Top 50 Startup Investors in India in January 2025
A list of 50 angel investors and VC (Venture Capital) funds that invest in Venture capital startups based in India. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Venture capital companies from India. We update this investor list every month.Top 50 Startup Investors in India in January 2025
Investor | Venture Capital India investments |
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Accel | 2 |
Flipkart | 2 |
Tiger Global Management | 2 |
Arihant Patni | 1 |
Vikram Gandhi | 1 |
Better Capital | 1 |
Utsav Somani | 1 |
Auxano | 1 |
Haldiram’s Family Office | 1 |
DMI AIF Sparkle Fund | 1 |
Prashanth Prakash | 1 |
Alpha Wave Global | 1 |
Winter Capital | 1 |
Suhail Sameer | 1 |
Varanium Capital Advisors | 1 |
Ranjan Pai | 1 |
Alpha Wave Global | 1 |
Enam Holdings | 1 |
Ratan Tata | 1 |
U.S. International Development Finance Corp | 1 |
Ritesh Jain | 1 |
Sanjay Nayar | 1 |
InCred Capital | 1 |
Binny Bansal | 1 |
Mukesh Bansal | 1 |
1Digi | 1 |
Virendra Gupta | 1 |
Sujeet Kumar | 1 |
Nordstar | 1 |
Gabelhorn Investment | 1 |
Mahesh Ramachandran | 1 |
Vikram Gandhi | 1 |
Sachin Bansal | 1 |
Elevation Capital | 1 |
Neeraj Goenka | 1 |
Samarthya Investment Advisors | 1 |
Bergwelt | 1 |
Norwest Venture Partners | 1 |
Amit Patni | 1 |
Sony Innovation Fund | 1 |
Rahul Mehta | 1 |
Gruhas | 1 |
Shashank Randev | 1 |
iSeed | 1 |
Scott Shleifer | 1 |
Karanpal Singh | 1 |
Shalini Chhabra | 1 |
Madan Padaki | 1 |
Chiratae Ventures | 1 |
Dholakia Ventures | 1 |
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Investment focus
- Software, SaaS, Information Technology
- Series A, Series B, Series C
- United States, India, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Nuitée — Nuitée provides infrastructure APIs tailored for the travel sector, offering a user-friendly solution to transform hotel connectivity and distribution. Its technology platform serves as a vital link between accommodation providers and demand partners. The business started with a simple API and white-label solution that enables businesses and brandsto offer a comprehensive hotel booking system. Today Nuitée is a multi-product ecosystem that allows businesses to create their own booking apps, monetize their audience, and establish ongoing revenue streams while retaining full control over their brand and pricing. Founded in 2017, Nuitée is headquartered in Ireland.
- FirstClub — FirstClub's mission is to become a rapid commerce-first omnichannel retailer that uses offline experience stores to promote the quality of its items. FirstClub's goal is to create a platform that serves customers and offers brands a unique opportunity to connect with affluent homes.
- RapidCanvas — Delivering industry benchmarked out-of-the-box AI solutions that can be easily customized by business users using conversational interface.
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Investment focus
- E-Commerce, Internet, Shopping
- Corporate Round, Series A, Series B
- India, Singapore, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Myntra — Myntra is an e-commerce platform for buying branded footwear, apparel, and accessories for men and women.The company aims to give consumers the power and ease of purchasing fashion and lifestyle products online. It offers fashion and lifestyle products such as Nike, Adidas, Puma, Lee, Levis, Wrangler, Arrow, Jealous 21, Biba, Fabindia, US Polo,and the likes to offer a wide range in latest branded fashion and lifestyle wear. Myntra develops an in-house application called ‘Style Studio’, a virtual dressing room aimed at making online shopping fun and interactive for shoppers. The company’s fashion property ‘Star N Style’ is an effort to bring youth icons together to build a strong and direct brand connect with its customers. Style Mynt, Myntra’s very own style blog style offers season’s fashion trends, tips from celebrities, and expert recommendations from acclaimed designers and celebrity stylists.Ashutosh Lawania, Raveen Sastry, Sankar Bora, Mukesh Bansal, and Vineet Saxena co-founded the company in Bangalore, Karnataka in 2007.
- Flipkart Marketplace — Flipkart Marketplace is a subsidiary entity of Flipkart.
- Shadowfax — Best last mile delivery service provider across Food, E-commerce, Groceries, Pharma, FMCG, Consumer durables, Auto, BFSI, Telecom, Freight forwarding & Apparel.
Founded in 2001, Tiger Global Management, LLC (“Tiger Global”) is a New York-based investment firm pursuing a long-term approach to investing in leading, global public and private companies that leverage technological innovation. Tiger Global’s public equity business includes fundamentally oriented long/short, long-focused and crossoverstrategies, targeting investments in high-quality, public growth companies. The private equity business invests in early through late stage companies that pursue innovative approaches to new and existing industries, building on over 20 years of experience investing in hundreds of businesses in more than 30 countries with more than 90 portfolio company IPOs. With a strong track record investing across sectors and stages, Tiger Global aims to be a thought partner to companies and their management teams across their lifecycle in public and private markets. The Firm’s mission is to generate world-class returns for its investors and to do so in a way that makes its employees, partners and portfolio companies proud.
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Investment focus
- Software, FinTech, Financial Services
- Series B, Series A, Series C
- United States, India, China
Portfolio highlights
- Cresta — Self-service, live coaching, and post call insights. AI that uncovers expertise so teams can make every customer conversation count.
- Kong — Kong powers APIs and microservices with the world's most popular open source API gateway and industry-leading service connectivity platform. Kong is funded by leading VC firms, including Index Ventures, a16z, CRV, GGV, Tiger Global, Stanford University, Jeff Bezos, and Eric Schmidt.
- Checkmate — Integrate over 100 ordering platforms directly to your restaurant POS system and manage all your ordering platform menus in one place.
Arihant is the Managing Director of Patni Financial Advisors, a wealth management company that advises high net worth families on a wide range of investment options. He is also Co-founder and Director at Nirvana venture Advisors. Arihant began his career at his family business, Patni Computer Systems, one of the leading Indian IT businesses of thetime, where he held positions in the computer software and human resources departments, as well as being a business development and marketing executive. Subsequently, Arihant worked as a Business Strategy Consultant for Fidelity Investments in Boston.
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Investment focus
- Health Care, Apps, Artificial Intelligence
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- India, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Innovist — Onesto Labs Private Limited is an unlisted private company. It was incorporated on 18 October, 2018 and is located in Central Delhi, Delhi. It is classified as a private limited company.The company has two directors - Rohit Chawla and Sifat Khurana.
- Punt Partners — Punt Partners is a company that provides marketing technology services. It provides results through the use of proprietary data, technology, and services.
- The Yarn Bazaar — The Yarn Bazaar is a modern, efficient, and transparently managed marketplace for yarn buyers and sellers to discover real-time yarn prices, information, and market trends.
