Sequoia Capital

Sequoia Capital, founded in 1972 and based in Menlo Park, California, is a prominent venture capital firm that invests in early to growth stage companies across various sectors, including technology, healthcare, financial services, and consumer services. The firm specializes in supporting startups and emerging growth companies, typically investing between $100,000 and $1 million in seed companies, $1 million to $10 million in early ventures, and $10 million to $100 million in growth investments. Sequoia Capital operates globally, with a presence in regions such as Israel, China, and Southeast Asia, and has built a diverse portfolio that includes notable companies like Airbnb, Alibaba, and JD.com. The firm emphasizes a partnership approach with entrepreneurs, leveraging decades of experience to guide them from initial concept through to public offering and beyond.

Audrey Adeline

Analyst

Rohit Agarwal

Vice President / Principal

Rajan Anandan

Managing Director

Michelle Bailhe

Partner

Sumaiya Balbale

COO and Operating Partner

Anas Biad

Partner

Isaiah Boone

Partner

Roelof Botha

Partner

Romie Boyd

Partner

Rosemarie Boyd

Partner

Konstantine Buhler

Partner

David Cahn

Partner

Xi Cao

Partner, China

Vipin Chamakkala

Director, Customer Partnerships

Jiazhen Chen

Investor

Luzhou Chen

Investor

Josephine Chen

Partner

Sakshi Chopra

Managing Director

W. M. Coughran

Founder's Coach and Partner

Charlie Curnin

Partner

Long Do

Analyst

Joe Dobrenski

Partner of Human Capital

Helen Fan

Vice President

Shirley Feng

Managing Director

James Flynn

Partner

Caroline Fu

Vice President

Xiang Gao

Associate

Stacey Gerber

VP, Operations and Experiences

Mike Goguen

Partner

Christopher Graff

Partner, Global Equities

Wayne Guo

Managing Director

Kirstie Irmana

Analyst

Amit Jain

Managing Director

Pushpak Kedia

Associate

Pieter Kemps

Principal

Kais Khimji

Partner

Sunint Khurana

Analyst

Marie Klemchuk

Global CFO

Jess Lee

Partner

Jess Lee

Partner

Teng Lei

Associate

Douglas Leone

Global Managing Partner

Mei Li

Associate

Angie Shuyan Liu

Analyst

Luciana Lixandru

Partner

Xiaobo Lu

Partner, China

Alyssa Maharani

Analyst

Cornelius Menke

Partner

Dean Meyer

Partner

Ishaan Mittal

Managing Director

Abhishek Mohan

Principal

Che Pinjue

Partner, China

GV Ravishankar

Managing Director - India

Antara Raychaudhury

Analyst

Andrew Reed

General Partner

Lauren Reeder

Partner

George Robson

Partner

Haim Sadger

Partner, Israel

Bryan Schreier

Partner

Yoav Shaked

Partner, Israel

Prateek Sharma

VP

Neil Shen

Managing Partner

Shailendra Singh

Managing Director

Thomas Stephenson

Partner

Sam Sun

Partner

Glen Sun

Vice President, China

Johan Surani

Vice President

Jessica H. Tan

Analyst

Vedant Trivedi

Analyst

Aradhita Tuli

Analyst

Mike Vernal

Partner

Pavel Vyhnalek

Operating Partner

Jeff Wang

Managing Partner

Fred Wang

Managing Director

Cen Wang

Partner

Rock Wang

Managing Director

Kai Wang

Managing Director

Michael Xiong

Investor

Lynn Yang

Managing Director, China

Yu Yao

Managing Director

Stephanie Zhan

Partner

Skee Zhang

Managing Director

Qingsheng Zheng

Partner, China

Guo Zhenwei

Managing Director

Jiajia Zou

Managing Director

Past deals in Impact Investing

Entrepreneur First

Series C in 2022
Entrepreneur First Operations Limited, founded in 2011 and headquartered in London, is an accelerator focused on seed funding for technology startups. The firm emphasizes investing in individuals who are "pre-team, pre-idea," selecting participants based solely on technical talent rather than existing business concepts. It operates a six-month program in various global locations, including London, Singapore, Berlin, Paris, and Bangalore, providing stipends to participants to support their initial development. Entrepreneur First targets early-stage technology ventures, typically taking a 10 percent equity stake in startups. The firm has successfully launched over 100 startups, collectively valued at over $1 billion, and is backed by notable investors such as Y Combinator and Index Ventures.

