Fundraising FoxRainmatter
Venture capitalBengaluru · Seed–Series A
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Investment thesis
Rainmatter backs Indian founders across fintech, climate, health, and media, focusing on helping Indians make better decisions about money and health. Rather than operating as a conventional fund, it positions itself as a patient, long-term investor uninterested in quick exits, prioritizing long-term impact through partnerships. It does not take board seats or actively participate in businesses, and it avoids stage-based investing, evaluating companies holistically based on the people running them. It invests between roughly ₹50 lakhs and ₹100 crores. It has also committed $200 million in funding and grants toward climate action and a healthier environment via the Rainmatter Foundation, reinvesting economic upside back into the Foundation.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 3, 2026.
What they invest in
from 52 of 59 portfolio companiesFintech ×34SaaS ×21Consumer ×11Enterprise Software ×10Wellness & Fitness ×6AI & Machine Learning ×4Digital Health ×4Direct to Consumer ×4
HQs:India×43United States×4United Kingdom×1
Who they back
founder profiles across 24 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×132 founders×63 founders×44+ founders×1
Where their founders studiedfrom 31 founders with education data
Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad ×3Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur ×3Indian Institute of Management Bangalore ×2Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar ×2Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur ×2Indian Institute of Technology, Madras ×2Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee ×2National Institute of Technology Calicut ×2
What their founders studiedfrom 30 founders with field-of-study data
Engineering ×11Computer Science ×10Business & Management ×7Finance & Accounting ×7Humanities ×2Mathematics & Statistics ×2
Where their founders worked beforefrom 34 founders with career history
Deutsche Bank ×2Goldman Sachs ×2ICICI Bank ×2Matrixpartners ×2Paytm ×2Varanium NexGen ×2
6 hold an MBA (of 33 with degree data)
Investments · 59 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2026 · 82025 · 52024 · 22023 · 42022 · 22018 · 12016 · 123 dated
Rupeeflo helps non-resident Indians (NRIs) invest in and access India financially, offering digital notarization, document courier, money transfers, and remote Demat/trading account opening with SEBI-registered stockbrokers.
FintechLegalTechSaaSBengaluru, IN
Dharmendra Maurya(CEO)in
Fragaria Fruits is a high-tech farming company using indoor vertical farming to grow year-round strawberries, with pilots for blueberries and raspberries, sold under its Oh!
AgTechConsumerFoodTechBangalore, IN
Harish Varadharajan(Co-founder)Damian Lopez Salazar(Co-founder)Timothy Chad van Niekerk(Co-founder)
Co-investorsWEH VenturesSpiral Ventures
TruNativ is a direct-to-consumer nutrition and wellness brand that makes food and supplement products using natural, whole-food ingredients without fillers, preservatives, or artificial additives.
ConsumerDirect to ConsumerWellness & Fitness
Pranav Malhotra(Founder)in
Co-investorsOrbiMedVenture Catalysts | India's First Integrated Incubator
ValueNable builds InsurTech infrastructure for life insurers, including a customer engagement and content platform that quantifies policy benefits to reduce mis-selling, plus a fully digital loan-against-insurance-policies service extended to mutual funds and equities.
FintechInsurTechSaaSIndia, IN
Satprem Mohanty(Founder)in
Actlogica develops wealth management software for registered investment advisors (RIAs), multi-family offices (MFDs), and family offices to manage investor relationships, behavioral coaching, and asset allocation.
Enterprise SoftwareFintechSaaS
Ameet Ayare(Founder)in
A MEV-powered staking protocol that allows users to stake $MON tokens and receive $aprMON for use in decentralized finance applications.
Crypto & Web3
Co-investorsPantera Capitalgumi Cryptos Capital (gCC)Manifold VenturesSauce.vc
Vishranth Suresh(Founder)inAwanish Raj(Founder)in
Co-investorsEight Roads VenturesSprint Vc
Blostem is building a unified infrastructure layer that lets any digital platform offer banking products through a single SDK and API, connecting to multiple banks and NBFCs with built-in KYC, compliance, payments, and servicing.
