# Japan Vyas

> Japan Vyas is a seed investor at Roots Ventures (Mumbai) backing E-Commerce and Mobile. See 16 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Roots Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/roots-ventures)
- Location: Mumbai, India
- Total investments: 16
- Last investment: Mar 2023
- Lead investor: 44%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/japanvyas77
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/japanvyas
- Website: https://x.com/japanvyas

Japan Vyas is a seed investor at Roots Ventures in Mumbai focused on E-Commerce and Mobile. Japan Vyas is the Managing Partner and Founder of Roots Ventures.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $427k–$5M |
| Series A | $6M–$32M |
| Venture - Series Unknown | $2M–$2M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| E-Commerce | 4 | 25% |
| Mobile | 2 | 13% |
| Retail | 2 | 13% |
| Health Care | 2 | 13% |
| Food and Beverage | 2 | 13% |

34 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 9 | 56% |
| Series A | 2 | 13% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2 | 13% |
| Angel | 1 | 6% |
| Series B | 1 | 6% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| India | 12 | 75% |
| United States | 1 | 6% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| RAAHO | RAAHO is a trucking marketplace that offers digital payments, tracking of freight-loaded vehicles, and vehicle verification. Raaho provides on-demand trucking services through applications developed in-house with an aim to create operational and cost efficiencies for the Indian trucking industry. Its services include real-time tracking offreight-loaded vehicles, instant digital payments, and vehicle verification. With a trustworthy connected trucking world, Raaho is revolutionizing the offline, opaque, and fragmented transportation sector. The business uses its nationwide network of truckers to move freight, saving shippers money, boosting driver income, and lowering its carbon footprint. | $2.4M | Seed | Mar 13, 2023 |  |
| Smytten | Smytten is an online discovery platform for premium products & services. Smytten also offers assisted shopping, and for the more advanced shopper, customised offers and ability to build their own wishlist for regular purchases. | $12.9M | Series B | May 17, 2022 |  |
| Sublime Life | Sublime Life is a Clean Beauty curator, curates sustainable, ethical, effective. | $2M | Seed | Feb 17, 2022 |  |
| 1908 e-ventures | 1908 E-Ventures runs an online platform and community called Sublime Life that connects and accesses ethical, sustainable, and clean brands | $2M | Venture - Series Unknown | Feb 16, 2022 |  |
| DailyObjects | Indian e Commerce portal for good worldwide labels of gadget's accessory solutions.DailyObjects.com was established in 2012 by a group of accessory-loving folks who realized that sometimes accessories are as important as the parent product. Today, this portal has transformed into a unique, virtual warehouse of creative and stylishaccessories which simplify and energize your everyday existence. At the moment, more than 150 renowned international brands sell their latest creations on this website, helping consumers embellish, fashionize, refurbish or maximize the functionality of their favorite gadgets/devices. | $2M | Venture - Series Unknown | Feb 11, 2022 |  |
| StockGro | StockGro is a social investment platform with a gamified virtual interface that enables users to discover trading strategies, compete and interact with others. | $32M | Series A | Jan 20, 2022 |  |
| RAAHO | RAAHO is a trucking marketplace that offers digital payments, tracking of freight-loaded vehicles, and vehicle verification. Raaho provides on-demand trucking services through applications developed in-house with an aim to create operational and cost efficiencies for the Indian trucking industry. Its services include real-time tracking offreight-loaded vehicles, instant digital payments, and vehicle verification. With a trustworthy connected trucking world, Raaho is revolutionizing the offline, opaque, and fragmented transportation sector. The business uses its nationwide network of truckers to move freight, saving shippers money, boosting driver income, and lowering its carbon footprint. | $1.7M | Seed | Dec 08, 2021 |  |
| Smytten | Smytten is an online discovery platform for premium products & services. Smytten also offers assisted shopping, and for the more advanced shopper, customised offers and ability to build their own wishlist for regular purchases. | $6M | Series A | Aug 24, 2021 |  |
| StockGro | StockGro is a social investment platform with a gamified virtual interface that enables users to discover trading strategies, compete and interact with others. | $5M | Seed | Aug 03, 2021 |  |
| ProEves | ProEves is a pro woman initiative that aims to help women have a life of their own.A Pro-Women initiative aimed at providing real solutions to support women in realizing their true potential. ProEves is a platform for verified, credible Daycare and preschools and runs a Blog on Childcare, Parenting, Toddler DIY Activities, Recipes and Inspiring Momstories. | $427K | Seed | Jan 16, 2020 |  |

10 of 16 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Fireside Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fireside-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Inflection Point Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/inflection-point-ventures-d275) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Sharrp Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sharrp-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Survam Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/survam-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Waao Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/waao-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [1Crowd](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/1crowd) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Roots Ventures

VC Fund · Mumbai, India

Roots Ventures is a venture capital firm.

2 contacts available at Roots Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Japan Vyas | Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/japan-vyas |
| Ravinder Vashist | Co-Founder and Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ravinder-vashist |

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## FAQ

### What does Japan Vyas invest in?

Japan Vyas invests primarily in E-Commerce, Mobile and Retail startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 16 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in India. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Japan Vyas's check size?

Japan Vyas typically joins rounds of $427k–$5M at Seed, $6M–$32M at Series A and $2M–$2M at Venture - Series Unknown. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Japan Vyas participates in.

### When did Japan Vyas last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Japan Vyas closed in Mar 2023. Shizune tracks 16 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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