Next Bharat Ventures' first fund was ₹340 crore. The second is ₹2,000 crore — nearly 6x larger. Over 90% of Fund I portfolio companies are already heading toward profitability in their early years. Suzuki Motor Corporation is the anchor LP.
Most monk fruit sweeteners on the Indian market are 99% erythritol and 1% monk fruit. The Sweet Change has no erythritol and 30% monk fruit concentration — the highest in the category. It was formulated by a nutritionist who spent a decade telling diabetic patients to cut sugar and watching them fail because the alternatives were terrible.
Adage Automation has been building mission-critical gas analyser systems for India's oil and gas, steel, cement, chemicals, and power industries since 2001. It is India's leading player in the gas analytical market. InCred Growth Partners just led a ₹230 crore round — one of the largest growth-stage investments in Indian industrial technology — to take it global and take it AI.
DUSQ launched on US Kickstarter on June 9, 2026. Within days, it had crossed $1 million — becoming the fastest Indian healthtech company in the platform's history to do so, surpassing Ultrahuman's original Ring campaign by 2x
The EV ride-hailing market in India is growing at a projected 77% CAGR — from $0.24 billion in 2025 to $4.2 billion by 2030. The infrastructure that connects EV drivers to rides, charging, fleet management, and earnings transparency is what makes that growth actually happen. Milo Drive is building that infrastructure.
She played a pivotal role in the ICICI-ICICI Bank merger. She served as Group CFO of ICICI Bank. She led ICICI Venture. She joined Aditya Birla Capital in 2022, designed the One ABC One P&L strategy that unified a fragmented financial services conglomerate, built the ABCD omnichannel app, launched Udyog Plus for MSMEs, raised ₹4,500 crore in growth capital
She joined Etsy in 2011. She became its first Head of Marketplace Integrity. Then Chief Product Officer. Then CEO of Depop. Then President and Chief Growth Officer. Then, on January 1, 2026, CEO of Etsy itself. The career arc is not a story about being in the right place at the right time. It is a story about being the right person, built over fourteen years of doing the work at every level of the same organisation.
Most hospitals take two to three years to break even. Even Healthcare did it in six months. By aligning incentives around patient recovery rather than hospital utilization, the Bengaluru startup has built a model that delivers better outcomes and sustainable economics—and investors are doubling down.
Most women's health brands in India target a single stage of life. Avni Wellness was built to serve every stage from adolescence through menopause — with science-backed, toxin-free products, cycle nutrition, and a women-led distribution network that creates livelihoods alongside customers.
"We're building Neothera on the belief that skin conditions cannot be solved through products alone." Radhika Agarwal spent nearly five years at Blume Ventures backing consumer tech founders. Now, with ₹9 crore in pre-seed funding and Blume leading the round, she is building the kind of company she once looked for as an investor.