It is an essential need for startups to be backed by reliable investors and an ample amount of funding in order to scale up their business. In accordance with this, the venture capitalists are playing a major role in startup ecosystem. They have been generously rewarded for making accurate predictions, identifying a trend and investing in potential startups. On this note, we present to you the prominent names that played a pivotal role in the rise of startups.


Accel Partners
Investor: Anand Daniel
Portfolio: Swiggy, TaxiForSure, BlackBuck
Investor: Prashanth Prakash
Portfolio: BookMyShow, Qwikcilver
Investor: Shekhar Kirani
Portfolio: BrowserStack, Freshworks, Zenoti
Investor: Subrata Mitra
Portfolio:Flipkart, Myntra, Cure.fit

Blume Ventures
Investor: Karthik Reddy
Portfolio: GreyOrange, Unacademy

Chiratae Ventures
Investor: Sudhir Sethi
Portfolio: Cure.fit, FirstCry, Myntra,
Xpressbess, Newgen
Investor: TCM Sundaram
Portfolio: Lenskart, Policybazaar

DSG Consumer Partners
Investor: Deepak Shahdadpuri
Portfolio: Oyo, Mswipe, Drums Food

India Quotient
Investor: Anand Lunia
Portfolio: Lendingkart, ShareChat

Info Edge
Investor: Sanjeev Bikhchandani
Portfolio: Zomato, Policybazaar

Inventus India Partners
Investor: Parag Dhol
Portfolio: redBus, Policybazaar, Power2SME

Kalaari Capital
Investor: Vani Kola
Portfolio: Myntra, Cure.fit, Dream11

LightSpeed India Partners
Investor: Bejul Somala
PortFolio: Oyo, Udaan, Indian Energy Exchange
Investor: Dhev Khare
Portfolio: Byjus, Sharechat

Matrix Partners
Investor: Avnish Bajaj
Portfolio: Ola, Quikr, ItzCash
Investor: Tarun Davda
Portfolio: Ola, Practo
Investor: Vikram Vaidyanathan
Key Investments: Dailyhunt, Five Star Finance, Mswipe

Nexus Venture Partners
Investor: Suvir Sujan
Portfolio: Delhivery, MapmyIndia, OLX

Saama Capital
Investor: Ash Lilani
Portfolio: Snapdeal, Paytm, Mezi, AppLabs

SAIF Partners
Investor: Deepak Gaur
Portfolio: Swiggy, BookMyshow, Rivigo
Investor: Mukul Arora
Portfolio: Swiggy, Rivigo, BookMyShow, FirstCry
Investor: Ravi Adusumalli
Portfolio: Paytm, Justdial, MakeMyTrip

Sequoia Capital India Advisorss
Investor: GV Ravishankar
Portfolio: Byjus, Fasoos, Equitas
Investor: Mohit Bhatnagar
Portfolio: Citrus Payments, Dailyhunt, Freshworks, Zomato
Investor: Shailendra Singh
Portfolio: Druva, FreeCharge, Go-Jek, One Championship, Pine Labs, Tokopedia, SCIO Health Analytics