Vikram Gandhi is very renowned businessman and an investment banker. Vikram Gandhi is the founder & CEO of VSG Capital Advisors and also founded Asha Impact. Vikram Gandhi is an alumni & a faculty member at the Harvard Business School (HBS). He worked with Credit Suisse & Morgan Stanley etc. Know more about Vikram S Gandhi visit uswww.vsgcapital.com & ashaimpact.com
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Investment focus
- Financial Services, Credit, FinTech
- Series A, Seed, Funding Round
- India, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Janaadhar — Welcome to Janaadhar for innovative affordable housing development and precast construction services. Discover how we turn aspirations into reality with authenticity, sustainability, and innovation.
- CreditEnable — CreditEnable is a global SME credit marketplace, works with large Private Sector Banks, NBFCs and Fintech Leaders with more than Rs 70,000 crore to lend to SMEs for loan requirements of ₹ 10 L to ₹ 30Cr with lender rates starting from 9%.CreditEnable’s lender solutions enable profitable growth by substantially reducing the time involved withunderwriting SME loans, provide efficient access to quality borrowers and improve the quality of SME loan books. CreditEnable’s borrower solutions help SMEs better understand lenders’ credit requirements, get prepared for debt and secure the capital they need at an affordable rate.
- Greenway Appliances — Product design and manufacturing start-up developing innovative solutions for the mass market. India's largest maker of clean cookstoves and maker of the Greenway Free TV - home satellite TV system.
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Investment focus
- Software, Financial Services, Information Technology
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- India, United States, Singapore
Portfolio highlights
- Mili — Ready to ditch the note-taking grind and focus on what matters most? Mili is your AI sidekick for streamlined workflows and personalized client experiences.
- Slikk — Slikk is a fashion brand that aims to deliver value within seconds and drip within minutes
- Honestly — Honestly is an AI-enhanced beauty and personal care platform that uses technology to provide individualized suggestions and improves the user experience through innovation.
Looking for - Passionate founders looking to target a market with tremendous future potential and stands to be disrupted by a new entrant. Crucial that the product / service is not easily replicable and the domain expertise of the company is a deterrent to fresh entrants.Keen interest in - Clean Technology, Consumer Internet, EnterpriseSoftware, Health Care, Mobile, SaaSSkills - Angel Investing, Financial Modelling & Valuation, Information Technology, Portfolio Management, Risk Management
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Investment focus
- Apps, Financial Services, Software
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- India, United States, Indonesia
Portfolio highlights
- Supply6 — Supply6 is the perfect balance of the 6 essential micro and macro nutrients in one wholesome meal.
- Ninecamp — Ninecamp is a food and beverage company. They anticipate creating new and unique brands with a strong emphasis on high-quality offerings in product, service, and design.
- Alt Carbon — Alt Carbon operates as a climate tech platform.
“Auxano” represents growth! A two-pronged approach - Growth in wealth & entrepreneurship. To identify & invest in value unlocking businesses, Auxano drives its vision to create wealth for its investors.
The current entrepreneurial expansion is marking a new era of enterprise. The start-ups today are generating more wealth for its investorsin lesser time than the predecessors. Invest in this next gen asset class and ride the wave of wealth creation with a commitment ranging from Rs. 25 Lacs - Rs. 1 Cr. , with the drawdown spread over 18-30 months, across SEBI registered CAT I (Angel) and CAT II AIF.
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Investment focus
- Software, Education, EdTech
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- India
Portfolio highlights
- LoanKuber — LoanKuber is the lowest cost lender to Yest-to be Bankable - enabling borrowing with trust and confidence.
- Moonshine Meadery — Mead is an alcoholic beverage created by fermenting honey with various fruits and spices. It is the oldest fermented beverage known to man with evidence dating to 7000 BC. Meads have been present in various cultures through the ages - the Vikings drank it before battle, ancient Indian texts mentioned it and Greek and Roman historians have discussedit. There have also been numerous references in literature, from Shakespeare and Lord of the Rings to Harry Potter and even Game of Thrones. The last decade has seen a resurgence that has taken this versatile archaic drink out of history and into the limelight as the fastest growing craft beverage in the world.
- Himshakti — Bringing power of Himalayas in the form of seasoned salt, pink salt (sourced from India) and various other authentic Himalayan food products such as millets, spices, rice, juice, etc to your home. We are the first company to launch Indian pink salt. We also cater to restaurants and supply our products pan India.
Haldiram’s Family Office is an investment firm
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Investment focus
- Credit, Energy, FinTech
- Seed, Series A
- India
Portfolio highlights
- GetVantage — GetVantage is a revenue based finance platform provides alternative financing solutions for startups & digital brands to drive sales and increase revenue.
- BatX Energies — BatX Energies is the India's largest Lithium(Li) Ion Battery Recycling Company which produces battery grade materials to create eco-friendly sustainable energy source.
- Zippee — ZFW Dark Stores enables 30 Min, 2 Hour, & Same-Day deliveries for E-commerce brands through next-gen fulfillment, network of dark stores, & last-mile infrastructure across India. This capital-light approach is helping brands like Epigamia, Unilever, Rage Coffee, NOTO, and Baskin Robbins expand without upfront capital, overheads, &headaches.Our platform integrates seamlessly with all industry platforms to provide brands with complete visibility into supply-chain ops & customers: significantly improving customer loyalty, RTOs, & costs.E-commerce is becoming increasingly competitive with shifting brand loyalties. Stay ahead of the curve & be closer to your customers by offering them super-fast deliveries.If you're a D2C brand in India that wants to boost profitability & customer experiences- reach out & say hi!
Sparkle Fund invests in early-stage start-ups and fintech companies that create innovative solutions for the digital financial sector.
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Investment focus
- FinTech, Financial Services, Artificial Intelligence
- Seed, Series A, Series C
- India
Portfolio highlights
- EazyDiner — Best restaurants in Delhi NCR: Book online restaurant reservation with a guaranteed deal. Check ✔ deals ✔ menu ✔ reviews of the best restaurants in Delhi NCR.
- Quickwork — Quickwork is a no code, enterprise-grade iPaaS, which enables developers and enterprises to build workflows, publish APIs and manage conversations, as described below - 1. Build workflow journeys and go live with 1,000s of pre-integrated apps from business, consumer, artificial intelligence, business intelligence, messaging and IoT domains. 2.Build, consume and publish APIs quickly in a few clicks. Expose your APIs to your partners and vendors with zero anxiety around security. 3. Setup and manage conversations with live chat, chatbots and IoT devices in real-time devices across multiple messaging channels and protocols.
- Bharat Housing Network — Bharat Housing Network provides funding, technology, and infrastructure to affordable housing finance institutions in order to increase co-lending and accelerate home development.
Prashanth Prakash is based out of Bengaluru, Karnataka and is the Co-Founder of UnboxingBLR Foundation. Prashanth previously worked at Erasmic Venture Fund as a Partner. Prashanth Prakash attended the University of Delaware.
