Top 50 Music Startup Investors in India in July 2025

Investor	Music India investments
Blume Ventures	4
Abhishek Shah	2
Sushma Kaushik	2
Ashish Tulsian	2
Nandi Vardhan Mehta	2
Vishal Maheshwari	2
Hetal Sonpal	2
Janarthan Balasubrramanian	2
Rohit Chanana	2
Rajan Anandan	2
Vijay Shekhar Sharma	2
Fosun RZ Capital	2
Whiteboard Capital	2
Rajan Anandan	2
Sawan Laddha	2
Sachin Bhatia	2
JetSynthesys	2
Anupam Mittal	1
Vikash Rajput	1
Vaibhav Kapoor	1
Anicut Capital	1
New Enterprise Associates	1
Info Edge ventures	1
Vikas Taneja	1
Long Tail Ventures	1
Sol Primero	1
Madhusudanan R	1
NB Ventures	1
Supermorpheus	1
Rukam Capital	1
Priyamvada Balaji	1
First Cheque	1
Society for Innovation and Entrepreneurship	1
Himanshu Aggarwal	1
Capital 2B	1
Ravi Trivedi	1
Piyush Shah	1
Shrishti Sahu	1
MediaTek	1
IvyCap Ventures	1
Dholakia Ventures	1
Varun Alagh	1
AngelList India	1
Steven Lurie	1
TSM Ventures	1
Tarmac Ventures	1
We Founder Circle	1
The Chennai Angels	1
Akash Agarwal	1
Arihant Patni	1

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

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

Wiom — Provides affordable and unlimited Internet to Middle and lower middle income households
Clean Fanatics — Clean Fanatics offers expert house cleaning, painting, pest control, and civil services in Bangalore. Book today for a spotless, well-maintained home!
PowerUp Money — PowerUp Money: An app to get your investments right. Discover your financial freedom, and find the funds you need. Discover the age you can be financially free

Abhishek Shah is the Founder of D2C Insider. He previously worked at CarDekho as a Business Head Bikes.Abhishek Shah attended ICFAI Business School.

Investment focus

Health Care, Apps, Men's
Seed, Pre-Seed
India

Portfolio highlights

STAGE — STAGE is an Indian language content platform for artist-led entertainment.
Zyla Health — Zyla's premium panel of doctors delivers structured programs to correct your Heart Disease and Diabetes. Zyla's health programs are personalized based on your complete health history/ genetic history and delivered via the phone right where you are.
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!

Sushma Kaushik is the Partner at Aavishkaar Venture Capital. She is also a Board Member at Chqbook.

Investment focus

Financial Services, Apps, Banking
Series B, Series A, Seed
India

Portfolio highlights

MoooFarm — MoooFarm is an information technology company that specializes in agTech and uses global leadership and expertise in the areas of skills, agribusiness, and technology to drive social change in developing countries such as India. MoooFarm enhances rural farmers’ access to better technology by inserting a complete dairy farm management tool with abuilt-in e-commerce platform into the dairy farming process of rural India.
STAGE — STAGE is an Indian language content platform for artist-led entertainment.
LEO1 — Financepeer is a unique peer to peer lending platform designed to address financial needs of self-employed, entrepreneurs & salaried individuals through a highly secure, digital medium.

Ashish Tulsian - CEO and Co-Founder @ Posist

Investment focus

Software, Apps, SaaS
Seed, Pre-Seed
India, United States

Portfolio highlights

P-TAL — P-TAL aims at reviving the dying craft form of the indigenous Thathera community of Jandiala Guru, Amritsar, which has the distinction of practicing India’s only UNESCO-listed craft form. The Thatheras of Jandiala Guru are a community of skilled craftsmen who specialize in the traditional technique of hammering brass and copper sheets intotraditional utensils.
Sourcewiz — A quick & simple tool to create digital product catalogues. Share them with your buyers securely & analyse their interests and activity on the catalogues.
mirrAR — mirrAR your go to augmented reality company for ECommerce. Experience our platform, solutions & AR software. Transform shopping with augmented reality in E-commerce.

