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Gemba Capital Venture Partners

Venture capital

Bengaluru · Pre-Seed–Seed · 9 people tracked

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Investment thesis

Gemba Capital is a pre-seed and seed stage specialist VC fund in India investing in category creators. It favors simple, scalable ideas that create or expand markets, prioritizing founder qualities like clarity, resilience, and hustle over pedigree. The firm avoids conventional gating on market size, revenue, or competition, and dislikes complex solutions or scaling before a hypothesis is proven. Nothing is considered too early. It has backed full-stack, vertical-focused plays and picks-and-shovels enablers across defense, insurtech, fintech, supply chain, marketplaces, and consumer categories in India.

Source: firm website, verified Aug 3, 2026.

Stage
Pre-Seed–Seed
Check
$250K
HQ
Bengaluru, IN
Leads rounds
Follows
Instruments
Equity
Founded
2018
Tracked investments
57
Acquisitions
2

Team · 9 people

from the firm's website & public directories

What they invest in

from 35 of 57 portfolio companies

Fintech ×15SaaS ×12AI & Machine Learning ×11Consumer ×6E-commerce ×6Digital Health ×4Enterprise Software ×4B2B Marketplaces ×3

HQs:India×25United States×5United Kingdom×1

Who they back

founder profiles across 26 portfolio companies
46%
solo founders
12 of 26 mapped founding teams
51%
repeat founders
of 43 founders with career history

Founding team size:solo founder×122 founders×93 founders×44+ founders×1

Where their founders studiedfrom 40 founders with education data

Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad ×4Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani ×3Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow ×3Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi ×3Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar ×2Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay ×2Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur ×2Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee ×2

What their founders studiedfrom 40 founders with field-of-study data

Engineering ×16Business & Management ×13Computer Science ×11Finance & Accounting ×4Physics ×2

Where their founders worked beforefrom 43 founders with career history

Barclays ×2Chargebee ×2Cognizant ×2Colgate Palmolive ×2Flipkart ×2Goodbox ×2McKinsey & Company ×2Oracle ×2

Accelerator rootsportfolio companies that came through a program

Y Combinator ×4

1 founders hold a PhD · 10 hold an MBA (of 44 with degree data)

Investments · 57 tracked

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09lal10.comin𝕏

Lal10 is a B2B platform connecting brands with manufacturers and sellers of soft-home and textile products such as floor coverings, home linen, table linen, and bed linen.

Advanced ManufacturingB2B MarketplacesE-commerceNew York City, US

Maneet Gohil(Founder)Sanchit Govil(Founder)

Co-investorsAurum Venture PartnersBeyond CapitalBeyond Capital VenturesPegasus India Evolving Opportunities FundSpiral Ventures

4AM Fresh4amfresh.comin

4AMFresh operates a consumer grocery/delivery app with a wallet-based payment and cashback system, using OTP phone login and INR (₹) currency.

ConsumerE-commerceFoodTech

Padmanabhan Balakrishnan(Founder)in

Affogato AIaffogato.aiin𝕏

Affogato is an all-in-one AI studio for generating, editing, and upscaling images and video with 170+ models integrated into a single workspace.

AI & Machine LearningCreator EconomyDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareMarketing TechSan Francisco, US

Bhagaban Behera(Founder)inNakul Kelkar(Founder)in

Co-investorsOlive Tree CapitalY Combinator

Airmeetairmeet.comin𝕏

Airmeet is a virtual events platform that enables investors, incubators, and accelerators to host immersive online events for networking, collaboration, and mentorship.

Future of WorkSaaS

Lalit Mangal(Founder & CEO)in

Co-investorsAccelBetter CapitalCalm VenturesDG Daiwa VenturesFlucas VenturesGlobal Brain+5 more

Alltius AIalltius.aiin𝕏

Alltius offers a customer experience platform with voice and chat AI to automate customer queries, reduce support costs, and improve sales conversions.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSales Tech

Co-investorspeercheque

Crejocrejo.funin𝕏

Crejo provides free educational content including lessons, solutions, and practice questions aligned with CBSE, ICSE, and Indian state board curricula for students.

EdTech

Co-investorsMatrixZ47

Delight Chatdelightchat.ioin𝕏

DelightChat provides an omnichannel customer support inbox that consolidates WhatsApp, Instagram, Facebook, Email, and Live Chat into one dashboard with AI-assisted response drafting.

