# Top 50 Impact Startup Investors in India in October 2023

## Infuse Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
- Relevant deals: 9
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Energy, Solar, Renewable Energy

Infuse is a venture catalyst. Housed at IIM Ahmedabad's Centre for Innovation Incubation and Entrepreneurship (CIIE), they partner with exceptional entrepreneurial teams in India to help create, build and scale new cleantech business. they provide entrepreneurs with hands-on business and mentoring support, a world-class ecosystem of Indian andglobal partners, and seed & early-stage capital.

## Indian Angel Network
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: New Delhi, Delhi, India
- Relevant deals: 9
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A
- Focus: Software, Education, E-Commerce

Started in April 2006, the Indian Angel Network is a unique concept which brings together highly successful entrepreneurs and CEOs from India and around the world who are interested in investing in startup / early stage ventures which have the potential of creating disproportionate value.The Network, in addition to money, provide constantaccess to high quality mentoring, vast networks and inputs on strategy as well as execution. The Network members, because of their background are better able to assess the potential and risks at the early stage.

## Omnivore
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- Relevant deals: 8
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: AgTech, Agriculture, Farming

Omnivore funds entrepreneurs building the future ofagriculture and food systems.

## Mumbai Angels
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- Relevant deals: 8
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: E-Commerce, Software, Food and Beverage

Mumbai Angels Network is a sector-agnostic, new age, early-stage, venture investment platform with a diverse membership base, spanning the globe. Today, the network is 600+ members strong, across 70 locations all over the world. They have a 170+ strong portfolio with over 70 exits and next rounds of investments.

## Whiteboard Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- Relevant deals: 7
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Health Care, Internet, Financial Services

Whiteboard Capital is Mumbai based early stage investment firm.

## JITO Angel Network
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- Relevant deals: 6
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Focus: Education, Health Care, E-Commerce

JITO Angel Network is backed by JITO's 15000+ Industrialits, Businessmen and HNI's of the Jain community spread worldwide. They provide Business support that accelerates the growth of startups.

## Blue Ashva Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore
- Relevant deals: 6
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Energy, Financial Services, Renewable Energy

We back sustainable and long-term profitable businesses which are solving real challenges and building lasting value in core sectors.

## Acumen
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 6
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Financial Services, Health Care, Agriculture

Acumen is a nonprofit venture fund that invests in early-stage companies bringing critical services like agriculture, clean energy, education, financial inclusion, healthcare and workforce development to low-income communities in 14 countries across East and West Africa, South Asia, Latin America, and the United States. Since 2001, Acumeninvested $128 million in 128 companies that have transformed the lives of over 308 million low-income people.

## Inflection Point Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Gurgaon, Haryana, India
- Relevant deals: 6
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel
- Focus: Artificial Intelligence, E-Commerce, Health Care

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

## We Founder Circle
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- Relevant deals: 5
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Education, Software, Health Care

WeFounderCircle - Seed Fund by founders, for founders. Backed by a community of successful founders & strategic angels, we help raise seed funding of $100K-$150K to early-stage founders

## Sixth Sense Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- Relevant deals: 5
- Stages: Series A, Seed
- Focus: Food and Beverage, Health Care, E-Commerce

Sixth Sense Ventures is India’s first domestic consumer centric venture fund, founded by Nikhil Vora (Ex-Managing Director of IDFC Securities) who is regarded as one of the strongest analytical minds in the country. Sixth Sense has a formidable founding team that includes one of the most reputed corporate CEOs of a large domestic consumer company.Our core team has cumulative experience of over 70 years in the wider consumer domain.

## Blume Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- Relevant deals: 5
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Financial Services

Blume Ventures provides pre-series A and early stage funding to tech-focused/tech-enabled ventures. They are typically the first institutional investors in their portfolio companies and invest for about 8-10 years. They are proponents of a collaborative approach and like to co-invest with like-minded angels and seed funds. They then providefollow-on investments to their stellar portfolio companies.

## Anicut Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
- Relevant deals: 5
- Stages: Seed, Debt Financing, Series A
- Focus: Food and Beverage, Health Care, E-Commerce

Anicut Capital is a leading alternative investment firm based in India, dedicated to powering the growth of the country's burgeoning startup & SME ecosystem. With a dynamic team of seasoned professionals, Anicut excels in bridging the gap between ambition and success, providing strategic insights, industry knowledge, and crucial funding. At Anicut, every investment is more than just capital; it's a partnership for the future.

