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Investor
Jul 2022
BluSmart is Indias first and leading all-electric ride-hailing mobility service. We are here for a reason. We are on a mission to steer urban India towards a sustainable means of transportation and to provide them efficient, affordable, intelligent, safe and reliable mobility.
With sustainability being at the core of our operations, our vision is to help transform the Indian cities by building a holistic and comprehensive electric on-demand mobility platform.
Investor
May 2022
Neo is a phygital clinic that enables patients to access the best doctors from the comfort of their neighbourhood and it helps doctors better diagnose patients over teleconsultations.
Investor
Apr 2022
Amogy provides carbon-free energy solutions to decarbonize hard-to-abate sectors such as maritime, power generation and heavy industry. Proven in real-world applications, its patented ammonia cracking technology is mature, scalable, and a highly efficient method for splitting liquid ammonia, generating electrical power in combination with hydrogen fuel cells.
Investor
Feb 2022
Venture Catalysts is Indias first Multi-Stage VC, dedicated to backing the most promising entrepreneurs in India, the worlds fastest growing startup ecosystem.
Having started in 2016, we are amongst the most active investors in India with USD 200Mn+ deployed across 300+ companies through our syndication platform. The combined valuation of the portfolio companies is USD 10Bn+.
We typically invest 0.25 Mn - 2 Mn across seed to early stage companies & are sector agnostic.
Our 4000+ investor community is spread across 20+ countries in the world including India, Singapore, UAE, USA, UK, Hong Kong, Thailand, South Korea, Japan, Canada, Qatar, Oman, Mauritius, South Africa, Kenya, Zimbabwe & more.
We are backed by some of the most marquee investors from India:
Radhakishan Damani (DMart), Haldiram’s, Enam Securities, Ashish Kacholia (Lucky Investments), Authum Investments, Shahrukh Khan (Bollywood), Aishwarya Rai Bachchan (Bollywood), Abhijit Pawar (Sakal Media Group), Utpal Sheth (Trust Group), Vinod Dugar (RDB Group), Hardik Patel (Finquest), Karthik Sundar Iyer, Mukul Agarwal (Param Caputal), Capri Global, Anil Singhvi (Zee Business), Aman Gupta (boAt), Ritesh Agarwal (OYO), Nirmit Parikh (Apna), Srinath Ramakkrushnan (Zetwerk), among others.
The Venture Catalysts ecosystem of funds includes:
100 Unicorns | USD 100 Mn | Early stage accelerator fund
Beams Fintech Fund | USD 80 Mn | India’s first growth-stage fintech fund
Elev8 Venture Partners | USD 160 Mn | Growth technology fund for series B & C investments
Spyre Proptech Venture Fund | USD 50 Mn | Indias first proptech fund in partnership with CREDAI
VC Grid | Exclusive community for family offices & CVCs
Collectively, the group manages over USD 500 Mn and has supported 400+ companies.
If you are a startup founder looking to raise capital, write to us at ideas@venturecatalysts.in
If you are an investor, write to us at investors@venturecatalysts.in
Investor & Board Observer
2022
Its one platform for all your campus recruiting needs. An end-to-end platform for sourcing, engaging, and hiring the right talent for the right opportunities. With us, colleges get 2x more presence among employers and with just a few clicks, employers can now post jobs across dozens of colleges & universities.
Investor
Sep 2021
Rebel Foods, formerly known as Faasos, is the worlds largest chain of Online Restaurants. About five years ago, in 2015, we realized that 70% of Faasos customers had never seen our stores, which is when we launched and eventually established a multi brand, cloud kitchen model in India. Today we operate 25+ own brands such as Behrouz Biryani, Ovenstory Pizza, Faasos, Mandarin Oak, Sweet Truth on our proprietary operating system, a mix of culinary craft and technology infrastructure. We are now a network of 4000+ Restaurants across 450+ Kitchens spread through 60+ cities across 10 countries and serving 2M+ customers.
Furthermore, this platform now powers the scaling of brands not owned but partners. We have more than 20 brands ranging from delightful food start-ups to global majors - such as Wendy’s or Mad Over Donuts, Slay Coffee in India or Holy Cow Curry Sauces in the UK - growing on the network. This gives us ability to play across all customer food missions / occasions through same infrastructure base.
This way, we have completely changed the way restaurant businesses are built and are channeling our efforts globally for building restaurants on the internet.
Investor
Sep 2021
ROBOTS THAT FEEL THE WORLD™
Ghost Robotics develops unstoppable, agile and all-weather autonomous 4-leg robots (quadrupedal or Q-UGVs) offering superior operability over wheeled and tracked devices on unstructured terrain in rough and demanding environments.
VISION™ Series
For a broad range of inspection, asset mgmt, security and scientific applications for industrial manufacturing, infrastructure, mining, oil & gas and other natural resource enterprises, as well as military and public safety applications.
WRAITH™ Series
Hardened and specialized military UGV based on the Vision series design.
Ghost Robotics is privately held and backed by institutional and individual angel investors.
Investor
Mar 2021
CityCash is a financial technology company bringing state-of-the-art technologies and disruptive business models in the digital payments space. The company was started as an initiative to make India ‘Less Cash’ and offer digital payments for everyone. CityCash designs, deploys and operates low cost offline and online payment technologies focused on the underserved space of high volume, low value micropayments. The company is creating a merchant-centric payments ecosystem through strategic alliances with various Government bodies, banks, merchants and technology vendors.
CityCash was founded in 2017 and is based out of Mumbai, India.
