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Z47

Venture capital

Coral Springs · Seed–Series B · 15 people tracked

Also known as Matrix Partners India · Matrix Partners India Extension · MATRIX PARTNERS INDIA MANAGEMENT, LLC · MPI FUND ADVISORS, LLC

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Investment thesis

Seed to Series B investor composed entirely of former founders and operators, offering hands-on operational expertise and a founder-operator network to missionary teams solving uniquely Indian problems.

Stage
Seed–Series B
Check
$1.2M – $40M
HQ
Coral Springs, US
Leads rounds
Follows
Instruments
Equity
Founded
2006
Last 12 months
5 investments
AUM
$3.5B
VC funds
2
Tracked investments
96

Team · 15 people

from public directories
Ayush Chamaria· Vice Presidentin𝕏
Rahul Arora· Associatein𝕏
Rahul Chugh· Associatein

What they invest in

from 55 of 96 portfolio companies

SaaS ×19Fintech ×16AI & Machine Learning ×14Consumer ×11E-commerce ×8Enterprise Software ×8Logistics & Supply Chain ×7B2B Marketplaces ×6

HQs:India×34United States×10Saudi Arabia×1

Who they back

founder profiles across 36 portfolio companies
42%
solo founders
15 of 36 mapped founding teams
51%
repeat founders
of 45 founders with career history

Founding team size:solo founder×152 founders×123 founders×84+ founders×1

Where their founders studiedfrom 41 founders with education data

Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur ×6Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad ×4Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani ×3Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi ×3Delhi College of Engineering ×2Delhi University ×2Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee ×2National Institute of Technology Karnataka ×2

Where their founders worked beforefrom 45 founders with career history

Barclays ×4Freshworks ×3Hotstar ×3McKinsey & Company ×3Facebook ×2Goldman Sachs ×2HSBC ×2Iamwire ×2

1 founders hold a PhD · 7 hold an MBA (of 43 with degree data)

Investments · 96 tracked

founders shown can be your intro path

By year:2026 · 22025 · 52024 · 310 dated

100Ms100ms.livein𝕏

100ms provides infrastructure for live video and real-time interactions, enabling companies in healthcare, commerce, education, and events to integrate video experiences with minimal development effort.

Cloud ComputingDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaS

Kshitij Gupta(CEO)inSarveshinAniketin

Co-investorsAccelAlpha Wave GlobalSTRIVELocalGlobe

Aampeaampe.comin

Aampe provides AI agents that personalize customer messaging at the individual-user level, running thousands of parallel experiments to optimize engagement content, timing, and variants.

AI & Machine LearningMarketing TechSaaS

Schaun Wheeler(Founder)inKate Field(Founder)in

Co-investorsPeak XV PartnersTheory Ventures

Ace2Three
AI & Software
AI & Software Consumer
Aramyaaramya.ininFeb 2026

An Indian e-commerce platform selling traditional kurtas and ethnic wear for women, offering free returns within 7 days and cash on delivery payment options.

Direct to ConsumerE-commerce

Co-investorsAccelBetter CapitalAccel India

Aramya
atomicatomicwork.comin𝕏Jan 2025 · $25M

Atomicwork is an AI-native IT service management and employee service platform that integrates with Microsoft Teams and other enterprise tools to deliver IT, HR, and support workflows within Teams.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkSaaSSan Francisco, US

Kiran Darisi(Executive Officer, Director)inVijay Rayapati(Director)inParsuram Vijayasankar(Director)in

Co-investorsBattery VenturesPeak XV PartnersStorm VenturesTranspose Platform ManagementBlume VenturesKhosla Ventures

Atomic Work
Bijnisbijnis.comin𝕏

bijnis operates a wholesale B2B marketplace connecting factories with Indian retailers, focused on a fast factory-to-retailer supply chain for footwear and apparel across categories for men, women, and kids.

B2B MarketplacesE-commerceLogistics & Supply ChainAgra, IN

Siddharth Vij(Founder)inSiddharth Rastogi(Founder)in

Co-investorsInfo Edge VenturesWaterBridge VenturesInfo EdgeMatrixSequoia CapitalWestBridge Capital

Captainruncaptain.comin𝕏Feb 2024

Captain builds infrastructure that makes unstructured enterprise data searchable and accessible through an Agent Swarm approach, serving large organizations that need to query and explore data at scale.