Wealth42

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Wealth42 is a robo-advisor mobile application that offers goal-based financial planning tailored to individual user objectives. The platform aims to simplify personal finance management by enabling users to set financial goals and providing personalized investment plans informed by market analysis. Through its gamified approach to investment objectives, Wealth42 encourages effective saving habits, supporting users in their journey toward wealth creation. The application addresses a broad spectrum of financial needs, including loans, investments, savings, taxes, and insurance, ultimately delivering a comprehensive and personalized banking and investing experience.

Hubble Money

Seed Round in 2022
Hubble Money offers consumers rewarding, trustworthy, and transparent saving plans directly with top brand partners.

Finova Capital

Series D in 2022
Finova Capital Pvt Ltd is a non-banking financial company based in Jaipur, India, established in 2015. The company specializes in providing loans to financially excluded individuals and unorganized micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs). Finova Capital focuses on offering residential and commercial mortgage loans, as well as top-up loans, to support both urban and rural populations. Its mission is to enhance the lives of underserved communities by making finance accessible at reasonable costs while ensuring transparency in its operations. By empowering micro and small businesses, Finova Capital aims to facilitate economic growth and contribute to community transformation.

Micro Connect

Series B in 2022
Micro Connect operates a financial technology platform aimed at linking global capital with micro and small businesses. The company introduces Daily Revenue Obligations (DROs), a novel asset class that offers investors direct and diversified access to the daily cash flows of numerous retailers in China's dynamic consumer market. By facilitating this connection, Micro Connect enhances access to capital for business owners, making it more affordable and accessible. The company's offerings also include a fund platform, structured product solutions, and a licensed exchange, reinforcing its commitment to developing market infrastructure that supports small enterprises.

Finblox

Seed Round in 2022
Finblox is the alternative crypto investment and savings account.

Funding Societies

Series C in 2022
Funding Societies Pte. Ltd. is a peer-to-peer financing platform based in Singapore, founded in 2015. It connects investors with small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) seeking funding, thereby addressing financial inclusion challenges and making credit-worthy SMEs more bankable. The platform offers a range of flexible financing options, including micro and term loans, as well as invoice financing, supported by advanced credit scoring and risk assessment models. Since its inception, Funding Societies has facilitated over 3.3 million business loans, amounting to more than S$1.8 billion in funding. The company has received multiple accolades, including the Global Excellence Award from ITU Telecom, and holds operating licenses from regulators in Singapore, Indonesia, and Malaysia, making it a pioneer in the region's peer-to-peer lending landscape.

IIMMPACT

Seed Round in 2022
IIMMPACT is a fintech company that provides aggregation services for information and payment covering mobile recharge, bill payments, government services, insurance, transportation, and many more. The company was founded back in December 2017, and since then, it has changed how people access to top-up their mobile phones, paying bills, purchase air tickets, bus tickets, and many more services in one single e-wallet app. The company has successfully created a unified app that aggregates all the service providers.

Watershed

Series B in 2022
Operator of an environmental platform intended to help businesses reduce carbon emissions through information and necessary actions. The company's platform helps to measure and analyze carbon footprint, allows setting an avid carbon target as well, and also assists in sharing progress reports and data with employees, customers, and investors, enabling businesses and companies to decarbonize and measure, reduce, and report carbon emissions.

Flint

Seed Round in 2022
Flint is a global crypto investment app. Flint leverages the power of crypto to deliver incredibly high returns on idle money.

Finblox

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Finblox is the alternative crypto investment and savings account.

Fintual

Series B in 2021
Fintual is a digital investment platform that caters to young professionals looking to make informed investment decisions. The company offers financial advisory services that leverage artificial intelligence to assess clients' risk profiles. Based on this analysis, Fintual provides personalized investment recommendations, helping users to navigate the complexities of investing. The platform aims to empower clients with fundamental financial knowledge, enabling them to manage and grow their investments online effectively.

