Top 50 Climate Angel Investors in India in October 2023
Top 50 Climate Angel Investors in India in October 2023
| Investor | Climate India investments |
|---|---|
| Vel Kanniappan | 5 |
| Sanjiv Rangrass | 5 |
| Kris Gopalakrishnan | 4 |
| Ratan Tata | 4 |
| Sagar Ratilal Bavarva | 4 |
| Shashank Randev | 4 |
| Uday Kumar Bangalore Shivaraman | 3 |
| Ratilal M. Bavarva | 3 |
| Aman Gupta | 3 |
| Nithin Kamath | 3 |
| Kunal Bahl | 3 |
| Rohit Bansal | 3 |
| Kishore Ganji | 3 |
| Naveen Kshatriya | 3 |
| Akshay Singhal | 3 |
| Gaurav Juneja | 3 |
| Ashneer Grover | 2 |
| Raaj Kumar | 2 |
| Namita Thapar | 2 |
| Ravi Renganathan | 2 |
| Gaurav Gupta | 2 |
| Arjun Vaidya | 2 |
| Maninder Gulati | 2 |
| Ashutosh Valani | 2 |
| Uday Sodhi | 2 |
| Shankar Narayanan | 2 |
| Ankit Kedia | 2 |
| Abhinav Sinha | 2 |
| Priyank Shah | 2 |
| Anand Chandrasekaran | 2 |
| Venkat Vallabhaneni | 2 |
| Varun Alagh | 2 |
| Ramakant Sharma | 2 |
| Ekta Kapoor | 2 |
| Dr Ritesh Malik | 2 |
| Sajeev Menon | 2 |
| Ankit Bhati | 2 |
| Anshuman Bapna | 2 |
| Peyush Bansal | 2 |
| Michael Gryseels | 2 |
| Binny Bansal | 2 |
| Milan Modi | 2 |
| Rajeev Misra | 2 |
| Jitendra Gupta | 2 |
| Sandeep Singhal | 2 |
| Varsha Rao | 2 |
| Vijay Shekhar Sharma | 2 |
| Sameer Mehta | 2 |
| Rajan Anandan | 2 |
| Amit Lakhotia | 2 |
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Vel Kanniappan is the Senior Vice President – Finance, responsible for all global finance functions at NIUM.Vel Kanniappan is with UiPath as Vice President – Global Business & Finance Operations, responsible for the Commercial finance organization for the Asia Pacific, and is also a vital member of the global finance organization.Vel joinedTekion in 2017 at a very early stage when the organization had 20 employees. Being the only qualified finance professional in the organization, he was responsible for managing the global finance and operations (Global Facilities, Procurement, IT Infrastructure, SOC Certifications, Payroll, Compliances, etc.) in addition to product design and management. He was responsible for conceptualizing and building the finance modules for Tekion’s product offering, including designing wireframes and UX. He was involved in three rounds of funding and actively interacted with the investors during the funding and periodical reporting, which included Index Ventures, Storm Ventures, Airbus Ventures, General Motors, BMW i Ventures, Alliance Ventures, and few car dealerships in the Bay Area. Vel joined EMC Corporation in 2002. In a career spanning 15 years with EMC and its group companies, which included 9 years at VMware, Vel managed the Controllership for the Asia Pacific and also managed the global finance organization, which included an end to end ownership for Procure to Pay, T&E, General Ledger Accounting, Global Payroll (Except US), Accounts Receivable (Collections targets of close to $ 3 B per quarter). Vel was also the first employee of EMC and VMware in India and was responsible for growing their operations to 10,000+ employees in India. Vel managed a global team, including a shared services team of 250+ professionals.By qualification, Vel is a Certified Public Accountant from Arizona State-USA, Certified Management Accountant-USA, Certified Internal Auditor-USA, Project Management Professional-USA,He is also a Chartered Accountant-India, Cost & Management Accountant-India, Company Secretary-India, Bachelor of Law-India, Bachelor of Commerce-India.
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- Manufacturing, Software, Payments
- Seed, Funding Round, Angel
- India, United States, Germany
Portfolio highlights
- Revoh — Electric vehicle powertrain manufacturing company primarily focused on 2 wheeler and 3 wheeler segment.
- Frigate — Frigate Engineering Services Private Limited bridges the gap between innovation and practice, by imparting clever and inventive ideas proposed by startups or industries and building mthe to life by ingeniously planning and designing the said idea into well-engineered products using sustainable design processes.At Frigate, we aim to achievesimplicity in complex tasks by designing and producing products that would be of great use for small scale businesses, farmers and even us in our day to day lives. We find and solve various problem statements identified in the daily world and build from scratch, interesting eco-friendly products/prototypes based on the required need.Our Manufacturing Capabilities ranging from1.Sheet metal Fabrication-Light Engineering from MS to SS to Aluminium. 2.Heavy Engineering fabrication starting from 5 tons-10 tons 3.All kinds of machining with in-house lathe, VMC and laser cutting facilities 4.3D printing from FDM,SLS,SLA 5.Injection Moulding and die making 6.Vaccum casting
- bitsCrunch — Forensic and AI-powered NFT analytics that fight wash trading, fraud and give accurate value for digital assets.
Sanjiv Rangrass is the Venture Partner of Unitus Ventures. He previously worked at ITC Limited as a Group Head - R&D, Sustainability & Projects. Sanjiv Rangrass attended Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur.
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- AgTech, Food Processing, Farming
- Seed, Series A, Angel
- India
Portfolio highlights
- altM — altM is an alternate materials company on a mission to develop the future of materials to reduce carbon footprint and improve circularity in their supply chain.
- Wootz.work — Wootz.work uses technology and takes control of the entire process from design to delivery to streamline international purchasing for light engineering items.
- Sugar Watchers — A healthy twist to our daily staples like Rice, Atta and Poha. Sugar Watchers is a range of Low GI staples that are 100% Natural, non-gmo and clinically tested. They are good for diabetics, help in sugar and weight management and good for the full family.
Gopalakrishnan (Kris to his colleagues) is one of the founders of Infosys Technologies Limited. As Chief Executive Officer, he plays a key role in defining the company strategy and using technology and innovation continuously to maintain its leadership in the industry.On June 22, 2007, Kris took over from Nandan M. Nilekani as the CEO andManaging Director of Infosys Technologies Limited. Kris previously served as Chief Operating Officer (since April 2002), and as the President and Joint Managing Director (since August 2006). His responsibilities included customer services, technology, investments and acquisitions.Kris' initial responsibilities at Infosys included management of design, development, implementation and support of information systems for clients in the consumer products industry in the U.S. Between 1987 and 1994, he headed the technical operations of KSA/Infosys (a joint venture between Infosys and KSA at Atlanta, U.S.) as Vice President (Technical). In 1994, Kris returned to India and was appointed Deputy Managing Director of the company.Kris is currently the Chairman of the Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management (IIITM), Kerala, and Vice Chairman of the Board for Information Technology Education Standards (BITES) set up by the Government of Karnataka. Kris is the Vice Chairman of the Confederation of Indian Industries(CII) Southern Regional Council. He is also a member of ACM, IEEE and IEEE Computer Society.Kris holds a master's degree in Physics and Computer Science from the Indian Institute of Technology Madras.
