Anthill Ventures

Anthill Ventures, founded in 2015 and based in Hyderabad, India, is a venture capital firm focused on accelerating the growth of early-stage startups in sectors such as Urbantech, Healthtech, and Mediatech. The firm specializes in supporting companies from the Pre-Series A stage to Series A and B within a 1-2 year timeframe, primarily targeting the Indian and Southeast Asian markets. Anthill Ventures provides scale-up capital funding, access to market opportunities, and technology aimed at maximizing venture returns, positioning itself as a Speed Scaling Ecosystem for innovative startups.

Mahesh Balani

Partner

Zaran Bhagwagar

Senior Associate

Sameer Ganapathy

Partner

Ramana Gogula

Venture Partner

Srini Koppulu

Venture Partner

Ofir Elyasaph Madmon

Partner

Devang Mehta

Venture Partner

Rajeev Menon

Partner

Pradeep Mittal

Venture Partner

Lanka Sai Sameeraz Sarma

Investment Associate

Aharon Schwartz

Partner

Sailesh Sigatapu

General Partner

Anil Valluri

Venture Partner

Prasad Vanga

Founder and CEO

40 past transactions

Ginglani Distillers

Series A in 2024
Ginglani Distillers is an underdog whiskey start-up, igniting the sparks of a craft whiskey movement in India. Driven by a young founder, Shivam Ginglani and a team of passionate and fearless individuals, we're on the journey to establish "Himalayan Whiskey" as the face of India in the global whiskey industry. We believe whiskey is only as good as the water that's used in making it. And the water that goes into crafting Woodsmen Mountain Whiskey comes from one of the purest water sources in the world - the springs of the Himalayan Mountains. It's this, coupled with our constant hunger to innovate, push boundaries, and cheekily push back the status quo, that makes us think we'll go on to create whiskey history.

Settl.

Seed Round in 2024
Settl is a technology-driven accommodation platform specializing in co-living spaces that prioritize safety, comfort, and community engagement. By offering fully furnished homes equipped with essential amenities such as round-the-clock power backup, regular cleaning and maintenance, internet access, and on-site laundry services, Settl aims to enhance the living experience for its residents. The company employs a data-driven approach to property selection and operational management, which allows it to redefine co-living standards in urban centers like Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Gurgaon, and Chennai. Settl's commitment to creating cozy and secure environments fosters a sense of belonging, making city living more effortless for its customers.

Scandalous Foods

Pre Seed Round in 2023
Scandalous Foods operates a cloud kitchen network that caters to the restaurant industry by providing food preparation services. The company specializes in a diverse range of popular Indian sweets, which are offered in single-serve sizes and have a shelf life of six months without the use of preservatives. This allows consumers to enjoy these sweets at their convenience, meeting the growing demand for quality and accessible food options.

Smarter Dharma

Seed Round in 2023
Smarter Dharma Sustainable Solutions Private Limited is a social enterprise based in Bengaluru, India, established in 2019. The company focuses on facilitating behavioral change towards sustainability by helping organizations make informed decisions to address and mitigate climate change challenges. Smarter Dharma offers a variety of services, including resource management through SmartAudit, impact assessment and management, sustainability policy development, technology solutions, and stakeholder engagement. It serves a diverse range of sectors, including construction, hospitality, manufacturing, services, government, community, and education, working collaboratively with organizations, government bodies, and policymakers to create a sustainable future.

Moonshine Meadery

Seed Round in 2023
Moonshine Meadery specializes in the production of craft mead, an alcoholic beverage created by fermenting honey with various fruits and spices. Recognized as one of the oldest fermented drinks, mead has historical significance across cultures, including references in ancient texts and literature. The meadery focuses on using high-quality ingredients and advanced brewing techniques to deliver traditional flavors, catering to the growing interest in craft beverages. Over the past decade, mead has experienced a resurgence, emerging as the fastest-growing segment in the craft beverage market. Moonshine Meadery aims to provide consumers with an authentic mead experience that honors this ancient beverage while appealing to modern tastes.