Groww

Series E in 2021
Groww is an investment platform that offers a new way of investing money with stockbroking and direct mutual funds. The platform provides insights about mutual funds, systematic investment planning, equity-linked savings, and everything from the personal finance world, which helps new investors make investing simple by maintaining a simplified user interface to make investing easy, accessible, transparent, and paperless, enabling users to invest in mutual funds without any hassles. Customers can also invest in gold and US stocks through the Groww platform. The company is also a part of Y Combinator’s winter 2018 batch. Founded in 2017 by Lalit Keshre, Harsh Jain, Neeraj Singh, and Ishan Bansal, the company was launched in Bengaluru, Karnataka.

smallcase

Series C in 2021
smallcase Technologies Pvt. Ltd. operates an online trading platform that enables individual investors in India to invest in thematic portfolios of stocks and exchange-traded funds (ETFs), known as smallcases. Founded in 2015 and based in Bengaluru, the company offers investment options based on long-term trends, government policies, and sector dynamics. This platform allows users to select, purchase, monitor, and manage their investments efficiently while providing transparency and cost-effectiveness. smallcase has built a robust ecosystem by collaborating with major financial institutions and developing tools for brokerages, advisors, and portfolio managers. Over the past few years, it has cultivated a community of over 300,000 investors, positioning itself as a significant player in the Indian investment landscape.

Empower

Series B in 2021
Empower Finance, Inc. is a financial technology company based in San Francisco, California, founded in 2016 by Warren Hogarth. The company provides a mobile application designed to assist users in managing their finances effectively. This app allows users to connect their bank accounts, set spending limits, and track their budgets. Empower focuses on addressing the misalignment between consumer interests and traditional banking practices, which often benefit from high fees and low interest rates. The application features an AI-powered financial assistant that operates continuously to offer personalized recommendations, cash advances, and automated savings. By targeting tech-savvy millennials, Empower aims to enhance financial literacy and improve financial outcomes for young professionals seeking to gain control over their finances.

Micro Connect

Series A in 2021
Micro Connect operates a financial technology platform aimed at linking global capital with micro and small businesses. The company introduces Daily Revenue Obligations (DROs), a novel asset class that offers investors direct and diversified access to the daily cash flows of numerous retailers in China's dynamic consumer market. By facilitating this connection, Micro Connect enhances access to capital for business owners, making it more affordable and accessible. The company's offerings also include a fund platform, structured product solutions, and a licensed exchange, reinforcing its commitment to developing market infrastructure that supports small enterprises.

Vise

Series C in 2021
Vise, Inc. is a technology company focused on automating investment management for financial advisors through machine learning and artificial intelligence. Founded in 2016 by Samir Vasavada and Runik Mehrotra, the company is based in New York, New York. Vise offers a subadvisor platform that integrates with custodians, allowing users to import client data and streamline trading and portfolio management. The platform supports financial advisors, wealth managers, and portfolio managers by designing customized portfolios, managing ongoing investments, and providing valuable insights. By leveraging advanced technology, Vise aims to enhance the advisor-client relationship, enabling financial professionals to concentrate on delivering personalized service while efficiently managing their clients' investments.

Bibit

Venture Round in 2021
Bibit is a Robo-advisor application aimed at making investing more accessible in Indonesia. It offers a financial platform that assists users with personal investments by intelligently allocating their funds into a diversified mutual fund portfolio. The platform takes into account individual factors such as age, income, and overall risk profile, thereby providing users with a streamlined and hassle-free investment experience. Bibit effectively combines technology with professional financial planning services, enabling a broader audience to engage in investment activities.

Groww

Series D in 2021
Groww is an investment platform that offers a new way of investing money with stockbroking and direct mutual funds. The platform provides insights about mutual funds, systematic investment planning, equity-linked savings, and everything from the personal finance world, which helps new investors make investing simple by maintaining a simplified user interface to make investing easy, accessible, transparent, and paperless, enabling users to invest in mutual funds without any hassles. Customers can also invest in gold and US stocks through the Groww platform. The company is also a part of Y Combinator’s winter 2018 batch. Founded in 2017 by Lalit Keshre, Harsh Jain, Neeraj Singh, and Ishan Bansal, the company was launched in Bengaluru, Karnataka.

Watershed

Series A in 2021
Operator of an environmental platform intended to help businesses reduce carbon emissions through information and necessary actions. The company's platform helps to measure and analyze carbon footprint, allows setting an avid carbon target as well, and also assists in sharing progress reports and data with employees, customers, and investors, enabling businesses and companies to decarbonize and measure, reduce, and report carbon emissions.

