NuVentures
VC Fund
Bangalore, India
NuVentures is an early stage venture fund based out of Bangalore, India founded by Venk Krishnan in 2015. They back tech-enabled startups by providing a quality mentorship ecosystem and financial capital. They invest in passionate entrepreneurs and teams with a drive to build globally scalable enterprises solving India-centric problems. RecentNuVentures investments include Acko, Coverfox, Daily Ninja, Geist, Pocket Aces, Scripbox, Vokal, TapChief, and Thrillophilia.
- Total investments:
- 44
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 18%
- Fund size:
- $30M
- Last fund:
Last updated:
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Industries NuVentures invests in
Stages NuVentures invests in
Countries NuVentures invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
Round size
- Seed
- $250k–$5.3M
- Series A
- $2.5M–$42M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 7 (16%)
- Internet 4 (9%)
- InsurTech 4 (9%)
- Health Care 4 (9%)
- Financial Services 4 (9%)
Stage
- Seed 20 (45%)
- Series A 9 (20%)
- Angel 3 (7%)
- Pre-Seed 2 (5%)
- Series B 2 (5%)
Country
- India 31 (70%)
- United States 5 (11%)
- Singapore 2 (5%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Ekta Parmaka
Investment Associate
|
Investment Associate | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Venk Krishnan
Managing Partner
|
Managing Partner | Total investments: 4 | Find email | |
Subba Rao Telidevara
Partner
|
Partner | Total investments: 5 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
Linq
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We are creating ‘hyper-automated insurance platforms’ to comprehensively support underwriters and claim adjusters and to facilitate communication between insurers and reinsurers using AI and deep learning. | $22M / Series A / Jul 02, 2026 | |
| Flaunt is an AI-native SaaS platform that gives beauty, fashion and lifestyle brands a full team of AI agents to handle social media marketing end-to-end - from discovering what's trending, to creating on-brand content, to publishing it across every channel.The problem Brand teams spend weeks manually tracking social trends, briefingdesigners, managing creator collaborations, and scheduling posts across platforms. By the time content goes live, the moment has passed.The solution Flaunt replaces fragmented tools and manual workflows with 9 purpose-built AI agents across three categories:**Discovery:** Sentinel acts as your always-on social media analyst, monitoring trends, sentiment and engagements 24/7. The Fashion Trend Agent tracks emerging design patterns across runways, fashion weeks and social platforms. The Content Discovery Agent surfaces top-performing content by topic, hook, style and more.**Creation:** Generate on-brand social media visuals, banners and post templates. Enrich product catalogs with trending backgrounds and festive elements. Transform mannequin product shots into professional catalog-ready images with AI models.**Distribution:** Schedule and auto-publish posts, stories and reels to Instagram, TikTok and YouTube. Auto-enrich PDPs, landing pages and hero sections across e-commerce. Configure trending content for audience retargeting via email, WhatsApp and more.Why brands choose Flaunt - **150+ content attributes** tracked across millions of social media posts - **10M+ content processed** to power insights and recommendations - **98% accuracy** on trend detection and content analysis - **Purpose-built for beauty and fashion- not a generic marketing toolTrusted by brands including LEGO, TRENT Limited, Imagine Apple Stores, Westside, Samoh, AY Beauty, Gaga Skincare, Genebody Care, The Stupid Co., Chamee & Palak and more.Getting started: Connect your brand accounts, configure your agents, and go live in minutes. Try Flaunt at letsflaunt.com or book a demo at calendly.com/letsflaunt/30min. | Pre-Seed / Jan 01, 2025 | ||
| Adukale is a food manufacturing company specializing in south Indian snacks, instants, masalas, powders, and sweets. | $826.4K / Seed / Aug 12, 2024 | ||
| Pivot Robots combines off-the-shelf robots and vision sensors with our pioneering AI vision control software to enable industrial robots to adapt. Pivot Robots accomplish this by harnessing the most recent developments in core vision models. | Seed / Jul 01, 2024 | ||
| Foxtale is a skincare brand that offers and provides skin care items for all skin types using modern science and technology. Its products include moisturizers, vitamin C serum, sunscreen, and face wash for customers to use quality skincare products at an affordable price. | $18M / Series B / Jun 12, 2024 | ||
| lucidity provides cloud storage with the highest possible performance at the lowest possible cost without the need for human intervention. | $5.3M / Seed / Mar 11, 2024 | ||
| Third wave coffee is a manufacturer and distributor of easy coffee bags that help to make barista-quality coffee anytime without any equipment. The third wave roasts coffees in small batches and introduce specialty cofee. | $35M / Series C / Sep 28, 2023 | ||
| Koo App is an India-based social media platform that allows users to share audio and video. Koo allows users to connect, comment, and engage in 13 local languages such as Hindi, Kannada, Telugu, and Bengali. The company was founded in 2020 by Aprameya Radhakrishna and Mayank Bidawatka and is based in Bangalore, Karnataka, India. | $6.3M / Venture - Series Unknown / Nov 23, 2022 | ||
| lucidity provides cloud storage with the highest possible performance at the lowest possible cost without the need for human intervention. | $5.1M / Seed / Sep 08, 2022 | ||
| Jinglebid's core mission is to save you time and money with our decentralized marketplace. We started with a simple POC in May 2020 and we are a full-blown marketplace. Before making a decision to purchase, the major concern is knowing if the price is right. Jinglebid solves this problem as you receive prices from someone whom you have notchecked. When this is less than the ones you have already checked, both online and offline, you know you have the right place to buy the product from.Jinglebid refines the best sellers around your location and onboards sellers who care about their customers. | $250K / Seed / May 09, 2022 | ||
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FAQ
What does NuVentures invest in?
NuVentures invests primarily in Software, Internet and InsurTech startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 44 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in India. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What is NuVentures's check size?
NuVentures typically joins rounds of $250k–$5.3M at Seed and $2.5M–$42M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds NuVentures participates in.
How do I contact NuVentures?
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Who are the partners at NuVentures?
The team at NuVentures includes Ekta Parmaka (Investment Associate), Venk Krishnan (Managing Partner) and Subba Rao Telidevara (Partner). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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