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- E-Commerce, Artificial Intelligence, Software
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- India, United States, Singapore
Portfolio highlights
- Vahdam Teas — Vahdam Teas is among the world’s first vertically integrated online-first tea brands that sources premium garden fresh teas. Established in 2015, Vahdam Teas have been already shipped to 76 countries with USA, Russia, and Europe being its top markets. The team shares a passionate vision to create India’s first home-grown global tea brand byleveraging technology.Vahdam Teas is a New Delhi-based company.
- JetSynthesys — Our aim is to build world class digital products, platforms and services in India, with a goal of impacting the daily digital lives of 1.3 Billion Indians. A billion+ reaching for their mobiles, we reach them through our products.
- Planys Technologies — Planys Technologies is an IIT Madras incubated company that provides submersible robotic inspection and survey solutions using Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROVs). Planys has its head office in Chennai where it indigenously designs and manufactures compact ROVsPlanys brings world class technology and cutting-edge innovations in underwaterrobotics and diagnostics in the shallow-mid depth segment. Planys’ technology spans the domains of marine robotics, advanced Non-Destructive Evaluation (NDE), and post-inspection analysis. Planys provides a holistic service offering to customers through a design level fusion of ROV manufacture, operations and structural diagnostics. Planys is the first and currently the only OEM of ROVs in the Indian Sub-continent.Planys was founded by IIT Madras alumni and faculty who have been working together on various projects since 2012.
Heading the Tata Group since 1991, Ratan Tata is the Chairman of Tata Sons, holding company of the Tata Group and major Group companies including Tata Motors, Tata Steel, Tata Consultancy Services, Tata Power and more. He is also Chairman of two of the largest private sector promoted philanthropic trusts in India. During his tenure, the Group hasfurther expanded its global reach, with its revenues growing over eleven-fold to around USD$70 billion, after the most recent acquisition of Jaguar Land Rover. Tata joined the Tata Group in December 1962. After serving in various companies, he was appointed the Director-in-Charge of the National Radio & Electronics Company Limited (Nelco) in 1971. In 1981, he was named Chairman of Tata Industries, the Group's other holding company, which he was responsible for transforming into the Group's strategy think-tank and a promoter of new ventures in high-technology businesses. He is associated with many organizations in India and abroad in varying capacities, some of which are the government of India’s Investment Commission, the Prime Minister’s Council on Trade and Industry, South Africa’s International Investment Council, several prestigious universities and several philanthropies. Tata received a Bachelor of Science degree in architecture from Cornell University in 1962, and completed the Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School in 1975.The government of India honored Tata with one of its highest civilian awards, the Padma Vibhushan, this year.
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- 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 redefining the energy distribution system by making all fuels available at your doorstep with just a click on the Repos app! Contact us now!
- Goodfellows — Goodfellows aims to offer companionship to lonely senior citizens.
Sagar is a 6th Gen. young social researcher, sustainable explorer & energy investment partner from Netherlands & India Sub.Studied M.S (Associate - Executive Degree) in Business & Data Science with Specialization in Energy & Sustainable Technologies at Harvard University, an M.S (Executive) in Finance & Negotiation at YaleUniversity & M.Sc. degree in Management of Technology with Specialization in Entrepreneurship & Emerging Breakthrough Innovation at TU Delft, and Bachelors in Chemical & Biochemical Engineering.Previously he had been worked at Shell, Netherlands & London, Microsoft - Netherlands and Deloitte - the Edge Amsterdam. His recent association was with World Economic Forum, Netherlands, and Switzerland Sub as a Young Digital Associate. Currently he manages and work as a Joint Managing Director / Industrial Researcher at AASAN Group of companies - a family-owned business group of companies since 1988. Primarily focused over Large scale Industrial Management and Energy Audit, providing expertise over new renewable energy investments, sustainability and innovation tech solutions. As of now his current venture project is to create a next generation renewable energy park of 100 MW to create a sustainable fossil free energy living source for the Indian Subcontinent. Over global scenario he has achieved many Awards/Accomplishments listed below:Finalist as Entrepreneur / Startup leader at Outstanding Leadership Awards 2022 - Australia Nomine: Dutch Intrapreneur Award 2021 - Netherlands UN ECOSOC Youth Leader 2021 - New York Positive Change Ambassador - Erasmus Rotterdam University - April 2021 Wall of Changemakers 2030 - Catalyst London Antler's Copenhagen Founder's Program Feb Cohort 2022 Shortlisted @ World Startup Factory Scholarship Program 2021 | Rotterdam Speaker @ World Sustainable Development Teach In Day - Hamburg Winners @ Futurepreneurs Dutch Open 2020 Recognized as one of top 25 AI based Innovators @ Rockstart Accelerator AI 2019 - Netherlands Finalist of Global Biomimicry Design Challenge 2018-19 - Minneapolis, USA Winner of the worlds biggest Blockchain & AI Hackathon - Odyssey 2019 At present he also creating a global level smart and intelligent sustainable farmhouse. A digital solution of exploration and people's life storyline through building up to tomorrow's food for today's future! A brief storyline of creating a fossil-free sustainable living for the dutch sub. - BDF 1.0He also associated within other portfolio family run ventures such as: Habaple Partners, B'onwterp Labs, Spark Renewables LLP, Solwave Group of Companies.
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- Renewable Energy, Clean Energy, Solar
- Private Equity, Funding Round, Pre-Seed
- India, The Netherlands, Germany
Portfolio highlights
- Bavarva Estate — A family group of an investment company based in Western Europe & Central South Asia. The primary focus of work involves in renewable energy, manufacturing of automobiles goods, management consulting of large MNCs and industrial hubs.
- Habaple Limited — Building up a next generation utility service
- Punjab National Bank — Punjab National Bank is an Indian multinational banking and financial services company. It is a state-owned corporation based in New Delhi, India.
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
Portfolio highlights
- 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.