Cloud ComputingData & InfrastructureFintechSaaSNoida, IN
Co-investorsAC Ventures
Capitalmind Select India One is a SEBI-registered Category III Alternative Investment Fund that invests in NSE-listed Indian equity and equity-related instruments using a quantitative, rules-based multi-factor strategy (momentum, low volatility, and quality).
FintechIndia, IN
Card91 provides a payment issuance platform for banks and PPI (Prepaid Payment Instrument) license holders to create and manage customizable card programs and wallets, including digital, virtual, physical, NFC, and wearable cards.
Enterprise SoftwareFintechSaaS
Ajay Pandey(Founder)in
Co-investorsCommerce VenturesPoint72 VenturesCore91.vcEmphasis VenturesInfinity Ventures
Castler provides trust infrastructure for money movement, including regulated escrow banking, white-labeled connected banking, and software escrow for source code and digital IP.
Enterprise SoftwareFintechSaaS
Vineet Singh(Founder & CEO)inDinesh Kumar(Co-Founder & CBO)in
Co-investorsCapital2BFlipkart VenturesNSRCELStride VenturesVenture Catalysts
CRED is a members-only app for credit card users in India that rewards timely bill payments with offers and premium experiences, and lets members manage multiple cards while tracking spending and credit scores.
ConsumerFintech
Kunal Shah(Founder)in
Co-investorsAlpha Wave GlobalAroa Venture PartnersCoatue ManagementFlucas VenturesICONYC labsPeak XV Partners+11 more
Dharma operates seekdharma.com, offering Emily in Paris-themed travel experiences and tours in Paris and Rome.
Co-investorsBY Venture PartnersMiroma VenturesShorooq PartnersRSE Ventures
Digio provides a digital identity and onboarding platform for financial institutions and enterprises in India, offering KYC, document management, digital signatures, payments, and consent management capabilities.
Cloud ComputingEnterprise SoftwareFintechBengaluru, IN
Abhinav Parashar(Founder)in
Co-investorsBeacon VC
Ditto is an insurance advisory platform that helps individuals in India choose and purchase term life and health insurance policies with guidance from advisors.
FintechInsurTech
Bhanu Harish Gurram(Founder)in
Co-investorsAcrew CapitalAdvance Venture PartnersAlumni VenturesAmity VenturesCraft VenturesFriends Family Capital+9 more
Elder is a marketplace that connects families with self-employed home carers, offering long-term, temporary, and flexible in-home care for older people across Great Britain.
Digital HealthHealthtechMarketplaces
Peter Dowds(Founder)in
Co-investorsActon CapitalMMC VenturesTransLink Capital
Emoha is an Indian senior care brand providing at-home holistic care for individuals aged 55+, including geriatric care, 24/7 emergency support, health monitoring, hospital accompaniment, and engagement activities.
Digital HealthHealthtechWellness & FitnessGurgaon, IN
Saumyajit Roy(Founder)in
Co-investorsLumis PartnersPegasus India Evolving Opportunities Fund
Omnimedia Group is an international publishing company specializing in technical magazines for energy, construction, tourism, pharmaceutical and life sciences industries.
EnergyMedia & EntertainmentNew Delhi, IN
Co-investorsTheia VenturesAlteria CapitalBlackSoilBlume VenturesElevation CapitalInnoVen Capital+6 more
Fi is a money management and banking app offering accounts and a rewards points program for consumers, operated in partnership with Federal Bank.
ConsumerFintechBengaluru, IN
Sujith Narayanan(Founder)inSumit Gwalani(Founder)in
Co-investorsAlpha Wave GlobalB Capital GroupB4 CapitalB CapitalQCM HoldingsRibbit Capital+1 more
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FITTR is a fitness coaching platform that provides personalized diet plans and workout programs to help users achieve their health goals.
Digital HealthHealthtechLongevityWellness & Fitness
Co-investorsBetter CapitalPeak XV PartnersDream CapitalElysian Park VenturesSurge
Fruits operates an online marketplace for buying and selling premium domain names, charging fees only to sellers and offering a buyer protection program with secure domain transfers.
E-commerceMarketplaces
Co-investorsTiburonSpiral VenturesWEH Ventures
Game Theory operates sports facilities offering unlimited coaching classes in multiple sports including badminton, basketball, pickleball, table tennis, squash, swimming, and padel for both kids and adults in India.