Kalshi

Series A in 2021
Kalshi operates an online platform that allows users to trade on the outcomes of various events, ranging from political developments to weather predictions. Incorporated in 2018 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, the company is pioneering a new asset class known as "event contracts." This financial exchange enables users to place bets on discrete outcomes, facilitating trading based on individual opinions and insights. Kalshi aims to create a regulated marketplace where participants can leverage their understanding of everyday knowledge to make informed trades. The company has garnered support from prominent investors, including Y Combinator and others, who have previously backed successful technology firms.

Bibit

Series A in 2021
Bibit is a Robo-advisor application aimed at making investing more accessible in Indonesia. It offers a financial platform that assists users with personal investments by intelligently allocating their funds into a diversified mutual fund portfolio. The platform takes into account individual factors such as age, income, and overall risk profile, thereby providing users with a streamlined and hassle-free investment experience. Bibit effectively combines technology with professional financial planning services, enabling a broader audience to engage in investment activities.

Vise

Series B in 2020
Vise, Inc. is a technology company focused on automating investment management for financial advisors through machine learning and artificial intelligence. Founded in 2016 by Samir Vasavada and Runik Mehrotra, the company is based in New York, New York. Vise offers a subadvisor platform that integrates with custodians, allowing users to import client data and streamline trading and portfolio management. The platform supports financial advisors, wealth managers, and portfolio managers by designing customized portfolios, managing ongoing investments, and providing valuable insights. By leveraging advanced technology, Vise aims to enhance the advisor-client relationship, enabling financial professionals to concentrate on delivering personalized service while efficiently managing their clients' investments.

All Raise

Venture Round in 2020
All Raise is a nonprofit organization based in San Francisco, California, dedicated to supporting female founders and women in the venture capital industry. Founded in 2017 by Stacey Bishop and Sarah Tavel, the organization focuses on accelerating the success of women by providing access, guidance, and support to enhance their professional growth. All Raise operates with the belief that diverse perspectives contribute to improved business outcomes and a more equitable future. Through its programs, the organization aims to create a more prosperous environment for women in entrepreneurship and investment.

Finova Capital

Series C in 2020
Finova Capital Pvt Ltd is a non-banking financial company based in Jaipur, India, established in 2015. The company specializes in providing loans to financially excluded individuals and unorganized micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs). Finova Capital focuses on offering residential and commercial mortgage loans, as well as top-up loans, to support both urban and rural populations. Its mission is to enhance the lives of underserved communities by making finance accessible at reasonable costs while ensuring transparency in its operations. By empowering micro and small businesses, Finova Capital aims to facilitate economic growth and contribute to community transformation.

smallcase

Series B in 2020
smallcase Technologies Pvt. Ltd. operates an online trading platform that enables individual investors in India to invest in thematic portfolios of stocks and exchange-traded funds (ETFs), known as smallcases. Founded in 2015 and based in Bengaluru, the company offers investment options based on long-term trends, government policies, and sector dynamics. This platform allows users to select, purchase, monitor, and manage their investments efficiently while providing transparency and cost-effectiveness. smallcase has built a robust ecosystem by collaborating with major financial institutions and developing tools for brokerages, advisors, and portfolio managers. Over the past few years, it has cultivated a community of over 300,000 investors, positioning itself as a significant player in the Indian investment landscape.

Groww

Series C in 2020
Groww is an investment platform that offers a new way of investing money with stockbroking and direct mutual funds. The platform provides insights about mutual funds, systematic investment planning, equity-linked savings, and everything from the personal finance world, which helps new investors make investing simple by maintaining a simplified user interface to make investing easy, accessible, transparent, and paperless, enabling users to invest in mutual funds without any hassles. Customers can also invest in gold and US stocks through the Groww platform. The company is also a part of Y Combinator’s winter 2018 batch. Founded in 2017 by Lalit Keshre, Harsh Jain, Neeraj Singh, and Ishan Bansal, the company was launched in Bengaluru, Karnataka.

