IAN Group
Venture capital · India · Asia Pacific
IAN Group is an Indian early-stage investment platform made up of IAN Angel Fund, BioAngels, IAN Fund 1 and IAN Alpha Fund. It backs startups raising from ₹50 lakhs to ₹50 crores and provides capital, mentorship and market access through its investor base.
Invests inAI & Machine Learning
In its own wordssector-agnosticdeeptechaispacetechbiotechsaas
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Or find every investor that fitsIAN Group lists 146 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 25 funding rounds, 18 of them as lead. Its most frequent entry is Seed, 63% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are AI & Machine Learning (17%), Healthcare & Biotech (14%) and E-commerce & Marketplaces (12%). 91% of its companies are based in India. It invests most often alongside IAN Fund 1, HealthStart and Artha Group.
Counts come from funding rounds that name IAN Group, 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 IAN Group's whole history. Rounds on record name 24 companies; its own site lists 146. 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 | 63% |
| Series A | 33% |
| Series B | 4% |
| 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 | 6 | 4 |
| '26 | 19 | 14 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 98th | 148 companies |
| Recent activity | 98th | 20 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 76th | 63% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 83th | 13% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 6th | 17% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 78th | 5 countries |
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| AI & Machine Learning | 17% | 18% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 14% | 15% |
| E-commerce & Marketplaces | 12% | 6% |
| Food & Agriculture | 8% | 3% |
| Fintech | 7% | 12% |
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 6% | 7% |
| Enterprise Software | 6% | 8% |
| Education | 6% | 7% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| IAN Fund 1 | 19 |
| HealthStart | 17 |
| Artha Group | 8 |
| Artha Venture Fund | 8 |
| WestBridge Capital | 6 |
| Anicut Capital | 5 |
| Axilor Ventures | 5 |
| IndiaQuotient | 5 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers14398%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company32%
- 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 IAN Group 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 IAN Group| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 13 Oct 2026 | Seed Led | |
| 6 Oct 2026 | Seed Led | |
| 11 Jun 2026 | Seed Led | |
| 4 Jun 2026 | Series A | |
| 4 Jun 2026 | Seed | |
| 2 Jun 2026 | Seed Led | |
| 20 May 2026 | Series A Led | |
| 6 May 2026 | Seed Led |
Round details for IAN Group
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in IAN Group's rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
146 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Portfolio page | ||||
| Ahammune develops therapeutic solutions for skin diseases, including vitiligo, using small molecules to restore skin health. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Althion develops medical equipment and devices, including IoT enabled products for healthcare use cases | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| AltUni provides AI-related education and training programs | EducationAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| ANSCER Robotics designs and engineers autonomous mobile robots for industrial automation and material handling | Robotics & HardwareIndustrial & Manufacturing | May 2026Series A | Page + round | |
| Aquapulse integrates expert systems and artificial intelligence to revolutionize aquaculture | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Jun 2026Seed | Page + round | |
Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | |||
| Auntie Fung's captures the essence of Pan-Asian cuisine with an eclectic menu mix and serves it in a quick service format | Food & Agriculture | Portfolio page | ||
| AyuRythm provides health and wellness advice using pulse-diagnosis on a smartphone | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| BatteryPool provides a platform for managing the lifecycle of electric vehicle batteries, including rental, ownership, and recycling options | Mobility & LogisticsSpace & Defense | Portfolio page | ||
| Beyobo provides an operating system for global commerce, allowing suppliers, buyers, and marketplaces to source, sell, and scale globally on one platform. | E-commerce & MarketplacesAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| BigEndian is a platform for fabless semiconductor development. | Industrial & Manufacturing | May 2026Seed | Page + round | |
| Biggies Burger is a grilled burger chain with various food items including burgers, chicken wings, and desserts. | Food & Agriculture | Portfolio page | ||
| Bijnis operates a wholesale marketplace for Indian retailers | E-commerce & MarketplacesFintech | Portfolio page | ||
| BioAngels is a partnership that supports biotech startups by providing access to angel investors with domain expertise. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Biodimension develops and provides biofabricated human tissue models for drug discovery, cosmetic safety, and regenerative medicine | Healthcare & Biotech | Jun 2026Seed | Page + round | |
| Boson Whitewater converts treated wastewater into potable water for various industries and establishments | Industrial & ManufacturingReal Estate & Construction | Portfolio page | ||
| BrainSightAI uses AI-based connectomics to generate personalized brain maps | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Brevistay offers hotel rooms for short stays with flexible check-in and pay-per-hour pricing. | Legal & ComplianceReal Estate & Construction | Portfolio page | ||
| The company develops a circular economy solution that converts wet waste into CBG and organic fertilisers. | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- iangroup.vc
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 6 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 24 Sept 2025
- Companies checked
- 146
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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