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Investment focus
- E-Commerce, Internet, Retail
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- India, United States, Indonesia
Portfolio highlights
- 1BRIDGE — 1Bridge provides a wide range of aspirational products and digital services at the doorsteps of village consumers.
- Vilcart — Vilcart is the bridge between Rural Consumers and the Manufacturers/Primary Market.
- YNOS Venture Engine CC — YNOS is an intelligent technology platform that helps entrepreneurs find investors for startup & vice versa. It offers a range of products & programs to solve challenges of early stage ventures.
Alpha Wave is an investment company that has three main verticals; private equity, private credit, and public markets. The objective of the private equity partnerships is to invest in best-in-class venture and growth stage companies and endeavors to be helpful, long-term partners to these exceptional founders and management teams; credit, whichincludes direct private lending to businesses looking for funding solutions; and public markets in an uncorrelated strategy.Alpha Wave has offices in New York, Miami, London, Monaco, Madrid, Abu Dhabi, Tel Aviv, Bangalore, and Sydney.
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Investment focus
- Financial Services, Biotechnology, Artificial Intelligence
- Series A, Series B, Series C
- India, United States, Singapore
Portfolio highlights
- Mitra Chem — Mitra Chem is innovating and commercializing iron-based cathode materials to enable mass-market electrification for electric vehicles, energy storage solutions and beyond.
- Mstack Chemicals — A B2B platform connecting global companies for cost-effective chemical sourcing.
- Marea Therapeutics — Marea Therapeutics is a clinical-stage biotechnology firm that uses the most recent advancements in human genetics to create first-in-class, next-generation medications for cardiometabolic illnesses.
Winter Capital is an international growth markets investment firm focusing on consumer industries going through technology-enabled change. Winter Capital invests in growth equity in South & South-East Asia, the Middle East and MENA in four core verticals: EduTech, FinTech, HealthTech, and RetailTech.Funds advised by WCA, with over $1bn inassets and invested across 3 funds in over 40 portfolio companies. Winter Capital provide portfolio companies with deep market knowledge and expertise.
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Investment focus
- Internet, Education, FinTech
- Series A, Series C, Series E
- Russian Federation, India, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Innoviti — Innoviti develops payments processing, credit distribution, and payments management software solutions. It offers uniPAY, a unified payment and card management system for retailers; quickEMI, a solution that provides consumers the option of paying for their purchases in installments on their credit cards; pgEMI, a solution that provides consumersthe option of paying for their purchases in installments; and fastCollect, an automated collection technology for banks and retailers/online megastores. Innoviti serves markets, such as retail, mobile, lifestyle, entertainment, jewelry, education, cabs, holidays, hotels, restaurants, wellness, healthcare, online, and banks.
- Curefoods — Curefoods democratizes access to food on a sustainable basis. They focus on operations management for cloud kitchens and the online food ordering market.
- Legit Group — Legit Group is a multi-brand cloud kitchen conceptor and operator. By better understanding customer perception and implementation of technology, we aim to maximise utilisation of kitchen resources, control food costs through better predictive modelling of customer demands in order to boost food deliveries more scientifically.
Suhail Sameer Attended Chief Executive OfficerChief BharatPe . Suhail Sameer Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow.
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Investment focus
- FinTech, Fashion, E-Commerce
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- India, United States
Portfolio highlights
- VECROS — VECROS is a robotics company that provides industrial inspections at scale using computer vision and autonomous systems. The company's drone agnostic operating system JETPIX aims to solve the issues of drone operations. Jetpix is an AI and computer vision-based system that can auto scan a large area and generate anomaly reports on the go. Theusers can secure their infrastructure very quickly with just a click of a button and nothing else.
- GenWise — GenWise is the best app for Indian Elders. Get Emotional Support on Call through Saathi | Generate Good Morning wishes with Whatsapp Greetings | Get Account statements with Risk-Free Passbook
- Lorien Finance — Lorien Finance is a cross-border FinTech platform providing affordable student loans and retail banking services to immigrants (students and temporary workers) moving to the US.
Varanium Capital Advisors is a SEBI-registered portfolio management company that provides investment solutions to high networth individuals (HNI) and institutional clients, through customized investment products across a vast spectrum of traditional and alternate asset classes. Varanium Capital Advisors is an investment advisor to Varanium AssetManagement. Varanium Asset Management offers US Dollar denominated investment opportunities across debt, equity, and structured notes through its funds to offshore investors.Varanium Capital Advisors was founded on 1990 and is headquartered in Mumbai, India.
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Investment focus
- Financial Services, FinTech, Finance
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- India
Portfolio highlights
- Metafin — Metafin Cleantech Finance - Solar & Clean Technology Financing and Loans
- Navadhan Capital — Navadhan Capital offers capital to under-banked households.
- Bharat Housing Network — Bharat Housing Network provides funding, technology, and infrastructure to affordable housing finance institutions in order to increase co-lending and accelerate home development.
Ranjan Pai is a Co-Founder and serves as Partner at Aarin Capital Partners.
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Investment focus
- Internet, Mobile Apps, Finance
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- India
Portfolio highlights
- InCred — InCred Finance a new-age tech and analytics-driven NBFC. It offers Personal loans, Education Loans and Business.
- HerKey (formerly JobsForHer) — HerKey (formerly JobsForHer) is India’s largest career engagement platform that unlocks opportunities, learning, and communities for women in India by connecting them with career champions.HerKey has been at the forefront of developing scalable solutions to increase women's participation in the Indian workforce. Incepted in 2015, HerKey(formerly JobsForHer) works with over 10,000 companies across India that prioritize diversity and inclusion and has assisted them in engaging with and recruiting women. HerKey is dedicated to promoting the professional development of women in their careers. The platform connects women with the right jobs across levels, provides learning opportunities to enable them to upskill and reskill, and provides mentorship to women wanting to start, restart, or advance in their professions. The company's vision is to enable women to realize their full potential by connecting them with the right opportunities, learning, and communities.HerKey has grown to service over 3.5 million women across India and plans to scale to power 30 million women’s careers in India.HerKey seeks to be the dependable companion for every woman on her career journey, enabling her growth, opening up opportunities, creating meaningful engagement, and facilitating her career journey – onwards & upwards.HerKey - Your Career Companion at Every Phase of Life Because we understand that a woman’s career journey traverses through life phases. Opportunities | Learning | Communities
- NewSpace — NewSpace is a Aerospace Research and Technologies Industry, It designs and develops Persistent Drones for Earth Observation and Communications.
Alpha Wave is an investment company that has three main verticals; private equity, private credit, and public markets. The objective of the private equity partnerships is to invest in best-in-class venture and growth stage companies and endeavors to be helpful, long-term partners to these exceptional founders and management teams; credit, whichincludes direct private lending to businesses looking for funding solutions; and public markets in an uncorrelated strategy.Alpha Wave has offices in New York, Miami, London, Monaco, Madrid, Abu Dhabi, Tel Aviv, Bangalore, and Sydney.