Angel / Sophisticated Investor and Trader (Ex London Stock Exchange(LSE), Deutsche Bank, London Clearing House(LCH) ) , Invested in 60+ Startups / 4 successful exits (with Avg 20x) and counting more. (Web3 -> udaybs.ETH )Invested in following asset classes from past 2 decades across UK / India / US / Europe / -Private Equity (Seed / Growth / VC/ Acquisition / Merger) - Equity Markets - Real Estate - FX - Commodity - Bonds - Fintech, Blockchain, Crypto Market, Web3 , DeFi, NFT - Derivative Markets / Hedging / F&O / CFDGrowing Wealth in bumpy economic rides - There is no secret formula. Investment is an art. Being vigilant, dynamic, connecting dots, evaluating risk with constant change, loads of patience and visualising medium to long term.Private Equity Investments across globe in following domains / categories: - Energy - EV / Carbon Footprint - Blockchain / FinTech / AI / ML / Web3 / DeFi - D2C / B2C - Food & Beverages - Pharma - Media & Entertainment
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- FinTech, Financial Services, E-Commerce
- Seed, Series B, Equity Crowdfunding
- United Kingdom, India, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Agnikul — Agnikul is a space tech startup that designs, manufactures, tests, and launch orbital-class rockets for micro and nanosatellites. They currently work out of the National Center for Combustion R&D at IIT-Madras. Rocket scientists, engineers, ex-bankers and space lawyers are a part of their team. This unique blend of people is one of theirbiggest strengths. The company was founded in 2017 and is based in Chennai, Tamil Nadu.
- Log 9 Materials — Log 9 Materials Scientific Private Limited is a graphene research and development company. At Log 9 Materials we are determined to accelerate the commercialization of graphene nanotechnology. We have just developed the first commercial product on graphene- 'Smoke-safe'. This innovative graphene based cigarette filter reduces the risk ofgetting cancer by 90%. We offer a wide range of graphene (CVD graphene, rGO) and its derivatives. We bring to you graphene as researchers and not just manufactures, so we understand the triviality of the grade of our products.
- Toffee Ride - Learning App for Classes I - IV — Toffee Ride is a learning App that is singularly focused on helping your child develop a thorough understanding of fundamental concepts.
Ratilal M. Bavarva is the Founding Member and Investor at Aasan Group of companies. He attended Lukhdhirji Engineering College, Morbi graduated with a degree in electrical engineering.
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- Energy, Renewable Energy, Clean Energy
- Pre-Seed, Private Equity
- India, The Netherlands
Portfolio highlights
- Aasan Industries — AASAN is a representative house for selected manufacturers and suppliers in the field of the cast, forged, milled, and turned parts as well as toolmaking from INDIA and Germany.The company has international expertise lying in the manufacture of high-quality, nevertheless inexpensive products for the railway, medical technology, vehicle, machineand tool construction, oil and gas as well as for the hydraulic industry.
- AASAN Tools — A family inheritance enterprise focused on a tool manufacturing unit based in India and Germany. Aasan Tools works with high-quality cutting tool manufacturers from GERMANY and offers a direct solution for the metalworking and machine tool industry.We are an inhouse based importer and Supplier of high-performance and cost-effective cutting toolInserts and holders for Turning, Grooving, Threading, Parting, Precision Grooving, Face Grooving, DIN 471 & DIN 509 Grooving, and Profiling. We understand the needs of our customers very well and offer them the best quality and cost-effective solution for their process.Presently AASAN tools have partnered with GERMAN-based indexable tools specialist KEMMER Hartmetallwerkzeuge GmbH and offer a decidedly wide range of solutions, which allows you to choose the best for your work. The combination of different carbide substrates and numerous coatings is the result of an extremely large product range of KEMMER inserts. In addition to the PVD coatings, Kemmer also gradually offers the latest CVD coatings.Apart from that the company has many joint venture suppliers and manufacturers collaborations with various organizations based in Switzerland, France, Austria, Italy, Finland, Belgium, Netherlands.
- Hacchu Dachhu Incorporation — The Hacchu Dachhu Incorporation will be South Asian most innovative site location of the year 2025 - 2028 where new technologies in the field of sustainable energy provision, water, and waste systems will be tested and applied in a real-life environment. One of its main aims for such global-level incorporation will be to accelerate innovations inthe energy transition. It will also set a new benchmark of place where knowledge institutions and big companies, and local communities' growth will be able to jointly develop and valorize technologies and systems all under one roof.
Aman Gupta - Co Founder & CMO @ boAt
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- E-Commerce, Food and Beverage, Health Care
- Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- India, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Medulance — Medulance is a GPS based technology platform for fast and reliable first point medical attention.
- 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.
- Pharmallama — Our team of in-house pharmacists at Pharmallama will help you provide the Pre-sorted medicine packs according to the prescription provided.
Nithin Kamath is an entrepreneur and trader who is the founder and CEO at Zerodha, a large Indian broking house. He is also the CEO of Rainmatter Capital.
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- Financial Services, FinTech, Food and Beverage
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- India, Singapore
Portfolio highlights
- GalaxEye — GalaxEye enables businesses to make better Decisions & perform operations efficiently via Space Technology.
- SatSure — SatSure is an innovative decision analytics company that leverages advances in satellites, machine learning, and big data analytics to help solve problems at the nexus of sustainability of food, water, and energy security.
- The Whole Truth — Healthy Snacks with No Added Colors, Sugar, Preservative, Flavor, Gluten, Milk Chocolate, Dark Chocolate, Peanut butter, Protein Bars, Muesli, Energy Bars
Kunal is the co-founder and CEO of Snapdeal Private Limited, India's largest no-frills, value focused marketplace. Previously, he has also worked at companies such as Deloitte Consulting and Microsoft in the US. Kunal is an engineer from the University of Pennsylvania and holds a business degree from The Wharton School. He loves backpackingthrough remote parts of the world, savoring unique cuisines and studying development politics in India.
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- Internet, E-Commerce, Software
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- India, United States, Singapore
Portfolio highlights
- TyrePlex — Buy car and bike tyres. Best tyre price, features, reviews. Find right tyre size and tyre dealer details
- BlueLearn — Find co-founders & teammates, apply to gigs, learn new skills, and meet passionate people.
- Powerplay — Powerplay is India's 1st collaboration app built for construction companies that helps teams work together on infrastructure projects easily.
Rohit Bansal - Co-Founder @ Snapdeal
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- Internet, E-Commerce, SaaS
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- India, United States, Singapore
Portfolio highlights
- BlueLearn — Find co-founders & teammates, apply to gigs, learn new skills, and meet passionate people.
- Powerplay — Powerplay is India's 1st collaboration app built for construction companies that helps teams work together on infrastructure projects easily.
