# Ashwini Asokan

> Ashwini Asokan is a seed investor backing Machine Learning. See 7 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Location: Chennai, India
- Total investments: 7
- Last investment: Sep 2025
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashwiniasokan/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/ladyashborg
- Website: https://x.com/ladyashborg

Ashwini Asokan is a seed investor in Chennai focused on Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence. Ashwini Asokan is the CEO of Blox.ai. Ashwini Asokan attended Carnegie Mellon University and MOP Vaishnav College, Madras University.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Machine Learning | 2 | 29% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 2 | 29% |
| Audio | 1 | 14% |
| Finance | 1 | 14% |
| Women's | 1 | 14% |

16 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 5 | 71% |
| Series A | 2 | 29% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| India | 4 | 57% |
| United States | 2 | 29% |
| Singapore | 1 | 14% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Baanhem Ventures | Baanhem Ventures represents a privately held entity with a concentration on the, supported by its designation as a non-government company. |  | Seed | Sep 24, 2025 |  |
| infinyte.club | infinyte.club is a financial services company that helps to create liquidity for ESOPs. | $3.6M | Seed | Aug 12, 2024 | https://www.infinyte.club |
| Mindgrove | Mindgrove provides innovative Systems on Chips (SoCs) and hardware. | $2.4M | Seed | Feb 23, 2023 | https://www.mindgrovetech.in/ |
| leap.club | leap.club is a private network of rising women leaders. leap.club offers a paid membership for women that helps them in their professional growth through a host of benefits, including a curated professional network, executive coaching, focus on mental wellness, masterclasses, etc. | $1.1M | Seed | Dec 01, 2022 | https://leap.club/ |
| Virtualness | Virtualness is a mobile-first platform created to assist brands and creators in navigating the challenging Web3 environment. It prioritizes artists and is developing the manual for simple design, effective sharing, and smooth digital commerce. | $8M | Seed | Nov 16, 2022 | https://virtualness.io/ |
| MURF.AI | Murf AI is a synthetic speech technology startup developing lifelike AI voices for podcasts, slideshows, and professional presentations without hiring a voice artist or using any complex recording equipment. It utilizes a text-based voice-over maker tool with hyper-realistic AI voices to simplify voice audios. The company's AI engine has beentrained for hours to produce high-fidelity synthetic AI voices that mimic the nuances and subtleties, including the likeness, style, and uniqueness of the human voice.Murf AI was founded in October 2020 by Sneha Roy, Ankur Edkie, and Divyanshu Pandey and is headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah. | $10M | Series A | Sep 20, 2022 | https://murf.ai/ |
| Nextbillion.ai | Nextbillion.ai aims to deliver a wide range of AI-powered hyperlocal solutions starting with the area of mapping. Nb.ai is working on building the geospatial infrastructure needed for enabling location-based experiences for the next billion users. The complexities in markets like India, Indonesia, and Nigeria are far greater than the traditionaldeveloped countries and we are building the future of location technology. Underdeveloped infrastructure, the rise of megacities, complex addresses, and an ever-changing road network make things even more challenging and we are trying to solve these extremely complex problems using a combination of data, AI, platform, and people. | $7M | Series A | Jun 25, 2020 | http://nextbillion.ai |

7 of 7 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Elevation Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/elevation-capital-6e8a) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [Alpha Wave Global](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alpha-wave-global) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Speciale Invest](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/speciale-invest) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [APPYHIGH](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/appyhigh) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Artha Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/artha-india-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Blockchange Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/blockchange-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Ashwini Asokan invest in?

Ashwini Asokan invests primarily in Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence and Audio startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 7 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in India. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Ashwini Asokan?

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### When did Ashwini Asokan last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Ashwini Asokan closed in Sep 2025. Shizune tracks 7 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

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