STRIVE
Venture capitalIndia · Pre-Seed–Series B · 3 people tracked
Investment thesis
STRIVE positions itself as a hands-on investor that shares risk alongside entrepreneurs, mainly backing seed to early-stage startups. The firm emphasizes proactive, hands-on support and commitment to companies' growth, aiming to act as an 'escort runner' for founders from launch through business expansion. Its stated ambition includes building global infrastructure from India and defying conventional boundaries as an investor.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 7, 2026.
Team · 3 people
from the firm's website
What they invest in
from 14 of 94 portfolio companiesSaaS ×7AI & Machine Learning ×4B2B Marketplaces ×3Enterprise Software ×3AdTech ×2Cloud Computing ×2Consumer ×2Developer Tools ×2
HQs:Japan×9India×2Brazil×1Singapore×1United States×1
Investments · 94 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathMercado Único is a B2B wholesale platform that connects surplus inventory from major fashion brands directly to small retailers, boutiques, and outlet stores seeking authentic, labeled merchandise for resale.
B2B MarketplacesCircular EconomyBrasília, BR
Kaizen Platform provides digital transformation (DX) services for enterprises, including website solutions, video ad creative production through its "Kaizen Ad" marketplace, and sales DX tools.
AdTechAI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareMarketing TechSaaSTokyo, JP
Earthene provides an AI-powered platform for measuring, reducing and reporting CO2 emissions and ESG data across enterprise supply chains.
AI & Machine LearningClimate TechSaaSTokyo, JP
Bytebeam provides a platform for building and managing IoT devices for enterprises developing smart hardware products.
Cloud ComputingDeveloper ToolsHardwareIoTSaaS<UNKNOWN>
Gautam BT(Co-Founder & CEO)Ravi Teja(Co-Founder & CTO)Bharadwaaj R(Co-Founder & VP-Embedded)Achal Kothari(Co-Founder & VP-Business)
Palo Alto, US
Sameer Verma(Director)Anand Rajkumar(Executive Officer)Tanmai Gopal(Executive Officer, Director)Rajoshi Ghosh(Director)
An AI sales assistant that automates lead qualification through email conversations, captures prospect contact information, and routes qualified leads to sales teams while handling CRM data entry and lead assignment.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSales TechSingapore, SG
Gabriel Lim(Founder/CEO)inEthan Le(Founder)inVenus Wong(Founder)inKuo-Yi Lim(Director)Nikhil Kapur(Director)Weiling Wong(Executive Officer, Director)
Frequently asked questions
- What stage does STRIVE invest at?
- STRIVE invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A, Series B stages.
- What is STRIVE's typical check size?
- STRIVE typically writes checks of $800K – $142M.
- What sectors does STRIVE focus on?
- STRIVE focuses on Sector Agnostic.
- Where is STRIVE located?
- STRIVE is headquartered in India, IN.
- Does STRIVE lead rounds?
- Yes, STRIVE leads investment rounds.
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