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSan Francisco, US

Lewis Polansky(CEO/Co-Founder)inEdgar Babajanyan(Co-Founder and CTO)in

Co-investorsY CombinatorAccelTiger Global Management

Captain Freshcaptainfresh.inin

Captain Fresh is building a vertically integrated, multi-species global seafood platform that combines physical supply-chain infrastructure with consumer seafood brands.

B2B MarketplacesFoodTechLogistics & Supply Chain

Co-investorsAccelADB VenturesAnkur CapitalEvolvence India FundIncubate FundStride Ventures+5 more

Centre For Sightcentreforsight.netin𝕏

Centre for Sight is a network of eye care hospitals across India, offering treatments and surgeries including LASIK, cataract, glaucoma, retina, squint, and keratoconus care.

HealthtechMedical Devices

Dr. Mahipal Singh Sachdev(Founder)

Cirkla
Cloudnine
Coral
Coralstartcoral.com

Coral provides software that lets HVAC and home electrification contractors turn utility and government rebates into instant upfront discounts, handling eligibility validation, rebate filing, and follow-ups.

CleantechClimate TechFintech

Co-investorsEntrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator (ERA)Floating PointNew Climate VenturesResilienceVCTwelve BelowWorkshop Venture Partners+2 more

Country Delightcountrydelight.in

Country Delight is a fresh food delivery service that offers over 3000 products with next-day morning delivery in India.

E-commerceFoodTechLogistics & Supply Chain

Nitin Kaushal(Founder)in

Co-investorsElevation CapitalTrifecta Capital Advisors

Creditvidya
Crejocrejo.funin𝕏

Crejo provides free lessons, NCERT-style solutions and practice questions for students following CBSE, ICSE and Indian state board curricula.

EdTech

Co-investorsGemba Capital Venture Partners

Dailyhuntdailyhunt.in

Dailyhunt is a content aggregation platform that delivers news and articles from multiple publishers to consumers, with a focus on the Indian market and regional-language content.

ConsumerMedia & Entertainment

Virendra Gupta(Founder)inUmang Bedi(Founder)inBapu Kotain

Co-investorsAlpha Wave GlobalB Capital GroupB4 CapitalOrios Venture PartnersPeak XV PartnersTrifecta Capital Advisors

Dailyninjadailyninja.in

Anurag Gupta(Founder)in

Co-investorsSaama Capital

Damenschdamensch.comin𝕏

DaMENSCH is a men's essentials brand that designs and sells underwear, shapewear, vests, loungewear, and outerwear engineered with smart fabrics optimized for Indian weather.

ConsumerDirect to Consumer

Gaurav Pushkar(Founder)in

Co-investorsSaama CapitalWhiteboard Capital

Dashtoondashtoon.comin

Dashtoon is a platform for reading webtoons and digital comics across genres such as romance, fantasy, action, thriller, and horror.

ConsumerCreator EconomyMedia & Entertainment

Soumyadeep Mukherjee(Founder)Sanidhya Narain(Founder)in

Co-investorsStellaris Venture Advisors 2 LlpPeak XV Partners

Dashversedashverse.aiinAug 2025 · $13M

Dashverse operates an AI-native production platform for creating short-form serialized content, with tools called Frameo.AI and DashReels that generate short dramas ("microdramas") from scripts or video.

AI & Machine LearningCreator EconomyMedia & Entertainment

Lalith Gudipati(Founder)in

Co-investorsPeak XV PartnersStellaris Venture Advisors 2 Llp

Dealsharedealshare.in

Vineet Rao(Founder)in

Co-investorsAlpha Wave GlobalOrios Venture PartnersWhiteboard Capital

DeepTech & Manufacturing
DeepTech & Manufacturing Consumer
Dezervdezerv.in

Sandeep Jethwani(Founder)in

Co-investorsAccelElevation CapitalPremji InvestSnowflake VenturesWhiteboard Capital

Emtech
Emversity
Farmartfarmart.coin

FarMart operates an AI-enabled food sourcing and procurement platform connecting suppliers, processors, and food manufacturers, with integrated logistics, verified supplier discovery, compliance flows, and automated settlements.

