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LIST OF ‘MOST ACTIVE VENTURE CAPITAL FIRMS IN INDIA’ FOR STARTUPS.

NAME : VISHWANATH KENGNAL

DIV : B

ROLL NO : 56

USN : 2GZ19MBA54

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INVESTS BETWEEN $2 MN OUTSOURCING, MOBILE,

TO $10 MN IN EACH INTERNET, RETAIL
HELION VENTURE SANDEEP FAKUN,
1 COMPANY WITH LESS SERVICES, HEALTHCARE,
PARTNERS KANWALJIT SINGH THAN $10 MN IN EDUCATION AND
REVENUES. FINANCIAL SERVICES.

INTERNET AND
SUBRATA MITRA, INVESTS BETWEEN $0.5 CONSUMER SERVICES,
2 ACCEL PARTNERS PRASHANTH PRAKASH AND MN AND $50 MN IN ITS INFRASTRUCTURE, CLOUD
MAHENDRAN BALACHANDRAN PORTFOLIO COMPANIES -ENABLED SERVICES,
MOBILE AND SOFTWARE.
PROVIDES SEED FUNDING MOBILE APPLICATIONS,
INVESTMENTS BETWEEN TELECOMMUNICATIONS
$0.05 MN – $0.3 MN IN EQUIPMENT, DATA
SEED STAGE. ALSO, INFRASTRUCTURE,
KARTHIK REDDY AND
3 BLUME VENTURES PROVIDES FOLLOW-ON INTERNET AND SOFTWARE
SANJAY NATH INVESTMENTS TO SECTORS, CONSUMER
PORTFOLIO COMPANIES INTERNET, MEDIA,
RANGING FROM $.5MN RESEARCH AND
TO $1.5MN. DEVELOPMENT
SCI INVESTS BETWEEN
$100,000 AND $1 MN IN
SEQUOIA CAPITAL SEED STAGE, BETWEEN $1 CONSUMER, ENERGY,
INDIA SHAILESH LAKHANI AND MN AND $10 MN IN EARLY FINANCIAL, HEALTHCARE,
4 STAGE AND BETWEEN $10 OUTSOURCING,
SHAILENDRA SINGH
MN AND $100 MN IN TECHNOLOGY.
GROWTH STAGE
COMPANIES.
 MOBILE, DATA SECURITY,
BIG DATA ANALYTICS,
INVESTS BETWEEN $0.5
INFRASTRUCTURE,
MN AND $10 MN IN EARLY
NEXUS VENTURE CLOUD, STORAGE,
GROWTH STAGE
PARTNERS SUVIR SUJAN AND ANUP INTERNET, RURAL SECTOR,
5 COMPANIES. ALSO,
OUTSOURCED SERVICES,
GUPTA MAKES INVESTMENTS
AGRIBUSINESS, ENERGY,
UPTO $0.5 MN IN THEIR
MEDIA, CONSUMER AND
SEED PROGRAM.
BUSINESS SERVICES,
TECHNOLOGY.
CONSUMER, HOTELS,
THE FIRM DOES NOT RESTAURANTS AND
INVEST IN CAPITAL LEISURE, MEDIA,
INTENSIVE COMPANIES. IT INTERNET AND CATALOG
TYPICALLY LEADS THE RETAIL, HEALTHCARE,
INVENTUS CAPITAL SAMIR KUMAR AND
6 FIRST VENTURE ROUND INFORMATION
PARTNERS KANWAL REKHI WITH $1 MN TO $2 MN TECHNOLOGY,
AND AS THE BUSINESSES HARDWARE AND
GROW, IT INVESTS FROM EQUIPMENT,
$0.25 MN UP TO $10 MN. TELECOMMUNICATIONS
ETC.
DIGITAL CONSUMER –
INTERNET, MOBILE,
MEDIA AND TECHNOLOGY
INVESTS IN INDIA-BASED ENABLED CONSUMER
COMPANIES AND ALSO IN SERVICES, ENTERPRISE
MANIK ARORA AND COMPANIES OUTSIDE SOFTWARE – SAAS,
7 IDG VENTURES INDIA. THE FIRM INVESTS SOFTWARE PRODUCTS
SUDHIR SETHI
BETWEEN $1 MN AND $10 AND ENTERPRISE
MN. SERVICES, ENGINEERING –
MEDICAL DEVICES, CLEAN-
TECH AND IP-LED
BUSINESSES
 TYPICALLY, FGPI INVESTS HEALTHCARE AND LIFE
FIDELITY GROWTH ABHINAV SINHA, BETWEEN $10 MN AND SCIENCES, TECHNOLOGY,
8 $50 MN FOR A MINORITY CONSUMER AND
PARTNERS HARSH JHAVERI
STAKE IN THE COMPANY MANUFACTURING

