VenturEast is one of India’s longest-standing venture capital fund managers, investing since 1997, and managing $400+ million of AUM. Ventureast is an early and growth stage fund investing in Technology, Healthcare, Life Sciences, Food/Agri and Cleantech.
Ventureast has made close to 100 investments and boasts a number of marquee repeat investors globally. The Ventureast portfolio features market-leading companies such as Acko - India's first and largest digital insurer, Portea - India’s largest home-healthcare company, 24 Mantra - India’s largest organic foods company, and MoEngage - India’s leading marketing automation company.
Ventureast exits include Facebook’s only acquisition in India, Little Eye Labs; an exit from Onconova through a NASDAQ listing; an exit from Evolva through a Swiss Stock Exchange listing; Bill Desk’s acquisition of Loyalty Rewards; Genpact’s acquisition of Atyati; etc.
Ventureast team is based out of Bangalore and Hyderabad.
Ventureast has made close to 100 investments and boasts a number of marquee repeat investors globally. The Ventureast portfolio features market-leading companies such as Acko - India's first and largest digital insurer, Portea - India’s largest home-healthcare company, 24 Mantra - India’s largest organic foods company, and MoEngage - India’s leading marketing automation company.
Ventureast exits include Facebook’s only acquisition in India, Little Eye Labs; an exit from Onconova through a NASDAQ listing; an exit from Evolva through a Swiss Stock Exchange listing; Bill Desk’s acquisition of Loyalty Rewards; Genpact’s acquisition of Atyati; etc.
Ventureast team is based out of Bangalore and Hyderabad.
Location: India, Karnataka, Bengaluru
Employees: 11-50
Founded date: 1997
Investment Type: Venture Capital
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27.08.2024 | Kae Capital Welcomes Abhishek Srivastava as General Partner, Promotes Gaurav Chaturvedi Abhishek Srivastava brings 20+ years of experience, including leadership roles at Endiya Partners and Ventureast... | Mumbai-based early-stage venture capital firm Kae Capital has bolstered its leadership team with significant appointments. Abhishek Srivastava has joined the firm as a General Partner, while Gaurav Chaturvedi, a key player at Kae Capital si... |
15.06.2022 | Partech’s Africa Fund II to receive $26 million investment from IFC | The World Bank’s private sector arm, the International Finance Corporation (IFC), wants to invest up to €25 million ($26.43) in Partech Africa Fund II (PAF II), a Paris-based venture capital firm. In its disclosures, the IFC stated that it ... |
10.06.2022 | IFC set to invest $26M in Partech’s Africa Fund II | The International Finance Corporation (IFC), the private sector arm of the World Bank, plans to make an equity investment of up to €25 million ($26.43) into the Partech Africa Fund II (PAF II) by the Paris-based VC firm Partech. The IFC sai... |
04.02.2021 | IFC proposes to invest $10m in Nepal-focused Dolma Impact Fund II | Premium The International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, is proposing an investment of up to $10 million in Dolma Impact Fund II, the Nepal-focused Dolma Fund Management’s second private equity vehicle, accordi... |
10.08.2020 | IFC invests $10 million in Endiya Partners Fund II; to support product start-ups, drive innovation | Endiya’s current portfolio includes Darwinbox, Steradian Semiconductors, Kissht, SigTuple, Myelin Foundry Endiya Fund II has received a commitment of ₹75 crore ($10 million approximately) from International Finance Corporation (IFC), a memb... |
06.10.2016 | Ventureast raises $85 million to invest in tech start-ups | The firm will raise another $65 million as part of the sixth fund by end of March 2017, said Sarath Naru, managing partner of Ventureast. The firm has been on the road to raise funds for the last 18 months. Ventureast raises $85 million to ... |
05.10.2016 | Ventureast raises $83 million to mark the first close of tech fund | Early stage investor Ventureast Fund Advisors India Ltd has achieved the first close of its sixth fund—Ventureast Proactive Fund II (VPF2), a top company executive told VCCircle. Sarath Naru, managing partner of Ventureast, said that the fi... |
27.04.2016 | Daily funding roundup - April 27, 2016 | Peter Thiel led investment in Vivint; Seclore raised $12M Series B; IMMUNIO secured Series A funding wineOwine, a Rome, Italy-based wine ecommerce startup, raised €800,000 (approximately $905,000) in venture capital funding. Backers include... |
08.02.2016 | India: Hansel.io gets funding led by Endiya Partners via TracxnSyndicate | Premium Mobile development tool kit startup, Hansel.io, has raised an undisclosed amount of funding from Endiya Partners, a newly floated fund by Sateesh Andhra (previously VentureEast and DFJ India), through TracxnSyndicate, the company sa... |
21.09.2015 | Daily funding roundup - September 21, 2015 | Deciphera bagged $75M; Portea raised $37.5M; Just Biotherapeutics secured $15M BidFlyer, an Israeli startup that is a white-label platform for airlines, has raised $1 million in funding for its business model, which involves putting small b... |
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