# Manish Choksi

> Manish Choksi is a Series A investor at Asian Paints backing Software and Food and Beverage. See 12 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Asian Paints](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/asian-paints)
- Location: Mumbai, India
- Total investments: 12
- Last investment: Nov 2024
- Lead investor: 50%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/manishchoksi
- Website: https://x.com/choksimm
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/manish.choksi

Manish Choksi is a Series A investor at Asian Paints in Mumbai focused on Software and Food and Beverage. Manish Choksi is the Founder and CIO of Inoventures. He previously worked at Asian Paints as a Chief of corporate Strategy and CIO. Manish Choksi attended the University of Houston.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1M–$1.7M |
| Series A | $2M–$11M |
| Series B | $6.5M–$50M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 2 | 17% |
| Food and Beverage | 2 | 17% |
| Information Technology | 2 | 17% |
| AgTech | 1 | 8% |
| Retail | 1 | 8% |

16 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 4 | 33% |
| Series B | 3 | 25% |
| Seed | 2 | 17% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 8% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 8% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Electromech Infraprojects | Electromech is a MEP services provider with extensive knowledge and a growing wallet share, serving multinational corporations to worldwide standards in high-end, high-intensity, high-growth mechanical and electrical user sectors such as data centers, global captives, industrials, and warehousing. |  |  | Nov 21, 2025 |  |
| All Things Baby | At All Things Baby, we are committed to bring the most loved products from the most notable brands from across the world to Indian parents. We presently house brands like Stokke(Nursery & Lifestyle), Abena(Incontinence), Bambo Nature(Diapers & Baby Care), Babiators(Kids sunglasses), Brainsmith(Early learning) amongst others. We areconstantly striving to expand our portfolio and introduce essential, convenient and high-quality products. We are constantly evolving & hand-pick our brands and products to ensure 100% satisfaction, functionality and to meet the needs of parents. | $3.6M | Series A | Nov 26, 2024 |  |
| Yu | Yu Foodlabs provides a range of instant and ready-to-make meal bowls with zero preservatives. | $6.5M | Series B | Oct 18, 2024 |  |
| Beco | Beco support and drive a positive change in the world with sustainable & eco-friendly alternatives to single-use plastics and packaging. | $9.9M | Series B | Aug 13, 2024 |  |
| Yu | Yu Foodlabs provides a range of instant and ready-to-make meal bowls with zero preservatives. | $2.4M | Series A | Feb 12, 2024 |  |
| OpiGo | OpiGo helps make better investment decisions with simple and interactive tools! | $168.2K | Pre-Seed | Jan 23, 2024 |  |
| Yu | Yu Foodlabs provides a range of instant and ready-to-make meal bowls with zero preservatives. | $2.5M | Series A | Nov 15, 2022 |  |
| Yu | Yu Foodlabs provides a range of instant and ready-to-make meal bowls with zero preservatives. | $1M | Seed | Oct 20, 2021 |  |
| Fraazo | Fraazo is online platform that allows customer to get farm fresh produce directly from farmers. | $50M | Series B | Oct 13, 2021 |  |
| Fraazo | Fraazo is online platform that allows customer to get farm fresh produce directly from farmers. | $11M | Series A | Jul 02, 2021 |  |

10 of 12 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Equanimity Investments](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/equanimity-investments) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Apar Global Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/apar-global-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Sixth Sense Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sixth-senseventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Titan Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/titan-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [AIG Direct](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aig-direct) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Blue Lotus](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/blue-lotus) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Asian Paints

VC Fund · Mumbai, India

Since its foundation in 1942, Asian Paints has come a long way to become India’s leading and Asia’s fourth largest paint company, with a turnover of Rs. 158.5 billion. We operate in 19 countries and have 26 paint manufacturing facilities in the world, servicing consumers in over 65 countries. The company has come a long way since its smallbeginnings in 1942. It was set up as a partnership firm by four friends who were willing to take on the world's biggest, most famous paint companies operating in India at that time. Over the course of 25 years, Asian Paints became a corporate force and India's leading paints company. Driven by its strong consumer-focus and innovative spirit, the company has been the market leader in paints since 1967. Today, it is double the size of any other paint company in India. Asian Paints manufactures a wide range of paints for decorative and industrial use.

5 contacts available at Asian Paints.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Arvind Vakil | Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/arvind-vakil |
| Champaklal Choksey | Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/champaklal-choksey |
| Chimanlal Choksi | Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chimanlal-choksi |
| Manish Choksi | Chief - Corporate Strategy & CIO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/manish-choksi |
| Suryakant Dani | Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/suryakant-dani |

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## FAQ

### What does Manish Choksi invest in?

Manish Choksi invests primarily in Software, Food and Beverage and Information Technology startups, most often at Series A and Series B stage. Most of the 12 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in India. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Manish Choksi's check size?

Manish Choksi typically joins rounds of $1M–$1.7M at Seed, $2M–$11M at Series A and $6.5M–$50M at Series B. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Manish Choksi participates in.

### When did Manish Choksi last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Manish Choksi closed in Nov 2024. Shizune tracks 12 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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