- Stable Money — Steady returns, untapped opportunities, and excellent long-term performance to aid your journey of wealth creation!
Kishore Ganji is the Angel Investor & Mentor at Astir Ventures.
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- E-Commerce, Software, Health Care
- Seed, Angel, Funding Round
- India, United States, Bangladesh
Portfolio highlights
- Lal10 — Lal10 enables creative manufacturing MSMEs to easily digitize, manage and sell their inventories for cross-border wholesale. Lal10 is Shopify + Alibaba for Indian MSMEs. Small manufacturers use Lal10’s Karigar application to digitize physical inventories which are available for RFQs on our global wholesale platform. We are creating a maker’srevolution by digitizing micro and small manufacturers to take their creative products to global markets. India has over 1.2mn such MSMEs involved in the manufacturing of apparel, home furnishings, decor products. We have digitized 30k SKUs to date and are the largest vertical platform for MSMEs for cross-border wholesale in India. Post pandemic layers of middlemen/ export houses and traditional channels of sales like exhibitions have been disrupted. We have created an efficient alternative with innovative technology-led solutions catering to these large and untapped supplies. We are seeing strong organic adoption of technology for quick market access by local manufacturers and pandemic has only accelerated its requirement. We believe that the future of retail is local. We are targeting small & medium-sized buyers in the US, UK, and Middle east using efficient data analytics and aggressive marketing. We provide them the benefits of a big-box retailer, i.e. affordable sourcing, contemporary design curation & assortment of products. These buyers are resellers on Amazon, Etsy, or Mom & Pop shops, Private labels, and have traditionally been only dependent tradeshows.
- Pension Box — PensionBox is India's most flexible & transparent way to plan retirement with the right pension. You can create your own personalized dream retirement plan in minutes and track down existing savings in simple clicks. Get Started Today!
- Teleport — Make Visas simple, fast and anxiety free. Teleport makes the application process the shortest and most guaranteed.Teleport Visa Services.
Akshay Singhal is the Co-Founder and CEO at Log 9 Materials a sub-organization of Log 9 Spill Containment.
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- Battery, Hardware, CleanTech
- Pre-Seed, Seed
- India, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Climes — The easiest way for individuals and brands to become climate-friendly. Take real climate action alongside everyday consumption. All in a single click.
- SWIZZLE — Enjoy the best online cocktail mixers in India at the lowest price starting at just Rs. 75. Choose from sugar-free Bloody Mary, Whiskey Sour, Margarita, Mojito, Blue Lagoon, Old Fashioned, Chili Mango, Smoked Gin & Tonic, and many more. Pay after delivery is also available.
- Metastable Materials — Metastable Materials which extract metals from end-of-life Lithium-ion batteries.
Gaurav Juneja is Head - Digitisation at Google. He attended the Indian Institute of Management.
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- Electric Vehicle, Sustainability, News
- Seed, Angel, Funding Round
- India, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Commaful — Commaful short stories bring fanfiction, thrillers, romance, comedy, poetry, and emotions to life with stunning visuals. Stories take minutes to create, allowing you to share your ideas easily.
- Oben Electric — Oben EV is an electric vehicle company developing new electric 2-wheelers in-house with indigenously developed components to deliver high quality products for the Indian market & founded by IIT Kharagpur & IIM Bangalore Alumni.Oben’s vision is to use technology as a tool to become the market leader by developing reliable, performanceoriented, and connected electric 2-wheelers with world class designs for the customers.
- Vidyakul — Vidyakul is an online marketplace, which provides a platform to educators to create online courses and students to gain quality education at affordable prices.
Ashneer Grover is the CEO and Co-Founder of BharatPe. Attended Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi.
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- Financial Services, FinTech, Internet
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- India, France, Singapore
Portfolio highlights
- earKART — earKART is a group of professionals and industry stalwarts who work towards increasing awareness about hearing loss and making the hearing aid selection process transparent, consistent and fair every time.
- House X — We are changing how consumers buy. Currently in stealth.
- ShipGlobal.in — ShipGlobal.in is India's first and foremost cross-border logistics platform, offering unparalleled door-to-door courier services to over 220+ countries. Powered by our extensive self-network we provide a seamless shipping experience for businesses of all sizes.Our commitment to offering the most competitive prices in India for e-commerceshipments, coupled with our easy-to-use platform, allows you to process orders, obtain instant tracking, and compare rates at the time of booking - all in one convenient location.Ready to elevate your shipping experience? Visit https://app.shipglobal.in/register to complete your registration process and start shipping with ShipGlobal.in today! Embrace the future of cross-border logistics and watch your business grow with us.
Former CEO at GMR Energy Ltd Former Joint MD & CEO at JSW Energy Ltd Former MD at Jindal Praxair Ltd Former CEO at Asian Paints
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- GreenTech, Automotive, Electric Vehicle
- Seed
- India
Portfolio highlights
- TresMoto — TresMoto build smart, connected electric scooters designed ground up for taking on anything you throw at them.
Namita Thapar
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- Health Care, Food and Beverage, Medical
- Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- India
Portfolio highlights
- SoulUp — SoulUp is a peer to peer connect network that focuses on providing solutions for mental health crisis through one to one conversations, group chats with people facing the same issue under single platform.
- Janitri — Janitri offers medical-grade fetal and maternal monitoring solutions to use at hospitals or home. Backed by clinical research & patented technology to ensure safety and accuracy.
- 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.
Ravi Renganathan
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- Manufacturing, Electric Vehicle, Electronics
- Seed
- India
Portfolio highlights
- Revoh — Electric vehicle powertrain manufacturing company primarily focused on 2 wheeler and 3 wheeler segment.
- Simple Energy — Simple Energy specializes in the manufacture of smart electric two-wheelers. Simply Energy consists of a young 100+ member team of EV enthusiasts, designers, engineers, and problem-solvers coming together to make smart, supercharging, and affordable two-wheelers. The company was founded in 2019 and is based in Bangalore, India.
- XYMA Analytics Pvt Ltd — XYMA Analytics is a spin-out from Centre for NDE, IIT Madras and incubated by IIT Madras Incubation Cell. XYMA provides novel ultrasonic sensors and Industrial-IoT solutions to industries using high temperature processes such as refineries, power plants, steel plants and other manufacturing industries. Their sensors provide dense measurementsacross a unit, improving performance and asset life, which is coupled with AI-powered physical models for intelligent support.
Gaurav Gupta
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- Solar, Energy, CleanTech
- Angel
- India
Portfolio highlights
- ZunRoof — Buy solar systems at lowest price. Install solar rooftop to get lowest price and best quality solar panel, inverter, structure. Get a Solar Rooftop. Quality and subsidy assured. Reduce Electricity Bill by 100% by Going Solar. Make Money from Sun.
