Catamaran Ventures

Catamaran is a catalyst for creating innovative enterprises in India. We manage over $1 billion across asset classes. Through our VC/PE portfolio, we invest in bold ideas from passionate entrepreneurs and work with them across stages to build successful enterprises. Through our strategic partnerships portfolio, we work with respected global Fortune 500 corporations to create enduring enterprises in India. Drawing on the principles of Mr. Narayana Murthy, Founder of Infosys (NYSE: INFY) and of Catamaran, our portfolios reflect companies with not just great ambition, but with the integrity and grit needed to transform bold ideas into successful enterprises.

Deepak Padaki

President

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Loco

Series A in 2022
Loco is an Indian game streaming platform. provides multiplayer social communities where gamers may connect with the public via live streams and arcade games, allowing them to demonstrate their abilities and earn playtime prizes.

Reddit

Series F in 2021
Reddit is an online platform that enables users to submit links, create content, and have discussions about the topics of their interest.

Paper Boat

Series C in 2020
Paper Boat is an e-commerce platform that sells a variety of beverages to Indian consumers. The company strives to bring the best for human health that emerges from scientific observation and analysis of nature and creates tasty beverages, associating with leading companies and personalities. Paper Boat was founded in 2009 and is headquartered in Haryana, India.

Acko

Series A in 2018
Acko is an online insurance policy provider with its entire operations offered through the digital platform. It creates products and delivers opportunities in areas such as personalized insurance products based on user consumption behaviors. Acko offers bite-sized insurance products for drivers and others working in transportation and related sectors. It has also expanded its catalog and begun offering similar policies in healthcare.

Priority Vendor

Series A in 2018
Priority Vendor provides working capital solutions to Corporates and their Suppliers of raw material, packing material, transportation and other services to unlock value out of the existing supply chain.

Paper Boat

Series C in 2017
Paper Boat is an e-commerce platform that sells a variety of beverages to Indian consumers. The company strives to bring the best for human health that emerges from scientific observation and analysis of nature and creates tasty beverages, associating with leading companies and personalities. Paper Boat was founded in 2009 and is headquartered in Haryana, India.

Acko

Seed Round in 2017
Acko is an online insurance policy provider with its entire operations offered through the digital platform. It creates products and delivers opportunities in areas such as personalized insurance products based on user consumption behaviors. Acko offers bite-sized insurance products for drivers and others working in transportation and related sectors. It has also expanded its catalog and begun offering similar policies in healthcare.

Healthspring

Private Equity Round in 2016
Healthspring is a personalized healthcare services venture based in Mumbai, India. The company operates a chain of primary healthcare clinics in India.

Lookup

Series A in 2015
Lookup is a free and secure messaging app which helps consumers chat with local businesses or shops. Lookup is a free and secure local shopping network that connects businesses to customers through its chat-based app. Available on Android, iPhone and Twitter, this messaging service enables customers to chat and buy anything on demand from their local neighbourhood stores. Likewise, it gives businesses the opportunity to grow with ease. With more than 1 million app downloads, 80,000 local businesses using the service and 2 million requests, Lookup has done incredibly well since its inception and continues to empower millions of people to get things done with the help of a message.

Bloom & Wild

Series A in 2015
Bloom & Wild, a letterbox flower delivery company, take an online approach to the traditional business of ordering and delivering flowers. It has infused the traditional flower-giving experience with predictive analytics and technology to deliver a fresher, less-traveled bouquet to the people they care most about. Founded in 2013 by Aron Gelbard and Ben Stanway, Bloom & Wild aims to become the pan-European market leader in flower and gift delivery. The company continued its expansion into more European markets and added bricks and mortar retail for the UK. By entering into a retail partnership with Sainsbury’s, Bloom & Wild sees an exclusive range of premium bouquets available in selected superstores nationwide.

Innoviti

Series A in 2015
Innoviti develops payments processing, credit distribution, and payments management software solutions. It offers uniPAY, a unified payment and card management system for retailers; quickEMI, a solution that provides consumers the option of paying for their purchases in installments on their credit cards; pgEMI, a solution that provides consumers the option of paying for their purchases in installments; and fastCollect, an automated collection technology for banks and retailers/online megastores. Innoviti serves markets, such as retail, mobile, lifestyle, entertainment, jewelry, education, cabs, holidays, hotels, restaurants, wellness, healthcare, online, and banks.