Safearth

Seed Round in 2023
SafEarth Clean Technologies operates a renewable energy marketplace in India, designed to connect solar installers with customers seeking sustainable energy solutions. The platform enables consumers to install solar power systems without the burden of upfront costs, allowing them to pay only for the energy generated. This model not only facilitates access to renewable energy but also encourages a shift away from fossil fuel dependence. Additionally, SafEarth offers a team of trained professionals to ensure that installations meet international quality standards, while also assisting vendors in procuring necessary equipment from leading manufacturers. By addressing the barriers to renewable energy adoption, SafEarth aims to promote more widespread use of solar energy.

SoleSearch

Seed Round in 2023
SoleSearch is a prominent e-commerce platform in India specializing in the resale of limited edition and highly sought-after sneakers, streetwear, accessories, and collectibles. The marketplace facilitates connections between buyers and sellers nationwide, ensuring that all items are guaranteed to be authentic. SoleSearch prioritizes a secure buying experience for its users, allowing them to bid on their favorite products while navigating a curated selection of high-demand items.

Moonshine Meadery

Seed Round in 2022
Moonshine Meadery specializes in the production of craft mead, an alcoholic beverage created by fermenting honey with various fruits and spices. Recognized as one of the oldest fermented drinks, mead has historical significance across cultures, including references in ancient texts and literature. The meadery focuses on using high-quality ingredients and advanced brewing techniques to deliver traditional flavors, catering to the growing interest in craft beverages. Over the past decade, mead has experienced a resurgence, emerging as the fastest-growing segment in the craft beverage market. Moonshine Meadery aims to provide consumers with an authentic mead experience that honors this ancient beverage while appealing to modern tastes.

Zerund

Seed Round in 2022
Zerund is a manufacturer of sustainable bricks that cater to the construction industry. The company specializes in producing lightweight bricks embedded with plastic and other waste materials, which are designed to be crack and earthquake-resistant. These bricks offer high strength, low water absorption, and excellent insulation properties, making them a cost-effective choice for construction projects. In addition to its products, Zerund provides valuable services such as free installation guidance to masons on construction sites and consultations on the structure of brick walls. Customers can also receive quantitative estimation advice, helping them efficiently allocate resources and reduce waste while maximizing returns on their projects.

Redesyn

Convertible Note in 2022
Redesyn is a content-to-commerce platform that empowers influencers and brands to monetize their digital content effectively. By seamlessly integrating branded products into viral videos, Redesyn enhances the shopping experience for over 300 million consumers who spend significant time on social media and streaming platforms. The platform addresses key challenges faced by shoppers, influencers, and brands, creating a streamlined process for purchasing featured products. For brands, it provides tools to embed their products into engaging content, driving higher conversion rates. Influencers benefit from a simplified method to make their content shoppable, maximizing their revenue potential while maintaining creativity. The platform employs AI algorithms to match relevant products with content, ensuring a natural fit and improved engagement. Furthermore, it offers enhanced analytics for brands to track performance metrics and optimize advertising campaigns, making it a trusted partner for over 30 brands and 10,000 influencers.

TheLightbulb.Ai

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Lightbulb.ai is a customer intelligence platform specifically designed for e-learning businesses, focusing on enhancing key performance indicators through engagement and emotion analytics. The platform utilizes advanced technologies such as computer vision, speech transcription, and sentiment analysis to monitor user emotions and engagement in real-time. It offers features like Live Session Monitoring, which automates the observation of live online classes, providing teams with insightful alerts and reports. This capability is aimed at improving critical aspects of online learning, including acquisition, retention, and teacher performance, thereby enabling businesses to optimize their operations and boost overall effectiveness.

Wehouse

Seed Round in 2022
Wehouse is a home-building platform focused on transforming the construction industry by offering a comprehensive solution for residential projects. The company simplifies the home building process through a user-friendly platform that encompasses various services, including project management, digital tracking, price modeling, and quality assurance. By taking a proactive approach, Wehouse aims to be a reliable resource for clients, ensuring they have access to professional services that meet their specific preferences and financial considerations. The goal is to create a seamless experience that minimizes chaos and enhances satisfaction throughout the home-building journey.

Welly

Seed Round in 2022
Welly specializes in health supplements, focusing on the production of healthy gummies enriched with vitamins, minerals, and superfoods. The company employs a team of nutritionists, food technologists, and industry experts to create a variety of appealing products in different flavors. Welly places an emphasis on sustainability by using reusable and environmentally friendly packaging. Through extensive formulations and trials, the company aims to provide customers with enjoyable and nutritious snack options that support their overall well-being.