UNLIKE A VENTURE
CAPITAL, WE DON'T HAVE
ANY PRESET LIMIT. WE
CAN COME INTO A ECOMMERCE, PRINT
9 NASPERS ASHUTOSH  SHARMA COMPANY EARLY-, LATE-, MEDIA, PAY TELEVISION
MID-STAGE AND
COULD RANGE FROM $5
MILLION TO $1 BILLION

EARLY STAGE VENTURE

AND LATER STAGE
10 STEADVIEW CAPITAL RAVI MEHTA
VENTURE INVESTMENTS
ECOMMERCE.
INDUSTRIES: ECOMMERCE

VENTURE CAPITAL THAT ECOMMERCE, DIGITAL

DOES SEED AND EARLY MEDIA, SAAS, FINTECH,
11 JUNGLE VENTURES AMIT ANAND, SUBRATA MITRA
STAGE VENTURE BIG DATA, ANALYTICS,
INVESTMENTS ENTERPRISE

NEW FUND, ZODIUS HAS BIG DATA AND ANALYTICS,

NEERAJ BHARGAVA,
12 ZODIUS CAPITAL PUT IN ABOUT $15 DIGITAL MEDIA AND
GAUTAM PATEL MILLION IN THE STARTUP COMMERCE, EDUCATION

QUALCOMM VENTURES THE QUALCOMM BUSINESS SOFTWARE,

13 KARTHEE MADASAMY VENTURES AI FUND PLANS CLOUD/ENTERPRISE,
TO INVEST UP TO $100 CONSUMER SOFTWARE,
 MILLION IN COMPANIES HARDWARE, HEALTH
TRANSFORMING CARE, INFRASTRUCTURE,
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE SEMI/COMPONENTS
WITH AN EMPHASIS ON
THE WIRELESS EDGE.

