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Prana Ventures
Venture capital · Bengaluru, India · Asia Pacific
Prana Ventures is a venture capital firm founded in 2025 that backs entrepreneurs using technology to solve problems for India's Lower Middle Income or Aspiring Middle Class households. It works with portfolio companies on an 'impact acceleration' journey aimed at having at least 50% of each company's end-users come from that segment.
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In its own wordsimpact investingaspiring middle classfinancial inclusionhealthcareeducationlivelihoods
Your fit with Prana Ventures
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Or find every investor that fitsPrana Ventures lists 45 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 3 funding rounds, 1 of them as lead. Its most frequent entry is Pre-seed, 33% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are Fintech (22%), Education (14%) and Healthcare & Biotech (12%). 83% of its companies are based in India. It invests most often alongside Astir Ventures, Trifecta Capital and Stride Ventures.
Counts come from funding rounds that name Prana 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 Prana Ventures' whole history. Rounds on record name 3 companies; its own site lists 45. 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 roundPrana Ventures does not state its stages on its site, so only what it does is shown.
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| Value | |
|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 33% |
| Seed | 33% |
| Series A | 0% |
| Series B | 33% |
| 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 | 0 | 0 |
| '26 | 3 | 1 |
Investor profile
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| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 81th | 45 companies |
| Recent activity | 76th | 3 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 77th | 67% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 52th | 0% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 21th | 22% 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| Fintech | 22% | 12% |
| Education | 14% | 7% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 12% | 15% |
| AI & Machine Learning | 9% | 18% |
| Enterprise Software | 8% | 8% |
| Media & Entertainment | 8% | 4% |
| Cybersecurity | 6% | 4% |
| Legal & Compliance | 5% | 2% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Astir Ventures | 5 |
| Trifecta Capital | 5 |
| Stride Ventures | 4 |
| WestBridge Capital | 4 |
| 100Unicorns | 3 |
| Accel | 3 |
| Anicut Capital | 3 |
| British International Investment | 3 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers4498%
- 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 Prana Ventures 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 Prana Ventures| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 10 Sept 2026 | Pre-Seed | |
| 13 Jul 2026 | Seed Led | |
| 18 May 2026 | Series B |
Round details for Prana Ventures
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in Prana Ventures' rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
45 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Advamedica develops novel hemostatic, surgical and wound care products using biomaterials expertise and a proprietary manufacturing platform. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Portfolio page | ||||
| Buyume is empowering beauty professionals/salons to sell beauty services and products together | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Continuously discovering, validating, and remediating exploitable risk across your infrastructure, applications, and software supply chain. | Cybersecurity | Sept 2026Pre-Seed | Funding round | |
| CENTA provides professional development, community, and career growth for teachers. | Education | Portfolio page | ||
| CloudSEK provides cybersecurity products and services, including predictive attack path intelligence and threat monitoring. | Cybersecurity | Portfolio page | ||
| CredFlow is a fintech group operating across lending infrastructure, regulated lending, partner distribution and MSME SaaS | FintechLegal & Compliance | Portfolio page | ||
| Portfolio page | ||||
| The company provides a platform for dairy farmers and micro-enterprises in India | FintechAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides online urgent care and virtual doctor visits for travelers | Healthcare & Biotech | Jul 2026Seed | Funding round | |
| Drinkprime provides water purifiers on a subscription basis in India | Consumer | Portfolio page | ||
| The company is involved in financial services and investments | Fintech | Portfolio page | ||
| Entri offers various online courses and training programs for job preparation and skill development | EducationEducation | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides a digital credit card with cashback and other rewards on UPI transactions | FintechE-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page | ||
| Goodera connects the desire to do good with an unmatched global infrastructure and hosts and executes curated corporate volunteering programs that serve nonprofit needs and maximize impact in communities around the world. | EducationHuman Resources | Portfolio page | ||
| Portfolio page | ||||
| HexaHealth operates hospitals and provides various medical services and surgeries | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| iMerit provides AI data annotation and model fine-tuning solutions | AI & Machine LearningHealthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Kaleidofin provides a platform for democratizing finance through responsible fintech, offering goal-based financial services using advanced machine learning and suitability engines. | FintechLegal & Compliance | Portfolio page | ||
| M2P Fintech provides banking, lending, and payment solutions to financial institutions | FintechFintech | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 6 Nov 2026- Site
- pranaventures.com
- Last read
- 6 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 6 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 18 May 2026
- Companies checked
- 45
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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