AgTechB2B MarketplacesFoodTech

Alekh Sanghera(Founder)inMehtab Hans

Co-investors500 GlobalOrios Venture PartnersAvaana Capital

Finnablefinnable.comin𝕏Nov 2025

Finnable is an Indian fintech company offering personal loans to consumers, primarily salaried professionals, through partnerships with banks and lending firms.

ConsumerFintechBengaluru, IN

Amit Arora(Founder)inNitin Gupta(Founder)inViraj Tyagi(Founder)

Co-investorsMatrix

Five Starfivestargroup.inin

Five Star Business Finance Limited is a non-banking financial company providing business loans, based in Chennai, India.

FintechChennai, IN

Co-investorsAlpha Wave GlobalNorwest Venture PartnersMatrixMorgan StanleySequoia Capital

Foxtale
Gokwikgokwik.coin𝕏

GoKwik offers Kwik Engage, an e-commerce marketing, retention, and support platform that uses WhatsApp and email for campaigns, abandoned cart recovery, GenAI-powered customer support, and analytics.

E-commerceMarketing TechSaaS

Chirag Taneja(Founder)in

Co-investorsPeak XV PartnersRTP GlobalTrifecta Capital AdvisorsiSeed

Greylabsgreylabs.ai

Aman Goel(Founder)in

Hyou
Inc42inc42.comin𝕏

Inc42 is an Indian startup-focused media and education company that runs hands-on training programs for founders, including courses on direct-to-consumer brand building and startup management.

EdTechFuture of WorkMedia & Entertainment

Vaibhav Vardhan(Founder)inPooja Sareen(Founder)inUtkarsh Agarwal(Founder)in

Co-investorsAlkemi Growth CapitalAlteria CapitalArkam VenturesColossa VenturesCourtside VenturesGolden Sparrow Ventures, Llc+7 more

Inprime
Itiliteitilite.comin𝕏

ITILITE offers corporate travel and expense management software that replaces traditional travel desks and offline systems with automated, cost-controlled booking and expense workflows.

FintechSaaSTravel & HospitalityClaymont, US

Mayank Kukreja(Co-founder)inAnish(Co-founder)Anish Khadiya(Founder)Rahul Golechain

Co-investorsTenacity VenturesMatrixTiger Global Management

ItzCash

Co-investorsLightspeed Venture Partners

Jodojodo.inin𝕏

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)Raghav Nagarajan(Co-founder)inKoustav Dey(Co-founder)in

Co-investorsElevation CapitalRainmatter

Jupiter
Krutrimolakrutrim.comin𝕏Jan 2024

Krutrim is an AI-first cloud platform offering compute, storage, networking, and managed AI workloads such as distributed GPU training, fine-tuning, and low-latency inference.

AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingData & Infrastructure

Co-investorsMatrix

Liquiloansliquiloans.comin𝕏

LiquiLoans (NDX P2P Private Limited) operates an RBI-registered NBFC-P2P lending platform in India that lets individuals lend money, diversified across 150-200 creditworthy borrowers, and earn returns from borrower repayments.

Fintech

Achal Mittal(Founder)inGautam Adukia(Founder)in

Co-investorsMatrix

Loadshare
MoEngagemoengage.comin𝕏

MoEngage is a customer engagement platform that helps brands deliver personalized experiences across industries including financial services, food & beverage, media & entertainment, travel & hospitality, and retail/e-commerce.

AdTechMarketing TechSaaSSan Francisco, US

Raviteja Dodda(Executive Officer, Director)inYashwanth Kumar Kammara(Executive Officer, Director)

BoardShailesh Ghorpade(Director)inRahul Chandra(Director)Tarun Davda(Director)inSrikanth Sundararajan(Director)in

Co-investorsAlchemist AcceleratorAmicus Capital PartnersB Capital GroupB4 CapitalChrysCapitalExfinity Ventures+3 more

Mosaic Wellnessmosaicwellness.inin

Mosaic Wellness operates a portfolio of consumer health and wellness brands in India, including Man Matters for men's health, Be Bodywise for women's health, Little Joys for children's health, and Root Labs, a unisex Ayurveda brand.

