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Arka Venture Labs
Venture capitalMumbai · Pre-Seed–Seed · 5 people tracked
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Arka Venture Labs focuses on early-stage, cross-border B2B startups building from India with global ambitions. As a day-zero partner, it provides the first institutional cheque at the pre-seed and seed stages, typically investing up to $500K via preferred equity, SAFE, or convertible note. Beyond capital, the firm tailors mentorship around product positioning, product-market fit, and a cross-border go-to-market playbook. Portfolio companies tap a curated community of seasoned Silicon Valley operators and top-tier VCs, drawing on expertise and networks spanning innovation hubs across Europe, Israel, the US, and India to guide B2B companies from zero to IPO.
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Team · 5 people
from the firm's website & curated & public directoriesWhat they invest in
from 43 of 72 portfolio companiesAI & Machine Learning ×32Enterprise Software ×21SaaS ×20Marketing Tech ×8Data & Infrastructure ×7Cloud Computing ×6Developer Tools ×6Advanced Manufacturing ×5
HQs:United States×22India×4Australia×1
Who they back
founder profiles across 33 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×192 founders×83 founders×54+ founders×1
Where their founders studiedfrom 36 founders with education data
Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur ×4Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati ×3University of Mumbai ×3Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad ×2Manipal Institute of Technology ×2University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business ×2
What their founders studiedfrom 36 founders with field-of-study data
Engineering ×18Computer Science ×12Business & Management ×9Design & Architecture ×2Finance & Accounting ×2Mathematics & Statistics ×2
Where their founders worked beforefrom 41 founders with career history
Cisco ×4Hult Prize Foundation ×3Microsoft ×3Oracle ×3Salesforce ×3Capillary Technologies ×2Freshworks ×2IBM ×2
3 founders hold a PhD · 10 hold an MBA (of 41 with degree data)
Investments · 72 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2026 · 12025 · 62024 · 12023 · 32022 · 22021 · 22018 · 116 dated
Catalyx builds standardized infrastructure for deploying sensor payloads into orbit, offering common power, thermal, and data interfaces along with continuous monitoring and real-time data transmission.
Deep TechHardwareIoTSpace TechSan Francisco, US
Rifath Shaarook(Founder)inRifath Shaarook Saqib Hussain(Founder)
Co-investorsPrana Tech VenturesNivesha VenturesOutlander VCTogether FundTranspose Platform ManagementFlybridge Capital Partners+4 more
Trainn is a learning management system (LMS) platform that combines video creation, guide authoring, and course delivery in a single interface designed for enterprises and startups.
AI & Machine LearningEdTechEnterprise SoftwareMarketing TechSaaSChennai, IN
VivekSumana
Co-investorsSpeciale InvestBioGeneration Ventures
AI cloud orchestration platform enabling deployment and management of AI workloads across GPU and cloud providers.
Co-investorsChakra Growth FundPerot JainRiso CapitalSVQuad3Lines Venture CapitalCarat Venture Partners+2 more
AECInspire provides AI-powered material management software for electrical contractors, automating takeoffs, prefabrication planning, procurement coordination, and installation detailing.
AI & Machine LearningConstruction Tech
Ashfaq Rasheed(Founder)in
Co-investorsBronco Ventures
Aiara is a company building hardware and IoT products supported by machine learning systems, with a team spanning hardware engineering, full-stack software, and systems intelligence.
Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningHardwareIoTLos Gatos, US
Aparna Aryabumi(Founder, CEO)Nagarjun Redla(CTO)inMOHAN KRISHNA REDDY ARYABUMI(DIRECTOR)
AiRANACULUS develops AI-powered software for intelligent radio frequency and networking solutions across applications from space to smart cities.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechDefense Tech
Apurva Mody(Founder)in
Co-investorsCharlotte Angel FundPrana Tech Ventures
Airavana was a Palo Alto-based startup that built an AI-powered SaaS platform to discover and monitor sensitive personal data across enterprise cloud applications, helping teams enforce privacy and security compliance like GDPR/CCPA.
