Seedfund

Seedfund is a Mumbai-based venture capital firm founded in 2006, specializing in early-stage investments primarily in the healthcare, education, and technology sectors in India. The firm manages multiple funds, including Seedfund Fund II and Fund III, which focus on supporting technology companies. Investment amounts typically range from USD 3 million to USD 4 million, reflecting Seedfund's commitment to nurturing innovative startups in the Indian market. Through its strategic investments, Seedfund aims to foster growth and development in key sectors that are vital to India's economic landscape.

Pravin Gandhi

Co-Founder and General Partner

Bharati Jacob

Co-Founder and Managing Partner

Paula Mariwala

Executive Director

39 past transactions

Chumbak

Series D in 2019
Chumbak Design Private Limited, founded in 2011 and based in Bengaluru, India, specializes in a diverse range of products including apparel, accessories, stationery, home and lifestyle items, and travel souvenirs. The company offers an array of apparel such as T-shirts, bags, and laptop sleeves, alongside stationery items like notebooks and bookmarks. Its home and lifestyle collection features products including handmade soaps, candles, and coffee mugs, while the travel segment includes items like luggage tags and fridge magnets. Chumbak caters to customers through its online platform and physical stores located across various cities in India, as well as in Japan.

DoneByNone

Venture Round in 2019
donebynone.com is an online-only women’s fashion brand that innovates, crafts and delivers fashion originals so fast that we lose track ourselves!

Nihodo Media

Venture Round in 2019
Nihodo Media is a developer of an online platform designed to offer online educational resources. The company is also an animation studio that seeks to utilize the best of Japanese Technology towards localized content development in emerging geographies such as India and South-East Asia. The company works with Japanese and Indian broadcasters as well as the Japanese Government to develop successful cross-border entertainment franchises. Nihodo Media is an Indo-Japan joint venture based out of Bangalore, India.

Chumbak

Venture Round in 2017
Chumbak Design Private Limited, founded in 2011 and based in Bengaluru, India, specializes in a diverse range of products including apparel, accessories, stationery, home and lifestyle items, and travel souvenirs. The company offers an array of apparel such as T-shirts, bags, and laptop sleeves, alongside stationery items like notebooks and bookmarks. Its home and lifestyle collection features products including handmade soaps, candles, and coffee mugs, while the travel segment includes items like luggage tags and fridge magnets. Chumbak caters to customers through its online platform and physical stores located across various cities in India, as well as in Japan.

V Resorts

Seed Round in 2017
V Resorts offer customers various options to take holidays across India. Each resort is unique and built around a local experience – beach holidays, adventure sites, hill retreats, desert camps etc. Customers can expect a very authentic local experience – from architecture that reflects the surrounding ethos, local food, local activities, village interactions, detailed destination wide information and access to the local arts and crafts. We have over 75 resorts across 16 states currently.

Voonik

Series B in 2016
Voonik.com provides a personal shopping platform that helps people dress well within their budget, by offering style advice and hand-selected recommendations, based on the customer’s style preferences and body type. Voonik is based out of Bangalore, India. At Voonik, they are imagining how shopping will happen after 20 years and are trying to create the future NOW. Voonik's technology will meld machine-based predictions with the power of expert curation to help solve the problem of "What should I wear today?" Voonik.com is a startup founded by like-minded people from companies including Amazon, Zoho, HP Research Labs, IBM, Fresh Desk, and Aryaka and from institutions including Indian School of Business, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras Institute of Technology, Pearl Academy of Fashion, and Image Consulting Business Institute.

Sabka Dentist

Series C in 2015
MyDentist is a chain of dental clinics incorporated by Vikram Vora in 2009 and incubated by Seedfund in 2010. Their first clinic was established in Vile Parle, but they now have branches at Malad, Kandivali, Borivali at Mumbai as well. Their services encompass all aspects of cosmetic and restorative dentistry with the overall aim of oral wellbeing. They utilize the latest in dental technology and expertise to ensure that patients receive the highest possible standards of dental care available today. MyDentist provides all forms of general dentistry, oral surgery, fixed and removable prosthetics, implants, orthodontic care, cosmetic procedures and emergency care.

Nearify

Seed Round in 2014
Novelroots Internet Private Limited operates Nearify, an event discovery application for mobile devices. Its application allows users to discover events happening worldwide, such as music, indie shows, comedy, concerts, festivals, theater, and movie screenings. The company’s platform also allows users to follow an event organizer or host to get updates in the form of a news feed. The company was founded in 2012 and is based in Noida, India.