E-commerceMarketing TechSaaS

Preetam(Co-founder & CEO)inSankalp(Co-founder & CTO)in

Co-investorsFirst Cheque

Docubedocube.inin

Docube operates healthcare clinics in Bangalore, India, offering private specialist consultations along with in-house pharmacy, diagnostic scans, and lab services.

Digital HealthHealthtechBangalore, IN

Eternzeternz.comin

Eternz is a digital marketplace for jewelry that aggregates over 300 curated brands across multiple price points and styles—from fashion to fine jewelry.

ConsumerE-commerceMarketplacesIndia, IN

Arthi Ramalingam(Founder & CEO)in

Co-investorsHyderabad AngelsIIMA VenturesKae CapitalTDV Partners

Fairdeal Marketfairdeal.marketin

Fairdeal.market operates a B2B quick commerce platform for India's Kirana stores, delivering over 1,000 FMCG products at wholesale prices within 60 minutes.

B2B MarketplacesE-commerceLogistics & Supply ChainRetail TechBangalore, IN

Prateek Bansal(Founder)in

Co-investorsIncubate FundWaterBridge Ventures

Field Serviceszuper.coin𝕏

Zuper offers a platform that connects businesses with customers by unifying interactions across office and field teams in real time.

Enterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkSaaSSammamish, US

Karthik V(Founder)inVijay Narasiman(Founder)in

Co-investorsFUSEHubSpot VenturesPeak XV PartnersCapria VenturesPrime Venture Partners

Finodayafinodayacapital.comin

Finodaya Capital is a financial services company staffed with professionals from banking and financial institutions.

FintechSector AgnosticBangalore, IN

Flickflicktv.in

Flick TV is a mobile app that offers short-form, bite-sized video entertainment designed for viewing in short sessions.

ConsumerMedia & EntertainmentNoida, IN

Pratik Anand(Founder)

Co-investorsStellaris Venture Advisors 2 Llp

Grip Investgripinvest.inin𝕏

Grip is an Indian investment platform offering fixed-income products including secured bonds, securitised debt instruments (SDIs), corporate fixed deposits, and curated baskets with fixed returns of up to 12.5% p.a.

FintechNew Delhi, IN

Co-investorsAdvantedge FoundersEndiya PartnersAnicut CapitalStride VenturesVenture Highway

HighXPsportspod.in𝕏

1Win India is a Curacao-licensed online gambling platform offering a casino with over 10,500 slots, table games, live dealer titles, and crash games, alongside a sportsbook covering cricket, football, and 30+ other sports.

ConsumerGaming

Co-investors3one4 CapitalOwl CapitalPrime Venture Partners

inaiinai.ioin𝕏Acquired

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 CapitalKube VCSquareOneY CombinatorSoma Capital

Inamoinamo.in

B2B supply chain enabler platform designed to help e-commerce platforms hyperscale operations.

Mumbai, IN

Mohsin Mumtule(Founder)in

Co-investorsShastra VCPrime Venture Partners

Kredmintkredmint.comin

Kredmint is a financial services platform offering supply chain finance, business loans, invoice discounting, trade finance, gold loans, expense management, and payment collection tools for businesses ranging from small retailers to enterprises.

Enterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSNoida, IN

Vikas Garg(Founder)

Krishikankrishikan.com

Full-stack integrated vertical supply chain platform for Indian spices market.

Vivek Radhakrishnan(Founder)in

LightFury Gameslightfurygames.comin𝕏

LightFury Games (operated by LeagueX Gaming Private Limited) is a video game company based in India.

GamingBengaluru, IN

Tina Balachandran(Founder)inKaran Shroff(Founder)in

Co-investorsV3 VenturesBlume VenturesMIXI

Luruluru.appin𝕏

Luru is an AI-powered inbound SDR tool that automatically responds to and qualifies inbound leads, personalizes outreach using CRM data, product usage, and social signals, and schedules meetings.

AI & Machine LearningSaaSSales TechWilmington, US

Sanjeeth R(Founder)Sid Ramesh(Founder)inKarthik K(Co-founder & CEO)in

Co-investorsCapria VenturesIndia Quotient

Navadhannavadhan.comin𝕏

Navadhan operates AceN, a financial technology platform offering a suite of micro-apps for customer onboarding, credit decisioning, payments, collections, and portfolio management to serve under-banked households and small businesses in India.

