# Gaurav Kumar

> Gaurav Kumar is a debt financing investor at Vivriti Capital backing Financial Services and PaaS. See 4 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Vivriti Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/vivriti-capital)
- Location: Chennai, India
- Total investments: 4
- Last investment: Mar 2026
- Lead investor: 75%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gaurav-kumar-2a465114/

Gaurav Kumar is a debt financing investor at Vivriti Capital in Chennai focused on Financial Services and PaaS. Gaurav Kumar is the a Founder & CEO of Yubi Group.He previously worked at Vivriti Asset Management as a Founder. Gaurav Kumar attended the dehli university.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Financial Services | 2 | 50% |
| PaaS | 1 | 25% |
| Fashion | 1 | 25% |
| FinTech | 1 | 25% |
| Finance | 1 | 25% |

12 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Debt Financing | 2 | 50% |
| Seed | 1 | 25% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 25% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Mannlich | Mannlich is an India-based startup revolutionizing men's grooming with premium products. | $294K | Seed | Mar 16, 2026 |  |
| Yubi | Yubi is a fully integrated, unified digital platform that helps discover, trade, execute and fulfill debt solutions for investors. | $8.5M |  | Nov 18, 2025 |  |
| CARS24 Financial Services | CARS24 Financial Services is a professionally managed Non-Banking Financial Company. The Company offers various vehicles lending products to the customers. | $1.2M | Debt Financing | Jul 09, 2020 |  |
| CARS24 | CARS24 offers a tech-enabled marketplace used for buying and selling pre-owned cars.The company aims to revolutionize the way used cars are sold by creating an efficient and reliable way for car owners to sell their used cars at a reasonable price. It utilizes an AI-enabled pricing algorithm that displays the accurate market price as well as theappraisal price of a vehicle. The platform also books appointments for vehicle inspection. The services provided by the company helps customers sell their vehicle in a secure and efficient manner. CARS24 is backed by Exor Seeds, Moore Strategic Ventures, and Unbound.Cars24 was founded in Gurgaon, Haryana, India in 2015 by Vikram Chopra, Mehul Agrawal, Ruchit Agrawal, and Gajendra Jangid. | $1.3M | Debt Financing | Jul 09, 2020 |  |

4 of 4 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [BeyondSeed](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/beyondseed) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Chandigarh Angels Network](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chandigarh-angelsnetwork) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Growth91](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/growth91) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Growth Sense](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/growth-sense) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Signal Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/signal-ventures-bb94) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Vivriti Capital

VC Fund · Chennai, India

Vivriti Capital is a marketplace for small enterprises and individuals that lack efficient access to financial services. It provides investment banking services to a diverse set of clients by combining their deep understanding of their clients’ business models with the efforts of their structured finance experts and their extensive coverage ofinvestor classes. Through the use of data analytics, the company's technology system determines the client’s needs and designs an appropriate product at the client’s doorstep.Vivriti Capital was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.

5 contacts available at Vivriti Capital.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Aniket Deshpande | Founding Member | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aniket-deshpande |
| Gaurav Kumar | Co-Founder & Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gaurav-kumar-9d46 |
| Soumendra Ghosh | Founding Member | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/soumendra-ghosh |
| Vineet Sukumar | Co-Founder & Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/vineet-sukumar |
| Rohit Sinha | Head Supply Chain Finance | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rohit-sinha-e277 |

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## FAQ

### What does Gaurav Kumar invest in?

Gaurav Kumar invests primarily in Financial Services, PaaS and Fashion startups, most often at Debt Financing and Seed 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.

### When did Gaurav Kumar last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Gaurav Kumar closed in Mar 2026. Shizune tracks 4 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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