2am VC
Venture capitalBengaluru · Pre-Seed–Series A · 4 people tracked
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Investment thesis
2am VC is an early-stage, India-only venture fund that positions itself as sector-agnostic and Gen Z-centric. The firm emphasizes speed, transparency, a founder-friendly approach, and cross-border support. It invests through iSafe, SAFE, convertible notes, and priced rounds, and acts as lead investor in over half of its deals. A stated priority is closing rounds quickly and getting capital into portfolio company accounts as fast as possible.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 3, 2026.
Team · 4 people
from the firm's website
What they invest in
from 23 of 55 portfolio companiesSaaS ×13AI & Machine Learning ×12Consumer ×7Enterprise Software ×6Fintech ×6Marketing Tech ×4Future of Work ×3Advanced Manufacturing ×2
HQs:India×8United States×8Germany×1
Who they back
founder profiles across 11 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×52 founders×43 founders×14+ founders×1
Where their founders studiedfrom 15 founders with education data
Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay ×2Manipal Institute of Technology ×2University of Southern California ×2
What their founders studiedfrom 14 founders with field-of-study data
Engineering ×10Mathematics & Statistics ×3Business & Management ×2Computer Science ×2
Where their founders worked beforefrom 17 founders with career history
Stanford University ×3Stayzilla ×2
Accelerator rootsportfolio companies that came through a program
Investments · 55 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2025 · 12024 · 22023 · 22022 · 12021 · 22019 · 19 dated
ALDI is a grocery retail chain operating supermarkets across multiple countries in Europe, Australia, China, and the United States.
ConsumerRetail Tech
Beacons provides software tools including website hosting, email marketing, and online store capabilities for content creators to manage their businesses in one place.
ConsumerSaaSSocialSan Francisco, US
Neal Jean(Co-founder, CEO)inDavid Zeng(Founder)inJesse Zhang(Founder)in
Co-investorsAmino CapitalAndreessen HorowitzBehind Genius VenturesJustin “3LAU” BlauMantis CapitalNew Commerce Ventures+6 more
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Bimaplan offers life and health insurance products tailored for low-income households in India, delivered through a mobile-first platform.
FintechInsurTechBengaluru, IN
Vikul Goyal(Founder)in
Co-investorsAmino CapitalEmphasis VenturesMAGIC FundY CombinatorAcequia Capital (AceCap)FinSight Ventures+3 more
Portfolio company invested in by 2am before it had a product.
Co-investorsLightspeed Venture PartnersRandev Ventures Family OfficeElevation CapitalTitan Capital
Cybersecurity marketplace that raised $500K in a round led by 2am VC.
Dhruva Goyal(Founder)in
Co-investors100XDholakia VenturesRandev Ventures Family Office
EximPe provides RBI-licensed cross-border payment infrastructure that lets global merchants accept payments in Indian Rupees via UPI, net banking, and cards without setting up an Indian entity, with offshore settlement in multiple currencies.
FintechSaaS
Co-investorsLeo Capital VenturesBoldcapiSeed VenturesLeo Capital
Fibr AI is an agentic web experience platform that turns a company's existing URLs into adaptive pages, using AI agents with human-in-the-loop oversight to personalize content based on visitor intent, ad source, and audience.
AI & Machine LearningMarketing TechSaaSDelaware, US
Ankur Goyal(Founder)inPritam Roy(Founder)in
Co-investorsAccelMVP VenturesWillowTree Ventures
Fibr AI builds an agentic web experience platform that turns websites into context-aware, adaptive agents that personalize content in real-time based on visitor behavior, intent signals, and external data sources.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareMarketing TechSaaSDelaware, US
Ankur 'AJ' Goyal(CEO & Co-Founder)Pritam Roy(CPO & Co-Founder)in
Co-investorsAccelMVP VenturesWillowTree VenturesSprint Vc
Fieldproxy provides a no-code platform that lets organizations create mobile applications to coordinate and oversee field workforces at any scale.
Enterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkSaaSChennai, IN
Swaroop Vijayakumar(Founder)inBalakrishna Balasubramanian(Founder)in
Co-investorsMars Shot VenturesY CombinatorMAGIC Fund
Heart Aerospace develops electric regional aircraft for commercial airline operators.
Advanced ManufacturingCleantechClimate TechHardwareSpace TechLos Angeles, US
Anders Forslund(Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer)in
Co-investorsBreakthrough Energy VenturesCastor VenturesLOWERCARBONLowercarbon CapitalSagitta Family OfficeUnruly Capital+5 more
Intervue provides technical interview outsourcing services that connect companies with vetted interviewers to evaluate engineering candidates at scale.
Enterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkHR TechSaaS
Rahul Arora(Founder)in
Co-investorsTitan Capital
Invact built Metaversity, an online learning platform offering backend, data analytics and full-stack programs structured into cohort-based learning pathways for students.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechEdTechSaaSBengaluru, IN
Tanay Pratap(Founder & CEO)inManish Maheshwari(Co-Founder (former CEO))in
Co-investorsArkam VenturesCapria VenturesMars Shot VenturesPICUS CAPITALBECO Capital
Kalam Labs designs and manufactures high-altitude hydrogen-based unmanned aerial vehicles and stratospheric platforms for military and defense applications, including surveillance systems, autonomous weather platforms, and stealth strike swarms capable of operating at 100,000+ feet.
Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningDeep TechDefense TechHardwareRoboticsSpace TechIndia, IN
Ahmad Faraaz(Founder)inSashakt Tripathi(Founder)inHarshit Awasthi(Founder)in
Co-investorsFirst ChequeY CombinatorLightspeed Venture Partners
Karbon provides accounting practice management software for accounting firms, offering tools for team collaboration, workflow and task automation, client management, and email.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingEnterprise SoftwareFintechFuture of WorkSaaSSan Francisco, US
Stuart McLeod(Executive Officer, Director)inJohn Freeman(Director)inIan Vacin(Founder)in
BoardJoe Onofrio(Director)in
Co-investorsBlackbird VenturesFive Elms CapitalTidemarkTIMIA CapitalToba CapitalHarmony+6 more
Karbon Card provides financial services for cross-border payments, including foreign payment collection and sending, corporate cards, and cloud billing optimization.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSBengaluru, IN
Pei-fu Hsieh(Founder)inBo Li(Founder)in
Co-investorsAmino CapitalAvenir Growth CapitalDG Daiwa VenturesEmles Venture PartnersOlive Tree CapitalSommet AB+7 more
KloudMate is a unified observability platform that brings logs, metrics, traces, alerts, incidents, synthetics, and infrastructure context together with an AI-assisted SRE copilot for faster incident investigation.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingDeveloper Tools
Co-investorsJITO Angel Network
LogiNext is an AI-powered delivery automation platform that helps brands in food and beverage, courier, eCommerce, and transportation industries optimize and automate deliveries across supply chains.
AI & Machine LearningLogistics & Supply ChainSaaSWilmington, US
Anil Advani(Executive Officer, Director)
Co-investorsAlibaba GroupSteadview CapitalTiger Global Management
NEWME is a fashion retailer offering women's apparel including denim, tops, dresses, co-ords, jumpsuits, and winterwear through its app and online store.
ConsumerDirect to ConsumerE-commerce
Sumit Jasoria(Founder)in
Co-investorsAccelAfore CapitalEntrepreneur VenturesFireside Ventures Advisory LlpAccel IndiaAll In Capital+2 more
A crypto-enabled financial services company providing borderless financial products and capital flow solutions.
Co-investorsB Capital GroupB4 CapitalBlock.oneCoinbase VenturesDraper DragonEOS VC+8 more
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OYO operates an online platform for booking budget hotels and homes, offering over 174,000 properties across 35+ countries.
ConsumerMarketplacesTravel & Hospitality
Ritesh Agarwal(Founder & CEO)in
Co-investorsDSG Consumer PartnersPrismSoftBank Group
Rosebud AI provides generative AI tools that enable users to create games and immersive interactive experiences without requiring extensive technical expertise.
