# Malabar Investment Advisors

> Malabar Investment Advisors is a VC fund backing E-Commerce and Banking. See 11 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: New York, United States
- Total investments: 11
- Last investment: Dec 2024
- Lead investor: 36%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/malabar-investment-advisors
- Website: http://www.malabarinvest.com/

Malabar Investment Advisors is a VC fund in New York focused on E-Commerce and Banking. Malabar are an investment firm focusing on identifying and investing in small companies in growth segments in India.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| E-Commerce | 4 | 36% |
| Banking | 2 | 18% |
| Lifestyle | 2 | 18% |
| Marketplace | 2 | 18% |
| B2B | 1 | 9% |

43 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 3 | 27% |
| Funding Round | 2 | 18% |
| Seed | 1 | 9% |
| Series C | 1 | 9% |
| Series E | 1 | 9% |

8 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| India | 9 | 82% |
| United States | 2 | 18% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Ketan Shah | Chief Operating Officer | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ketan-shah-50ab |
| Sumeet Nagar | Founder and Managing Director | 5 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sumeet-nagar-d269 |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Dentalkart.com | Dentalkart.com – India’s largest online Dental market, with the widest assortment of 35,000 plus products across 80 plus diverse categories from over 125 regional, national, and international brands. In August 2016, Dr Vikas Aggarwal and Sandeep Aggarwal founded Dentalkart.com – India’s largest online Dental market, with the widest assortment of15,000 plus products across 80 plus diverse categories from over 125 regional, national, and international brands. Dentalkart is the shopping destination for Dentists across the country, delivering to 6000+ cities and towns in India. Online Shopping – A Boon The trend of online shopping is becoming a household name and so is Dentalkart. | $10M | Venture - Series Unknown | Dec 04, 2024 |  |
| SUGAR Cosmetics | SUGAR Cosmetics is a cruelty-free makeup brand that offers a wide range of premium makeup products. It is a cult favorite amongst millennials and is one of the fastest-growing premium beauty brands in India. With its clutter-breaking persona, signature low-poly packaging, and chart-topping products, SUGAR is the makeup of choice for bold,independent women who refuse to be stereotyped into roles. SUGAR was crafted and manufactured in state-of-the-art facilities across Germany, Italy, India, the USA, and Korea, the brand ships its bestselling products in Lips, Eyes, Face, Nails, and Skin categories across the world. | $4.5M | Series E | Nov 27, 2024 |  |
| boAt | boAt is a lifestyle brand that deals with fashionable consumer electronics including earphones, headphones, speakers, travel chargers, and premium rugged cables. boAt's products blend into people's daily lifestyle, almost to the point of being a fashion accessory and a perfect fit for their ambient surroundings. | $60.8M | Convertible Note | Oct 28, 2022 |  |
| Games24x7 | Founded by New York University trained economists Bhavin Pandya and Trivikraman Thampy in 2006, Games24x7 is an India headquartered online gaming company with a portfolio that spans skill games (RummyCircle and My11Circle) and casual games (Ultimate Games). Backed by marquee investors like Tiger Global and The Raine Group, the company specializesin using behavioural science, technology and artificial intelligence to provide awesome game playing experiences across all its platforms.Games24x7 operates RummyCircle, the leading online rummy platform in India and My11Circle, one of the country's top fantasy sports platforms. The company has also set up a casual games studio, Ultimate Games, to launch new games for the global market. The diverse, talented and passionate Games24x7 team is spread across three continents with offices in Mumbai, Bengaluru, Kiev, Philadelphia and Miami. | $75M | Venture - Series Unknown | Mar 30, 2022 |  |
| Bombay Shaving Company | Bombay Shaving Company is a consumer goods company that focuses on developing a range of shave care, beard care, and skincare products. It specializes in men's grooming, personal care, shaving, beard grooming, skincare, and handmade soaps. Bombay Shaving Company was founded in 2015 and is based in New Delhi, Delhi, India. | $21.5M | Series C | Jan 05, 2022 |  |
| GupShup | Gupshup enables its users to communicate and share their short messages privately and publicly.HDFC and ZeeTV to engage and retain consumers. Its platform handles over 4 billion messages per month and has delivered over 150 billion messages in total. Gupshup also developed a smart messaging app, Teamchat, which introduced patent-pending “smart”messages in 2014, only now being offered by other messaging apps. Gupshup’s Smart messaging platform also provides tools for developers to quickly and easily build, test, deploy, monitor, and track bots and other smart messaging services.The company was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in Cupertino, California. | $240M | Series F | Jul 28, 2021 |  |
| CarTrade | CarTrade.com is India’s leading online automotive market for buyers and sellers of new and used vehicles. Our car auctions take place across more than 80 cities with over 1200 dealers participating in these auctions. This enables us to empower the buyers and the seller to choose the most suitable vehicles at the most affordable prices. | $24.5M | Venture - Series Unknown | Apr 12, 2021 |  |
| Aptus Value Housing Finance India | Aptus Value Housing Finance India Ltd is a Housing Finance Company, Registered and Certified by National Housing Bank, (a part of RBI). Aptus has been formed to primarily address the housing finance needs of self employed, informal segment of customers, belonging to middle income, primarily from semi urban and rural markets. Despite the vibrantgrowth of the housing finance sector especially over the past few years, India still has one of the most severe housing shortages today in Asia. The majority of India’s population, and especially the self employed, business segment from semi urban areas, lack access to housing finance. There is thus an urgent need to respond to the needs of this segment. Aptus would be catering to the needs of these customers. | $104.8M | Private Equity | Sep 10, 2019 |  |
| IndiaMART | IndiaMART is an online B2B marketplace, connecting buyers with suppliers. The online channel focuses on providing a platform to SMEs, large enterprises as well as individuals. Founded in 1996, the company’s mission is ‘to make doing business easy’.5.98 Crore+ Buyers \| 47 Lakh+ Suppliers \| 5 Crore+ ProductsIndiaMART for Buyers - Convenience ofconnecting with sellers anytime, anywhere - Wider marketplace with a range of products and suppliers - One-stop-shop for all requirementsIndiaMART for Suppliers - Enhanced business visibility - Access to buyers from across the globe - Increased credibility for your brandIndiaMART has over 3600 employees located across 80+ offices in the country, and with customers spanning across 200 nations. Its existing investors include Intel Capital, Amadeus Capital, WestBridge Capital & Quona Capital. | $25M |  | Jun 24, 2019 |  |
| Clootrack | Clootrack is a first of its kind platform, that discovers and measures brand perception metrics that matter. Clootrack does this with proprietary deep learning & AI algorithms based on proven mathematical models. | $500K | Seed | Jan 29, 2019 |  |

10 of 11 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Elevation Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/elevation-capital-6e8a) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Tiger Global Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tiger-global) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Alchemy Capital Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alchemy-capital-management) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Anicut Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/anicut-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Birla Sun Life Insurance](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/birla-sun-life-insurance-2) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [BNP Paribas Private Equity](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bnp-paribas-private-equity) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Malabar Investment Advisors invest in?

Malabar Investment Advisors invests primarily in E-Commerce, Banking and Lifestyle startups, most often at Venture - Series Unknown and Funding Round stage. Most of the 11 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in India. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Malabar Investment Advisors?

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### Who are the partners at Malabar Investment Advisors?

The team at Malabar Investment Advisors includes Ketan Shah (Chief Operating Officer) and Sumeet Nagar (Founder and Managing Director). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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