Ananda Kallugadde

Entrepreneur, Technologist, Venture Investor

📍 Bengaluru, Karnataka, India🔄 Updated September 2026💼 8 investments📅 14 years investing🗓 Last invested Oct 2015
VC🌍 India
8
Total investments
6
Early stage
0
Mid stage
1
Late stage
14y
Years active

Portfolio

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Investor and Advisor
Oct 2015
Company Overview mygubbi fulfills the aspirations of millions of home owners to have aesthetically furnished homes. Within a short span of few months, we have successfully established ourselves as rapidly growing e-Commerce company offering interior and furnishing solutions to buyers. Headquartered in Bangalore, mygubbi is an ideal place for anyone looking for personalized projects crafted exclusively for them. We have embarked upon an expedition to perfectly amalgamate latest technology with artistic interior decor possibilities. As per our purpose to impart top-notch decor alternatives to customers across channels, we work with a team of techies combined with a dexterous crew of ingenious interior designers and manufacturers, who can exhibit their creativity to buyers across India. Be it any theme or style, we hunt for the finest possible match hassle-free. As we strive to offer top furnishing solutions to millions of customers across India, we are constantly searching for active individuals with top-notch creativity, versatility, dedication, dexterity and determination. We offer a rare prospect to be a part of one of the major e-Commerce companies in India, which offer personalized furnishing solutions. To know more about mygubbi, visit us our website: http://www.mygubbi.com/ If you would like to join us, write to us at careers@mygubbi.com Specialties Online Furniture, Made to Order Products, Customized products, Home Decor, Economical Rates, Free Delivery, Plenty of products across all categories, Latest Designs, Experienced Designers Headquarters: 38, Lavelle Road, Shanthala Nagar, Ashok Nagar, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560001 Website: http://www.mygubbi.com/ Facebook: https://m.facebook.com/myGubbi/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/my_gubbi
Investor and Advisor
Oct 2015
NewsBytes is India’s only media technology company that has the ability to create content, in multiple languages, using an AI-powered engine. At NewsBytes, we are solving the biggest problem engulfing the media market: producing good quality content, across media formats, with minimal human intervention. NewsBytes is an amalgamation of two companies, one consumer-facing media platform leveraging the content engine to produce content and the other a B2B technology company helping companies to create content by licensing its technology.
Investor and Board Member
Apr 2015
KleverKid is the Yelp for Learning. We make it ridiculously simple for parents to find the best after school coach, teacher, tutor, workshop, and program for their kid by giving them user generated ratings, reviews, pricing, images, videos, blogs, and much more.
Angel Investor, Member of Bangalore IAN
Feb 2013
IAN Group is the country’s single largest platform for seed and early-stage investment platform with IAN Angel Network, BioAngels and IAN Fund I and IAN Alpha Fund enabling entrepreneurs to raise from Rs. 50 lakhs to Rs. 50 crores. The platform brings money, mentoring from successful entrepreneurs and global market access. The platform is sector-agnostic and has funded innovative startups across 19 sectors in India and 7 other countries, thereby growing the global footprint of companies. IAN has been listed by Forbes as one of iconic business and economic events of Independent India, over 75 years along with LIC, NASSCOM, RBI, Naukri.com amongst others. SEBI Reg: IAN Capital (IN/AIF1/20-21/0862) · IAN Fund I (IN/AIF1/16-17/0220) · IAN Alpha Trust (IN/AIF2/22-23/1127)
Investor
Jan 2013
iKaaz has been acquired by Grab Singapore.
Investor and Board Member
Jan 2013
iKaaz has been acquired by Grab Singapore.
Founding Investor
Dec 2012
