Lead Invest
VC Fund
Mumbai, India
Lead Invest is a VC fund in Mumbai focused on Software and E-Commerce. Lead Angels is India's first angel network focused on IITs.Founded by a team of three originally from Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay including a retired professor, a recent graduate and an incubator manager.The network members provide time and money to disruptive startups across India. Its members are successful entrepreneursacross different sectors.
- Total investments:
- 104
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 37%
Last updated:
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Industries Lead Invest invests in
Stages Lead Invest invests in
Countries Lead Invest invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
Round size
- Seed
- $100k–$1.7M
- Angel
- $82k–$698k
- Venture - Series Unknown
- $965k–$2.1M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 14 (13%)
- E-Commerce 13 (13%)
- Information Technology 11 (11%)
- Artificial Intelligence 10 (10%)
- Internet 9 (9%)
Stage
- Seed 63 (61%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 11 (11%)
- Angel 9 (9%)
- Pre-Seed 4 (4%)
- Series A 4 (4%)
Country
- India 84 (81%)
- United States 3 (3%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Dhruv Nath
Director
|
Director | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Mili Mishra
Consultant
|
Consultant | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Sushanto Mitra
Founder & CEO
|
Founder & CEO | Total investments: 14 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kidbea is Asia's first Spill-proof & sustainable fashion-tech brand exclusively for kids. We make "certified organic, spill-proof, anti-bacterial, breathable, and softest" kids products. We aim to provide non-toxic sustainable products to the children and a relaxed parenting to every toddler's parent. | $3.2M / Series A / Mar 24, 2026 | ||
| EventBeep is an online events platform that provides all events information to students. | $850K / Seed / Feb 07, 2026 | ||
| Fundamento is an AI company that provides a voice-agent platform for enterprise contact centers within the financial services sector. Its solution automates borrower or customer engagements across the lending lifecycle—covering functions such as loan discovery, servicing, collections, and upselling. The platform supports multilingual conversation(30+ languages), integrates with existing enterprise systems (CRMs, loan management systems, enterprise dialers) and offers deployment options ranging from private cloud to on-premises to maintain compliance. | $1.9M / Seed / Oct 17, 2025 | ||
| Grest is a tech-enabled company that specializes in the re-commerce of electronics. The company offers refurbished mobile phones and laptops that have undergone rigorous quality checks. These refurbished products come with a warranty and are presented as a cost-effective alternative to new devices. Grest's offerings cater to customers lookingfor affordable and premium refurbished smartphones and laptops. The company's operations are primarily based on a digital platform, making it easy for customers to browse and purchase their desired products. | $1.8M / Venture - Series Unknown / Sep 23, 2025 | ||
| Gostops (https://www.gostops.com/) is a brand of youth hostels in India that aims to make great quality travel and living spaces accessible to the youth. | $4M / Series A / Mar 10, 2025 | ||
| Healspan provides SaaS tools to help hospitals to manage the documentation and queries on cashless insurance claims. It supports hospitals in managing documentation and queries. | Seed / Oct 15, 2024 | ||
| Nitro Commerce provides AI tools to help them reach their greatest potential. | $1.8M / Seed / Jun 25, 2024 | ||
| Awarathon is a dynamic tool for video-roleplay-led sales coaching. Our virtual training environment leverages AI to help your sales teams make effective, winning pitches.Awarathon works with middle-market organizations to impact their sales-readiness. Our platform leverages artificial intelligence and video roleplay to enhance sales trainingeffectiveness and help your teams make the perfect pitch.We have helped our clients (across financial services, technology, healthcare, and education solutions sectors) become sales-ready and have more consistent, confident sales teams.Awarathon is headquartered in Mumbai – India’s Maximum City. We started life with the ambition to spread social awareness (it’s what inspired our name). Over time, we have evolved into technological changemakers, while ensuring that our social commitments in education and equal opportunity continue meaningfully. | Seed / Feb 24, 2024 | ||
| Ghost Kitchens assists restaurants and cloud kitchens in generating additional revenue with minimal investment. Its platform supports aggregator management, marketing to increase food delivery orders, inventory management, and the supply of ready food solutions, reducing their reliance on skilled labour to maintain standardisation. | $4.9M / Series A / Feb 22, 2024 | ||
| MoMoney operates in the financial services sector, focusing on providing innovative investment solutions. With a team of 5 employees, the company aims to simplify the investment process for its users, making it accessible and manageable. MoMoney leverages technology to offer a platform where users can invest in a diverse range of options, all fromone place. The company emphasizes on making investment an easier task for individuals who find managing their earnings a challenging endeavor. Through its services, MoMoney strives to be a supportive tool for investors, guiding them in their financial journey. | Seed / Jan 01, 2024 | ||
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FAQ
What does Lead Invest invest in?
Lead Invest invests primarily in Software, E-Commerce and Information Technology startups, most often at Seed and Venture - Series Unknown stage. Most of the 104 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in India. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What round sizes does Lead Invest invest in?
Lead Invest typically joins rounds of $100k–$1.7M at Seed, $82k–$698k at Angel and $965k–$2.1M at Venture - Series Unknown. These are whole funding-round sizes, not Lead Invest's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds Lead Invest took part in.
How do I contact Lead Invest?
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Who are the partners at Lead Invest?
The team at Lead Invest includes Dhruv Nath (Director), Mili Mishra (Consultant) and Sushanto Mitra (Founder & CEO). 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 Oct 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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