# Varun Dua

> Varun Dua is a seed investor in Mumbai backing FinTech and Financial Services. See 6 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Location: Mumbai, India
- Total investments: 6
- Last investment: Jan 2025
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thevarundua
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/duavarun
- Website: https://x.com/duavarun

Varun Dua is a seed investor in Mumbai focused on FinTech and Financial Services. Varun Dua is based out of Bengaluru, Karnataka, and is the Co- Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Acko. Varun previously served as the CEO of Coverfox Insurance. Varun Dua attended the University of Mumbai.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $150k–$30M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| FinTech | 2 | 33% |
| Financial Services | 2 | 33% |
| Apps | 1 | 17% |
| Finance | 1 | 17% |
| Jewelry | 1 | 17% |

20 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 5 | 83% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 17% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Seven | Seven is a consumer electronic D2C startup from India, building wearable smart ring products in the Fintech space. | $86.7K |  | Jan 23, 2025 | https://www.seven.ooo |
| infinyte.club | infinyte.club is a financial services company that helps to create liquidity for ESOPs. | $3.6M | Seed | Aug 12, 2024 | https://www.infinyte.club |
| Plus Gold | Plus is a digital platform for gold investments that facilitates and rewards gold purchases. | $1.2M | Seed | Jun 25, 2024 | https://plusgold.in |
| dezerv. | dezerv. leverages its expertise and cutting-edge technology to give professionals access to the best quality investing. dezerv. offers an integrated portfolio approach to investment, providing higher returns with lower risk. | $7M | Seed | Sep 02, 2021 | https://www.dezerv.in/ |
| Acko | Acko is an online insurance policy provider with its entire operations offered through the digital platform. It creates products and delivers opportunities in areas such as personalized insurance products based on user consumption behaviors. Acko offers bite-sized insurance products for drivers and others working in transportation and relatedsectors. It has also expanded its catalog and began offering similar policies in healthcare. The company was co-founded by Varun Dua and Ruchi Deepak in 2016. | $30M | Seed | May 23, 2017 | https://www.acko.com/ |
| Charcoal Eats | CharcoalEats FoodTech is a network of cloud kitchens intended to deliver food to people at their doorstep. The company offers curated, modern flavors across snack and meal times with no preservatives, artificial flavors, or MSG, including biryani and other dishes that can be ordered via a web portal or their mobile application, enabling customersto order food at affordable prices. | $150K | Seed | Feb 21, 2016 | https://www.charcoaleats.com/ |

6 of 6 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Elevation Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/elevation-capital-6e8a) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Blume Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/blume-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Catamaran](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/catamaran-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [JITO Angel Network](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jito-angel-network) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [JITO Incubation and Innovation Foundation (JIIF)](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jito-incubation-and-innovation-foundation-jiif) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Lion Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lion-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Varun Dua invest in?

Varun Dua invests primarily in FinTech, Financial Services and Apps startups, most often at Seed and Funding Round stage. Most of the 6 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in India. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Varun Dua's check size?

Varun Dua typically joins rounds of $150k–$30M at Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Varun Dua participates in.

### How do I contact Varun Dua?

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### When did Varun Dua last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Varun Dua closed in Jan 2025. Shizune tracks 6 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?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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