Incomlend

Series A in 2020
Incomlend Pte. Ltd operates a lending platform that connects small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) with private investors to facilitate financing through the sale of account receivables at a discount. Founded in 2016 and based in Singapore, Incomlend serves importers, exporters, investors, and lenders by offering alternative trade finance solutions, including factoring and supply chain finance. The platform allows businesses to optimize their working capital by accessing a pool of institutional investors and enables live trading of invoices in multiple currencies and countries. Once a company submits an invoice finance application, it can receive funding within 48 hours. To mitigate risks, all transactions on the platform are protected by credit insurance, ensuring that sellers are safeguarded against payment issues while providing investors with a secured return through invoice discounts. Incomlend's proprietary technology supports risk underwriting, fund matching, and transaction processing, enhancing efficiency in trade finance.

Vise

Series A in 2020
Vise, Inc. is a technology company focused on automating investment management for financial advisors through machine learning and artificial intelligence. Founded in 2016 by Samir Vasavada and Runik Mehrotra, the company is based in New York, New York. Vise offers a subadvisor platform that integrates with custodians, allowing users to import client data and streamline trading and portfolio management. The platform supports financial advisors, wealth managers, and portfolio managers by designing customized portfolios, managing ongoing investments, and providing valuable insights. By leveraging advanced technology, Vise aims to enhance the advisor-client relationship, enabling financial professionals to concentrate on delivering personalized service while efficiently managing their clients' investments.

Empower

Series A in 2020
Empower Finance, Inc. is a financial technology company based in San Francisco, California, founded in 2016 by Warren Hogarth. The company provides a mobile application designed to assist users in managing their finances effectively. This app allows users to connect their bank accounts, set spending limits, and track their budgets. Empower focuses on addressing the misalignment between consumer interests and traditional banking practices, which often benefit from high fees and low interest rates. The application features an AI-powered financial assistant that operates continuously to offer personalized recommendations, cash advances, and automated savings. By targeting tech-savvy millennials, Empower aims to enhance financial literacy and improve financial outcomes for young professionals seeking to gain control over their finances.

ActionIQ

Series C in 2020
ActionIQ, Inc. is a cloud-based marketing platform that addresses the data, analytics, and campaign challenges faced by marketers, analysts, and technologists. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in New York City, with an additional office in San Francisco, the company offers an enterprise customer data platform that integrates various data sources such as email, CRM, and clickstream into a centralized analytics dashboard. This enables users to capture, analyze, and utilize data effectively to create and launch personalized marketing campaigns across multiple channels without needing IT support. ActionIQ serves clients in sectors including retail, media and entertainment, subscription services, and telecommunications, providing tools and insights that allow for rapid and scalable marketing solutions.

Epifi

Seed Round in 2020
Epifi Technologies Pvt. Ltd., founded in 2019 and based in Bengaluru, India, operates as a digital bank without physical branches, targeting young millennial workers and digital natives. The company offers a comprehensive range of online and mobile-first financial services, including payment solutions, money transfers, and lending services. By partnering with licensed banks, Epifi creates a secure platform that serves as a primary hub for consumers, enabling them to access co-branded debit cards and integrate their existing financial products into a single mobile banking interface. Utilizing customer insights and advanced technology, Epifi aims to simplify the banking experience and support users in achieving financial freedom.

Fi Money

Seed Round in 2020
Fi Money operates a digital banking platform designed to enhance personal finance management. The platform offers users digital bank accounts and co-branded debit cards that consolidate various financial services into a single mobile interface. This integration allows users to manage their finances more effectively by automatically setting aside funds, thereby optimizing their savings. Fi Money aims to empower individuals to take control of their financial well-being, providing features tailored to their unique needs and aspirations.

KredX

Series B in 2019
KredX is India’s leading invoice discounting marketplace helping businesses gain quick access to working capital in 24-72 hours by selling their unpaid receivables while providing investors with an opportunity to earn low-risk high returns through a unique Short-term investment. Backed by some of the biggest names from the VC world such as Sequoia Capital and Prime Venture Partners, KredX most recently raised series B funding for $26 Million led by Tiger Global Management.

Ucaidao

Venture Round in 2019
Ucaidao was launched in 2016 to provide paid investment information. Its business involves two parts: the "exclusive information" about the market’s cutting-edge opportunities and first-hand news, and the "investment boutique courses" which provide investment skills summarized by specialists in the investment field.

