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Ankur Capital
Venture capital · Mumbai, India · Asia Pacific
Ankur Capital is an early-stage venture capital firm based in India that backs deep tech founders building hard IP for global markets. It invests early, often before a product is complete, and works closely with founders on fundraising, technical and strategic problems.
Invests inAI & Machine LearningHealthcare & Biotech
In its own wordsdeep techenergymaterials sciencesynthetic biologyagritechhardware
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Or find every investor that fitsAnkur Capital lists 30 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 6 funding rounds, 4 of them as lead. Its most frequent entry is Seed, 83% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are AI & Machine Learning (29%), Healthcare & Biotech (20%) and Food & Agriculture (12%). 86% of its companies are based in India. It invests most often alongside 3i Partners, ADB Ventures and British International Investment.
Counts come from funding rounds that name Ankur Capital, complete from mid-2025: earlier rounds appear only when they were reported later. Round amounts and full round histories are on Fundup AI.
Round figures show recent activity, not Ankur Capital's whole history. Rounds on record name 6 companies; its own site lists 30. Funding rounds are complete from mid-2025, so counts and the yearly trend undercount a firm that invested before then. The portfolio, themes and places come from its own site and are not affected.
Entry stage
share of companies by the stage of its first roundShow as a table
| Value | |
|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 0% |
| Seed | 83% |
| Series A | 17% |
| Series B | 0% |
| Growth | 0% |
Activity by year
rounds it joined, last 10 yearsShow as a table
| Total | Rounds it led | |
|---|---|---|
| '17 | 0 | 0 |
| '18 | 0 | 0 |
| '19 | 0 | 0 |
| '20 | 0 | 0 |
| '21 | 0 | 0 |
| '22 | 0 | 0 |
| '23 | 0 | 0 |
| '24 | 0 | 0 |
| '25 | 1 | 0 |
| '26 | 5 | 4 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 68th | 30 companies |
| Recent activity | 86th | 5 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 84th | 83% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 89th | 17% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 48th | 29% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 58th | 3 countries |
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| AI & Machine Learning | 29% | 18% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 20% | 15% |
| Food & Agriculture | 12% | 3% |
| Education | 10% | 7% |
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 8% | 7% |
| Enterprise Software | 6% | 8% |
| Fintech | 6% | 12% |
| E-commerce & Marketplaces | 4% | 6% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| 3i Partners | 2 |
| ADB Ventures | 2 |
| British International Investment | 2 |
| Capital-A | 2 |
| Incubate Fund | 2 |
| Pi Ventures | 2 |
| Sparrow Capital | 2 |
| Trifecta Capital | 2 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers30100%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company00%
- Parked or sold domain00%
A site that stops answering three checks in a row is counted as no longer answering; that is not proof of closure. A site that points to another company is often an acquisition.
Co-investor network
who it backs companies with, and who they back togetherCompare Ankur Capital head to head
portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both backThree or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.
Funds
from public registers and its siteRecent portfolio activity
when companies last raised with Ankur Capital| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 23 Mar 2026 | Seed Led | |
| 13 Mar 2026 | Seed Led | |
| 2 Mar 2026 | Seed Led | |
| 16 Feb 2026 | Seed Led | |
| 3 Feb 2026 | Seed | |
| 2 Sept 2025 | Series A |
Round details for Ankur Capital
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in Ankur Capital's rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
30 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agrizy develops food, beverage, and wellness products for brands | Food & AgricultureHealthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Captain Fresh is a global seafood powerhouse that trades in seafood products across various countries. | Food & Agriculture | Portfolio page | ||
| The company supplies a range of Indian origin certified Organic herbs and spices in various forms and packaging options. | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| CraftifAI builds software for physical AI with an agentic platform, providing products for edge AI, firmware, and FPGA design lifecycles | AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software | Feb 2026Seed | Page + round | |
| Cropin provides an AI platform for food and agriculture | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| D-NOME democratizes molecular diagnostics with cell-free synthetic bio tech | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| ERC Eye Care provides comprehensive eye check-ups, free eye camps, cataract surgery and spectacles | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides gastroenterology and endoscopy services, including consultations, liver care, and diagnostics. | Healthcare & Biotech | Feb 2026Seed | Funding round | |
| Health Sutra produces and sells millet-rich breakfast and snack products. | Food & Agriculture | Portfolio page | ||
| Ibisa designs parametric insurance products that protect farmers and renewable energy operators from extreme weather | AI & Machine LearningFintech | Portfolio page | ||
| Portfolio page | ||||
| Karma Primary Healthcare designs, builds and operates scalable primary healthcare systems for underserved communities, combining on-ground care delivery with an integrated digital health platform. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Krishify provides digital solutions for agri businesses, including farmer advisory management, sales force management, and farm management software. | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| MyCaptain provides e-learning programs and job training services. | EducationE-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page | ||
| MyoWorks is a manufacturer of ancillary products for the cell-based meat producers, specializing in edible Mycelium Scaffolds, Millicarriers, and tailored Cell Lines. | Food & AgricultureHealthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Niramai develops a novel artificial intelligence-based medical device to detect breast cancer at an early stage. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Numen develops infrastructure for at-home diagnostics and health data collection to reduce cancer mortality | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Offgrid Energy Labs is building patented zinc-bromide battery technology designed to store renewable power for 6 to 16 hours, without lithium, cobalt, nickel or rare earths metals. | Industrial & ManufacturingEducation | Sept 2025Series A | Page + round | |
| The company empowers local kiraana stores to compete with global giants in agro commodities. | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Mar 2026Seed | Page + round | |
| Piatrika Biosystems helps seed companies, researchers, and governments bring sustainable crop traits to market faster, with enterprise-ready genomics tools and advanced, cloud-based breeding decision support. | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 11 Nov 2026- Site
- ankurcapital.com
- Last read
- 11 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 6 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 2 Sept 2025
- Companies checked
- 30
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