## Titan Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Gurgaon, Haryana, India
- Relevant deals: 5
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Internet, Health Care

Investing behind Founders who create a Better World Operator-led early stage capital RECENT INVESTMENTS NUMBERS Let's talk numbers? Our portfolio includes 200+ companies spread worldwide across consumer internet, direct to consumer brands, SaaS, and Fintech RAISED OVER $ Billion from 100+ institutional investors EMPLOYED 80 ,000 People all over the world SERVED OVER 135 Million

## Speciale Invest
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
- Relevant deals: 5
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Aerospace

Unlocking Future Technologies. We are excited by startups exploring science and engineering innovation.

## LetsVenture
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore
- Relevant deals: 5
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel
- Focus: E-Commerce, Software, Health Care

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## NuVentures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Bangalore, Karnataka, India
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel
- Focus: Furniture, Travel, Internet

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## DSG Consumer Partners
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Food and Beverage, E-Commerce, Health Care

We are DSG Consumer Partners - India & Southeast Asia's leading consumer-only venture capital fund. We partner with founders in the region to build world-class consumer brands.

## Impact India Investment Partners
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Los Altos, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Waste Management, Health Care, Finance

Impact Investment Partners is an early-stage ventures providing solutions to India's most pressing development challenges.

## Gruhas Proptech
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Bangalore, Karnataka, India
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Series A, Seed
- Focus: Financial Services, Software, E-Commerce

Gruhas Proptech is a venture capital firm founded by the founders of Zerodha and puzzolana and it specializes in proptech investments.

## Nexus Venture Partners
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Menlo Park, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, SaaS

Nexus Venture Partners is a venture capital firm established by ex-entrepreneurs in enterprise technology and consumer internet. The firm was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in Menlo Park, California, United States.

## SIDBI Venture Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Manufacturing, Information Technology, Software

SIDBI Venture Capital is a venture capital arm of Small Industries Development Bank of India.

## Kris Gopalakrishnan
- Type: Angel
- Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: E-Commerce, Artificial Intelligence, Software

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.

## Pravega Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: New Delhi, Delhi, India
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Financial Services, Internet, Artificial Intelligence

Pravega Ventures is keen to provide the first institutional capital to tech-enabled startups, at a seed or a pre-Series A stage

## Redcliffe Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: E-Commerce, SaaS, Consumer Goods

Redcliffe Capital is a venture capital and special situation investment firm. Our teams in London...

## Sanjiv Rangrass
- Type: Angel
- Location: Gurgaon, Haryana, India
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel
- Focus: AgTech, Food Processing, Farming

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.

## Globevestor
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Mateo, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A
- Focus: Artificial Intelligence, EdTech, Food Processing

Globevestor is a US-based, new-age online VC firm that operates a hybrid of managed micro-funds and an online platform, to invest in highly-promising startups in US/India. Globevestor is an easy way to invest in highly-promising startups from anywhere in the world.
It was founded in 2013 and headquartered in San Mateo, California.

## Wavemaker Partners
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology

Wavemaker Group is a cross-border venture capital firm founded in 2003 and one of the most active early-stage investors across multiple funds.

## Kalaari Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Bangalore, Karnataka, India
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Series A, Series B, Seed
- Focus: E-Commerce, Internet, Software

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

## M Venture Partners (MVP)
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Health Care, Wellness, Financial Services

M Venture Partners (MVP), based in Singapore, is an early stage investor and partner to innovative and disruptive start-up ventures that are founded by “professionally-skilled” entrepreneurs with vision, true-grit and passion to create a "built to last" different future. We support entrepreneurs across Southeast Asia, and selectivelyIndia.

## IAN Fund
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Vermont, Illinois, United States
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B
- Focus: Internet, Software, Health Care

The International Avalanche Nest-Egg
"IAN FUND"
Promoting back country safety & helping families impacted by avalanche tragedy.

## Stride Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: New Delhi, Delhi, India
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Debt Financing, Series A, Seed
- Focus: Financial Services, Internet, FinTech

Stride Ventures is a venture capital firm in India which aims to invest in innovative startups across the country.

## Elevation Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Gurgaon, Haryana, India
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B
- Focus: Software, Financial Services, E-Commerce

Elevation Capital is an early-stage venture capital firm that focuses on consumers, enterprises, logistics, and B2B.

