Fundraising FoxNuVentures
Venture capitalNew Jersey · Seed–Late Stage
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Investment thesis
NuVentures runs a $75M fund dedicated to AI applied across fintech, retail, healthcare, enterprise SaaS and D2C, seeking market-disrupting startups. It backs visionary founders at the seed and early-growth stages, pairing capital with mentorship, global go-to-market support and seed-to-scale strategies. The firm emphasizes hands-on collaboration, offering access to CXO-level decision-makers for idea vetting, sandbox testing, PoC validation and market access, alongside a supportive founder community and strategic introductions. Founded by the team behind NuWare, an IT services company, NuVentures leverages deep technology-building experience to co-create with entrepreneurs.
Source: firm website, verified Sep 26, 2026.
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What they invest in
from 26 of 45 portfolio companiesConsumer ×9E-commerce ×7Fintech ×7AI & Machine Learning ×5FoodTech ×5Direct to Consumer ×4SaaS ×4Advanced Manufacturing ×3
HQs:India×16United States×7United Arab Emirates×1
Who they back
founder profiles across 19 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×102 founders×63 founders×24+ founders×1
Where their founders studiedfrom 21 founders with education data
Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani ×4Indian Institute of Management Bangalore ×4Lady Shri Ram College For Women ×2
What their founders studiedfrom 19 founders with field-of-study data
Computer Science ×8Business & Management ×7Engineering ×5Physics ×3Mathematics & Statistics ×2
Where their founders worked beforefrom 22 founders with career history
A91 Partners ×2Carnegie Mellon University School of Computer Science ×2Google ×2McKinsey & Company ×2
Accelerator rootsportfolio companies that came through a program
1 founders hold a PhD · 4 hold an MBA (of 22 with degree data)
Investments · 45 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2026 · 12025 · 22024 · 32023 · 28 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)inVishwanath Ramarao(Co-Founder)Ruchi Deepak(Founder Emeritus)in
Co-investorsAccelElevation CapitalGeneral AtlanticLightspeed Venture PartnersRPS VenturesTranspose Platform Management+4 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
Co-investorsAccelForce Ventures
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
Coverfox offers insurance comparison and distribution across India, letting individuals compare motor and health plans from IRDAI-approved insurers while providing embedded insurance solutions for lenders, NBFCs, and fintechs to protect borrowers, employees, and business operations.
FintechInsurTech
Sanjib Jha(Founder)in
Co-investorsAccelElevar EquityInnoVen CapitalCatamaran VenturesIFC
Online milk and daily essentials delivery app based in Karnataka.
Anurag Gupta(Founder)in
Co-investorsSaama CapitalZ47Shell Foundation
Misfits produces a functional soda positioned as a healthier alternative to traditional sugary sodas.
ConsumerFoodTechWellness & FitnessBangalore, IN
AdityaYash
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
Romita Mazumdar(Founder)in
Co-investorsKae CapitalZ47MatrixPanthera Growth Partners
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
Anurag Gupta(Founder)in
Co-investorsAC Ventures
Ampere brand building made-in-India smart and sustainable mobility products.
Co-investorsAxon Partners Group
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
Srikanth Iyer(Founder)in
Co-investorsAarin CapitalAccelEvolvence India FundPeak XV PartnersEIFFJ Labs+3 more
Koo.bz develops manufacturing technology for footwear production, combining expertise in apparel design and additive manufacturing to build a scalable footwear factory in the United States.
