Ascent Capital
VC Fund
Bangalore, India
Ascent Capital is a leading India-focused independent private equity firm. They are one of the most experienced teams on ground with over 150+ years of collective experience in Indian capital markets. Over the past 15 years they have helped over 55 entrepreneurial teams build leading businesses across diverse sectors such as Technology, Ecommerce,Healthcare, Financial Services, Consumer Brands, Infrastructure, etc.
- Total investments:
- 41
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 49%
- Fund size:
- $30M
- Last fund:
Last updated:
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Industries Ascent Capital invests in
Stages Ascent Capital invests in
Countries Ascent Capital invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
Round size
- Series B
- $12M–$33M
- Series C
- $2.5M–$50M
- Venture - Series Unknown
- $5M–$36M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Financial Services 5 (12%)
- Banking 4 (10%)
- Health Care 4 (10%)
- Software 3 (7%)
- Education 3 (7%)
Stage
- Series C 9 (22%)
- Series B 7 (17%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 7 (17%)
- Series D 5 (12%)
- Funding Round 4 (10%)
Country
- India 25 (61%)
- United States 2 (5%)
- Ireland 1 (2%)
- Ethiopia 1 (2%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Raja Kumar
Founder & Managing Partner
|
Founder & Managing Partner | Total investments: 5 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Orbital is a startup that is creating artificial intelligence data centers for deployment in low-Earth orbit to circumvent terrestrial power and cooling limits. The company specializes in satellite-based compute for AI inference workloads, utilizing continuous solar power and space's inherent radiative cooling. | $5M / Pre-Seed / Jun 09, 2026 | ||
| Freshtohome is an online grocery store that sells a range of seafood and meat to its users.The website’s range of products include fish, poultry, mutton, steaks, and fillet. Fish consists of shell, freshwater, and marine. Furthermore, it enables suppliers to supply their seafood and meat to the website.Freshtohome was launched in 2015 by ShanKadavil and is based in Bangalore. | $104M / Series D / Feb 09, 2023 | ||
| EnKash is an all-in-one comprehensive commercial payments platform. Growing number of next gen businesses have trusted EnKash for frictionless payments experience. EnKash is one of the fastest growing platforms in the B2B space, enabling businesses to digitize and simplify their commercial payments.EnKash has been able to create unique value withthe combination of platform and cards. Businesses now can have much desired convenience, savings, control and visibility to improve business productivity and operational efficiencies.EnKash is leading innovations by enabling simple and technological advance solutions. With state-of-the-art technology, EnKash is committed to help businesses in their cash flow management challenges.Starting its journey in mid-2017 and becoming operational in early 2018, EnKash is able to disrupt commercial payments and cards space in a very short span of time.EnKash is based out of India, with its offices present across Mumbai, Delhi-NCR, Pune and Bengaluru. | $20M / Series B / Apr 04, 2022 | ||
| At Haber, we drive the future of industrial automation. With a focus on manufacturing industry, our portfolio includes automation services for chemical dosing across different applications at paper mills, sugar mills, distilleries, breweries, independent institutions, and mining.Haber was established on February 28, 2017 by Vipin Raghavan andPriya Venkat in Maharashtra, India. | $19.9M / Series B / Nov 23, 2021 | ||
| MyGlamm is a direct-to-consumer beauty brand that offers an online beauty products marketplace with international spa and salon products. The company uses a combination of technology, content, and social media to allow consumers to not only discover its products but also create rich, personalized, content and tutorial.MyGlamm was founded in 2015and is headquartered in Mumbai, Maharashtra. | $150M / Series D / Nov 09, 2021 | ||
| The Good Glamm Group gathers and markets various beauty and personal care brands. It searches for sustainable and cruelty-free beauty companies to invest in and helps with advertising them under their existing digital spaces. The Good Glamm Group is based in Pune, India. | $150M / Series D / Nov 09, 2021 | ||
| MyGlamm is a direct-to-consumer beauty brand that offers an online beauty products marketplace with international spa and salon products. The company uses a combination of technology, content, and social media to allow consumers to not only discover its products but also create rich, personalized, content and tutorial.MyGlamm was founded in 2015and is headquartered in Mumbai, Maharashtra. | $47.8M / Series C / Jul 26, 2021 | ||
| CRMNEXT is an enterprise CRM solution provider credited with the world's largest installations in financial sector. From Fortune 500 to start-ups, businesses across nine verticals have built profitable customer relationships via CRMNEXT.CRMNEXT eliminates the barriers between human and digital channels, enabling world-class, omni-channelcustomer interactions from a single platform. It recalibrates banks’ potential to grow engagement, drive profitability, and deliver innovation.CRMNEXT’s customers include global brands like Pfizer, State Bank of India, HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank, Axis Bank, Tata AIA, Reliance, Banco de Oro Philippines, National Bank of Oman, Pavers England etc. It is in Gartner Magic Quadrant for Lead management, Sales Force Automation and Customer Engagement. For more information, | $16M / Series B / Jul 08, 2021 | ||
| MyGlamm is a direct-to-consumer beauty brand that offers an online beauty products marketplace with international spa and salon products. The company uses a combination of technology, content, and social media to allow consumers to not only discover its products but also create rich, personalized, content and tutorial.MyGlamm was founded in 2015and is headquartered in Mumbai, Maharashtra. | $24.1M / Series C / Mar 18, 2021 | ||
| Freshtohome is an online grocery store that sells a range of seafood and meat to its users.The website’s range of products include fish, poultry, mutton, steaks, and fillet. Fish consists of shell, freshwater, and marine. Furthermore, it enables suppliers to supply their seafood and meat to the website.Freshtohome was launched in 2015 by ShanKadavil and is based in Bangalore. | $121M / Series C / Aug 07, 2020 | ||
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FAQ
What does Ascent Capital invest in?
Ascent Capital invests primarily in Financial Services, Banking and Health Care startups, most often at Series C and Series B stage. Most of the 41 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in India. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What is Ascent Capital's check size?
Ascent Capital typically joins rounds of $12M–$33M at Series B, $2.5M–$50M at Series C and $5M–$36M at Venture - Series Unknown. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Ascent Capital participates in.
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Who are the partners at Ascent Capital?
The team at Ascent Capital includes Raja Kumar (Founder & Managing Partner). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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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 Oct 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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