Manish Vij
Co-Founder @ Smile Group
New Delhi, India
Manish Vij is a seed investor at Smile Group in New Delhi focused on E-Commerce and Internet. Manish Vij is the Co-founder of Smile Group. He previously worked at Quasar Media Private as a Founder. Manish Vij attended Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya.
- Total investments:
- 11
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 0%
Last updated:
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Industries Manish Vij invests in
Stages Manish Vij invests in
Countries Manish Vij invests in
Round sizes
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Round size
- Seed
- $290k–$5.5M
- Series A
- $5M–$8M
Investment Focus
Industry
- E-Commerce 4 (36%)
- Internet 3 (27%)
- Marketing 2 (18%)
- Apps 1 (9%)
- Local 1 (9%)
Stage
- Seed 5 (45%)
- Series A 3 (27%)
- Funding Round 2 (18%)
- Angel 1 (9%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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| Punt Partners is a company that provides marketing technology services. It provides results through the use of proprietary data, technology, and services. | Angel / Dec 18, 2022 | ||
| FREECULTR offers India’s most soft, comfortable and skin-friendly innerwear range for men. | $5M / Series A / Jan 05, 2022 | ||
| ProfitWheel focuses on creating a customer data-led marketing intelligence platform for the new direct-to-consumer world.ProfitWheel makes digital advertising more effective by finding and winning the most profitable customers. | $3M / Seed / Oct 07, 2021 | ||
| GoKwik is an online platform that helps people solve difficulties with their buying experiences on e-commerce websites. Gokwik uses Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning to give a shopping experience that spans the full user journey, from the point of placing orders through the delivery of those products. GoKwik was founded in 2020. | $5.5M / Seed / Sep 07, 2021 | ||
| MitronTV is a free Short Video and Social Platform. It is designed for people to showcase their innovative videos inline with our theme of light humor. | $5M / Series A / Aug 17, 2020 | ||
| Zupee is a game publisher specializing in online skill-based games and gamification for learning and skilling. | $8M / Series A / Apr 08, 2020 | ||
| CityMall is a community commerce platform focused on 300 million new to internet users living in small cities, towns, and villages in India. CityMall is focused on Grocery, Fresh and Packaged FMCG, Electronics, Fashion categories. So far e-commerce has primarily benefited residents of the top 8 metropolitan cities in India. Key reasons for this arelack of trust, lack of familiarity with browsing and transacting online, low average order values (which makes economic viability a challenge for the platforms), lack of credit in online channels (which neighbourhood stores offer).CityMall is a highly efficient channel to serve these consumers through "Community Leaders". They are the "Social" & "Geographical" connectors between end consumers and CityMall. They help us in customer acquisition, localized sales & marketing to capture customers' share of wallet, and the last mile logistics in their communities, thus making the community-led model more suitable for small towns, cities, and villages. Founded by IIT Delhi and IIT Roorkee alumni with 8+ years of entrepreneurial experience, Citymall aims to create hundreds of thousands of such micro-entrepreneurs and empower them to create the go-to e-commerce platform for Bharat.CityMall is backed by top-tier VCs like General Catalyst, Elevation, Accel, Jungle Ventures and Waterbridge. | $300K / Seed / Oct 03, 2019 | ||
| Vogo is a dockless scooter rental company that lets customers rent scooters for short one-way trips. The company's VOGO box is attached to each scooter and lets customers access the key without any human intervention and start riding. Vogo is the fastest commute option available today in India at a fraction of the cost of other alternatives.Vogo is currently available at limited pick-up and drop-off points across Bangalore and Hyderabad. | Jun 18, 2019 | ||
| Biryani By Kilo offers a variety of biryani options, including Hyderabadi, Lucknowi, and Kolkata styles, alongside a selection of kebabs and meal combos. Customers can conveniently place orders online for their favorite dishes, ensuring a seamless dining experience. The company emphasizes authentic flavors and traditional recipes, appealing tobiryani enthusiasts. Biryani By Kilo focuses on expanding its presence and enhancing the accessibility of biryani as a complete meal choice. | $609.8K / Seed / Oct 25, 2017 | ||
| Near.in is building an ecommerce for local services. It is standardizing services so that these can be sold as an SKU (Stock Keeping Unit) - giving users a consistent and seamless experience. It helps user get standardized services across home needs, skills (music and dance classes), events (birthday activities) and wellness (dietician, yoga). | $290K / Seed / Jan 06, 2015 | ||
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Co-Investors
About Smile Group
Smile is Asia’s leading platform that builds internet businesses with passionate entrepreneurs. We partner with fast-growing companies for their expansion and invest in disruptive companies.Business Building We build and operate companies across multiple domains such as digital media, consumer internet, SaaS and more. We operate Tyroo, APAC’sLargest Multi-Screen Performance Network and SingleInterface, a location-based marketing company for multi-location enterprise retail brands. Some notable ones are as follows: -> Quasar sold to WPP -> SVG Media sold to Dentsu Aegis Network -> Squad Digital sold to Scan GroupPartnerships (Katalyzers) We partner with fast growing technology companies to expand their business overseas. Our partnerships include Airbnb, WPP(Prodigi/Hogarth India), WPP Africa and moreInvestments We enable entrepreneurship by investing in disruptive companies. Our investments include Letsbuy.com, HackerEarth, Scoopwhoop, Yumlane, Rapido, Wealthy, The Man Company, Bira 91, Little Eye Labs and more Say Hello! info@smile.co.in
Smile Group Contacts
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Abhijeet Singh
Senior Associate
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Harish Bahl
Founder & Chairman
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Manish Vij
Co-Founder
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FAQ
What does Manish Vij invest in?
Manish Vij invests primarily in E-Commerce, Internet and Marketing startups, most often at Seed and Series A 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.
What is Manish Vij's check size?
Manish Vij typically joins rounds of $290k–$5.5M at Seed and $5M–$8M 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 Vij participates in.
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When did Manish Vij last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Manish Vij closed in Dec 2022. Shizune tracks 11 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 Sep 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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