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2am VC
Venture capitalBengaluru · Pre-Seed–Seed · 5 people tracked
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Investment thesis
2am VC is an early-stage, sector-agnostic venture fund centered on 'Young India' and Gen Z founders, investing on an India-only basis. It differentiates itself through speed, transparency, founder-friendliness and cross-border support, using instruments such as iSafe, standard SAFEs, convertible notes and priced rounds. The firm leads more than half of its deals and prioritizes closing rounds quickly to get capital into portfolio accounts. It emphasizes helping founders connect with customers, investors and partners as they build their companies.
Source: firm website, verified Sep 27, 2026.
Team · 5 people
from the firm's website
What they invest in
from 32 of 64 portfolio companiesAI & Machine Learning ×15SaaS ×15Consumer ×12Enterprise Software ×8Fintech ×8E-commerce ×6Future of Work ×4Hardware ×4
HQs:India×15United States×7United Arab Emirates×1Germany×1Pakistan×1
Who they back
founder profiles across 23 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×92 founders×103 founders×24+ founders×2
Where their founders studiedfrom 32 founders with education data
Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani ×4Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay ×3Ramaiah Institute Of Technology ×3Anna University Chennai ×2Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee ×2Manipal Institute of Technology ×2University of Southern California ×2
What their founders studiedfrom 29 founders with field-of-study data
Engineering ×16Computer Science ×9Business & Management ×6Mathematics & Statistics ×4Finance & Accounting ×2
Where their founders worked beforefrom 34 founders with career history
Stanford University ×3Tinystep ×3Cisco ×2Stayzilla ×2
Accelerator rootsportfolio companies that came through a program
4 founders hold a PhD · 1 hold an MBA (of 33 with degree data)
Investments · 64 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2025 · 22024 · 22023 · 22022 · 12021 · 22019 · 110 dated
ALDI is a grocery retail chain operating supermarkets across multiple countries in Europe, Australia, China, and the United States.
ConsumerRetail Tech
Abhishek Singh(Founder)in
Co-investorsAccelAlteria CapitalPeak XV PartnersStride Ventures
Axiom Space develops commercial space stations and provides access to low-Earth orbit microgravity environments for research, manufacturing, and innovation by governments, researchers, and organizations.
Defense TechEdTechHardwareSpace Tech
Dr. Kam Ghaffarian(Executive Chairman)inMichael Suffredini(Founder, former CEO and President)in
Co-investors1802 VenturesAidenlair CapitalAlumni VenturesAurum Venture PartnersBascom VenturesBasecamp Fund+41 more
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 VenturesHyphen CapitalJustin “3LAU” BlauMantis Capital+19 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 VenturesGSF AcceleratorMAGIC FundSoma CapitalTitan Capital+9 more
Gurgaon, IN
Siddharth Biyani(Founder)
Co-investorsDholakia VenturesSprint VcIncisive Ventures
Blitzllama is a product feedback and customer insights platform that collects survey responses and app store reviews, then uses AI to analyze and categorize feedback for product teams.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaSBengaluru, IN
Rahul Mallapur(Founder)inJoel Koshy(Founder)inBently Nixon(Founder)inSnehanshu Gandhi(Cofounder & CEO)Vivek Kumar(Cofounder)
Co-investorsY CombinatorMAGIC Fund
Portfolio company invested in by 2am before it had a product.
Co-investorsLightspeed Venture PartnersRandev Ventures Family OfficeElevation CapitalTitan Capital
Broomees is a marketplace connecting customers with verified, experienced household service professionals.
AI & Machine LearningConsumerMarketplacesSaaS
Co-investorsDholakia VenturesMAGIC Fund
Cybersecurity marketplace that raised $500K in a round led by 2am VC.
Dhruva Goyal(Founder)in
Co-investors100XDholakia VenturesRandev Ventures Family Office
A crypto-enabled financial services company providing borderless financial products and capital flow solutions.
Co-investorsB Capital GroupB4 CapitalBlock.oneCoinbase VenturesDraper DragonEOS VC+10 more
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Coolberg is an Indian brand of non-alcoholic, zero-alcohol beers and beverages aimed at consumers who prefer alcohol-free options for social occasions.
