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Top 50 Platforms Startup Investors in India in February 2025

Last updated: Feb 2025 A list of 50 angel investors and VC (Venture Capital) funds that invest in Platforms startups based in India. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Platforms companies from India. We update this investor list every month.

Top 50 Platforms Startup Investors in India in February 2025

Investor	Platforms India investments
Unilazer Ventures	5
Haresh Chawla	3
All In Capital	2
Ratan Tata	2
GSF	2
3one4 Capital	2
Kashish Sharma	2
Cloud Capital	2
Inflection Point Ventures	2
Sequoia Capital	2
Aloke Bajpai	2
Vikram Chachra	2
Accel	2
Globevestor	2
SucSEED Venture Partners	2
Times Internet	2
SOSV	1
Vipul Agrawal	1
LetsVenture	1
blueworld.group	1
Sanjay Mehta	1
Sprout Venture Partners	1
Rajesh Jain	1
BEENEXT	1
Argor Capital	1
Daman Soni	1
FinSight Ventures	1
Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology - MeitY	1
Ashish Sharma	1
Titan Capital	1
Mitesh Shah	1
Rajnish Kumar	1
Ritesh Jain	1
Sujeet Kumar	1
Jayant Kadambi	1
J A Chowdary	1
RTP Global	1
Pankaj Chaddah	1
Manish Agarwal	1
Society for Innovation and Entrepreneurship	1
Viswanath Ramachandran	1
Dexter Capital Advisors	1
Venture Highway	1
Kae Capital	1
Lead Angels Network	1
Stellaris Venture Partners	1
Stanford Angels and Entrepreneurs India	1
Base Partners	1
Contrarian Drishti Partners	1
Prashanth Ranganathan	1

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Unilazer Ventures is a uniquely positioned Investor with deep experience in the fast growing Indian Consumer, Services and High Impact Sectors.Our interest is in any business that is part of the India Consumption Story which can build Brand and Scale, as well as high Impact Sectors like Agriculture, Health Care, Micro Finance and Education.Unilazer is promoted by First Generation Entrepreneur - Ronnie Screwvala. As a team, we have immense experience in building and scaling consumer and media businesses over the last three decades.Unilazer also supports The SWADES Foundation focused on empowering Rural India through Health & Nutrition, Water & Sanitation, Education, Agriculture & Livelihood and Community Mobilization and has identified One Million people in Rural Maharashtra in its first phase.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Fashion, Education
Funding Round, Seed, Series A
India, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

UpGrad — UpGrad is an online platform that offers educational services to its clients.UpGrad’s range of programs consists of digital marketing, product management, entrepreneurship, data analytics, data-driven management, and digital technology management. It offers industry insights and student support services.UpGrad was launched in 2015 by PhalgunKompalli, Ronnie Screwvala, Ravijot Chugh, and Mayank Kumar and is based in Mumbai.
Niki — With the mission statement “Nobody left behind”, Niki is ushering Bharat into the internet economy. Niki is Bharat’s very own “Full Stack Ramu Kaka" delivering trust and service to over 150 Million customers. Niki has pioneered the Do-It-For-Me Model and it is built with the most advanced proprietary conversational technology that understandsand fulfills customer's needs via voice. Its value chain has a strong supply side gatekeeping that ensures quality goods and services and is coupled with a digital and human stack that provides end to end proactive assistance to the Bharat customers. Niki is backed by US based fintech-focused fund EMVC, Unilazer Ventures, Mr. Ratan Tata, Japan’s Recruit Partners and Haresh Chawla among others.
Lido Learning — India's best live, online tuitions for KG to 12 in Maths, Science, English, and Coding with India's top 5% teachers for higher marks. Just 6 students per class.

Haresh Chawla - Partner @ True North

Investment focus

Internet, Software, Education
Seed, Angel, Series A
India, United States

Portfolio highlights

FastJobs.io — FastJobs.io envisions a world in which job hunting is completely stress-free and convenient.
Onmove — Zast is a high speed long distance trucking aggregator enabled through technology.
Adaptive — Privileged access management for infrastructure resources including Kubernetes clusters, VMs, databases, data warehouses and more, without compromising on security

All In Capital is an Investment firm.

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

Krvvy — Welcome to the world of Krvvy, where comfort, confidence, and innovation come together in the form of extraordinary lingerie. We're thrilled to have you on board for this curve-loving adventure, and we want to ensure you're the first to know about our latest collections, exclusive offers, and behind-the-scenes insights
Dressfolk — Sustainable, Handcrafted, Block Printed, Organic Cotton, Bamboo Fabrics, Artisanal, Handloom, Handwoven, Saree, Sarees, Saris, Blouse, Fabrics
MedMitra AI — MedMitra AI is a healthtech platform specialising in autonomous AI agents for healthcare. It makes software that helps doctors with disease diagnosis, treatment and prognosis.

Ratan Tata is the Founder and Managing Director of RNT Associates.

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

GOQii — GOQii is headquartered in California with offices in Mumbai and Shenzhen. It is dedicated to enabling a permanent shift to a healthier lifestyle with the combination of advanced wearable technology, the world's leading experts, coaches and karma. GOQii focuses on sustained engagement & goal reinforcement and offers a complete ecosystem asa single integrated solution, which is a powerful combination of technology and human connection. GOQii is a collaboration of some of the world's leading experts and an amazing management team who are driven by a passion for healthy sustainable living, and who believe that all of us contain boundless potential. GOQii's goal is to enable millions of people across the world to "be the force" by helping them unleash their untapped potential.
Repos energy — Repos energy is a e-commerce of Fuel to move towards a carbon neutral future.
Goodfellows — Goodfellows aims to offer companionship to lonely senior citizens.

GSF is a tech-focused early stage venture capital firm, providing the first cheque to founders from incubation to seed.

