# Hindustan Times

> Hindustan Times is a VC fund in New Delhi backing News and Audio. See 5 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: New Delhi, India
- Total investments: 5
- Last investment: May 2026
- Lead investor: 40%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/company/8641
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/htTweets
- Website: http://www.hindustantimes.com/
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/hindustantimes

Hindustan Times is an Indian English-language daily newspaper owned by Rajya Sabha M.P. and Shobhana Bhartia.According to the Audit Bureau of Circulations, it has a circulation of 1.4 million copies as of 2010. The Indian Readership Survey (IRS) 2012 revealed that HT has approximately 3.767 million readers making it the second most widelyread English newspaper in India. It is popular in northern India with simultaneous editions from New Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Lucknow, Patna, Ranchi, Bhopal, and Chandigarh.Hindustan Times is the flagship publication of HT Media Ltd., an Indian mass media company. It was founded in 1924 by Sunder Singh Lyallpuri, a founder-father of the Akali movement and the Shiromani Akali Dal in Punjab.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for Hindustan Times. Shizune tracks 5 team members at Hindustan Times. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/hindustan-times?utm_source=investor_profile

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Corporate Round | $519k–$2.2M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| News | 1 | 20% |
| Audio | 1 | 20% |
| Apparel | 1 | 20% |
| Banking | 1 | 20% |
| Content | 1 | 20% |

19 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 40% |
| Corporate Round | 2 | 40% |
| Post-IPO Debt | 1 | 20% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| India | 4 | 80% |
| Singapore | 1 | 20% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Shalil Gupta | Chief Business Officer | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/shalil-gupta-5163 |
| Abhesh Verma | CEO, Hindustan Times Digital | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/abhesh-verma |
| Bhavna Lalchandani | Vice President - Digital Business and Category Head | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bhavna-lalchandani |
| Charles Assisi | Columnist | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/charles-assisi |
| Sunder Singh Lyallpuri | Founder | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sunder-singh-lyallpuri |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Damroo | Damroo is a music streaming service that values non-film/indie music. Its distinctness enables independent artists and labels to distribute and monetize their songs across all channels while maintaining control over their copyrights. | $519.3K | Corporate Round | May 18, 2026 |  |
| Tjori | Imbibing cultural and traditional crafts from around the globe, Tjori is a platform for treasured designs across apparel, footwear, bags, decor, and jewelry. In keeping with the essence of our brand, we also offer a range of organic and ayurvedic skin care products, using secrets whispered through generations. Tjori has become an integral part ofthe everyday lifestyle of modern contemporary women in India. We design and craft all our products in a range of aesthetics and fabrics, enabling our customers to experience handmade goodness and create a statement unique to their style. Our vision is to bring together traditional crafts and modern designs, creating contemporary products that are one-of-a-kind. Working closely with designers and artisans, we pride ourselves on our attention to detail and quality, providing only the best for our niche' and valued customers. We passionately infuse quality and comfort into everything we create. | $2.2M | Corporate Round | Jul 05, 2021 |  |
| DealStreetAsia | DealStreetAsia, the flagship brand of DealStreetAsia Pte. Ltd. is a news and intelligence platform providing international and regional investors insight into some of Asia’s most opaque markets. Their financial news site www.dealstreetasia.com reports on investments, mergers, acquisitions, private equity, venture capital, investment banking and thebusiness of startups across the ASEAN region.DEALSTREETASIA Pte. Ltd. was founded in May 2014 in Singapore and came to life through its main news and intelligence portal www.dealstreetasia.com in October 2014. With a rapid demand for investment-related information in the Asian markets, we have built a strong network of correspondents in Singapore, Indonesia, Philippines, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia and India who are tracking deals in their markets. DEALSTREETASIA was founded by Joji Thomas Philip, a 24×7 information enthusiast and a believer in the future of digitized news. Based in Singapore, he is now leading a team of journalists across the Asian market. Joji believes that information will be the instrument that will shape Asia’s future.Their reporters, spread out across the geography, track the vibrant private business landscape across large, medium and small enterprises in the region. They also track startups that are disrupting status quo and playing an important role in the evolution of one of the fastest growing regions of the world. |  | Seed | Dec 15, 2015 |  |
| Zuppit | We have developed the world's smartest content summarisation algorithm, which can learn & improve on it's own. |  | Seed | Dec 02, 2015 |  |
| Religare | Religare Enterprises Limited (REL) is the holding company for one of India’s leading diversified financial services groups. REL offers an integrated suite of financial services through its underlying subsidiaries and operating entities, including loans to SMEs, Affordable Housing Finance, Health Insurance, Capital Markets and Wealth Management. RELis listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) and National Stock Exchange (NSE) in India. | $174.8M | Post-IPO Debt |  |  |

5 of 5 investments shown.

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## FAQ

### What does Hindustan Times invest in?

Hindustan Times invests primarily in News, Audio and Apparel startups, most often at Seed and Corporate Round stage. Most of the 5 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in India. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Hindustan Times's check size?

Hindustan Times typically joins rounds of $519k–$2.2M at Corporate Round. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Hindustan Times participates in.

### How do I contact Hindustan Times?

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### Who are the partners at Hindustan Times?

The team at Hindustan Times includes Shalil Gupta (Chief Business Officer), Abhesh Verma (CEO, Hindustan Times Digital) and Bhavna Lalchandani (Vice President - Digital Business and Category Head). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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