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NuVentures

Venture capital

New Jersey · Seed–Late Stage

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Investment thesis

NuVentures backs visionary founders at seed and early-growth stages, with a $75M fund dedicated to AI in Fintech, Retail, Healthcare, Enterprise SaaS and D2C. The firm emphasizes global go-to-market and seed-to-scale strategies, offering access to CXO-level decision-makers for idea vetting, sandbox testing, PoC validation and market access. Beyond capital, NuVentures provides mentorship, strategic guidance, personalized coaching and a collaborative founder community. It describes itself as hands-on, co-creating alongside founders and making CXO-level industry introductions to help startups achieve product-market fit and secure pilots.

Source: firm website, verified Aug 3, 2026.

Stage
Seed–Late Stage
HQ
New Jersey, US
Instruments
Equity
Founded
2015
AUM
$75M
Tracked investments
30

What they invest in

from 19 of 30 portfolio companies

Consumer ×7E-commerce ×6FoodTech ×5Direct to Consumer ×4Fintech ×4AI & Machine Learning ×3Marketplaces ×3SaaS ×3

HQs:India×10United States×3United Arab Emirates×1

Investments · 30 tracked

founders shown can be your intro path

By year:2024 · 12023 · 12 dated

Ackoacko.com

ACKO is an insurtech company that provides car, corporate health, health, travel, and life insurance products in India through a direct-to-consumer technology platform.

Digital HealthFintechInsurTechMumbai, IN

Varun Dua(Founder)Vishwanath Ramarao(Co-Founder)Ruchi Deepak(Founder Emeritus)

Co-investorsAccelElevation CapitalLightspeed Venture PartnersRPS VenturesTranspose Platform ManagementVenturEast+2 more

Adukaleadukale.com

Adukale sells instant South Indian food mixes such as Gojjavalakki, Rava Idli, Rava Dosa, and Maddur Vade that customers prepare at home by adding water.

Direct to ConsumerE-commerceFoodTech

Big Basketbigbasket.com

BigBasket is India's largest online grocery supermarket offering over 40,000 products from 1,000+ brands, including fresh produce, dairy, household essentials, and branded foods delivered across 300+ cities.

E-commerceFoodTechRetail TechBangalore, IN

Hari Menon(Founder)inVipul Parekh(Founder)in

Co-investorsBessemer Venture PartnersTrifecta Capital Advisors

ClayWorksclayworks.spacein𝕏

Clayworks designs and operates flexible workspaces in Bengaluru, India, converting old factories and underused buildings into offices ranging from boutique spaces to large enterprise campuses.

Future of WorkPropTechBangalore, IN

Drinkmisfitsdrinkmisfits.comin𝕏

Misfits produces a functional soda positioned as a healthier alternative to traditional sugary sodas.

ConsumerFoodTechWellness & FitnessBangalore, IN

AdityaYash

Flaunt

Data-driven AI assistant for beauty and fashion brand marketers.

Foxtalefoxtale.in𝕏

Foxtale is an Indian skincare brand that sells face and body products—including moisturizers, serums, cleansers, sunscreens, and body washes—formulated with active ingredients like niacinamide, vitamin C, and salicylic acid.

ConsumerDirect to ConsumerE-commerce

Geistgeist.in𝕏

Geist is a craft beer brand and distribution brewery that manufactures, packages and distributes fresh craft beer through kegs (B2B) to restaurants, bars, pubs and hotels, retail Crowlers (B2C), and its own beer gardens and taprooms.

Advanced ManufacturingConsumerFoodTechBangalore, IN

GoodGudigoodgudi.com

Goodgudi is an online store selling creative DIY kits and lifestyle products including glass bottles, tumblers, mugs, keychains, bag charms, plushies, socks, and hand towels.

ConsumerDirect to ConsumerE-commerce

HomeLanehomelane.comin

HomeLane provides end-to-end home interior design and modular furniture services, offering personalised 3D designs, materials selection, factory production, and installation for residential customers.

ConsumerMarketplacesPropTech

Co-investorsAarin CapitalEvolvence India Fund

Letsflauntletsflaunt.com
Luciditylucidity.cloudin

Lucidity is an autonomous cloud storage optimization platform that monitors block storage volumes across AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud and automatically right-sizes, tiers, and shrinks disks to cut waste without downtime.

Cloud ComputingData & InfrastructureSaaS

Co-investorsAlpha Wave Global

Mantysmantys.ioin𝕏

Mantys provides SaaS companies with tools to calculate and project annual recurring revenue by integrating data from sales and billing systems, eliminating manual spreadsheet processes.