## Naveen Kshatriya
- Type: Angel
- Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Solar, Energy, Finance

Naveen Kshatriya - Managing Partner, Founder @ Kshatriya ventures

## Sagar Ratilal Bavarva
- Type: Angel
- Location: Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Private Equity, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Renewable Energy, Clean Energy, Solar

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.

## A91 Partners
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Bangalore, Karnataka, India
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Series B, Series C
- Focus: E-Commerce, Health Care, Food and Beverage

A91 Partners is a VC fund that aims to invests in the consumer, pharmaceutical, healthcare, financial services and technology sector.

## Akshay Singhal
- Type: Angel
- Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed
- Focus: Battery, Hardware, CleanTech

Akshay Singhal is the Co-Founder and CEO at Log 9 Materials a sub-organization of Log 9 Spill Containment.

## Spectrum Impact
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Solar, Marketplace, Industrial Engineering

Spectrum Impact is a family office committed to using its resources to help solve the problems of society by allocating its for profit and its not-for-profit pools of capital in a manner consistent with the objective of optimizing the total return on investments made.

## Justin Kan
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Financial Services

Justin Kan is the Co-Founder of Fractal. He attended Yale University.

## Caspian Impact Investments
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Series A, Series B
- Focus: Finance, Financial Services, Agriculture

Caspian Impact Investment Adviser ("Caspian") is an investment advisory firm that invests capital in socially responsible, multiple bottom line businesses delivering financial and social value. For 10 years, we have invested debt and equity capital into high quality companies in India, with the intention to generate social andenvironmental impact alongside a competitive financial return.

## Capital A
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Bangalore, Karnataka, India
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Supply Chain Management, Logistics, Digital Entertainment

Capital A is a venture fund for seed to early-stage start-ups.

## Rianta Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel
- Focus: Agriculture, Information Technology, E-Commerce

Rianta Capital, a Swiss venture capital firm, provides investment advice and management support to trust funds and investment companies.

## Indigram Labs
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: New Delhi, Delhi, India
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Focus: AgTech, Agriculture, Information Technology

Indigram Labs is an investment Firm.

## Rocketship.vc
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Los Altos, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B
- Focus: Software, FinTech, Information Technology

rocketship.vc is an early-stage venture capital fund investing in companies using models built through data science. Their proprietary Escape Velocity algorithm identifies companies with a Sustainable Growth Engine at their core. It was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in Los Altos, California, United States.

## Gaurav Juneja
- Type: Angel
- Location: Gurgaon, Haryana, India
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Electric Vehicle, Sustainability, News

Gaurav Juneja is Head - Digitisation at Google. He attended the Indian Institute of Management.

## Rukam Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: New Delhi, Delhi, India
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A, Seed
- Focus: Food/Beverage, Gaming, Manufacturing

Rukam Capital invests in early-stage consumer products and services companies that have exceptional growth potential and substantial returns.
We invest in purpose-led founders obsessed with solving hard problems at scale by creating products and companies.

## Raaj Kumar
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Sustainability, Transportation

## OPIC - Overseas Private Investment Corporation
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Washington, District of Columbia, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Debt Financing, Post-IPO Debt, Series A
- Focus: Financial Services, Solar, Banking

The Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) is a self-sustaining U.S. Government agency that helps American businesses invest in emerging markets. Established in 1971, OPIC provides businesses with the tools to manage the risks associated with foreign direct investment, fosters economic development in emerging market countries, and advancesU.S. foreign policy and national security priorities. OPIC helps American businesses gain footholds in new markets, catalyzes new revenues and contributes to jobs and growth opportunities both at home and abroad. OPIC fulfills its mission by providing businesses with financing, political risk insurance, advocacy and by partnering with private equity investment fund managers.OPIC services are available to new and expanding businesses planning to invest in more than 160 countries worldwide. Because OPIC charges market-based fees for its products, it operates on a self-sustaining basis at no net cost to taxpayers. All OPIC projects must adhere to best international practices and cannot cause job loss in the United States.

## Ramakant Sharma
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Financial, Commerce/Shopping

CTO, COO & Co-Founder @ Livspace


## MEMG Family Office.
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series B
- Focus: Energy, Hardware, Software

MEMG Family Office.

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