Palo Alto, US
Ashish Kumar Verma(Executive Officer, Director)Kedar Valmik Kekan(Executive Officer, Director)
Co-investorsSUVAN VENTURES
B2Brain is an event intelligence platform for B2B sales teams that enables lead capture, meeting booking, and CRM synchronization at trade shows and conferences.
Enterprise SoftwareMarketing TechSaaSWilmington, US
Karthik Mahadevan(Co-founder & CTO)inSridhar Ranganathan(Co-founder & CEO)
Co-investorsIdeaspring Capital
BosonQ Psi (BQP) develops BQPhy, a simulation software that integrates quantum computing with high-fidelity engineering simulations such as computational fluid dynamics.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechEnterprise SoftwareQuantum ComputingSaaSBear, US
Rut Lineswala(Executive Officer, Director)inJash Kumar Minocha(Executive Officer)Abhishek Chopra(Founder)in
BoardRoger Krakoff(Director)inVijay Sethi(Director)
Co-investorsAlumni VenturesEMERGENT VENTURESMonta Vista CapitalPrana Tech VenturesTranspose Platform ManagementARC VENTURES+2 more
AI Engine for Complex After-Market Service
Co-investorsDYDX CapitalMoment Ventures, LlcPrana Tech VenturesNivesha Ventures
Carboledger provides compliance automation and AI-powered data validation for sustainability reporting across supply chains, helping companies meet evolving regulations like ISCC PLUS, REDCert, RED III, and CORSIA.
Climate TechEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Nikha Garg(Founder)in
Co-investorsAvaana CapitalBioGeneration Ventures
Space TechSan Francisco, US
Rifath Shaarook Raaj(Executive Officer, Director)Andrew J. Smith(Director)Niharika Naveen(Executive Officer, Director)
Co-investorsTechstarsKDXNivesha VenturesOutlander VCPrana Tech VenturesTogether Fund
DAXA is a platform that enables organizations to build and deploy generative AI applications with built-in data transparency, compliance, and security controls.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingData & InfrastructureEnterprise Software
Huseni Saboowala(Founder)inSridhar Ramaswamy(Founder)in
Co-investorsDreamit VenturesOakseed Ventures
Devtron is a Kubernetes-native platform that combines CI/CD, GitOps, observability, and security to manage software delivery.
Cloud ComputingDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Co-investorsInsight PartnersLeo Capital VenturesLightspeed India PartnersLeo Capital
DigitalAPI builds Arelio, an API gateway written in Rust/nginx that combines routing, security, lifecycle management, a self-branded developer portal, monetization/billing, and MCP endpoints for AI agents in a single control plane.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareBangalore, IN
Bharath Kumar(Founder & CEO)inRajanish GJ(CTO)inSrinivasan Shanmuganathan(CPO)in
Oro develops an AI-powered assessment platform that evaluates professional strengths, resilience, and motivation using color-based personality science for workforce learning and development.
AI & Machine LearningEdTechHR Tech
Co-investorsSUVAN VENTURES
Enact provides post-training data for robotics and physical AI models, running policies on tasks to find failure states and generating targeted demonstration and recovery datasets.
Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureRoboticsSan Francisco, US
Govind Chada(Founder)inJames Stevens(Founder)in
Co-investorsCollaborative FundY CombinatorRobinhood
Pleasanton, US
Deep Chakraborty(Executive Officer, Director)in
BoardNeelesh Bhatnagar(Director)Adeeb Asfari(Director)Philip Comberg(Director)
Co-investorsAlumni Ventures
Enkrypt AI provides a platform for security and compliance of AI systems, offering real-time threat detection, guardrails, monitoring, and policy compliance automation for enterprises deploying generative AI applications.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise Software
Prashanth Harshangi(Founder)inSahil Agarwal(Founder)in
Co-investorsSmartGateVC
Essenvia offers a regulatory information management platform for medical device regulatory affairs teams, automating submissions (including FDA eSTAR), centralizing registrations, and providing AI-driven regulatory intelligence and lifecycle tracking.