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

MiClient — Miclient are deal closure platform which was founded by experienced sales leaders who recognized the need for a new generation of complicated quote configuration, contract signing, renewal & payment collection at one place for SMEs, Lead Management System, B2B SaaS, CRM software, CPQ (Configure- Price- Quote)
MeetRecord — MeetRecord helps sales teams to capture insights from calls to win more details and build high-performing teams using end-to-end coaching automation.
Holiday Tribe — Holiday Tribe provides customizable holiday experiences across various destinations, catering to various groups including families, couples, honeymooners, adventure-seekers, and those seeking new or unexplored destinations.

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

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

Fasal — Fasal, an agri-tech platform, developed by Wolkus Technology Solutions, is an AI-powered platform for the Agriculture ecosystem that records a variety of growing conditions on the farm. It then uses artificial intelligence and data science to make on-farm predictions, before delivering the insights anywhere on any device including (iOS, Android,Tablet, and web).Its data-driven precision agriculture solution recommends real-time agronomic solutions to growers using on-farm and micro-climate data collected through agnostic sensors that helps farmers with cost savings in terms of water, energy, fertilizers, and pesticides.
Everstage — Everstage is a modern, no-code platform to automate commissions and motivate sales teams with real-time visibility and insights on their commissions
AGNIT Semiconductors — AGNIT Semiconductors is to provide Gallium Nitride devices that are dependable, cost-effective, high-performing, and unique for the upcoming wireless systems. AGNIT Semiconductors is a semiconductor business that uses gallium nitride (GaN). AGNIT Semiconductors primary focus is on designing and producing electrical components and GaN materials(wafers) for use in radio-frequency applications. For the defense and telecommunications sectors, AGNIT's GaN components provide strong performance, cost, and footprint advantages.

Kashish Sharma is the Chief Equity Officer at EquityList. He attended Vellore Institute of Technology.

Investment focus

Software, Internet, Information Technology
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
India, United States, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

OSlash — Transform long URLs into memorable shortcuts. Make information easy to access, find, & share with others in an instant with a complete URL management solution
Even — Even is a health tech company and healthcare provider that partners directly with the top hospitals in the country to offer you unlimited diagnostics, consultations, and 50 lakh worth of hospitalisations all with one monthly subscription cost.
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.

Early-stage Venture Capital for the Cloud Economy

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

just words — Test infinite variations rapidly and serve content that resonates with users. Automated content refresh according to market trends. No more manual campaign tracking.
Felicity Games — Felicity Games place our users at the core of our gaming experience, believing that maximizing user satisfaction will in turn maximize lifetime value in the long term.
Oncare Cancer - Best Cancer Treatment Delhi — Oncare offers cutting-edge cancer therapies based on the latest research and studies. Furthermore, and more crucially, we focus on reducing the mental and emotional load that this trip may impose on you.

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

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

Dream Aerospace — DREAM Aerospace is a forward-thinking venture dedicated to transforming the aerospace industry. We specialize in delivering advanced propulsion solutions that redefine reliability, performance, and efficiency. Driven by a commitment to engineering excellence, we are pushing the boundaries of innovation, creating limitless opportunities for the future of aerospace technology. Our mission is to set new standards and fuel the next generation of space exploration and satellite missions.
SustVest (Formerly SolarGridX) — SustVest is an Investment platform allowing individuals to invest in renewable energy assets with just INR 5000
Revivo — Get top-notch laundry and dry cleaning services in Delhi NCR & Gurgaon at Revivo. Experience professional garment care at its finest. Book your service now.

We help the daring build legendary companies.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Enterprise Software
Series B, Series A, Series C
United States, China, India

Portfolio highlights

ElevenLabs — Create the most realistic speech with our AI audio tools in 1000s of voices and 32 languages. Easy to use API's and SDK's. Scalable, secure, and customizable voice solutions tailored for enterprise needs. Pioneering research in Text to Speech and AI Voice Generation.
Intryc — Sample tickets, evaluate human and AI agents, and unlock customer insights with the power of AI with Intryc.
Blind Insight — Unlock secure collaboration with compliance-ready privacy-enhancing technology. Real-time searchable encryption and fine-grained access control so you don't have to choose between data protection and innovation.

Aloke Bajpai is ixigo.com’s Co-Founder and CEO. Aloke graduated from IIT Kanpur in 2001 and started his career at Amadeus in Europe where he held key product and technology roles, building and managing large scale web-based products and networks for the first four years of his career. He then went to INSEAD for his MBA, and returned to India tolaunch ixigo.com in 2007. Under Aloke’s leadership over the last 7 years, ixigo has gone from a bootstrapped startup to India’s leading travel search and planning business, with over 20 million active users every month across mobile and web. Aloke is a TiE charter member and a mentor and advisor with several startups and accelerators.

Investment focus

Mobile, SaaS, Apps
Seed, Angel, Series A
India, United States

Portfolio highlights

InstaAstro — Chat and talk to astrologer for accurate predictions on love, career, marriage, business & relationship. 24/7 astrology consultation starting from 10 per minute in Hindi, English, Tamil, Bengali, etc
MealHopper — Mealhopper brings food from home that matches closest to the customers. They provide a true home food from real home cooks.
OnlineTyari — OnlineTyari.com helps you prepare and take online mock tests for govt exams like SSC, IAS, Bank PO, Railways. We keep student updated with latest study material including GK and current affairs 2019 in India. We provide study material (online Mock tests, E-Books, Video classes and Practice questions). Highly recommended for students preparing for competitive exams like civil services (IAS, CSAT), engineering services, PSU jobs exams.Get current affair 2019 and free mock tests to start preparation.

Vikram Chachra is the Founding Partner at 8i Ventures.