Nandi Vardhan Mehta

Investment focus

Internet, E-Commerce, Software
Seed, Pre-Seed, Convertible Note
India

Portfolio highlights

Kidbea — Kidbea is India's first sustainable fashion-tech brand exclusively for kids. We make "certified organic, spill-proof, anti-bacterial, breathable, and softest" kids products. We aim to provide non-toxic sustainable products to the children and a relaxed parenting to every toddler's parent.
Cleardekho — Cleardekho is India's leading affordable eyewear brand. Get to shop a great variety of Eyeglasses, Sunglasses, Contact lens & much more.
SustainKart — SustainKart is India’s largest marketplace, a responsible platform that aims at revamping households with conscious products. Our mission is to change the spending pattern of Indian's for their lifestyle commodities. By curating conscious alternatives to our daily commodities, we pledge towards building a healthy future for the generations tocome. An authentic platform to choose from a wide range of products sourced from nature's best.

Vishal Maheshwari is a Member of the Investment Committee at 9Unicorns. He attended Chetana's R. K. Institute of Management & Research.

Investment focus

Artificial Intelligence, Apps, Photography
Seed, Pre-Seed
India

Portfolio highlights

Kiko Live — KIKO TV is India's first social commerce platform for "Assisted shopping" powered by AI. Dedicated team with a vision to connect buyers directly to sellers and build trust between them through digitisation of shops, stores and brands. Contact: shivam+contact@kiko.media
vPhrase — Phrazor, a reporting automation, and business intelligence platform makes your business reports easy-to-understand with insightful narratives using natural language generation.
STAGE — STAGE is an Indian language content platform for artist-led entertainment.

Hetal Sonpal is a Doctoral Student at the Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode. Hetal Sonpal attended SVKM's Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies (NMIMS).

Investment focus

Apps, Music, Internet
Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
India

Portfolio highlights

STAGE — STAGE is an Indian language content platform for artist-led entertainment.
AllizHealth — AllizHealth is an idea of building a consumer focused health & wellness platform for early identification tracking & management of ...
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Janarthan Balasubrramanian is an angel investor.

Investment focus

Apps, Music, Content Creators
Seed, Pre-Seed
India

Portfolio highlights

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

Rohit Chanana - Founder and Managing Partner @ Sarcha Advisors

Investment focus

Health Care, Machine Learning, Broadcasting
Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
India

Portfolio highlights

Vgenomics — Your partner in newborn healthcare and diagnosis for rare diseases, your partner in whole genome and exome research.
BatX Energies — BatX Energies is the India's largest Lithium(Li) Ion Battery Recycling Company which produces battery grade materials to create eco-friendly sustainable energy source.
goStops — Book cool & affordable youth hostels with dorms across India. Social stays, great locations & Gen Z vibes with goSTOPS | Goa Rishikesh Mussoorie Nainital Bengaluru Delhi Coorg Ooty

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, Artificial Intelligence
Seed, Angel, Series A
India, United States, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

Smytten — Smytten is an online discovery platform for premium products & services. Smytten also offers assisted shopping, and for the more advanced shopper, customised offers and ability to build their own wishlist for regular purchases.
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, Software
Seed, Funding Round, Angel
India, United States, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

Yoho — Yoho manufactures orthopaedic lightweight footwear.
Naxatra Labs — Light, Efficient, Powerful Made in India motors and controllers for Electric Vehicles
Presentations.AI — Create stunning PowerPoint presentations in seconds with Presentations.AI - the ultimate AI presentation maker. Just type your idea and watch as we craft a professional PPT for you. Perfect for all: businesses, educators, and hobbyists. Dive in now, start for free!