Chumbak

Series A in 2014
Chumbak Design Private Limited, founded in 2011 and based in Bengaluru, India, specializes in a diverse range of products including apparel, accessories, stationery, home and lifestyle items, and travel souvenirs. The company offers an array of apparel such as T-shirts, bags, and laptop sleeves, alongside stationery items like notebooks and bookmarks. Its home and lifestyle collection features products including handmade soaps, candles, and coffee mugs, while the travel segment includes items like luggage tags and fridge magnets. Chumbak caters to customers through its online platform and physical stores located across various cities in India, as well as in Japan.

Browntape

Seed Round in 2014
Browntape Technologies Pvt. Ltd., established in 2003 and based in Porvorim, India, specializes in providing a comprehensive multi-channel order and inventory management software tailored for online sellers. It offers a cloud-based platform that automates repetitive tasks, allowing users to efficiently handle shipping labels, invoices, and customer communications with just one click. This streamlining of operations aids in minimizing errors and enhances the professionalism of communications, which can increase customer confidence in online purchases. The platform enables sellers to manage their inventory across various marketplaces from a single console, facilitating real-time sales tracking and optimizing operational efficiency. In addition to its software solutions, Browntape also provides enterprise and outsourcing services to further support online merchants.

Voonik

Seed Round in 2014
Voonik.com provides a personal shopping platform that helps people dress well within their budget, by offering style advice and hand-selected recommendations, based on the customer’s style preferences and body type. Voonik is based out of Bangalore, India. At Voonik, they are imagining how shopping will happen after 20 years and are trying to create the future NOW. Voonik's technology will meld machine-based predictions with the power of expert curation to help solve the problem of "What should I wear today?" Voonik.com is a startup founded by like-minded people from companies including Amazon, Zoho, HP Research Labs, IBM, Fresh Desk, and Aryaka and from institutions including Indian School of Business, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras Institute of Technology, Pearl Academy of Fashion, and Image Consulting Business Institute.

Heckyl

Series A in 2013
Heckyl Technologies Pvt. Ltd., founded in 2010 and based in Mumbai, India, offers an analytical platform tailored for investors, traders, and researchers. The platform provides real-time financial information, news analytics, and market sentiment analysis, enabling users to access a wealth of actionable intelligence. With features like news clustering, sentiment tagging, and heat maps, Heckyl allows users to explore market trends, government updates, and investment activities across the globe. The technology is designed for performance, reliability, and accuracy, helping clients understand historical data, analyze current conditions, and gain insights for future decision-making. Through its comprehensive data gathering systems, Heckyl empowers users to stay informed and make efficient financial decisions.

AxisRooms

Seed Round in 2013
AxisRooms Travel Distribution Solutions Pvt Ltd specializes in providing software solutions for the hotel and tourism sector. Founded in 2009 and based in Bengaluru, India, the company offers a range of tools designed to enhance online hotel distribution. Its products include AR Corp, an online accommodation booking tool that enables companies and travelers to find and book hotels from a global network of contracted properties, and AR Book, a booking engine that facilitates direct reservations through individual websites. Additionally, AR Connect allows hotels to effectively manage inventory and pricing across various online travel portals. The company's offerings cater to small and medium enterprises as well as corporate clients, positioned as an affordable and efficient distribution platform within the industry. AxisRooms operates as a subsidiary of HMS Infotech Pvt. Ltd.

Sabka Dentist

Series B in 2013
MyDentist is a chain of dental clinics incorporated by Vikram Vora in 2009 and incubated by Seedfund in 2010. Their first clinic was established in Vile Parle, but they now have branches at Malad, Kandivali, Borivali at Mumbai as well. Their services encompass all aspects of cosmetic and restorative dentistry with the overall aim of oral wellbeing. They utilize the latest in dental technology and expertise to ensure that patients receive the highest possible standards of dental care available today. MyDentist provides all forms of general dentistry, oral surgery, fixed and removable prosthetics, implants, orthodontic care, cosmetic procedures and emergency care.

Sportskeeda

Seed Round in 2013
Sportskeeda App is your home for exclusive sports content - live scores, video highlights, real-time updates and in-depth articles about the teams, players and leagues you really care about. Personalize your app to receive alerts for your favorite teams and leagues.

The Label Corp

Venture Round in 2013
afaqs! was launched as agencyfaqs! on September 28, 1999 with a simple objective: to make easier the lives of professionals in advertising, media and marketing. Hence it was named agencyfaqs! - 'faqs' being Internetese for Frequently Asked Questions. Most of the brand-related questions that executives ask are answered on the site.

