# Growth Sense

> Growth Sense is a VC fund in Akola backing Software and Online Portals. See 32 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Akola, India
- Total investments: 32
- Last investment: May 2026
- Lead investor: 6%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/growth-sense/
- Website: https://www.growth-sense.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/VibrantGrowthSense

Growth Sense is a VC fund in Akola focused on Software and Online Portals. Growth Sense addresses the real challenges of the Startup ecosystem with first-hand entrepreneurship experience, professional approach, and learning attitude, commitment to acting as a partner and not a service provider helps in creating a real difference.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $198k–$1M |
| Pre-Seed | $36k–$1M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 7 | 22% |
| Online Portals | 6 | 19% |
| Training | 5 | 16% |
| Manufacturing | 4 | 13% |
| Financial Services | 4 | 13% |

46 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 25 | 78% |
| Pre-Seed | 4 | 13% |
| Series A | 1 | 3% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 3% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| India | 27 | 84% |
| United States | 1 | 3% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Kinjal Kapadia | Founder & Director | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kinjal-kapadia |
| Sanjay Sarda | Founder | 2 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sanjay-sarda-f945 |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| the EleFant | the EleFant is a mobile app-based toy rental service designed to revolutionize children's playtime. | $1M | Seed | May 13, 2026 |  |
| Mannlich | Mannlich is an India-based startup revolutionizing men's grooming with premium products. | $294K | Seed | Mar 16, 2026 |  |
| EXTRAMILE PLAY | #1 Platform for Play-Based Team Engagement \| With 180+ games \| Trusted by Motilal Oswal, Cipla, EY & 100+ companies | $500K | Seed | Oct 17, 2025 |  |
| Darwix AI | At CUR8, we are pioneering the future of sales enablement with our flagship product, Transform+, a comprehensive 360-degree Generative AI SaaS platform designed to fuel sales teams with unparalleled efficiency and innovation. Our vision with Transform+ is to revolutionize sales processes, providing a unique blend of UX, IP content, and AI-poweredtools. | $1.5M | Seed | Jun 17, 2025 |  |
| Klassroom Edutech | Klassroom Edutech, a Mumbai-based hybrid (offline to online) tutoring platform. |  |  | Jan 02, 2025 |  |
| LiaPlus AI | With a special focus in marketing and sales department of SMEs, we are building the most exhaustive AI powered sales and marketing department augmenting their growth via reliable AI agents. | $238.1K | Seed | Sep 05, 2024 |  |
| the EleFant | the EleFant is a mobile app-based toy rental service designed to revolutionize children's playtime. | $718.6K | Seed | Jul 03, 2024 |  |
| EcoRatings | EcoRatings rates all categories of products and services on sustainability parameters on a scale of 10 - to help consumers make more sustainable shopping decisions. We are disrupting the existing sustainability assessment frameworks (which exist at the company level) by using AI/ML and Big Data techniques to quantify the impact atproduct/service level. | $1M | Pre-Seed | May 28, 2024 |  |
| LiaPlus AI | With a special focus in marketing and sales department of SMEs, we are building the most exhaustive AI powered sales and marketing department augmenting their growth via reliable AI agents. | $36.1K | Pre-Seed | Jan 16, 2024 |  |
| Stroom | Stroom is a food manufacturer that provides healthy snacks for healthy living with multiple range of products and varieties. |  | Seed | Jan 01, 2024 |  |

10 of 32 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Growth91](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/growth91) — VC Fund, 8 deals together
- [ShuruUp Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/shuruup-ventures) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
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## FAQ

### What does Growth Sense invest in?

Growth Sense invests primarily in Software, Online Portals and Training startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 32 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in India. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Growth Sense's check size?

Growth Sense typically joins rounds of $198k–$1M at Seed and $36k–$1M at Pre-Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Growth Sense participates in.

### How do I contact Growth Sense?

Public channels for Growth Sense include LinkedIn, the website linked on this profile and Facebook. 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 Growth Sense?

The team at Growth Sense includes Kinjal Kapadia (Founder & Director) and Sanjay Sarda (Founder). 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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