Mumbai Angels is an angle stage investment firm. Mumbai Angels has served as a breeding ground for both plug-in businesses for larger corporations and financial investors seeking incubated businesses ready to scale.

Mumbai Angels

Hyderabad Angels invest in early-stage companies to create tangible as well as intangible value. Hyderabad Angels (HA) takes pride in being a platform for connecting seasoned angel investors and emerging business leaders with cutting-edge venture ideas. Venture capitalists, business leaders, and entrepreneurs who have a strong commitment to supporting the Indian and global start-up ecosystem are among the investors in the company.

Hyderabad Angels

JITO Angel Network is backed by JITO's 15000+ Industrialits, Businessmen and HNI's of the Jain community spread worldwide. They provide Business support that accelerates the growth of startups.

JITO Angel Network

Inflection Point Ventures, with over 3300 CXOs and professionals, HNIs and Family Offices, is India’s leading angel network investing in early-to-mid stage startups. IPV supports new-age entrepreneurs with not just capital but also uses its wide network of investors to provide startups with access to new markets, customers, guidance and mentorship. Inflection Point Ventures is democratizing angel investing with low membership fee, lowest investment ticket size (per investor), transparent investment process and extensive upfront due-diligence led by industry experts. IPV is industry agnostic, with a focus on committed and competent founders.

Inflection Point Ventures

SOSV is a global, deep tech venture capital firm that operates the HAX and IndieBio startup development programs focused on human and planetary health. SOSV invests $500,000 in startups at their inception as they onboard either HAX or IndieBio for a 4-6 month period designed to accelerate the raise of their next institutional round. SOSV joins the later rounds of HAX and IndieBio graduates.  HAX, based in a 35,000 sq ft facility in Newark, NJ, is equipped with machine tools, 3D printers, chemical, electrical and mechanical engineering labs, as well as on-staff engineering and design experts. SOSV's IndieBio has locations in NYC and San Francisco, both of which offer extensive services and facilities to founders including on-site BSL-2 labs, well equipped lab benches and hoods, and advanced lab equipment, such as chromatography equipment.

SOSV

Chinaccelerator is a Shanghai-based accelerator run by SOSV that provides seed funding, mentorship & legal assistance to software companies.

Chinaccelerator

9Unicorns is a stage and sector agnostic accelerator venture capital firm.

9Unicorns Accelerator Fund

They like to partner the entrepreneur that is trying to avoid doing the commonplace; one that is growing with the current trend but is preparing to lead the next trend. You are a mature India based businessman; you are a tech-savvy entrepreneur returning from overseas; or you are a corporate/scientific establishment employee â€¦all are appealing to them, your drive to make a difference is what they are looking for.

VenturEast

Artesian Capital Management is an alternative investments management company, which was spun out of ANZ Banking Group's capital markets business in 2004, with backing from ANZ Private Equity. Artesian's founding partners, purchased ANZ's stake in 2005. The company has subsequently been fully owned by partners and staff.  Since 2004, Artesian has managed specialised funds focused on credit arbitrage and relative-value strategies across global financial markets.  In 2008, while continuing to manage credit relative value investment strategies from its New York, London and Singapore offices, Artesian began to make principal investments in seed/early-stage ventures from its offices in Sydney, Melbourne and Shanghai.  In 2011, Artesian launched the first of its early stage venture capital funds and now manages AUD +255m. Artesian's VC strategy is to partner with best of breed accelerators, incubators, angel groups and university programs. In 2017, Artesian launched its China VC Fund with a USD 50m cornerstone investment industry super fund Hostplus. Artesian will soon launch a Southeast Asia VC Fund.

Artesian VC

InnoVen Capital is Asia's leading venture lending firm with offices in Mumbai, Singapore and Beijing. Started in India in 2008, the platform was re-branded InnoVen Capital following a buyout of the business led by Temasek Holdings and UOB Group in 2015. InnoVen Capital currently has investor commitments of US$200 million. In India, InnoVen Capital is positioned as the first and largest venture debt provider to venture capital backed start-ups in India across stages of growth and sectors. The Company has a credit rating of ‘IND AA-’ for its term borrowing and ‘IND A1+’ for its commercial paper issuances. InnoVen provides debt financing to high growth and innovative tech startups, and has since supported and provided over 190 loans to more than 150 start-ups across India and Southeast Asia. The platform offers multiple debt capital solutions, including venture debt, acquisition finance, growth loans, and syndication.