AI & Machine LearningMedical DevicesSaaSWoodland Hills, US
Basant Sahoo(Co-founder & CTO)inSoumya Mahapatra(Co-founder & CEO)in
Co-investorsCore91.vcExpert DOJORebright PartnersBenhamou Global VenturesBioGeneration VenturesWavemaker Three-Sixty Health
Everything Design is a strategy-driven B2B branding and website agency that provides brand positioning, visual identity, Webflow website development, and video production.
Enterprise SoftwareMarketing TechSaaSBengaluru, IN
Co-investorsStellaris Venture Advisors 2 Llp
Exlens builds a unified factory operating system that connects MES, warehouse management, inventory, controls, and QMS into a single platform with native AI reasoning.
Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaSAustin, US
AD Veluri(Founder)inAkhil Dhyani(Founder)in
Co-investorsGaia VenturesTrucks VC
FirstHive is an AI-powered customer data platform that unifies fragmented customer data from multiple sources and enables real-time, autonomous decision-making and personalized customer experiences across channels.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureMarketing TechSunnyvale, US
Aditya Bhamidipaty(CEO)in
BoardHemant Asher(Director)inKrishnakumar Natarajan(Director)inSunder Velamuri(Director)Amit Midha(Director)
Co-investorsInfo Edge VenturesMela VenturesSaama CapitalSUVAN VENTURESBenhamou Global VenturesTwin Ventures
Future AGI provides a platform for simulating, evaluating, and monitoring AI agents in production.
AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise Software
Nikhil Pareek(Founder)inCharu G.(Founder)in
Co-investorsPowerhouse VenturesSnow Leopard Technology VenturesSaka Ventures
B2B conversational marketing platform acquired by ZoomInfo in 2021 to power ZoomInfo Chat.
Marketing TechLittleton, US
Co-investorsBAM VenturesCallapina CapitalTechstarsEMERGENT VENTURES
Melbourne, AU
Ashish Parnami(Founder)Raj Ramaswamy(Founder)
Co-investorsA42.VCBAM VenturesZ5 CapitalWatertower Ventures Management, Llc
Jovian offers beginner-friendly online courses in programming, data science, machine learning, and web development, with a focus on practical, hands-on learning using Python and related tools.
AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEdTechSan Francisco, US
Aakash N S(Founder)in
Co-investorsIndia Foundation Fund Series I (A Scheme Of Multiply Ventures IndiaSenseAI VenturesSoma CapitalSprint VcY CombinatorAxilor Ventures+1 more
Jovian offers beginner-friendly, coding-focused online courses in data science and programming, covering topics like Python, SQL, data analysis, machine learning, deep learning with PyTorch, and web development.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEdTech
Co-investorsBetter CapitalAxilor VenturesSenseAI VenturesY Combinator
Lincode builds LIVIS, an AI-based visual inspection system for manufacturing quality control that lets factory teams train and deploy computer vision models for surface defect detection, assembly verification, and anomaly detection through a no-code interface.
Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningRobotics
Rajesh Iyengar(CEO)in
Co-investorsAlumni VenturesAugment VenturesBasecamp FundExpert DOJOGeek VenturesNurture Venture Partners+4 more
Lyzr builds infrastructure and platforms for deploying production-grade AI agents in enterprises, with emphasis on governance, security, observability, and human oversight.
AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaSJersey City, US
Siva Surendira(Founder)inSurendirasiva Selvaraj(Executive Officer, Director)Jithin George(Founder)inAnirudh Narayan(Founder)Ankit Garg(Founder)
BoardMadhu Shalini Iyer(Director)in
Co-investorsRocketship.vcAccenture VenturesBGVBetter CapitalCocoon Ignite VenturesGFT Ventures+4 more
Maneva develops Video-to-Action AI for manufacturers, converting production-floor visual data into real-time actions for quality control, machine integrity, and line supervision (via its ALIS AI Line Supervisor).
Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningRoboticsToronto
Kelvin Chan(Co-Founder & CTO)inRae Jeong(Co-Founder & CEO)in
Co-investors640 OxfordBling CapitalEvolution VC PartnersFreestyle CapitalN49PUS Venture Partners+2 more
Nektar provides a data layer that captures revenue-team activity — emails, calendar invites, meetings, and engagement — and writes it as structured, mapped data into Salesforce and Snowflake so that CRM data is complete enough for AI agents and forecasting to rely on.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureSaaSSales TechSan Francisco, US
Abhijeet Vijayvergiya(Founder)inAravind Ravi Sulekha(Founder)inAravind R S(Founder)
Co-investorsB Capital GroupB4 CapitalBetter CapitalCapria VenturesInsignia Ventures Partners3one4 Capital+1 more
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Nirmata is an AI platform engineering assistant that helps teams write, validate, and enforce policy-as-code across Kubernetes infrastructure at scale.
Cloud ComputingCybersecurityDeveloper Tools
Ritesh Patel(Founder)in
Co-investorsDallas Venture CapitalDreamit VenturesPeak XV PartnersSurgeUncorrelated VenturesZ5 Capital+3 more
Obviously AI provides a no-code platform that enables users to build predictive machine learning models from raw data in minutes without requiring coding knowledge.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSan Francisco, US
Nirman Pratikbhai Dave(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Tapojit Debnath Tapu(Executive Officer, Director)Tapojit (Tapu) Debnath(Founder)in
BoardKiran Mysore Ravi(Director)
Co-investorsDraft Ventures LlcFoothill VenturesGolden Gate VenturesUTECiSeed
Pay3 provides a payment infrastructure layer for agentic commerce, enabling AI agents to autonomously execute transactions using stablecoin rails with programmable spending controls, global settlement, and audit trails.
AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3Fintech
Priya Karnik(Founder)Rajiv Thondanoor(Founder)
Co-investorsGemba Capital Venture Partners
Pier39.ai converts e-commerce store thank-you pages into revenue-generating moments by displaying personalized offers from 150+ brand partners, earning merchants up to $100k per 100k orders while driving customer repeat purchases.
AdTechE-commerceSaaSSan Francisco, US
Ankita Verma(Founder)in
Pipeshift provides managed inference infrastructure for deploying and scaling AI models with low latency and high reliability.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US
Arko C(Founder)inEnrique Ferrao(Founder)inPranav Reddy(Founder)inArko Chattopadhyay(Founder)
Co-investorsGood News VenturesMyAsiaVCSenseAI VenturesStrategxy Ventures LLCY Combinator100X+3 more
PitCrew builds AI and automation tools aimed at improving operations for regulated firms, founded by a team with product experience from companies like LegalZoom, Intuit, and Atlassian.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFintechSaaS
Rishi(Co-founder)inRamesh(Product Executive)in
BoardNixon(Advisor)in
Co-investors100x Entrepreneur Fund
Preimage offers a 3D capture and visualization platform that produces 360-degree virtual tours, Gaussian Splat renderings, and viewer analytics for property presentations.
AI & Machine LearningConstruction TechDeep TechMarketing TechPropTech
Siddharth Jha(Founder)in
Co-investorsBetter CapitalSprint VcTDV PartnersUpsparks CapitalJava Capitalpi Ventures
Fremont, US
Gaurav Agarwal(Founder)
Co-investorsFalconX VenturesNuVenturesOlima VenturesExfinity Venturespi Ventures
Revv is contract management software that enables teams to create, negotiate, and approve contracts with features including e-signature, approval workflows, and document collaboration.
Enterprise SoftwareSaaSWalnut, US
Sameer Goel(Executive Officer, Director)inHrishikesh Gopal Kulkarni(Executive Officer, Director)
Co-investorsLightspeed Venture Partners
RingCentral provides cloud-based unified communications and AI-powered contact center solutions for businesses, serving over 600,000 customers worldwide.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingEnterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkSaaS
Vlad Shmunis(Founder)
Co-investorsAkkadian VenturesAlphaDriveDag VenturesKhosla VenturesScale Venture PartnersSequoia Capital+3 more
Rocketium offers AI Studio, a service combining AI agents, creative intelligence, and human design experts to produce on-brand, campaign-ready marketing and advertising creative assets.
