# Milliways Ventures

> Milliways Ventures is a VC fund backing Software and Machine Learning. See 18 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Sep 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Palo Alto, United States
- Total investments: 18
- Last investment: Oct 2022
- Lead investor: 6%
- Last updated: Sep 2026
- X (Twitter): https://www.twitter.com/anand_raj
- Website: http://www.milliwaysventures.com

Milliways Ventures is a VC fund in Palo Alto focused on Software and Machine Learning. Milliways construct a stellar track record of both entrepreneurship as well as investment. They have created companies of over $1 Billion in value as well as were early investors in companies like Facebook, Lyft and Whisper.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 5 | 28% |
| Machine Learning | 5 | 28% |
| Analytics | 4 | 22% |
| SaaS | 3 | 17% |
| Mobile Apps | 3 | 17% |

54 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 9 | 50% |
| Series A | 3 | 17% |
| Series B | 2 | 11% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2 | 11% |
| Series C | 1 | 6% |

6 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 13 | 72% |
| India | 3 | 17% |
| Singapore | 1 | 6% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Anand Rajaraman | Founder | 21 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/anand-rajaraman |
| Venky Harinarayan | Founding Partner | 20 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/venky-harinarayan |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WorkSpan | WorkSpan is the #1 co-sell management network that empowers companies to turbocharge and scale their co-sell revenue growth. Partnership and Sales teams use WorkSpan’s secure SaaS solution to collaborate with partners on deals, exchange co-sell referrals from inside their CRM, manage shared pipelines, and track performance on a live dashboard. Asthe industry’s leader in Ecosystem Business Management, we power the top 10 business ecosystems in the technology and communications industry today, managing over $50 billion in joint pipeline, 6x faster speed to market for joint solutions, and 2x partner manager productivity. Customers include Microsoft, Cisco, SAP, VMware, HPE, Accenture, Ericsson, Citrix, Red Hat, and others. WorkSpan was established in January 2015 by Amit Sinha, Mayank Bawa, and Milind Joshi in Foster City, California. | $30M | Series C | Oct 05, 2022 |  |
| MediBuddy | MediBuddy is a digital healthcare platform for an inpatient hospitalization, outpatient services, and corporate wellness benefits.MediBuddy is the award-winning technology platform from Medi Assist that transforms the health insurance industry at the very core. MediBuddy, with its diverse offerings for various stakeholders of the health benefitsindustry, makes the process of discovering, accessing, utilizing, and monitoring health benefits seamless, real-time, and virtually paperless. The company was founded in 2000 and based in Bangalore, Karnataka, India. | $40M | Series B | Feb 02, 2021 |  |
| Motorq | Motorq enables access to connected vehicle data and analytics at scale so that enterprises such as fleets, insurance companies and governments can rapidly improve operations and expand services. They future-proof the vehicle data strategy for these enterprises, empowering them to lead in the new mobility world. | $7M | Series A | Dec 17, 2020 |  |
| Lore IO | Lore IO's Virtual Data Layer is a business- accessible data fabric for the entire enterprise data. It maintains declarative data transformations that are executed virtually at query time and are abstracted from the application layer. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Nov 01, 2020 |  |
| DocsApp | DocsApp is an online doctor consultation platform. DocsApp is a mobile platform where people from India can consult a specialist MD Doctors with in 30 minutes in various specialisations through chat or call from the location of their convenience. DocsApp has specialist Doctors in the following specialisations. | $9.6M | Series B | May 07, 2020 |  |
| Aibono | Aibono uses comprehensive data instruments, predictive analytics, and process improvements to help farmers improve yields. The company synchronizes Real-time Production with Real-time Consumption of super perishable Fruits & Vegetables by using Predictive Analytics, Precision Farming, and Just-In-Time harvests. They start right from the sowingstage, monitoring the seed growth and we extend our services till harvest. On the farm, their patent-pending drones, retrofitted with multispectral cameras, fly around capturing data that was previously unavailable to the farmers. They monitor, plant growth, vigor and stress levels due to disease and deficiencies via the drone and our experts on the field carry out advanced nutrient testing, weather and soil measurements across many parameters. Using these data, we provide implementable solutions for your farm managers to help them make precise decisions to counter any situation and improve productivity.Aibono was received the Economic Times Startup Award for the Best Social Enterprise in 2017. The company was founded in 2014 and is based in Bangalore, Karnataka, India. | $2.5M | Seed | Mar 11, 2019 |  |
| Geomagical Labs | Geomagical Labs mission is to help everyone realize an inspired home. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Jan 01, 2019 |  |
| Lyft | Lyft designs, markets, and operates a mobile application that matches drivers with passengers who request rides, and also allows payment through the app. It also allows riders to schedule rides up to seven days in advance.Its services are primarily focused on college, university, and corporate communities. Lyft is a fast-growing ridesharingcompany in the U.S. and is available to 95 percent of the US population.Lyft was founded in June 2012 by Logan Green and John Zimmer in San Francisco, California. | $600M | Series I | Jun 28, 2018 |  |
| Motorq | Motorq enables access to connected vehicle data and analytics at scale so that enterprises such as fleets, insurance companies and governments can rapidly improve operations and expand services. They future-proof the vehicle data strategy for these enterprises, empowering them to lead in the new mobility world. | $2M | Seed | May 17, 2018 |  |
| Zenprivex (ZPX) | ZPX, a startup that is building a decentralised cryptocurrency exchange in Singapore .Zenprivex (ZPX is a Singapore-headquartered investor and builder of blockchain asset . | $1.3M | Seed | Apr 05, 2018 |  |

10 of 18 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Bessemer Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bessemer-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [New Enterprise Associates](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/new-enterprise-associates) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Rebright Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rebright-partners) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Story Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/story-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [11.2 Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/112capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Alumni Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alumni-ventures-group) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Milliways Ventures invest in?

Milliways Ventures invests primarily in Software, Machine Learning and Analytics startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 18 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Milliways Ventures?

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### Who are the partners at Milliways Ventures?

The team at Milliways Ventures includes Anand Rajaraman (Founder) and Venky Harinarayan (Founding Partner). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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