Investopad
Venture capitalPre-Seed–Seed · 3 people tracked
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Investment thesis
Investopad focuses on India's low-trust, high-touch economy, where consumers tend to favor trusted human intermediaries over impersonal online brands. The firm invests in companies that augment these on-the-ground partners with AI, automating systematic coordination while preserving the human relationships that build trust and drive conversion. Its portfolio includes early bets such as Meesho, a category-creating unicorn, alongside Skillbee, which addresses gaps in the global labor market for Indian workers, and Wealthy, which brings curated financial products to India's affluent mass market.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 3, 2026.
Team · 3 people
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What they invest in
from 22 of 27 portfolio companiesAI & Machine Learning ×8SaaS ×8E-commerce ×3EdTech ×3Energy ×3Healthtech ×3Cleantech ×2Climate Tech ×2
HQs:India×13United States×8
Who they back
founder profiles across 18 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×72 founders×83 founders×3
Where their founders studiedfrom 28 founders with education data
Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay ×5Harvard Business School ×2Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi ×2Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur ×2National Institute of Technology Karnataka ×2The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) ×2
Where their founders worked beforefrom 29 founders with career history
Practo ×4Evalueserve ×2Flipkart ×2McKinsey & Company ×2
Accelerator rootsportfolio companies that came through a program
1 founders hold a PhD · 5 hold an MBA (of 28 with degree data)
Investments · 27 tracked
founders shown can be your intro path
Meesho operates an online marketplace that connects small businesses and individual entrepreneurs with customers across India, offering logistics, payments, and support services to help sellers manage their operations.
E-commerceEnterprise SoftwareBengaluru, IN
Vidit Aatrey(Founder/CEO)inSanjeev Barnwal(Founder/CTO)inSanjeev Kumar(Executive Officer, Director)Jatin Mazalcar(Executive Officer)in
BoardSumer Juneja(Director)Mohit Bhatnagar(Director)in
Co-investorsB Capital GroupB4 CapitalElevation CapitalGood CapitalLeo Capital VenturesPeak XV Partners+15 more
ApniBus is an online platform for booking intercity bus tickets across India, aggregating over 1 lakh bus services and 3.5 lakh routes with partnerships including RSRTC (Rajasthan State Road Transport Corporation).
MarketplacesMobility & TransportationTravel & HospitalityJaipur, IN
Ravi Yadav(Founder)inSunny G.(Founder)in
Co-investorsGood CapitalAntler
BetterPlace is a mental health clinic offering integrated diagnostic assessments and evidence-based treatment for conditions including depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, OCD, and schizophrenia.
HealthtechMental HealthIndia, IN
Akul
Co-investorsGood Capital
A VC-backed construction services company in India that designs, builds, and maintains retail infrastructure for construction projects.
Construction Tech
Co-investorsGood Capital
CloudChef builds hourly-wage kitchen robots that learn recipes from a single demonstration and operate across commercial kitchen stations such as prep, batch cooking, line cooking, griddle work, and packaging.
AI & Machine LearningFoodTechRobotics
Co-investorsGood CapitalRocketship.vc
Entri offers online courses and training programs, including a Montessori teacher certification program.
EdTechBoston, US
Rahul Ramesh(Executive Officer, Director)inMohammed Hisamuddin(Executive Officer, Director)Mohammed Hisam(Founder)inMohammud Peerun(Director)
Co-investorsGood CapitalInnospark VenturesTrifecta Capital AdvisorsV3 VenturesOmidyar Network India
Groq designs and manufactures the LPU (Language Processing Unit), a chip purpose-built for AI inference, and operates GroqCloud, a platform for running inference workloads with low latency and cost efficiency across global data centers.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingSemiconductorsPalo Alto, US
Jonathan Ross(Founder & CEO)inDouglas Wightman(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardChamath Palihapitiya(Director)
Co-investorsAcequia Capital (AceCap)Alumni VenturesB CapitalBasecamp FundBeyond CapitalBlueYard Capital+37 more
HyperTrack offers APIs and SDKs that add location intelligence to shift work marketplaces, field service management, and CRM systems like HubSpot and Salesforce, covering planning, assigning, tracking, and verification of jobs.
AI & Machine LearningFuture of WorkHR TechLogistics & Supply ChainSaaSBerkeley, US
Kashyap Deorah(Executive Officer, Director)inAbhishek Sharma(Director)
BoardSumir Chadha(Director)
Co-investorsGood Capital
Keychain operates an AI-powered platform connecting CPG brands and retailers with contract manufacturers.
Oisin Hanrahan(Founder)inJordan Weitz(Founder)inUmang Dua(Founder)in
Co-investorsBright Pixel CapitalCommerce VenturesDnx VenturesGood CapitalHabitat PartnersLifeX Ventures+2 more
LEAD provides end-to-end academic and marketing solutions for schools in India, focusing on school growth and management.
AI & Machine LearningEdTechMarketing TechSaaS
Co-investorsGood CapitalGSV VenturesElevar Equity
Neufin Energy develops renewable power solutions to make clean energy accessible and affordable for Indian businesses.
CleantechClimate TechEnergyEnterprise SoftwareMumbai, IN
Rahool Gadkari(Founder)inRushil Noronha(Founder)in
Co-investorsBetter CapitalGood CapitalSprint VcTime Zero Capital
OnArrival provides a full-stack travel platform that enables businesses to embed flights, hotels, insurance, activities, and ancillaries into their offerings.
