NuVentures
Venture capitalNew Jersey · Seed–Late Stage
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.
What they invest in
from 19 of 30 portfolio companiesConsumer ×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 pathBy year:2024 · 12023 · 12 dated
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
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
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
Misfits produces a functional soda positioned as a healthier alternative to traditional sugary sodas.
ConsumerFoodTechWellness & FitnessBangalore, IN
AdityaYash
Data-driven AI assistant for beauty and fashion brand marketers.
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
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
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
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
New-age beverage brand making functional prebiotic sodas.
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)
Decision sciences company helping Fortune 500 businesses solve problems with data-driven insights.
Insurance advisory startup (testimonial from co-founder Ruchir Kanakia).
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 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 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
Payments and shopping app aimed at young India's consumption revolution.
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
Co-investorsArka Venture Labspi Ventures
Build and evaluation/guardrails platform for LLMs and GenAI reducing hallucinations and risk.
Co-investorsExfinity Venturespi VenturesTenOneTen Ventures
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 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
Coffee brand offering a range of roasts and flavours.
Mental wellness/emotional support startup (testimonial from co-founder Richa Singh).
Co-investorsElevation Capital
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
latest coverage across their companiesPerplexity · cryptonews.com · Aug 20, 2026
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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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