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

Aiper — Aiper leads the way in cordless robotic pool cleaning and drives advances in automated maintenance, smart technology, and user convenience.
Lumos Robotics — Lumos Robotics is a technology company based in Shenzhen, China, that specializes in the development of embodied intelligent robots designed to operate in dynamic and unstructured environments, with a focus on human-like motion, real-time adaptability, and practical applications across industries such as logistics, disaster response, healthcare,and industrial maintenance
LuMing Robotics — LuMing Robotics is a developer of intelligent robots. LuMing Robotics focuses on the field of embodied intelligent robots, and its business covers intelligent robot R&D and sales, artificial intelligence algorithm development, etc.

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!
Mindgrove — Discover the benefits of choosing Mindgrove Tech's System on Chip, backed by SHAKTI open-source processor program. Join the movement to put India on the map.
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.

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

Smytten — Smytten is an online discovery platform for premium products & services. Smytten also offers assisted shopping, and for the more advanced shopper, customised offers and ability to build their own wishlist for regular purchases.
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.

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.

Sachin Bhatia - CEO & Co-founder @ Bulbulshop

Investment focus

Travel, Tourism, E-Commerce
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.

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

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.

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

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.

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, Manufacturing
Seed, Series A, Debt Financing
India, United States, France

Portfolio highlights

Leumas — Leumas digital factory enables brands to manufacture on-demand with full flexibility around batch-size, product-mix, and formats. From fledgling D2C brands to incumbents, from Experiment to Scale.
Sedna Horeca — Sedna HoReCa is a business-to-business platform that simplifies backend operations for the Indian hospitality sector.
Navadhan Capital — Navadhan Capital offers capital to under-banked households.

Foundational partners to ambitious founders at every stage of company-building.

Investment focus

Software, Health Care, Biotechnology
Series B, Series A, Series C
United States, India, Canada

Portfolio highlights

Ceramic.ai — Ceramic.ai builds enterprise-grade infrastructure to optimize how companies train and deploy their AI models
Vori Health — Meet Vori Health, the new virtual and in-person musculoskeletal healthcare company that will help you get that spring back into your step.
Ceramic — Next generation AI training systems for better models with less compute, less time, and lower costs.

Info Edge ventures, the investment arm of Info Edge started in 2008 as a mission to fuel the digital revolution by partnering with upcoming entrepreneurs and be an active participant in transforming the consumer experience and delivering superior value through world-class platforms.

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

Bachatt — Bachatt is a daily savings led financial services platform. Bachatt aims to address a critical need for over 30 crore self-employed individuals in India. while self-employed individuals earn daily, their expenses often require large, infrequent payments, creating a major cash flow challenge. This, coupled with the inherent variability in dailyearnings, makes managing finances extremely difficult.Our vision is to become their trusted daily savings partner, helping them establish financial discipline. This strong foundation will then unlock access to a suite of financial products (loans, high-yield instruments, insurance, etc.) at more favorable terms.
Phot.ai — Phot.ai is a comprehensive AI-powered platform that simplifies photo editing and graphic design by providing a variety of tools to help ecommerce sellers optimize their workflow.
Geniemode — Geniemode develops a B2B cross-border sourcing and supply chain platform.

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.

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!

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.

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!

NB Ventures is a Dubai based venture capital firm.

Investment focus

Health Care, Apps, Food and Beverage
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
India, United States, United Arab Emirates

Portfolio highlights

Suraasa — Suraasa, an international organization, provides skills & resources needed by teachers for career satisfaction & continuous advancement.
Bold Care — Bold Care is a digital men’s health and wellness startup that offers free sexologist consultations and discreet delivery of holistic sexual wellness kits. It offers personalised treatment plans with prescription medicines and natural supplements. With unlimited post-consultation follow-ups, the startup helps find permanent solutions for men’swellness issues.
Power Gummies — Simplifying Good Health for Healthy Hair & Nails, the perfect beach body, & PMS Gummies Vitamins with a Natural Blend of Nutrition & Antioxidants.

Supermorpheus is an investment firm.

