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TDV Partners
Venture capital · Bengaluru, India · Asia Pacific
TDV Partners is an early-stage venture firm that invests in pre-seed and seed-stage founders building from India for the world, typically as the first institutional investor on the cap table. It writes first cheques of USD 50k to 500k and works hands-on with founders on product strategy, first customers, early hires and follow-on fundraising.
Invests inAI & Machine Learning
In its own wordsconsumer techconsumer aiindiapre-seedseedfirst cheque
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Or find every investor that fitsTDV Partners lists 36 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 3 funding rounds, 1 of them as lead. Its most frequent entry is Seed, 67% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are AI & Machine Learning (16%), Fintech (13%) and E-commerce & Marketplaces (13%). 75% of its companies are based in India. It invests most often alongside Upsparks Capital, Stride Ventures and Java Capital.
Counts come from funding rounds that name TDV Partners, 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 TDV Partners' whole history. Rounds on record name 3 companies; its own site lists 36. 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 | 67% |
| Series A | 33% |
| 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 | 1 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 74th | 36 companies |
| Recent activity | 76th | 3 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 80th | 67% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 65th | 6% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 4th | 16% 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 | 16% | 18% |
| Fintech | 13% | 12% |
| E-commerce & Marketplaces | 13% | 6% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 11% | 15% |
| Media & Entertainment | 11% | 4% |
| Real Estate & Construction | 9% | 3% |
| Consumer | 7% | 3% |
| Food & Agriculture | 4% | 3% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Upsparks Capital | 4 |
| Stride Ventures | 3 |
| Java Capital | 2 |
| Peak XV Partners | 2 |
| Peercheque | 2 |
| SIG Venture Capital | 2 |
| Trifecta Capital | 2 |
| Y Combinator | 2 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers36100%
- 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 Upsparks Capital
Compare TDV Partners 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 TDV Partners| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 26 May 2026 | Seed | |
| 28 Apr 2026 | Seed Led |
Round details for TDV Partners
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in TDV Partners' rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
36 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acai Theory serves acai bowls, smoothies, and superfood snacks | Food & Agriculture | Portfolio page | ||
| Aftershoot provides software for photographers to cull, edit, retouch, and deliver images | Media & EntertainmentAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides a devotional platform for millions of devotees in India and abroad, offering services such as booking pujas and daily darshan | Media & EntertainmentHealthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| AppX provides a technology platform for educators and creators to build websites, mobile apps, and other digital products. | EducationMedia & Entertainment | Portfolio page | ||
| Awign handles end-to-end data collection, operations, annotation and QA services for Physical AI, humanoid robotics, dexterous manipulation, embodied AI and robot foundation models | Robotics & Hardware | Portfolio page | ||
| Portfolio page | ||||
| Eternz is India's first curated online jewellery marketplace, bringing together 400+ verified brands - from BIS hallmarked gold and 925 certified silver to fashion jewellery and watches. | E-commerce & MarketplacesConsumer | Portfolio page | ||
| Flexprice provides monetization infrastructure for AI native companies, allowing them to operate usage-based, credit-based, and hybrid pricing with real-time metering and reporting. | FintechAI & Machine Learning | May 2026Seed | Page + round | |
| Furnishka sells furniture online in India. | E-commerce & MarketplacesFintech | Portfolio page | ||
| Cleevo sells cleaning products for homes, including floor cleaners, dishwash, and kitchen cleaners. | Consumer | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides a platform for creators and communities to connect and interact with each other in real-time. | Enterprise SoftwareMedia & Entertainment | Portfolio page | ||
| Goodmelts makes and sells wax melts and warmers for home fragrance | ConsumerE-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page | ||
| GoodScore manages credit using AI and offers related services such as monitoring, negotiating, and paying loans | Fintech | Portfolio page | ||
| Healofy provides coordinated care and reliable information for mothers during pregnancy, postpartum, and baby care. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides AI-based recruitment services for frontline industries such as healthcare, insurance, construction, and manufacturing. | Human ResourcesAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Hypergro creates advertisements using artificial intelligence | AI & Machine LearningMedia & Entertainment | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides gold loans | Fintech | Portfolio page | ||
| Kindlife sells various skincare, beauty, and health products | Healthcare & BiotechE-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page | ||
| Kovon connects talent to global opportunities through AI-powered matching and international partnerships. | Human Resources | Apr 2026Seed | Page + round | |
| Ivory offers a suite of neuroscience-based validated assessments to measure brain health | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- tdv.partners
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 6 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 28 Nov 2025
- Companies checked
- 36
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