Arjun Vaidya is the Founder of Verinvest Corporation. Attended Brown University.
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- E-Commerce, Internet, Food and Beverage
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- India, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Slick — Go Slick, and declare your true feelings like nobody's watching!
- Mykare Health — Mykare Health offers services for orthopedics, gastroenterology, urology, infertility, neurology, and cardiology. They offers telemedicine services, preventive care, second opinions, and operations. They can be reached by phone and email.
- hypergro — Hypergro provides the power of user-generated content, craft impactful UGC video ads designed to attract, engage, and convert.These video advertising act as a distinctive, tailored connection between the brand and potential clients, which boosts consumer traffic, app downloads, and revenue for your company.
Maninder Gulati joined Lightspeed Advisory Services India in 2012. He brings over eight years of operating, business building, entrepreneurship and consulting experience to the firm.Prior to Lightpseed, Maninder was an Associate at McKinsey & Company. At McKinsey, Maninder worked on several growth strategy and implementation engagementsacross various sectors including financial services, organized retail, digital music, data centers and building security/automation.Before McKinsey, Maninder co-founded a voice based life-streaming platform – lifeinlines.com, which allowed users to create a digital diary of their life. Prior to this entrepreneurial venture, Maninder worked at ITC Limited, India’s largest FMCG company. At ITC, Maninder was a part of the core team that launched ITC’s personal care business and he spearheaded key organization transformation initiatives such as Six-sigma for the tobacco business.Maninder graduated with a Dual degree (B.Tech and M.Tech) in Chemical Engineering from IIT Bombay, where he held key leadership positions including that of Head of ‘The Entrepreneurship Cell’. He holds an MBA from ISB, Hyderabad, where he was a part of the Dean and Merit list.
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- Internet, E-Commerce, Software
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- India, Singapore, United States
Portfolio highlights
- altM — altM is an alternate materials company on a mission to develop the future of materials to reduce carbon footprint and improve circularity in their supply chain.
- Vetic — Vetic is a network of cutting-edge clinics with an emphasis on providing comprehensive pet health care.
- Finsire — Finsire Modern finances to embrace your financial desires
Ashutosh Valani is the founder at Renee Cosmetics.
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- E-Commerce, Food and Beverage, Delivery
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B
- India
Portfolio highlights
- Perfora — We understand the importance of healthy teeth. Explore Perfora's Oral Care Products to elevate your oral health.
- WickedGud — WickedGud is to make eating guilt-free, and change the way the world consumes comfort foods for the better by using indigenous, high nutrition ingredients.
- Slick — Go Slick, and declare your true feelings like nobody's watching!
Uday Sodhi
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- Software, SaaS, Information Technology
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- India, United States
Portfolio highlights
- pumpumpum — Pumpumpum is an asset-light fintech mobility platform. We are empowering pre-owned car users with an IoT-enabled smart car subscription model. Users can select a pre-owned car of their choice, without worrying about the price, financing, warranty, quality & depreciation of the car. We are building a risk-free & high-quality pre-owned carportfolio for our financial partners via the B2B2C approach.
- ThinkMetal — ThinkMetal provides a compact metal 3D printer that prints metal parts at your desk faster than ever before.
- ErlySign — ErlySign develops noninvasive home-based early detection test kits for fatal diseases like Oral cancer, Uterine cancer, Prostate cancer, Lung Cancer, Breast Cancer, Pancreatic Cancer and many more. With our next gen diagnostics solution we can identify the cancer even before a visible tumor or lesion appears.
Shankar Narayanan is a Managing Director advising leading growth capital investments in India. He is based in Mumbai.Since joining Carlyle in 2004, Mr. Shankar Narayanan has led investments in Claris Lifesciences, Elitecore Technologies, Repco Home Finance, Tirumala Milk Products, Visen Industries, Value and Budget Housing Corporation,Edelweiss Financial Services, South Indian Bank and Infotech Enterprises. He was also actively involved in the managing and exit of Carlyle investments in Newgen Knowledge Works, Financial Software & Systems, Learning Mate Solutions, QuEST and Sharekhan.Prior to joining Carlyle, Mr. Shankar Narayanan spent six years at Hathway Investments in Mumbai and during that time served as Managing Director and CEO. He was also with Deutsche Bank Capital Partners, based in Hong Kong, as a Director covering South Asia and India. Mr. Narayanan has led or been associated with a number of prominent private equity investments in India, including Johnson Tiles, Exide Industries, Hathway Cable, Asianet Satellite Communications, Pushpa Polymers, Tata Infomedia, and AFL Limited. He had served on the Board of Directors of all these Companies. Prior to Hathway Investments, Mr. Shankar Narayanan worked at Citibank in Mumbai.He received a Post Graduate Diploma in management from XLRI Jamshedpur where he was a Gold Medalist and stood first in the graduating class in the area of finance and accounting, and a Bachelor of Technology degree in civil engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi.Mr. Narayanan is currently on the Boards of Elitecore Technologies, Cyberoam Technologies, Repco Home Finance, Visen Industries and Tirumala Milk Products Private Limited. Previously he served on the Boards of Claris Lifesciences, Value and Budget Housing Corporation, Financial Software & Systems, Learning Mate Solutions, QuEST, Newgen Knowledge Works & Sharekhan.
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- Health Care, Manufacturing, Wellness
- Seed, Angel, Series A
- India
Portfolio highlights
- Sanfe — Sanfe is a female hygiene brand that creates products such as stand-and-pee devices, intimate care products, panty liners, organic sanitary pads, pain relief roll-ons, and menstrual cups. Sanfe's products are comfortable, rash-free, natural & organic, and safe for the body and the environment.Sanfe's mission is to build a betterworld for women.
- SwitchOn — SwitchOn is developing Digital Twins for energy optimization and predictive maintenance.They leverage technologies such as Industrial IoT and Machine learning to digitize critical equipments for industries. Their Digital Twins help customers reduce unplanned downtime, improve operational efficiency and maximize asset utilization.
- Dawaa Dost — Dawaa Dost specializes in the pharmacy retail chain of generic medicines in India. The company focuses on the availability of affordable generic medicines. Dawaa Dost was founded by Amit Choudhary and Yash Harlalka and is based in India.
Ankit Kedia Founder at Capital-A.
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- Supply Chain Management, Logistics, Renewable Energy
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
- India, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Revamp Moto — Electric Bikes built on Modular Utility Platforms that are Connected, Reliable and built to Adapt.
- InfinityBox — InfinityBox is a platform for reusable packaging for plastic bottles.