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

Volt14 — Volt14 Solutions develops ultra-high performance materials for Li-ion batteries - which will double the energy density of batteries mass-produced today.Volt14's anodes will boost battery energy density by upto 70% - and such a radical improvement would eliminate range anxiety and $/kWh storage costs by nearly 40%In comparison to otherbattery materials startups, Volt14 uses a wet chemistry approach - meaning a battery producer can use their existing production lines to mass produce our anodes, without any manufacturing bottlenecks.
VS Mani & Co — Shop South Indian filter coffee, instant coffee that tastes almost like filter coffee, and wholesome snacks and spices at VS Mani & Co. Free delivery.
The Money Club — Money Clubs wants to make saving, investing and borrowing money more efficient.Evidently saving within a group is more efficient than doing it by yourself. Each one of us has a social equity that is usually leveraged to borrow money quickly and efficiently in times of need and if they have an option to park money where they make more returnsthan a fixed deposit wont they be interested?The simplest way for anyone today is to be able to do this is on the mobile and on the move! So, MoneyClub is creating a mobile app that enables people to form closed and highly trusted clubs within which they can Save, Invest and borrow money more efficiently!

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, E-Commerce
Seed, Series A, Series B
India, Argentina

Portfolio highlights

Antithesis — Antithesis offers a counterpoint to every other beauty brand out there.
Mila Beauté — Mila Beauté is an Indian cosmetics brand that focuses on providing high-quality, cruelty-free makeup products tailored for diverse Indian skin tones. Mila Beauté offers a wide range of products, including face, eye, and lip makeup essentials, available at over 10,000 retail counters across India. Their philosophy centers around delivering"Elevated Beauty at Everyday Prices," ensuring that both beginners and makeup enthusiasts can express their individuality through versatile and modern cosmetics.
The Indus Valley — The Indus Valley, India's first Healthy Cookware company. Choose natural kitchenware for safe and healthy cooking. Cast iron kadai, iron pan, copper drinkware, bronze uruli, brass cookware, Wooden Utensils and more. Shop from our wide range of Cookware Categories. Shop Now!

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.

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

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

Dubpro.ai — Deepsync Dub allows you to translates your videos into major languages and auto-syncs it in 5 minutes! Supports voice cloning.
Crux — Delight your enterprise accounts with instant answers & insights from their business data
BitScale — BitScale enables growth teams to create scalable AI operations. Bitscale is developing a new form of UI that allows sales and marketing professionals to automate their manual procedures, making them 10X more successful.

Society for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (SINE) is a business incubator that provides support services to technology-based entrepreneurship in India. It also facilitates the conversion of research activity into entrepreneurial ventures. The institution aims to pre-incubate, incubate, and virtually incubate early-stage entrepreneurialtechnology based ventures; create physical infrastructure and support systems necessary for business incubation activities; facilitate networking with professional resources, including mentors, experts, investors, industry professionals, consultants, and advisors; identify technologies and innovations which have potential for commercial ventures; and promote and foster the spirit of entrepreneurship, and to carry out activities that facilitate knowledge creation, innovation, and entrepreneurship activities.The Department of Science and Technology of the Government of India provides SINE with financial assistance. With infrastructure spread over 10000 sq. ft., SINE can accommodate about 15-17 companies.Society for Innovation and Entrepreneurship was founded in 2004 and is based in Powai, India.

Investment focus

Manufacturing
Seed
India

Portfolio highlights

Endimension — Endimension develops AI solutions for medical image analysis. It helps to automatically detect abnormalities and diseases, via AI algorithms from medical scans, so as to reduce patient misdiagnosis and increase Radiologists’ efficiency.
Torus Robotics — Torus Robotics develops unmanned ground vehicles, robotics, and innovative powertrain technology for defense, aviation, automotive, and consumer applications.
Navork Innovations — Navork Innovations is an indian startup that provides technology for extending shelf life of fruits and vegetables that maintains freshness.

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.

Investing in Deep Science and Tech startups.

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

Leumas — Leumas digital factory enables brands to manufacture on-demand with full flexibility around batch-size, product-mix, and formats. From fledgling D2C brands to incumbents, from Experiment to Scale.
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.

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.

