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Arka Venture Labs is a first-of-its-kind India-US cross-border accelerator platform, launched in partnership with three leading VC firms - Benhamou Global Ventures (BGV), Blume Ventures and Emergent Ventures. The program is designed to facilitate a faster global transition for Indian B2B start-ups.
Arka Venture Labs provides seed and pre-seed capital of up to 200K USD, besides mentorship, infrastructure and access to the Silicon Valley ecosystem which is critical for scaling up B2B startups in the US. This platform is only open to B2B startups that have an MVP or paying customers with a strong potential in the US or European region, backed by strong core technology and economic differentiators. Arka Venture Labs will operate out of Blume’s offices in India and BGV’s offices in Silicon Valley. While Blume Ventures brings extensive knowledge and experience of the Indian entrepreneurial ecosystem, BGV and Emergent Ventures provide deep operational experience in the B2B sector and cross-border investments.
Who are the people behind the Arka Venture Labs?
http://www.arka.vc/team.html
What is the Arka vision?
The Arka vision is to create an increasing number of valuable B2B start-ups from India.
What does Arka provide?
Arka Ventures draws from the strengths of its founding partners. A primer on each fund can be found here: http://www.arka.vc/about.html
While Blume brings extensive knowledge and experience of the Indian Entrepreneurial ecosystem, BGV and Emergent provide deep operational experience in the B2B sector and cross-border investments. Portfolio companies will receive mentorship from not only the Arka Venture Labs team and partners of the founding VC firms, but also from a diverse group of experienced professionals in India and US sharing go-to-market and technology perspectives.
Capital up to $200K USD will be provided. Working space in the Valley will also be provided for startups.
Arka Venture Labs provides seed and pre-seed capital of up to 200K USD, besides mentorship, infrastructure and access to the Silicon Valley ecosystem which is critical for scaling up B2B startups in the US. This platform is only open to B2B startups that have an MVP or paying customers with a strong potential in the US or European region, backed by strong core technology and economic differentiators. Arka Venture Labs will operate out of Blume’s offices in India and BGV’s offices in Silicon Valley. While Blume Ventures brings extensive knowledge and experience of the Indian entrepreneurial ecosystem, BGV and Emergent Ventures provide deep operational experience in the B2B sector and cross-border investments.
Who are the people behind the Arka Venture Labs?
http://www.arka.vc/team.html
What is the Arka vision?
The Arka vision is to create an increasing number of valuable B2B start-ups from India.
What does Arka provide?
Arka Ventures draws from the strengths of its founding partners. A primer on each fund can be found here: http://www.arka.vc/about.html
While Blume brings extensive knowledge and experience of the Indian Entrepreneurial ecosystem, BGV and Emergent provide deep operational experience in the B2B sector and cross-border investments. Portfolio companies will receive mentorship from not only the Arka Venture Labs team and partners of the founding VC firms, but also from a diverse group of experienced professionals in India and US sharing go-to-market and technology perspectives.
Capital up to $200K USD will be provided. Working space in the Valley will also be provided for startups.
Overview
Location
United States, California, Palo Alto
Employees
11-50
Founded date
2018
Mentions in press and media 6
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| Mar 11, 2026 | Lyzr.ai Revolutionizes Enterprise AI with Production-Grade Agentic OS and Builder Launch | Lyzr.ai raises $8M for its Agentic Operating System, launching Architect to empower non-technical users. The platform builds production-grade multi-AI agent systems, automating complex business processes. It unifies fragmented enterprise AI... |
| Mar 10, 2026 | Lyzr: $8 Million Series A Raised For Agentic Operating System For Enterprises | Lyzr, an enterprise AI platform developing an “Agentic Operating System,” has raised $8 million in series A funding to accelerate the deployment of interconnected AI agents across enterprise environments. The round was led by Rocketship.vc ... |
| Oct 31, 2025 | Lyzr Secures $8 Million to Power Enterprise Agentic AI Solutions | Lyzr, a leading AI infrastructure firm, secured $8 million in Series A funding. This capital empowers its mission to deploy secure, governed agentic AI systems for global enterprises. Lyzr's platform creates interconnected, autonomous AI wo... |
| Oct 30, 2025 | Lyzr: $8 Million Series A Closed To Build Agentic Operating Systems for Enterprise Functions | Lyzr, a leading enterprise agentic AI infrastructure company, announced it has raised $8 million in Series A funding led by global venture fund Rocketship.vc, with participation from GFT Ventures, Accenture Ventures, Firstsource, Plug and P... |
| Apr 24, 2020 | Arka Venture Labs Invests In AI-based SaaS Platform ‘dotin Inc’ | Arka Venture Labs has invested an undisclosed amount in AI-based SaaS platform, dotin Inc. dotin uses AI for the real-time delivery of critical insights and ‘vital cues to improve individual experience, business outcomes and the overall wor... |
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FAQ about Arka Venture Labs
When was Arka Venture Labs founded?
Arka Venture Labs was founded in 2018.
What has the press written about Arka Venture Labs?
Parsers VC has collected 6 articles mentioning Arka Venture Labs, among them “Lyzr.ai Revolutionizes Enterprise AI with Production-Grade Agentic OS and Builder Launch” (Mar 11, 2026) and “Lyzr: $8 Million Series A Raised For Agentic Operating System For Enterprises” (Mar 10, 2026).
Is Arka Venture Labs still active?
Yes, Arka Venture Labs is active; its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from May 6, 2026.