Nativelead Foundation
VC Fund
Madurai, India
Nativelead Foundation is a non-profit organization promoting innovation-based New Age entrepreneurship. Their strategies and approaches are designed in alignment with the specific dynamics of Tier II & III regions. Nativelead is a model co-created by local community and natives who have migrated elsewhere. They work based on a four-pronged approach: Enabling, Nurturing, Incubating and Investing.
- Total investments:
- 11
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 0%
Last updated:
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Industries Nativelead Foundation invests in
Stages Nativelead Foundation invests in
Countries Nativelead Foundation invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
Round size
- Seed
- $244k–$340k
- Angel
- $221k–$5M
Investment Focus
Industry
- E-Commerce 4 (36%)
- Food and Beverage 4 (36%)
- Fruit 3 (27%)
- AgTech 3 (27%)
- Grocery 3 (27%)
Stage
- Seed 7 (64%)
- Angel 2 (18%)
- Series A 1 (9%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 1 (9%)
Country
- India 10 (91%)
- United Kingdom 1 (9%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Baskar Perumal
Vice President Operations
|
Vice President Operations | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Jaya Chandran
Head Partner Development
|
Head Partner Development | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Sivarajah Ramanathan
Founder & President
|
Founder & President | Total investments: 2 | Find email | |
Stalin Jacob
Head - Academy
|
Head - Academy | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Nagaraja Prakasam
Founder Chairman
|
Founder Chairman | Total investments: 15 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Goat Robotics is an Indian company that combines automation and creativity. Our strong mobile robots can carry loads up to several tons, enabling Made in India in heavy industries and education. Come along with us as we transform education for industries and advance robots' future. | $311.4K / Seed / Mar 31, 2025 | ||
| E Sandhai is an agri-produce supply chain company that supplies fresh fruits, vegetables, and groceries. | Seed / Jan 21, 2023 | ||
| Carbon Masters helps organisations to measure, manage, reduce and report their carbon emissions, Our raison d´etre is a passion to help people in both their professional and personal lives reduce their carbon impact and to adapt to inevitable climate change. Carbon Masters two founding partners bring a range of complementary skills andcapabilities, youthful enthusiasm and experience, and an understanding of both the developing and developed worlds. Passion, global insight, and technical mastery are the values they aspire to bring to the company. Carbon Masters was established in 2009 and has since worked with a wide range of organisations in both the public and private sector to help them take steps to reduce their carbon emissions. The company now has offices in Edinburgh (UK), Bangalore (India) and Quito (Ecuador) and plans for a Carbon Masters USA are also on the horizon. | Seed / Sep 28, 2022 | ||
| MangoPoint provides a sustainable, integrated value chain for mangoes with single-origin, carbide-free, chemical-free high-quality fresh mangoes, and processed mango products through sustainable farming, planet-friendly processing, and eco-friendly packaging. | $243.7K / Seed / Feb 08, 2022 | ||
| SP Robotic Works is India's #1 Edutainment Company that bundles Learning Robotics, Coding & other New age technologies with fun! Digital Learning Platform(AI assisted) coupled with Hands-on Kits helps students learn various Technologies like Robotics, Coding, Internet Of Things(IoT), Drones, Android App Building, Virtual Reality and manymore!! They deliver courses both on Online & Offline Smart classes mode via SP Robotics Maker Labs spread across 83 dedicated centres in 32 cities and 13 states. | $3M / Series A / Jul 30, 2021 | ||
| Mivipro is a manufacturer of natural repellants and conservatives for improved agricultural yield. | Seed / May 25, 2021 | ||
| RuralBasket is a food and beverage store that sells food products. Their customers contact them through address, phone, mail, and online applications. | $5M / Angel / Dec 09, 2020 | ||
| UzhavarBumi Agro Products Pvt Ltd, founded in July 2017, is a fresh dairy products company based in Chennai, India. UB's prime motive is to establish direct trade between local farmers and consumers. UB provides fresh dairy products including milk, ghee and honey. Today UB is on the Tamilnadu's leading brands, merchandising fresh dairyproducts. | $220.9K / Angel / Apr 21, 2020 | ||
| FarmersFZ represent the union of farmers. They represent the collapsing agricultural sector of our nation!!. They represent the suffering lives of farmers.They understand the poor customers who are compelled to buy the toxic vegetables and fruits by paying high price. They pity the helpless state of million people who are struggling to find outthe natural sources of fresh and pure vegetables. | $340.3K / Seed / Oct 16, 2018 | ||
| NativeSpecial is an online venture with a vision to make native specialties from each place to be accessible online. They celebrate the uniqueness of Indian cuisine with varieties of ingredients and preparation by the turn of every corner. NativeSpecial aims to bring out native products and offer it to people from different parts of the world. | Venture - Series Unknown / Jan 19, 2017 | ||
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FAQ
What does Nativelead Foundation invest in?
Nativelead Foundation invests primarily in E-Commerce, Food and Beverage and Fruit startups, most often at Seed and Angel 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 round sizes does Nativelead Foundation invest in?
Nativelead Foundation typically joins rounds of $244k–$340k at Seed and $221k–$5M at Angel. These are whole funding-round sizes, not Nativelead Foundation's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds Nativelead Foundation took part in.
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Who are the partners at Nativelead Foundation?
The team at Nativelead Foundation includes Baskar Perumal (Vice President Operations), Jaya Chandran (Head Partner Development) and Sivarajah Ramanathan (Founder & President). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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