Investment focus

Financial Services, E-Commerce, FinTech
Seed, Angel, Series A
India, United States

Portfolio highlights

YAP — API infrastructure for banking, payments & lending, facilitating safer, simpler, & faster money transfer worldwide. M2P aims to embed financial services into business value chains.
8vdX — Fine-tuned AI models for scaling credit investing workflows, reducing analysis time and costs by up to 10x, and setting a new standard in rapid, cost-effective deal analysis and monitoring with initial focus on MBS, ABS, CLOs, etc.
M2P Fintech — Core banking, lending and payment services from the leading fintech startup in India. We empower fintechs, banks, and businesses with custom APIs for a wide range of financial services

First partner to exceptional teams everywhere

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

CHK — Discover sneakers that hit the sweet spot between comfort and style. COMFYAF kicks, designed for the ones who slay, stay bold, and own every moment. :rocket::athletic_shoe:
Swan — Use Swan's APIs to embed white-labeled banking features like accounts, cards, and IBANs into your workflows and UX.
Presentation AI — Presentation AI provides photos, icons, charts, and more. everything design maker personal source to make all animation-like documents create stunning, on-point presentations within minutes our technology ensures that every single slide design is in coherence with the input text automagically is rendered device, instantly, more importantly, you getto share the presentation in the form of a simple link.

Globevestor is a US-based, new-age online VC firm that operates a hybrid of managed micro-funds and an online platform, to invest in highly-promising startups in US/India. Globevestor is an easy way to invest in highly-promising startups from anywhere in the world. It was founded in 2013 and headquartered in San Mateo, California.

Investment focus

Artificial Intelligence, EdTech, Food Processing
Seed, Angel, Series A
India, United States, Canada

Portfolio highlights

BRB — Order coolest and newest chip on the block BRB Popped Potato Chips Not-Baked, Not-Fried, but POPPED. Keep munching while texting and posting.
Intents Mobi — Mobile analytics, Logistics, Transportation, Fleet Management, Data Analytics
Agnikul — Agnikul is a space tech startup that designs, manufactures, tests, and launch orbital-class rockets for micro and nanosatellites. They currently work out of the National Center for Combustion R&D at IIT-Madras. Rocket scientists, engineers, ex-bankers and space lawyers are a part of their team. This unique blend of people is one of theirbiggest strengths. The company was founded in 2017 and is based in Chennai, Tamil Nadu.

An Early Stage Investment Firm.

Investment focus

Software, SaaS, Information Technology
Seed, Angel, Funding Round
India, United States

Portfolio highlights

Biva — BIVA helps D2C Brands scale by offering1. Instant Connections (<10 hours) to all sources - API or non-API/ online or offline2. Curated & Pre-built Business Function-wise Dashboards and reports addressing 80% of use cases3. Custom calculations & Excel Add-in addressing other 20% of use cases4. Alerts and notifications fortimely actions
SpeEdLabs — SpeEdLabs is to provide a top-notch, technology-based Learning and Practice platform to students at an affordable price, thus empowering every student to grow into their full potential.
Marcos Gaming — Marcos Gaming is an Indian professional gaming organization competing in PUBG Mobile and COD Mobile. PUBG Mobile team

Times Internet builds premium digital products that simplify and enhance the everyday lives of people. We are India’s largest digital products company with presence in a wide range of categories across news, entertainment, marketplaces and transactions.Many of our products are market leaders and iconic brands in their own right. TOI, ET,Cricbuzz, Gaana, MX Player, Dineout, Indiatimes, MensXP, iDiva, NBT, Gradeup among others are products that bring you closer to your interests and aspirations. Website - http://www.timesinternet.in Industry - Internet Company size - 1,001-5,000 employees Headquarters Gurgaon, Haryana Type - Privately Held Founded 1999 Specialities e-commerce, Advertisement Solutions, News and Entertainment, Start-up acceleration, Music streaming services, AdTech, Merger & A, Acquisition, Sports, Classified, and Startup Investment

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

Gaana — Gaana.com- Listen & Download latest MP3 songs online. Download new or old Hindi songs, Bollywood songs, English songs* & more on Gaana+ and play offline. Create, share and listen to streaming music playlists.
Pocket FM — Listen to Audio Books, Podcasts and read Novels on Pocket FM. We bring you over 10k+ popular audio shows in multi languages. Best audiobooks app
ShareChat — ShareChat is India's own social network in 14 Indian languages Install ShareChat from Google Play Store for FREE!

SOSV is a global, deep tech venture capital firm that operates the HAX and IndieBio startup development programs focused on human and planetary health. SOSV invests $500,000 in startups at their inception as they onboard either HAX or IndieBio for a 4-6 month period designed to accelerate the raise of their next institutional round. SOSV joins thelater rounds of HAX and IndieBio graduates. HAX, based in a 35,000 sq ft facility in Newark, NJ, is equipped with machine tools, 3D printers, chemical, electrical and mechanical engineering labs, as well as on-staff engineering and design experts. SOSV's IndieBio has locations in NYC and San Francisco, both of which offer extensive services and facilities to founders including on-site BSL-2 labs, well equipped lab benches and hoods, and advanced lab equipment, such as chromatography equipment.

Investment focus

Biotechnology, Health Care, Software
Seed, Convertible Note, Pre-Seed
United States, India, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

MixRift — MIXRIFT - game developers specialized in Mixed Reality
unspun — From 3D scan to perfect fitting custom jeans. unspun makes each pair of jeans unique to your actual body and design. On a mission to reduce global carbon emissions by 1%. As seen in Fast Company's World Changing Ideas, Time's Best Inventions, and PopSci's Best of What's New. Welcome to the future of apparel.
Mesa Quantum — Unlock the potential of chip-scale quantum sensing for enhanced Position, Navigation, And Timing capabilities. Explore Mesa Quantum's practical solutions.

