# Nihar Ranjan

> Nihar Ranjan is a seed investor at Novio (Bengaluru) backing Advice and Computer. See 7 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Novio](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/credilio)
- Location: Bengaluru, India
- Total investments: 7
- Last investment: Jul 2023
- Lead investor: 29%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nihar-ranjan-787b823/

Nihar Ranjan is a seed investor at Novio in Bengaluru focused on Advice and Computer. Nihar Ranjan is the Board Director at Credilio. Nihar Ranjan attended at Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Advice | 1 | 14% |
| Computer | 1 | 14% |
| Software | 1 | 14% |
| Aerospace | 1 | 14% |
| Automotive | 1 | 14% |

11 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 4 | 57% |
| Series A | 1 | 14% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 14% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| India | 3 | 43% |
| United States | 1 | 14% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Ati Motors | Ati Motors is an all-electric autonomous industrial vehicle maker. | $10.6M | Series A | Jul 21, 2023 |  |
| unScript.ai | UnScript.ai is an AI technology that will generate thousands of videos with face and voice. With a focus on creating highly engaging interactive videos that solve conversion and engagement problems by leveraging the most recent advances in Artificial Intelligence. By combining AI with the face and voice of social influencers, we are redefiningvideo messages. Its goal is to assist brands in engaging customers at critical points in their purchasing journey by creating personalized synthetic videos at scale. | $1.3M | Seed | Sep 28, 2022 |  |
| Novio | Credilio is a digital financial platform that offers loans, credit cards, and advisory services to individuals and families. | $4M | Seed | Mar 23, 2022 |  |
| Ati Motors | Ati Motors is an all-electric autonomous industrial vehicle maker. | $3.5M | Seed | Jul 14, 2021 |  |
| Grid Raster | GridRaster provides the underlying compute and network stack to power high-end VR/AR experiences on mobile platforms by leveraging the edge cloud. The solution provides high-performance graphics at ultra low latency, while improving the overall performance by 10x. Our vision is to drive the mass adoption of VR/AR by dramatically improvingthe reach of exciting content and bringing breathtaking immersive experiences to users. | $2.5M | Venture - Series Unknown | Jul 22, 2020 |  |
| Grid Raster | GridRaster provides the underlying compute and network stack to power high-end VR/AR experiences on mobile platforms by leveraging the edge cloud. The solution provides high-performance graphics at ultra low latency, while improving the overall performance by 10x. Our vision is to drive the mass adoption of VR/AR by dramatically improvingthe reach of exciting content and bringing breathtaking immersive experiences to users. | $2.4M | Seed | Sep 01, 2019 |  |
| Grid Raster | GridRaster provides the underlying compute and network stack to power high-end VR/AR experiences on mobile platforms by leveraging the edge cloud. The solution provides high-performance graphics at ultra low latency, while improving the overall performance by 10x. Our vision is to drive the mass adoption of VR/AR by dramatically improvingthe reach of exciting content and bringing breathtaking immersive experiences to users. | $1.2M | Seed | Oct 09, 2017 |  |

7 of 7 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [MaC Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mac-venture-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Blackhorn Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/blackhorn-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Blume Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/blume-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [MFV Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mfv-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Cornerstone Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cornerstone-venture-partners-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Endurance Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/endurance-capital-77c4) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Novio

VC Fund · Mumbai, India

Credilio is a digital financial platform that offers loans, credit cards, and advisory services to individuals and families.

3 contacts available at Novio.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Nihar Ranjan | Board Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nihar-ranjan-29b8 |
| Aditya Gupta | Founder & CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aditya-gupta-8 |
| Sandeep Ghule | Head - Product & Marketing | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sandeep-ghule |

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## FAQ

### What does Nihar Ranjan invest in?

Nihar Ranjan invests primarily in Advice, Computer and Software startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 7 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in India. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Nihar Ranjan last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Nihar Ranjan closed in Jul 2023. Shizune tracks 7 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### 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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