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Investment focus
- Financial Services, Artificial Intelligence, Biotechnology
- Series B, Series A, Series C
- India, United States, Singapore
Portfolio highlights
- Mitra Chem — Mitra Chem is innovating and commercializing iron-based cathode materials to enable mass-market electrification for electric vehicles, energy storage solutions and beyond.
- Mstack Chemicals — A B2B platform connecting global companies for cost-effective chemical sourcing.
- Marea Therapeutics — Marea Therapeutics is a clinical-stage biotechnology firm that uses the most recent advancements in human genetics to create first-in-class, next-generation medications for cardiometabolic illnesses.
Enam Holdings is a privately managed principal investment group with a 30 year heritage of investing in the Indian capital markets.
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Investment focus
- Retail, Information Technology, Software
- Funding Round, Series A, Seed
- India
Portfolio highlights
- Corvi LED Light — Corvi’s strong credentials in sophisticated and innovative product design, but also because here’s a great chance to democratise high-end technology. A combination of solid state technology, minimalist design and quality manufacturing allows a higher light output of light against per watt of power consumed; if we can scale appropriately, imaginethe impact not just in India, but across the world,’’ Mr. Munjal said. He expressed confidence that Corvi would, in time, play an important part in not just showcasing India’s manufacturing capability, but also reduce dependence on imports – a true example of “Make in India”.
- Ethereal Machines — Explore precision in custom part manufacturing. From prototyping to production, our 5-axis CNC machining transforms your designs into high-quality components.
- Sterlite Power — Sterlite Power - Global Products and Solutions (GPS) Business delivers advanced power transmission solutions.
Ratan Tata is the Founder and Managing Director of RNT Associates.
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Investment focus
- E-Commerce, Internet, Health Care
- Funding Round, Seed, Series A
- India, United States, Singapore
Portfolio highlights
- GOQii — GOQii is headquartered in California with offices in Mumbai and Shenzhen. It is dedicated to enabling a permanent shift to a healthier lifestyle with the combination of advanced wearable technology, the world's leading experts, coaches and karma. GOQii focuses on sustained engagement & goal reinforcement and offers a complete ecosystem asa single integrated solution, which is a powerful combination of technology and human connection. GOQii is a collaboration of some of the world's leading experts and an amazing management team who are driven by a passion for healthy sustainable living, and who believe that all of us contain boundless potential. GOQii's goal is to enable millions of people across the world to "be the force" by helping them unleash their untapped potential.
- Repos energy — Repos energy is a e-commerce of Fuel to move towards a carbon neutral future.
- Goodfellows — Goodfellows aims to offer companionship to lonely senior citizens.
U.S. International Development Finance Corp is America’s development bank.
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Investment focus
- Financial Services, Finance, FinTech
- Debt Financing, Post-IPO Debt, Funding Round
- India, United States, Kenya
Portfolio highlights
- BasiGo — BasiGo is an early-stage e-mobility start-up looking to revolutionize the public transportation sector by providing matatu owners with a cost-effective electric alternative to diesel buses.
- Indorama Fertilizers — Indorama Fertilizers operates a world-class, 1.4 million metric tonnes per annum urea manufacturing facility based in Port Harcourt, Nigeria. The plant has been developed to global environmental, social and construction standards. It plays a key role in supporting the agricultural sector in Nigeria by providing a reliable supply of fertilizers forlocal farmers, thereby enabling import substitution and supporting the diversification needs of the Nigerian economy. Indorama Fertilizers is also advantageously located to serve neighboring West African countries and key Western hemisphere markets, including North America, South America and Europe
- Institut Pasteur de Dakar — The Institut Pasteur de Dakar Foundation (IPD) is a non-profit association of public utility, concerned with promoting public health and well-being in West Africa. Since its founding in 1896 by one of Louis PASTEUR's disciples, Émile Marcoux, the IPD has been at the forefront of the fight against infectious diseases. Since 2009, the InstitutPasteur de Dakar has been a Senegalese foundation, jointly managed by the government of Senegal and the Institut Pasteur (Paris).
Experienced Digital & technology leader, lead change in industries - financial services, Fin-tech, Shipping, Telecom and Government, currently building an enabling function to build bank of the future.Ritesh comes from an entrepreneurial background, he has experience in building & mentoring successful businesses – A Wealth ManagementCompany, corporate uniforms business, Investor & Mentor for start-ups, Ritesh holds non-executive with start-ups and corporates, and as a mentor offers technical expertise and advise to Parliamentary Digital Service in UK and Advisor for payment regulatory and other Governments.
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Investment focus
- FinTech, Financial Services, Internet
- Series A, Pre-Seed, Seed
- India
Portfolio highlights
- BharatX — BharatX is a Fin-Tech startup that enables any Consumer-facing app/website in India to offer Credit to their users by integrating its APIs. It can enable white-leballed journeys like of "Buy Now, Pay Later","Credit Line", "Try and Buy", "Pay in 3", "Postpaid", etc.
- LEO1 — Financepeer is a unique peer to peer lending platform designed to address financial needs of self-employed, entrepreneurs & salaried individuals through a highly secure, digital medium.
- Basic Home Loan — Compare and apply online for best interest rates on home loan, loan against property, balance transfer. Calculate your EMI instantly.
Sanjay Nayar is the CEO at Kohlberg Kravis Roberts.
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Investment focus
- Financial Services, Sales, Retail
- Series B, Series A, Funding Round
- India, United States
Portfolio highlights
- FlexiLoans — FlexiLoans is an online lending platform started with an endeavour to solve the problem that SMEs face in accessing Quick, Flexible and Adequate funds for growing their Businesses. Over 80% of Loan proposals from SMEs currently are rejected by institutional channels on account of inadequate financial history or collaterals. With the fast andubiquitous digital adoption in India and increased avenues to leverage data analytics, they are standing on the verge of Banking transformation in this country which will help us efficiently cater to the large untapped and unserved demand. They wish to make the ‘social and alternative scoring’ of SMEs and Individuals a big opportunity for the economy that will far out place the limited insights that financial bureau provide. They believe our technology-powered online marketplace is the best model to meet the financial requirements of SME’s who do not have credit history and hence cannot avail loans from traditional banking channels.
- Brown Living — Brown Living is a sustainable lifestyle platform offering a wide range of products helping individuals make eco-friendly choices, by prioritizing ethical sourcing, waste reduction, and conscious living. With a strong focus on sustainability and social impact, we want to revolutionize the way people consume and live.
- Uniqus Consultech — Uniqus Consultech offers Accounting & Reporting Consulting.
InCred Capital provides integrated financing solutions and advisory services to corporate and institutional clients.
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Investment focus
- FinTech, Finance, Lending
- Series A, Angel, Convertible Note
- India
Portfolio highlights
- hBits — hBits is an online real estate ownership tech platform.
- TeamNest — World-class Payroll and HR software for Rs 2 / employee / day. TeamNest automates Payroll, Attendance, Leaves, Expenses, Compliance, Timesheets, and Helpdesk for small and medium businesses.
