# Avishkar accelerator

> Avishkar accelerator is a VC fund in Hyderabad backing Software and Artificial Intelligence. See 8 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Hyderabad, India
- Total investments: 8
- Last investment: Jun 2023
- Lead investor: 50%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- Website: https://cie.iiit.ac.in/avishkar

Avishkar accelerator is a VC fund in Hyderabad focused on Software and Artificial Intelligence. Avishkar Accelerator invests in startups.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 3 | 38% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 3 | 38% |
| Automotive | 2 | 25% |
| Content | 1 | 13% |
| Hospital | 1 | 13% |

16 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 4 | 50% |
| Series A | 2 | 25% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2 | 25% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| EraNext | EraNext develop technologies on IoT Platform for Connected Vehicles and AIM to develop an INFRASTRUCTURE for reliable, efficient and safe driving/riding experience. | $48.5K | Seed | Jun 06, 2023 | https://www.eranext.in/ |
| Petrol Social | Petrol Social intends to deliver to mobile all of the tools present on PCs and the web content production platforms and mobile smart legos are examples of tools. | $48.5K | Seed | Jun 06, 2023 | https://www.petrol.social |
| Nirvesh Enterprises | Nirvesh Enterprises is a revolutionary team of highly skilled specialists growing with the aim of adopting neurosciences, biomedical sciences, and neuropsychiatry and based products on their diagnosis with the fundamental motivation circling around cognitive wellness. | $48.5K | Seed | Jun 06, 2023 | https://www.nirveshenterprises.com |
| NxtQ | NxtQ provides accurate and real-time data regarding a patient's movements, allowing prosthetists and orthotics to develop customized devices that are more appropriate for their needs. | $48.5K | Seed | Jun 06, 2023 |  |
| Instoried | Instoried is an augmented writing platform which improves customer interest and engagement. The platform helps content writers in e-commerce, news, FMCG and other verticals to optimise emotions in their marketing content. | $8M | Series A | Oct 27, 2021 | https://www.instoried.com/ |
| Bolt.Earth | Revos is a smart mobility platform that provides AI-enabled IoT solutions for electric vehicles. The company provides a modular and customizable tracking and control system that integrates easily into vehicles making them smart, safe, and connected.Revos develops the largest network of edge devices and its operating stack to enable electricvehicle adoption in emerging markets. | $4M | Series A | Sep 02, 2021 | https://www.revos.in |
| Hyrelabs | Human resource is the most important asset for any business. Acquiring the best of talents from the large talent pool in this era of war for talent is of utmost priority for any company’s fast growth and scale. Manual and repetitive tasks in the recruitment process is frustrating and time consuming. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Jan 01, 2019 | https://hyrelabs.com/ |
| Scholr | Scholr is an online educational service that provides its users with personalized learning experiences. It answers problems ranging from mathematical expressions to word problems from all the CBSE textbooks of mathematics and science. Scholr was launched by Himanshu Nimje and Manil Gupta in 2015. It is operated from Mumbai, Maharashtra. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Jan 01, 2019 | http://www.scholr.com |

8 of 8 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Xseed Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/xseed-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [50K Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/50kventures-com) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [100Unicorns](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/9unicorns) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Prime Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/angelprime) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [CIE IIIT Hyderabad](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cie-at-iiit) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [IIT Mandi Catalyst](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/iit-mandi-catalyst) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Avishkar accelerator invest in?

Avishkar accelerator invests primarily in Software, Artificial Intelligence and Automotive startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 8 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in India. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Avishkar accelerator last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Avishkar accelerator closed in Jun 2023. Shizune tracks 8 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?

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