CONSUMER, INDUSTRIAL
THE FIRM CURRENTLY HAS AND SERVICES, ENERGY,
APPROXIMATELY $62 FINANCIAL SERVICES,
14 WARBURG PINCUS HARI RAVICHANDRAN
BILLION IN ASSETS UNDER HEALTHCARE, REAL
MANAGEMENT ESTATE, TECH, MEDIA,
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
TECHNOLOGY-
ADVERTISING &
THE FIRM TYPICALLY
MARKETING, BIG
INVESTS BETWEEN $0.05
DATA/CLOUD,
MN TO $80 MN IN ITS
CONSUMER,
15 CANAAN PARTNERS WENDE HUTTON PORTFOLIO COMPANY. IT
ENTERPRISE/SAAS,
PREFERS TO EXIT ITS
FINTECH, HARDWARE,
INVESTMENTS WITHIN 7
HEALTHCARE –
TO 10 YEARS.
BIOPHARMA, DIGITAL
HEALTH & MEDTECH.
INVESTS BETWEEN $10
MN AND $100 MN IN ONE
OR MORE ROUNDS OF
FINANCING WITH
IT, ITES, INDUSTRIALS,
INVESTMENTS BETWEEN
MUKUL ARORA & MUKUL FINANCIAL SERVICES,
16 SAIF PARTNERS $200,000 TO $500,000 IN
INTERNET, CONSUMER
SINGHAL EARLY STAGE COMPANIES
PRODUCT, MOBILE
AND BETWEEN $30 MN
AND $35 MN IN MORE
MATURE UNLISTED
VENTURES.
 THE FIRM MAKES TECHNOLOGY,
INVESTMENTS RANGING ECOMMERCE,
ASCENT CAPITAL FROM $10 MN TO $30 HEALTHCARE, FINANCIAL
17 RAJA KUMAR
MN. SERVICES, CONSUMER
ADVISORS
BRANDS,
INFRASTRUCTURE
INVESTS FROM 100,000K
TO $25 MN IN GROWTH GAMES, SOFTWARE,
AXON PARTNERS FRANCISCO VELÁZQUEZ DE PHASES, FROM SEED SECURITY,
18 CAPITAL TO BIOTECHNOLOGY,
GROUP CUÉLLAR
INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS
EXPANSION.
CONSUMER, RETAIL AND
DINING, FINANCIAL AND
INVESTS BETWEEN $5 MN
BUSINESS SERVICES,
BAIN CAPITAL PRIVATE AND $1 BN IN COMPANIES
19 SAMONNOI BANERJEE
IN WIDE RANGE OF
HEALTHCARE, INDUSTRIAL
EQUITY AND ENERGY,
INDUSTRIES.
TECHNOLOGY, MEDIA
AND TELECOM.
INVESTMENT IS DONE IN
THE RANGE BETWEEN $1
RAMANAN RAGHAVENDRAN
20 BASIL PARTNERS MILLION AND $ 5 MILLION IT
AND RAJEEV SRIVASTAVA. WITH MINIMUM REVENUE
OF $5 MILLION.
E-COMMERCE AND RETAIL
DIGITAL MEDIA,
THEY INVEST IN ALL
INDUSTRIAL
STAGES OF A COMPANY’S
21 BATTERY VENTURES NEERAJ AGRAWAL
LIFE, ARE FLEXIBLE IN THE
TECHNOLOGIES,
INFRASTRUCTURE,
AMOUNT OF INVESTMENT
SOFTWARE AND
SERVICES.
 CYBER SECURITY,
BESSEMER VENTURE RAGHAV BAHL, RAGHAV BAHL, AAKASH FINANCIAL SERVICES,
22 GOEL MOBILE, CLEANTECH
PARTNERS AAKASH GOEL
CLOUD COMPUTING

CATAMARAN IT IS A $129 MILLION

INVESTMENT PVT LTD VENTURE CAPITAL FUND VENTURE CAPITAL &
23 N R NARAYANA MURTHY.
SET UP BY INFOSYS TECH PRIVATE EQUITY
LTD.
HEALTHCARE,
AUTOMOTIVE,
FORUM SYNERGIES
ELECTRONIC HARDWARE,
INVESTS BETWEEN $2 –
FORUM SYNERGIES ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT,
24 SAMIR INAMDAR $10 MN IN FIRMS WITH
CHEMICAL ENGINEERING,
(INDIA) PE FUND REVENUES BETWEEN $3 –
MEDICAL DEVICES,
$50 MN.
PHARMACEUTICALS,
BIOTECHNOLOGY, IT

KRISHNA RAMANATHAN, EDUCATION, FINANCIAL

THE FIRM SEEKS TO
FULCRUM VENTURE ETHAN KHATRI, SERVICES, FMCG,
25 INVEST BETWEEN INR 5
HEALTHCARE, NICHE
INDIA MAHESH CRORES – INR 15 CRORES.
SHANKARANARAYANAN RETAIL

ECOMMERCE, SOFTWARE,
GENERAL ATLANTIC INVESTS BETWEEN $75 FASHION, CLOUD
26 SANDEEP NAIK.
MN AND $400 MN COMPUTING, CURATED
LLC
WEB

