# 1947 Rise

> 1947 Rise is a VC fund backing SaaS, Internet and Risk Management. See 3 investments, round sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: Aug 2023
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026

1947 Rise is a VC fund focused on SaaS and Internet. The world’s first fund focused on backing reverse brain drain talent and highly ambitious Indian tech entrepreneurs.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| SaaS | 1 | 33% |
| Internet | 1 | 33% |
| Risk Management | 1 | 33% |
| Cloud Management | 1 | 33% |
| Financial Services | 1 | 33% |

6 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Pre-Seed | 2 | 67% |
| Seed | 1 | 33% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Round size | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Saleschat.pro | AI Driven SaaS for Inside Sales | $500K | Pre-Seed | Aug 01, 2023 |  |
| StepChange | StepChange offers an integrated solution to large corporate enterprises and financial institutions to improve their ESG metrics, manage climate risk, and reduce emissions across their supply chains, in-house operations, and financial portfolios. StepChange has one of the largest India-specific carbon accounting databases, with over 75,000emission factors for various products and services, and has enabled leading enterprises to account for over 250 million tCO2e in aggregate, equivalent to over 7.5% of India's emissions. | $4M | Seed | May 16, 2023 |  |
| Unipe | Payroll-backed banking stack for enterprises and their workforce. It offers an on-demand salary application solution, allowing individuals to access the funds needed before payday. It is a financial stack platform that provides a credit system-based payroll gateway that disburses credit money to enterprises and reimburses it to employees. It offerssolutions to medium and large organizations and provides payroll finance and salary products via their SaaS and consumer app. | $2M | Pre-Seed | Aug 20, 2022 |  |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [peercheque](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/peercheque) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Afore Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/afore-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [DeVC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/devc) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Global Founders Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/global-founders-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Antler](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/antler-be9c) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [BEENEXT](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bee-next) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does 1947 Rise invest in?

1947 Rise invests primarily in SaaS, Internet and Risk Management startups, most often at Pre-Seed and Seed stage. Most of the 3 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in India. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did 1947 Rise last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for 1947 Rise closed in Aug 2023. Shizune tracks 3 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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