- hypergro — Hypergro provides the power of user-generated content, craft impactful UGC video ads designed to attract, engage, and convert.These video advertising act as a distinctive, tailored connection between the brand and potential clients, which boosts consumer traffic, app downloads, and revenue for your company.
Priyank Shah is the Founder at Renee Cosmetics. He attended IBS Ahmedabad in 2009.
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- E-Commerce, Food and Beverage, Health Care
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B
- India
Portfolio highlights
- VAMA — VAMA is a one-stop virtual platform that provides easy access to e-pujas, e-darshans, and astrology services, to devotees from across India and the world.
- WickedGud — WickedGud is to make eating guilt-free, and change the way the world consumes comfort foods for the better by using indigenous, high nutrition ingredients.
- Slick — Go Slick, and declare your true feelings like nobody's watching!
Anand Chandrasekaran is a Partner at General Catalyst. He previously worked at Facebook and attended Stanford University.
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- Software, SaaS, E-Commerce
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- India, United States, Singapore
Portfolio highlights
- Jupiter — Jupiter is a grocery automation service that takes care of the shopping, delivery, and even meal-planning.
- OpsLyft — The only cloud management platform that focuses on providing actionable insights for technology and financial leaders.
- Fold Health — Crafting the building blocks of modern primary care
Venkat Vallabhaneni is the Founder & Managing Partner of Inflexor Ventures.He attend to the NJIT in 1988.
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- Apps, Fashion, Medical
- Series A, Angel, Seed
- India
Portfolio highlights
- VioletStreet — I found a great domain name for sale on Dan.com. Check it out!
- e Health Access — e Health Access provides telemedicine services for non-emergency conditions.The company works on primary and preventive healthcare and allows communication between doctors and patients through various modes such as telephones or mobiles, video conferences, and chats and emails. It provides short-term prescriptions, enables physicians toadvise patients about reference to a specialist based on their conditions, and provides medication to kids as well allows them to contact and discuss various personal questions with doctors about health-related issues during travelling, allows patients to analyze lab test results, and offers natural or home remedies for minor problems.The company also provides post-operative care advice for non-emergency medical issues when patients are unable to consult their primary-care physicians. It offers a healthcare web portal, eVaidya.com which provides virtual doctor consultation services to patients apart from providing free personal health record storage services.
- Hug Innovations — At Hug Innovations, we constantly endeavor to bridge the gap between people and technology through our wearable products. We believe that our world is in growing need of technology that is more companion than gadget. Innovations you can adopt without having to adapt to them.
Varun Alagh is the Founder, Chief Dad, and Get Stuff Done Officer at Mamaearth.
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- E-Commerce, Education, Health Care
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- India, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Kikibix — Relish what tastes like your childhood, loaded with an array of healthy ingredients for scrumptiously flavorful and healthy snacks. Born from the vision of a doctor to make a brilliant amalgamation of tasty and healthy. Made with love, baked to perfection, a home for healthy cookies that taste amazing!
- Solar Ladder — Solar Ladder is a supply chain platform that enables solar installers to automate, outsource, and simplify solar panel installations.
- AndesInfra Solutions — The AndesInfra Platform, Processes, and End-to-End Ownership provide an unrivaled Product + Service Offering. Customize materials, brands, and design possibilities while receiving the best production, installation, and after-sales services.
Ramakant plays a central role in driving all technological innovations that form the backbone of Livspace while also leading our operations team. Before founding Livspace, Ramakant was a core team member and Vice President of Engineering at Myntra, a leading fashion eCommerce startup in India (acquired by Flipkart). Ramakant, graduated from IITKanpur, and holds an MBA from Indian School of Business, Hyderabad.
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- Financial Services, Software, E-Commerce
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- India, United States, Singapore
Portfolio highlights
- Jugyah — Jugyah is a technology company transforming how the next billion urban Indians rent their homes.Our pioneering, fin-tech powered business model is radically changing the long term home rental market.We believe there is a better place (”jugyah”) out there for both renters and property owners where they feel like they belong. Our goal is to takethem there.Backed by the largest real estate developers in the country and some of the top tier angels and VCs, we are currently in beta.
- Crib — Crib is building India's first digital ecosystem aimed at redefining how landlords operate, tenants stay and market sells.
- Wootz.work — Wootz.work uses technology and takes control of the entire process from design to delivery to streamline international purchasing for light engineering items.
Ekta Kapoor is the Founder and Managing Director at ALT Balaji.
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- Battery, Internet, Social Media
- Seed, Corporate Round
- India
Portfolio highlights
- Chargeup — Chargeup operates as a battery swapping network for e-rickshaws.
- Tring — Buy gifts for loved ones as personalised Videos, DMs or live video calls by letting fans engage
- The Yarn Bazaar — The Yarn Bazaar is a Purpose-Led, Modern, Efficient, and Transparent managed Marketplace for yarn that allows yarn buyers and sellers to discover real-time yarn prices, information, and market trends in an instant. Our proprietary processes and flexible unsecured financing options enable yarn sellers to expand their reach and sales whilemaintaining higher margins, and buyers to discover and purchase high-quality yarn at unbeatable prices while reducing raw material and procurement costs, saving time, money, and effort.
Doctor turned Entrepreneur, Investor, Speaker & Philanthropist.
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- Software, SaaS, Education
- Seed, Pre-Seed
- India, United States, Kenya
Portfolio highlights
- Deciml — Deciml is an investment app in India that enables Indians to start investing young by investing the spare change from their online transactions. Download App.
- BankSathi — Earn Money online with Banksathi. Become a financial advisor and make a regular monthly income from home by sharing demat, loans & credit card leads.
- The Yarn Bazaar — The Yarn Bazaar is a Purpose-Led, Modern, Efficient, and Transparent managed Marketplace for yarn that allows yarn buyers and sellers to discover real-time yarn prices, information, and market trends in an instant. Our proprietary processes and flexible unsecured financing options enable yarn sellers to expand their reach and sales whilemaintaining higher margins, and buyers to discover and purchase high-quality yarn at unbeatable prices while reducing raw material and procurement costs, saving time, money, and effort.
Sajeev Menon is an Associate Vice President at Infosys Ltd. . sajeev Menon is a successful executive and corporate officer track with deep experience in Sales, Delivery and Practice Management. Managed revenue of over $150M with a TCV of over $400M, and lead a team of over 120 consultants. Sajeev Menon is highly experienced in selling services inall the Oracle products including Oracle ebusiness, Peoplesoft, JDE, Seibel, Oracle fusion and Oracle edge products. Excellent general management and leadership experience, strong communication and team-building skills; and the ability to generate significant growth. Sold complex global programs and projects, lead sales and business development, established and grew Oracle partnerships to deliver planned goals. Strong communicator who fosters team work, partnerships and collaboration.
