# Prashant Purker

> Prashant Purker is a seed investor at ICICI Venture backing B2B and SaaS. See 7 investments, round sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [ICICI Venture](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/icici-venture)
- Location: Ahmedabad, India
- Total investments: 7
- Last investment: Apr 2024
- Lead investor: 71%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/prashant-purker-76858191

Prashant Purker is a seed investor at ICICI Venture in Ahmedabad focused on B2B and SaaS. Prashant Purker is the Former Managing Director & CEO of ICICI Venture & he attended Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad in 1986.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| B2B | 1 | 14% |
| SaaS | 1 | 14% |
| Sales | 1 | 14% |
| Fashion | 1 | 14% |
| Payments | 1 | 14% |

11 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 29% |
| Funding Round | 2 | 29% |
| Series A | 1 | 14% |
| Private Equity | 1 | 14% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 14% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Round size | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Assert AI | Assert AI is a computer vision- SaaS company that offers artificial intelligence-0based video analytics solutions. | $3.6M | Series A | Apr 29, 2024 | https://www.assertai.com/ |
| Assert AI | Assert AI is a computer vision- SaaS company that offers artificial intelligence-0based video analytics solutions. | $2M | Seed | Nov 04, 2022 | https://www.assertai.com/ |
| India1 ATM | india1 ATM offers a host of services and facilities for customer using the ATM. | $20.9M | Venture - Series Unknown | Aug 22, 2019 | http://india1atm.in/ |
| Chemarc | Chemarc is a B2B Platform for Chemicals Industry in India, Chemical ... | $863.5K | Seed | Jun 18, 2019 | https://www.chemarc.com/ |
| Go Colors | Go Colors is a popular brand in women’s apparels specializing in bottom wear range which is not only trendy but also very much affordable and promising in terms of quality. While legwear for girls starts from Rs.199, women can buy their favorites starting from Rs.399. With such an exciting collection of women’s bottoms online available atunbeatable prices. So get ready to splurge on the latest pieces for your closet. | $11.9M |  | Jan 18, 2018 | https://www.gocolors.co.in/ |
| Star Health and Allied Insurance | Star Health and Allied Insurance Co Ltd commenced its operations in 2006 with the business interests in Health Insurance, Overseas Mediclaim Policy and Personal Accident. With no other insurance category to focus and divide our attention, we use our resources to focus on service excellence, design products and use core competency of innovation todeliver the best to our customers.At Star Health Insurance, the company offers a wide range of health insurance products at affordable prices to make health insurance every human being’s right. And as a company, single-mindedly dedicated to health insurance. |  | Private Equity | Sep 01, 2016 | http://www.starhealth.in/ |
| India1 ATM | india1 ATM offers a host of services and facilities for customer using the ATM. | $22.4M |  | Nov 29, 2013 | http://india1atm.in/ |

7 of 7 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Arya Collateral](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/arya-collateral-warehousing-services) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Apis Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/apis-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Arya.ag](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/arya-collateral) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [MAPE Advisory Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mape-advisory-group) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- The Banktech Group — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About ICICI Venture

VC Fund · Mumbai, India

ICICI Venture is a specialist alternative assets manager based in India. The firm is a wholly owned subsidiary of ICICI Bank (www.icicibank.com), the largest private sector financial services group in India.ICICI Venture has been at the forefront of driving entrepreneurship in India for over two decades, both as a partner and capital providerfor individuals with a clear common objective, the passion to pursue business ideas in the quest for creating value for all stakeholders and for the larger good of the nation. Till date, various funds managed by the firm have invested in over 500 companies. ICICI Venture continues to remain committed to this mission.

2 contacts available at ICICI Venture.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| K. Ravindra | Chief Risk Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/k-ravindra |
| Sharad Malpani | Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sharad-malpani-7626 |

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## FAQ

### What does Prashant Purker invest in?

Prashant Purker invests primarily in B2B, SaaS and Sales startups, most often at Seed and Funding Round 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.

### How do I contact Prashant Purker?

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### When did Prashant Purker last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Prashant Purker closed in Apr 2024. 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?

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