- Lendingkart — Lendingkart is an online financing company dedicated to helping entrepreneurs and small businesses with Working Capital Loans. They use Analytics and Big data scoring to evaluate their customer’s business. They are a small and motivated team of bankers, data scientists, and techies trying to make a difference in the world of small businessfinancing.
Binny Bansal is an Indian software engineer and Internet entrepreneur. In 2007 he co-founded the e-commerce platform Flipkart with Sachin Bansal (not related) and was serving as the Chief Operating Officer until 11 January 2016 and was promoted to Chief Executive Officer. In January 2017 he was promoted to Group CEO of Flipkart. Binny is fromChandigarh and graduated from the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi with a degree in Computer Science and Engineering.
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Investment focus
- Software, Internet, E-Commerce
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- India, United States, Singapore
Portfolio highlights
- OppDoor — Launch your Amazon Brand into Thriving International Markets. OppDoor is a Growth Partner for Amazon Brands.
- FirstClub — FirstClub's mission is to become a rapid commerce-first omnichannel retailer that uses offline experience stores to promote the quality of its items. FirstClub's goal is to create a platform that serves customers and offers brands a unique opportunity to connect with affluent homes.
- Alltius — Alltius is an AI-driven platform for conversational assistance in software products primarily to help and guide users in their product journeys.
Mukesh Bansal is the Founder of Lyskraft. He previously worked at Myntra as a Founder. Mukesh Bansal attended the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur.
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Investment focus
- Financial Services, Apps, FinTech
- Seed, Series A, Series F
- India
Portfolio highlights
- Virgio — Women's & Men's Clothing and Accessories | Shop Trendy Fashion Online
- FirstClub — FirstClub's mission is to become a rapid commerce-first omnichannel retailer that uses offline experience stores to promote the quality of its items. FirstClub's goal is to create a platform that serves customers and offers brands a unique opportunity to connect with affluent homes.
- Truva — Truva is a proptech company that specializes in home buying and selling. We have deep expertise in Powai and provide an unparallel customer experience when it comes to buying apartments that are up for resale. We have multiple properties in Hiranandani, Lake Homes, Nahar and Raheja Vihar
1Digi is an Investment management firm.
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Investment focus
- B2B, SaaS, FinTech
- Seed
- India
Portfolio highlights
- actyv.ai — Large enterprises are using actyv.ai to transform their supply chains and to empower their Channel Partners. They can onboard partners faster, get paid instantly and improve the financial health of their supply chain. And more.
- Kneady — Kneady is a business-to-business e-commerce platform. Kneady enables manufacturers, producers, traders, suppliers, and brands to reach out to untapped markets and sell their products across the country with payment security and complete transparency.
Viru brings over 20 years of rich management experience in the Telecom industry including in companies like Bharti Airtel, Trilogy, OnMobile and BPL Mobile.In 2007, Viru is a Founder of VerSe Innovation Pvt Ltd which is now shaping India’s real Mobile Internet through Dailyhunt, iPayy & Operator Services. Verse is now a 500 strong team. Virubrings in the energy and drives product development and operations at Ver Se & it’s his passion to make information available to every Indian their own language & Dailyhunt, the flagship product strives to achieve just that. It is among the most downloaded app that offers array of offerings across Local News, eBooks, Magazine.Under his leadership, Ver Se won many accolades like –1. mBillionth 2013 Award for News & Journalism2. GSMA Global Mobile Awards 2013: Best Publishing Product or Service3. Opera App Awards 2012 :Newshunt has been chosen as Top Entertainment App in Java & Symbian App4. Android App Expo: Won Second place for Best App at Google Development App expo 20135. Nielsen top ten mobile consumed in India. Only one in News Category6. India Digital Awards 2012: Top Mobile App NewsHunt7. Navteq Global LBS Challenge, 2011, Grand Prize Winner8. NASSCOM Emerge AppFame, 2011: Top 7 Mobile Apps9. Mobile India: Winner, Mobile India Entrepreneur Demo Showcase, 201010. Best Mobile App, AppJam Bangalore, 2010Viru holds a Master’s Degree in Management from IIT Mumbai & enjoys brainstorming with his team and is always on the look - out for the new idea that will transform and further strengthen the bridge between technology and common man. He loves his junk food and chai and it’s not uncommon to see him catching up with his team with his favorite phrase – Kyon Bhai, Aur kya chal raha hai?.
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- Training, Education, Performing Arts
- Seed, Series A
- India
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- Kafqa Academy — HGO909, situs slot terpercaya di Indonesia. Nikmati berbagai game slot gacor, live RTP, dan peluang maxwin. Daftar sekarang untuk pengalaman judi online terbaik.
- D'Moksha Homes — D’Moksha Homes is a textile company that focuses on retailing hand-made fabrics like linen, hemp, and lyocell.
- G.O.A.T Brand Labs — Purpose G.O.A.T is mono-maniacally focussed on the audacious goal of Making Indian D2C brands world...
Sujeet Kumar - Co- Founder @ Udaan
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- Internet, E-Commerce, Software
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- India, Singapore, Kenya
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- Vidyut — Vidyut offers end-to-end solutions for purchase and financing to resale which provide superior economics on electric vehicles compared to petrol & diesel vehicles.
- Pizza Wings — Pizza Wings is a pizza brand, known for fresh, high-quality pizzas and more, available for dine-in, takeout, or delivery.
- Third Wave Coffee — Third wave coffee is a manufacturer and distributor of easy coffee bags that help to make barista-quality coffee anytime without any equipment. The third wave roasts coffees in small batches and introduce specialty cofee.
Nordstar partners with transformational growth companies seeking strategic and operational expertise, advice and capital.
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- E-Commerce, Financial Services, FinTech
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- United Kingdom, United States, India
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- Silkhaus — A seamless, sophisticated experience you can rely on. Choose from the wide variety of furnished Boutique Flats and apartments for short and long-term stays from Silkhaus.
- BOND — Get closer to the people and products behind your screen than ever before. Step inside creator wardrobes. Shop their edits. Swipe their curations. Be inspired. We're bringing you a new way to discover.
- Fintech Farm — Creating successful neobanks in emerging markets
Gabelhorn Investment is an investment firm.
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- Apps, Fitness, Wellness
- Series A, Series D
- India
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- Cult.fit — CureFit is a health and fitness company offering digital and offline experiences across fitness, nutrition, and mental well-being.With the aim to make fitness fun and easy, CureFit gives workouts a whole new meaning with a range of trainer-led, group workout classes. It makes workouts fun, daily food is healthy and tasty, mental fitness easy withyoga and meditation, and medical and lifestyle care hassle-free.Co-founded by Mukesh Bansal and Ankit in Nagori 2016, the company is headquartered in Bangalore, Karnataka.
- Mensa Brands — Mensa Brands is an investment firm that partners with entrepreneurs to build digital brands and scale them. The firm's business model involves investing working capital and picking up equity in other D2C startups and scaling their brands' presence online. Its platform helps expertise in driving growth, product, merchandising, technology,supply chain, product, and access to global markets that help founders get a lucrative financial exit while they transform their business through a successful partnership.