Investor
Feb 2021
Pure Harvest Smart Farms is a pioneering, technology-enabled agribusiness headquartered in the United Arab Emirates, focused on sustainable year-round production of premium-quality fresh fruits & vegetables. We are committed to delivering on our mission of farming extraordinarily flavourful, affordable, and locally grown fresh produce, by innovating across the full value chain of controlled-environment agriculture (CEA), including technology design, procurement, construction, and farm operations, and then marketing & selling products through our global consumer brand.
Our world-leading yields are the result of our inventive approach to farming. We originated the Middle Easts first semi-automated, high-tech hybrid growing system, and then applied horticultural best practices, to tackle some of the regions principal challenges, including food security, water conservation, economic diversification, and sustainability demands. We have secured over USD 387 million of capital commitments to-date from a truly global investor base – from California, USA to Seoul, Korea – who recognize the value of our mission and our commitment to sustainable agriculture.
Investor
Nov 2020
Eat Just is a food technology company with a mission to build a healthier, safer and more sustainable food system in our lifetimes. The company’s expertise, from functionalizing plant proteins to culturing animal cells, is powered by a world-class team of scientists and chefs spanning more than a dozen research disciplines. Eat Just created America’s fastest-growing egg brand, which is made entirely of plants, and the world’s first-to-market meat made from animal cells instead of slaughtered livestock.
Investor and Board Observer
2020
We are one of Indias largest hydroponic farms based out of Pune, India. Our mission is to transform the farming and agriculture landscape in India by combining state of the art technology and advanced farming techniques to produce fresh, residue free and pesticide-free vegetables. Whats more? We deliver these produce directly from the farm to shoppers via an e-commerce platform that enables customers to order fresh food, at affordable prices and have it delivered directly to their doorstep.
A significant gap in the fresh produce industry today is the non-availability of production and delivery records. Now, thanks to Nutrifreshs open farm policy you can see exactly how your fruits and vegetables are cultivated and preserved by booking yourself a visit to the farms.
We have also ventured into the next level of the supply chain and initiated a "Plucked to Order" process where we initiate the plucking process upon order confirmation to make sure we are delivering superior quality of vegetables, every time!
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2024
Managing Partner
Sep 2024
Valour Capital is a venture capital fund specialising in deep tech and defence tech investments. We empower ambitious founders tackling the worlds hardest problems and support them throughout their journey.
We invest across stages from Seed Rounds to Pre-IPO rounds. With active deployments in both private and public markets.
Our mission is to fund the audacious and the daring, pushing boundaries in industries that transcend borders.
2022
Investor
Jul 2022
BluSmart is Indias first and leading all-electric ride-hailing mobility service. We are here for a reason. We are on a mission to steer urban India towards a sustainable means of transportation and to provide them efficient, affordable, intelligent, safe and reliable mobility.
With sustainability being at the core of our operations, our vision is to help transform the Indian cities by building a holistic and comprehensive electric on-demand mobility platform.
Investor
May 2022
Neo is a phygital clinic that enables patients to access the best doctors from the comfort of their neighbourhood and it helps doctors better diagnose patients over teleconsultations.
Investor
Apr 2022
Amogy provides carbon-free energy solutions to decarbonize hard-to-abate sectors such as maritime, power generation and heavy industry. Proven in real-world applications, its patented ammonia cracking technology is mature, scalable, and a highly efficient method for splitting liquid ammonia, generating electrical power in combination with hydrogen fuel cells.
Investor
Feb 2022
Venture Catalysts is Indias first Multi-Stage VC, dedicated to backing the most promising entrepreneurs in India, the worlds fastest growing startup ecosystem.
Having started in 2016, we are amongst the most active investors in India with USD 200Mn+ deployed across 300+ companies through our syndication platform. The combined valuation of the portfolio companies is USD 10Bn+.
We typically invest 0.25 Mn - 2 Mn across seed to early stage companies & are sector agnostic.
Our 4000+ investor community is spread across 20+ countries in the world including India, Singapore, UAE, USA, UK, Hong Kong, Thailand, South Korea, Japan, Canada, Qatar, Oman, Mauritius, South Africa, Kenya, Zimbabwe & more.
We are backed by some of the most marquee investors from India:
Radhakishan Damani (DMart), Haldiram’s, Enam Securities, Ashish Kacholia (Lucky Investments), Authum Investments, Shahrukh Khan (Bollywood), Aishwarya Rai Bachchan (Bollywood), Abhijit Pawar (Sakal Media Group), Utpal Sheth (Trust Group), Vinod Dugar (RDB Group), Hardik Patel (Finquest), Karthik Sundar Iyer, Mukul Agarwal (Param Caputal), Capri Global, Anil Singhvi (Zee Business), Aman Gupta (boAt), Ritesh Agarwal (OYO), Nirmit Parikh (Apna), Srinath Ramakkrushnan (Zetwerk), among others.
The Venture Catalysts ecosystem of funds includes:
100 Unicorns | USD 100 Mn | Early stage accelerator fund
Beams Fintech Fund | USD 80 Mn | India’s first growth-stage fintech fund
Elev8 Venture Partners | USD 160 Mn | Growth technology fund for series B & C investments
Spyre Proptech Venture Fund | USD 50 Mn | Indias first proptech fund in partnership with CREDAI
VC Grid | Exclusive community for family offices & CVCs
Collectively, the group manages over USD 500 Mn and has supported 400+ companies.
If you are a startup founder looking to raise capital, write to us at ideas@venturecatalysts.in
If you are an investor, write to us at investors@venturecatalysts.in
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