Entrepreneur | Angel Investor & Mentor | PoetStarting the career from teaching, Vipul learned to manage people while respecting vast differences which makes everyone unique. Mathematics & Statistics keeps my decisions logical. Experience in Operations, Data Science, Technology, Marketing & Content ideation helps him connect more dotsand strengthen his communication skill thus helping in growing business and generating new ideas & strategies.Vipul Agrawal, a Serial Entrepreneur and a Life Skills Thinker has come a long way from establishing one startup and now starting with another. He strongly advocates and nurtures the “RBC” – Relationship, Business and Connections, of his life to stay ahead in the competitive market. He graduated with a Bachelor of Science – Maths (Hons.) from Delhi University followed by Masters in Statistics from Amity University.Vipul’s journey of starting his own venture eventually started at a very early age, when the circumstances shaped him to be mentally resilient to withstand the expenses for his own education, food and shelter. He became the partner in a startup at a very early age. Then he founded his second startup, targeted towards re-defining cricket audience engagement. He has always believed in empowering people in his team and developing intrapreneurs to achieve the business objectives.Presently Vipul is working to create "unlu" India's leading platform to connect fans with the people they admire most. He also joined INSEAD and became the youngest to be the part of their Senior Executives Leadership Course.Re-defining the way of doing business, leading to customer delight and watching it grow, has established him as a successful Life and Start-Up Thinker.If you want to join this journey, do write him at vipul@unlu.io.

Investment focus

Marketing, Nutrition, Event Promotion
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
India

Portfolio highlights

Housmaid — Housmaid is one of the leading service provider for Maid, Cook, Babysitter, Driver, Servant, Eldercare, Gardner and Pantry Boy. We help customers and businesses to hire trusted professionals for all their service needs. We are staffed with young, passionate people working to make a difference in the lives of people by catering to their housekeepingservice needs. We aim to solve the customer pain by keeping trust, safety and quality factors in mind. All the services are performed by well-trained professional’s domestic workers which gives 100 percent customer satisfaction to our valuable customers.
Visa2Fly — Online visa application- Apply for a tourist visa online to top destinations like Dubai, UK, USA, Dubai, etc. hassle-free with Visa2fly. know more about Apply Visa Online- Visa2fly
TheCollegeFever — TheCollegeFever is a hub for fun, fiesta and frolic of Colleges. Workshops, College Events Conferences, Merchandise - all under one platform !

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

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

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

Entrepreneurship. Ingenious. Smart. Responsible. blueworld.group combines the three core components of entrepreneurship: founding, investing and developing. blueworld.group acts as an investor and idea generator for both early-stage and established companies in a wide range of industries. blueworld.group works hand in hand with pioneeringcompanies, their managers and employees to create outstanding performance as well as genuine and sustainable value. Always with the aim of harmonizing progress and sustainability in all dimensions.

Investment focus

Software, Food and Beverage, SaaS
Seed, Series A, Series B
Germany, India

Portfolio highlights

RECUP — RECUP they offer catering services for their customers, with recup and rebowl products..
Instagrid — Instagrid creates software-defined battery systems for advanced portable power supplies.
Smartlane — With Smartlane Transport Intelligence you can optimize your transport logistics fully automatically. Reduce your transport costs by up to 20%.

Sanjay Mehta is Member of the Board of Advisors at LogiNext Solution.

Investment focus

Artificial Intelligence, FinTech, Information Technology
Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
India

Portfolio highlights

Nuo — Earn daily interest on Ether or get instant crypto backed loans
CoinDCX — CoinDCX is India's largest and safest cryptocurrency exchange where you can buy and sell Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies with ease. CoinDCX, with its #TryCrypto mission, provides Indian crypto audience with a simple cryptocurrency trading app for seamless crypto-to-crypto (c2c) and fiat-to-crypto (f2c) experience.
Coolberg — Welcome to Coolberg - The Non-Alcoholic Beer brand from India. Our drinks are malt based crafted brews without alcohol (0.00% ABV), and can be consumed by all ages. The perfect drink to blend in and celebrate with your family and friends, Coolberg is indeed The Drink For All!

Sprout Venture Partners Fund is a SEBI registered Category-I Alternative Investment fund. It has been created to institutionalise India’s active angel investing market and is backed by prominent first and second generation entrepreneurs.Sprout seeks to invest and work with founders having powerful vision, attentive execution, and resoluteambition to solve problems addressing large markets by building scaleable businesses.

Investment focus

Artificial Intelligence, FinTech, Information Technology
Seed, Funding Round, Pre-Seed
India, United States

Portfolio highlights

ExtraaEdge — Powerful CRM & Marketing automation software that helps education Institutions increase, manage and predict admissions.
Rusk Media — Rusk Media is India's leading digital media organization. We create engaging content for new age audiences and offer high impact advertising solutions to our clients. Rusk Media Private Limited owns and operates Alright!, Hattke, Recharge, Champions and LIT.
Scribble Data — Scribble Data is an MLOps company. Its modular feature store provides a number of pre-built feature engineering apps to help data teams cut time-to-market for each data science use case including unified metrics, customer behavioral modeling, and recommendations.

The Founder and Managing Director of netCORE Solutions has been one of Mumbai's most well-established entrepreneurs. Rajesh is an Electrical Engineer, having graduated from IIT Bombay in 1988. He did his MS (Electrical Engineering) from Columbia University, New York and returned to India in 1992 to pursue his entrepreneurial dreams.One ofRajesh's early ventures, IndiaWorld Communications, launched in 1995 was acquired by Satyam Infoway in November 1999 for US$ 115 million in one of Asia's largest Internet deals. IndiaWorld was the largest collection of India-centric websites, comprising Samachar (news), Khel (cricket), Khoj (search) and Bawarchi (food).He is also the Founder and Chairman of Emergic Venture Capital. Emergic has invested over $20 million of Rajesh's personal money into a dozen companies in the digital space in India and abroad. Among the investments are Novatium, which has created a $100 network computer, Rajshri Media, which runs India's largest broadband portal, and mChek, which is into mobile payments.Rajesh is a well-known figure in the technology industry and is an invited speaker at national and international forums. He has also been featured in cover stories in both TIME and Newsweek.This voracious reader and a frequent blogger can be seen balancing three important pillars in his life -Entrepreneurship, Family and Books. When he's not in the midst of his entrepreneurial achievements, he prefers spending time with his son.

