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Mars Shot Ventures
Venture capital · India · Asia Pacific
Mars Shot Ventures is an early stage investment initiative started by people from Razorpay. It invests in and advises early stage startups, and its portfolio spans SaaS, consumer internet, fintech, D2C, healthtech and AI.
Invests inAI & Machine LearningFintech
In its own wordssaasconsumer internetfintechd2chealthtechai
Your fit with Mars Shot Ventures
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Or find every investor that fitsMars Shot Ventures lists 55 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 3 funding rounds. Its most frequent entry is Seed, 67% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are AI & Machine Learning (20%), Fintech (18%) and E-commerce & Marketplaces (11%). 81% of its companies are based in India. It invests most often alongside Blume Ventures, Nexus Venture Partners and Peak XV Partners.
Counts come from funding rounds that name Mars Shot Ventures, 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 Mars Shot Ventures' whole history. Rounds on record name 3 companies; its own site lists 55. 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 | 33% |
| Seed | 67% |
| Series A | 0% |
| 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 | 2 | 0 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 86th | 56 companies |
| Recent activity | 69th | 2 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 100th | 100% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 52th | 0% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 17th | 20% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 84th | 6 countries |
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| AI & Machine Learning | 20% | 18% |
| Fintech | 18% | 12% |
| E-commerce & Marketplaces | 11% | 6% |
| Enterprise Software | 10% | 8% |
| Education | 10% | 7% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 8% | 15% |
| Cybersecurity | 4% | 4% |
| Food & Agriculture | 3% | 3% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Blume Ventures | 5 |
| Nexus Venture Partners | 5 |
| Peak XV Partners | 5 |
| Y Combinator | 5 |
| Z47 | 5 |
| Accel | 4 |
| BlueLotus Ventures | 4 |
| AC Ventures | 3 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers5498%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company12%
- 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 Mars Shot Ventures 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 Mars Shot Ventures| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 28 Oct 2026 | Pre-Seed | |
| 26 Feb 2026 | Seed | |
| 24 Sept 2025 | Seed |
Round details for Mars Shot Ventures
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in Mars Shot Ventures' rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
55 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Airblack offers various courses and training programs in areas such as beauty, makeup, culinary, and baking | Education | Portfolio page | ||
| AiSensy provides a platform for WhatsApp marketing and automation using AI | AI & Machine LearningE-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page | ||
| Anveshan sells food products such as ghee, oils, atta, and honey. | Food & Agriculture | Portfolio page | ||
| ApniBus books bus tickets online | Mobility & LogisticsE-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page | ||
| Aramya sells ethnic wear for women online | E-commerce & MarketplacesFintech | Portfolio page | ||
| Bharatx provides payment solutions, including pay later and postpaid options, to consumers and businesses. | Fintech | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides coworking spaces and offers financial services and investment options in real estate | Real Estate & ConstructionFintech | Portfolio page | ||
| CHEQ provides identity security for the web, protecting against fraud and invalid traffic | CybersecurityAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Codingal provides online coding classes for kids and teens. | EducationEducation | Portfolio page | ||
| Dhan provides an online stock trading and investing platform for India | Fintech | Portfolio page | ||
| Eka provides a health operating system and various related products for clinicians and patients | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Fieldproxy provides AI field service software that configures around a company's existing workflows | AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| FinSire provides digital infrastructure for loans against mutual funds and shares | FintechLegal & Compliance | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides sourcing services for retailers, offering products such as quartz, granites, tiles, cabinets, and pre-fabs. | Industrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| The Vested group of companies supports financial storytellers around the world – from reporters to PR agencies to in-house communications teams – as they tell the complex and fascinating story of finance. | FintechMedia & Entertainment | Portfolio page | ||
| Growthx offers online courses and training on product and growth, as well as AI and career development. | EducationAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Hashnode allows users to create and host their own blogs on their own domain, with features that enable search engines and AI assistants to read and cite the content. | Media & EntertainmentAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Healthtrip.com streamlines medical travel experiences by offering personalized assistance from start to finish | Healthcare & BiotechLegal & Compliance | Portfolio page | ||
| Hypd allows creators to set up their own stores and earn money from sales of curated products | E-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page | ||
| Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- marsshot.vc
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 5 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 24 Sept 2025
- Companies checked
- 55
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