DailyObjects

Seed Round in 2012
DailyObjects is an Indian e-commerce platform established in 2012 that specializes in gadget accessories. Recognizing the importance of accessories, the company has built a virtual warehouse featuring a diverse range of creative and stylish products designed to enhance the functionality and aesthetics of popular gadgets. The platform offers a variety of items, including mobile cases, screen guards, tote bags, camera accessories, and cable organizers, catering to the needs of tech-savvy consumers. With over 150 international brands represented, DailyObjects aims to elevate product design and originality, providing customers with a one-stop shop for all their technology and mobile accessory needs.

Jeeves

Seed Round in 2012
Jeeves was established in 2007 with the aim of plugging the gap between the ever increasing demands for quality professional services in the consumer durables market in view of the new brands coming into the country and the kind of service that has historically been available.

LurnQ

Seed Round in 2012
LurnQ is an unified, socially styled; open online learning platform for learners and teachers. LurnQ makes online learning simple and noise free through ‘Learn Feed’ and ‘Learn App’. For users who want to teach; the ‘Create Lesson’ app can take full advantage of the information scattered all over the web for creating media rich lessons in a fly. Key Features: Learn Feed – Lessons, opinions & updates around the user’s learning interests delivered in a familiar News-feed format. Learn App recommends lessons based on the user specified interests and helps find lessons that are interesting and relevant. Teach App allows teachers to create rich media lessons & express their opinions to help their followers/students understand. Library App is the users personal repository of learning. It allows the user to store all that catches her learning eye within LurnQ and from around the web through a simple “Bookmarklet” for easy retrieval anytime, anywhere.

ViralMint

Seed Round in 2012
ViralMint is an on-site marketing platform that enhances marketing return on investment for online businesses through social media integration. The platform provides tools that allow businesses to add a viral element to their marketing campaigns quickly, thereby increasing sales, acquiring new followers, and improving website engagement. ViralMint offers two primary products: Offer Mint and Referral Mint. Offer Mint enables businesses to create Like-Gated Offers, encouraging website visitors to earn discounts in exchange for social media interactions, such as Facebook Likes and Tweets. This approach helps generate buzz and increases brand visibility. Referral Mint incentivizes customers to share their purchases or related offers on social media, further driving referrals and conversions. Overall, ViralMint equips businesses with effective strategies to leverage social media for enhanced marketing outcomes.

Innoz

Seed Round in 2012
Innoz is an Indian mobile technology start-up that provides solutions for mobile search applications and wireless market. Its products and services include: SMSGyan, a Q&A search engine on the phone that delivers knowledge bits over SMS; Miki, a personal search assistant that detects voice and delivers content over the phone instantly; TRANZ that enables the users to share photos, videos, and music with friends and family from GPRS and 3G mobile phones; and CellNXT, an SMS and voice marketing platform. In 2010, Innoz won RED Herring Global 100 and Asia 100 and also rated under Top 8 Emerging companies in India by [NASSCOM](http://www.crunchbase.com/organization/nasscom). Innoz was incorporated in 2008. It is based in Bangalore and has additional offices in Gurgaon, India; and North Wales, Pennsylvania.

Heckyl

Seed Round in 2012
Heckyl Technologies Pvt. Ltd., founded in 2010 and based in Mumbai, India, offers an analytical platform tailored for investors, traders, and researchers. The platform provides real-time financial information, news analytics, and market sentiment analysis, enabling users to access a wealth of actionable intelligence. With features like news clustering, sentiment tagging, and heat maps, Heckyl allows users to explore market trends, government updates, and investment activities across the globe. The technology is designed for performance, reliability, and accuracy, helping clients understand historical data, analyze current conditions, and gain insights for future decision-making. Through its comprehensive data gathering systems, Heckyl empowers users to stay informed and make efficient financial decisions.

Fetise.com

Series A in 2011
Fetise Retail Pvt Ltd. operates Fetise.com, an online shopping platform based in Mumbai, India, that specializes in men's fashion and lifestyle products. Established in 2011, the website offers a wide range of items, including men's clothing, footwear, watches, accessories, and fragrances. Fetise.com aims to provide a secure, enjoyable, and convenient shopping experience for its users, focusing on affordability and ease of access. While primarily dedicated to men's products, the company also explores offerings in home care, broadening its appeal to a wider audience.

Frontier Markets

Seed Round in 2011
Frontier Markets Consulting Private Limited operates as a marketing, sales, and distribution company. The company specializes in selling durables for bottom of the pyramid households in rural and peri-urban India. It provides solar lighting products, including torches and lantern through last mile distribution points; household appliances, smartphones, and 4G services. Frontier Markets Consulting Private Limited was founded in 2009 and is based in Jaipur, India with additional offices in Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, and Odisha, India.

