# Z3Partners

> Z3Partners is a VC fund in Mumbai backing Machine Learning and Apps. See 15 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Mumbai, India
- Total investments: 15
- Last investment: Jun 2026
- Lead investor: 60%
- Fund size: $10M
- Last fund: Jan 2021
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/z3partners-tech-fund/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/Z3Partners
- Website: http://www.z3partners.com/

Z3Partners is a VC fund in Mumbai focused on Machine Learning and Apps. Our experience spans 20 years of investing and operating tech and digital businesses. Along this journey, we have been instrumental in helping entrepreneurs build large, profitable and sustainable businesses. We are known to back early trends, and discover teams and businesses that represent quality-at-scale and good governance, resulting inrewarding our investors with consistent and noteworthy investment returns. Our team comprises of 70 years of combined investment and leadership operating experience. We spend over 50% of our time with our investee companies as their trustworthy partners. We operate within a strong and active network of entrepreneurs, investors, leading businesses and international relationships that are made available to our investee companies at all times.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Machine Learning | 2 | 13% |
| Apps | 1 | 7% |
| AgTech | 1 | 7% |
| Drones | 1 | 7% |
| Farming | 1 | 7% |

24 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series B | 4 | 27% |
| Series A | 2 | 13% |
| Series C | 1 | 7% |
| Series D | 1 | 7% |
| Secondary Market | 1 | 7% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| India | 6 | 40% |
| Singapore | 1 | 7% |
| United States | 1 | 7% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Anand Batra | Principal | 2 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/anand-batra |
| Avinash Kapur | Investment Analyst | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/avinash-kapur |
| Gautam Patel | Founder and Managing Partner | 6 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gautam-patel |
| Rishi Maheshwari | managing partner | 4 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rishi-maheshwari-d3f8 |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| truefan.ai | TrueFan is a celebrity-fan engagement startup. It aspires to connect Indian fans with top celebrities through personalized, interactive experiences. | $10M | Series A | Jun 04, 2026 |  |
| MintOak Innovations | MintOak Innovations has developed a unique technology solution DOV to deliver higher transaction completion rates. | $8.3M | Secondary Market | Jan 09, 2025 |  |
| Bhanzu | Bhanzu's vision is to eradicate global math phobia and change the way students perceive math for a better world. | $16.5M | Series B | Nov 11, 2024 |  |
| Gramophone | Gramophone strives to create a difference in farming by bringing timely information, technology and right kind of inputs to achieve better yields for farmers. The company's endeavour is to bring the best products and knowledge to the farmers. Gramophone is one stop solution for all kinds of inputs for the farmers. Farmers can buy genuine cropprotection, crop nutrition, seeds, implements, and agri hardware at their doorstep.They believe that technology can remove information asymmetry in the agriculture system. Farmers can access localized package of practice, crop advisory, weather information coupled with the best products to grow. This will improve the productivity and help farmers sustainably increase the income from agriculture. | $1.8M | Venture - Series Unknown | May 16, 2024 |  |
| Altum Credo | Altum Credo Home Finance (ACHF) is a Housing Finance Company Registered with National Housing Bank (NHB). Head Quartered at Pune, they aim to expand in various locations, Cities and States in the near future. Cater to Home Finance needs of customer segment which has limited access to Long Term Finance & provide best in class personalizedservice at affordable cost with key thrust on “Convenience, Relevance & Simplicity”. Altum Credo is promoted by three professional entrepreneur with rich experience in retail asset lending with leading banks and financial institution. | $27M | Series C | Apr 18, 2024 |  |
| Altum Credo | Altum Credo Home Finance (ACHF) is a Housing Finance Company Registered with National Housing Bank (NHB). Head Quartered at Pune, they aim to expand in various locations, Cities and States in the near future. Cater to Home Finance needs of customer segment which has limited access to Long Term Finance & provide best in class personalizedservice at affordable cost with key thrust on “Convenience, Relevance & Simplicity”. Altum Credo is promoted by three professional entrepreneur with rich experience in retail asset lending with leading banks and financial institution. | $13M | Secondary Market | Apr 18, 2024 |  |
| Wow! Momo | Wow! Momo is a chain of fast-food restaurants in India that specializes in momos.Wow Momo aims to become Kolkata and India's biggest chain of momos and to create lots and lots of jobs and achieve their dream of becoming a successful employee sensitive organization, where every team member has his upliftment and enjoys his work to thefullest. | $8.4M | Series D | Apr 17, 2024 |  |
| truefan.ai | TrueFan is a celebrity-fan engagement startup. It aspires to connect Indian fans with top celebrities through personalized, interactive experiences. | $7M | Series A | Apr 15, 2022 |  |
| Shipsy | Shipsy is a comprehensive software suite that helps logistics and supply chain companies increase operational efficiency and service levels using actionable insights. The platform capitalizes on your company's existing data and provides you with critical business insights for your organization, empowering you to make better business decisions.Shipsy enables real time data processing and provides you with live alerts using scalable machine learning models. | $23.9M | Series B | Feb 22, 2022 |  |
| Gramophone | Gramophone strives to create a difference in farming by bringing timely information, technology and right kind of inputs to achieve better yields for farmers. The company's endeavour is to bring the best products and knowledge to the farmers. Gramophone is one stop solution for all kinds of inputs for the farmers. Farmers can buy genuine cropprotection, crop nutrition, seeds, implements, and agri hardware at their doorstep.They believe that technology can remove information asymmetry in the agriculture system. Farmers can access localized package of practice, crop advisory, weather information coupled with the best products to grow. This will improve the productivity and help farmers sustainably increase the income from agriculture. | $10M | Series B | Oct 26, 2021 |  |

10 of 15 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Asha Impact](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/asha-impact) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Info Edge](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/info-edge) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
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## FAQ

### What does Z3Partners invest in?

Z3Partners invests primarily in Machine Learning, Apps and AgTech startups, most often at Series B and Series A stage. Most of the 15 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 Z3Partners?

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### Who are the partners at Z3Partners?

The team at Z3Partners includes Anand Batra (Principal), Avinash Kapur (Investment Analyst) and Gautam Patel (Founder and Managing Partner). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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