Contrarian Drishti

Contrarian Drishti, established in 2013, is a Mumbai-based private equity firm that focuses on early-stage investments in technology, healthcare, consumer goods, agribusiness, and energy companies in India. The company manages the Contrarian Vriddhi Fund - I, which invests in businesses addressing challenges related to affordability and accessibility in sectors such as healthcare, education, fintech, agribusiness, and energy.

Somak Ghosh

Founder and Managing Partner

Aditi Gupta

Associate Principal

Sumantra Sen

Partner

Animesh Vijayvargiya

Senior Investment Associate

20 past transactions

Bookmycab

Venture Round in 2015
Bookmycab.com is an online/on-call cab booking service in Mumbai. It is the most Economical Radio Taxi Service in Mumbai. Our Drivers well versed with Mumbai city & we provide a Safe and secure travel as a priority. We assure cabs for Airport drops and accept all bookings as we know will deliver. The Company offers local travel. It is the only service provider to book government licensed regular meter taxis in Mumbai. The local taxi services are offered at regular fare structure as approved by transport authority.

Minjar

Venture Round in 2017
Minjar is a cloud solutions provider helping enterprises embrace cloud productively. Minjar provides cloud implementation and big-­‐data consulting to help companies leverage the business value and benefits offered by on-­‐demand computing. Minjar is a leading cloud solutions provider on Amazon AWS platform, managing 1000+ business applications, ensuring highest level scalability, reliability and performance of business applications for its clients. Minjar architects, implement and manage cloud applications for clients in the fortune 1000 list.

Wholesalebox

Venture Round in 2018
WholesaleBox is a platform for wholesale buying and selling across India, for retailers (Shopkeepers) to be able to buy directly at factory prices. They are a bunch of technology and business people from IIMs, IITs, NITs, etc, who are working to bring efficiency in the whole distribution system and help retailers get more variety at their doorsteps at 25-40% lower prices. They can take advantage of our simple app / web interface to buy products for their retail outlets and get those without having to travel to different cities / manufacturing hubs or to buy at much higher prices from the wholesalers near them.

Zvolv

Seed Round in 2018
Zestl Software Private Limited develops Zvolv, a platform that enables users to build, integrate, and deploy workflow automation applications. It serves customers in FMCG, retail, hospitality, healthcare, business services, and education industries. The company was incorporated in 2015 and is based in Pune, India.

Zvolv

Private Placement in 2018
Zestl Software Private Limited develops Zvolv, a platform that enables users to build, integrate, and deploy workflow automation applications. It serves customers in FMCG, retail, hospitality, healthcare, business services, and education industries. The company was incorporated in 2015 and is based in Pune, India.

Squad

Seed Round in 2017
We help Real Estate Teams Convert dropped leads in their CRM into closed homes using artificial intelligence. We qualify, nurture and assist dropped leads to turn them into closed homes by becoming your secret weapon.

Brün Health

Venture Round in 2019
Brün is a revolutionary new labor monitoring tool. Its patented technology ensures easy detection of vital signs improving usability while keeping costs manageable.

Signzy

Venture Round in 2019
Signzy is a fintech company that offers a no-code AI platform that helps financial service companies automate risk and compliance processes. Its platform utilizes artificial intelligence, cryptography and provides biometric-enabled digital contracts and due diligence through algorithmic risk intelligence as well as digitalizes processes such as identification, background checks, issuance of electronic bank guarantees, enabling banks to do digital onboarding of KYC in real-time. The company was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Bangalore, Karnataka.

Pratilipi

Series A in 2018
Pratilipi is a platform which brings readers, writers and their stories together. From the next door neighbour reading stories in the afternoon, to the funny college kid downstairs, millions of people around you are using Pratilipi to discover, express and share their stories in the language they love.

Progcap

Seed Round in 2019
Progcap is a financial service company that provides financial opportunities for micro and small businesses in the last mile. It also uses a mix of technology and its unique delivery model to underwrite credit and thus provide the underbanked semi-urban and rural retailers in India access to flexible, collateral-free working capital. The company also offers finance and supply chain-based solutions for micro and small enterprises. The lending platform risk models these businesses using non-traditional ecosystem data creating credit scores for customers. The company mission is to empower these customers by providing them affordable and timely credit leveraging world-class technology. Progcap was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in New Delhi, Delhi, India.

