Investors / Dharana
Dharana
Venture capital
Dharana is an investment firm that backs founders building businesses. It presents itself as a partner to the companies it invests in.
Invests inAI & Machine LearningFintechEnterprise Software
In its own wordsfounder-leddurable businesses
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Or find every investor that fitsDharana lists 14 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 6 funding rounds, 4 of them as lead. Its most frequent entry is Series A, 33% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are AI & Machine Learning (25%), Fintech (20%) and Enterprise Software (15%). 92% of its companies are based in India. It invests most often alongside Elevation Capital, Bessemer Venture Partners and Aroa Venture Partners.
Counts come from funding rounds that name Dharana, 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 Dharana's whole history. Rounds on record name 6 companies; its own site lists 14. 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 roundDharana does not state its stages on its site, so only what it does is shown.
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| Value | |
|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 0% |
| Seed | 17% |
| Series A | 33% |
| Series B | 17% |
| Growth | 33% |
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 | 1 |
| '26 | 5 | 3 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 36th | 14 companies |
| Recent activity | 86th | 5 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 57th | 17% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 98th | 36% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 36th | 25% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 42th | 2 countries |
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| AI & Machine Learning | 25% | 18% |
| Fintech | 20% | 12% |
| Enterprise Software | 15% | 8% |
| Real Estate & Construction | 10% | 3% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 10% | 15% |
| Consumer | 5% | 3% |
| Education | 5% | 7% |
| Media & Entertainment | 5% | 4% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Elevation Capital | 4 |
| Bessemer Venture Partners | 3 |
| Aroa Venture Partners | 2 |
| Steadview Capital | 2 |
| Accel | 1 |
| Alteria Capital | 1 |
| Anicut Capital | 1 |
| Axilor Ventures | 1 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers14100%
- 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 togetherAll co-investors or Compare portfolios with Elevation Capital
Compare Dharana head to head
portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both backThree or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.
Recent portfolio activity
when companies last raised with Dharana| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 13 Oct 2026 | Series A Led | |
| 13 Oct 2026 | Series A Led | |
| 6 Oct 2026 | Series B | |
| 10 Jun 2026 | Series C+ Led | |
| 27 Feb 2026 | Seed | |
| 29 Sept 2025 | Series C+ Led |
Round details for Dharana
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in Dharana's rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
14 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The company sells kitchen appliances such as chimneys, hobtops, and cooktops. | Consumer | Oct 2026Series B | Page + round | |
| Clueso creates and edits videos for various purposes, including marketing, training, and internal communications, using artificial intelligence | AI & Machine LearningMedia & Entertainment | Oct 2026Series A | Page + round | |
| Itilite provides a platform for corporate travel and expense management | FintechSpace & Defense | Portfolio page | ||
| LAT Aerospace is building aircraft, defence systems, and gas turbine engines to provide regional connectivity in India | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Portfolio page | ||||
| Mesa School of Business offers various programs in business management and entrepreneurship | Education | Oct 2026Series A | Funding round | |
| MyGate is a comprehensive society management ERP for housing societies, RWAs, and gated communities | Real Estate & ConstructionEnterprise Software | Jun 2026Series C+ | Page + round | |
| NoBroker connects people with property owners for rent, buy, or sale without brokerage in India | Real Estate & Construction | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides software for small and medium businesses | Enterprise SoftwareFintech | Sept 2025Series C+ | Page + round | |
| The company develops a product called Temple that measures the body's Entropy to track health across various systems. | Healthcare & Biotech | Feb 2026Seed | Page + round | |
| Portfolio page | ||||
| Vayudh designs, manufactures, tests, and deploys complete UAV systems for defence surveillance | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Vyapar provides billing software for small businesses in India, including GST billing and accounting solutions. | FintechEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Zopper combines insurance and technology to deliver unique, customised, end-to-end solutions to its partners | FintechHealthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 10 Nov 2026- Site
- dharana.com
- Last read
- 10 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 6 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 29 Sept 2025
- Companies checked
- 14
Rates come from what VCinfo has observed since observation_start. Firms tend to remove companies that closed, so early rates understate reality. A company leaving a portfolio page does not mean it closed or exited. An unreachable site means our checks failed, nothing more.
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