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Next Bharat Ventures
Venture capital · Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India · Asia Pacific
Next Bharat Ventures is an impact venture fund focused on rural and informal India, backing entrepreneurs serving the 'Next Billion' in Tier 2 and Tier 3 regions. It also runs a residency program and fellowship, and publishes research and projects on rural innovation.
Invests inAI & Machine LearningFood & Agriculture
In its own wordsimpactruralinformal economyagricultureartisansfinancial inclusion
Your fit with Next Bharat Ventures
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Or find every investor that fitsNext Bharat Ventures lists 21 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 1 funding round, 1 of them as lead. Its most frequent entry is Growth, 100% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are AI & Machine Learning (47%), Food & Agriculture (19%) and Consumer (13%). 88% of its companies are based in India. It invests most often alongside BNP Paribas Développement, Beyond Capital and British International Investment.
Counts come from funding rounds that name Next Bharat 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 Next Bharat Ventures' whole history. Rounds on record name 1 company; its own site lists 21. 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 roundNext Bharat Ventures does not state its stages on its site, so only what it does is shown.
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| Value | |
|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 0% |
| Seed | 0% |
| Series A | 0% |
| Series B | 0% |
| Growth | 100% |
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 | 0 | 0 |
Investor profile
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| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 53th | 21 companies |
| Recent activity | 46th | 0 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 54th | 0% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 52th | 0% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 81th | 47% 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 | 47% | 18% |
| Food & Agriculture | 19% | 3% |
| Consumer | 13% | 3% |
| E-commerce & Marketplaces | 9% | 6% |
| Space & Defense | 6% | 3% |
| Human Resources | 3% | 1% |
| Education | 3% | 7% |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers21100%
- 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.
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| BNP Paribas Développement | 1 |
| Beyond Capital | 1 |
| British International Investment | 1 |
| EvolveX | 1 |
| Factor E Ventures | 1 |
| Hearth Ventures | 1 |
| IIMA Ventures | 1 |
| KawiSafi Ventures | 1 |
Co-investor network
who it backs companies with, and who they back togetherAll co-investors or Compare portfolios with BNP Paribas Développement
Compare Next Bharat 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 Next Bharat Ventures| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 5 Nov 2025 | Series C+ Led |
Round details for Next Bharat Ventures
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in Next Bharat Ventures' rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
21 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atypical Advantage provides a job portal and various services for persons with disabilities and corporates | Human ResourcesEducation | Portfolio page | ||
| Bahula Naturals produces and sells dairy products, such as ghee and milk, as well as agricultural produce. | Food & Agriculture | Portfolio page | ||
| Bastar Se Bazaar Tak Private Limited manufactures and supplies Amchur Powder from Bastar | Food & Agriculture | Portfolio page | ||
| Ekatra sells handmade gifts and offers corporate gifting services. | E-commerce & MarketplacesConsumer | Portfolio page | ||
| GoKrit produces and distributes dairy products, including milk and paneer, through a network of farms and quality monitoring systems. | Food & Agriculture | Portfolio page | ||
| Graamya sources and sells naturally grown spices directly from farmers in Kerala, India. | AI & Machine LearningFood & Agriculture | Portfolio page | ||
| Graduate Farmer sells poultry products and provides integrated poultry farming solutions to farmers | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Gramshree is a charitable organization that impacts lives of tribal families through integrated livelihood intervention and promotes market-led solutions for rural entrepreneurs and collective rural enterprise. | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Hasiru Dala Innovations is a waste management company | E-commerce & MarketplacesSpace & Defense | Portfolio page | ||
| Kadam Haat sells handmade fibre craft bags and home decor items | E-commerce & MarketplacesConsumer | Portfolio page | ||
| Portfolio page | ||||
| Krishivan connects farmers, FPOs, rural entrepreneurs and agri businesses on one platform, bringing inputs, machinery, services and markets closer to the field. | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Krushi Sarathi enables smallholder farmers across Vidarbha and Marathwada to earn stable income through the whole year, restore their soil, and turn their crop waste into verified carbon removal | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| The company creates and designs businesses that solve social problems with agriculture as the axis. | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Manikstu Agri Solutions is building a sustainable ecosystem that empowers farmers with technology, knowledge and innovative solutions for goat farming. | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| MeMeraki sells paintings and artwork online | E-commerce & MarketplacesEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| MuddleArt provides apparel brands with solutions to manage and repurpose pre-consumer textile waste | Space & DefenseConsumer | Portfolio page | ||
| Meira Foods is a food company that produces and sells various food products, including pickles, spices, and other grocery items. | Food & Agriculture | Portfolio page | ||
| The company works with farmers to improve life on Earth | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Nov 2025Series C+ | Funding round | |
| The company sells various food products, including jaggery, wellness drinks, porridges, and snacks. | Food & Agriculture | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- nextbharat.ventures
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 6 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 5 Nov 2025
- Companies checked
- 21
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