# Nilesh Kothari

> Nilesh Kothari is a debt financing investor at Trifecta Capital Advisors backing AgTech. See 6 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Trifecta Capital Advisors](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/trifecta-capital-advisors)
- Location: Delhi, India
- Total investments: 6
- Last investment: Mar 2022
- Lead investor: 50%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nilesh-kothari-9126588/

Nilesh Kothari is a debt financing investor at Trifecta Capital Advisors in Delhi focused on AgTech and E-Commerce. Nilesh Kothari - Co-Founder and Managing Partner @ Trifecta Capital Advisors

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| AgTech | 2 | 33% |
| E-Commerce | 2 | 33% |
| B2B | 1 | 17% |
| Sales | 1 | 17% |
| Seafood | 1 | 17% |

12 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Debt Financing | 3 | 50% |
| Series B | 1 | 17% |
| Series C | 1 | 17% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Aquaconnect | Aquaconnect was founded in 2017 as a full-stack aquaculture technology venture to offer data-driven farm advisory solutions and market place solutions to Shrimp and Fish farmers. As a part of promoting sustainable farming practices in aquaculture ecosystem, we have launched an Artificial Intelligence farm advisor 'FarmMOJO' - a friendlyfarm companion. FarmMOJO's data intelligence improves farm productivity and connects farmers with aquaculture industry stakeholders under its market place. Aquaconnect works with about 3000 farmers in Indian states of Andhra, Tamilnadu, and Gujrat to improve their farm revenues through technology intervention. | $7.9M | Debt Financing | Mar 21, 2022 |  |
| Ninjacart | Ninjacart operates an online business-to-business platform that connects farmers, manufactures, and brands to retailers directly through the lean and connected supply chain. Its platform enables the distribution of vegetables and fruits to retailers and restaurants across India. Ashutosh Vikram, Kartheeswaran K K, Sharath Loganathan, ThirukumaranNagarajan, and Vasu Devan founded Ninjacart in July 2015. It has its headquarters in Bengaluru in India. | $4.2M | Debt Financing | Nov 15, 2019 |  |
| Ninjacart | Ninjacart operates an online business-to-business platform that connects farmers, manufactures, and brands to retailers directly through the lean and connected supply chain. Its platform enables the distribution of vegetables and fruits to retailers and restaurants across India. Ashutosh Vikram, Kartheeswaran K K, Sharath Loganathan, ThirukumaranNagarajan, and Vasu Devan founded Ninjacart in July 2015. It has its headquarters in Bengaluru in India. | $10M | Series C | Jun 21, 2019 |  |
| Ninjacart | Ninjacart operates an online business-to-business platform that connects farmers, manufactures, and brands to retailers directly through the lean and connected supply chain. Its platform enables the distribution of vegetables and fruits to retailers and restaurants across India. Ashutosh Vikram, Kartheeswaran K K, Sharath Loganathan, ThirukumaranNagarajan, and Vasu Devan founded Ninjacart in July 2015. It has its headquarters in Bengaluru in India. | $29.8M | Series B | Dec 12, 2018 |  |
| Ninjacart | Ninjacart operates an online business-to-business platform that connects farmers, manufactures, and brands to retailers directly through the lean and connected supply chain. Its platform enables the distribution of vegetables and fruits to retailers and restaurants across India. Ashutosh Vikram, Kartheeswaran K K, Sharath Loganathan, ThirukumaranNagarajan, and Vasu Devan founded Ninjacart in July 2015. It has its headquarters in Bengaluru in India. | $1.1M | Debt Financing | Mar 05, 2018 |  |
| Industrybuying | Industrybuying.com is India's lagest ecommerce platform for industrial supplies . They have over 50,000 products available and adding more everyday. They are first movers in bringing ecommerce to India's industrial space. | $1.8M | Debt Financing | Jan 20, 2016 |  |

6 of 6 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Accel](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/accel) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Mistletoe](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mistletoe) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Neoplux](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/neoplux) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Steadview Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/steadview-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Syngenta Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/syngenta-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Tanglin Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tanglin-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Trifecta Capital Advisors

VC Fund · New Delhi, India

Trifecta Capital Advisors India’s first independent venture debt firm.Venture debt is a form of specialty debt financing provided to companies that are not serviced by traditional lenders like Banks. The financing is usually structured as a combination of a loan along with limited equity investment rights (warrants). While established businesseshave many options for debt financing, new economy business have only had access to equity financing to fund their growth. We are here to change that.

5 contacts available at Trifecta Capital Advisors.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Aakash Goel | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aakash-goel |
| Abhishek Gupta | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/abhishek-gupta-50d4 |
| Ankit Sharma | Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ankit-sharma-5996 |
| Nilesh Kothari | Co-Founder and Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nilesh-kothari |
| Rahul Khanna | Co Founder and Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rahul-khanna |

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## FAQ

### What does Nilesh Kothari invest in?

Nilesh Kothari invests primarily in AgTech, E-Commerce and B2B startups, most often at Debt Financing and Series B stage. Most of the 6 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in India. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Nilesh Kothari last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Nilesh Kothari closed in Mar 2022. Shizune tracks 6 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?

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