Top 10 Sporting Goods VC Funds &amp; Investors in India (July 2026)

YourNest Venture Capital is a SEBI-registered early-stage venture capital fund that invests in deep technology, ‘Pre-Series A’ Start-Ups. Its first fund, YourNest Angel Fund which was established in 2012, has raised INR 90 cr. Fund I is fully deployed and has invested in 16 startups. Its second fund, YourNest India VC Fund II was launched in 2016.It is raising a corpus of INR 450 cr. The fund invests in the new, connected economy and Deep-Tech start-ups represented by the Internet of Things (IoT), Robotics, Electronic System Design, Enterprise SaaS comprising Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Blockchain, among others, with start-ups having a B2B business model being the prime focus. YourNest believes in being a ‘Nurture Capital’ where its team of partners work as ‘enablers’ for investee companies in diverse fields across technology, marketing, global reach and leadership development.

Investment focus

Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Software, Machine Learning
Stage:Seed, Series A
Geography: India, United States, Singapore

Investor stats

Total investments: 99
Round size: Seed $500k–$4.4M; Series A $1.8M–$17M
Lead/follow: 51% lead, 49% follow
Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $75M in 2022

Portfolio highlights

SubCom —
CRON Systems — CRON Systems was founded in 2015 to cater to the complex security problems at the Indian borders. Our founding team spent the initial months at the field to understand the customer pain-points. We realised that the fragmented sensing solutions’ market was overpopulated with sensors that were nothing near field ready. To take these to the field, onewould have to invest in numerous integrations, time and engineering resources. We decided to build to fill the void that these myopic sensors left in the market. In our effort to provide intelligent sensing that integrates multiple sensors, was weather and terrain agnostic, we developed CRON’s very own Smart Sensor Fusion platform. This platform is designed to flawlessly fuse data from different types of sensors. Simply put, it combines the information from multiple sensors to help perceive the environment and if/when one sensor is compromised by the terrain or the weather conditions, another sensor jumps into action. With little to no false alarms, accurate object/human detection, tracking and classification our advanced suite of products and technology solutions are designed to augment situational awareness i.e. makes you fully aware of the environment around you.What started as a venture to secure our hostile borders has now become a quest to build a more robust sensor platform that will ensure the integration of multiple different sensors with ease, thereby transforming the way sensing works today.
Exponent Energy — Simplifying Energy For EVs

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GetVantage is a revenue based finance platform provides alternative financing solutions for startups & digital brands to drive sales and increase revenue.

Investment focus

Industry: E-Commerce, Food and Beverage, SaaS
Stage:Seed, Debt Financing
Geography: India, United States

Investor stats

Total investments: 30
Round size: Seed $250k–$35M; Debt Financing $132k–$612k
Lead/follow: 73% lead, 27% follow
Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $12M in 2024

Portfolio highlights

Fitsol — Fitsol helps businesses reduce emissions and improve supply chain efficiency with sustainable logistics solutions.
InCruiter — InCruiter is crowdsource based SAAS hiring platform in the field of HR sector. InCruiter speed up hiring process by 10x by using crowdsourcing solution and providing Interview as a Service Platform
Celcius Logistics Solutions — India's Largest 'ONLINE " cold chain network.Book reefer vehicles, Cold Storages or get booking for your vehicle and cold storages across India instantly with the best price

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Growing India's Thriving Sports Ecosystem

Investment focus

Industry: Sports, News, Toys
Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
Geography: India, United States

Investor stats

Total investments: 10
Round size: Seed $500k–$1.1M
Lead/follow: 10% lead, 90% follow

Portfolio highlights

Qlan — Qlan is a new way for the gaming and Esports Community to Connect and Engage. Create custom profiles, Sync in-game statistics, AI based Matchmaking, Build Squads, share gaming content and much more.
SportVot — Watch the latest live sports with scores, highlights, and your favourite sports players from India. Latest sports updates online from tennis cricket, football, kabaddi, basketball, volleyball, and all other sports
StepOut — Discover StepOut, the first online sports ecosystem transforming player development and sports analysis. Learn how StepOut revolutionises the game of football.

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Sharrp Ventures invest in early stage and growth stage companies. Sharrp Ventures preference is for companies that have already demonstrated some level of business traction.Sharrp Ventures are sector agnostic, though with some bias for consumer and consumption related ideas. Sharrp Ventures are a small team with access to a wide ecosystem of theMarico Group.Sharrp Ventures can tap into this network to facilitate connections and input on a pull-basis from companies invest in.

