Investments
188Portfolio Exits
8Funds
2Partners & Customers
8About Venture Catalysts
Venture Catalysts provides seed investments to early stage start-ups in sectors such as Internet of Things, artificial intelligence, ad-tech, virtual reality, education, e-commerce and retail.
Venture Catalysts Headquarter Location
203-206, 2nd Floor, B-Wing, Mittal Commercia Asan Pada Road near T2 terminal, Marol Naka, Andheri (E)
Mumbai, 400059,
India
+91 (0)22 28510071
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May 20, 2022
Location intelligence startup GeoIQ raised $2.25 million in an equity funding from Lenskart and existing investors – 9Unicorns and Ecosystem Ventures where Venture Catalysts and angel investors – Kunal Bahl and Rohit Bansal also participated. GeoIQ is a cloud-based artificial intelligence (AI) platform that assists other organisations in understanding consumer behaviour and other business-related variables. The new funds will be used to expand its global footprint, strengthen its technology infrastructure, and expand its data team. GeoIQ has created a data repository with data from over 600 public data centres, including satellite imagery. The depository is designed with 2000 variables in mind.
Venture Catalysts Investments
188 Investments
Venture Catalysts has made 188 investments. Their latest investment was in Fyllo as part of their Seed VC - II on May 5, 2022.
Venture Catalysts Investments Activity
Date | Round | Company | Amount | New? | Co-Investors | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
5/13/2022 | Seed VC - II | Fyllo | $2M | Yes | Indian Angel Network, Kia Ora Ventures, Mastermind Capital, NinjaCart, Singularity Ventures, Staragri Warehousing and Collateral Management, Triveni Trust, and Undisclosed Angel Investors | 4 |
5/11/2022 | Series A | AssetPlus | $3.6M | Yes | Amit Nanavati, Bhupinder Singh, Kedar Kulkarni, Kittu Kolluri, Nithin Kamath, and Undisclosed Angel Investors | 2 |
5/10/2022 | Seed VC | NutriTap | $1.5M | Yes | 3 | |
5/5/2022 | Seed VC - III | |||||
4/21/2022 | Seed VC |
Date | 5/13/2022 | 5/11/2022 | 5/10/2022 | 5/5/2022 | 4/21/2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Round | Seed VC - II | Series A | Seed VC | Seed VC - III | Seed VC |
Company | Fyllo | AssetPlus | NutriTap | ||
Amount | $2M | $3.6M | $1.5M | ||
New? | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
Co-Investors | Indian Angel Network, Kia Ora Ventures, Mastermind Capital, NinjaCart, Singularity Ventures, Staragri Warehousing and Collateral Management, Triveni Trust, and Undisclosed Angel Investors | Amit Nanavati, Bhupinder Singh, Kedar Kulkarni, Kittu Kolluri, Nithin Kamath, and Undisclosed Angel Investors | |||
Sources | 4 | 2 | 3 |
Venture Catalysts Portfolio Exits
8 Portfolio Exits
Venture Catalysts has 8 portfolio exits. Their latest portfolio exit was ANS Commerce on April 19, 2022.
Date | Exit | Companies | Valuation Valuations are submitted by companies, mined from state filings or news, provided by VentureSource, or based on a comparables valuation model. | Acquirer | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
4/19/2022 | Acquired | 4 | |||
Date | 4/19/2022 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Exit | Acquired | ||||
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Valuation | |||||
Acquirer | |||||
Sources | 4 |
Venture Catalysts Acquisitions
1 Acquisition
Venture Catalysts acquired 1 company. Their latest acquisition was Z Nation Lab - India on July 19, 2021.
Date | Investment Stage | Companies | Valuation Valuations are submitted by companies, mined from state filings or news, provided by VentureSource, or based on a comparables valuation model. | Total Funding | Note | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
7/19/2021 | Acquired Unit | 1 |
Date | 7/19/2021 |
|---|---|
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Companies | |
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Note | Acquired Unit |
Sources | 1 |
Venture Catalysts Fund History
2 Fund Histories
Venture Catalysts has 2 funds, including 9Unicorns Fund.
Closing Date | Fund | Fund Type | Status | Amount | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
9Unicorns Fund | Multi-Stage Venture Capital | Open | 2 | ||
Beams FinTech Fund |
Closing Date | ||
|---|---|---|
Fund | 9Unicorns Fund | Beams FinTech Fund |
Fund Type | Multi-Stage Venture Capital | |
Status | Open | |
Amount | ||
Sources | 2 |
Venture Catalysts Partners & Customers
8 Partners and customers
Venture Catalysts has 8 strategic partners and customers. Venture Catalysts recently partnered with Kanpur Angel Network on April 4, 2022.
Date | Type | Business Partner | Country | News Snippet | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
4/26/2022 | Partner | India | Top 10 Promising & Scalable Startups In Kanpur Venture Catalysts , a company that provides entrepreneurs with structured assistance , today announced a partnership with Kanpur Angel Network and Dr. , its Co-founder and President . | 1 | |
1/10/2020 | Partner | ||||
4/23/2019 | Partner | ||||
4/1/2019 | Partner | ||||
2/26/2019 | Partner |
Date | 4/26/2022 | 1/10/2020 | 4/23/2019 | 4/1/2019 | 2/26/2019 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Type | Partner | Partner | Partner | Partner | Partner |
Business Partner | |||||
Country | India | ||||
News Snippet | Top 10 Promising & Scalable Startups In Kanpur Venture Catalysts , a company that provides entrepreneurs with structured assistance , today announced a partnership with Kanpur Angel Network and Dr. , its Co-founder and President . | ||||
Sources | 1 |
Venture Catalysts Team
4 Team Members
Venture Catalysts has 4 team members, including current Chief Executive Officer, Abhimanyu Bisht.
Name | Work History | Title | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
Anuj Golecha | Founder | Current | |
Gaurav Jain | Cisco, GenNext Ventures, and Credit Suisse | Founder | Current |
Apoorva Ranjan Sharma | VentureNursery, Indian Angel Network, and Amity Innovation Incubator | Founder | Current |
Abhimanyu Bisht | QikPod, Times Internet, Nasscom, and HDFC Bank | Chief Executive Officer | Current |
Name | Anuj Golecha | Gaurav Jain | Apoorva Ranjan Sharma | Abhimanyu Bisht |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Work History | Cisco, GenNext Ventures, and Credit Suisse | VentureNursery, Indian Angel Network, and Amity Innovation Incubator | QikPod, Times Internet, Nasscom, and HDFC Bank | |
Title | Founder | Founder | Founder | Chief Executive Officer |
Status | Current | Current | Current | Current |
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