# Arup Kumar

> Arup Kumar is a Series A investor at SIDBI Venture Capital backing Food and Beverage and Tea. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [SIDBI Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sidbi-venture-capital)
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: Jul 2026
- Lead investor: 100%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- Website: https://www.sidbiventure.co.in/boddirectors.html

Arup Kumar is a Series A investor at SIDBI Venture Capital focused on Food and Beverage and Tea. Arup Kumar serves as Managing Director at SIDBI Venture Capital.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Food and Beverage | 2 | 67% |
| Tea | 1 | 33% |
| Aerospace | 1 | 33% |
| E-Commerce | 1 | 33% |
| Health Care | 1 | 33% |

10 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 1 | 33% |
| Series B | 1 | 33% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 33% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Dhruva Space | Dhruva Space is a private space company developing small satellite systems to offer launch services and power space-based applications. It offers satellites with Earth stations and launch services as an integrated service or individually as a technology service to power space-based applications on the ground and space. | $6.2M | Series B | Jul 13, 2026 |  |
| Nourish You | Nourish In order to deliver you high-quality organic food that can be readily included in Indian diets, we teamed with local farmers to significantly shorten the distance between the farm and the plate. Nourish You are the forerunners of the superfood revolution in India, growing our products on government-certified organic farms, which are onlygranted on agricultural land that has been free of pesticides for at least three years. | $1.9M | Series A | Mar 19, 2025 |  |
| Vahdam Teas | Vahdam Teas is a digitally native tea company that focuses on sourcing and selling premium quality teas directly from Indian plantations to consumers worldwide, eliminating middlemen to ensure freshness and provide better returns to farmers. | $2.9M |  |  |  |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## About SIDBI Venture Capital

VC Fund · Mumbai, India

SIDBI Venture Capital is a venture capital arm of Small Industries Development Bank of India.

3 contacts available at SIDBI Venture Capital.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Arup Kumar | Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/arup-kumar-c148 |
| Chintan Gandhi | Fund Manager | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chintan-gandhi-f7e4 |
| Debraj Banerjee | Senior Fund Manager | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/debraj-banerjee-ece0 |

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## FAQ

### What does Arup Kumar invest in?

Arup Kumar invests primarily in Food and Beverage, Tea and Aerospace startups, most often at Series A and Series B 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 Arup Kumar last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Arup Kumar closed in Jul 2026. 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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