INDIA QUOTIENT MADHUKAR SINHA, ANAND VENTURE CAPITAL FUND EDUCATION, FOOD AND
27 THAT DOES SEED TRAVEL, MOBILE,
LUNIA
 INVESTMENTS BETWEEN FASHION, LIFESTYLE,
100K – 500K. CONSUMER FINANCE
INTERNET-DIGITAL MEDIA,
PRADEEP TAGARE, INVEST BETWEEN $300
MANUFACTURING-LABS,
MN AND $500 MN PER
BHAVANIPRATAP RANA, SECURITY, SMART
28 INTEL CAPITAL YEAR.
PHONES-TABLETS,
AMIT BEHL,
SUDHEER K KUPPAM SOFTWARE AND SERVICES,
ULTRABOOK.
THE FIRM DOES EARLY
HEALTHCARE,
STAGE VENTURE
EDUCATION,
29 IVYCAP VENTURES NORBERT FERNANDES INVESTMENTS AND
TECHNOLOGY,
INVESTS BETWEEN $0.3
COMMERCE.
MN AND $7 MN.
NAVIN HONAGUDI, INVESTMENT IS MADE
BETWEEN $0.05 – $2.5 MOBILE, ECOMMERCE,
KAE CAPITAL SHASHANK HIRAWAT,
MN AND TYPICALLY THEY EDUCATION,
30 SASHA MIRCHANDANI,
INVEST BETWEEN $0.2 – HEALTHCARE,
NISA MOHAMEDI. $1 MN IN THE FIRST CONSUMER, INTERNET
ROUND.
THE FIRM INVESTS $1MN
TO $5MN IN TECHNOLOGY
VANI KOLA, ECOMMERCE, INTERNET,
SAVVY COMPANIES AND
31 KALAARI CAPITAL SAMPATH KUMAR P.,
TECHNOLOGY-ENABLED
CURATED WEB,
RAJESH RAJU CLEANTECH.
SERVICES FOR INDIA AND
THE GLOBAL MARKETS.
INVESTS BETWEEN $3 MN
DATA & ANALYTICS,
AND $5 MN IN THE
BRAND & DESIGN,
LIGHTBOX SANDEEP MURTHY, CONSUMER TECHNOLOGY
32 SPACE WITH A FOCUS ON
PRODUCT & MARKETING,
MANAGEMENT LTD SIDDHARTH TALWAR CULTURE & COMPANY
EDUCATION
BUILDING.
TECHNOLOGY.
 LIGHTSPEED VENTURE BEJUL SOMAIA,
PARTNERS DEV KHARE, ENTERPRISE SOFTWARE,
33 $1 TO $25 MN
SOFTWARE, MOBILE
ANSHOO SHARMA,
MANINDER GULATI
LOK CAPITAL GROUP
INVESTS BETWEEN $1 MN
34 RAJIV B.LALL
AND $7 MN
EDUCATION

INTERNET, CONSUMER
MATRIX PARTNERS
INTERNET, ECOMMERCE,
INDIA INVESTS INR 1 CR. TO 75
35 AVNISH BAJAJ
CR.
TRAVEL, INTERNET,
CONSUMER INTERNET,
ECOMMERCE, TRAVEL.
CONSUMER SERVICES,
INFRASTRUCTURE
VIKRAM GODSE, IN INDIA, IT INVESTS
ANCILLARIES,
36 MAYFIELD FUND NAVIN CHADDHA AND BETWEEN $500,000 TO
HEALTHCARE SERVICES,
JAMES BECK $10 MN
MANUFACTURING
OPPORTUNITIES
THE FIRM SEEKS TO
ENERGY,
INVEST BETWEEN $0.05
INFRASTRUCTURE
MN AND $20 MN
NEW ENTERPRISE KRISHNA KITTU KOLLURI , SERVICES, CONSUMER
37 IN EARLY STAGE
SERVICES, AGRICULTURE
ASSOCIATES TARUN SHARMA VENTURE, LATER STAGE
SECTOR, SYSTEMS,
VENTURE, PRIVATE
SOFTWARE, TECHNOLOGY
EQUITY, DEBT FINANCING.

IT DOES EARLY STAGE

NEWPATH VENTURES, VINOD K. DHAM, TUSHAR ANIL VENTURE AND LATER SEMICONDUCTORS,
38 STAGE VENTURE CURATED WEB
LLC DAVE, MAHESH KARANTH
INVESTMENTS.
 INTERNET AND MOBILE
NIRVANA VENTURE NIRVANA HAS DEPLOYED FUND, LARGE MARKETS,
ADVISORS ABOUT 80% OF ITS $40- ECOMMERCE, ONLINE
39 AMIT PATNI
MILLION FIRST FUND IN TRAVEL, ONLINE
EIGHT START-UPS ADVERTISING AND
MARKETING.
INTERNET,
NORTHWEST T INVESTS $1MN TO $30 TELECOMMUNICATIONS,
VENTURE PARTNERS MN IN EARLY STAGE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES, AND
40 NIREN SHAH
$15 MN-$100 MN IN EDUCATION SECTOR.
GROWTH EQUITY.