InnoVen Capital

Moneta Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm that invests in enterprise technology businesses. Moneta is typically the first institutional check into its portfolio companies and aims to follow on through their Series B rounds and beyond. The partnership knows what it is like to start and scale a business, and the entire Moneta team has a relentless focus on driving significant operational value beyond capital investment.  Moneta Ventures was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in Folsom, California, with investment team members across the West Coast and Texas.

Moneta Ventures

Anthill Ventures is a Speed Scaling Ecosystem that helps early growth global startups in Urbantech & Lifestyle, Healthtech & Mediatech from Pre-Series A stage to go to Series ‘A’ & ‘B’ in 1-2 years through India & SEA Market Access by providing Scale up Capital Funding, Market Access Platform & Venture Returns Maximization Technology

Anthill Ventures

Huashan Capital provides startup and expansion capital for financial technology companies.

Huashan Capital

Baring Private Equity Partners India is a private equity firm that focuses on investing in companies operating in the healthcare, real estate, banking, financial service, insurance, energy, infrastructure and consumer good sectors. Its approach is to invest ahead of market trends to generate superior risk-adjusted returns.

Baring Private Equity India

Cathexis Ventures is the venture arm of Cathexis Holdings, a single-family office based in Houston Texas. Minimum check size $100k, max $10M for seed stage companies. Typically $250k checks.

Cathexis Ventures

Alpha Wave is an investment company that has three main verticals; private equity, private credit, and public markets. The objective of the private equity partnerships is to invest in best-in-class venture and growth stage companies and endeavors to be helpful, long-term partners to these exceptional founders and management teams; credit, which includes direct private lending to businesses looking for funding solutions; and public markets in an uncorrelated strategy. Alpha Wave has offices in New York, Miami, London, Monaco, Madrid, Abu Dhabi, Tel Aviv, Bangalore, and Sydney.

Alpha Wave Global

A91 Partners is a VC fund that aims to invests in the consumer, pharmaceutical, healthcare, financial services and technology sector.

A91 Partners

At Pacific Western Bank, relationship banking is not the exception, but the rule. For more than two decades, Pacific Western Bank has helped to grow minded and established companies succeed by listening, asking thoughtful questions, and responding with tailored solutions. Pacific Western Bank is a commercial bank with over $26 billion in assets. Pacific Western provides commercial banking services, including real estate, construction, and commercial loans, to small and medium-sized businesses. The Bank has 74 full-service branches located throughout the state of California and one branch in Durham, North Carolina. Pacific Western Bank's Community Banking group provides lending and comprehensive deposit and treasury management services to small and medium-sized businesses conducted primarily through our California-based branch offices. Pacific Western Bank offers additional products and services through its National Lending and Venture Banking groups. National Lending provides asset-based, equipment, real estate, and security cash flow loans and treasury management services to established middle-market businesses on a national basis. Venture Banking offers a comprehensive suite of financial services focused on entrepreneurial businesses and their venture capital and private equity investors, with offices located in key innovative hubs across the United States.

Pacific Western Bank

Stride Ventures is a venture capital firm in India which aims to invest in innovative startups across the country.

Stride Ventures

This fund invests capital across consumer media (Gaming, Creator Economy, Social Networks) and enterprise media (SaaS, Generative AI, Martech, Sportstech). It invests globally but has  a deeper focus in India, South-East Asia and the US.

Audacity Venture Capital

Bluestone Equity Partners is a global private equity firm investing in the Sports, Media & Entertainment industry. Leveraging blue-chip business and investment experience and deep industry ties, Bluestone partners with established growth-stage businesses to accelerate growth and scale. Bluestone aligns with founders, leadership teams, and investors to realize outsized returns from the firm’s value-added capital – strategic guidance, operational expertise, and access to its expansive global network.

Bluestone Equity Partners

Evolvence India Fund is a Equity platform that provides international investors with attractive returns within the private markets in India.

Evolvence India Fund

VideoVerse

Lightbulb.ai is a customer intelligence platform for e-learning businesses to improve key KPIs with engagement and emotion analytics. Lightbulb provides 'Live Session Monitoring' to automate monitoring of live online classes to give teams insightful alerts & reports in real-time to improve acquisition, retention & teacher performance.

SatSure is an innovative decision analytics company that leverages advances in satellites, machine learning, and big data analytics to help solve problems at the nexus of sustainability of food, water, and energy security.