ConsumerDirect to ConsumerE-commerceFoodTech
Pankaj(Co-founder)Yashika(Co-founder)
Co-investorsIndia Quotient
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 VenturesAnterra CapitalBoldcapiSeed 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 LearningEnterprise SoftwareMarketing TechSaaSDelaware, US
Ankur Goyal(Founder)inPritam Roy(Founder)in
Co-investorsAccelMVP VenturesWillowTree VenturesJetty 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 CombinatorLVX VenturesMAGIC FundNumber Capital
FirstClub is a member-only grocery retail platform offering curated, quality-vetted food products, screening out over 200 harmful ingredients and verifying sourcing for its members.
ConsumerE-commerceFoodTechMarketplacesBengaluru, IN
Ayyappan R(Founder)
Co-investorsAccelAditya Birla VenturesPeak XV PartnersRTP Global
GoSats operates a rewards platform that gives users bitcoin cashback when they make purchases at merchant partners in India.
E-commerceFintechDubai, AE
Mohammed Roshan(Founder)inRoshni Aslam(Founder)in
Co-investorsDG Daiwa VenturesDraper DragonFirst Check VenturesFlucas VenturesFulgur VenturesGossamer Capital+16 more
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 VenturesAlumni VenturesCastor VenturesKoru CapitalLowercarbon CapitalSagitta Family Office+15 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 CAPITAL3one4 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 ChequeLightspeed Venture PartnersY CombinatorLightspeed India PartnersPioneer
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 VenturesEmles Venture PartnersFive Elms CapitalNurture Venture PartnersTidemarkTIMIA Capital+9 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 PartnersNurture Venture PartnersOlive Tree Capital+13 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
Krave Mart operates an online retail marketplace in Pakistan that delivers everyday consumer goods to customers with rapid delivery.
B2B MarketplacesConsumerE-commerceFoodTechLogistics & Supply ChainKarachi, PK
Kassim Shroff(Founder)inCh Haziq Ahmed(Founder)inHammad Bawany(Founder)inMohammad Ahsan Kidwai(Founder)in
Co-investorsAmaana CapitalCats.vcFirst Check VenturesKube VCMSA NovoPioneer+13 more
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
MEKR Technologies is a manufacturing company that produces OEM products and consumer electronics solutions.
Advanced ManufacturingB2B MarketplacesConsumerHardware
Anand Yadav(Founder)in
Co-investorsBetter CapitalTitan CapitalAvaana Capital
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 CapitalAll In CapitalEntrepreneur VenturesFireside Ventures Advisory LlpAccel India+3 more
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 PartnersLightspeed Venture PartnersPeak XV PartnersArtha GroupArtha Venture FundGreenoaks+4 more
ProcureYard is an AI-powered procurement platform for sourcing construction raw materials such as TMT, structures, flats, and bitumen, offering instant quotes, supplier verification, and real-time delivery tracking.
AI & Machine LearningB2B MarketplacesConstruction TechGurgaon, IN
Anshu K(Founder)
Co-investorsGSFJava Capital
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 VenturesSoma CapitalVentekY Combinator+15 more
SalaryBox provides a mobile app platform for small businesses to manage payroll and staff operations.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFintechFuture of WorkHR TechSaaSGurugram, IN
Nikhil Goel(Founder)inPeeyush Goyal(Founder)in
Co-investorsAmino CapitalCathexis VenturesGSF AcceleratorOlive Tree CapitalSoma CapitalWayfinder Ventures+7 more
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 Capital AdvisorsVaranium NexGenIncisive VenturesMAGIC Fund
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-investorsEileses CapitalEMERGENT VENTURESMayfield FundStorm VenturesInventus Capital Partners
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 FundHustle FundInvariantes FundNoveus Capital+3 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
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Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.
AldunAnahadApmamartBlock OneBroomesBurncalCarrier ConnectsDefyDehidddenDoosraFlentGood Game NationGoodGame NationInframandiJellyNblikObviousOnwoQwik SkillsSavageSuper ScholarToastappWow MomosZepto
Exits · 2
2 acquisitions · showing 1Blitzllamaacq. by Wingify
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesKarbon · finance.yahoo.com · Jul 27, 2026
GoSats · finsmes.com · Apr 7, 2026
EximPe · eximpe.com · Feb 13, 2026
Fibr · prnewswire.com · Feb 4, 2026
Kalam Labs · yourstory.com · Nov 17, 2025
ProcureYard · prittleprattlenews.com · Jul 28, 2025
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has 2am VC made?
- 2am VC has 64 tracked investments, 2 of which have exited, including 2 dated in the last 24 months.
- What stage does 2am VC invest at?
- 2am VC invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed 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, Dholakia Ventures, Soma Capital, among 130 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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