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, E-Learning
Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
India, Singapore, United States

Portfolio highlights

InMobi — InMobi provides mobile advertising services in Asia and Africa. It develops an advertisement serving algorithm that helps in optimizing the ranking of the advertisements served on mobile phones. InMobi also provides campaign management services, such as strategy, designing, executing, managing, and optimizing campaigns, and advertisementcreation, format, and targeting services for advertisers. Moreover, it offers monetization strategies to monetize site traffic by using a combination of performance and branding advertisements, and an advertisement serving algorithm to rank the advertisements available based on user targeting and past performance for publishers. Further, InMobi provides advertisers and publishers with access to near real-time reports to monitor the performance of advertisement campaigns and the status of site monetization. Furthermore, it offers InMobi Ad Tracker, a mobile campaign conversion tracking solution; and Lifetime Value Platform, a platform that identifies in-application user groups and provides behavior insight to publishers or application developers. InMobi has a strategic partnership with TalkingData. Naveen Tewari, Mohit Saxena, Amit Gupta, and Abhay Singhal founded mKhoj Solutions Private Limited in 2006 that became InMobi Technologies in August 2009, with its headquarters in Bengaluru in India and additional offices in New Delhi and Mumbai in India.
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?

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

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Mugafi — Unlu offers pre-recorded certified online courses taught by Indian celebrities. Join us now and take your career to new heights by enjoying unlimited access to our videos.
Mugafi — Create captivating stories, iconic characters, and legendary universes for the world to witness.
Thermoflyde — Refractory

MediaTek is another name for incredible innovation that powers the brands you love. From smartphones to smart homes, we are always by your side.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Semiconductor
Series A, Series B, Series D
Taiwan, China, United States

Portfolio highlights

Rivos — Rivos is a high-performance RISC-V system startup targeting integrated system solutions for enterprises.
Path Robotics — We create manufacturing robots that autonomously scan, position, and weld your parts without the need for skilled welders or robot programmers.
InfiniLink — Empowering Hyperscale Datacenters Building Energy-Efficient Ultra-High-Speed Connectivity Solutions

IvyCap Ventures has launched a venture capital fund guided by an entrepreneur-centric investment approach. We celebrate excellence, innovation, fresh ideas in sunrise industries and, most importantly, the entrepreneurial zeal that is at the core of a business venture.Our vision is to build a portfolio of world-class enterprises, driven byexceptional entrepreneurs and powered by IvyCap Ventures.

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

BrainSightAI — BrainSightAI is an MRI-based SaaS platform to enable greater precision in the neurological and psychiatric investigation. BrainSightAI helps patients shorten the path to recovery and good health by taking the leap from informed estimation to data-assured diagnosis and data-predicted prognosis.
Blitz — Blitz powers last-mile logistics for D2C brands with 60-min, 2-hour, same-day, and next-day delivery. Scale your quick commerce with our Darkstore fulfillment model for ultra-fast shipping.
GreenStitch.io — GreenStitch empowers fashion and textile brands with software to track, manage, and reduce their environmental impact. Drive supply chain transparency and sustainability with actionable insights.

Dholakia Ventures is an investment firm.

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

NowPurchase — NowPurchase is currently focused on the 19B$ foundry and castings industry. We provide foundries with: 1. Smart: Proprietary software to optimize production process.2. Reliable: Complete ownership as a supplier. Reliable & strict quality check and inspection.3. Transparent: Real time stock and price availability through our WhatsAppBot.We deal with all core production inputs like Ferro Alloys, Additives, Nodularizers, Scrap & Pig Iron among others.
Nitro Commerce — Nitro Commerce provides AI tools to help them reach their greatest potential.
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.

Varun Alagh is based out of Gurgaon, Haryana, and is the Co-Founder, Chief Dad, and CEO of Honasa Consumer. Varun previously worked at The Coca-Cola Company as a Senior Brand Manager. Varun Alagh attended XLRI Jamshedpur.