Bold Care

Seed Round in 2022
Bold Care is a digital startup focused on men's health and wellness, providing free consultations with licensed sexologists. The company specializes in creating personalized treatment plans that incorporate both prescription medications and natural supplements. It facilitates discreet delivery of holistic sexual wellness kits directly to customers. Additionally, Bold Care offers unlimited follow-up consultations, ensuring ongoing support as clients seek effective solutions for various wellness issues. Through its platform, the startup aims to enhance accessibility to authentic medicines and wellness products, addressing the unique health needs of men.

Wiggles

Seed Round in 2021
Wiggles is India's pioneering provider of tailored monthly preventive healthcare subscription boxes designed specifically for pets. Founded with the mission to transform the pet healthcare industry, Wiggles focuses on delivering essential products and services that promote the health and well-being of pets. The subscription box includes anti-parasitic medicines, nutritional products, and essential vitamins, curated by veterinarians to meet the needs of pets. In addition to these health essentials, Wiggles offers vet-on-call services and grooming solutions, enabling pet owners to maintain their pets' health with ease and convenience. Through its innovative approach, Wiggles aims to alleviate the stress of pet care for owners while ensuring that pets remain healthy and happy.

Ai Palette

Series A in 2021
Ai Palette specializes in providing AI-driven product development solutions tailored for businesses in the food and consumer packaged goods sectors. The company leverages insights from millions of digital conversations combined with company data to generate product concepts that align with a brand's identity and address consumer needs. Utilizing advanced machine learning techniques, natural language processing, and image recognition, Ai Palette's platform enables companies to identify emerging food trends and consumer preferences. This approach helps firms determine which products to launch next, thereby enhancing the likelihood of success for new product introductions.

Redesyn

Seed Round in 2021
Redesyn is a content-to-commerce platform that empowers influencers and brands to monetize their digital content effectively. By seamlessly integrating branded products into viral videos, Redesyn enhances the shopping experience for over 300 million consumers who spend significant time on social media and streaming platforms. The platform addresses key challenges faced by shoppers, influencers, and brands, creating a streamlined process for purchasing featured products. For brands, it provides tools to embed their products into engaging content, driving higher conversion rates. Influencers benefit from a simplified method to make their content shoppable, maximizing their revenue potential while maintaining creativity. The platform employs AI algorithms to match relevant products with content, ensuring a natural fit and improved engagement. Furthermore, it offers enhanced analytics for brands to track performance metrics and optimize advertising campaigns, making it a trusted partner for over 30 brands and 10,000 influencers.

Salud

Seed Round in 2021
Salud Beverages is a producer of ready-to-drink and craft spirits focused on the Indian market. The company offers a range of premixed alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages that emphasize fresh, classy, and socially responsible drinking experiences. With a commitment to natural flavors, Salud aims to create an aspirational brand that resonates with consumers' lifestyles and values.

The New Shop

Seed Round in 2021
The New Shop operates a chain of convenience retail stores designed to meet a variety of customer needs in an organized and cost-effective manner. Located in various public areas across the country, these stores offer a range of everyday essential items, including groceries, snacks, ready-to-eat meals, beverages, dairy products, confectionery, and personal care items. By providing consumers with access to essential goods at reasonable prices, The New Shop aims to enhance the shopping experience and cater to the convenience of its customers.

The New Shop

Series A in 2020
The New Shop operates a chain of convenience retail stores designed to meet a variety of customer needs in an organized and cost-effective manner. Located in various public areas across the country, these stores offer a range of everyday essential items, including groceries, snacks, ready-to-eat meals, beverages, dairy products, confectionery, and personal care items. By providing consumers with access to essential goods at reasonable prices, The New Shop aims to enhance the shopping experience and cater to the convenience of its customers.

QuaQua Experiences

Venture Round in 2020
QuaQua Experiences Pvt. Ltd., located in Hyderabad, India, is the pioneering platform that integrates 360-degree Virtual Reality content specifically tailored for the travel and tourism industry. The company's mission is to provide immersive travel experiences through engaging storytelling, thereby inspiring individuals to explore new destinations. QuaQua effectively connects metadata, content, bookings, and community, catering to both businesses and travelers. By offering an intelligent and interactive user experience, the platform enables users to personalize their travel journeys and engage with comprehensive virtual travel options. QuaQua is driven by a passion for travel and innovation, focusing on creative problem-solving and collaboration to transform the travel industry landscape.

