Chiratae Ventures
Venture Capital
87investments
3exits
$123.7Mraised by its portfolio in 12 months
253open roles in its portfolio
Overview
Chiratae Ventures is an Indian technology venture capital firm investing from early to growth stage in founders building for India and global markets. Its portfolio spans consumer technology, fintech, healthtech, SaaS and deeptech, with backed companies including Lenskart, Policybazaar and FirstCry. The firm was founded in 2006 as IDG Ventures India, rebranded as Chiratae Ventures in 2019 and is headquartered in Bengaluru under founder and chairman Sudhir Sethi.
Investor profile
Venture capitalInvestments
87
53 of them startups
Hiring now
25
253 open roles
Deals in 12 months
4
4 as the lead
Rounds in 12 months
6
$123.7M raised
Exits
3
Focusshare of its companies
Artificial Intelligence 25%Health Care 13%Commerce 13%Software 13%Financial Services 11%Consumer Goods 9%Sales & Marketing 7%Farming & Agriculture 5%
Where its companies are
India 32%United States 13%Poland 1%
Stage of its companies
Pre-seed & seed 50%Series A 30%Series B 20%
Its companies, the freshest money firstAll 87 investments
PeekoVenture round $8.1M · 2 mo ago · led a round
FreehandSeries B $75M · 3 mo ago · 4 roles
ContraVault AIVenture round $3.1M · 4 mo ago · led a round
TakeMe2SpaceVenture round $5M · 10 mo ago · led a round
CtrlBSeed $2.5M · 11 mo ago · led a round · 1 role
AgroStarVenture round $30M · 11 mo ago
HouseEazySeries B $18M · 12 mo ago · led a round
KristalSeries B $30M · 17 mo ago · 1 role
ShopDeckSeries B $8M · 23 mo ago · 2 roles
VayanaSeries D $20.5M · 2 yr ago
Metadome.aiSeries A $6.5M · 2 yr ago · 6 roles
FibeSeries E $90M · 2 yr ago · 2 roles
Hiring fastestroles opened in 30 days
Co-investorscompanies they hold together
Accel 
Axilor Ventures 
Bharat Innovates 
Premji Invest 
Y Combinator 
Better Capital 
Peak XV Partners 
Endiya Partners 
pi Ventures Similar investorstheir companies share markets and countries
Elevation Capital
Kalaari Capital
Upsparks
IIMA Ventures
India QuotientSources: its portfolio page, read Nov 8; 10 rounds in the press that name it
News
Why We Invested in Peeko
India buys more for its children than almost any country on earth, and it still buys it much the way it did twenty years ago: in a crowded shop, on a weekday evening, with a toddler in tow. The post Why We Invested in Peeko appeared first on Chiratae Vent
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Peeko raises Rs 67.4 crore led by Chiratae Ventures to scale babycare platform- Moneycontrol.com
The babycare quick commerce startup will use the fresh capital for business expansion, technology development and hiring as it deepens its Bengaluru presence and prepares to enter two new cities next year, founder Chetan Sharma told Moneycontrol.
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Chiratae's Consumer Commentary
The Indian consumer is changing faster than the frameworks we use to describe them. The post Chiratae's Consumer Commentary appeared first on Chiratae Ventures.
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Artificial Intelligence: The Next Layer of Healthcare
Healthcare has not lacked technology. It has resisted reorganisation. Every major wave - from EMRs to telemedicine to wearables The post Artificial Intelligence: The Next Layer of Healthcare appeared first on Chiratae Ventures.
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THE CONSUMER AI INFLECTION POINT PART 2
The frontier labs keep getting better, and a tidy conclusion writes itself: pick a vertical, wrap a capable LLM in a clean interface, and ship before someone else does. The post THE CONSUMER AI INFLECTION POINT PART 2 appeared first on Chiratae Ventures.
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Helping infrastructure companies make faster and smarter bidding decisions: Why we invested in ContraVault AI
Transforming how infrastructure and engineering enterprises evaluate and win complex projects The post Helping infrastructure companies make faster and smarter bidding decisions: Why we invested in ContraVault AI appeared first on Chiratae Ventures.
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India's EV Revolution Isn't Just About the Vehicle - It's About the Technology Inside It
India sold 1.97 million electric vehicles in FY25 - up 17% year-on-year, with CY2025 crossing a record 2.27 million units. The post India's EV Revolution Isn't Just About the Vehicle - It's About the Technology Inside It appeared first on Chiratae Venture
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Blunav, Antier, others raise funding; Chiratae Ventures backs deeptech startups
Airport operations technology company Blunav, blockchain infrastructure startup Antier, fintech startup MochaTrade, and toy brand Gubbachhi have secured...
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The Consumer AI Inflection Point: Redefining how we Live, Learn & Play
How TakeMe2Space is building the "Cloud Computing" layer for orbit to make Earth Observation accessible to everyone. The post The Consumer AI Inflection Point: Redefining how we Live, Learn & Play appeared first on Chiratae Ventures.
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Chiratae Ventures announces Sonic DeepTech Batch, committing $10 million
Chiratae Ventures today announced the launch of the Chiratae Sonic DeepTech Program, a high-velocity funding channel built to fast-track founders pioneering frontier technologies and accelerate India's next wave of breakthrough innovation. The post Chirat
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Bengaluru
India
HQ
Bengaluru
3rd Floor (A and B Wing), Sobha Pearl 1, Commissariat Road, Bengaluru, Karnataka-560025.
Mumbai
India
Regional office
Mumbai
3rd Floor, WeWorks, Enam Sambhav, C-20, G Block, BKC, Mumbai – 400051.
New Delhi
India
Regional office
New Delhi
5A113, Wework, Platina Tower, Mehrauli-Gurgaon Rd, A Block, DLF Phase 1, Sector 28, Gurugram, Haryana 122002