Investment focus

Industry: E-Commerce, Health Care, Wellness
Stage:Series A, Seed
Geography: India, United States

Investor stats

Total investments: 43
Round size: Seed $840k–$3.6M; Series A $2.4M–$6M
Lead/follow: 23% lead, 77% follow

Portfolio highlights

Zouk — 100% Vegan bags from India. We make contemporary bags from Indian handcrafted fabrics. We have a strong manufacturing base in Mumbai
Good Monk — Good Monk is a nutrition e-commerce company that offers nutritional products, primarily nutrition mixes and milk mixes for families and children. These supplements are designed to be added to food and drinks, offering essential vitamins, minerals, probiotics, and fiber without affecting the taste or color of the meal.
Cava Athleisure — Discover the latest athleisure trends with Cava. Our trendy range of clothing is perfect for a relaxing day out, and our stylish designs will have you experiencing your wardrobe in a whole new way.

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Sauce is a Early stage consumer VC fund with a high engagement model supported by a deep service partner network working across key support areas for scaling a brand in India.

Investment focus

Industry: Retail, E-Commerce, Health Care
Stage:Seed, Series B, Series A
Geography: India, United States

Investor stats

Total investments: 67
Round size: Seed $500k–$2.6M; Series A $2.5M–$12M; Series B $417k–$16M
Lead/follow: 57% lead, 43% follow

Portfolio highlights

Cove & Lane — Cove & Lane is an apparel brand that develops timeless goods to celebrate the dynamic, ambitious Indian.
Supertails — Shop for pet food, accessories, grooming essentials and more. Book online vet consultation and online training for your pets. Shop for all your pet needs at supertails.com
Krieya Beauty & Wellness —

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Panthera Peak Ventures is a venture capital firm.

Investment focus

Industry: Fashion, B2B, Retail
Stage:Seed, Series A, Debt Financing
Geography: India

Investor stats

Total investments: 16
Round size: Seed $804k–$4M; Series A $3.7M–$11M
Lead/follow: 31% lead, 69% follow

Portfolio highlights

Uni Seoul — Uni Seoul design, the brand offers over 700 affordable, Korea-inspired products.
Loopie —
Superhealth —

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Kalaari is a $160 million venture capital fund with a strong advisory team in Bangalore investing in early-stage, technology-oriented companies in India.Kalaari Capital invests in the unknown Indian entrepreneur who is poised to become tomorrow’s global leader. They are India’s leading investor in early-stage businesses, nurturing them throughevery aspect of growth on the transformative journey toward success.

Investment focus

Industry: Software, E-Commerce, Internet
Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
Geography: India, United States, Singapore

Investor stats

Total investments: 226
Round size: Seed $800k–$4M; Series A $2M–$12M; Series B $4M–$25M
Lead/follow: 46% lead, 54% follow
Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2019

Portfolio highlights

Microqual — Microqual
Possible — Possible is research and nutrition-based healthcare company that provides weight loss counseling and a wide range of effective superfoods for people from across India. The company intends to provide sustainable and healthy weight loss solutions focusing on healthy eating and not on machines, surgery, and weight loss pills.
Robosoft Technologies — Robosoft is a proven partner in design & development of digital product platforms with end-to-end solutions in Consulting, UI/UX, application development & embedded engineering.

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Inflection Point Ventures, with over 3300 CXOs and professionals, HNIs and Family Offices, is India’s leading angel network investing in early-to-mid stage startups. IPV supports new-age entrepreneurs with not just capital but also uses its wide network of investors to provide startups with access to new markets, customers, guidance and mentorship.Inflection Point Ventures is democratizing angel investing with low membership fee, lowest investment ticket size (per investor), transparent investment process and extensive upfront due-diligence led by industry experts. IPV is industry agnostic, with a focus on committed and competent founders.

Investment focus

Industry: Artificial Intelligence, E-Commerce, Health Care
Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
Geography: India, United States, Singapore

Investor stats

Total investments: 328
Round size: Seed $165k–$2M; Pre-Seed $114k–$2.1M; Series A $774k–$9.1M
Lead/follow: 78% lead, 22% follow
Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2022

Portfolio highlights

Uravu Labs — Uravu Labs - Renewable Water From Air. Water sustainability for the 21st century.
Snap-E Cabs — Snap-E Cabs is an eco-friendly public electric transport service that allows people to travel safely.
Mocero Health Solutions — Reimagining hospitals as connected ecosystems. One unified platform for better patient care.

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Dream Capital is a corporate venture capital and M&A arm of Dream Sports.

Investment focus

Industry: Health Care, Sports, Fitness
Stage:Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
Geography: India, United States

Investor stats

Total investments: 3
Round size: Series A $2.3M–$12M
Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow

Portfolio highlights

Fittr — Fittr is a health and wellness startup. Fittr believes in giving back to the society and has volunteers all over the world who take part in social and charitable causes including blood donation, tree plantation, health awareness camps, cleanliness drives and so on. We believe in walking the talk and being the change we want to see in the world.
Healtharc — HealthArc delivers virtual health care software and services for remote monitoring. Run virtual clinics, streamline care, and engage patients with secure digital workflows.
Elevar Sports — Combining comfort and design, ELEVAR makes innovative sneakers, sports shoes & equipment using high quality materials and premium construction. Free shipping & returns.

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