# NRJN Trust

> NRJN Trust is a VC fund backing Leisure, Tourism and B2B. See 9 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Total investments: 9
- Last investment: Dec 2024
- Lead investor: 11%
- Last updated: Aug 2026

NRJN Trust is an investment company established by Nandan Nilekani.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Leisure | 2 | 22% |
| Tourism | 2 | 22% |
| B2B | 1 | 11% |
| Sales | 1 | 11% |
| AgTech | 1 | 11% |

12 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 2 | 22% |
| Series C | 2 | 22% |
| Series B | 1 | 11% |
| Series D | 1 | 11% |
| Debt Financing | 1 | 11% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Avanti Finance | Avanti Platform is an open-access digital financial spine, flexible enough for users and partners to create, curate and deploy the financial products | $14.1M | Series B | Dec 11, 2024 |  |
| IntrCity | Manager- Corporate Communications | $4.5M | Series C | Feb 29, 2024 |  |
| RailYatri | RailYatri's goal is to provide the most up to date information to the 25 million passengers who board a train every day. RailYatri mobile app provides real-time information on live train status, PNR Status, seat availability predictions, fare calculator, platforms/ facilities at stations, personalized alerts, access to essential travelservices like meals and taxi.... and much more.RailYatri provides information on over 9000 locations and 14500 trains (including long distance trains, local trains and metros). Within its first year of the launch, RailYatri's Android app has crossed 1 million downloads. The company has also partnered with taxi services firms across 20 cities and food vendors across 300 stations.RailYatri's mission is to simplify train travel and they are doing it one traveller at a time. | $3M | Series C | Feb 19, 2024 |  |
| Avanti Finance | Avanti Platform is an open-access digital financial spine, flexible enough for users and partners to create, curate and deploy the financial products | $24M | Series B | Apr 03, 2023 |  |
| 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. | $145M | Series D | Dec 12, 2021 |  |
| Avanti Finance | Avanti Platform is an open-access digital financial spine, flexible enough for users and partners to create, curate and deploy the financial products | $26M | Series A | Apr 07, 2021 |  |
| Avanti Finance | Avanti Platform is an open-access digital financial spine, flexible enough for users and partners to create, curate and deploy the financial products |  | Debt Financing | Apr 07, 2021 |  |
| 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. | $4.9M | Series A | Jul 30, 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. | $5.7M | Series A | Apr 11, 2017 |  |

9 of 9 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Oikocredit International](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/oikocredit-international) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Qualcomm Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/qualcomm-ventures) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
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## FAQ

### What does NRJN Trust invest in?

NRJN Trust invests primarily in Leisure, Tourism and B2B startups, most often at Series A and Series C stage. Most of the 9 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in India. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did NRJN Trust last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for NRJN Trust closed in Dec 2024. Shizune tracks 9 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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