Lightbox
VC Fund
Mumbai, India
Lightbox is an early-stage VC firm partnering with ambitious entrepreneurs who are addressing unique challenges and opportunities in India's rapidly evolving consumer landscape with technology-led insights. The Lightbox team pairs operational expertise and an understanding of product and brand building, to help build differentiated companies. Representative investments include: Inmobi, InfoEdge, Cleartrip, Embibe, Furlenco, Rebel Foods (formerly Faasos), Melorra and Droom.
- Total investments:
- 59
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 58%
- Fund size:
- $209M
- Last fund:
Last updated:
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Industries Lightbox invests in
Stages Lightbox invests in
Countries Lightbox invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
Round size
- Series A
- $4.5M–$16M
- Series C
- $6.3M–$35M
- Venture - Series Unknown
- $8M–$34M
Investment Focus
Industry
- E-Commerce 9 (15%)
- Mobile Apps 5 (8%)
- Internet 4 (7%)
- Transportation 3 (5%)
- Financial Services 3 (5%)
Stage
- Venture - Series Unknown 10 (17%)
- Series A 8 (14%)
- Series C 7 (12%)
- Series B 5 (8%)
- Series D 4 (7%)
Country
- India 26 (44%)
- United Kingdom 1 (2%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Siddharth Talwar
Co-Founder & Partner
|
Co-Founder & Partner | Total investments: 10 | Find email | |
Jeremy Wenokur
Partner
|
Partner | Total investments: 3 | Find email | |
Sandeep Murthy
Co-Founder & Partner
|
Co-Founder & Partner | Total investments: 4 | Find email | |
Sunny Rao
Partner
|
Partner | Total investments: 1 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nua is an all-new feminine care experience. We aspire to be India's leading femcare brand by building a femtech company that truly cares for every woman's needs. | $50M / Series C / Sep 07, 2026 | ||
| Amaha is a tech-led omnichannel mental health platform solving the 95% treatment gap in mental health in India. The platform offers a range of tools and services to support individuals with their psychological needs. Amaha is run by a team of experienced healthcare and technology professionals who are passionate about using technology to deliverhigh quality mental healthcare to Indians who are struggling, regardless of age, location, gender and occupation. Dr. Amit Malik, Founder and CEO, and Neha Kirpal, Co-founder, bring both the provider and user perspectives on mental and emotional health to Amaha, along with successful entrepreneurial experience both in India and abroad. | $5.3M / Series A / Mar 30, 2026 | ||
| Generico is the fastest growing specialized pharmacy retail chain of Generic medicines. Started by IIT Bombay alumni, Generico aims at making healthcare affordable for millions of Indians. It provides the biggest portfolio of generic medicines from the reputed pharma companies under one roof and provide up to 80% lesser price. With 6 storescurrently operational in Mumbai, the target is to reach 100 stores in the next one year. | $25M / Series C / Feb 27, 2024 | ||
| Rooter is an Indian game streaming platform that organizes multiple esports tournaments and owns many gaming IPs. It focuses on the massive mobile gaming market of more than 350 mn gamers. Conceptualized in 2016, Rooter was initially set up by Piyush and Dipesh Agarwal to build a strong community of sports fans around the world. But soon afterthe outbreak of COVID-19, Rooter forayed into game streaming to build one of the country’s biggest communities of gamers as well. Rooter has reached out to more than 23 mn users with an average user watching Live game streams daily for 26 mins. Rooter also runs the biggest community program to build the next million game streamers in India. Today Rooter is the biggest streaming platform in India available across Android, iOS, and Desktop. | $16M / May 18, 2023 | ||
| Dunzo is a hyper-local delivery app that connects users to the nearest delivery partner. The delivery and e-commerce company offers services that include delivery of packages, groceries, food, medicines, pet supplies, and more. It strives to advance the retail landscape by providing micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) with digitaltools and solutions to streamline and facilitate eCommerce sales. Dunzo is backed by investors Alteria Capital, Google, Lightbox, Evolvence, LGT Lightstone Aspada, and S Korea's Hana Financial Investment.It was co-founded by Ankur Aggarwal, Dalvir Suri, Kabeer Biswas, and Mukund Jha in Bengaluru, Karnataka, India in 2015. | $75M / Series F / Apr 06, 2023 | ||
| Furlenco is a home furniture subscription program based out of Bangalore. Founded by Ajith Karimpana in 2012, Furlenco was born out of his frustration at finding well-designed, sophisticated, and affordable furniture to rent for his home.Furlenco offers a range of curated home furniture experiences, designed to suit the lifestyle needs of variedaudiences spanning students to families and expatriates. The company's solutions are convenient, cost-effective and offer access to quality furniture with the added advantage of being able to exchange it at will depending on the client's requirements. | $10.1M / Debt Financing / Feb 23, 2022 | ||
| SmartCoin is a mobile app based lending platform, capable of assessing the risk profile of a prospective borrower in real time, using data science and machine learning algorithms. Their proprietary credit underwriting engine aggregates thousands of data points on a customer’s smartphone to build a customized credit score. A customer is instantlyoffered personalized loan products on the basis of his risk and capacity, and the money is transferred digitally to their bank account. | $7M / Series B / Feb 19, 2022 | ||
| Waycool is an agri-tech company that processes, distributes, and procures fresh produce, dairy products, and staples. The company helps increase farmers’ income, through innovative quality management and food safety technology. It leverages technology and innovation to improve logistics and distribution services. Waycool distributes farm-sourcedfruits, vegetables, and other produce to local shops and modern retail outlets. They have a retail presence, currently in Chennai, through the brand SunnyBee, operating retail stores, mobile stores on trucks, and e-commerce. In addition, there are a number of high-quality private label products that SunnyBee produces and brands through partnerships with sister companies. WayCool establishes direct links to farmers and consumers using physical and information technology to link them efficiently. | $95M / Series D / Jan 13, 2022 | ||
| Rooter is an Indian game streaming platform that organizes multiple esports tournaments and owns many gaming IPs. It focuses on the massive mobile gaming market of more than 350 mn gamers. Conceptualized in 2016, Rooter was initially set up by Piyush and Dipesh Agarwal to build a strong community of sports fans around the world. But soon afterthe outbreak of COVID-19, Rooter forayed into game streaming to build one of the country’s biggest communities of gamers as well. Rooter has reached out to more than 23 mn users with an average user watching Live game streams daily for 26 mins. Rooter also runs the biggest community program to build the next million game streamers in India. Today Rooter is the biggest streaming platform in India available across Android, iOS, and Desktop. | $25.1M / Series A / Jan 12, 2022 | ||
| Rupeek is a financial services company that features an online lending platform that specializes in credit risk, gold loans, and personal loans. It offers lending solutions for lenders and borrowers. The company is driven by its mission is to bring financial inclusion for the masses and introduce products that are transparent and people-friendly.Rupeek was founded in 2015 and headquartered in Bangalore, Karnataka. | $34M / Venture - Series Unknown / Jan 11, 2022 | ||
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FAQ
What does Lightbox invest in?
Lightbox invests primarily in E-Commerce, Mobile Apps and Internet startups, most often at Venture - Series Unknown and Series A stage. Most of the 59 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 Lightbox invest in?
Lightbox typically joins rounds of $4.5M–$16M at Series A, $6.3M–$35M at Series C and $8M–$34M at Venture - Series Unknown. These are whole funding-round sizes, not Lightbox's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds Lightbox took part in.
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Who are the partners at Lightbox?
The team at Lightbox includes Siddharth Talwar (Co-Founder & Partner), Jeremy Wenokur (Partner) and Sandeep Murthy (Co-Founder & Partner). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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