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- Software, Social Impact, Service Industry
- Series A
- India
Portfolio highlights
- Hug Innovations — At Hug Innovations, we constantly endeavor to bridge the gap between people and technology through our wearable products. We believe that our world is in growing need of technology that is more companion than gadget. Innovations you can adopt without having to adapt to them.
Ankit Bhati heads the technical aspects of Olacabs, ensuring a quick, convenient and instinctive experience for our customers and partners. He joined IIT Bombay in 2004 for Btech in Mechanical Engg and MTech in CAD and Automation. By 2009 he had already worked on several freelance projects & startups like Wilcom (http://wilcom.co.in),QED42 etc. and finally decided to give up his nomadic professional life for a start-up of his own. He joined the Olacabs journey in November 2010.
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- Food and Beverage, Education, EdTech
- Seed, Series A, Angel
- India, United States
Portfolio highlights
- MURF.AI — AI Voice Generator in 20 languages. 120+ realistic text to speech voices to create the perfect AI voiceover. Go instantly from text to voice with ease.
- Leela Life — Timeless Indian wellbeing secrets for peaceful and joyful living
- LaundryMate — LaundryMate provides laundry services which allows people to spend their time doing activities that people enjoy rather than worrying about washing.
Anshuman Bapna is Founder at Terra.do.
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- CleanTech, Fashion, Medical
- Seed, Pre-Seed
- India
Portfolio highlights
- Climes — The easiest way for individuals and brands to become climate-friendly. Take real climate action alongside everyday consumption. All in a single click.
- ElectricPe — ElectricPe are racing ahead to provide smart, affordable, and clean Electric Mobility to a billion Indians.
- Ohm Mobility — Ohm Mobility give you the best Financing / Leasing terms and fastest disbursement for Electric Vehicles
Peyush Bansal is the Co-Founder, Chief Executive, and People Officer of Lenskart. He attended McGill University.
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- E-Commerce, Artificial Intelligence, Retail Technology
- Seed, Funding Round, Angel
- India, United States, France
Portfolio highlights
- 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.
- Pharmallama — Our team of in-house pharmacists at Pharmallama will help you provide the Pre-sorted medicine packs according to the prescription provided.
- 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!
Dr. Michael Gryseels is the President of True Digital Group, the innovation unit set up by True Corporation, part of the Charoen Pokphand (CP) Group. True Digital was set up to capture new growth opportunities from digital, analytics, IoT, robotics, and related technologies. True Digital is headquartered in Thailand but has subsidiaries inIndonesia, Vietnam, and the Philippines, and investments in China, Myanmar, and Cambodia. Michael is also the Group Chief Digital Officer and a member of the Executive Committee of True's parent shareholder Charoen Pokphand (CP) Group, Thailand's largest private corporation and one of the largest conglomerates globally, operating across 13 industries and 20+ countries, employing over 300,000 people.
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- Software, Energy, Mobile
- Seed, Series A
- Singapore, India, Philippines
Portfolio highlights
- Ackcio — Ackcio builds real-time, reliable, wireless, monitoring solutions for industrial applications.
- PixCap — PixCap - Web-based editor. Easily create 3D designs. We ship with thousands of assets, animations, poses, and characters to help you quickly get started. Best 3D software with no downloads for designers.
- VFlow Tech — VFlowTech is a Singapore based company that aims to produce the world's best Vanadium Redox Flow Batteries to the power the sustainable future with pure renewable energy.
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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- Software, Internet, Apps
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- India, United States, Singapore
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- Virgio — Women's & Men's Clothing and Accessories | Shop Trendy Fashion Online
- Leela Life — Timeless Indian wellbeing secrets for peaceful and joyful living
- Alltius Inc. — Alltius is an AI-driven platform for conversational assistance in software products primarily to help and guide users in their product journeys.
Milan Modi
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- EdTech, Tutoring, Education
- Seed
- India
Portfolio highlights
- Oben Electric — Oben EV is an electric vehicle company developing new electric 2-wheelers in-house with indigenously developed components to deliver high quality products for the Indian market & founded by IIT Kharagpur & IIM Bangalore Alumni.Oben’s vision is to use technology as a tool to become the market leader by developing reliable, performanceoriented, and connected electric 2-wheelers with world class designs for the customers.
- OLL — Online Live Learning is an online marketplace for passionate teachers and aspiring learners. On our platform, teachers get the chance to extend their expertise and learners get the opportunity to expand their knowledge bank. If you’re someone who does not believe in a cookie-cutter teaching approach and are looking for real-time help, this platformis the right choice for you. To sum it up, we’re your one-stop solution for all things learning. OLL works around the clock to make amazing experiences for our customers, with that we get the appreciation through your Reviews and Feedbacks.
Rajeev Misra serves as Chief Executive Officer and Head of Strategic Finance at SoftBank Vision Fund. Rajeev Misra serves as the Chief Executive Officer and Head at SoftBank Investment Advisers. He is a Director of Uber Technologies, Inc. Rajeev Misra served as Head of Strategic Finance at SoftBank Group Corp. and served as its Head of SoftbankVision Fund. Rajeev Misra joined SoftBank. In this role, he works with SoftBank Group and SoftBank Internet and Media Inc. to optimize long-term capital structure and financing strategy. Rajeev Misra is the Founder at Clarent Capital Partners LLP. Previously, he served as a Senior Managing Director and Partner at Fortress Investment Group LLC which he joined in May 2014. Prior to that, Rajeev Misra spent 5 years at UBS as the Global Head of Credit and Head of Fixed Income, Currencies and Commodities in Europe, Middle East and Africa. While at the firm, in January 2010 he was appointed as the Joint Global Head and Global Head of Emerging Markets. Rajeev Misra served as the Head of Credit Derivatives and Chief of Global Credit Trading at Deutsche Bank AG. Prior to that, he was at Merrill Lynch for 7 years working in derivative marketing and trading. Rajeev Misra has spent over 10 years at various executive positions. He serves as a Member of the Board of Advisors of Aten Holdings Pte. Ltd. He has been Director of SoftBank Group Corp. Rajeev Misra served as an Independent Director at Eros International Plc . He served as a Board of Directors of Capital First Ltd, Securitization and Commodities; and MGT Capital Investments, Inc. Rajeev Misra holds BS in Mechanical Engineering and a Master’s degree in Computer Science from the University of Pennsylvania and an M.B.A. from the Sloan School of Management. He holds B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi.
