# HCLTech

> HCLTech is a VC fund in Noida backing Software, Water and CleanTech. See 15 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Oct 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Noida, India
- Total investments: 15
- Last investment: Jun 2026
- Lead investor: 60%
- Last updated: Oct 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company-beta/1756
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/hcltech
- Website: http://www.hcltech.com
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/HCLTechnologies

HCLTech is a global technology company delivering industry-leading capabilities centered around digital, engineering, and cloud, powered by a broad portfolio of technology services and products. The company works with clients across all major verticals, providing industry solutions for financial services, manufacturing, life sciences andhealthcare, technology and services, telecom and media, retail and CPG, and public services.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 5 | 33% |
| Water | 3 | 20% |
| CleanTech | 3 | 20% |
| Information Technology | 3 | 20% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 3 | 20% |

43 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Grant | 7 | 47% |
| Seed | 2 | 13% |
| Series B | 1 | 7% |
| Series C | 1 | 7% |
| Series D | 1 | 7% |

8 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 4 | 27% |
| India | 3 | 20% |
| Argentina | 2 | 13% |
| Italy | 1 | 7% |
| Canada | 1 | 7% |

8 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Arunabh Mitra | Chief Continuity Officer & Crisis Management Leader | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/arunabh-mitra |
| Neeraj Purandare | SVP, Head of Product Management | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/neeraj-purandare |
| Pavan Kanwar | Senior Technical Manager (UX Strategy) | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/pavan-kanwar |
| Vaibhav Agarwal | Javascript Developer | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/vaibhav-agarwal-2 |
| Ajit Kumar | Chief Information Officer | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ajit-kumar-757a |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Sarvam AI | Sarvam AI develops artificial intelligence infrastructure, models, and applications designed to support Indian languages and enterprise use cases. Its platform provides capabilities such as text-to-speech, speech-to-text, translation, document digitization, dubbing, and conversational AI through APIs and deployable products. The company builds andoperates a full-stack AI ecosystem that includes foundational models, application-layer tools, and infrastructure for serving AI workloads at scale. Sarvam’s offerings are used by enterprises, government organizations, and developers to automate workflows, process multilingual content, and enable AI-powered interactions across diverse linguistic contexts. The company also develops language and multimodal models tailored to Indian languages and regional requirements, with support for deployment in cloud, private cloud, on-premises, and air-gapped environments. | $234M | Series B | Jun 15, 2026 | https://www.sarvam.ai |
| Comitato Internazionale per lo Sviluppo dei Popoli | CISP is an organization that represents the committee for people's development. | $500K | Grant | Jun 05, 2026 | https://www.cisp.ngo |
| Aves Argentinas | Aves Argentinas is a nonprofit organization that focuses on the conservation of wild birds and their habitats through projects in research, education, and management of protected areas. It develops conservation programs for priority species, restores ecosystems, and promotes good productive practices that consider biodiversity. The organizationcoordinates a national network of birdwatching clubs that carry out monitoring, citizen science, outreach, and local advocacy activities. Aves Argentinas offers educational materials, guided birdwatching outings, and training activities aimed at schools, teachers, volunteers, and the general public. It also publishes thematic magazines and digital resources to disseminate information on birds and nature. | $250K | Grant | Jun 05, 2026 | https://www.avesargentinas.org.ar |
| Isla Urban | Isla Urban is a project dedicated to contributing to sustainability in Mexico through rainwater harvesting | $250K | Grant | Jun 05, 2026 | https://islaurbana.org/ |
| RainGrid | Artificial intelligence/Iot networks of circular rainfall retention and reuse, data analytics for ecosystem restoration credits, data analytics and visualization |  | Seed | Jan 18, 2023 | https://www.raingrid.com/ |
| Kilimo | Kilimo is a Big Data solution for water management in agriculture.. It features climate monitoring by using satellite and site data to provides prescription for each crop and increase water use efficiency. The company was founded in 2014 and headquartered in Cordoba, Argentina. | $191.1K | Grant | Jan 18, 2023 | http://www.kilimoagtech.com |
| bNovate Technologies | BNovate Technologies develops automated water monitoring systems, focusing on microbiological analysis through flow cytometry. The company designs devices that measure bacterial loads in water, supporting applications in drinking water safety and pharmaceutical processes. Its technology enables continuous and automated detection of microbialcontamination, reducing the need for manual testing and improving response times. | $191.1K | Grant | Jan 18, 2023 | https://www.bnovate.com/ |
| Epic Cleantec | Epic Cleantec ("Epic") is a full-service water reuse firm based in San Francisco, CA. We provide turnkey wastewater treatment and reuse systems for customers, creating a one-stop-shop for design, engineering, permitting, installation, and ongoing operations. Our team has decades of experience across the wastewater and built environmentvalue chain, with expertise in wastewater and solids handling technology, project financing, policy, and operations. Epic is decentralizing wastewater treatment and reuse into individual buildings or groups of buildings, by converting building wastewater into treated water for non-potable applications like toilet flushing, irrigation, and cooling towers, as well as natural soil amendments that can be used to grow crops, enhance gardens, and beautify green spaces. The Epic system can help a project reduce its water demand by up to 95%, which saves owners hundreds of thousands of dollars annually on their water and sewer bills. Born out of initial work with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation's "Reinvent the Toilet Challenge," Epic reduces the cost and complexity of onsite wastewater treatment and reuse, lowering costs for building owners, easing strain on municipal utilities, and strengthening sustainability and resiliency efforts. Winner of the United Nation's 2018 Global Climate Action Summit Innovation Showcase and a Fast Company 2020 World Changing Ideas Award honoree, Epic is now participating in the highly competitive Imagine H2O accelerator, the world's top water-focused startup program. | $190K | Grant | Jan 18, 2023 | http://epiccleantec.com/ |
| NatureDots | We are a Hard-Tech start-up, creating resource-intelligent nature-based systems and solutions integrated with DeepTech for establishing a climate-Resilient New Nature Economy. Our dream is to map 2.5 million ha of freshwater bodies in India for creating a Digital Twin of freshwater ecosystems. With our novel value-innovation, we use the power ofNature and DeepTech for 100% de-risking freshwater fisheries towards establishing sustainable fisheries in India with which we are tackling the pain-points of 15 million fish farmers. | $195K | Grant | Jan 05, 2023 | https://naturedots.com |
| GUVI | Guvi ,an IIT Madras-incubated company,is an online technical learning platform, which is making engineers employable by making difference in the way they are learning. Guvi offers technical video courses like Android, Python, Java, C, C++, MachineLearning, Big Data, MongoDB in vernacular languages which are created byworking professionals in nativelanguages like Tamil, Telugu, Hindi,Kannada, Bengali etc. | $1.8M | Seed | Sep 27, 2022 | http://www.guvi.in |

10 of 15 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Bessemer Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bessemer-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Cisco Investments](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cisco-investments) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Northgate Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/northgate-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Redpoint](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/redpoint-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [ST Telemedia](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/singapore-technologies-telemedia-pte) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Singtel Innov8](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/singtel-innov8) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does HCLTech invest in?

HCLTech invests primarily in Software, Water and CleanTech startups, most often at Grant and Seed stage. Most of the 15 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact HCLTech?

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### Who are the partners at HCLTech?

The team at HCLTech includes Arunabh Mitra (Chief Continuity Officer & Crisis Management Leader), Neeraj Purandare (SVP, Head of Product Management) and Pavan Kanwar (Senior Technical Manager (UX Strategy)), among 8 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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