The Venture Codex

Participated · Equity · Oct 2022

Bodhi AI operates a platform that lets students post doubts and instantly connect to teachers over 1-to-1 video calls, with teachers able to interact, solve problems and upsell courses. The company positions itself as a search and marketplace for live video creators, currently focused on the ed‑tech sector and personalised learning. Founders say the product targets instant, trustable answers for discussion‑based questions and aims to make the student‑teacher connection interactive in real time. Team Bodhi AI comprises 35 employees across engineering and management functions. The startup has acquired Kota‑based Skoolstream (March 2022) and represented India at the Global Edtech Startup Awards (GESA) in January 2022. Operational metrics cited include over 3,500+ premium coaching institutes onboarded and a target of 50,000+ active premium institutes by the end of FY 2023–24, along with an ambition to connect at least 1 million students to teachers via 1-to-1 calls.

Participated · Seed · Dec 2020

Callify.ai is an artificial intelligence-based, voice-powered smart calling platform that helps working professionals automate outbound phone interactions. It offers features to screen leads without calling, increase closure rates, reduce cost-per-hire and conduct performance data analysis. The startup, operated by Joule Consulting Pvt. Ltd and based in Mumbai, says it has worked with corporations such as Infosys, Accenture, NTT Data, HDFC Bank and Orange Telecom. Callify.ai was set up in 2016 by CEO Chetan Indap; other executives include CTO Sunny Sharma and COO Deepanti Kavi. It has raised $560,000 (Rs 4.11 crore) in a seed funding round and will use the capital to strengthen its presence in the human-resources technology segment and replicate its technological infrastructure across other industries. The company says the platform reduces outbound call-centric workload across industries and plans to apply its AI capabilities to additional use cases.

Participated · Equity · Jul 2020

ParkSmart builds hardware and software platforms for smart parking, offering Parking Flow Management, Advanced Revenue Analytics, Security Tools and Parking Spot Leasing capabilities. The company targets Smart Cities, residential properties, malls, corporate and public parking and works as a B2B SaaS provider. ParkSmart operates across seven states, serves 300+ residential societies, two smart cities and one airport, and manages a network of over 1,300 parking lots. It handles monthly traffic of over one crore vehicles and generates parking tickets worth INR 400 crores annually. The founders are Rahul Gupta, Rishabh Nagpal, Vishva Sharma, Prateek Garg and Ratan Anmol Sethi. ParkSmart has strategic collaborations with MyGate, SIS and Acko. The company says it will use the recent funding to accelerate growth, expand its footprint and further develop its offerings. ParkSmart, founded in 2019 by IIT Delhi graduates Prateek Garg, Vishva Sharma, Rahul Gupta, Rishabh Nagpal and Ratan Sethi, is a Delhi-based parking reservation and smart-parking solutions provider. The company’s core product is a mobile application that enables users to search, reserve, and pay for parking spots, while it supplies IoT-based smart parking systems to malls, hospitals, institutes and corporates. ParkSmart positions itself to digitize both demand (user bookings) and supply (operator-side operations) by leveraging IoT and aiming to integrate deep technologies like AI for improved efficiency. The startup emphasizes the large data potential from parking lots and the nascent state of parking digitisation in India. According to the company, the raised funds will be used to develop futuristic technological solutions, finance purchase orders for existing IoT offerings, and increase the number of parking spots available for booking.

Participated · Equity · Jan 2020

OwO (OwO Technologies Pvt. Ltd.) operates a water and beverage e-commerce platform available on Android and iOS, serving both corporate and household customers. It began services in Gurgaon in June 2020 and has grown to serve 5,000+ customers daily, hitting its first 500 customers within two months. OwO partners with leading brands including Bisleri, Aquafina, Kinley, Bailley, DivyaJal, Himalayan, Coca-Cola, Pepsi, Tropicana, Parle, Red Bull and others. The company raised INR 1.5 Cr in an angel round to support expansion and technology investment. OwO plans to expand into new territories (first phase in Rajasthan and UP) and scale to operations in a few hundred Indian cities. The team also intends to launch two proprietary products and position the business as a single-window beverage supplier for hospitality, corporate and household customers, while offering lower prices than competitors.