Vaatsalya Healthcare

Venture Round in 2011
Vaatsalya Healthcare Solutions Pvt. Ltd. owns and operates a chain of hospitals in Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh. The company offers pharmacy, laboratory, emergency, ambulance, causality, dialysis, radiology, and operation, as well as general medicine, pediatrics, and gynecology services. It also operates clinics. Vaatsalya Healthcare Solutions Pvt. Ltd. was founded in 2004 and is based in Bengaluru, India. It has hospitals in Gadag, Hassan, Shimoga, Hubli, Mysuru, Chickmagaluru, and Narasannapeta, India.

Jeevanti Healthcare

Series A in 2011
A venture funded company setup with the intention of establishing a chain of 50 bedded secondary care multi-speciality hospitals in underserved towns of Maharashtra and Gujarat. Our values are to be caring and compassionate, be accessible to the community and build lasting relationships with our customers. We intend to be fair and transparent, have simple processes, and do more with less. With modern facilities and the help of technology, a qualified, competent and well trained team of doctors & other medical staff, we want to provide efficient and effective healthcare, at affordable prices. Our hospitals will offer the following specialities: 1. Gynaecology & Obstetrics 2. Paediatrics 3.General Medicine and 4. General Surgery. We will also have a fully equipped ICU and NICU that will serve critical patients in our neighbourhood.

Nevales Networks

Seed Round in 2011
Nevales Networks Pvt. Ltd. provides software-as-a-service solutions for small and medium businesses to conduct their businesses. The company provides an online platform that empowers its customers to conduct business with services and applications for connectivity, communication, and transactions, as well as accounting, HR, CRM, ERP, and office applications. It serves businesses in banking and finance, education, government, healthcare, manufacturing, retail, hospitality, and IT enabled service sectors. Nevales Networks Pvt. Ltd. was founded in 2010 and is based in Mumbai, India.

redBus

Series C in 2011
redBus is an online bus ticketing platform that allows users to book tickets through its website and mobile applications. The company operates in various countries, including India, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Colombia, and Peru, serving over 5 million customers worldwide. redBus offers a range of services to enhance the travel experience, such as seat selection, pick-up and drop-off options, and live alerts. The platform also includes inventory management solutions for bus operators, enabling them to manage their offerings efficiently. With a focus on innovation, redBus aims to simplify travel and provide competitive pricing for its users. As part of MakeMyTrip Limited, redBus continues to expand its presence in new markets.

EduSports

Venture Round in 2010
EduSports Pvt Ltd. designs and structures physical education and sports programs for schools. It offers infrastructure consulting services for school sports. The company provides after school programs for identifying and grooming sporting talent from the school level. It also offers school sports leagues; and platforms that provide option for parents to assist the children. In addition, the company provides module, which measures the specific learning outcomes; and pre-school programs. The company was founded in 2009 and is based in Bengaluru, India. EduSports Pvt Ltd. operates as a subsidiary of Junior Sports & Services Private Ltd.

redBus

Series B in 2009
redBus is an online bus ticketing platform that allows users to book tickets through its website and mobile applications. The company operates in various countries, including India, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Colombia, and Peru, serving over 5 million customers worldwide. redBus offers a range of services to enhance the travel experience, such as seat selection, pick-up and drop-off options, and live alerts. The platform also includes inventory management solutions for bus operators, enabling them to manage their offerings efficiently. With a focus on innovation, redBus aims to simplify travel and provide competitive pricing for its users. As part of MakeMyTrip Limited, redBus continues to expand its presence in new markets.

Ixsight

Venture Round in 2009
Ixsight Technologies Pvt. Ltd. provides data quality and master data management solutions. Its products include Profilix-Data Quality Audit, a solution to evaluate the reliability of data used in business decisions, as well as for determining data quality lacunae, consulting on data-capture methodologies, designing data-capture forms and data-entry screens, and preventing incoming uncalled for data; and Scrubbix, a solution for cleansing, standardization, formatting, and enrichment of data within deadlines. The company also provides Deduplix, a de-duplication match process to manage data and match quality issues; Geofix, a solution for spatially enabled business intelligence geographical mapping of UIDs; and Analytix, a solution for customer discovery analytics profile and generate business intelligence from static data to yield insights for decision-makers. In addition, it offers compliance adherence, fraud monitoring, credit exposure review, customer service, strategic marketing, business strategy, operational cost saving, spatial intelligence, and reference matching solutions. The company serves banking, insurance, retail, telecommunications, government, and financial services industries in India and internationally. Ixsight Technologies Pvt. Ltd. was formerly known as Datafix Technologies Pvt. Ltd. The company was incorporated in 2006 and is based in Mumbai, India.

