Fundraising FoxA42.VC
Venture capitalMcKinney · Pre-Seed–Series A · 10 people tracked
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Investment thesis
FortyTwo.VC is an early-stage fund focused on Indian founders building Enterprise Tech, SaaS, AI, and developer infrastructure companies aimed at global markets. Operating as a cross-border fund with on-the-ground teams in both India and the USA, the firm positions itself as a co-traveller for entrepreneurs scaling internationally. Led by a team of operators and investors experienced with early-stage companies, it emphasizes helping founders navigate the challenges of taking companies global.
Source: firm website, verified Oct 2, 2026.
Team · 10 people
from the firm's websiteWhat they invest in
from 10 of 17 portfolio companiesSaaS ×7AI & Machine Learning ×6Enterprise Software ×5Data & Infrastructure ×3Sales Tech ×3Climate Tech ×2Developer Tools ×2Fintech ×2
HQs:United States×4India×3Australia×1United Kingdom×1
Investments · 17 tracked
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CarbonBright provides software and analytics tools to help product companies measure and manage their environmental impact through automated lifecycle assessments, Scope 3 emissions mapping, and AI-powered sustainability analytics.
AI & Machine LearningClimate TechData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareSaaSBend, US
Thejas (TJ) Nair(Founder)in
Co-investorsLong Way VenturesTechstarsCascade Seed Fund
Coulomb.ai develops real-time battery analytics and diagnostics software for electric vehicles, addressing range prediction reliability, battery failure prevention, and degradation monitoring.
AI & Machine LearningClimate TechEnergyEnterprise SoftwareIoTBengaluru, IN
Khushboo Shrivastava(Founder)inSantanu Mondal(Founder)in
Co-investorsY Combinator
Emitrr provides an AI-powered answering service that automatically handles inbound patient calls for healthcare practices, capturing caller details and routing urgent requests to staff.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingEnterprise SoftwareHealthtechMarketing TechSaaSSales Tech
Pulkit Gambhir(Founder)in
Co-investorsAxilor VenturesChiratae VenturesGSF Accelerator
Fremont, US
Rabi Gupta(Executive Officer, Director)Akshay Gupta(Executive Officer, Director)Ashish Kumar(Director)Saxena Satwick(Director)
Co-investorsComcast VenturesForefront VentureStrawberry Creek VenturesAlumni VenturesBloomberg BetaPrecursor Ventures
GoodMeetings builds a sales productivity platform aimed at making sales interactions and meetings more effective for customer-facing revenue teams.
AI & Machine LearningSaaSSales Tech
Co-investors100x Entrepreneur FundChiratae VenturesFirst ChequeSupermorpheus
Inai provides a payments platform that enables companies to launch, manage, and scale global payment solutions with integrations to diverse payment methods across regions.
AI & Machine LearningE-commerceFintechSaaSLondon, GB
Anta Pattabiraman(Founder)inKarthik Narayananin
Co-investorsBetter CapitalGemba Capital Venture PartnersKube VCPrimary Venture PartnersSquareOneStonewater Ventures+11 more
Melbourne, AU
Ashish Parnami(Founder)Raj Ramaswamy(Founder)
Co-investorsArka Venture LabsBAM VenturesZ5 CapitalWatertower Ventures Management, Llc
Kennect provides incentive compensation management software that automates sales performance tracking and incentive administration.
Enterprise SoftwareHR TechSaaSSales Tech
Co-investorsUpekkhaAxilor Ventures
Phyllo provides normalized APIs across 25+ social platforms, offering both public (no-OAuth) and authenticated (OAuth-based) access to creator profile, post, engagement, audience, and income data on a single schema.
Creator EconomyData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsSan Francisco, US
Akhil Bhiwal(Founder & CEO)inAchintya Gupta(Director)in
Co-investors100x Entrepreneur FundBetter CapitalRTP GlobalSprint VcVibe CapitaliSeed+2 more
Protecto provides context-based access control for AI systems that structures unstructured data and enforces runtime access policies based on user role, task, and context.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityData & InfrastructureEnterprise Software
Baskaran Alagarsamy(Co-founder & CTO)in
Co-investorsBetter CapitalTogether FundSpeciale Invest
SuprSend provides a notification infrastructure platform that lets engineering and product teams send transactional, product, and marketing notifications across multiple channels from a dashboard, IDE, terminal, Slack, or AI agents.
Developer ToolsMarketing TechSaaSSan Francisco, US
Nikita Navral(Founder)in
Co-investorsTitan CapitalAll In CapitalBoldcap
Vyapar is a billing, invoicing, inventory, and accounting software for small and medium-sized businesses, available as a free Android app and a desktop application.
FintechRetail TechSaaSBengaluru, IN
Sumit Agarwal(Founder & CEO)inShubham Agrawal(CTO)inMohit Aggarwal(CFO)in
Co-investorsAnicut CapitalAxilor VenturesIndia QuotientWestBridge Capital
Other
Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.
AmpereHourBlockfenders
Exits · 1
1 acquisitionsinaiacq. by Chargebee
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has A42.VC made?
- A42.VC has 17 tracked investments, 1 of which have exited.
- What stage does A42.VC invest at?
- A42.VC invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A stages.
- What sectors does A42.VC focus on?
- A42.VC focuses on AI & Machine Learning, Developer Tools, Enterprise Software, Fintech, SaaS.
- Where is A42.VC located?
- A42.VC is headquartered in McKinney, US.