Mahesh Ramachandran
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- Apps, FinTech, Payments
- Seed
- India
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- YNOS Venture Engine CC — YNOS is an intelligent technology platform that helps entrepreneurs find investors for startup & vice versa. It offers a range of products & programs to solve challenges of early stage ventures.
- Zerone Microsystems Private Limited — Zerone Microsystems is a bleeding-edge payment fintech firm. Zerone Microsystems is the inventor of ZUP (Zerone Unified Payment) Technology, a cross-platform mobile app for frictionless payment between smartphones. ZUP Technology has enabled the smartphone to smartphone payments. We convert cheapest of smartphones into a POS machine using our ZUPproximity payment technology, with no additional hardware and no need for NFC. Replacing the entire POS Infrastructure through a VPOS on cheapest of Smartphones.
Vikram Gandhi is very renowned businessman and an investment banker. Vikram Gandhi is the founder & CEO of VSG Capital Advisors and also founded Asha Impact. Vikram Gandhi is an alumni & a faculty member at the Harvard Business School (HBS). He worked with Credit Suisse & Morgan Stanley etc. Know more about Vikram S Gandhi visit uswww.vsgcapital.com & ashaimpact.com
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- Financial Services, Finance, FinTech
- Series A, Seed, Series D
- India, United Kingdom
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- Janaadhar — Janaadhar provides financial services for the real estate industry.
- CreditEnable — Get the most affordable business loans with CreditEnable! Explore low interest rates, check eligibility in one minute, and apply for your dream business loan today. Dream Big. Borrow Smart!.
- Greenway Appliances — Product design and manufacturing start-up developing innovative solutions for the mass market. India's largest maker of clean cookstoves and maker of the Greenway Free TV - home satellite TV system.
After completion of his degree, Sachin Bansal joined Techspan company where he has served for few months. In 2006, he joined Amazon.com India as a Senior Software Engineer. Then he got Binny Bansal into Amazon.com and after 6 months they both decided to leave Amazon. They initially thought of starting a comparison search engine but realized thatthe market for E-commerce in India was very small. Hence, after leaving Amazon in 2007, they founded Flipkart as an E-commerce company.Sachin Bansal and his business partner Binny Bansal launched Flipkart from an apartment in Bangalore with 400,000 rupees ($6,500) cash. In 2007 during the early days of Flipkart Sachin Bansal and his business partner Binny Bansal used to deliver books across Bengaluru on their scooters and in October 2015 they showed up at the doorsteps of some customers, personally delivering goods in order to gain insights from the online buyers.And now, Sachin Bansal is the CEO of Chaitanya Rural Intermediation and Development Services.
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- Financial Services, FinTech, Software
- Debt Financing, Seed, Series A
- India, United States
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- Spare8 — Spare8 is a micro-investment app for investing money in digital gold, enabling everyone to start their investment journey through its flagship feature- micro-investment.
- U Gro Capital — U Gro Capital is a fintech platform that provides lending services for SMEs. U GRO Capital is a BSE-listed, technology-focused, small business lending platform. The company is focused on addressing the capital needs of small businesses operating in select eight sectors by providing customized loan solutions.
- Navi Technologies — Lightning fast UPI payments, instant Cash Loans & Home Loans, smart investments in Mutual Funds & Digital Gold, comprehensive Health Insurance - all in one app.
Elevation Capital is an early-stage venture capital firm that focuses on consumers, enterprises, logistics, and B2B.
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- Software, Financial Services, E-Commerce
- Series A, Seed, Series B
- India, United States, France
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- Zfunds — Zfunds - Fastest growing mutual fund platform, where you can talk with Financial Experts and Financial Advisors.
- Seekho — Learn from 10,000+ bite-sized videos on Technology, Money, Youtube, Instagram, and 10+ more categories with Seekho Experts. Start Now
- SolarSquare Energy — Visit Solarsquare, India's only UL-certified solar installation company for hassle-free commercial & residential solar panel installation at 0 cost EMI & PPA options.
Neeraj Goenka
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- Local, Travel, Leisure
- Seed, Series A
- India
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- InvenZone — Tiktaktogel adalah agent togel hongkong pools dengan hadiah terbesar di kelasnya situs idn, kini tiktaktogel menghadirkan live draw togel hongkong agar para bettor dapat menyaksikan secara langsung tanpa adanya manipulasi keluaran angka.
- SeekSherpa — SeekSherpa is a Delhi-based mobile travel marketplace. SeekSherpa, which is still in test mode, was part of the January batch of VentureNursery. The accelerator conducts about two bootcamps a year for eight startups each.
- G.O.A.T Brand Labs — Purpose G.O.A.T is mono-maniacally focussed on the audacious goal of Making Indian D2C brands world...
We are entrepreneurs at heart and if you are an entrepreneur building an innovative product or solving a tough problem, we want Samarthya to be your first port of call. We would like Samarthya to be the force multiplier for you by connecting you to transformational capital and domain experts to fuel your growth.
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- Internet, Software, Education
- Seed, Funding Round
- India
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- GetWork — Looking to hire top talent for your organization? GetWork is the platform for you! With a candidate pool of 1.9M+ job seekers, you can easily post your job and find the perfect candidate for your needs. Sign up today and start hiring with GetWork.
- MProfit Software — MProfit - India's best portfolio tracking app for Stocks, Mutual Funds, Bonds, NPS, PPF & more. Auto-import data, get Capital Gains, XIRR & other reports. Try free today!
Bergwelt
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- E-Commerce, Venture Capital, Financial Services
- Series A
- India
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- Mensa Brands — Mensa Brands is an investment firm that partners with entrepreneurs to build digital brands and scale them. The firm's business model involves investing working capital and picking up equity in other D2C startups and scaling their brands' presence online. Its platform helps expertise in driving growth, product, merchandising, technology,supply chain, product, and access to global markets that help founders get a lucrative financial exit while they transform their business through a successful partnership.
Norwest Venture Partners is a global venture and growth equity investment firm with over $15.5 billion in capital. Learn more about how Norwest helps CEOs and founders scale their businesses.
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- Software, Information Technology, SaaS
- Series B, Series C, Series A
- United States, India, Israel
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- Ouro Medicines — Ouroboros Medicines is a biotechnology company that specializes in immunology and focuses on treating long-term immune-mediated illnesses. The company addresses chronic immune-mediated conditions directly by integrating scientific knowledge, a proven history of progressing cell-depleting treatments through clinical trials, and a strong pipeline.
- Zelis — Discover the connected platform that's bridging gaps and aligning interests of healthcare payers, providers, and healthcare consumers.
- Nuvig Therapeutics — Nuvig Therapeutics is advancing innovative and transformational therapies that are designed to induce natural mechanisms to restore immune homeostasis, rebalance immune function following inflammation, and improve the treatment options for patients. Nuvig is building a pipeline of novel immune therapeutics for chronic inflammatory and autoimmunediseases.