Investment focus

Marketing, Android, Internet
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
India

Portfolio highlights

ProfitWheel — The consumer intelligence is at the heart of what we do. ProfitWheel provides you with 1st party insights of your best audiences to build effective, product and marketing strategies.
Punt Partners — Punt Partners is a company that provides marketing technology services. It provides results through the use of proprietary data, technology, and services.
Mihup Communications — Transform your contact center with Mihup's real-time AI platform. Empower your agents and enhance customer experience with our advanced conversational AI platform.

BEENEXT is a Venture Capital fund managed by serial entrepreneurs that focuses on assisting founders with its operational experience, network, trust, unique perspectives, and the capital. The team invests in early-stage tech start-ups that are focused on building the new digital platforms driven by the data network. BEENEXT aims to establish aplatform of founders, by the founders and for the founders across the globe, primarily in South East Asia, India and Japan. Since its establishment in 2015, the team has invested in over 180 companies globally.

Investment focus

Software, E-Commerce, Financial Services
Seed, Series A, Series B
India, Japan, Indonesia

Portfolio highlights

Budy — Budy is your AI Powered Sidekick for SaaS Professional Services
Zoplar — Zoplar operates a one-stop platform for all healthcare needs, offers a wide range of products for hospitals and clinics.
Flywheel Dynamix — Flywheel Dynamix is a cloud meta-marketplace transforming how enterprises buy and sell cloud software with unmatched trust, visibility, and efficiency.

Argor Capital is an early stage venture fund focused on the fast growing markets of Southeast Asia.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Mobile Apps, FinTech
Series A, Seed, Series B
Indonesia, India, Vietnam

Portfolio highlights

ReturnKey — Returns Management for Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, and more to come. Sync to your e-commerce platform on Shopify, Magento, and Woocommerce.
Vigo Retail — Vigo Retail is an e-commerce platform that provides retail services by connecting suppliers, brands, and distributors.
PickUp Coffee — PickUp Coffee is a start-up that aims to increase the accessibility of espresso and milk-based beverages. PickUp Coffee is located in Taguig, Philippines.

Marketing and Growth Leader

Investment focus

iOS, Mobile, Social
Angel
India

Portfolio highlights

Zappka — Own this domain today. We make your shopping experience easy. Friendly and quick customer service.

Capital + Hiring + Infrastructure

Investment focus

Financial Services, FinTech, Information Technology
Series A, Seed, Pre-Seed
United States, India, Russian Federation

Portfolio highlights

Uzum — Uzum is a digital services ecosystem to facilitate business growth, online shopping, convenient payments, and help with other day-to-day household tasks.
Bimaplan — Bimaplan's full-stack embedded insurance platform simplifies distribution by providing end-to-end insurance integration for a seamless digital experience.
Paxton AI — Regulatory Intelligence, with the speed of Generative AI.

The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology is an executive agency of the Union Government of the Republic of India.

Investment focus

Sales, Retail, Advertising
Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
India

Portfolio highlights

Avenue Growth — Avenue Growth is a platform to ignite a passion for doing your best. It offers a Customer Acquisition solution. Which helps accelerate the growth of companies through an on-demand direct sales force.
ProjectX.Cloud — ProjectX is a technology startup focused on developing a next-generation operating system called InfinityOS. The core idea of InfinityOS is to enable heavy computing applications to run seamlessly on any hardware, regardless of its power or resources. This will address the growing digital divide caused by the increasing need for heavy computingpower across the globe. The InfinityOS architecture is designed to run applications as microservices, making it extremely cost-effective and sustainable. The team behind ProjectX has extensive experience in developing software solutions, and they are leveraging cutting-edge technology like artificial intelligence and machine learning algorithms to make the user experience smart and seamless. InfinityOS also offers features like multi-device support and real-time collaboration, which will boost the productivity of users. The development of InfinityOS will not only solve the immediate problem of the digital divide, but it will also prepare for the future of computing where heavy computing power will become more critical than ever.
Detect Technologies — Detect Technologies is a leading Industrial AI & SaaS enterprise that is reimagining global industrial productivity with novel AI architecture and hardware. Detect employs a combination of state-of-the-art proprietary technologies and deep industry expertise to increase productivity through increased schedule certainty, enhanced resourcevisibility through real-time intelligent monitoring, decreased in-service equipment failure, increased estimated life of an asset through predictive maintenance, and automation of compliance to international safety standards.

Ashish Sharma - CEO @ InnoVen Capital

Investment focus

Financial Services, Software, Apps
Debt Financing, Seed, Pre-Seed
India, Canada, United States

Portfolio highlights

Wagr — Wagr is a small, light, and comfortable device which tracks your dog’s location and activity. The device attaches to your dogs' collar and through the companion mobile app, tells you everything you need to know to ensure their safety and fitness.
GroMo — Gromo is India's best real money earning app to earn extra income online without investment. Become a Gromo partner to Sell financial products & earn real money.
Onsite — #1 Construction Software for project management. 1000+ Companies are SAVING 7-10% of their Project Costs with ONSITE Construction Software. Book Free Demo

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

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

Krvvy — Welcome to the world of Krvvy, where comfort, confidence, and innovation come together in the form of extraordinary lingerie. We're thrilled to have you on board for this curve-loving adventure, and we want to ensure you're the first to know about our latest collections, exclusive offers, and behind-the-scenes insights
TyrePlex — Buy car and bike tyres. Best tyre price, features, reviews. Find right tyre size and tyre dealer details
True Diamond — Exquisite SOLITAIRES - SAVE BIG | Lifetime Buyback & Exchange | FREE All-India delivery | FREE 1 year jewellery Insurance | Sustainable & conflict free Lab grown diamond jewellery made using Type IIa CVD diamonds | Designs from daily wear to bridal jewellery | IGI / GIA / SGL / BIS Hallmark Certifications available.

