# Venture Gurukool

> Venture Gurukool is a VC fund in Delhi backing Financial Services and FinTech. See 8 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Delhi, India
- Total investments: 8
- Last investment: Feb 2022
- Lead investor: 13%
- Last fund: Mar 2018
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/venture-gurukool/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/venturegurukool
- Website: http://www.venturegurukool.com
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Venture-Gurukool-542386702619677/

Venture Gurukool is a VC fund in Delhi focused on Financial Services and FinTech. We are early investors in stellar teams inspired by successes overseas, which are localized to address the massive India opportunity. Ventures in our Gurukool attain unparalleled impact mentorship through our vast industry networks in India and abroad and greatly enhance their likelihood of raising follow on investments through our InternationalRoadshows.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Financial Services | 4 | 50% |
| FinTech | 3 | 38% |
| Payments | 2 | 25% |
| Credit Cards | 2 | 25% |
| Retail | 1 | 13% |

22 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 5 | 63% |
| Angel | 1 | 13% |
| Series A | 1 | 13% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Mahendra Swarup | Co-Founder & Chief Mentor | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mahendra-swarup |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Karbon | Karbon Card is a financial platform providing interest-free Karbon corporate credit cards for Indian entrepreneurs. Based in Bangalore, Karnataka, India, Karbon was founded in 2019 by Pei-fu Hsieh, Amit Jangir, Kartik Jain, and Sunil Kumar. | $15M | Series A | Feb 09, 2022 |  |
| HomeCapital | A tech company focused on helping people buy their first home with down payment assistance at zero interest cost. A product that will make the difference between buying a home or not. |  | Seed | May 27, 2020 |  |
| Meddo | Meddo (Arctern Healthcare) are re-defining how primary and secondary healthcare is provided in India through a connected care delivery platform. | $3M | Seed | Sep 17, 2019 |  |
| HomeCapital | A tech company focused on helping people buy their first home with down payment assistance at zero interest cost. A product that will make the difference between buying a home or not. |  | Seed | Feb 12, 2019 |  |
| Sattviko | Sattviko is a traditional food products brand where traditional recipes meet with modern food technology to provide a new realization of delicious and healthy snacks.Sattvik food is light, nutritious, easy to digest, and always freshly prepared. The foods chosen for this diet bring clarity and balance both internally in the body as well asexternally in the universe. A wholesome meal that doesn’t leave customers feeling drowsy for hours later. Vegetables and fruits bursting with flavour, complementing each other in exotic preparations, all this and more is what customers can expect as you walk into Sattviko.Whether it is a quick post-workout bite or a weekend dinner treat, Sattviko promises to be a vibrant space customers want to return to. The first Quick Service Restaurant chain serving Sattvik food in the country, each dish prepared here is as fresh as the concept itself.Sattviko offers the perfect balance of new and familiar tastes with the additional promise of dishing out food that is packed with nutrition. | $142K | Angel | Dec 20, 2018 |  |
| Antworks Money | Antworks Money, the online marketplace for Bank Loans, P2P Loans & Investments. |  | Seed | Aug 08, 2017 |  |
| Olly Smart Credit Card | Olly is a digital credit card for India's working masses and young people. Today, Olly has come full-circle in Egypt extending the product offering to the youth market here and its been well received by the Egyptian student audience. |  | Seed | Dec 18, 2016 |  |
| Maxmywealth | Global investment professionals and academics with significant investing and research experience have set up Heathwalk Advisors. They are creating an intelligent layer that enables people to make smart savings and investing decisions, automatically. It is their deepest desire to create one of the most sophisticated and transparent savings andinvestment platforms - accessible to all. they have distilled all their experience in investing and asset management to make sure you have access to the latest cutting edge financial research and best practices. They have further automated these processes to make them accessible to all at really low incremental cost. |  | Seed | Dec 15, 2016 |  |

8 of 8 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Singapore Angel Network](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/singapore-angel-network) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Ankurit Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ankurit-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Astarc Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/astarcventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Avenir](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/avenir-growth-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [BetaPlus Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/betaplus-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [growX ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/growx-venture-management) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Venture Gurukool invest in?

Venture Gurukool invests primarily in Financial Services, FinTech and Payments startups, most often at Seed and Angel stage. Most of the 8 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 Venture Gurukool?

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### Who are the partners at Venture Gurukool?

The team at Venture Gurukool includes Mahendra Swarup (Co-Founder & Chief Mentor). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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