Amit is Co-founder & Chairman at Nirvana Venture Advisors and is a promoter shareholder of Patni Computers. Patni Computers Ltd. was a pioneer in Indian ITES. The promoter family stake in Patni Computers was divested in May 2011 in a sale to iGate Corporation at value of $1.5 billion. Amit has 22 years’ experience in technology, software andprojects. He has extensive experience in the computer hardware and components market in India and overseas. In his various roles, Amit has independently ensured implementation of Greenfield projects and launched new business operations.As a Whole time Director of PCS Technologies Ltd., a listed Indian company in the computer hardware and manufacturing space, Amit was responsible for setting-up the copper clad laminates business. Subsequently he was Managing Director of PCS International Pvt. Ltd. with the responsibility of expanding PCS Technologies hardware business in UAE and Africa. Thereafter, Amit developed Health Management Systems, a healthcare software product that was marketed by PCS Technologies Ltd.Amit is a Director of the Board of Patni Financial Advisors the family office of the Patni Family. Amit has done his BS in Accounting and Masters from Babson College, USA.
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- Travel, Artificial Intelligence, Local
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- India, United States
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- MinHash — DomainMarket.com sells premium domain names to entrepreneurs, businesses, and nonprofits that want to dominate their online marketplaces and control great brands.
- FindURClass — FindURClass is a search and discovery platform that provides its users with information on all extracurricular activities and hobby classes, in and around their area. The platform shortlists classes based on class type, location, age, and price. Its users also get access to user reviews and ratings and even book their classes online.FindURClasswas launched in 2013 and is based in Mumbai, Maharashtra.
- Wellness Forever Medicare — Wellness Forever the Leading online pharmacy in India. Order wide range of healthcare products and medicines online at you doorstep with Quick & hassle-free delivery!
Sony Innovation Fund is investing in technology-driven transformational companies shaping the future of business, entertainment and society.
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- Software, Artificial Intelligence, Health Care
- Funding Round, Series B, Series A
- United States, Japan, United Kingdom
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- GEMESYS — Gemesys creates a chip that functions similarly to the human brain in order to overcome processing constraints and empower AI with the hardware it needs to complete its destiny
- Congrant — Congrant is a fundraising platform that collects donations and charity for NPOs, social enterprises, and voluntary organizations.
- Flower — We enable the energy system of tomorrow by combining pioneering technology with flexible assets, allowing clean energy to power society
Rahul Mehta is a Co-Founder at DST Global.
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- Financial Services, FinTech, Payments
- Seed, Series C, Series A
- United States, India, Brazil
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- AiSDR — AiSDR sales automation acts as your inside sales rep. From outbound to inbound emails, AiSDR runs your outreach and drives leads to customers
- Stark Bank — Stark Bank is a smart bank account that aids a technological advancement of a company. It is a financial technology that allows companies to expand their operations by allowing them to make extra transfers, payments, and charges.
- Haus — Automated incrementality experiments and durable, cookieless attribution to help brands make informed investment decisions.
Gruhas is an India-focused Venture Capital fund which empowers entrepreneurs to build companies that matter in PropTech, CleanTech, Media Entertainment and Consumer Focused.
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- Financial Services, Real Estate, Internet
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- India
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- Primus — Primus helps elderly people slow the aging process by eliminating loneliness and achieving 'Zero Falls'. We ensure that we are proactive rather than reactive by conducting a series of examinations prior to onboarding elders so that they can be monitored by our in-house medical staff under a personalized care plan.
- SolarSquare Energy — Visit Solarsquare, India's only UL-certified solar installation company for hassle-free commercial & residential solar panel installation at 0 cost EMI & PPA options.
- Basic Home Loan — Compare and apply online for best interest rates on home loan, loan against property, balance transfer. Calculate your EMI instantly.
Shashank is Founder VC and Co-Founder of 100X.VC - India's first venture fund to invest in early-stage startups using iSAFE Notes. Portfolio: https://www.100x.vc/. Investments through Randev Ventures Family Office in early-stage startups across India, SEA & USA with a keen interest in B2B Emerging technology, Deeptech,SaaS, Cleantech, and Web3. Randev Ventures is the private investment body of Randev Family Office. He brings entrepreneurial and investment understanding with 15+ years of cross-functional expertise. Previously, he was the Founding member and Vice President of VCCEdge, the SaaS data platform by VCCircle (acquired by News Corporation in 2015). He launched the SaaS platform, led revenue, product development, and growth initiatives for close to seven years at VCCEdge. He has additionally worked with NIIT Ltd. and Zensar Technologies Ltd.He is also an Angel Investor and Advisor with a keen interest and portfolio investments in B2B Emerging technology, Deeptech, SaaS, Cleantech, and Web3 startups. Shashank holds an undergraduate degree in Bachelor of Engineering from Nagpur University, and an MBA from International Management Institute (IMI), New Delhi.Shashank’s professional ability in developing, launching and making the first move when it comes to products and solutions is reflected in the novel model of 100X.VC. As a Co-Founder of 100X.VC, he is part of the Investment Committee and works closely with portfolio companies on how to improve the chances of new products succeeding. And helping them raise followon capital from growth stage VCs, CVCs, and family offices.Specialties: Entrepreneurship, Scaling up Startups, Angel & Seed Investment & Venture Capital
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- FinTech, CleanTech, Education
- Angel, Seed, Pre-Seed
- India
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- BHyve — Peer Learning at workplace, Knowledge management system, LXP, Learning experience platform in India, Human resource, employee engagement consulting platform which helps organizations to spread tacit knowledge, wisdom & experience within organizations. Improves productivity of organization. BHyve
- BugBase — Discover, manage, and proactively address vulnerabilities with BugBase's comprehensive suite of services. Our offerings include managed bug bounties, Penetration Testing as a Service (PTaaS), Automated Scanning, and VDP solutions. Enhance your security posture today.
- EMO — EMO's Mission is to Design, Develop & Commercialize Cutting Edge Technology for the Masses with a focus on Safety, Reliability & Performance. We are a growing group of Creators, Innovators & Explorers who strive to achieve the Impossible by fusing Hardware, Software & Experience to Build Products that stand the test of Time.
iSeed is India's first micro-fund backed by top global founders and investors.
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- Software, Health Care, Financial Services
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- India, United States, Indonesia
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- Zivy Inc — Turn your chaotic and noisy workplace communication into calm collaboration, with Zivy! Skim. Schedule. Tag. Todo. Take action on your messages in zen.
- HealthCred — HealthCred offers financial solutions tailored to the needs of India's healthcare ecosystem. The company specializes in providing working capital to healthcare stakeholders such as hospitals, medical device manufacturers, drug manufacturers, distributors, and importers. HealthCred's services are designed to stabilize cash flows withoutrequiring equity dilution, ensuring that healthcare providers can continue their operations smoothly. With a process that promises capital availability within 72 hours, HealthCred addresses the urgent financial needs of its clients efficiently.