Nasadiya Technologies Pvt. Ltd.

Private Placement in 2019
Nasadiya Technologies Pvt. Ltd. operates a self-publishing and reading platform. Its platform provides readers with access to stories, poems, haiku, books, articles, magazines, and more in various Indian languages, such as Hindi, Gujarati, and Tamil, as well as allows them to follow their authors. The company is headquartered in Bengaluru, India.

OnlineTyari

Series A in 2016
OnlineTyari is a web and mobile app platform delivering educational contents, mock tests and guidance for students and job aspirants preparing for various exams in India. The company has partnered with various educational institutions, coaching institutes and individual tutors who provide quality material for various examinations like IBPS, SSC, UPSC, GATE, etc. OnlineTyari android app is one of top apps in education category with a download base of more than 2.5 million. The company also has a window phone app which has been topping the education category on windows app store.

Pratilipi

Series B in 2019
Pratilipi is a platform which brings readers, writers and their stories together. From the next door neighbour reading stories in the afternoon, to the funny college kid downstairs, millions of people around you are using Pratilipi to discover, express and share their stories in the language they love.

WholesaleBox Internet Pvt. Ltd.

Private Placement in 2018
WholesaleBox Internet Pvt. Ltd. operates an online marketplace for wholesale buying and selling across India. It offers kurtis, suits, sarees, western wear, bottoms, catalogs, fabrics, dupattas and shawls, home furnishings, accessories, menswear, and kids wear. The company was founded in 2015 and is based in Jaipur, India. WholesaleBox Internet Pvt. Ltd. operates as a subsidiary of Dexter Capital Advisors.

Joybynature

Angel Round in 2015
Joybynature is an online shopping and retail store selling natural and organic products. The company currently works with over 300 vendors across the country and gets over 65 percent of its orders from states outside North India. Joybynature sells more than 8 thousands of organic and natural products across categories including home care, apparel, groceries, baby care, cosmetics, and more. They have created an online space for easy accessibility to Nature's bounty. The mission of Joybynature is to provide natural & healthy products available to people at their doorstep. Joybynature was founded in 2013 and is based in New Delhi, Delhi, India.

Wholesalebox

Venture Round in 2018
WholesaleBox is a platform for wholesale buying and selling across India, for retailers (Shopkeepers) to be able to buy directly at factory prices. They are a bunch of technology and business people from IIMs, IITs, NITs, etc, who are working to bring efficiency in the whole distribution system and help retailers get more variety at their doorsteps at 25-40% lower prices. They can take advantage of our simple app / web interface to buy products for their retail outlets and get those without having to travel to different cities / manufacturing hubs or to buy at much higher prices from the wholesalers near them.

Wholesalebox

Seed Round in 2016
WholesaleBox is a platform for wholesale buying and selling across India, for retailers (Shopkeepers) to be able to buy directly at factory prices. They are a bunch of technology and business people from IIMs, IITs, NITs, etc, who are working to bring efficiency in the whole distribution system and help retailers get more variety at their doorsteps at 25-40% lower prices. They can take advantage of our simple app / web interface to buy products for their retail outlets and get those without having to travel to different cities / manufacturing hubs or to buy at much higher prices from the wholesalers near them.

Nasadiya Technologies Pvt. Ltd.

Private Placement in 2018
Nasadiya Technologies Pvt. Ltd. operates a self-publishing and reading platform. Its platform provides readers with access to stories, poems, haiku, books, articles, magazines, and more in various Indian languages, such as Hindi, Gujarati, and Tamil, as well as allows them to follow their authors. The company is headquartered in Bengaluru, India.

Desiderata Impact Ventures Pvt. Ltd.

Private Placement in 2019
Desiderata Impact Ventures Pvt. Ltd. provides working capital loans to micro and small business retailers. The company develops an online platform that offers collateral-free working capital debt. The company was incorporated in 2017 and is headquartered in New Delhi, India.

Crediwatch

Seed Round in 2019
crediWatch provides integrated web based Business Monitoring, Compliance Analytics and Reporting for Banks, Institutional Investors and Corporations. Instant Diligence Industry analytics Instant reports Lead Generation Vendor verification