Manish Singhal
Founding Partner @ Pi Ventures
Bangalore, India
Manish Singhal is a seed investor at Pi Ventures in Bangalore focused on Artificial Intelligence and Manufacturing. Manish Singhal is based out of Bangalore, Karnataka and is the Founding Partner of Pi Ventures. Manish previously worked at LVX as a Co-founder & CEO. Manish Singhal attended the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur.
- Total investments:
- 18
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 56%
Last updated:
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Industries Manish Singhal invests in
Stages Manish Singhal invests in
Countries Manish Singhal invests in
Round sizes
Round size
- Seed
- $1M–$6.8M
- Series A
- $2.8M–$11M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Artificial Intelligence 5 (28%)
- Manufacturing 2 (11%)
- Machine Learning 2 (11%)
- Coffee 1 (6%)
- Energy 1 (6%)
Stage
- Seed 7 (39%)
- Series A 3 (17%)
- Angel 2 (11%)
- Series B 2 (11%)
- Pre-Seed 1 (6%)
Country
- India 8 (44%)
- United States 2 (11%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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Pranos Fusion
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Pranos Fusion is a fusion energy company that provides baseload power, plasma modeling, and AI-driven clean energy technology. | $6.8M / Seed / Mar 24, 2026 | |
Aule Space
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Founded in 2024 by Jay Panchal, Nithyaa Giri, and Hrishit Tambi, Aule Space is developing autonomous satellites equipped with docking capabilities. These "jetpack" satellites are designed to attach to existing satellites in orbit, providing them with additional propulsion to extend their operational lifespan.Aule Space is an on-orbitservicing company developing autonomous satellites capable of performing Rendezvous, Proximity Operations and Docking(RPOD) subsystems.It provides space robotics affordable and scalable to unlock a sustainable in-space economy and expand humanity's reach in space exploration, starting with extending the life of satellites that are running out of fuel with our jetpacks.Aule Space is developing autonomous satellites capable of performing Rendezvous, Proximity Operations and Docking (RPOD). These satellites are designed to approach, inspect, dock with, and physically attach to other objects in orbit to extend their operational life, inspect assets, or enable controlled retirement. | $2M / Pre-Seed / Jan 14, 2026 | |
Lightspeed Photonics
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Lightspeed Photonics is a building of modular optoelectronic processors and interconnects for data centers and near-edge computing. | $6.5M / Seed / Nov 26, 2025 | |
RagaAI
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RagaAI is the #1 AI testing platform which helps enterprises mitigate AI risks and make their models secure and reliable.The AI-testing methods used by most today are Ad-hoc, which both increases the time-commitment and reduces productivity while building models. Also it leaves un-foreseen risks, so they perform poorly post deployment and thuswaste both time and money for the business.We have built an end-to-end AI testing platform which’ll help enterprises drastically improve their AI development pipeline and prevent inefficiencies and risks post deployment. Visit www.raga.ai to start your AI integrity journey today. | $4.7M / Seed / Jan 23, 2024 | |
Agnikul
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Agnikul is a space tech startup that designs, manufactures, tests, and launch orbital-class rockets for micro and nanosatellites. They currently work out of the National Center for Combustion R&D at IIT-Madras. Rocket scientists, engineers, ex-bankers and space lawyers are a part of their team. This unique blend of people is one of theirbiggest strengths. The company was founded in 2017 and is based in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. | $26.7M / Series B / Oct 17, 2023 | |
Ottonomy
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Ottonomy IO is a tech startup which builds autonomous robot fleets to make contactless deliveries for safe and enhanced user experience, saving millions of dollars for eCom, Logistics, retail industries to name a few. The state of the art mapping and perception elements are unique to navigate in ever changing surroundings for both indoor andoutdoor environments integrated with a fleet management and monitoring cloud framework. | $1.4M / Convertible Note / Jun 01, 2023 | |
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Ottonomy
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Ottonomy IO is a tech startup which builds autonomous robot fleets to make contactless deliveries for safe and enhanced user experience, saving millions of dollars for eCom, Logistics, retail industries to name a few. The state of the art mapping and perception elements are unique to navigate in ever changing surroundings for both indoor andoutdoor environments integrated with a fleet management and monitoring cloud framework. | $3.3M / Seed / Aug 02, 2022 | |
Wysa
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Wysa provides a mental health wellness platform to help manage stress from health anxiety behavior of employees and patients. Wysa provides early intervention to high-risk groups through an AI chatbot, a library of evidence-based self-help tools, and messaging-based support from human therapists. It blends AI-guided listening with professionalexpert support. | $20M / Series B / Jul 14, 2022 | |
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Agnikul
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Agnikul is a space tech startup that designs, manufactures, tests, and launch orbital-class rockets for micro and nanosatellites. They currently work out of the National Center for Combustion R&D at IIT-Madras. Rocket scientists, engineers, ex-bankers and space lawyers are a part of their team. This unique blend of people is one of theirbiggest strengths. The company was founded in 2017 and is based in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. | $11M / Series A / May 19, 2021 | |
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Wysa
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Wysa provides a mental health wellness platform to help manage stress from health anxiety behavior of employees and patients. Wysa provides early intervention to high-risk groups through an AI chatbot, a library of evidence-based self-help tools, and messaging-based support from human therapists. It blends AI-guided listening with professionalexpert support. | $5.5M / Series A / Mar 14, 2021 | |
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Co-Investors
About Pi Ventures
We are India's first and largest deeptech VC fund. We back ambitious founders building deeptech startups which solve global problems. Areas of focus include AI, quantum computing, blockchain infrastructure, material science, synthetic biology, spacetech and robotics.
Pi Ventures Contacts
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Manish Singhal
Founding Partner
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Shubham Sandeep
Managing Director
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Umakant Soni
Founding Partner
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Yogesh Pakhale
President, Chief Executive Officer
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FAQ
What does Manish Singhal invest in?
Manish Singhal invests primarily in Artificial Intelligence, Manufacturing and Machine Learning startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 18 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 Singhal's check size?
Manish Singhal typically joins rounds of $1M–$6.8M at Seed and $2.8M–$11M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Manish Singhal participates in.
When did Manish Singhal last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Manish Singhal closed in Mar 2026. Shizune tracks 18 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.
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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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