Digital HealthDirect to ConsumerWellness & Fitness

Dhyanesh Shah(Founder)in

Co-investorsElevation CapitalPeak XV PartnersSpring Marketing Capital

mSwipemswipe.comin

Mswipe provides payment acceptance solutions for merchants in India, including smart POS terminals, payment soundboxes, a payment gateway, and pay-by-link tools, along with a merchant app and portal for tracking transactions and settlements.

FintechHardwareRetail Tech

Manish Patel(Founder)in

Co-investorsAlpha Wave GlobalB Capital GroupB4 CapitalDSG Consumer Partners

Murfmurf.aiin𝕏

Murf offers an AI voice generator and text-to-speech studio that turns scripts or pre-recorded audio into human-sounding AI voiceovers, with a library of 200+ voices across accents and 20+ languages.

AI & Machine LearningCreator EconomyMarketing TechSaaSSan Francisco, US

Ankur Edkie(Founder)inSneha Roy(Founder)inDivyanshu Pandey(Founder)in

Co-investorsElevation CapitalMatrix

Muthoot Finance
Myra
Nakad
Neysaneysa.aiin

Neysa provides an AI acceleration cloud platform called Velocis, offering GPU-as-a-Service and managed AI PaaS with orchestration, cost governance, and enterprise-grade security for enterprises building and running AI in production.

AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingData & Infrastructure

Co-investorsNTT Venture Capital

Nominalfaction.vc𝕏

Faction is a venture capital firm that invests in cryptocurrency and blockchain projects at the seed and series A stages, focusing on entrepreneurs building fundamental utility across the technology stack.

BiotechCrypto & Web3New York, US

Oren Harnevo(Executive Officer, Director)Ronald Bianchini, Jr.(Executive Officer, Director)Roneil Rumburg(Cofounder)Ohad Finkelstein(Director)Christina Calvaneso(Executive Officer)Brian Pozesky(Executive Officer)

Co-investorsAccelAdaverseAlephAxeleo CapitalBluebird VenturesBright Pixel Capital+36 more

OfBusinessofbusiness.comin𝕏

OfBusiness is an India-based B2B commerce platform that supplies raw materials — metals, chemicals, agri-products, and apparel — to SMEs and other companies, alongside private-label and contract manufacturing.

Advanced ManufacturingB2B MarketplacesFintechLogistics & Supply Chain

Vasant Sridhar(Founder)inJaivee Joseph(Founder)inRuchi Kalra(Founder)inAsish Mohapatra(Founder)in

Co-investorsAlpha Wave GlobalCreation Investments Capital ManagementNorwest Venture PartnersSoftBank Vision FundTitan CapitalMatrix+2 more

Ola

India's most popular cab aggregator and ridesharing platform serving 250+ cities across India, Australia, New Zealand, and the UK.

Co-investorsTitan Capital

Ola Electricolaelectric.comin𝕏

Ola Electric designs and manufactures electric two-wheeler scooters for the Indian consumer market, building its powertrain (4680 Bharat cell and ferrite motor) and MoveOS software in-house.

CleantechHardwareMobility & Transportation

Co-investorsAlpha Wave GlobalArcherman CapitalSoftBank Vision FundGoldman Sachs

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Frequently asked questions

How many investments has Z47 made?
Z47 has 94 tracked investments, including 6 dated in the last 24 months.
What stage does Z47 invest at?
Z47 invests at the Seed, Series A, Series B stages.
What is Z47's typical check size?
Z47 typically writes checks of $1.2M – $40M.
What sectors does Z47 focus on?
Z47 focuses on Consumer, Data & Infrastructure, Enterprise Software, Fintech, FoodTech, Healthtech, Media & Entertainment, PropTech, Retail Tech, SaaS.
Where is Z47 located?
Z47 is headquartered in Coral Springs, US.
Does Z47 lead rounds?
Z47 typically participates in rounds rather than leading them.
Who does Z47 co-invest with?
Z47 most often shares deals with Alpha Wave Global, Peak XV Partners, Elevation Capital, among 109 tracked co-investors.