- SaveSage Club — SaveSage Club provides a centralized, AI-powered solution to simplify management and aims to empower users by addressing the lack of awareness about reward optimization.
Scott Shleifer - Partner @ Tiger Global Management
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- FinTech, Financial Services, Internet
- Series D, Series C, Series A
- United States, India, China
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- Go1 — Go1 offers training content from 250+ industry-leading providers, delivered seamlessly through any HR tech stack.
- Vest — Vest is an app-based brokerage that wants to provide Latin American savers with access to American assets that are differentiated by product, pricing, and content. Latin Americans are known for saving, but many prefer to do so in cash or in zero-interest savings accounts.
- AppsForBharat — AppsForBharat is a product studio focused on building apps for spiritual and devotional needs of Indian users.
Karanpal Singh is a steel and mining industrialist and the founder of Hunch Ventures which has been investing in multi-stage companies since 2012.As these investments evolved into larger businesses, Hunch evolved into an organized venture fund and has now taken several large bets across multiple sectors. Hunch has been backing visionary foundersin various industries from Air Mobility, Fine Arts, Sustainable Food Supply chains and food security, Ports and Logistics, Healthtech, F&B, Lifestyle Media and several B2B SaaS platforms. It has investments in India, Canada, the US, Tanzania, Singapore, UAE and the United Kingdom and has now pivoted to environmentally conscious and sustainable businesses. Hunch is one of the largest independent aggregators of food-related infrastructure and technologies and has built the platform for global food technology companies to come to India and establish a local presence.
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- E-Commerce, Information Technology, Health Care
- Seed, Funding Round, Series A
- India, United States, United Kingdom
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- Skylark Drones — Drone data platform by Skylark Drones is used by surveying, volume measurement for construction & inspection teams in infrastructure, mining, solar energy, agriculture & utilities.
- The Quorum Club — The Quorum Hyderabad A modern reflection of the city's DNA. Enjoy The Q Hyderabad's members-only lounge for work and relaxation in a cultural metropolis.
- Green Frontier Capital — Green Frontier Capital is India's first investment firm that focuses on growth companies which are delivering breakthrough innovation in green industries.
Shalini Chhabra is a Managing Partner at Incipia Advisors LL.
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- Software, Analytics, Finance
- Seed
- India
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- Tan90 — Instant cold gel ice pack! We are manufacturers of gel ice packs in India. A Reusable Ice Pack, Insulated Delivery Cooler Bags, Plastic Pads, or Tan90 High-Quality PCM cooling liquid are the refrigerant.
- Haqdarshak — Haqdarshak is a technology-enabled platform working to transform how Indian citizens learn about, apply for, and benefit from, government schemes. The company is composed of a group of passionate social entrepreneurs using technology to impact the next billion. The team comprises of individuals from diverse background who have come together out ofcommon interest and passion. The investor community represents individuals holding prestigious positions in different companies across various sectors.
- Finarkein Analytics — Finarkein Analytics offers no-code workflow orchestration and data analytics platform for digital platforms.
Madan Padaki is the Co-Founder and CEO at 1BRIDGE.
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- Apps, Software, Analytics
- Seed
- India
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- LabInApp — Intuitive Labs is a company on a mission of revolutionizing science learning through 3-dimensional virtual graphics. Our real-time computer graphics technology helps people to interact, visualize and explore the science.
- YNOS Venture Engine CC — YNOS is an intelligent technology platform that helps entrepreneurs find investors for startup & vice versa. It offers a range of products & programs to solve challenges of early stage ventures.
IDG Ventures India is a leading technology venture capital fund in India. The fund is part of IDG Ventures, a global network of technology venture funds with over $6 billion under management with over 220 investee companies and 10 offices across Asia and North America. IDG Ventures has been an investor in companies including Funzio, Ctrip, Tencent,Baidu, Netscape, BabyCenter, Sohu, Vancl and VinaGame. In India, IDG Ventures has invested in companies such as Flipkart, Myntra, Yatra, Newgen, Brainbees (FirstCry.com), Vserv, Manthan Software, Valyoo (Lenskart.com), Actoserba (Zivame.com), NestAway and Hiree. More information about IDG Ventures is available at www.idgvcindia.com
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- Software, E-Commerce, Health Care
- Series A, Series B, Seed
- India, United States, Singapore
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- Metadome.ai — Metadome is a metaverse that provides the no-code infrastructure to millions of creators and brands to build immersive experiences for the virtual world.Metadome is a persistent virtual world, and all experiences (including shopping) will be driven by 3D and AR/VR. Brands will be able to represent themselves in Metadome, and creators will beable to engage through tools that allow everyone to interact, collaborate, learn, play, work, create, trade, transact and buy virtual goods.
- Pepsales — Pepsales is a AI Led Product Demo Automation software for B2B SaaS Companies to create personalized and live product demos to increase their sales.
- Fibe — Get instant loans up to Rs. 5L with tenures up to 24 months & rates as low as 2.5% p.m. Check your eligibility now.
Dholakia Ventures is an investment firm.
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- Artificial Intelligence, Software, Information Technology
- Seed, Funding Round, Series A
- India, United States, Saint Kitts and Nevis
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- NowPurchase — NowPurchase is currently focused on the 19B$ foundry and castings industry. We provide foundries with: 1. Smart: Proprietary software to optimize production process.2. Reliable: Complete ownership as a supplier. Reliable & strict quality check and inspection.3. Transparent: Real time stock and price availability through our WhatsAppBot.We deal with all core production inputs like Ferro Alloys, Additives, Nodularizers, Scrap & Pig Iron among others.
- Nitro Commerce — Nitro Commerce provides AI tools to help them reach their greatest potential.
- WTF Gyms and Technology — WTF: Revolutionizing the Fitness Landscape in IndiaIn today's fast-paced world, maintaining a healthy lifestyle has become increasingly challenging. Traditional gym models often fail to cater to the diverse needs and preferences of the modern fitness enthusiast. This is where WTF steps in, with a mission to redefine the gym experience inIndia and make fitness more accessible, engaging, and enjoyable for everyone.WTF aims to address the common pain points in the fitness industry by offering innovative solutions that combine cutting-edge technology, personalized fitness plans, and expert coaching. By integrating virtual classes, AI-powered coaching, and tailored workout plans, WTF creates a unique fitness ecosystem that transcends conventional gym models and provides a comprehensive, personalized approach to health and wellness.The impact of WTF's approach is evident in the impressive growth statistics of its partner gyms. About 50% of the WTF gyms have experienced remarkable growth of at least 70% during the last 12 months, while 30% have seen growth anywhere between 20 to 40%. These figures showcase the power of WTF's partnership and the mutual benefits that arise from their collaboration with gym owners.In conclusion, WTF is on a mission to revolutionize the fitness industry in India by addressing the challenges faced by gym-goers and gym owners alike. Through the use of innovative technology, personalized fitness offerings, and a strong emphasis on community-building, WTF is poised to transform the way India stays fit and healthy.
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