This is Capria Ventures’ page dedicated to the startup ecosystem in India (formerly known as Unitus Ventures). Capria Ventures is a Global South specialist venture capital firm investing in applied Generative AI, connecting founders into a uniquely collaborative network. Capria activates strong relationships between hundreds of founders and leading local VC firms in the tech hubs of the Global South - from Sao Paulo to Lagos to Bangalore to Jakarta. Capria brings state-of-the-art venture capital innovation combined with global best practices of sustainable ESG management to select and manage its portfolio of startups serving the fastest-growing economies of the world. Capria manages assets over USD 188M. Capria has offices in Seattle, Bangalore, Nairobi, and Washington DC. Investors and catalytic supporters include World Banks International Finance Corporation (IFC), Bill Gates (in a personal capacity), Ceniarth, Crystal Springs Foundation, Sorenson Impact Foundation, Unitus Labs, Lemelson Foundation, Mohandas Pai, and other leading impact investors.
Experience · 10 entries
All (10)
Investments (8)
Founder (1)
Board (2)
2016
Unitus Seed Fund, Stellaris Capital
Unitus and Stellaris Capital - Limited Partner
Dec 2016
2015
Investor and Advisor
Oct 2015
Company Overview mygubbi fulfills the aspirations of millions of home owners to have aesthetically furnished homes. Within a short span of few months, we have successfully established ourselves as rapidly growing e-Commerce company offering interior and furnishing solutions to buyers. Headquartered in Bangalore, mygubbi is an ideal place for anyone looking for personalized projects crafted exclusively for them. We have embarked upon an expedition to perfectly amalgamate latest technology with artistic interior decor possibilities. As per our purpose to impart top-notch decor alternatives to customers across channels, we work with a team of techies combined with a dexterous crew of ingenious interior designers and manufacturers, who can exhibit their creativity to buyers across India. Be it any theme or style, we hunt for the finest possible match hassle-free. As we strive to offer top furnishing solutions to millions of customers across India, we are constantly searching for active individuals with top-notch creativity, versatility, dedication, dexterity and determination. We offer a rare prospect to be a part of one of the major e-Commerce companies in India, which offer personalized furnishing solutions. To know more about mygubbi, visit us our website: http://www.mygubbi.com/ If you would like to join us, write to us at careers@mygubbi.com Specialties Online Furniture, Made to Order Products, Customized products, Home Decor, Economical Rates, Free Delivery, Plenty of products across all categories, Latest Designs, Experienced Designers Headquarters: 38, Lavelle Road, Shanthala Nagar, Ashok Nagar, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560001 Website: http://www.mygubbi.com/ Facebook: https://m.facebook.com/myGubbi/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/my_gubbi
Investor and Advisor
Oct 2015
NewsBytes is India’s only media technology company that has the ability to create content, in multiple languages, using an AI-powered engine. At NewsBytes, we are solving the biggest problem engulfing the media market: producing good quality content, across media formats, with minimal human intervention. NewsBytes is an amalgamation of two companies, one consumer-facing media platform leveraging the content engine to produce content and the other a B2B technology company helping companies to create content by licensing its technology.
Investor and Board Member
Apr 2015
KleverKid is the Yelp for Learning. We make it ridiculously simple for parents to find the best after school coach, teacher, tutor, workshop, and program for their kid by giving them user generated ratings, reviews, pricing, images, videos, blogs, and much more.
2013
Angel Investor, Member of Bangalore IAN
Feb 2013
IAN Group is the country’s single largest platform for seed and early-stage investment platform with IAN Angel Network, BioAngels and IAN Fund I and IAN Alpha Fund enabling entrepreneurs to raise from Rs. 50 lakhs to Rs. 50 crores. The platform brings money, mentoring from successful entrepreneurs and global market access. The platform is sector-agnostic and has funded innovative startups across 19 sectors in India and 7 other countries, thereby growing the global footprint of companies. IAN has been listed by Forbes as one of iconic business and economic events of Independent India, over 75 years along with LIC, NASSCOM, RBI, Naukri.com amongst others. SEBI Reg: IAN Capital (IN/AIF1/20-21/0862) · IAN Fund I (IN/AIF1/16-17/0220) · IAN Alpha Trust (IN/AIF2/22-23/1127)
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Investment activity
2012–2015 · 8 investments
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