Participated · Seed · Jun 2023

Founded in 2022 by Sunny Garg, Shaifali Jain and Archit Chauhan, Crib offers a solution-based SaaS platform that digitises and streamlines all aspects of property management for landlords. The product acts as a comprehensive operating system where owners can track rent collection, maintenance and tenant interactions, and where renters can browse, choose and book properties. Within twelve months of launch, Crib has established a presence in more than ten Indian cities, including Bangalore, Hyderabad, Pune, Chennai, Ahmedabad and Delhi-NCR. The platform is already used by 500+ landlords who collectively oversee about 100,000 rental units and process annual rental revenues of roughly Rs 900 crores through the system. The company positions itself as the "digital infrastructure" for the next generation of property owners and aims to add new products and services for landlords, renters, service providers and financing partners. Proceeds from its recent seed financing will be allocated to accelerating growth and reinforcing its market position.

Participated · Series A · May 2020

Rooter is a Delhi-based platform focused on live sports engagement. The startup raised a pre-Series A funding round of $1.7 million, the company said in a statement. Key participants in the round included Paytm and leAD Sports (an Adidas Family-backed fund), along with Rockstud Capital and Founder Bank Capital. Anthill Ventures, Venture Catalysts and several current angel investors also participated. The articles do not disclose operating metrics such as revenue or user counts. The coverage specifies the round size and investor list but does not detail use of proceeds or instrument terms beyond 'pre-Series A'.

Participated · Series C · Dec 2019

HungerBox provides management services to companies and institutions to run and improve in‑house cafeterias and canteens, including an app to connect clients with food partners and real‑time order updates. The company supplies point‑of‑sale machines, offers insights into catering quality, and enables scheduled delivery and order tracking to reduce queues. Its solutions are deployed in over 535 cafeterias across sectors including IT, retail, healthcare, aviation, education, financial services and manufacturing. HungerBox says it has amassed more than 126 large businesses and institutions across 18 Indian cities, processes 560,000 orders per day (growing ~10% monthly), and reports annual food sales exceeding $100 million. The startup employs about 1,500 people. It plans to use new capital to expand into 10 additional Indian cities and enter markets in Southeast Asia. HungerBox offers an end-to-end platform for corporate food and F&B needs with four products: online cafeteria, catering, food court and e‑services. The company operates an asset‑light model with over 160 digital cafeterias and more than 75 corporate clients, including Qualcomm, Microsoft and FirstSource. It processes over six million orders a month, employs about 400 staff across India, and uses IoT to connect vendor hardware and employees. HungerBox generates revenue via commissions, charging roughly 10% of overall food sales from vendors, and the company says it is operationally profitable. The firm is promoted by Growth Story and was founded by Sandipan Mitra and Uttam Kumar. Management plans to use fresh capital to expand further across India and into Southeast Asian markets. HungerBox operates an end-to-end platform servicing corporate F&B needs with four product lines: online cafeteria, catering, food court and e-services. The company runs over 100 digital cafeterias and serves more than 75 corporate clients, including Qualcomm, Microsoft and FirstSource. It reports processing 200 orders a minute and claims more than 120,000 daily orders, with a target to scale to 500,000 daily orders by the end of 2018. Employees access services through employer reimbursement benefits. HungerBox has expanded into multiple Indian cities including Bengaluru, Mumbai, Pune, Delhi NCR and Hyderabad. The company was incorporated in early 2016. HungerBox operates an end-to-end, full‑stack digital cafeteria management platform that lets employees order from enlisted food vendors via mobile and gives corporate admin teams real‑time tracking of F&B operations. The service bundles four solution categories into a single offering and is operated by Eat Good Technologies Pvt Ltd and promoted by GrowthStory. The company runs operations across Bengaluru, Mumbai, Pune, Delhi NCR, Hyderabad, Chennai and Jaipur, operating more than 100 digital cafeterias for over 75 corporate clients including Qualcomm, Microsoft, Accenture, Capgemini, Genpact, ABB, Amazon and McKinsey. HungerBox has a ~200‑member team and reports nearly seven million orders to date and about 120,000 daily orders, with a stated target of scaling to 500,000 daily orders by end‑2018. The platform’s funds will be used to extend its full‑stack offerings to all eight cities and to deepen operations in existing markets.

Participated · Equity · Jun 2019

TapChief is an online platform that enables professionals to earn income without full-time jobs by connecting them with businesses seeking industry experts. Founded in 2016 by Shashank Murali, Binay Krishna and Arjun Krishna, the platform lets businesses source and shortlist experts to consult or work on specific projects across functions such as strategy, technology, and operations. The company raised $1.5 million from Blume Ventures. TapChief said it will use the funds to expand its network of professionals, enhance its product offering, and strengthen its technology. It serves projects of varying budgets and durations, providing flexible engagement lengths and compensation structures. TapChief, founded in 2016 by Shashank Murali, Binay Krishna, and Arjun Krishna, pivoted in mid-2017 from an online advice platform to a full-stack future-of-work platform. The product aggregates professionals’ personal brands, provides learning from experts, and enables businesses to discover, hire, and pay talent for gigs via proprietary technology. The company reports over 75,000 professionals on the platform, has enabled gigs worth more than $1 million to date, and works with customers including Unilever, Deloitte, redBus, UpGrad, and Dunzo. TapChief has a team of 35 based in Bengaluru and plans to scale headcount and product development with new funding. The startup is targeting growth to empower a million professionals to earn viable incomes without full-time jobs.

Participated · Series B · Apr 2016

Jugnoo operates an app-based platform focused exclusively on auto-rickshaw rides, aiming to digitize a large, lower-cost segment of urban transport in India. The company avoids heavy passenger discounts and driver subsidies, instead positioning itself to augment existing offline demand and create a more sustainable business for drivers. Jugnoo reports about 2.6 million registered users across 30 cities, processes roughly 30,000 rides per day, and has grown its vehicle supply from 6,000 to over 10,000. Its stated goal is to drive driver utilization up to 60 percent to build loyalty. Jugnoo briefly experimented with delivery but paused the service due to capacity issues and plans to re-enter delivery within the next year with increased capacity. The company remains focused on consumer trips while scaling its core auto-rickshaw marketplace. Jugnoo operates a smartphone app that connects users with auto rickshaw rides and on-demand delivery services, including Jugnoo Meals and Jugnoo Fatafat. The Chandigarh-based startup runs in four cities — Chandigarh, Ludhiana, Amritsar and Jaipur — and plans to expand to Gurgaon. Jugnoo claims 150,000 users, handles about 3,000 transactions per day, and generates roughly $4,000 in daily revenue. Its business model combines transportation and hyperlocal logistics; logistics currently account for 30% of transactions with a goal of boosting that to 50%. The company uses heat maps to manage supply and demand and emphasizes providing better value to drivers focused on auto rickshaws. Planned product additions include three-way chats in Jugnoo Fatafat and a mobile point-of-sale system, plus merchant tools for communications, payments, and delivery logistics built in-house.