ConsumerGamingSports TechWellness & FitnessBengaluru, IN
Co-investorsTechstarsWEH Ventures
GoalTeller offers financial guidance and planning for individual investors, covering investments, financial goals, security, and taxation, along with a weekly financial insights newsletter.
Fintech
Co-investorsSprint Vc
Immuneel Therapeutics develops and manufactures cell-based immunotherapies, including CAR-T therapies, for cancer patients, with in-house cGMP lentiviral vector manufacturing.
BiotechHealthtechMedical Devices
Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw(Board Director & Co-founder)Siddhartha Mukherjee(Board Director & Co-founder)Amit Mookimin
Co-investorsF-Prime CapitalVedanta Capital
indiagold connects consumers in India with gold loan offers from banks and financial institutions such as HDFC, ICICI, RBL Bank, and Bandhan, offering quick disbursal and low documentation.
FintechMarketplaces
Deepak Abbot(Founder)inNitin Misra(Founder)in
Co-investorsAlpha Wave GlobalBetter Tomorrow VenturespeerchequeTDV Partners3one4 Capital
A platform presenting mutual fund and asset management company options in India, listing established fund houses such as SBI, ICICI Prudential, HDFC, and others with their track records and market data.
Fintech
Co-investorsCreative HQ — The IncubatorDSG Consumer PartnersRukam CapitalThe Chennai Angels
Jodo provides fee collection software for educational institutions in India, offering automation and affordability features to schools, colleges, universities, ed-tech platforms, and coaching centers.
EdTechFintechSaaS
Atulya T. Bhat(Co-founder)inRaghav Nagarajan(Co-founder)inKoustav Dey(Co-founder)in
Co-investorsElevation CapitalZ47Tiger Global Management
Jupiter is a digital-first money management platform for Indians that provides financial wellness tools for tracking, saving, and investing.
ConsumerFintechSaaS
Jitendra Gupta(Founder)inVirender SinghAvinash K CDhawan MAravind SheshaKeara Bakshi
Co-investorsAlteria CapitalBetter CapitalHummingbird VenturesPeak XV PartnersQED InvestorsTanglin Venture Partners+5 more
Kambala Solutions provides technology products and services to financial organizations, particularly for securities trading and institutional markets.
Cloud ComputingEnterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSBangalore, IN
Somnath Jogi(Managing Director)Kumar Anand(Executive Director)inGururaja Hegde(Executive Director)in
M2P Fintech provides fintech infrastructure and supports fintech startups and entrepreneurs.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSChennai, IN
Madhusudanan R(Co-founder)inMuthukumar A(Co-founder)inPrabhu Rangarajan(Co-founder)in
Co-investors8i VenturesBetter CapitalInsight PartnersBEENEXTFlourish VenturesHelios Investment Partners+9 more
MProfit is a portfolio management platform that aggregates investment data across platforms and asset classes and generates performance reports for Indian retail investors and wealth professionals.
FintechSaaS
Atik Shah(Chief Business Officer)inKiran Shah(Chief Executive Officer)inManish Jain(Strategic Alliances)inPallav Bhatt(Chief Technology Officer)Ashin Shah(Chief Product Officer)in
Co-investorsAuxano
NOTO Botanics produces plant-based skincare products, including moisturizers formulated with natural ingredients like hyaluronic acid, marula oil, and blue tansy.
ConsumerDirect to ConsumerWellness & Fitness
GLORIA NOTO(Founder)in
Co-investorsTitan CapitalVerity Venture PartnersIPVSignal VenturesVenture CatalystsWEH Ventures
OneAssure is an insurance advisory platform that helps individuals and families compare, buy, manage, and file claims for insurance policies with expert human guidance and digital tools.
Digital HealthFintechInsurTech
Co-investorsSupermorpheusUpsparks Capital
Ossus builds software for managing library operations, including cataloging, circulation, and inventory management, with AI-assisted features that automate routine administrative tasks while preserving librarian judgment.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSan Francisco, US
Jonathan Görtz(Founder/CEO)inCarl-Hugo Jacobsson(Founder)inKaan Sirin(Founder)in
Co-investorsWave VenturesY Combinator
P•TAL is a cookware and homeware brand that makes handcrafted brass, copper, and bronze kitchen products, inspired by Ayurvedic wellness traditions.