Rooter

Seed Round in 2020
Rooter is India's leading game streaming and esports content platform, launched in 2016 by Piyush Kumar and Dipesh Agarwal. The platform serves a vast community of over 450 million gaming enthusiasts, boasting nearly 70 million downloads and approximately 18 million monthly active users. With 1.7 million daily active users who engage for over 28 minutes daily, Rooter facilitates a vibrant ecosystem supported by more than 15,000 professional streamers and over a million content creators each month. The platform uniquely monetizes its offerings, achieving an annual recurring revenue of $7 million. Rooter also provides extensive live esports content, delivering over 8,200 hours annually through collaborations with major esports tournament organizers and partnerships with top esports teams and popular streamers. Originally focused on building a sports fan community, Rooter pivoted to game streaming and esports amid changing content consumption trends during the COVID-19 pandemic. The company is backed by a prominent investor base, including March Capital and PayTM, among others.

Woovly Shop Socially

Seed Round in 2020
Woovly India Pvt. Ltd operates a social media platform designed to connect users through shared experiences and interests, particularly in areas like photography, travel, food, and adventure sports. Founded in 2017 and based in Bengaluru, India, Woovly serves as a social commerce platform tailored for millennials in Tier 2 and Tier 3 cities. It enables users to discover and shop for lifestyle products through engaging short video content produced by micro and nano influencers. The platform incentivizes these influencers with cash rewards for content that generates engagement and sales, fostering a community-driven approach to shopping and lifestyle exploration.

PublicVibe

Venture Round in 2019
PublicVibe is a hyper-local community news platform that focuses on enabling individuals to share news, experiences, and opinions at the neighborhood level, from apartment complexes to specific streets. By providing instant access to local news in vernacular languages, PublicVibe helps users stay informed about current events and issues affecting their surroundings. The platform not only facilitates community engagement but also promotes awareness, potentially leading to the resolution of local problems. Additionally, PublicVibe offers features that allow users to discover local jobs, events, and deals, further enhancing community connectivity. Recognized for its social impact, PublicVibe has received accolades from notable organizations, highlighting its significance in improving lives at various levels within India.

Zerone Microsystems Pvt.

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Zerone Microsystems Pvt. Ltd. is a fintech company based in Delhi, India, with an additional office in Singapore, that specializes in innovative payment solutions. Founded in 2009, the company has developed a virtual point of sale (POS) machine for smartphones, allowing users to make digital payments seamlessly between devices. Its flagship product, the Zerone Unified Payment (ZUP) Technology, enables smartphone-to-smartphone payments without the need for additional hardware or NFC, effectively transforming even the most basic smartphones into functional POS machines. This technology aims to simplify and revolutionize the payment infrastructure by replacing traditional POS systems with a more accessible and cost-effective solution.

Rooter

Seed Round in 2018
Rooter is India's leading game streaming and esports content platform, launched in 2016 by Piyush Kumar and Dipesh Agarwal. The platform serves a vast community of over 450 million gaming enthusiasts, boasting nearly 70 million downloads and approximately 18 million monthly active users. With 1.7 million daily active users who engage for over 28 minutes daily, Rooter facilitates a vibrant ecosystem supported by more than 15,000 professional streamers and over a million content creators each month. The platform uniquely monetizes its offerings, achieving an annual recurring revenue of $7 million. Rooter also provides extensive live esports content, delivering over 8,200 hours annually through collaborations with major esports tournament organizers and partnerships with top esports teams and popular streamers. Originally focused on building a sports fan community, Rooter pivoted to game streaming and esports amid changing content consumption trends during the COVID-19 pandemic. The company is backed by a prominent investor base, including March Capital and PayTM, among others.