Data & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareSaaSDubai, AE

Kriti Arora(Founder)in

Co-investorsY CombinatorNeon

Misfits

New-age beverage brand making functional prebiotic sodas.

Mu Sigmamu-sigma.comin𝕏Apr 2024

Mu Sigma provides automated feature engineering using AI agents to improve fraud detection and recovery for banking and capital markets institutions.

AI & Machine LearningFintechNorthbrook, US

Dhiraj C. Rajaram(Executive Officer, Director)Kumar Trichur Narayanaswamy(Director)Anand Muthusubramaniam(Director)

MuSigma

Decision sciences company helping Fortune 500 businesses solve problems with data-driven insights.

OneAssure

Insurance advisory startup (testimonial from co-founder Ruchir Kanakia).

Perplexityperplexity.aiMar 2023

An AI-powered answer engine providing accurate, trusted, and real-time answers to questions.

San Francisco, US

Andrew D. Konwinski(Executive Officer, Director)Dzianis Yarats(Director)Aravind Srinivas Lakshminarayanan(Director, Executive Officer)

BoardPeter Sonsini(Director)Pieter Abbeel(Director)in

Co-investors359 Capital7BC Venture CapitalAccelAdvaita CapitalAIX VenturesArrington Capital+48 more

Pink Paper Playpinkpaperplay.inin𝕏

Pink Paper Play publishes news and explainer content focused on how current events, policy changes, and economic trends impact Indian consumers and their daily lives.

Media & Entertainment

Pivot Roboticspivotrobotics.comin𝕏

Pivot Robotics builds autonomous, camera-based robotic systems for grinding, finishing, and inspection of cast metal parts, using a vision-driven perception stack that adapts to part-to-part variation without extensive programming.

Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningRoboticsSan Francisco, US

Siddharth Girdhar(Founder)inVignesh Rajmohan(Founder)in

Co-investorsMyAsiaVCY Combinator

POP

Payments and shopping app aimed at young India's consumption revolution.

Popclubpopclub.co

POPclub operates a loyalty program and rewards ecosystem centered on a YES BANK credit card that earns POPcoins on UPI transactions, which can be redeemed at a curated marketplace of 500+ D2C brands and partner retailers.

ConsumerFintechMarketplaces

Ragaraga.ai

Co-investorsArka Venture Labspi Ventures

RagaAIragaai.com

Build and evaluation/guardrails platform for LLMs and GenAI reducing hallucinations and risk.

Co-investorsExfinity Venturespi VenturesTenOneTen Ventures

Scripbox, Homepagescripbox.comin𝕏

Scripbox is an online personal finance and investment management platform that helps individuals invest in mutual funds and plan their finances.

Fintech

Co-investorsAccelOmidyar NetworkDMI AIF Sparkle FundFlucas VenturesKube VCLVX Ventures+2 more

Third Wave Coffee Consumer Brandthirdwavecoffeeroasters.com

Third Wave Coffee Roasters sells roasted coffee direct to consumers, offering a range of blends and roast styles from bold to light.

Direct to ConsumerE-commerceFoodTech

Co-investorspeerchequeTracxn labs

Third Wave Coffee Roasters

Coffee brand offering a range of roasts and flavours.

YourDostyourdost.com

Mental wellness/emotional support startup (testimonial from co-founder Richa Singh).

Co-investorsElevation Capital

Zigmentzigment.aiin𝕏

Zigment builds an AI-native customer engagement platform that uses autonomous agents to handle conversations and marketing tasks across channels.

AI & Machine LearningMarketing TechSaaSSales Tech

Larry(Founding Director)inDikshant(CEO)inKarma(CTO)in

Zwendezwende.com

Zwende is an online marketplace selling handcrafted products and gifts made by artisans across India, including items such as Rakhi and Raksha Bandhan gifts.

ConsumerE-commerceMarketplaces

Portfolio news

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Frequently asked questions

How many investments has NuVentures made?
NuVentures has 30 tracked investments.
What stage does NuVentures invest at?
NuVentures invests at the Seed, Series A, Late Stage stages.
What sectors does NuVentures focus on?
NuVentures focuses on AI & Machine Learning, Consumer, Direct to Consumer, Enterprise Software, Fintech, Healthtech, Retail Tech, SaaS.
Where is NuVentures located?
NuVentures is headquartered in New Jersey, US.
Who does NuVentures co-invest with?
NuVentures most often shares deals with Accel, Bessemer Venture Partners, Elevation Capital, among 68 tracked co-investors.

Media · Podcasts & interviews

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