Advanced ManufacturingCreator EconomyDeep TechE-commerceHardwareVentura, US
Co-investorsPathbreaker Ventures3one4 CapitalAccelBlume VenturesKalaari CapitalTiger Global Management
LinqAlpha provides an AI-powered platform for automating investment research and financial data analysis for asset managers and investment professionals.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureFintechCambridge, US
Chanyeol Choi(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)inJin Kim(Founder)inHojun Choi(Executive Officer)in
BoardCheuk Kim(Director)Mincheol Cha(Director)
Co-investorsAtinum Investment Co. Ltd.Betatron Venture GroupGFT VenturesTechstarsEast VenturesHana Ventures+6 more
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 & InfrastructureSaaSNew York City, US
Vatsal Rastogi(Founder)inNitin Bhadauria(Founder)in
Co-investorsAlpha Wave GlobalBoldcapBEENEXTBlume VenturesSparrow CapitalWestBridge Capital
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
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 Rajaram(Founder)inKumar Trichur Narayanaswamy(Director)Anand Muthusubramaniam(Director)
Co-investorsFTV CapitalPeak XV PartnersGeneral AtlanticSequoia Capital
Onco provides cancer patients in India with access to expert oncologists, quality treatment centers, discounted cancer medicines, diagnostic tests, and support throughout their treatment journey.
B2B MarketplacesDigital HealthHealthtech
Co-investorsAccelChiratae Ventures
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)Aravind Srinivas(Co-founder & CEO)inDenis Yarats(Co-founder & CTO)
BoardPeter Sonsini(Director)
Co-investors1435 Capital359 Capital7BC Venture CapitalAccelAdvaita CapitalAIX Ventures+53 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-investorsAutotech VenturesMyAsiaVCY CombinatorFAST — by GETTYLABFour CitiesPioneer+3 more
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
Build and evaluation/guardrails platform for LLMs and GenAI reducing hallucinations and risk.
Co-investorsExfinity Venturespi VenturesTenOneTen VenturesAnorak Ventures
Fremont, US
Gaurav Agarwal(Founder)
Co-investorsArka Venture LabsFalconX VenturesOlima Venturespi 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
Tapchief is an Indian platform that connects people seeking professional advice with subject-matter experts.
Arjun VasishtBinay Krishna ShivamShashank Muraliin
Co-investors500 Global
High quality coffee from farm to cup
Ayush Bathwal(Founder)in
Co-investorspeerchequeWestBridge Capital
Third Wave Coffee Roasters is a coffee roastery and café chain that sources coffee ethically and sustainably for retail customers across India.
ConsumerDirect to ConsumerE-commerceFoodTech
Co-investorspeerchequeTracxn labs
Thrillophilia is an online travel platform that offers expertly curated multi-day tours and vacation packages across destinations worldwide, including Europe, Asia, and India.
B2B MarketplacesConsumerTravel & HospitalityJaipur, IN
Abhishek Daga(Founder)inChitra Gurnani(Founder)in
Co-investorsHyderabad Angels
Wealth42 offers an AI-based optimization engine called MINT Science that performs financial need-analysis by aligning client goals with products like mutual funds, ETFs, insurance, loans, and pensions.
AI & Machine LearningFintechSaaS
Nitish Varma(Founder)inAshutosh(Founder)in
Co-investorsFirst ChequeFundamental VC
Mental wellness/emotional support startup (testimonial from co-founder Richa Singh).
Puneet Manuja(Founder)in
Co-investorsElevation Capital
Other
Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.
4TiGOAmazing GreysCapriCoastLocoMitterOneAssureParentlanePOP UPIWealthappZansaar
Exits · 1
1 acquisitionsCapriCoastacq. by HomeLane
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesPerplexity · perplexity.ai · Aug 6, 2026
LinqAlpha · techfundingnews.com · Jul 2, 2026
Zigment · zigment.ai · Mar 5, 2026
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has NuVentures made?
- NuVentures has 45 tracked investments, 1 of which have exited, including 3 dated in the last 24 months.
- What stage does NuVentures invest at?
- NuVentures invests at the Seed, Series A, Growth, Late Stage stages.
- What sectors does NuVentures focus on?
- NuVentures focuses on AI & Machine Learning, Cloud Computing, Consumer, Digital Health, Direct to Consumer, E-commerce, Enterprise Software, Fintech, Healthtech, InsurTech, Marketplaces, Retail Tech, Robotics, 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, Elevation Capital, Peak XV Partners, among 42 tracked co-investors.
Media · Podcasts & interviews
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