TYPICALLY, MAKE AN
MOBILE TECHNOLOGY
INITIAL INVESTMENT OF $
AND APPLICATIONS,
250,000 TO $ 1.5 MN AND
TELECOM, WIRELESS
DR RAJESH SRIVATHSA FOLLOW THAT IN
OJAS VENTURE TECHNOLOGIES,
41 SUBSEQUENT ROUNDS UP
ENTERPRISE SOFTWARE,
PARTNERS TO A MAXIMUM OF US $ 3
SAAS, WEB
MN PER COMPANY OVER
APPLICATIONS/SERVICES,
THE LIFE OF THE
CONSUMER INTERNET
COMPANY.
THE FIRM SEEKS TO
INTERNET, MEDIA,
INVEST BETWEEN INR 1
MOBILE,
CR. ($0.19 MN) AND INR
42 SEEDFUND SHAILESH VIKRAM SINGH
25 CR. ($4.67 MN) IN
TELECOMMUNICATIONS,
RETAIL, TECHNOLOGY,
EACH PORTFOLIO
CONSUMER
COMPANY.

SIDBI VENTURE IT INVESTS BETWEEN INR ECOMMERCE,

43 ANANTA P. SARMA
5 CR. TO 25 CR. SEMICONDUCTORS.
CAPITAL LIMITED
 EDUCATION AND
SKILLING, HEALTHCARE,
IT INVESTS INR 50 LAKH MOBILE COMMERCE,
44 UNITUS SEED FUND DAVE RICHARDS, WILL POOLE
TO INR 1 CR. MARKETPLACES AND E-
COMMERCE,
AGRICULTURE.
THE FIRM SEEKS TO
INVEST BETWEEN $0.02 SOFTWARE,
UTTHISHTA
MOHSIN KHAN, MN AND $0.03 MN PER TECHNOLOGY, MOBILE,
45 STARTUP IN RETURN OF WEB, ANALYTICS, CLOUD
P.RAMAKRISHNA.
EQUITY STAKE BETWEEN COMPUTING
10% AND 15 %.
TYPICALLY INVEST $1 INTERNET OF THINGS
MILLION TO $10 MILLION (IOT), FINANCIAL
VENTUREAST FUND SARATH NARU, IN MULTIPLE ROUNDS, IN SERVICES, CONSUMER-
46 ADVISORS INDIA RAMESH ALUR, BUSINESSES THAT DRIVEN & RETAIL,
LIMITED SIDDHARTHA DAS EMPLOY TECHNOLOGY TO CLEANTECH, DIGITAL
SOLVE REAL-WORLD HEALTHCARE, PHARMA &
PROBLEMS. LIFE SCIENCES.
THE FUND WILL INVEST
BETWEEN INR 5-15 CR.
FOR 16-18% BORROWING
TECHNOLOGY,
TRIFECTA CAPITAL RAHUL KHANNA, COST, COMPOUNDED
47 ANNUALLY IN FIRMS THAT
CONSUMER, INTERNET
PARTNERS NILESH KOTHARI SPACE
HAVE ALREADY RAISED A
FIRST OR SECOND ROUND
OF FUNDING.

NOT RESTRICTED TO ANY

IT INVESTS INR 1-20 CR. IN
PARTICULAR SEGMENT,
ORIOS VENTURE A STARTUP AND INTENDS
48 REHAN YAR KHAN
TO STAY INVESTED FOR
ANALYTICS, BIG DATA,
PARTNERS SOFTWARE FOR MOBILE
SEVEN YEARS OR MORE.
PHONES ETC.
 AGRICULTURE,
IT IS A RS 800-
49 UNILAZER RONNIE SCREWVALA
CRORE FUND VENTURE
HEALTHCARE,
EDUCATION, ECOMMERCE

HE FIRM WORKS CLOSELY

THE FIRM INVESTS WITH THE INVESTEE
BETWEEN INR2.5 TO 25 COMPANIES AT A
50 GROWX VENTURES SHEETAL BAHL MILLION MILLION STRATEGIC AND
OPERATIONAL LEVEL AND
FOCUSES ON EARLY
STARTUPS