AI & Machine LearningFintechSaaSMumbai, IN

Co-investorsNabventuresVaranium NexGenPrime Venture PartnersPrime Ventures

Neodocsneodocs.inin𝕏

NeoDocs provides at-home health assessment tests with lab-quality accuracy and personalized health monitoring for consumers seeking preventive wellness.

AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthHealthtechWellness & FitnessMH, IN

Nikunj Malpani(Co-founder & CEO)inPratik Lodha(Co-founder & CTO)inAnurag Meena(Co-founder & Director)in

Co-investorsY CombinatorOmidyar NetworkOmidyar Network IndiaTitan Capital

Opportunistic India Early Stagemannjal.com

Harshit L.(Founder)inAman Bhargava(Founder)in

Co-investorsB Capital GroupB4 Capital

Pay 3pay3.moneyin𝕏

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

Co-investorsArka Venture Labs

Pazypazy.ioin𝕏

Pazy is a business payments platform that centralizes card payments, accounts payable, procurement, and reimbursement, using AI to process invoices from Slack, email, and WhatsApp and integrating with ERP systems like Tally, Zoho Books, and Oracle.

AI & Machine LearningFintechSaaS

Pratik Chhajed(Founder)inDevyanshu Shukla(Founder)in

Co-investorsInuka Capital

Piikopiiko.app

AI-based solution converting sample collection centers into diagnostic labs.

Plumplumhq.comin𝕏

Plum provides employee health insurance and healthcare for companies and their staff in India, aiming to make insurance more transparent and trustworthy.

Digital HealthFintechHealthtechHR TechInsurTechBengaluru, IN

Abhishek Poddar(Co-founder)inSaurabh Arora(Co-founder)in

Co-investorsGMO VenturePartnersIncubate FundTanglin Venture PartnersTracxn labsPeak XV Partners

Pratilipipratilipi.comin𝕏

Pratilipi is an Indian-language storytelling platform where writers self-publish stories, poetry, books, and articles for free and readers access content across 12 Indian languages.

ConsumerCreator EconomyMedia & EntertainmentBengaluru, IN

Ranjeet Pratap Singh(Founder & CEO)inShally Modi(Founder)inSankaranarayanan Devarajan(Founder)in

Co-investorsJungle VenturesQiming Venture PartnersWEH VenturesNexus Venture PartnersOmidyar Network

Sanlayansanlayan.comin𝕏

Bengaluru, IN

Abhijit Kothawale(Founder)Rahul Vamshidhar(Founder)Rohan Gala(Founder)inRahul V.(Founder)in

Co-investorsJungle Ventures

SBNRIsbnri.com

SBNRI is an NRI-focused fintech platform that provides investment, banking, taxation, and documentation services for Non-Resident Indians (NRIs) and Overseas Citizen of India (OCIs) through a single mobile application.

FintechGurugram, IN

Co-investorsBetter CapitalQuona Capital

Shoptionshoption.inin

Connects irrigation equipment manufacturers with rural retail networks.

Somnath Shendge(Founder)in

Showroomshowroomb2b.comin𝕏

Showroom B2B operates a B2B apparel sourcing marketplace that connects retailers with manufacturers through an AI-powered supply chain platform offering demand forecasting, supplier matching, and fulfillment tracking.

AI & Machine LearningB2B MarketplacesRetail TechNoida, IN

Shubham Gupta(Founder)inAbhishek Dua(Founder & CEO)in

Co-investorsAccionCactus Venture PartnersJungle VenturesAccion Venture LabAlteria CapitalSaison Capital+3 more

Signzysignzy.comin𝕏

Signzy provides identity verification and onboarding software that lets companies verify, onboard, and monitor users, with tools for phone/email/device checks, identity and business verification, AML sanctions and PEP screening, transaction monitoring, and digital contracting.

AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityFintech

Ankit Ratan(Founder)in

Co-investorsArkam VenturesCapria VenturesKalaari CapitalStellaris Venture Advisors 2 LlpVertex Ventures Sea Management Pte. Ltd.8i Ventures+1 more

SingOneSongsingonesong.com

Sing One Song offers a singing improvement approach focused on helping people learn to sing one song at a time.

