# RatanRuby

> RatanRuby is a VC fund in Mumbai backing Software and E-Commerce. See 5 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Sep 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Mumbai, India
- Total investments: 5
- Last investment: Jan 2019
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Sep 2026

RatanRuby is a VC fund in Mumbai focused on Software and E-Commerce. RNT Associates is Ratan Tata's investment vehicle.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 2 | 40% |
| E-Commerce | 2 | 40% |
| SaaS | 1 | 20% |
| Energy | 1 | 20% |
| Big Data | 1 | 20% |

17 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 1 | 20% |
| Series B | 1 | 20% |
| Series C | 1 | 20% |
| Convertible Note | 1 | 20% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 20% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| India | 1 | 20% |
| Singapore | 1 | 20% |
| United States | 1 | 20% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Ratan Tata | Founder, Managing Director | 64 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ratan-n-tata |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CarDekho | CarDekho provides enterprise mobility solutions, mobile application development, Web design and development, offshore staffing, and testing and quality assurance (QA) services. Its enterprise mobility solutions include enterprise mobility consulting, mobile business intelligence, business process mobilization, B2B mobile applications (app)development, enterprise iOS app development, enterprise Android app development, and enterprise app distribution; and mobile app development services include iPhone, iPad, Android, Blackberry, Windows8, Phonegap, and bootstrap.CarDekho’s Web design and development services include responsive design, PSD to HTML conversion, flash Website design, themes customization, content management system, E-commerce solution, CRM app development, open-source development, custom Web app development, regular Website maintenance, customized programming, online marketing, graphic design, Website hosting, employee management system, logo design, inventory management, and database design. Its offshore staffing services for designers, mobile apps developers,.NET developers, PHP developers, Java developers, Python developers, and ROR developers; and testing and QA services include automated, manual, usability, nonfunctional, specialized, mobile app, testing-as-a-service, integration, functional, system, localization, and acceptance testing.CarDekho develops entertainment, GPS tracking, weather, business and finance related, multi-media, sports, social networking, education, and travel applications. It serves the automobile, E-learning, consultancy, finance, social networking, tours and travel, health and fitness, medical, job and career, news and magazine, utility/productivity, entertainment, lifestyle, and Ecommerce industries; and IT and communication, and book and library industries.Amit and Anurag Jain founded CarDekho in 2007. It has its headquarters in Jaipur in India. | $110M | Series C | Jan 03, 2019 | http://www.cardekho.com |
| Crayon Data | Based in Singapore, Crayon Data is a big data startup, with an ambitious vision to ‘simplify the world's choices’. Crayon’s flagship product Maya is the world’s only choice engine, delivering digital personal experiences centered around taste.Powered by Crayon’s patented TasteGraph, ChoiceAI and Lifestyle Marketplace, Maya makes itpossible for any enterprise to compete in the ‘lifestyle economy’, by getting you 5 mins of each customer’s time.Crayon has been recommended in several Gartner reports including, the Gartner Digital Commerce Vendor Guide and Hype Cycle 2016. Crayon Data has been consistently awarded on various global platforms, including: 1. Top 5 in IBM Watson Mobile Developer Challenge 2014 2. Winner at TiE Silicon Valley’s TiE50 Awards in the software vertical 3. Finalist at Code_n 2014 @ CEBIT, Hannover: the only big data company from Asia 4. Part of interesting startups selected from the START track at Web Summit, Dublin 5. Selected as one of the top 50 emerging tech companies in India at InTech50 2015 6. Finalist at OrangeFab 2015 | $14M | Series A | Dec 07, 2017 | https://www.crayondata.com |
| Altaeros Energies | Altaeros Energies develops airborne wind turbine to produce abundant, low cost, renewable energy. The company manufactures buoyant airborne turbine, a renewable energy solution that integrates proven aerospace and wind turbine technology; and high altitude winds, untapped renewable energy resources. It offers its products for customers in varioussectors that include rural communities, island and arctic communities, mining, oil and gas, agriculture, entertainment, emergency response and disaster relief, military sites, and offshore power.Altaeros Energies has received funding towards wind turbine technology development from a number of sources, including the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the National Science Foundation, the California Energy Commission, the Maine Technology Institute, the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center, Cleantech Innovations New England, and the Alaska Energy Authority. In addition, Altaeros Energies received the 2011 ConocoPhillips Energy Prize.The company was founded in 2010 and is based in Somerville, Massachusetts. | $7.5M | Venture - Series Unknown | Aug 08, 2017 | http://www.altaeros.com |
| Crayon Data | Based in Singapore, Crayon Data is a big data startup, with an ambitious vision to ‘simplify the world's choices’. Crayon’s flagship product Maya is the world’s only choice engine, delivering digital personal experiences centered around taste.Powered by Crayon’s patented TasteGraph, ChoiceAI and Lifestyle Marketplace, Maya makes itpossible for any enterprise to compete in the ‘lifestyle economy’, by getting you 5 mins of each customer’s time.Crayon has been recommended in several Gartner reports including, the Gartner Digital Commerce Vendor Guide and Hype Cycle 2016. Crayon Data has been consistently awarded on various global platforms, including: 1. Top 5 in IBM Watson Mobile Developer Challenge 2014 2. Winner at TiE Silicon Valley’s TiE50 Awards in the software vertical 3. Finalist at Code_n 2014 @ CEBIT, Hannover: the only big data company from Asia 4. Part of interesting startups selected from the START track at Web Summit, Dublin 5. Selected as one of the top 50 emerging tech companies in India at InTech50 2015 6. Finalist at OrangeFab 2015 | $7.4M | Convertible Note | Jul 01, 2016 | https://www.crayondata.com |
| CarDekho | CarDekho provides enterprise mobility solutions, mobile application development, Web design and development, offshore staffing, and testing and quality assurance (QA) services. Its enterprise mobility solutions include enterprise mobility consulting, mobile business intelligence, business process mobilization, B2B mobile applications (app)development, enterprise iOS app development, enterprise Android app development, and enterprise app distribution; and mobile app development services include iPhone, iPad, Android, Blackberry, Windows8, Phonegap, and bootstrap.CarDekho’s Web design and development services include responsive design, PSD to HTML conversion, flash Website design, themes customization, content management system, E-commerce solution, CRM app development, open-source development, custom Web app development, regular Website maintenance, customized programming, online marketing, graphic design, Website hosting, employee management system, logo design, inventory management, and database design. Its offshore staffing services for designers, mobile apps developers,.NET developers, PHP developers, Java developers, Python developers, and ROR developers; and testing and QA services include automated, manual, usability, nonfunctional, specialized, mobile app, testing-as-a-service, integration, functional, system, localization, and acceptance testing.CarDekho develops entertainment, GPS tracking, weather, business and finance related, multi-media, sports, social networking, education, and travel applications. It serves the automobile, E-learning, consultancy, finance, social networking, tours and travel, health and fitness, medical, job and career, news and magazine, utility/productivity, entertainment, lifestyle, and Ecommerce industries; and IT and communication, and book and library industries.Amit and Anurag Jain founded CarDekho in 2007. It has its headquarters in Jaipur in India. | $50M | Series B | Jan 29, 2015 | http://www.cardekho.com |

5 of 5 investments shown.

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## FAQ

### What does RatanRuby invest in?

RatanRuby invests primarily in Software, E-Commerce and SaaS startups, most often at Series A and Series B stage. Most of the 5 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in India. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

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