# Hemendra Kothari

> Hemendra Kothari is a seed investor at DSP Blackrock backing Retail and Big Data. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [DSP Blackrock](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dsp-blackrock)
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: Dec 2018
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026

Hemendra Kothari is a seed investor at DSP Blackrock focused on Retail and Big Data. Hemendra Kothari

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Retail | 1 | 33% |
| Big Data | 1 | 33% |
| Software | 1 | 33% |
| InsurTech | 1 | 33% |
| Insurance | 1 | 33% |

13 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 1 | 33% |
| Series A | 1 | 33% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 33% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Apollo Pharmacy | Apollo Pharmacy is an e-commerce company for pharmaceutical products. | $63.1M |  | Dec 19, 2018 |  |
| Locus.sh | Locus is an intelligent logistics automation and decision-making platform that comes with in-built route planning and vehicle allocation engine which improves consistency and efficiency of operations.The platform helps companies and enterprises in e-commerce, food delivery, FMCG, and other verticals to automate and optimize their logistics. Theproduct suite comprises a route deviation engine, order dispatch automation, a field user app, route optimizations, scheduling, tracking for end-customer, and predictive analytics. Offering the entire technology stack, in the form of a platform as a service. | $4M | Series A | Jun 04, 2018 |  |
| Acko | Acko is an online insurance policy provider with its entire operations offered through the digital platform. It creates products and delivers opportunities in areas such as personalized insurance products based on user consumption behaviors. Acko offers bite-sized insurance products for drivers and others working in transportation and relatedsectors. It has also expanded its catalog and began offering similar policies in healthcare. The company was co-founded by Varun Dua and Ruchi Deepak in 2016. | $30M | Seed | May 23, 2017 |  |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Arpwood Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/arpwood-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [BEENEXT](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bee-next) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Blume Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/blume-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Catamaran](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/catamaran-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Enam Holdings](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/enam-holdings) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Exfinity Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/exfinity-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About DSP Blackrock

VC Fund · Mumbai, India

DSP BlackRock is a joint venture between the 150 year old Indian financial firm, DSP Group and the world’s largest investment management firm, BlackRock. We are one of the premier asset management companies in India, with over 19 years of track record of investment excellence. The DSP Group, headed by Mr. Hemendra Kothari, is one of the oldest andmost respected financial services firms in India. The firm commenced its stock broking business in the 1860s and the family behind the group has been very influential in the growth and professionalization of capital markets and money management business in India. BlackRock is the world’s largest investment management firm and is trusted to manage more money than any other investment firm in the world. Millions of retail investors from around the world, governments, large foundations and companies including 94 of the Fortune 100 and 20 of the top 25 insurers globally trust BlackRock with their money.

1 contacts available at DSP Blackrock.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Hemendra Kothari | Chairman | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hemendra-kothari-8108 |

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## FAQ

### What does Hemendra Kothari invest in?

Hemendra Kothari invests primarily in Retail, Big Data and Software startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 3 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in India. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Hemendra Kothari last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Hemendra Kothari closed in Dec 2018. Shizune tracks 3 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?

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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