# Mars Shot Ventures

> Mars Shot Ventures is a VC fund backing Software and Information Technology. See 77 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Bengaluru, India
- Total investments: 77
- Last investment: Feb 2026
- Lead investor: 3%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/mars-shot-ventures/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/marsshotvc
- Website: https://marsshot.vc/

Mars Shot Ventures is a venture capital firm that provides investment and advise to early stage startups.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $752k–$5.5M |
| Series A | $77k–$28M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 12 | 16% |
| Information Technology | 12 | 16% |
| Internet | 9 | 12% |
| SaaS | 8 | 10% |
| FinTech | 7 | 9% |

95 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 20 | 26% |
| Series A | 18 | 23% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 14 | 18% |
| Funding Round | 12 | 16% |
| Pre-Seed | 4 | 5% |

7 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| India | 51 | 66% |
| United States | 11 | 14% |
| Singapore | 2 | 3% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Shashank Mehta | Partner | 2 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/shashank-mehta |
| Vishnu Acharya | Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/vishnu-acharya-8046 |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Nailinit | Nailinit a community-first nail care brand focused on Gen Z and millennial consumers. | $253K | Pre-Seed | Feb 26, 2026 |  |
| The Happy Company | The Happy Company ™ (THC) is an infrastructure platform powered by retail intelligence, focused on technology for the everyday consumer — beginning in India (and made in भारत). Operating at the intersection of commerce, content, and community, THC wholly owns and operates the Chaicup ® retail brand. Chaicup ® serves delicious, affordable, andsustainable foods and beverages, leveraging product and customer insights to marry an intelligent, world-class supply chain with a fast, friendly experience for both partners and consumers. | $5M | Seed | Oct 31, 2025 |  |
| OnFinance AI | OnFinance AI is a generative AI platform purpose-built for the Banking, Financial Services, and Insurance (BFSI) sector. Powered by NeoGPT, India’s first BFSI-specific LLM, we deliver explainable, secure, regulation-aligned AI agents that help banks, NBFCs, AMCs, brokerages, insurers, exchanges, and regulators move from manual compliance toproactive governance.Our flagship platform, ComplianceOS, hosts 70+ regulatory AI agents that interpret circulars, assign tasks, track deadlines, and generate audit-ready evidence, compressing work that once took weeks into minutes. InvestigativeOS adds deeper capabilities across KYC, CSCRF (cyber resilience), SEBI PwD accessibility compliance, vendor risk assessment, and market-conduct surveillance (insider trading, front-running, manipulation).Regulatory coverage spans 40+ domains including SEBI, RBI, IRDAI, AMFI, NSE, BSE, and NPCI, with expanding support for global regimes such as the SEC, OCC, Federal Reserve, FINRA, FCA, SAMA, and MAS. We’re trusted by leading institutions including BSE Limited, Kotak Mutual Fund, Nippon India Mutual Fund, Aditya Birla Capital Digital, HDFC Securities, and many more.Founded in 2023 by BITS Pilani alumni and ex-HSBC, Barclays, WorldQuant, and Nutanix professionals, OnFinance AI is backed by Peak XV (fka Sequoia India & SEA) and prominent operators including OpenAI's Head of Applied AI, Groww Founders’ Fund, MarsShot VC (Razorpay Founders’ Fund), Climber Capital, IAN, LV, SSV, Kunal Shah and SNV (SilverNeedle Ventures).Recognitions include Forbes Asia 30 Under 30 (2024), Microsoft “AI First Mover,” and Inc42 Top 30, with certifications ISO 27001 & SOC 2 Type II.We’re building the future of regulatory intelligence, turning complexity into clarity, speed, and trust. We are actively hiring, please reach out to team@onfinance.in to get a call back. | $4.2M | Seed | Sep 22, 2025 |  |
| Nothing Before Coffee (NBC) | Nothing Before Coffee (NBC) specializes in delivering freshly brewed coffee with fresh ingredients. | $2.3M | Seed | Apr 16, 2025 |  |
| Mugafi | Mugafi is a next-generation entertainment company engineering original IPs through a powerful blend of AI, imagination, and cultural storytelling. Combining proprietary AI tools with a creator-first platform, Mugafi enables the development of stories into comics, films, games, and virtual assets at scale. With 30,000+ creators, partnerships acrossIndia, GCC, and SEA, and breakout projects like Kubera, Mugafi is building a vertically integrated studio system — from script ideation to global franchise monetization. | $3M | Seed | Apr 09, 2025 |  |
| WeVOIS Labs | WeVOIS Labs is a solid waste management company which provides automated IoT- based, door to door waste collection solutions. | $4.2M | Series A | Jan 14, 2025 |  |
| Zivy Inc | It is just as easy for people to reach you as it is for you to reach them. This is a bittersweet feeling. There are many (ingenious!) collaboration tools that help us with different type of tasks. What we didn’t anticipate was the noise that having these tools would create in our lives. Cue endless notifications, and feeling that we couldn’t getenough done even at the end of a very busy day.Zivy shows your most important messages where they belong - up top! We help you reclaim the peace and mindspace that dealing with unorganised communication occupies. | $1.2M | Pre-Seed | Sep 11, 2024 |  |
| Boba Bhai | Boba Bhai is a bubble tea brand that provides an unique and interactive bubble tea experience in the market. | $1.5M | Seed | Apr 24, 2024 |  |
| SiftHub | SiftHub is a knowledge discovery and content generation platform for sales and pre-sales teams. It helps automate all information requests such as infosec questionnaires, vendor assessments, RFPs using AI. | $5.5M | Seed | Apr 03, 2024 |  |
| Shoffr | Shoffr is a platform that offers taxi, limousine, and car rental services. | $1M | Equity Crowdfunding | Mar 20, 2024 |  |

10 of 77 investments shown.

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## FAQ

### What does Mars Shot Ventures invest in?

Mars Shot Ventures invests primarily in Software, Information Technology and Internet startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 77 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in India. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Mars Shot Ventures's check size?

Mars Shot Ventures typically joins rounds of $752k–$5.5M at Seed and $77k–$28M 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 Mars Shot Ventures participates in.

### How do I contact Mars Shot Ventures?

Public channels for Mars Shot Ventures include LinkedIn, X (Twitter) and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### Who are the partners at Mars Shot Ventures?

The team at Mars Shot Ventures includes Shashank Mehta (Partner) and Vishnu Acharya (Partner). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### 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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