VideoVerse is a video technology company that encapsulates an ecosystem of smart video editing tools using AI and provides a next-generation platform for all enterprise and individual content creators. We incorporate the world’s foremost ML technology to empower all content creators to maximize video content in real-time. VideoVerse products include - Magnifi, a cloud-agnostic platform that leverages AI and ML technology to analyze live content and generate real-time video highlights capturing key moments, and Illusto, a web browser-based easy video editing platform.

VideoVerse is a video-editing SaaS platform that has developed an AI-powered ecosystem for transforming video footage into engaging short-form content and highlights. Its flagship product, Magnifi, utilizes machine learning and computer vision to automatically analyze video streams, identify key moments, and produce optimized clips tailored for social media platforms. VideoVerse's technologies streamline labor-intensive manual editing processes, enabling clients to curate and distribute video highlights cost-effectively at scale.

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Content Creation Tools

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VideoVerse is a video-editing SaaS platform that has developed an AI-powered ecosystem for transforming video footage into engaging short-form content and highlights. Its flagship product, Magnifi, utilizes machine learning and computer vision to automatically analyze video streams, identify key moments, and produce optimized clips tailored for social media platforms. VideoVerse's technologies streamline labor-intensive manual editing processes, enabling clients to curate and distribute video highlights cost-effectively at scale.Magnifi caters to a diverse range of industries, including sports leagues and broadcasters, news and entertainment media, e-sports platforms, and OTT services. Through AI-driven analysis, it can track specific plays, players, sponsor mentions, and audience interactions within live video feeds. In June 2023, Magnifi received the prestigious "Product of the Year" award from the National Association of Broadcasters. Beyond Magnifi, VideoVerse offers other solutions like Illusto, a web-based video editor, and Styck, a multi-platform live streaming tool.By February 2023, VideoVerse reported a 300% year-over-year revenue increase, reflecting robust demand for its AI-driven video technologies.

Canva is a graphic design platform that offers a web-based suite of tools and features for creating professional-looking designs for various purposes, including social media graphics, presentations, marketing materials, and more. Founded in 2013 by Melanie Perkins, Cliff Obrecht, and Cameron Adams, Canva provides an intuitive and user-friendly interface with drag-and-drop functionality, an extensive library of templates, graphics, and fonts, allowing users to design without extensive technical expertise.
Canva's key product offerings revolve around its versatile design tool that enables users to create visually engaging content. The platform incorporates features such as customizable templates, a vast collection of graphics and images, video editing capabilities, and tools for designing websites, presentations, and documents. Canva's collaborative features allow multiple users to work on designs simultaneously, fostering teamwork and streamlining the creative process.
In 2021, Canva generated revenue of over USD 1 billion, with 10 million paid subscribers and 4.5 million paid team subscriptions. The company has experienced remarkable growth, amassing 90 million users as of October 2022. Canva's profitability and strong cash reserves, with USD 700 million on hand, have positioned it as a resilient player in the industry, even during challenging economic conditions.
To further enhance its offerings, Canva has acquired several companies, including Zeetings (a presentations startup), Pexels and Pixabay (stock photography websites), Kaleido.ai (an Australian startup), and Smartmockups (a Czech-based company). In September 2022, Canva announced the launch of its "Canva Worksuite," a comprehensive suite of products aimed at professionals, including Canva Docs (a document editor), Canva Websites (a website builder), and Canva Whiteboards, among others.
Key customers and partnerships
Canva has established partnerships with various companies to expand its reach and enhance its offerings. In 2020, Canva signed contracts with FedEx Office and Office Depot, enabling users to print and ship their designs directly from the platform.
The company has also forged strategic collaborations with industry leaders, such as its recent partnership with Affinity, a provider of professional-grade creative software. This alliance aims to bridge the gap between user-friendly platforms and professional-grade tools, empowering creators at all levels.
Furthermore, Canva has gained significant traction within the enterprise sector, with 85% of Fortune 500 companies, including FedEx, L'Oréal, and Salesforce, utilizing Canva's design tools. As of 2022, Canva reported having 4.4 million customers paying for its "Canva for Teams" offering, demonstrating its growing presence in the business world.