Paper Boat

Series C in 2015
Paper Boat is an e-commerce platform that sells a variety of beverages to Indian consumers. The company strives to bring the best for human health that emerges from scientific observation and analysis of nature and creates tasty beverages, associating with leading companies and personalities. Paper Boat was founded in 2009 and is headquartered in Haryana, India.

Monica Healthcare

Seed Round in 2015
Based in the United Kingdom, Monica Healthcare is developing a series of innovative wearable devices that will use wireless technologies to facilitate globally accessible obstetric services in the home and hospital. The patented technology is based on the acquisition of electro-physiological signals that can be passively detected by electrodes positioned on the maternal abdomen.

Paper Boat

Series B in 2015
Paper Boat is an e-commerce platform that sells a variety of beverages to Indian consumers. The company strives to bring the best for human health that emerges from scientific observation and analysis of nature and creates tasty beverages, associating with leading companies and personalities. Paper Boat was founded in 2009 and is headquartered in Haryana, India.

Paper Boat

Series B in 2013
Paper Boat is an e-commerce platform that sells a variety of beverages to Indian consumers. The company strives to bring the best for human health that emerges from scientific observation and analysis of nature and creates tasty beverages, associating with leading companies and personalities. Paper Boat was founded in 2009 and is headquartered in Haryana, India.

Yebhi

Venture Round in 2013
Yebhi.com went live in 2010 and is the fastest growing company in the lifestyle category in India. It powered the sale of multi brand Footwear online. Enormous success in the footwear category inspired us to expand into other categories like Apparels, Accessories, Bags, Jewelry and Mobiles. Yebhi continue to power ahead with your support! Our Mission is: To provide best value for money to yebhi customers To provide fastest shipping for our customer orders To provide widest range of choices for our customers To enable our brand partners to reach the widest audience To enable us meet our mission, we undertake some unique tasks in the industry yebhi source all our products from Brands directly or authorized agent of the brand. Yebhi don't buy products without brand authorization Yebhi run our own warehousing operations to enable us to fulfill your orders completely and achieve fastest shipping in the industry

Yebhi

Series C in 2012
Yebhi.com went live in 2010 and is the fastest growing company in the lifestyle category in India. It powered the sale of multi brand Footwear online. Enormous success in the footwear category inspired us to expand into other categories like Apparels, Accessories, Bags, Jewelry and Mobiles. Yebhi continue to power ahead with your support! Our Mission is: To provide best value for money to yebhi customers To provide fastest shipping for our customer orders To provide widest range of choices for our customers To enable our brand partners to reach the widest audience To enable us meet our mission, we undertake some unique tasks in the industry yebhi source all our products from Brands directly or authorized agent of the brand. Yebhi don't buy products without brand authorization Yebhi run our own warehousing operations to enable us to fulfill your orders completely and achieve fastest shipping in the industry

Yebhi

Series B in 2011
Yebhi.com went live in 2010 and is the fastest growing company in the lifestyle category in India. It powered the sale of multi brand Footwear online. Enormous success in the footwear category inspired us to expand into other categories like Apparels, Accessories, Bags, Jewelry and Mobiles. Yebhi continue to power ahead with your support! Our Mission is: To provide best value for money to yebhi customers To provide fastest shipping for our customer orders To provide widest range of choices for our customers To enable our brand partners to reach the widest audience To enable us meet our mission, we undertake some unique tasks in the industry yebhi source all our products from Brands directly or authorized agent of the brand. Yebhi don't buy products without brand authorization Yebhi run our own warehousing operations to enable us to fulfill your orders completely and achieve fastest shipping in the industry

Healthspring

Series A in 2011
Healthspring is a personalized healthcare services venture based in Mumbai, India. The company operates a chain of primary healthcare clinics in India.

Paper Boat

Series A in 2011
Paper Boat is an e-commerce platform that sells a variety of beverages to Indian consumers. The company strives to bring the best for human health that emerges from scientific observation and analysis of nature and creates tasty beverages, associating with leading companies and personalities. Paper Boat was founded in 2009 and is headquartered in Haryana, India.
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