Mitesh began his career with Mandhana Industries Limited, an apparel manufacturing company in 2001, where he handled various projects including the company’s IPO in 2010 and its exclusive global licensing deal with Salman Khan’s Being Human brand. He joined Ola as CFO in December 2013 and played a pivotal role in the evolution of one of the biggeststart-up stories of India. Then came Bookmyshow, where he spearheaded the finance department and played an active role in strategic business management. With his vast experience in the start-up world, Mitesh is now a mentor to many young entrepreneurs guiding their startup journey apart from helping them with angel Investment.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Software, Machine Learning
Seed, Angel, Series A
India, United Kingdom, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

Qin1 — Qin1 is focuses on children between the ages of five and 14, provides personalised live classes across subjects. Qin1 creates a customised learning experience for each student – in terms of teacher selection, course design and medium of delivery. While edtech penetration has grown significantly in recent years, focus on kids in primary andpre-primary schools is missing.
PhableCare — In India, 1 in 4 people suffer from chronic ailments. Meanwhile, 80% of patients cannot comply to the treatment plan provided by the doctor leading to even more complications. This poses a huge burden on the healthcare system. Phable solves this by making care autonomous and predictive. Our AI-enabled health assistant significantly improves healthoutcomes by enabling disease-specific guidance and continuous monitoring.Phable is marching onward to impact a billion lives over the next 5 years.
Data Sutram — Data Sutram is an AI-based Location Intelligence Enterprise with a Cloud-based B2B product that works on a Data As A Service business model to help businesses 1. Pinpoint New Locations for Expansion 2. Improve the performance of their existing physical & digital assets. 3. Finding the right Audience for a business.They are currently focussedon Retail, E-Commerce, Agritech, Real Estate, BFSI.

Rajnish would better be known as a Code Ninja (Kiai!), considering his history of technology lifecycle management and several J2EE applications to his credit (used by Amadeus even to this date). Sticking close to his love for both technology and travel, he co-founded ixigo.com with Aloke in June 2006. He is the mean-lean-and-codes-clean kinda guy,heading the Technology process at ixigo.

Investment focus

Apps, Mobile, iOS
Seed, Series A
India, United States

Portfolio highlights

MealHopper —
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.
OnlineTyari — OnlineTyari.com helps you prepare and take online mock tests for govt exams like SSC, IAS, Bank PO, Railways. We keep student updated with latest study material including GK and current affairs 2019 in India. We provide study material (online Mock tests, E-Books, Video classes and Practice questions). Highly recommended for students preparing for competitive exams like civil services (IAS, CSAT), engineering services, PSU jobs exams.Get current affair 2019 and free mock tests to start preparation.

Experienced Digital & technology leader, lead change in industries - financial services, Fin-tech, Shipping, Telecom and Government, currently building an enabling function to build bank of the future.Ritesh comes from an entrepreneurial background, he has experience in building & mentoring successful businesses – A Wealth ManagementCompany, corporate uniforms business, Investor & Mentor for start-ups, Ritesh holds non-executive with start-ups and corporates, and as a mentor offers technical expertise and advise to Parliamentary Digital Service in UK and Advisor for payment regulatory and other Governments.

Investment focus

FinTech, Financial Services, Internet
Series A, Pre-Seed, Seed
India

Portfolio highlights

BharatX — BharatX is a Fin-Tech startup that enables any Consumer-facing app/website in India to offer Credit to their users by integrating its APIs. It can enable white-leballed journeys like of "Buy Now, Pay Later","Credit Line", "Try and Buy", "Pay in 3", "Postpaid", etc.
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.
Basic Home Loan — Compare and apply online for best interest rates on home loan, loan against property, balance transfer. Calculate your EMI instantly.

Dr. Sujeet Kumar is the founder and CEO of Zenlabs Energy, a company developing high-energy fast-charging lithium-ion batteries for Electric and Aerial Vehicles. Before Zenlabs, Dr. Kumar served as CTO of Envia Systems where he developed high-capacity manganese-based cathode and won several DoE awards. Dr. Kumar worked as a senior scientist forGreatbatch, leading the development of cathode materials for implantable medical batteries. Dr. Kumar started his career at Nanogram Corp as its first employee where he led several energy storage projects. Dr. Kumar has won the R & D 100 award for developing high energy lithium-ion batteries and is the inventor of over 60 patents. Dr. Kumar has a Ph.D. in Materials Science from the University of Rochester and a B.Tech from IIT, Varanasi.

Investment focus

iOS, EdTech, Rental
Seed, Series C
India

Portfolio highlights

NestAway — Nestaway is a Bangalore-based home rental network attempting to provide better rental solutions via design and technology.They help their customers to find, book, and move-in to a rental home of choice across Indian cities - all from within an application. Moreover, they help them move-in, ask for services from tap leakage to door lock broken,rental payment, and finally move-out - again all within an app.NestAway was founded in January 2015.
Unacademy — Prepare for examinations and take any number of courses from various topics on Unacademy - an education revolution
Manch — We created Manch to provide a platform for 600 million Indian language speaking users who enjoy using internet and feel comfortable to discuss local updates in their language. Starting with awareness about social inequality, political agendas, government benefits to local opportunities, we have a long way to go. Manch-https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.app.manch

Jayant Kadambi is the Angel Investor of Triller. He attended Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute from 1982 to 1986.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, CMS
Seed, Angel, Series A
India, United States

Portfolio highlights

Plop — Plop Stories is an interactive fiction platform for Gen Z. Plop is at the cusp of entertainment and gaming, serving the next generation of smartphone users.
Mason — From Shoppable Quizzes to Price Drops to Personalized Upsells to - get more sales, better margins, high ROAS with no fuss.
Mihup Communications — Transform your contact center with Mihup's real-time AI platform. Empower your agents and enhance customer experience with our advanced conversational AI platform.

J A Chowdary is the Founder and Chairman of International Startup Foundation. He previously worked at INDIA START UP FESTIVAL 2022 as a SVP, Chief Sales Officer. J A Chowdary attended Indian Institute of Technology, Madras.