Uniti Sweden

Venture Round in 2018
The automotive industry is more destructive than it needs to be. The vehicles we drive today are extremely harmful to our planet and even our health, with vehicle emissions causing more premature deaths than car accidents. These numbers are even more extreme in cities, which host 54% of the world’s population, a number that continues to grow. People in cities have become accustomed to the toxic smell, but these emissions are completely unnecessary and cause critical problems that must be addressed, such as a recent study that showed a direct link between emissions and clinical mental health problems in children. This is especially troubling when you consider that only 2-3% of the energy burned in cars today actually moves its passengers. The average vehicle weight is 1.8 tonnes, while the average occupancy per vehicle trip is only 1.2 people, and 80% of these vehicle trips are less than 25km. Uniti is a Swedish electric car start-up focusing on a simplified modular vehicle platform, highly sustainable materials and processes, and a user experience that matches the most advanced consumer electronics. Our first product to market is a two-seater city-car in the EU L7e regulatory category. This category gives significantly greater freedom for innovation with far lower barriers to entry. The prototype is due in December 2017, and we already have a strong demand including many pre-orders.

RayIoT Solutions

Seed Round in 2018
RayIoT Solutions Inc. specializes in developing innovative monitoring devices designed for health and safety. One of its flagship products, Raybaby, is a sophisticated baby monitor that tracks a child's respiration and sleep patterns, providing alerts for elevated respiratory rates that may indicate fever or other health issues. Equipped with an infrared video camera, Raybaby allows for live video streaming in complete darkness, along with built-in speakers and audio monitoring through a highly sensitive microphone. In addition, the company offers a wall-mounted monitoring device that transforms any space into a mini intensive care unit, continuously monitoring breathing rates and enabling the early detection of respiratory distress for patients in self-quarantine or quarantine facilities.

ShieldSquare

Series A in 2017
Forrester Research has ranked ShieldSquare as a Leader in their New Wave™: Bot Management Report for Q3 2018. ShieldSquare offers a non-intrusive API-based solution to detect and eliminate bad bot traffic from websites, mobile apps, and APIs in real-time. Our solution leverages intent-based deep behavior analysis, device fingerprinting, and domain-specific detection technologies to identify and eliminate invalid traffic with zero false positives. We protect against automated attacks such as account takeover, application DDoS, API abuse, carding, content scraping, ad fraud, form spam, and other fraudulent activities. ShieldSquare safeguards over 80,000 internet properties owned by global online brands spread across 70 countries.

Front Range Biosciences

Venture Round in 2017
Front Range Biosciences, Inc. is an agricultural biotech company specializing in the breeding and production of new plant varieties and seeds within the hemp, coffee, and cannabis sectors. Founded in 2015 and based in Lafayette, Colorado, with additional offices in Wisconsin, California, and Spain, the company employs tissue culture propagation techniques to enhance the efficiency and consistency of clone and seed production. Their Clean Stock program ensures a supply of disease- and pest-free plants, providing farmers with data-driven solutions to develop new cultivars with commercially relevant traits. Front Range Biosciences aims to modernize agriculture for cannabis and hemp, offering services that support cultivators in improving yields, minimizing disease risks, and creating innovative plant strains.

SparesHub

Venture Round in 2017
SparesHub is an online marketplace in India that specializes in providing genuine automotive spare parts for cars and bikes. Catering primarily to Indian customers, the platform offers a wide range of products, including suspension parts, clutch components, brake systems, engine parts, turbochargers, automotive belts, and lighting parts. By focusing on non-metro and smaller cities, SparesHub aims to streamline the supply chain process, making it easier and faster for customers to access essential spare parts. The marketplace also facilitates connections among users to share product information, new launches, discounts, and offers, enhancing the overall shopping experience.

Cargo Exchange

Seed Round in 2017
Cargo Exchange is a cloud-based Transportation Exchange Platform that facilitates the automation of transportation activities within the supply chain. It connects cargo owners, truck owners, and intermediaries, allowing them to trade efficiently. The platform provides real-time services aimed at reducing freight costs and optimizing service levels. By automating processes, Cargo Exchange enhances the efficiency of logistics operations, making it a valuable tool for clients seeking to improve their supply chain management.

SquadStack

Seed Round in 2017
SquadStack is a tech-driven contact center that revolutionizes customer support and telesales by integrating AI agents with human expertise. Our solutions enhance customer experience, boost conversions, and reduce costs for leading consumer brands. Key offerings include a Humanoid AI Agent trained on over 90 million minutes of human interactions, providing accurate, consistent, and personalized conversations. Additionally, SquadStack offers a fully managed network of vetted telecallers, AI-powered quality audits, and omnichannel outreach with intelligent lead management. We work with leading businesses across various industries: Axis Bank, Kotak, Bajaj Finserv, Tata Digital, PhonePe, Delhivery, Birla Opus, Redbus, Eureka Forbes, Amity University, etc.