Groww

Series B in 2019
Groww is an investment platform that offers a new way of investing money with stockbroking and direct mutual funds. The platform provides insights about mutual funds, systematic investment planning, equity-linked savings, and everything from the personal finance world, which helps new investors make investing simple by maintaining a simplified user interface to make investing easy, accessible, transparent, and paperless, enabling users to invest in mutual funds without any hassles. Customers can also invest in gold and US stocks through the Groww platform. The company is also a part of Y Combinator’s winter 2018 batch. Founded in 2017 by Lalit Keshre, Harsh Jain, Neeraj Singh, and Ishan Bansal, the company was launched in Bengaluru, Karnataka.

Alto Solutions

Seed Round in 2019
Alto Solutions, Inc. operates an online platform designed for self-directed individual retirement accounts (IRAs), facilitating investments in alternative assets. The company offers several products, including Alto IRA, which allows users to invest in private equity, venture capital, real estate, loans, and cryptocurrency, as well as Checkbook+ IRA, providing check-writing control for enhanced real estate investment management. Additionally, Alto CryptoIRA enables users to connect with cryptocurrency exchanges like Coinbase for trading. The platform includes a user-friendly dashboard for managing accounts and investments and assists individuals in determining their eligibility for various investments while identifying trusted financial custodians for asset management. Alto Solutions serves a diverse clientele, including wealth managers, registered investment advisors, and entrepreneurs, effectively democratizing access to alternative investments. Founded in 2015 and based in Nashville, Tennessee, the company was previously known as Saltvest, Inc.

Trusting Social

Series A in 2019
Trusting Social Pte. Ltd. is a Singapore-based company that redefines credit scoring by leveraging big data technology alongside social, web, and mobile information. Established in 2013, it provides a solution known as Credit Scoring 2.0, which allows lenders in emerging markets to extend credit to consumers who lack traditional credit histories. This innovative approach targets billions of "financially invisible" individuals in countries such as Vietnam, Indonesia, and India. Trusting Social's scoring methodology has been demonstrated to be more accurate, faster, and cost-effective compared to conventional credit assessment methods. The company maintains additional offices in several key cities across Southeast Asia and India, reflecting its commitment to expanding access to financial services in underserved markets.

Smartkarma

Corporate Round in 2019
Smartkarma is an independent financial research platform that is radically changing the way market participants create, distribute and consume investment insights. As a trusted and unbiased information source, we provide differentiated research and transparency into the Asian markets that global institutional investors need to confidently drive their investment strategies. We combine intelligence from the world’s premier analysts, academics, data scientists and industry experts in one collaborative marketplace to help investors improve efficiencies, enhance returns, and optimize their research spend while accessing the widest range of global analysis of the Asian markets available. We are on a bold mission to change the way market participants engage with research. By creating a new model for investors to collaborate, add and extract value from our tested and uniquely positioned global community, we are changing the research landscape for global investors. For more information visit us at www.smartkarma.com.

Vise

Seed Round in 2019
Vise, Inc. is a technology company focused on automating investment management for financial advisors through machine learning and artificial intelligence. Founded in 2016 by Samir Vasavada and Runik Mehrotra, the company is based in New York, New York. Vise offers a subadvisor platform that integrates with custodians, allowing users to import client data and streamline trading and portfolio management. The platform supports financial advisors, wealth managers, and portfolio managers by designing customized portfolios, managing ongoing investments, and providing valuable insights. By leveraging advanced technology, Vise aims to enhance the advisor-client relationship, enabling financial professionals to concentrate on delivering personalized service while efficiently managing their clients' investments.

Finova Capital

Series B in 2019
Finova Capital Pvt Ltd is a non-banking financial company based in Jaipur, India, established in 2015. The company specializes in providing loans to financially excluded individuals and unorganized micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs). Finova Capital focuses on offering residential and commercial mortgage loans, as well as top-up loans, to support both urban and rural populations. Its mission is to enhance the lives of underserved communities by making finance accessible at reasonable costs while ensuring transparency in its operations. By empowering micro and small businesses, Finova Capital aims to facilitate economic growth and contribute to community transformation.

smallcase

Series A in 2019
smallcase Technologies Pvt. Ltd. operates an online trading platform that enables individual investors in India to invest in thematic portfolios of stocks and exchange-traded funds (ETFs), known as smallcases. Founded in 2015 and based in Bengaluru, the company offers investment options based on long-term trends, government policies, and sector dynamics. This platform allows users to select, purchase, monitor, and manage their investments efficiently while providing transparency and cost-effectiveness. smallcase has built a robust ecosystem by collaborating with major financial institutions and developing tools for brokerages, advisors, and portfolio managers. Over the past few years, it has cultivated a community of over 300,000 investors, positioning itself as a significant player in the Indian investment landscape.

