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Unicorn India Ventures
Venture capitalMumbai · Seed–Series A · 2 people tracked
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Investment thesis
Unicorn India Ventures invests in early-stage startups led by visionary founders using innovative technology to solve real-world problems sustainably and at scale. The firm favors tech-driven businesses with strong foundations, novel solutions, and capital-efficient models. Beyond funding, UIV practices 'mentor capitalism,' offering operational expertise, business acumen, portfolio support resources, and a global network of mentors and advisors. It helps companies strengthen management, build operations, negotiate deals, enter new markets, and catalyze growth. The firm also emphasizes ESG and impact-focused investing, partnering with founders whose vision aligns with creating deep societal impact. It manages multiple funds, including Fund III and the IITM Unicorn Frontier Fund-I anchored by IIT Madras.
Source: firm website, verified Sep 27, 2026.
Team · 2 people
from public directories
What they invest in
from 10 of 11 portfolio companiesAI & Machine Learning ×6Hardware ×4Data & Infrastructure ×3Climate Tech ×2Deep Tech ×2Fintech ×2IoT ×2Robotics ×2
HQs:India×6United States×2
Investments · 11 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2022 · 12021 · 12020 · 12016 · 14 dated
Upmove provides personal loans to underserved middle and low-income segments in India through technology-enabled credit screening and simplified processes.
FintechBangalore, IN
Rohit Garg(Co-founder)in
Co-investorsTrifecta Capital Advisors
Chitmonks develops software for managing chit funds, a traditional savings and lending system.
Crypto & Web3FintechSaaS
Pavan Adipuram(Founder & CEO)Malla Reddy(Founder & CTO)Sridhar Reddy(Founder & CIO)
Co-investorsIIMA Ventures
Genrobotics develops robotics and AI solutions for high-risk and dangerous environments, with applications spanning urban sanitation, medical rehabilitation, oil and gas confined-space cleaning, and emerging areas like humanoid robotics and defense.
AI & Machine LearningHardwareRobotics
Rashid Karimbanakkal(Founder)in
Co-investorsSeafund
Genrobotics develops robotic technology to replace manual methods of cleaning and maintaining urban drainage systems, removing the need for sanitation workers to enter hazardous confined spaces such as manholes and sewers.
GovTechHardwareRobotics
IKIN develops technology products spanning holographic displays, augmented reality, 5G, and IoT.
AdTechAI & Machine LearningDeep TechHardwareIoTMedia & EntertainmentSan Diego, US
Joe Ward(CEO | Co-Founder)inBlake Fox(VP, Engineering)inDoug Garnhart(Executive Officer)Al Loaiza(Chief of Staff | EVP, Operations)Taylor Griffith(Executive Officer, Director)Glenn Sagon(Director)
Co-investorsCallapina Capital
Nava offers a data platform that ingests data from multiple sources via ready-made connectors, transforms it over Delta Lake and Iceberg without SQL, and enables natural-language querying across an organization's data estate.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingData & InfrastructureEnterprise Software
Co-investorsRTP GlobalGreenoaksThrive Capital
AI for video comprehension and contextualization of live and stored video for brand safety and ad placement; acquired by Claravine.
Boston, US
Richard Lee(Executive Officer, Director)Shashi Kant(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardHambleton Lord(Director)Raymond Chang(Director)
Co-investorsAI CapitalBantam GroupBow CapitalNXT VenturesTechstars
Probus provides IoT and advanced analytics solutions to help companies enhance operational effectiveness through real-time data monitoring and analysis.
CleantechClimate TechData & InfrastructureEnergyIoT
Co-investorsTheia Ventures
Runo offers a call management CRM and lead management system with features like auto dialer, automatic lead allocation, call recording, sales pipeline management, and AI-driven call summaries and sentiment analysis.
AI & Machine LearningSaaSSales Tech
Rajsekhar Patnaik(Founder)inVenkata Sai Vamsi Penupothu(Founder)in
Co-investorsCallapina Capital
Satleo Labs operates a constellation of low Earth orbit microsatellites with onboard edge computing and machine learning to capture high-resolution thermal (MWIR, LWIR, and visible band) imagery and temperature data.
AI & Machine LearningClimate TechSpace TechAhmedabad, IN
Shravan Bhati(Founder)in
Co-investorsIIMA VenturesMerak VenturesPointOne CapitalJava Capital
TakeMe2Space builds satellite infrastructure for orbital compute, enabling data processing closer to the source in space.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeep TechHardwareSpace Tech
Ronak Kumar Samantray(Founder)in
Co-investorsChiratae VenturesHEC Paris IncubatorArtha Venture FundSeafund
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesSatleo · satleolabs.com · May 14, 2025
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Unicorn India Ventures made?
- Unicorn India Ventures has 11 tracked investments.
- What stage does Unicorn India Ventures invest at?
- Unicorn India Ventures invests at the Seed, Series A stages.
- What is Unicorn India Ventures's typical check size?
- Unicorn India Ventures typically writes checks of $500K – $2M.
- What sectors does Unicorn India Ventures focus on?
- Unicorn India Ventures focuses on AI & Machine Learning, Consumer, Data & Infrastructure, Deep Tech, EdTech, Enterprise Software, Fintech, Hardware, Healthtech, Impact & Social Good, Media & Entertainment, Mobility & Transportation, Robotics, SaaS, Sector Agnostic.
- Where is Unicorn India Ventures located?
- Unicorn India Ventures is headquartered in Mumbai, IN.
- Does Unicorn India Ventures lead rounds?
- Unicorn India Ventures typically participates in rounds rather than leading them.
Media · Podcasts & interviews
featuring the teamEpisode XV - Anil Joshi, Founder of Unicorn India Ventures
ShowMeDamani · Anil Joshi
Anil Joshi, Unicorn India Ventures
IVCA · Anil Joshi
Bhaskar Majumdar's CNBC Interview for Unicorn India Ventures
Bhaskar Majumdar · Bhaskar Majumdar
ELI - 190 | Bhaskar Majumdar (Founder and Managing Partner Unicorn India Ventures - VC Firm)
Entrepreneur Lounge of India · Bhaskar Majumdar
Bhaskar Majumdar, Founder of Unicorn India Ventures on his unconventional bets in Investing
The Neon Show · Bhaskar Majumdar
Startup Investor Talks ft. Swapna Gupta (Qualcomm Ventures), Anil Joshi (Unicorn India Ventures)
eChai Startup TV · Anil Joshi
Co-investors · 16
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Point72 Ventures is a venture capital firm that backs founders across sectors, providing insight, industry expertise, and network support. Since 2016 it has invested in more than 130 companies.
Galaxy is an institutional digital assets and data center company offering trading, lending, asset management, investment banking, staking, custody, and venture investing across the crypto and blockchain ecosystem, along with a strategic expansion into AI/HPC data center infrastructure.
Prefix Capital is an early-stage venture firm that invests in deep technology companies.
Future Perfect Ventures is an early-stage venture firm investing since 2014 in founders building decentralized technologies and Web3 platforms, spanning blockchain, cryptoassets, artificial intelligence and human-computer interaction.
Presence Capital is an early-stage investment firm focused on augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) startups, backing entrepreneurs building new ways to communicate, work, and play with these technologies.
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