Ajay Jain
Co-Founder and Managing Partner @ Silverneedle Ventures
Hyderabad, India
Ajay Jain is a seed investor at Silverneedle Ventures in Hyderabad focused on Artificial Intelligence and Software. Ajay Jain is the current Principal and Co-Founder of Xseed Partners. He previously worked at LATOKEN as a Panelist at VCTV - Latoken. Ajay Jain attended Indian School of Business.
- Total investments:
- 4
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 100%
Last updated:
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Industries Ajay Jain invests in
Stages Ajay Jain invests in
Countries Ajay Jain invests in
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Investment Focus
Industry
- Artificial Intelligence 3 (75%)
- Software 2 (50%)
- B2B 1 (25%)
- Apps 1 (25%)
- SaaS 1 (25%)
Stage
- Seed 2 (50%)
- Convertible Note 1 (25%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 1 (25%)
Country
- India 3 (75%)
- United States 1 (25%)
Investments
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| OnFinance AI is a generative AI platform purpose-built for the Banking, Financial Services, and Insurance (BFSI) sector. Powered by NeoGPT, India’s first BFSI-specific LLM, we deliver explainable, secure, regulation-aligned AI agents that help banks, NBFCs, AMCs, brokerages, insurers, exchanges, and regulators move from manual compliance toproactive governance.Our flagship platform, ComplianceOS, hosts 70+ regulatory AI agents that interpret circulars, assign tasks, track deadlines, and generate audit-ready evidence, compressing work that once took weeks into minutes. InvestigativeOS adds deeper capabilities across KYC, CSCRF (cyber resilience), SEBI PwD accessibility compliance, vendor risk assessment, and market-conduct surveillance (insider trading, front-running, manipulation).Regulatory coverage spans 40+ domains including SEBI, RBI, IRDAI, AMFI, NSE, BSE, and NPCI, with expanding support for global regimes such as the SEC, OCC, Federal Reserve, FINRA, FCA, SAMA, and MAS. We’re trusted by leading institutions including BSE Limited, Kotak Mutual Fund, Nippon India Mutual Fund, Aditya Birla Capital Digital, HDFC Securities, and many more.Founded in 2023 by BITS Pilani alumni and ex-HSBC, Barclays, WorldQuant, and Nutanix professionals, OnFinance AI is backed by Peak XV (fka Sequoia India & SEA) and prominent operators including OpenAI's Head of Applied AI, Groww Founders’ Fund, MarsShot VC (Razorpay Founders’ Fund), Climber Capital, IAN, LV, SSV, Kunal Shah and SNV (SilverNeedle Ventures).Recognitions include Forbes Asia 30 Under 30 (2024), Microsoft “AI First Mover,” and Inc42 Top 30, with certifications ISO 27001 & SOC 2 Type II.We’re building the future of regulatory intelligence, turning complexity into clarity, speed, and trust. We are actively hiring, please reach out to team@onfinance.in to get a call back. | $1.1M / Seed / Nov 07, 2023 | ||
| It is well known that people are the biggest asset of any company. They create products that make this biggest asset relevant for the current fast-changing times and ready for daily challenges. While a lot of enterprise software are focused on efficiency and productivity of the workforce, they focus on effectiveness. Their products constantly pushthe frontiers of people’s skill levels, making them not just save time but also make them substantially better at what they do. | Convertible Note / Jan 23, 2023 | ||
| BulBul Apps was started with a vision to enable illustrators, writers, musicians, animators and storytellers to create interactive content for kids all over the worldOur Mission is To drastically reduce the number of layers to collaborate and create content for kids To completely eliminate technology barriers to produce interactivecontent on smartphones and tablets To create a library format that maximizes reach, localization and monetization for content creators To help businesses, teams and artists produce local content at global quality | $491.5K / Venture - Series Unknown / Feb 27, 2019 | ||
| Early stage Artificial Intelligence (AI) start up. | Seed / Apr 10, 2018 |
Co-Investors
About Silverneedle Ventures
SilverNeedle Hospitality Pte. Ltd. provides hospitality services. The Company designs and manages hotels and shared working spaces. SilverNeedle Hospitality also creates virtual reality experiences for travel, real estate, and luxury brands. SilverNeedle Hospitality serves customers worldwide.
Silverneedle Ventures Contacts
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Deepesh Agarwal
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What does Ajay Jain invest in?
Ajay Jain invests primarily in Artificial Intelligence, Software and B2B startups, most often at Seed and Convertible Note stage. Most of the 4 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in India. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
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