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- Messaging, SMS, Online Portals
- Series A, Funding Round, Seed
- India, United States, Saudi Arabia
Portfolio highlights
- Hike — Hike team is building the Rush Gaming Universe.
- Yoho — Yoho manufactures orthopaedic lightweight footwear.
- Neat Burger — Neat Burger is a planet-friendly plant-based full-flavoured game-changer that the world has been waiting for.
Jitendra Gupta is the Founder of Jupiter.
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- Financial Services, FinTech, Payments
- Seed, Series A, Angel
- India, Singapore, United States
Portfolio highlights
- KUmar Pradeep — Cart Abandonment Rate is the percentage (%) of online visitors who add items to their shopping cart but then abandon it without making a purchase. It shows the rate at which your potential customers are leaving without buying.
- OTPless — Experience the future of user authentication with OTPLESS. Our one-tap sign-in solution eliminates the need for passwords and OTPs, offering a secure, convenient, and user-friendly alternative.
- CoinCRED — CoinCRED allows users to buy, sell, and trade cryptocurrencies.
Prior to Nexus, Sandeep was Co-Founder and CEO of Medusind Solutions, one of the leading healthcare outsourcing companies in India. Sandeep is also the co-founder and Managing Director of eVentures, a leading Venture Capital firm focused on early stage investments in India since 1999. At eVentures, Sandeep has invested in CustomerAsset(acquired by ICICI Onesource), Mentorix Solutions (acquired by Lionbridge), Intigma (acquired by Emptoris), and MakeMyTrip (sale to SAIF Partners). Sandeep has held senior roles at McKinsey & Company, Digital Equipment and EDA Systems.Sandeep has an MBA (with Distinction) from The Wharton School with a dual Major in Finance and Marketing, and a BS in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University. He is actively involved with TiE, Young Entrepreneurs Organization, and the Wharton and Stanford India Alumni Associations. He is also a member of the steering committee for New Ventures India.
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- Health Care, Supply Chain Management, Information Technology
- Series A, Seed, Funding Round
- India, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Neend — Neend research on sleeplessness, its root causes, and solutions and come up with simple and new solutions through sleep apps.
- ReshaMandi — reshamandi.com is a one-stop sourcing platform with a wide range of customisable natural-fibres products tailored to cater to your business needs.
- Virtualness — Virtualness is a mobile-first platform created to assist brands and creators in navigating the challenging Web3 environment. It prioritizes artists and is developing the manual for simple design, effective sharing, and smooth digital commerce.
Varsha Rao is the Executive Partner at Flare Capital Partners.Rao received her BS/BA in Economics/Math from the University of Pennsylvania. For two years following graduation, she worked at the Wasserstein Perella financial consulting firm, where she advised clients on private and public investment strategies. She then returned toschool to obtain an MBA from Harvard Business School.As a strong believer in the power of education, she contributes to various educational initiatives for underprivileged children and youth. Among them is Breakthrough, a program that works to motivate and empower K12 students to continue to higher education and excel academically and professionally.
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- Health Care, E-Commerce, Software
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- United States, India, France
Portfolio highlights
- knownwell — Whether you need primary care or are focused on obesity medicine, we are here to serve you with warmth and expertise. No shame. No blame. Just care.
- Groundfloor — Building the infrastructure for IRL community
- Eigen Therapeutics — Eigen Therapeutics is a biotechnology company developing combination therapeutics for cancer. The company is in the research and development of synergistic therapies that improve efficacy while reducing the toxicity of small molecule therapies and immunotherapies, enabling physicians to get access to novel drugs in areas of unmet medical needs.
Vijay Shekhar Sharma is the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Paytm. He previously worked at India Today Group Online as a Tech head. Vijay Shekhar attended Delhi College of Engineering.
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- Internet, News, Software
- Seed, Funding Round, Angel
- India, United States, Singapore
Portfolio highlights
- Yoho — Yoho manufactures orthopaedic lightweight footwear.
- Josh Talks — By leveraging our expertise in research and storytelling, we create exclusive content in regional languages to help brands tell their story better and reach their target audience.
- Jimmy's Cocktails — Jimmy's Cocktails makes premium cocktails.
Sameer Mehta - Co-Founder & Chief product officer @ boAt
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- E-Commerce, Food and Beverage, Health Care
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- India
Portfolio highlights
- Cultos — Cultos is an online platform that enables brands and creators to supercharge their rewards, loyalty, and influencer marketing with Web3.
- Floryo — Floryo asserts that it offers daily household essentials that are freshly made. The company currently offers more than 40 different types of freshly processed flour that have been tailored to fulfil functional nutrition standards.
- Wyld — India's first social currency payment card that let's every digital content creator monetize their social network. Use your WYLD card to purchase your favorite brands, post about it on Instagram and earn massive cashbacks in exchange. Got Instagram? Get WYLD!
As part of the leadership team at Sequoia Capital India, Rajan is focusing on developing its early-stage program Surge, into the world's top scale-up program for startups by acting as an investment advisor and mentor to the programme's founders. Surge aims to engineer rapid early progress for startups, by enabling disproportionateaccess to capital, talent, network and decades of company-building knowledge. Rajan's deep understanding of technology, operating expertise and a track record of growing tech businesses across the region will help Surge's founders scale and build the businesses of tomorrow.Prior to Sequoia, as Head of Google India and Southeast Asia, Rajan played a key role in expanding the regions internet ecosystem while accelerating Google's innovation and growth units. He is also a prolific angel investor who has backed a large number of successful startups at very early stages. Rajan also led Microsoft and Dell in India and was earlier a Partner at McKinsey & Company in Chicago.
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- Software, E-Commerce, SaaS
- Seed, Angel, Series A
- India, United States, Singapore
Portfolio highlights
- NAYAN — NAYAN visual AI monitors and identifies real-time road events. NAYAN AI supports businesses and authorities by offering actionable insights on visual events, to make the world a safer place.
- Omnify — Automate your business and simplify your life with Omnify's all-in-one online booking system that streamlines your operations through one simple dashboard.
- PlusPin Healthcare — Let us provide you with high-quality care!
Amit Lakhotia is the GM Paytm Wallet at Paytm.
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- Information Technology, Internet, Financial Services
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- India, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Kredmint — Explore Kredmint's financial solutions, including business loans, Working capital loans, term loan, Embedded Finance,supply chain finance, trade finance and invoice discounting. We offer tailored funding options to support your business growth.
- TyrePlex — Buy car and bike tyres. Best tyre price, features, reviews. Find right tyre size and tyre dealer details
- FastJobs.io — FastJobs.io envisions a world in which job hunting is completely stress-free and convenient.
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