# Shruti Srivastava

> Shruti Srivastava is a seed investor at Avaana Capital backing Agriculture and Biotechnology. See 7 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Avaana Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/avaana-capital)
- Location: Bengaluru, India
- Total investments: 7
- Last investment: Sep 2025
- Lead investor: 57%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shruti-srivastava-42752113
- Website: https://x.com/shrutiiitm

Shruti Srivastava is a seed investor at Avaana Capital in Bengaluru focused on Agriculture and Biotechnology. Shruti Srivastava is based out of Bengaluru, Karnataka and is the Partner of Avaana Capital. Shruti previously worked at Turno as a Board Observer. Shruti Srivastava attended Indian Institute of Technology Madras. Shruti Srivastava has been awarded Top 100 Women in Finance.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Agriculture | 2 | 29% |
| Biotechnology | 2 | 29% |
| Apps | 1 | 14% |
| SaaS | 1 | 14% |
| Mobile | 1 | 14% |

14 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 4 | 57% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 14% |
| Series A | 1 | 14% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| India | 4 | 57% |
| United States | 1 | 14% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| BacAlt | BacAlt is a biotechnology startup based in Bengaluru, India, that specializes in creating sustainable biopolymers and bio-based actives from post-harvest agricultural waste. Using proprietary fermentation technology, BacAlt turns agricultural residues into high-purity bacterial polymers, pioneering eco-friendly alternatives to traditional syntheticmaterials. The company focuses on sustainability by valorizing agricultural waste streams to produce innovative bacterial polymer solutions for various industrial applications. | $2M | Pre-Seed | Sep 11, 2025 |  |
| High Time Foods | High Time Foods provides shelf-stable and moldable plant-based meat alternatives to foodservice operators. Their first product is a plant-based chicken alternative that does not require refrigeration. The product is moldable and can be used in any cuisine as a substitute for chicken. | $1.2M | Seed | May 08, 2025 |  |
| Green Grahi | Green Grahi transforms food waste into usable protein, fats, and oils to create a more sustainable world. | $3.8M | Seed | Apr 24, 2025 |  |
| FarMart | FarMart operates India’s first micro-SaaS led agritech platform. The platform helps agri-retailers serve their farmers better by providing them with access to information, market linkages and input. FarMart aims to make the entire value chain - from input to output - streamlined and remunerative. It leverages technology and its network of inputretailers at first mile to make sourcing highly scalable and capital efficient. In just under a year, FarMart has over 10,000 retailers on its platform with access to 400,000+ farmers across 15 states in the country. | $8.9M | Series A | Oct 21, 2021 |  |
| FarMart | FarMart operates India’s first micro-SaaS led agritech platform. The platform helps agri-retailers serve their farmers better by providing them with access to information, market linkages and input. FarMart aims to make the entire value chain - from input to output - streamlined and remunerative. It leverages technology and its network of inputretailers at first mile to make sourcing highly scalable and capital efficient. In just under a year, FarMart has over 10,000 retailers on its platform with access to 400,000+ farmers across 15 states in the country. | $10M | Series A | Oct 21, 2021 |  |
| Elda Health | Elda Health is a women’s healthcare platform that is tailored for the mid-life urban woman. | $1.5M | Seed | Aug 26, 2021 |  |
| FarMart | FarMart operates India’s first micro-SaaS led agritech platform. The platform helps agri-retailers serve their farmers better by providing them with access to information, market linkages and input. FarMart aims to make the entire value chain - from input to output - streamlined and remunerative. It leverages technology and its network of inputretailers at first mile to make sourcing highly scalable and capital efficient. In just under a year, FarMart has over 10,000 retailers on its platform with access to 400,000+ farmers across 15 states in the country. | $2.4M | Seed | May 27, 2021 |  |

7 of 7 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Omidyar Network India](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/omidyar-network-india-050e) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Z47](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/matrix-partners-india) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [OfBusiness](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ofbusiness) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [InnoVen Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/svb-india-finance) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [500 Global](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/500-startups) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Blume Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/blume-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Avaana Capital

VC Fund · Mumbai, India

Avaana backs exceptional entrepreneurs who are building innovative products and solutions to enable real impact.

3 contacts available at Avaana Capital.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Anjali Bansal | Founder and Chairperson | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/anjali-bansal |
| Shruti Srivastava | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/shruti-srivastava-37fc |
| Vikas Verma | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/vikas-verma-244a |

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## FAQ

### What does Shruti Srivastava invest in?

Shruti Srivastava invests primarily in Agriculture, Biotechnology and Apps startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed 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.

### When did Shruti Srivastava last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Shruti Srivastava closed in Sep 2025. 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.

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