ConsumerDirect to ConsumerE-commerce
Co-investorsConnecticut InnovationsTitan CapitalZeropearl VCAnicut CapitalVenture Catalysts
Polycycl develops chemical recycling technology that converts waste plastics back into feedstock, targeting a plastic-to-plastic closed loop as part of a circular economy for post-use plastics.
Advanced ManufacturingCircular EconomyCleantechNew Materials
Amit Tandon(Founder & CEO)Srinivas Mazumdar(CTO)in
Co-investorsSupermorpheus
PrimeInvestor offers research-driven investment guidance and a SEBI-regulated Portfolio Management Service (PMS) for retail investors, covering stocks, mutual funds, bonds, and insurance along with screening and review tools.
FintechSaaS
SrikanthVidya Balain
Procol builds procurement management software that helps enterprises manage their procurement lifecycle, replacing paper and spreadsheet-based processes and connecting companies with suppliers.
AI & Machine LearningB2B MarketplacesEnterprise SoftwareSaaSNew Delhi, IN
Gaurav Baheti(Founder and CEO)in
Co-investorsGMO VenturePartnersPeak XV PartnersSurgeAlarko VenturesAnchorage Capital PartnersBEENEXT+4 more
Quicko is an Indian tax platform that connects to broker and Income Tax Department accounts to automatically import trades and file income tax returns.
AI & Machine LearningFintechSaaSAhmedabad, IN
Vishvajit Sonagara(CEO)in
Co-investorsHelion Venture Partners
Sensibull is an options trading platform that provides tools for retail derivatives traders in India.
FintechSaaS
Abid Hassan(Co-Founder & CEO)inBalajee Ramachandran(Co-Founder, Product & Growth Head)inSidharth Reddy(Co-Founder & Technology Head)
smallcase is an investment app offering expert-managed model portfolios of stocks, ETFs and mutual funds, along with direct mutual funds, fixed deposits, and portfolio tracking tools.
ConsumerFintechSaaSBangalore, IN
Vasanth Kamath(Founder)inRohan Gupta(Founder)in
Co-investorsArkam VenturesCapria VenturesElev8 Venture PartnersPeak XV PartnersPremji InvestWEH Ventures+2 more
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 CapitalInvestopadLightspeed Venture Partners+3 more
FintechNew York City, US
Jeet Karmakar(Founder)in
Co-investorsTechstars
SuperYou makes protein wafers marketed as India's first protein wafer, offering 10g of protein per serving from a blend of fermented yeast protein, soy protein, and milk solids.
ConsumerDirect to ConsumerFoodTechWellness & Fitness
Nikunj Biyani(Founder)in
Co-investorsV3 Ventures
The Financialist (Finfam Investment Advisors Private Limited) is a SEBI-registered investment advisory service offering fee-based personal financial planning, including investment, tax, insurance, liability, and succession planning.
ConsumerFintechMumbai, IN
Priyank Shah(Founder)in
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
Zerocircle develops bio-based materials as sustainable alternatives to conventional plastic for packaging applications.
Circular EconomyCleantechClimate TechNew MaterialsMumbai, IN
Co-investors1CrowdDholakia VenturesTrousdale Ventures3one4 Capital
Other
Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.
Hero VenturesIndiadatahubNullpointer Analytics Private LimitedSportswearStreak
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesFrequently asked questions
- How many investments has Rainmatter made?
- Rainmatter has 59 tracked investments, including 14 dated in the last 24 months.
- What stage does Rainmatter invest at?
- Rainmatter invests at the Seed, Series A stages.
- What is Rainmatter's typical check size?
- Rainmatter typically writes checks of $60K – $12M.
- What sectors does Rainmatter focus on?
- Rainmatter focuses on Climate Tech, Fintech, Healthtech, Media & Entertainment.
- Where is Rainmatter located?
- Rainmatter is headquartered in Bengaluru, IN.
- Does Rainmatter lead rounds?
- Rainmatter typically participates in rounds rather than leading them.
- Who does Rainmatter co-invest with?
- Rainmatter most often shares deals with Alpha Wave Global, Better Capital, NSRCEL, among 45 tracked co-investors.
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