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.
Powerhouse91 — Powerhouse91 operates as an eCommerce roll-up platform. Powerhouse91's business model relies on identifying high-potential consumer brands, acquiring, and scaling them through growth capital, shared resources, and e-commerce focused optimizations.
Circuit House Technologies — Lumio is an Indian consumer electronics brand specializing in smart TVs and other home entertainment products.

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

Investment focus

Software, Financial Services, Food and Beverage
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
India, United States

Portfolio highlights

Anveshan — At Anveshan, we make food products that are natural, healthy and chemical free. Anveshan provides the best quality food products through the use of technological solutions. We have cold-pressed/wood pressed oils, A2 vedic bilona ghee and super seeds for healthy diet and immunity boosting.
Raincheck Earth — Can the wettest place on earth produce a sustainable solution for a bar table in London? Can we all think of rain as a possible solution to climate crisis? Can a conversation over a gin & tonic save the world? All these seemingly unrelated & obnoxious questions will have an answer soon. Welcome to Raincheck Earth Co. We will raise the curtains soon.
First Coffee — Discover the best specialty coffee in India with our range of single origin Arabica beans and exclusive merchandise. Shop online at First Coffee for freshly roasted, quality blends.

Steven Lurie is the founder of Team Builder Ventures, which helps founders build and scale world-class teams. The fund invests in the Series A rounds of enterprise software and consumer Internet start-ups led by the top venture capital funds.Previously, Steven was at Zynga for over 4 years and was a member of the company’s Executive Staff. Mostrecently, he was the head of the International group after leading Studio I (India), a game group in Bangalore. Steven was the head of Zynga’s Mobile group before moving to India.Before Zynga, Steven was CEO of Advice Company, one of the Web’s leading legal and insurance advice sites, and worked at several venture-backed start-ups in executive roles and in venture capital. Steven received his JD from Harvard Law School and BA from Stanford University.

Investment focus

Industrial Automation, Robotics, Food and Beverage
Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
United States, India

Portfolio highlights

Fulfil Solutions — Fulfil develops a custom automation robotics system built to solve food supply chain challenges. Fulfil's mission is to reduce waste, environmental impact, and emissions with truly new technology. Fulfil addresses challenges at the intersection of mechanical design, software, robotics, computer vision, and deep learning.
Orbit Fab — Orbit Fab is creating the future of on-orbit satellite refueling. We maximize your operational assets by enabling mission flexibility and freedom of action in space.
Culture Biosciences — Culture Biosciences develops automated bio-reactor that helps biotech companies optimize their manufacturing processes and brings products to market faster. The company also builds automated tools for fermentation. It has a digital bio-manufacturing platform to enable scientists to run, monitor, and analyze bio-reactors faster than traditionalapproaches by robotic sample handling and cloud data monitoring and analysis.Culture Biosciences was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

TSM Ventures, Inc. in Champaign, Illinois is Strategically Investing through Real Estate. When you invest with our team, you can expect: Enhanced Returns, Selectively Grow, and Maintain Asset Diversification. Learn who we are, what we do, and where we invest.

Investment focus

Apps, Music, Training
Series A, Series B, Funding Round
India

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Suraasa — Suraasa, an international organization, provides skills & resources needed by teachers for career satisfaction & continuous advancement.
STAGE — STAGE is an Indian language content platform for artist-led entertainment.

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, Funding Round
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

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

Tummoc — Tummoc — the first Made-in-India Transit Application to help you with real-time public transport information and last-mile connectivity.With Tummoc, you can access actionable information for all modes of public transport and book rides for your first and last mile. Soon, you will also be able to enjoy single-source tickets across multiple modesof transport.
Proost69 — At Proost, we are on a mission to introduce people to the authentic taste of elite, freshly brewed beer. Experience passion, flavor, and artisan craftsmanship in every glass.
goStops — Book cool & affordable youth hostels with dorms across India. Social stays, great locations & Gen Z vibes with goSTOPS | Goa Rishikesh Mussoorie Nainital Bengaluru Delhi Coorg Ooty

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

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.