Stride Ventures
DLF Corporate Park, Mehrauli-Gurgaon Rd, Garden Estate, DLF Phase 3, Sector 24, Gurugram, Haryana, 122002, India
Overview
Stride Ventures is a venture capital firm in India which aims to invest in innovative startups across the country.
- Total investments
- 54
- Lead investments
- 17
- Investments · 12mo
- 11
- Active investors
- 4
Sector focus
- Venture Capital
Investment portfolio
- Centricity
Participated · Series A · Aug 2026
Founded in 2022 by former Citibank, Deutsche Bank, Kotak and 360 ONE WAM executives, Centricity offers a technology-led wealth management platform that gives advisors and distributors access to mutual funds, insurance, bonds, portfolio management services, alternative investment funds, broking, GIFT City opportunities and offshore investment solutions. Its platform automates portfolio consolidation, reporting, risk analytics and investment monitoring to help advisors and family offices manage multi-product, multi-region portfolios. Three years after founding, Centricity reports over ₹15,000 crore in assets under management, more than 20,000 partners, over 100,000 investors and relationships with more than 250 family offices, with 60% of assets generating recurring revenue. The company says its business grew nearly 200% year-over-year and is on track to surpass ₹150 crore in revenue in FY27. Centricity has expanded internationally via Centricity Global Private Client to serve non-resident Indians and global investors through GIFT City and DIFC offerings and plans to scale its private-banker headcount domestically and for NRI business as part of its growth strategy.
- abCoffee
Participated · Series B · May 2026
abcoffee operates over 90 compact grab-and-go outlets across Mumbai, Delhi-NCR, and Bengaluru and was founded in 2022 by Abhijeet Anand. The chain emphasizes takeaway orders—more than half of which are now placed through its app—and runs a subscription platform that pre-sells over 40,000 beverages monthly. Its product portfolio has expanded to include matcha beverages and protein coffees under the Procaff brand. Financially, the company reported that revenue doubled in FY26 and store-level EBITDA increased 193.2% year-on-year, alongside a 60% repeat customer rate. abcoffee plans to use new funding to expand into additional markets, bolster supply-chain and backend operations, upgrade technology infrastructure, and invest further in subscriptions, customer engagement, and product innovation.
- GIVA
Participated · Debt Financing · May 2026
Founded in 2019, GIVA began as an affordable jewelry brand and has expanded its portfolio to include gold jewelry and lab-grown diamonds. It operates around 210 physical stores across 25 cities in India alongside its website and app, growing through a franchise-led model and targeting more than 300 outlets by FY26. The company has raised over $158 million to date, including a recent Series C extension led by HPV CC1 Ltd. For the fiscal year ending March 2025, GIVA reported operating revenue of Rs 518 crore, an 89% year-on-year increase, while its losses rose 22% to Rs 72 crore. GIVA competes with both large organized jewellery players and newer lab-grown and direct-to-consumer brands in India. The firm is using external capital (equity and debt historically, and this new debt round) to fund store expansion and working capital needs.
- Freshtohome
Participated · Debt Financing · Mar 2026
Founded in 2015 by Shan Kadavil and Matthew Joseph, FreshToHome operates a meat and seafood delivery business across roughly 160 cities in India and has operations in key UAE markets. The company expanded into quick commerce in February last year, offering deliveries within 10–15 minutes in some areas. FreshToHome has raised over $320 million in equity to date and last completed a $104 million Series D round in February prior to these recent debt raises. In FY25 the firm reported revenue from operations of Rs 421.33 crore, a 14% year-on-year increase, while losses remained largely flat at Rs 146.32 crore. The recent financings (debt and a small OCRPS component) are intended to support working capital, growth, expansion, marketing, and general corporate purposes. The company has used successive rounds of capital to scale operations and enter new service segments such as quick commerce.
- Swish
Participated · Series B · Mar 2026
Founded in 2024 and based in Bengaluru, Swish operates a full-stack ultra-fast food delivery business that owns its kitchens, supply chain, and delivery network focused on dense, hyperlocal clusters. The company emphasizes deliveries within roughly 1-kilometer radii and offers more than 200 items across meals, snacks, and beverages. Swish reports average order value of ₹200–₹250 and says its service is highly repeat-driven, with top users ordering more than 10 times a month. It has expanded across 10 micro-markets in Bengaluru and is delivering about 20,000 orders a day, up from roughly 5,000 four months earlier. Management has focused on automating kitchen operations to support faster delivery and consistency, and says its older kitchen clusters have reached profitability. Swish plans further expansion within Bengaluru and into Delhi-NCR and Mumbai while maintaining its dense, high-volume cluster strategy.