# Gemba Capital

> Gemba Capital is a VC fund backing Financial Services and FinTech. See 72 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Bangalore, India
- Total investments: 72
- Last investment: Mar 2026
- Lead investor: 10%
- Fund size: $10M
- Last fund: May 2022
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adithpodhar/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/adithpodhar
- Website: https://gembacapital.in/

Gemba Capital is a micro VC focusing on early-stage tech investments in seed and pre-seed rounds.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $500k–$5.5M |
| Pre-Seed | $545k–$2.4M |
| Series A | $1.3M–$22M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Financial Services | 12 | 17% |
| FinTech | 8 | 11% |
| Internet | 8 | 11% |
| Software | 7 | 10% |
| E-Commerce | 7 | 10% |

90 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 39 | 54% |
| Pre-Seed | 10 | 14% |
| Series A | 10 | 14% |
| Funding Round | 3 | 4% |
| Angel | 1 | 1% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| India | 46 | 64% |
| United States | 5 | 7% |
| Spain | 1 | 1% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 1% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Akshay Jain | Analyst | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/akshay-jain-9db6 |
| Govind Lohia | Principal | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/govind-lohia-e556 |
| Kamini Shivalkar | Associate Vice President | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kamini-shivalkar-4729 |
| Vipul Rawal | Venture Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/vipul-rawal-a882 |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Inamo | Inamo is an outsourcing and enablement company that enables Quick Commerce platforms to resolve different challenges. | $6M | Series A | Mar 02, 2026 |  |
| Mannjal | Mannjal is a team of fintech veterans united by a vision to enable credit for 5 million small businesses and micro-entrepreneurs by 2026. | $1.9M | Seed | Dec 03, 2025 |  |
| Eternz | Eternz operates as a jewellery marketplace. |  | Seed | Oct 08, 2025 |  |
| MyNaksh | MyNaksh combines AI-driven personalisation with access to human astrologers, offering users a credible and engaging astrology experience. | $851.1K | Pre-Seed | Sep 15, 2025 |  |
| Inamo | Inamo is an outsourcing and enablement company that enables Quick Commerce platforms to resolve different challenges. | $3M | Seed | Sep 11, 2025 |  |
| Pazy | Pazy provides a digital platform for managing business payments and financial operations. Its services include accounts payable, reimbursements, petty cash handling, and tax reporting. The platform supports vendor management, financial reporting, and invoice auditing. It also offers integrations for syncing with other business management tools. | $697.8K | Pre-Seed | Jun 25, 2025 |  |
| Flick TV | Flick is reimagining digital entertainment for the short attention span era. We’re a mobile-first OTT platform built for snackable storytelling—think the emotional highs of television soap operas fused with the fast pace of Instagram Reels. Designed for phone screens and micro-moments, Flick delivers high-drama, low-commitment content inultra-short episodes—each just 30 to 90 seconds long. Our serialized vertical stories dive into themes like love, betrayal, crime, and family drama—anything that thrives on cliffhangers and keeps the dopamine flowing. Whether users are waiting in line, commuting, or taking a quick break, Flick transforms idle moments into mini binge sessions. We’re pioneering a new genre of entertainment: serialized vertical storytelling for the always-scrolling generation. | $2.3M | Seed | Jun 10, 2025 |  |
| Sanlayan | Sanlayan Technologies is a Bengaluru-based aerospace and defense electronics startup that specializes in designing and developing advanced electronic systems such as radar, electronic warfare, and mission-critical avionics, focusing on indigenous technology to enhance India's self-sufficiency in defense electronics. | $21.7M | Series A | Jun 09, 2025 |  |
| Shoption | Shoption bridges rural agri-retailers with irrigation equipment manufacturers and distributors. | $373.9K | Seed | May 22, 2025 |  |
| Finodaya Capital | Finodaya Capital Private Limited was to make financial inclusion available to India's smallest businesses. With decades of banking expertise, our staff knows the industry's strengths and weaknesses. | $2.5M | Seed | Apr 21, 2025 |  |

10 of 72 investments shown.

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## FAQ

### What does Gemba Capital invest in?

Gemba Capital invests primarily in Financial Services, FinTech and Internet startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 72 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in India. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Gemba Capital's check size?

Gemba Capital typically joins rounds of $500k–$5.5M at Seed, $545k–$2.4M at Pre-Seed and $1.3M–$22M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Gemba Capital participates in.

### How do I contact Gemba Capital?

Public channels for Gemba Capital include LinkedIn, X (Twitter) and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### Who are the partners at Gemba Capital?

The team at Gemba Capital includes Akshay Jain (Analyst), Govind Lohia (Principal) and Kamini Shivalkar (Associate Vice President). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### 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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