Participated · Seed · Jul 2021

Fountain9 develops Kronoscope, an AI-led demand sensing and inventory planning engine aimed at reducing stock waste and improving supply-chain agility. The company is focused on brands in the F&B, ecommerce, and retail sectors in India. Founders Niki Khokale and Rajas Lonkar are ex-Googlers. Fountain9 says its technology predicts short- and long-term demand to minimize stockouts and waste, addressing an estimated $260 billion of global food waste caused by poor inventory decisions. The startup plans to use new funding to enhance Kronoscope’s intelligence, strengthen product offerings, and expand into global markets. Advisors and supporters highlighted the solution’s ability to enable frequent planning and rapid adaptation to demand and supply changes.

Participated · Series A · Mar 2020

AgniKul Cosmos is a space-tech startup led by CEO and co-founder Srinath Ravichandran. The company was publicly highlighted when it secured a ₹25 crore equity investment from TIDCO under the TIDCO Startup Investment Policy 2025. The investment is presented as part of Tamil Nadu’s initiative to support deep-tech and advanced manufacturing startups through a newly structured venture investment framework. AgniKul’s leadership has engaged directly with state officials, and the company framed the funding as an endorsement of Tamil Nadu’s intent to build a technology hub. Beyond the equity commitment, the article does not disclose additional financial metrics, specific products, or revenue figures.

Participated · Equity · Oct 2019

Founded in 2015, Wealthy provides a technology stack and marketplace through which over 6,000 independent mutual-fund distributors and other advisors can offer mutual funds, insurance, fixed deposits, bonds, and similar products to more than 100,000 clients. The platform processes more than Rs 300 crore in transactions each month and has seen its assets under management climb from Rs 200 crore to Rs 5,000 crore in the past three years. Wealthy operates 20 offices in major Indian cities including Bengaluru, Mumbai, Hyderabad, and Delhi, supporting nationwide distribution. Revenue from operations increased to Rs 25 crore in FY25 from Rs 14.5 crore in FY24, though net loss widened to Rs 35 crore from Rs 24 crore year-over-year. With the fresh capital, the company plans to expand its advisor network, deepen penetration in new markets, enhance its product stack, and bolster technology infrastructure and compliance systems as it scales additional product categories. These initiatives aim to sustain rapid AUM growth while moving the firm toward operational efficiency.

Participated · Series A · Dec 2017

Flintobox delivers monthly activity boxes containing play-based activities (painting, drawing, games) designed to promote early child development, plus a curriculum, daily lesson plans, teacher training, classroom posters and a parent app. Founded in 2013, the company reports more than four lakh (over 400,000) customers across 700+ cities and towns and serves around 350 preschools. It launched FlintoClass in June — a ‘pre-school in a box’ product for preschools. Flintobox turned profitable this year and registered revenue of Rs 13 crore. The company plans to capture India’s $4.5 billion pre-school market and pursue global expansion beginning in South‑East and Middle‑East Asia. Flinto makes Flintobox, a theme-based activity box sent monthly to subscribers for children aged 3–7 designed to develop cognitive, motor, creative, social and language skills. Each month the company creates a fresh activity box with a new theme (examples in the article: veggie champ, wildlife safari, fun with numbers, colour scientist). The Chennai-based company was founded last year by CEO Arunprasad Durairaj and Vijaybabu Gandhi. Flinto began with 50 subscriptions and now ships 1,500 boxes to 230 locations in India. A single Flintobox is sold for Rs 1,095, with three- and six-month subscription options priced at Rs 2,985 and Rs 5,370 respectively. CEO Durairaj said the startup focuses on early-childhood education (before age eight) and that the raise was oversubscribed in two months.

Led · Seed · Oct 2017

Oorjan Cleantech is a Mumbai-based rooftop solar platform founded in November 2014 by Roli Gupta and Gautam Das. The company handles design, installation, financing, approvals, ongoing monitoring and maintenance for rooftop solar systems. It already operates in four cities — Mumbai, Pune, Bengaluru and Chennai — and has completed around 70 projects to date. Oorjan raised $450K in a seed round led by Globevestor with participation from Sayandev Chakravartti, Aditya Sharma, Nisha Pillai and Mayur Bhat. The company intends to use the funds to scale operations, augment sales efforts and further build its technology advantage. FinSMEs reported the raise on 09/10/2017.