Investment focus

Apps, SaaS, Energy
Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
India

Portfolio highlights

Gibss — GIBSS, a WWF ClimateSolver Partner and a pioneer in high performance building systems, helps businesses reduce operating costs in their buildings by up to 60% through a suite of ultra energy efficient products in the area of air conditioning, hot water generation and lighting. GIBSS Geothermal air conditioning, hot water cogeneration systems andLED technologies are offering compelling triple bottom line benefits to over 250 commercial and industrial buildings across India. With its zero initial investment or Pay from Savings model and performance bank guarantees, GIBSS has made state of the art technologies commercially viable to its clients. GIBSS has been recognized for its contribution to innovation and economic impact by the Ministry of Science & Technology, Government of India through the India Innovation Award.
Amealio — Amealio is a user experience platform for food and hospitality it works on mobile and voice-enabled devices.
Mojostreet — Mojostreet is a popular location based mobile app for discovering nearby friends and amazing places. This app helps you know where your Mojostreet and Facebook friends are and what they are up to in real time. You can even just dial your favorite businesses or restaurants from the app.. Mojostreet has an online and mobile version. The mobile app isavailable for Blackberry, Nokia, iPhone and Android users.Using mojostreet you can find the nearest - Best Restaurants & Coffee Shops - Best Spa and beauty saloons- Shopping options- Fun and Recreation centers- Cinema/movie Theaters- Tourist locations, Travel agencies & Cab services- Fuel stationsYou can sign in with your Facebook to access Mojostreet.

A global, early-stage venture capital firm, backing founders who use technology to reimagine how the world works like Datadog, DeliveryHero and Cred.

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

Tola — Tola offers a simple and easy way for businesses to pay and get paid, however and whenever they want. Sign up today!
Conduktor — The all-in-one friendly interface to work with the Apache Kafka ecosystem.
FirstClub — FirstClub's mission is to become a rapid commerce-first omnichannel retailer that uses offline experience stores to promote the quality of its items. FirstClub's goal is to create a platform that serves customers and offers brands a unique opportunity to connect with affluent homes.

Pankaj Chaddah is the Co-Founder of Shyft. Pankaj graduated with a degree in mechanical engineering from IIT Delhi in 2007.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Fitness, Health Care
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
India, France, Portugal

Portfolio highlights

sheerME — SheerME is Revolutionising the way people find, book, and pay for their Wellness and Beauty services powered by a benefit-based walletOur approach is based on Discovery, Transaction & Reward to create more online visibility, reach, conversion into new business, loyalty, and frequency through our wallet and cashback ecosystem, to all ourpartners in the beauty and wellness sectors.This made us a fresh and different option in this sector where there are mainly SaaS players, and we bring marketplace with no monthly fee, only a commission for business sent through our owned and partner channels.
Yoho — Yoho manufactures orthopaedic lightweight footwear.
Clean Electric — Clean Electric builds Lithium-Ion Batteries with Liquid Immersion Cooling. Fast Charge. Long Life. Unparalleled Safety.

CEO at Nazara Technologies.

Investment focus

Online Games, Internet, iOS
Seed, Pre-Seed
India

Portfolio highlights

DAOLens — Tasks, Proposals, Bounties, and Payouts in one place
Felicity Games — Felicity Games place our users at the core of our gaming experience, believing that maximizing user satisfaction will in turn maximize lifetime value in the long term.
BlackLight Studio Works — BlackLight Studio Works brings classic multiplayer games such as cards and word-based games, to the mobile to create an interactive experience.

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.

Viswanath Ramachandran is Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Hippily since since November 2013. Prior to this, Viswanath was Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer / Chief Technology Officer of GupShup - India's largest enterprise mobile messaging company. Viswanath has a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Brown, and a B.Tech.Computer Science and Engineering from IIT Bombay.

Investment focus

Mobile, Computer, Software
Seed
India

Portfolio highlights

Wegilant — Wegilant, delivers Mobile App security products on Cloud. Wegilant offers strategies, capabilities, and technologies necessary to help businesses preemptively protect Mobile applications & IT infrastructure from threats. Company won NASSCOM Emerge 50 Award 2014 & Wegilant was among Top 10 Emerging Software Product Companies in India for2014.Appvigil is a cloud-based Mobile App security scanner that scan security loopholes in your android applications. It helps you identify security & privacy vulnerabilities during app development lifecycle & reduces the chances of being damaged on production level where cost of recovery is huge.
AdStringO — AdStringO is World’s Fastest end-Point Mobile & Web based Image, Audio & Video Compression Technology provider which enable organizations to release up to 96% of their existing storage capacity to achieve significant, permanent storage cost savings. Also the primary objective of AdStringO technology to help the last mile image capture to beseamlessly move to Corporate house even at 1G, 2G, and Dial-up through its innovative compression technology. Headquartered in Mumbai India, the company delivers primary storage and network bandwidth under the brand AdStringO. AdStringO products are sold worldwide and have already helped small and medium-sized companies, universities, public and government institutions as well as the vast majority of Fortune 500 companies get more from their storage investments

Dexter Capital helps founders build wealth and provides financial advisory, venture capital, and corporate finance services across India.

Investment focus

iOS, Android, Online Games
Seed
India

Portfolio highlights

BlackLight Studio Works — BlackLight Studio Works brings classic multiplayer games such as cards and word-based games, to the mobile to create an interactive experience.

Venture Highway teams up with the next generation of entrepreneurs by providing guidance and capital to early-stage nascent ideas in technology.We are looking to team up with founders who demonstrate a passion and ability to create world-class businesses. If you’ve got the ability, drive, desire, passion, perseverance, and all that ‘good’ (butreally really painful) stuff then you’ve reached the right place.

Investment focus

Software, SaaS, Internet
Seed, Series A, Series B
India, United States, Singapore

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
OrbitShift — Advanced AI operating system for actionable account insights, RFP response generation and targeted sales content
Kintsugi AI — Discover powerful Sales Tax Automation Software designed to simplify compliance, eliminate errors, and save your business time.