AdTechAI & Machine LearningMarketing Tech
Co-investors100x Entrepreneur Fund1CrowdEMERGENT VENTURESFundamental VCTenacity Ventures
SimpliContract offers an AI-native Intelligent Contract Management platform that structures contracts into searchable data, orchestrates the contract lifecycle from intake through execution, and monitors post-signature obligations, SLAs, pricing, and renewals.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareLegalTechSaaSPleasanton, US
Guru Venkatesan(Founder)inMakesh Kumar(Founder)inJinaraj Patinjakkara Gopalan(Co-Founder & CTO)in
Co-investorsEMERGENT VENTURESFoster VenturesKalaari CapitalPICUS CAPITAL
Vitrina is a membership-based intelligence platform for the global entertainment supply chain, offering an AI assistant (VIQI) plus a curated database of companies, content titles, and executive profiles to help users plan content acquisitions, raise production financing, and find production, distribution, and vendor partners.
AI & Machine LearningMedia & EntertainmentSaaS
Atul Phadnis(Founder)in
Co-investorsAlumni VenturesFoster VenturesMDSV CAPITALSparq Capital (SFO)Unlock Venture Partners
Webless provides an AI-powered semantic search and content discovery solution that integrates into websites to help visitors find relevant information instantly.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSan Francisco, US
Suyog Deshpande(Founder)in
XCaliber Health builds AI assistants and a data platform that connects and processes structured and unstructured healthcare data, including real-time EHR data, for clinicians and healthcare organizations.
AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthHealthtech
Prakash Khot(Co-Founder & CEO)inTrushna Dave(Co-Founder, Business Development & Marketing)inBhupender Kumar(Co-Founder & Product)inVasanth Kumar(Co-Founder & Architect)in
Co-investorsBenhamou Global VenturesManchesterStory Group, LLCPrana Tech Ventures
ZapScale provides a customer intelligence platform that consolidates account data and enables visibility into customer health through automated analytics and adoption tracking, serving B2B software companies.
Data & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Bratish Goswami(Founder)in
Co-investors100x Entrepreneur FundShastra VCBlume Ventures
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555 Bryant StreetAgentic Digital Health PlatformAutonomous Space LabsB2B Website AI AgentBlockfendersCarbon Transparency PlatformConstruction Material Management PlatformConversational Marketing PlatformCustomer Education PlatformCustomer Success PlatformData Science Learning PlatformElectronic Signature PlatformEnterprise Agent FrameworkGen AI Data Transparency PlatformLLM Fine-tuning PlatformOnsitePost-purchase Monetization NetworkPrimasellerRuceptTydy
Exits · 2
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latest coverage across their companiesEnact · ycombinator.com · Aug 11, 2026
Maneva · betakit.com · Jun 12, 2026
Catalyx Space · finsmes.com · Oct 30, 2025
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Arka Venture Labs made?
- Arka Venture Labs has 72 tracked investments, 2 of which have exited, including 7 dated in the last 24 months.
- What stage does Arka Venture Labs invest at?
- Arka Venture Labs invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages.
- What is Arka Venture Labs's typical check size?
- Arka Venture Labs typically writes checks of $100K – $500K.
- What sectors does Arka Venture Labs focus on?
- Arka Venture Labs focuses on AI & Machine Learning, Cloud Computing, Cybersecurity, Data & Infrastructure, Deep Tech, Enterprise Software, IoT, Mobility & Transportation, SaaS.
- Where is Arka Venture Labs located?
- Arka Venture Labs is headquartered in Mumbai, IN.
- Does Arka Venture Labs lead rounds?
- Yes, Arka Venture Labs leads investment rounds.
- Who does Arka Venture Labs co-invest with?
- Arka Venture Labs most often shares deals with Prana Tech Ventures, Alumni Ventures, Better Capital, among 96 tracked co-investors.
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