Ankit Talwar

🌏 Aus/Silicon Valley/UK | Ex-Crunchyroll (Acquired) | Tech Investor

📍 Australia🔄 Updated September 2026💼 2 investments📅 3 years investing🗓 Last invested Jun 2023
VC🌍 Australia
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Investor (Seed)
Jun 2023
At Litecard, we redefine retail and e-commerce interaction through the MWCX (Mobile Wallet Customer Experience). Our platform allows businesses to harness the power of Apple and Google Wallet passes, enhancing customer engagement through innovative features like push notifications, customizable branded passes, and multi-level loyalty rewards. By integrating seamlessly with Shopify, Square and many other PoS ecosystems, we ensure a unified shopping experience that boosts conversion rates and fosters customer loyalty. Discover how Litecard can transform your retail strategy by connecting online and in-store channels for a frictionless customer journey.
Investor (Post Seed)
Apr 2023
We are the global, one-stop live entertainment management system for hospitality venues. Its magic, but managed. Surreal is a live entertainment platform that simplifies the process of organising live experiences and empowers your staff to create unforgettable moments that boost foot traffic and generate revenue. The platform establishes a repeatable live entertainment process, accelerating employee onboarding, safeguarding IP, and providing valuable ROI insights. Surreal, enhances staff efficiency, ensures payment accuracy, and expands marketing reach to revolutionise your operations. By streamline workflows and eliminate errors, Surreal enables your team to focus on delivering remarkable customer experiences, rather than drowning in admin. We remove the pain to make room for more magic. Were proud to facilitate 50,000+ events every year and work with incredible venue groups globally including Boxpark (UK), Laine Pub Co (UK), Australian Venue Co (Au), Solotel (Au) & Kapura (NZ)
mid stageHospitality
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2025
Founder
Mar 2025
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2023
Investor (Seed)
Jun 2023
At Litecard, we redefine retail and e-commerce interaction through the MWCX (Mobile Wallet Customer Experience). Our platform allows businesses to harness the power of Apple and Google Wallet passes, enhancing customer engagement through innovative features like push notifications, customizable branded passes, and multi-level loyalty rewards. By integrating seamlessly with Shopify, Square and many other PoS ecosystems, we ensure a unified shopping experience that boosts conversion rates and fosters customer loyalty. Discover how Litecard can transform your retail strategy by connecting online and in-store channels for a frictionless customer journey.
Investor (Post Seed)
Apr 2023
We are the global, one-stop live entertainment management system for hospitality venues. Its magic, but managed. Surreal is a live entertainment platform that simplifies the process of organising live experiences and empowers your staff to create unforgettable moments that boost foot traffic and generate revenue. The platform establishes a repeatable live entertainment process, accelerating employee onboarding, safeguarding IP, and providing valuable ROI insights. Surreal, enhances staff efficiency, ensures payment accuracy, and expands marketing reach to revolutionise your operations. By streamline workflows and eliminate errors, Surreal enables your team to focus on delivering remarkable customer experiences, rather than drowning in admin. We remove the pain to make room for more magic. Were proud to facilitate 50,000+ events every year and work with incredible venue groups globally including Boxpark (UK), Laine Pub Co (UK), Australian Venue Co (Au), Solotel (Au) & Kapura (NZ)
mid stageHospitality
2022
Growth Chapter
Jun 2022
Folklore Ventures is an Australian venture capital firm that is committed to supporting Australia and New Zealand’s most ambitious founders. Folklore invests early and for the long-term as a first cheque to forever investor that believes in the power of founder vision and the potential of teams, right from the start. Folklore looks for founders who are obsessed with delivering a product the world needs with software at its core. If you are looking to bring your vision to life with the backing of a team and community who have lived through the ups and downs of the startup journey, we’d love to hear from you - reach out to any of our investment team.
2012
Senior Management / Financial Accountant
Jul 2012
Universal Music Group (UMG) is the world leader in music-based entertainment, with a broad array of businesses engaged in recorded music, music publishing, merchandising and audiovisual content in more than 60 countries. Featuring the most comprehensive catalog of recordings and songs across every musical genre, UMG identifies and develops artists and produces and distributes the most critically acclaimed and commercially successful music in the world. Committed to artistry, innovation and entrepreneurship, UMG fosters the development of services, platforms and business models in order to broaden artistic and commercial opportunities for our artists and create new experiences for fans. Universal Music Groups labels include A&M Records, Astralwerks, Blue Note Records, Capitol Christian Music Group, Capitol Records, Capitol Records Nashville, Caroline, Decca, Def Jam Recordings, Deutsche Grammophon, Disa, Emarcy, EMI Records Nashville, Fonovisa, Geffen Records, Harvest, Interscope Records, Island Records, Machete Music, MCA Nashville, Mercury Nashville, Mercury Records, Motown Records, Polydor Records, Republic Records, Universal Music Latino, Verve Label Group, Virgin Records, Virgin EMI Records, as well as a multitude of record labels owned or distributed by its record company subsidiaries around the world. UMGs catalog is marketed through two distinct divisions, Universal Music Enterprises (in the U.S.) and Universal Strategic Marketing (outside the U.S.). UMG also includes Universal Music Publishing Group, one of the industrys premier music publishing operations worldwide and Bravado, the leading provider of consumer, lifestyle and branding services to recording artists and entertainment brands around the world. Universal Music Group is a Vivendi company. Find out more at: http://www.universalmusic.com. View our current career opportunities at: http://www.umusiccareers.com
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