AI & Machine LearningConsumerCreator EconomyDeveloper ToolsGamingSan Francisco, US
Co-investorsAngel Collective Opportunity FundFoothill VenturesKhosla VenturesY CombinatorAnimoca BrandsEssence Venture Capital
Spare8 offers a smartphone-based micro-investing platform that lets individuals invest, spend, save, and manage money, including through digital gold.
ConsumerFintech
Ronit Harisingani(CEO & Co-founder)inShardul Saiya(CTO & Co-founder)in
Co-investorsBroom VenturesVaranium NexGenIncisive VenturesMAGIC FundVaranium Capital Advisors
Talview provides AI-powered video interviewing, remote proctoring, and assessment solutions for recruitment and exam administration.
AI & Machine LearningEdTechHR TechSaaSPalo Alto, US
Sanjoe Tom JoseinMani KainTom JoseinJobin JoseinSanjoe Tom Matthew Jose(Executive Officer, Director)inSubramanian Kailasam(Executive Officer, Director)
Co-investorsEMERGENT VENTURESMayfield FundStorm Ventures
Vinovest offers a platform for building and managing personalized portfolios of fine wine and whiskey as investment assets, handling logistics such as merchants, warehousing, insurance, and export.
ConsumerFintech
Anthony Zhang(Cofounder)inBrent Akamine(Founding team (designer))in
Co-investorsColopl NextElectric Feel Ventures LlcGFR FundInvariantes FundNoveus CapitalOyster Ventures+2 more
Vitra provides a platform for managing film and episodic content localization, including dubbing, subtitles, and artwork translation for studios, broadcasters, and streaming services.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareMarketing TechMedia & EntertainmentSaaSBengaluru, IN
Satvik Jagannath(Founder)inAkash Nidhi P S(Founder)in
Co-investorsInflexor Ventures
Other
Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.
AldunAnahadApnamartBlitzllamaBlock OneBroomesBurncalCarrier ConnectsDefyDehidddenDoosraFlentGood Game NationInframandiJellyMekr TechnologiesNblikObviousOnwoProcureyardQwik SkillsSavageSuper ScholarToastappWow MomosZepto
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesHeart Aerospace · en.wikipedia.org · Aug 19, 2026
ALDI · gcrmag.com · Aug 17, 2026
Karbon · finance.yahoo.com · Jul 27, 2026
Opportunistic India Growth Stage · siliconindia.com · Jul 23, 2026
Bluelearn · fueler.io · Jun 12, 2026
Spare8 · inc42.com · May 28, 2026
Vitra · trysignalbase.com · Mar 24, 2026
Kalam Labs · moneycontrol.com · Mar 9, 2026
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has 2am VC made?
- 2am VC has 55 tracked investments, 1 of which have exited, including 1 dated in the last 24 months.
- What stage does 2am VC invest at?
- 2am VC invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A stages.
- What sectors does 2am VC focus on?
- 2am VC focuses on Sector Agnostic.
- Where is 2am VC located?
- 2am VC is headquartered in Bengaluru, IN.
- Does 2am VC lead rounds?
- Yes, 2am VC leads investment rounds.
- Who does 2am VC co-invest with?
- 2am VC most often shares deals with Y Combinator, Mars Shot Ventures, Amino Capital, among 56 tracked co-investors.
Media · Podcasts & interviews
featuring the teamVC in India with Brendan Rogers of 2am VC (formerly Wag!'s co-founder)
INSEAD Emerging Markets · Brendan Rogers
From Silicon Valley to VC in India | Brendan Rogers 2am VC
a founders podcast by Thimo Gleitsmann · Brendan Rogers · youtube.com
(Audio) From Silicon Valley to VC in India | Brendan Rogers 2am VC
a founders podcast by Thimo Gleitsmann · Brendan Rogers · youtube.com
SU Talks #7 | Brendan Rogers, Co-founder and GP @ 2AM VC
Startup Universe · Brendan Rogers
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