CarWale

Series A in 2008
CarWale is owned by Automotive Exchange Pvt Ltd and is backed by India’s leading early stage venture capital firm Seedfund and top tier US venture fund Sierra Ventures. CarWale offers a complete consumer-focused service that includes content and tools for exhaustive research, pricing and marketplace information. As consumers research and make purchase decisions, CarWale connects them with automotive manufacturers, finance and insurance companies, allowing them to make the best decisions for their automotive purchases.

Lifeblob

Seed Round in 2008
Lifeblob is a social timeline service that allows users to document their lives through a timeline format, highlighting significant events and interactions with friends and family. Each event, referred to as a "blob," incorporates various media such as photos, videos, and text, along with connections to people, places, and interests. The platform enhances social connectivity by automatically integrating relevant posts into users' timelines when friends participate in shared experiences, creating a dynamic web of interconnected timelines. For instance, a trip to Las Vegas can trigger posts that appear on the timelines of all participants, as well as on the timeline associated with the location. This feature not only fosters social engagement but also facilitates discovery, enabling users to connect with others who have visited or reside in specific places. Lifeblob serves multiple purposes, including personal life mapping, showcasing professional achievements, and educational uses, making it a versatile tool for sharing memories and experiences.

Rupeetalk

Seed Round in 2008
Rupeetalk is a unique online platform in India that focuses on personal finance. It serves as an intermediary, connecting consumers with various providers of financial products. The website enables users to compare offerings from different financial institutions, helping them make informed decisions regarding personal finance. By facilitating access to a range of financial products, Rupeetalk aims to empower Indian consumers in managing their financial needs effectively.

Uhuroo

Seed Round in 2008
Uhuroo is a provider of an information sharing platform for enterprises. The company enables teams within and across companies to exchange their ideas and opinions, collect information, manage collaborations and ensure all of them are stored for future reference and consolidation.

Rupeetalk

Seed Round in 2007
Rupeetalk is a unique online platform in India that focuses on personal finance. It serves as an intermediary, connecting consumers with various providers of financial products. The website enables users to compare offerings from different financial institutions, helping them make informed decisions regarding personal finance. By facilitating access to a range of financial products, Rupeetalk aims to empower Indian consumers in managing their financial needs effectively.

Healthizen

Seed Round in 2007
The health care system is experiencing a slow and subtle shift from a professionally driven approach toward one that is “patient centered” or “consumer centered.” This stems from a growing recognition that incorporating an individual patient’s perspectives and greater involvement in his/her care results in better health outcomes and satisfaction. Healthizen.com is an initiative, to bridge this gap by provide health information and services to consumers at the right time, in the right place, the way they want it. It attempts to reduce the information asymmetry in the health care landscape by bringing together all the stakeholders on a common platform. Our vision is one of a ubiquitously networked India offering transparent and powerful information exchange that would reform the health care ecosystem. Our mission is to reduce the information asymmetry in the health care space and reform the health care landscape in India by putting the patients at the center of the ecosystem. We have defined these values for ourselves: * Patients at the heart of everything we do * Evangelize innovation and change * Emphasis on professional competence * Integrity and ethical practices

redBus

Series A in 2007
redBus is an online bus ticketing platform that allows users to book tickets through its website and mobile applications. The company operates in various countries, including India, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Colombia, and Peru, serving over 5 million customers worldwide. redBus offers a range of services to enhance the travel experience, such as seat selection, pick-up and drop-off options, and live alerts. The platform also includes inventory management solutions for bus operators, enabling them to manage their offerings efficiently. With a focus on innovation, redBus aims to simplify travel and provide competitive pricing for its users. As part of MakeMyTrip Limited, redBus continues to expand its presence in new markets.

Printo

Seed Round in 2007
Printo Document Services Pvt. Ltd. is a leading print-on-demand platform in India, established in 2005 and headquartered in Bengaluru. The company operates a retail chain that offers a wide range of print and document services, including customized printing of visiting cards, brochures, business cards, letterheads, envelopes, ID cards, flyers, posters, calendars, and marketing collaterals. Printo caters to various sectors such as healthcare, finance, retail, training, and technology, as well as individual customers. The company provides its products online and delivers across major cities in India. Printo aims to simplify the printing process, allowing customers to select from numerous templates for personalized items and gifts at competitive prices.
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