hidden charges and more.

Priyamvada Balaji

Investment focus

Music, Mobile, Education
Seed
India

Portfolio highlights

GoBumpr — GoBumpr! is your one stop shop to service, maintain and repair all of your cars & bikes at a single tap of your mobile screen - starting from Car Service, Bike Service, 24x7 Breakdown Assistance, Car Repair, Bike Repair, On Road Assistance, Tyre Puncture Assistance to Finding Petrol Bunks on the go. No need to panic when you are stuck inthe middle of a road owing to a break-down or tyre puncture, just gobumpr! and let your vehicle get fixed at the tap of your mobile screen !!! GoBumpr - your vehicle's partner for life right from the time you buy it new to service & maintain it at it's best !!!
Wondrlab — Wondrlab is a India's Platform first martech startup.
Artium Academy — Artium Academy is an Online Music Education platform that makes learning fun and accessible to people of all ages.

Arihant is the Managing Director of Patni Financial Advisors, a wealth management company that advises high net worth families on a wide range of investment options. He is also Co-founder and Director at Nirvana venture Advisors. Arihant began his career at his family business, Patni Computer Systems, one of the leading Indian IT businesses of thetime, where he held positions in the computer software and human resources departments, as well as being a business development and marketing executive. Subsequently, Arihant worked as a Business Strategy Consultant for Fidelity Investments in Boston.

Investment focus

Health Care, Apps, Artificial Intelligence
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
India, United States

Portfolio highlights

Innovist — Onesto Labs Private Limited is an unlisted private company. It was incorporated on 18 October, 2018 and is located in Central Delhi, Delhi. It is classified as a private limited company.The company has two directors - Rohit Chawla and Sifat Khurana.
MathCo — TheMathCompany is a data science firm that helps organizations buck age-old trends and create demonstrated value with the help of robust data and analytics transformations. They have become one of the fastest growing AI & ML start-ups in the world in just over two years, disrupting the analytics industry by making enterprises analyticallyself-sufficient.
The Yarn Bazaar — The Yarn Bazaar is a Purpose-Led, Modern, Efficient, and Transparent managed Marketplace for yarn that allows yarn buyers and sellers to discover real-time yarn prices, information, and market trends in an instant. Our proprietary processes and flexible unsecured financing options enable yarn sellers to expand their reach and sales whilemaintaining higher margins, and buyers to discover and purchase high-quality yarn at unbeatable prices while reducing raw material and procurement costs, saving time, money, and effort.

Investing in startups creating new ecosystems and outcomes driven by emerging Science and tech.We invest behind problems and people.

Investment focus

Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology, Internet of Things
Seed, Series A
India, United States

Portfolio highlights

Flippy — Flippy is a social first assisted investment platform that makes makes crypto investing simple.
Sploot — sploot is a community-led platform for better pet parenting with the aim to create happier and healthier lives for pets by empowering pet parents with the right knowledge, support system, and access to products and services. sploot has now launched fresh food and dog walking services in Delhi-NCR.
Lumiq — Lumiq is a data and analytics company that powers data-driven decision-making for financial enterprises.

Piyush brings more than 15 years of leadership, business development, and marketing experience to BeyondKey. As the CEO of the company, he makes sure that we deliver solution of high value and customer focus and adopting latest technology is his main focus area, he is responsible for driving BeyondKey’s global growth initiatives.

Investment focus

Apps, News, Music
Seed, Pre-Seed
India

Portfolio highlights

WittyFeed — Since its inception in 2014, WittyFeed has been the leading digital content platform that serves trending content the way you like it. Right from entertainment, politics, tech, to culture, sports, lifestyle, and even health, we got you covered. In 2016, WittyFeed became the world's second-largest viral content company and since then, there hasbeen no turning back. Want to stay updated? Download our app today and don't forget to check out our exclusive coverage on the Pro-Kabaddi League too.
STAGE — STAGE is an Indian language content platform for artist-led entertainment.

Venture Capital Firm based in Singapore and Tokyo, focus on seed to early stage Internet & Mobile software Startups in Southeast Asia and India

Investment focus

Software, SaaS, Health Care
Seed, Series A, Series B
India, Singapore, Indonesia

Portfolio highlights

Niro — Niro is embedding personal credit products into leading consumer internet platforms. The fintech startup aims to disrupt the consumer lending ecosystem in the country by democratizing access to convenient and hassle-free embedded credit products for 624 million internet users in India.
LetsTransport — Lets transport is a “Last mile” logistics solution provider. Their solutions are reliable, professional, economical and structured to serve businesses as well as consumers. They currently provide Tata Ace on demand as well as on attachment basis.
ClickPost — ClickPost is a Logistics Intelligence Platform helping eCommerce companies select right courier partner, generate labels and track shipments leading a delightful customer experience and operations excellence.

Accelerate Change. For over 15 years, Tailwind Capital has helped great middle market services businesses grow through a close partnership with management and an intense focus on catalyzing change. Over that time, our approach has been consistent: identify dynamic opportunities in select sectors and business models we know well and then provide capital and differentiated...

Investment focus

Health Care, Apps, Media and Entertainment
Private Equity, Funding Round, Series A
United States, India

Portfolio highlights

STAGE — STAGE is an Indian language content platform for artist-led entertainment.
Axis Portable Air — Rent portable heating, cooling, and drying equipment. With 24/7 emergency response and a well rounded fleet, we have the equipment needed for your project.
GrayMatter Systems — GrayMatter is a technology and consulting company headquartered in Pittsburgh, committed to transforming operations and empowering people in critical infrastructure environments. Winner of Inc.’s Best Places to Work and Fastest Growing Companies for the past two years, GrayMatter is rapidly expanding as GE’s number one software partner.

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

Meragi — Meragi is an end to end wedding decor service taking care of all decor requirements from deisgn to execution, all at a great price
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 — Discover top-quality, certified refurbished phones at Refit Global. Enjoy premium devices at unbeatable prices with reliable performance.

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

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

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