ConsumerEdTech

Smartstaffsmartstaff.co.in

Bengaluru, IN

Aravind Reddy(Founder)Arpit Dave(Founder)Gnanesh Chilukuri(Founder)

Co-investorsArkam VenturesCapria Ventures

Stratastrataprop.comin𝕏

Strata offers fractional ownership of commercial real estate, letting individual investors buy into curated office and commercial property opportunities starting from ₹25 lakhs.

FintechMarketplacesPropTechBengaluru, IN

Sudarshan Lodha(Co-Founder and CEO)inPriyanka Rathore(Co-Founder and COO)in

TranZactletstranzact.comin𝕏

TranZact is an AI-powered ERP and operations platform ("Factory AI OS") that runs sales, purchase, inventory, production, and planning for manufacturers.

Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningSaaSMumbai, IN

Ritesh KumarinSharad Sen Sharma(Founder)inRohan Sen Sharma(Founder)inAdarsh Sikaria(CRO)in

Co-investorsKae CapitalPrime Venture PartnersTribe Capital

Unnatiunnati.world

Digital distribution and aggregation platform for agricultural ecosystem.

Co-investorsIncofin Investment ManagementNabventuresRecur Club

Verakverak.inin𝕏acquired by Insurance Dekho

Verak provides property insurance for small and medium-sized businesses in India, covering facilities like shops and warehouses against natural and man-made disasters, with coverage available the next day starting at ₹8 per day and delivered through WhatsApp-based claims processing.

FintechInsurTechBengaluru, IN

Rahul Mathur(Founder)in

Co-investorsVibe CapitalY CombinatoriSeedLightspeed India PartnersTitan Capital

Voltvoltmoney.inin𝕏

Volt Money offers digital loans against mutual funds in India, letting individuals set up a credit line from ₹10,000 up to ₹5 crore by lien-marking mutual fund units without uploading documents.

FintechSaaS

Ankit Agarwal(Founder)in

Co-investorsFuel Ventures

Wint Wealthwintwealth.comin𝕏

Wint Wealth is a SEBI-registered online bond platform that lets retail investors buy corporate and other debt securities offering fixed returns.

FintechBengaluru, IN

Anshul Gupta(Director)inAditya Anand(CEO)inAjinkya Kulkarni(Founder)inAbhik Patel(Founder)inShashank Chimaladari(Founder)in

BoardVasanth Kamath

Co-investorsAll In CapitalArkam VenturesBetter CapitalCapria VenturesFirst ChequeFundamentum+6 more

Zoconutzoconut.comin

Zoconut is a platform that enables creators and service providers to accept payments globally, manage clients, and deliver digital services including courses, webinars, coaching, and telehealth through an integrated mobile app and web interface.

Creator EconomyDigital HealthFintechSaaSWellness & Fitness

Balkeerat S.(Founder)in

Other

Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.

ClickPostFinodaya CapitalGRIPMinjarMyNakshMyNashOne% ClubPay3Plum InsurtechSquadRunThreadoVoltMoneyZvolv

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Frequently asked questions

How many investments has Gemba Capital Venture Partners made?
Gemba Capital Venture Partners has 57 tracked investments, 2 of which have exited.
What stage does Gemba Capital Venture Partners invest at?
Gemba Capital Venture Partners invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages.
What is Gemba Capital Venture Partners's typical check size?
Gemba Capital Venture Partners typically writes checks of $250K.
What sectors does Gemba Capital Venture Partners focus on?
Gemba Capital Venture Partners focuses on AgTech, Defense Tech, E-commerce, Fintech, Gaming, InsurTech, Logistics & Supply Chain, Marketplaces, SaaS, Sector Agnostic.
Where is Gemba Capital Venture Partners located?
Gemba Capital Venture Partners is headquartered in Bengaluru, IN.
Does Gemba Capital Venture Partners lead rounds?
Gemba Capital Venture Partners typically participates in rounds rather than leading them.
Who does Gemba Capital Venture Partners co-invest with?
Gemba Capital Venture Partners most often shares deals with Better Capital, Capria Ventures, Y Combinator, among 59 tracked co-investors.

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