Somak Ghosh
Managing Partner @ Contrarian Drishti Partners
Mumbai, India
Somak Ghosh is a seed investor at Contrarian Drishti Partners in Mumbai focused on Retail and FinTech. Somak Ghosh - Managing Partner @ Contrarian Drishti Partners
- Total investments:
- 4
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 25%
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Industries Somak Ghosh invests in
Stages Somak Ghosh invests in
Countries Somak Ghosh invests in
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Investment Focus
Industry
- Retail 1 (25%)
- FinTech 1 (25%)
- Finance 1 (25%)
- Organic 1 (25%)
- Shopping 1 (25%)
Stage
- Seed 1 (25%)
- Angel 1 (25%)
- Series A 1 (25%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 1 (25%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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| Progcap is a financial service company that provides financial opportunities for micro and small businesses. It also uses a mix of technology and its unique delivery model to underwrite credit and thus provide the underbanked semi-urban and rural retailers in India access to flexible, collateral-free working capital. The company also offers financeand supply chain-based solutions for micro and small enterprises.The lending platform risk models these businesses using non-traditional ecosystem data creating credit scores for customers. The company's mission is to empower these customers by providing them affordable and timely credit leveraging world-class technology.Progcap was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in New Delhi, Delhi, India. | $5M / Series A / Jul 31, 2019 | ||
| Progcap is a financial service company that provides financial opportunities for micro and small businesses. It also uses a mix of technology and its unique delivery model to underwrite credit and thus provide the underbanked semi-urban and rural retailers in India access to flexible, collateral-free working capital. The company also offers financeand supply chain-based solutions for micro and small enterprises.The lending platform risk models these businesses using non-traditional ecosystem data creating credit scores for customers. The company's mission is to empower these customers by providing them affordable and timely credit leveraging world-class technology.Progcap was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in New Delhi, Delhi, India. | $1M / Seed / Apr 30, 2019 | ||
| Joybynature is an online shopping and retail store selling natural and organic products. The company currently works with over 300 vendors across the country and gets over 65 percent of its orders from states outside North India.Joybynature sells more than 8 thousands of organic and natural products across categories including home care, apparel,groceries, baby care, cosmetics, and more. They have created an online space for easy accessibility to Nature's bounty. The mission of Joybynature is to provide natural & healthy products available to people at their doorstep.Joybynature was founded in 2013 and is based in New Delhi, Delhi, India. | $1M / Angel / Jul 21, 2015 | ||
| Bookmycab.com is an online/on-call cab booking service in Mumbai. It is the most Economical Radio Taxi Service in Mumbai. Our Drivers well versed with Mumbai city & we provide a Safe and secure travel as a priority. We assure cabs for Airport drops and accept all bookings as we know will deliver. The Company offers local travel. It is theonly service provider to book government licensed regular meter taxis in Mumbai. The local taxi services are offered at regular fare structure as approved by transport authority. | Venture - Series Unknown / Jan 05, 2015 |
Co-Investors
Contrarian Drishti Partners manages the Contrarian Vriddhi Fund - I. The Fund is an early stage investor in businesses addressing issues of affordability and accessibility in healthcare, education, livelihood generation, fintech, food & agribusiness and energy/ utilities access.
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What does Somak Ghosh invest in?
Somak Ghosh invests primarily in Retail, FinTech and Finance startups, most often at Seed and Angel stage. Most of the 4 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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The most recent investment recorded for Somak Ghosh closed in Jul 2019. Shizune tracks 4 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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