Travelio

Seed Round in 2016
Travelio is an online marketplace for short-term home rentals, offering a diverse range of accommodations, including apartments, villas, and houses. Founded on March 24, 2015, by Christine Amanda, Christina Suriadjaja, and Hendry Rusli, the platform simplifies the property rental process for both renters and property owners. It enables clients to easily reserve and select their desired accommodations online while providing property owners and developers with tools to lease and manage their vacant properties effectively. Travelio aims to enhance the rental experience by connecting travelers with suitable housing options.

Mishtag

Angel Round in 2016
MishTag operates as a visual engagement, analytics, and advertising platform aimed at enhancing the shopping experience for consumers, brands, retailers, and publishers. It offers an online question-and-answer application that allows users to seek product recommendations and pose shopping-related queries by simply uploading a photo along with their question. This community-driven approach fosters interaction among shoppers, making the process of finding products more engaging and rewarding. Through its innovative platform, MishTag seeks to streamline the shopping experience by providing valuable insights and facilitating communication between consumers and businesses.

Theranosis Life Sciences

Seed Round in 2016
Theranosis Life Sciences Pvt Ltd is a Hyderabad-based company that specializes in developing innovative medical devices using microfluidics technology. These lab-on-a-chip devices are designed to detect rare cells, such as circulating tumor cells, from simple blood samples, enabling monitoring of treatment efficacy in cancer patients. The company also focuses on digital pathology, cancer genomics, and bioinformatics to analyze the mutational profiling of tumor tissues and circulating tumor cells. In addition, Theranosis Life Sciences is advancing organ-on-a-chip technology through 3D bioprinting, which creates artificial tissue slices to replicate the tumor microenvironment and evaluate the effects of drugs on patient-derived primary cancer cells. Established in 2016, the company boasts a fully functioning cell culture facility and is in the process of setting up a comprehensive microfluidics workstation for prototyping. Access to a tumor tissue biobank from Apollo Hospitals enables the procurement of diverse cancer tissue samples for research purposes.

Newsdash

Seed Round in 2016
Newsdash provides your favorite newspapers and publications on mobile. They are automatically delivered in a newspaper like a layout and can be read offline. We, at Newsdash, are bringing your daily newspapers and newsletters to your mobile device. The same print newspaper reading experience now optimized for your mobile screen. Read, archive and share the news of your choice in the most intuitive way ever. Newsdash is a marketplace for digital newspapers and newsletters. With our custom software and advertising solutions, we help e-newspapers go truly mobile and cater to a wide digital audience. We provide our customers with a wide range of newspapers and newsletters to subscribe to in our marketplace and deliver a fully mobile friendly and optimized version of their favorite publication daily to their device.

BuyTestSeries

Seed Round in 2016
BuyTestSeries is a prominent education marketplace in India that caters to students seeking various academic resources, including online test series, video lectures, study materials, and books. The platform offers a comprehensive repository of coaching classes, allowing students to compare and identify the best mentors for their educational needs. By providing detailed information about coaching institutes and test providers, BuyTestSeries helps students make informed decisions in a competitive environment. The marketplace not only facilitates the purchase of discounted test series but also offers reviews, ratings, and performance tracking to enhance students' learning experiences and career prospects.

Explara

Venture Round in 2015
Explara is an event membership platform that provides a comprehensive suite of services for managing ticketing and registration for various events. The platform facilitates the discovery of events and offers solutions for online selling, payment processing, crowdfunding, and community management. By enabling businesses to monetize their events and connect with customers globally, Explara supports entrepreneurs in their efforts to grow and positively impact society. Its tools are designed to streamline event management and enhance revenue opportunities for users.

Logic Roots

Seed Round in 2015
Logic Roots is an education company that provides a social math game and equipment for kids. It offers math board games and math worksheets it helps children to practice in mathematics. Logic roots help reinventing how kids practice Math. Through board games, math activities and apps. The company was founded in 2011 and headquartered in Mumbai
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