Canva

Grammarly is an AI-powered writing assistant that helps professionals and students communicate effectively across various platforms and devices. Developed by linguists and engineers, Grammarly uses algorithms to provide suggestions for improving grammar, spelling, punctuation, clarity, conciseness, tone, and overall style.
Grammarly's key product offerings include a free version with basic writing suggestions, as well as premium and business plans with advanced features like full-sentence rewrites, plagiarism detection, vocabulary enhancements, and brand tone consistency. The AI analyzes writing in real-time and makes contextual recommendations to ensure the message resonates with the intended audience.
One of Grammarly's standout capabilities is its seamless integration with over 500,000 apps and websites, allowing users to receive writing feedback wherever they type.
Key customers and partnerships
Grammarly has formed partnerships with educational institutions like Harvard University and Stanford University to help students and faculty improve their writing proficiency. Its business plan serves companies across various industries, assisting teams in maintaining consistency and adherence to specific brand tones through customizable style guides.
As of June 2024, Grammarly's user base includes over 30 million people worldwide and over 70,000 professional teams.

Grammarly

Picsart is a digital content creation platform that offers a suite of AI-powered tools for creating and editing images, videos, GIFs, logos, and other visual content. The company's flagship product, Picsart Ignite, comprises over 20 AI tools that enable users to generate visuals, enhance existing content, and streamline creative workflows.
Picsart's AI capabilities span image generation, upscaling, object removal, background replacement, style transfer, and avatar creation. Its tools cater to both individual creators and businesses, assisting with tasks like designing social media posts, ads, and product visuals. The platform has seen significant adoption, with over 2 million AI-generated images produced daily as of November 2023.
The company has also expanded its enterprise offerings, launching an API program in February 2022 that allows businesses to integrate Picsart's creative tools into their platforms. This move aims to support the creator economy by enabling businesses to offer deeper creative experiences.
Key customers and partnerships
In June 2024, Picsart announced a partnership with Getty Images, a leading provider of stock imagery. This collaboration enables Picsart subscribers to generate unique images with commercial rights and indemnity directly within the platform, streamlining the content creation process for marketers and businesses.
Additionally, Picsart has integrated its tools with Walsworth Yearbooks, one of America's largest yearbook printers. This integration grants students access to Picsart's photo editing suite, enhancing their yearbook design capabilities with AI-powered solutions.

Picsart

Typeform is a no-code SaaS platform offering conversational forms, quizzes, surveys, and asynchronous video solutions to help companies engage with their audiences and grow their businesses. Founded in Barcelona in 2012 by David Okuniev and Robert Muñoz, Typeform revolutionized online data collection by emphasizing empathy and seamless design to make digital interactions feel more human. The platform's intuitive, mobile-responsive forms feature one question at a time, natural language, and built-in logic to emulate real conversations.
Typeform's core product allows users to create visually appealing, customizable forms without coding. Its paid plans, ranging from USD 290 to USD 990 annually, offer advanced features such as unlimited questions, payment integration, and email notifications. The platform integrates with various business tools like HubSpot, Google Sheets, MailChimp, and Salesforce.

Typeform

Ceros is a cloud-based experiential content creation platform that empowers marketers and designers to create rich, interactive content without code or traditional web development. The Ceros platform provides a no-code solution for creating and publishing engaging digital experiences that drive user engagement, lead generation, and sales.
At the core of Ceros is a design studio that offers complete creative control, enabling users to develop and deploy pixel-perfect layouts using a familiar freeform canvas. They can incorporate animations, interactions, and multimedia elements into their designs using presets and templates. The studio facilitates collaboration, with features for real-time previews across devices, version control, and file management.
Ceros simplifies the creative workflow by allowing direct import of design files from Adobe Creative Cloud apps like Photoshop, Illustrator, and integration with Getty Images library. It is compatible with all major CMS platforms for seamless embedding of interactive content on websites. Published experiences can be easily updated in real-time and optimized for search discoverability.
Ceros has evolved from a digital publishing startup in 2012 to a comprehensive experiential content solution serving enterprise clients across industries. With over 350 employees, it reported annual recurring revenue of over USD 50 million as of September 2022 after raising USD 133.5 million in funding led by Sumeru Equity Partners.

Ceros

Assists content writers in creating digital written media including blogs, ebooks, magazines, and journals.

Offers tools to create pictures, videos, animations, and other visual media.

Assists in creating a variety of digital media channels including podcasts, polls, quizzes, and surveys.

Platforms for discovering and purchasing digital content. Typically offering a repository of digital content or a marketplace to discover and connect with content creators.

Tools for collaboration between internal and external team members on content creation.

Platforms that provide an all-in-one solution that covers the entire content creation process. Typically also provides consultancy services covering content strategy, design, and analytics.

NLP automates the creation of personalized written media content for different use cases

For written and visual content creation AI/ML is a core part of the end result

Uses generative AI to automate the creation of personalized content across multiple media formats

VideoVerse

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