Media · Podcasts & interviews

featuring the team

Founders matter more than markets | Avnish Bajaj on Z47 investing in Founders

The Rocket Media · Avnish Bajaj

Z47 (Matrix Partners) MD, Tarun Davda, on Founder Salaries, Board Meetings, & All Things GOVERNANCE

ASYMMETRIC Podcast · Tarun Davda

Avnish Bajaj Podcast - Z47 Founder #shorts

The Neon Show · Avnish Bajaj

From Apple to Z47: The A to Z Journey of Avnish Bajaj

Zero to Infinity with Z47 · Avnish Bajaj

Co-investors · 65

Peak XV Partners

Peak XV Partners is a multi-stage venture capital firm that partners with founders from seed through venture and growth stages.

$100K – $10M
Matrix

Early-stage venture capital firm investing from idea through Series A, led by former founders and company builders who partner with technically-grounded entrepreneurs with clear visions.

$100K – $10M
Accel

Accel is a venture capital firm that partners with exceptional teams, positioning itself as a first partner to founders globally.

$1.6M – $70M
Lightspeed Venture Partners

Lightspeed is a global venture capital firm that has spent over two decades backing innovative companies as an early and first investor.

Both backed · 5
$1.7M – $87M
Tiger Global Management

Tiger Global Management operates public equity strategies (long/short, long-focused and crossover) and a private equity business investing in early- through late-stage growth companies across new and existing industries.

$1M – $100M
B Capital Group

B Capital is a global investment firm backing early to late-stage technology innovators across technology, healthcare, and energy & resilience sectors.

$10M – $50M
Ankur Capital

Ankur Capital is an early-stage venture firm that partners closely with founders across product strategy, hiring, customer and investor introductions, leveraging a network of founders, operators, and research institutions in India and globally.

Both backed · 2
$275K – $15M
General Catalyst

General Catalyst is a venture capital firm operating as a partnership focused on company building and accelerating the growth of the businesses it backs.

Both backed · 1
$30M
Khosla Ventures

Khosla Ventures is a venture capital firm that invests in early-stage companies focused on technology, mobile, and clean energy sectors, including biotechnology applications. The firm provides capital and strategic support to entrepreneurs developing breakthrough technologies across multiple markets.

Both backed · 1
$5K – $50M
Index Ventures

Index Ventures is a multi-stage venture capital firm that backs companies from Seed to IPO and beyond, including through its dedicated seed fund Index Origin.

Both backed · 1
$540K – $10.8M
Menlo Ventures

Menlo Ventures is a venture capital firm that invests in transformative, early-stage AI companies across every layer of the modern AI stack, from applications and middleware to data infrastructure and foundation models.

Both backed · 1
$1M – $20M
March Capital Partners

March Capital is an early-growth venture capital firm investing in frontier technology companies focused on the AI revolution, partnering with founders to build category-defining businesses.

Both backed · 1
53 more co-investors

NGP CapitalBEENEXTLightspeed India PartnersNTT Venture CapitalAndreessen HorowitzGV (Google Ventures)Craft VenturesBessemer Venture PartnersTechstarsRedpoint VenturesNotable CapitalUncork CapitalBenchmarkFelicis VenturesDST GlobalCanaan PartnersQuiet CapitalPartech VenturesSlow VenturesOak HC/FTSciFi VCHeadlineScale Venture PartnersFlybridge Capital PartnersAdditionHarrison MetalWEEKENDNexus Venture PartnersTwo Sigma VenturesPareto HoldingsCyberstartsGeneral AtlanticDraper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ)Nyca PartnersKohlberg Kravis RobertsDig Ventures Management LimitedIVCStageOne VenturesPropeller VCS28 CapitalEnsemble VCForum VenturesGriffin Gaming PartnersWestCapAct One VenturesSlack FundFirsthandVCGrove VenturesSerenaBEENOSSaas Ventures, L.L.C.DecasonicAngels of Many

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