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

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

Eternz — Explore our jewelry collection curated from exceptional brands and designers. Buy rings, earrings, bracelets, bangles, pendants & necklaces and get flat 200 off on first order.
Foxtale — Effective skincare products that show results on your skin! We believe happy skin is a fundamental right accessible to all irrespective of where you are in your skincare journey!
Recommercex — Recommercex is an organized scrap aggregator that works as a catalyst for positive change in the waste management and recycling industries. Its mission is to transform the reverse supply chain by removing superfluous middlemen and providing pure, sustainable resources.

Lead Angels is India's first angel network focused on IITs.Founded by a team of three originally from Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay including a retired professor, a recent graduate and an incubator manager.The network members provide time and money to disruptive startups across India. Its members are successful entrepreneursacross different sectors.

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

DOQFY — Doqfy offers online legal documentation , view encumbrance certificate,download,how to get encumbrance certificate & you require e-stamp paper with important documents.
oorja.energy — Simplify complex battery engineering from design to deployment with oorja's hybrid technology.
Ghost Kitchens — Join the fastest growing restaurant company in the country

We help fearless founders build legendary businesses. We are an early-stage, technology-focused, sector-agnostic investment firm. We lead our investments with deep conviction, committed to the journey of building a company from zero to one, and beyond.

Investment focus

Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
India, United States, Bangladesh

Portfolio highlights

Truva — Truva is a proptech company that specializes in home buying and selling. We have deep expertise in Powai and provide an unparallel customer experience when it comes to buying apartments that are up for resale. We have multiple properties in Hiranandani, Lake Homes, Nahar and Raheja Vihar
Punch — Start trading options with confidence. Punch is a broker with single-screen trading & safety tools for part-time traders. If you're new to options, download Punch app.
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.

Stanford Angels & Entrepreneurs India (SAE India) is a Stanford Alumni Association group based in India that seeks to strengthen Stanford’s startup community by fostering relationships among entrepreneurs and alumni investors. Our community approach to the investment process creates diverse opportunities for education, professional development,advising / mentoring, and growing one’s business and investment portfolio. SAE India has been set up in close collaboration with SAE, Silicon Valley, which was founded in 2010 and has helped fund over 20 startups to date, greatly impacting the Silicon Valley landscape.

Investment focus

Health Care, Hospital, E-Commerce
Seed, Pre-Seed, Convertible Note
India

Portfolio highlights

Wagr — Wagr is a small, light, and comfortable device which tracks your dog’s location and activity. The device attaches to your dogs' collar and through the companion mobile app, tells you everything you need to know to ensure their safety and fitness.
Mykare Health — Mykare Health is India's premier surgical planner and most trusted network of hospitals, delivering accessible and affordable healthcare to millions across the country.
Up — Up was founded by IIT Bombay alumni, Mahek Mody, ex-Chief of Staff at Ather Energy and Mohit Sharma, ex-head of engineering at Chaayos. React is at the forefront of transforming modern Indian households. As India’s first D2C, smart home appliance brand, their maiden product the R1 has been designed to change the way we cook and expand ourrepertoire of food. The smart cooking appliance offers 10 inbuilt functions - chop, stir, sauté, whisk, blend, boil, steam, cook, knead & self-clean, along with an integrated smart weighing scale. The onboard 8” touchscreen offers consumers a guided cooking experience, with access to hundreds of recipes from across the world. React’s CookClub.ai will also allow users tocreate and share their own recipes and give them access to thousands more as they are built. React will begin deliveries of the R1 in June, 2022.

we invest globally in private technology companies and help them win in Latin America, Brazil first.

Investment focus

Software, Financial Services, FinTech
Series A, Series C, Series E
United States, Brazil, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Praso — Praso is a business-to-business platform that connects large food service producers with small shops such as bars, restaurants, cafés, and bakeries, offering a data-driven approach to demand generation, last-mile logistics, understanding purchase behavior, and a credit solution.
Liquido — Liquido is an online payment platform developer that provides turn-key mobile payment solutions. The platform of company provides instant transactions, cross-border technical support, and pay-in and pay-out solutions, allowing clients to make payments with ease.
Pledge — Pledge makes it simple for businesses of every size to measure, reduce and offset the climate impact of their products.

Contrarian Drishti Partners manages the Contrarian Vriddhi Fund - I. The Fund is an early stage investor in businesses addressing issues of affordability and accessibility in healthcare, education, livelihood generation, fintech, food & agribusiness and energy/ utilities access.

Investment focus

Software, FinTech, Artificial Intelligence
Seed, Funding Round, Series A
India, United States

Portfolio highlights

Progcap — Progcap is revolutionising the way financial access is delivered to underserved segments of the Indian retail economy, through specialized financing and technology products that empower small and medium businesses (SMBs) to progress without obstacles.
Pratilipi — A platform to read stories, write your own and share your favorite ones in Hindi, Marathi, Tamil, Telugu, Bengali, Gujarati, Malayalam, Kannada, English, Urdu, Punjabi and Odia
Brün Health — Brün is a revolutionary new labor monitoring tool. Its patented technology ensures easy detection of vital signs improving usability while keeping costs manageable.

Prashanth is the founder and CEO of PaySense - a leading digital lending startup based out of Mumbai India. Prashanth is a serial entrepreneur with a track record of building mobile tech companies. Prior to founding PaySense, Prashanth spent 4 years at PayPal where he held the position of head of Product for Asia Pacific. Prashanth joined PayPal in2011 with the successful acquisition of Truvie Security, a mobile payment security startup. Prashanth has spent over 7 years working on various consumer mobile and security solutions resulting in two successful acquisitions.Prashanth holds a bachelors degree from the University of New South Wales in Engineering and a Masters in Bioinformatics from Stanford University.

Investment focus

B2B, Apps, Android
Seed
India

Portfolio highlights

Cabsguru — CabsGuru is an android app that lists cabs from all the cab providers available around you and lets you compare fares and save money while booking.
Upswing Financial Technologies — Unlock the power of Open Finance

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