SaaSTravel & Hospitality
Co-investorsGood Capital
Orange Health Labs operates a home-based diagnostic testing service in Indian cities, offering sample collection within 30 minutes and lab results within 6 hours.
HealthtechMedical DevicesBengaluru, IN
Tarun Bhambra(Founder)inDhruv Gupta(Founder)in
Co-investorsAccelGood CapitalVibe CapitalVillage GlobalY CombinatorAccel India+2 more
Oyela is an online retailer offering apparel in a range of sizes, positioning itself around making global fashion trends accessible to shoppers.
ConsumerE-commerceRetail TechGurgaon, IN
Anjan Kumar Patel(Founder)in
Co-investorsEximius VenturesGood CapitalUpsparks CapitalPrime Venture Partners
Co-investorsGood Capital
Redwood Materials deploys large-scale energy storage systems for data centers and grid power while recycling batteries to recover critical minerals like lithium, nickel, cobalt, and copper as a domestic source of these materials.
Circular EconomyEnergyNew MaterialsCarson City, US
JB Straubel(Founder & CEO)inKevin Kassekert(Executive Officer)Jason Thompson(Executive Officer)in
BoardDavid Danielson(Director)in
Co-investorsBreakthrough Energy VenturesCoatue ManagementCollaborative FundCongruent VenturesEclipse VenturesFoothill Ventures+17 more
Co-investorsGood Capital
Skillbee is a job platform and app connecting international migrant blue-collar workers with employers in the Gulf and Europe.
Neelankarai, IN
Ravichandra Gautham V(Founder)in
Co-investorsFirst ChequeGood CapitalWamda CapitalVibe Capital
MariaDB provides an open source relational database and a fully managed cloud database service supporting private, public, hybrid, and multicloud deployments, with features including columnar analytics, JSON functionality, and Oracle compatibility.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsSilicon Valley, US
Jags Ramnarayan(Founder)in
Co-investorsGood CapitalWestern Technology InvestmentEniac VenturesWTI
SolarSquare designs and installs rooftop solar panel systems for homes, housing societies, and businesses across India, handling inspection, installation, subsidy, financing (EMI plans), and post-installation maintenance.
CleantechClimate TechEnergy
Neeraj Jain(Co-Founder)inNikhil Nahar(Co-Founder)inShreya Mishra(Co-Founder)in
Co-investorsB Capital GroupBetter CapitalElevation CapitalGood CapitalLightspeed Venture PartnersLOWERCARBON+3 more
Spatial is a Unity-powered platform for building, hosting, and scaling interactive 3D experiences across web, mobile, and VR, including branded games, virtual stores, and training environments.
AI & Machine LearningCreator EconomyEdTechGamingSaaSNew York City, US
Anand Agarawala(Founder)inJinha Lee(Founder)in
Co-investorsExpaGarage CapitalGood CapitalKakao VenturesLG Technology VenturesSamsung Next+3 more
Tamasha is an AI-first social platform offering multiplayer social games, 1:1 chats, audio rooms, and anonymous emotional expression spaces designed to help people connect and interact.
ConsumerGamingSocialBengaluru, IN
Co-investorsChiratae VenturesFirst ChequeGood CapitalIncubate FundTitan Capital
WealthyIN Broking Private Limited operates a stockbroking and depository participant business, providing trading and demat account services to retail investors in India.
AI & Machine LearningFintechSaaSBengaluru, IN
Prashant Gupta(Founder)inAditya Agarwal(Founder)in
Co-investorsAlpha Wave GlobalEmphasis VenturesGlobevestorGood CapitalTracxn labsBertelsmann India Investments+1 more
Whatmore develops a content engine for e-commerce brands to create, distribute, and monetize product content at scale without traditional photoshoots.
AI & Machine LearningE-commerceMarketing TechSaaSSan Jose, US
Prabhu Sahoo(Engineer · Deal-closer)inShyam Srinivas(Builder · Systems thinker)in
Co-investorsGood Capital
Xhipment offers a centralized digital platform for freight forwarding that consolidates booking, documentation, tracking, and alerts.
FintechLogistics & Supply ChainSaaS
Co-investorsBetter CapitalGood Capital
Wilmington, US
Amit Bagaria(Founder)
Co-investorsB Capital GroupB4 CapitalGood Capital
Exits · 1
IPOs and acquisitions across the tracked portfolioMeeshoNSE: MEESHO
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesOrange Health Labs · digitalhealthnews.com · Jul 31, 2026
Meesho · inc42.com · Jul 17, 2026
Groq · groq.com · Jun 22, 2026
Solar Square · fortuneindia.com · Jun 16, 2026
Redwood Materials · finsmes.com · Jan 30, 2026
Wealthy · bestvantageinvestments.com · Nov 26, 2025
SkySQL · theregister.com · Aug 27, 2025
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Investopad made?
- Investopad has 27 tracked investments, 1 of which have exited via acquisition or IPO.
- What stage does Investopad invest at?
- Investopad invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages.
- What sectors does Investopad focus on?
- Investopad focuses on AI & Machine Learning, Crypto & Web3, Fintech, Marketplaces.
- Does Investopad lead rounds?
- Yes, Investopad leads investment rounds.
- Who does Investopad co-invest with?
- Investopad most often shares deals with Good Capital, B Capital Group, Better Capital, among 93 tracked co-investors.
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