Groww

Series A in 2019
Groww is an investment platform that offers a new way of investing money with stockbroking and direct mutual funds. The platform provides insights about mutual funds, systematic investment planning, equity-linked savings, and everything from the personal finance world, which helps new investors make investing simple by maintaining a simplified user interface to make investing easy, accessible, transparent, and paperless, enabling users to invest in mutual funds without any hassles. Customers can also invest in gold and US stocks through the Groww platform. The company is also a part of Y Combinator’s winter 2018 batch. Founded in 2017 by Lalit Keshre, Harsh Jain, Neeraj Singh, and Ishan Bansal, the company was launched in Bengaluru, Karnataka.

Empower

Venture Round in 2018
Empower Finance, Inc. is a financial technology company based in San Francisco, California, founded in 2016 by Warren Hogarth. The company provides a mobile application designed to assist users in managing their finances effectively. This app allows users to connect their bank accounts, set spending limits, and track their budgets. Empower focuses on addressing the misalignment between consumer interests and traditional banking practices, which often benefit from high fees and low interest rates. The application features an AI-powered financial assistant that operates continuously to offer personalized recommendations, cash advances, and automated savings. By targeting tech-savvy millennials, Empower aims to enhance financial literacy and improve financial outcomes for young professionals seeking to gain control over their finances.

Funding Societies

Series B in 2018
Funding Societies Pte. Ltd. is a peer-to-peer financing platform based in Singapore, founded in 2015. It connects investors with small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) seeking funding, thereby addressing financial inclusion challenges and making credit-worthy SMEs more bankable. The platform offers a range of flexible financing options, including micro and term loans, as well as invoice financing, supported by advanced credit scoring and risk assessment models. Since its inception, Funding Societies has facilitated over 3.3 million business loans, amounting to more than S$1.8 billion in funding. The company has received multiple accolades, including the Global Excellence Award from ITU Telecom, and holds operating licenses from regulators in Singapore, Indonesia, and Malaysia, making it a pioneer in the region's peer-to-peer lending landscape.

Jinfuzi

Series C in 2018
Jinfuzi is an online investment platform that offers a range of wealth management services, allowing users to invest in various financial products, including private equity, venture capital, trusts, and foreign funds. The platform is designed to assist investors in selecting investment portfolios that align with their return-risk preferences. Jinfuzi provides two primary mobile applications: Finance Port and Snowball, which facilitate access to a diversified selection of investment options. Through its comprehensive services, Jinfuzi aims to cater to the diverse needs of investors seeking to optimize their financial growth.

Finova Capital

Series A in 2018
Finova Capital Pvt Ltd is a non-banking financial company based in Jaipur, India, established in 2015. The company specializes in providing loans to financially excluded individuals and unorganized micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs). Finova Capital focuses on offering residential and commercial mortgage loans, as well as top-up loans, to support both urban and rural populations. Its mission is to enhance the lives of underserved communities by making finance accessible at reasonable costs while ensuring transparency in its operations. By empowering micro and small businesses, Finova Capital aims to facilitate economic growth and contribute to community transformation.

Smartkarma

Series B in 2017
Smartkarma is an independent financial research platform that is radically changing the way market participants create, distribute and consume investment insights. As a trusted and unbiased information source, we provide differentiated research and transparency into the Asian markets that global institutional investors need to confidently drive their investment strategies. We combine intelligence from the world’s premier analysts, academics, data scientists and industry experts in one collaborative marketplace to help investors improve efficiencies, enhance returns, and optimize their research spend while accessing the widest range of global analysis of the Asian markets available. We are on a bold mission to change the way market participants engage with research. By creating a new model for investors to collaborate, add and extract value from our tested and uniquely positioned global community, we are changing the research landscape for global investors. For more information visit us at www.smartkarma.com.

ActionIQ

Series B in 2017
ActionIQ, Inc. is a cloud-based marketing platform that addresses the data, analytics, and campaign challenges faced by marketers, analysts, and technologists. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in New York City, with an additional office in San Francisco, the company offers an enterprise customer data platform that integrates various data sources such as email, CRM, and clickstream into a centralized analytics dashboard. This enables users to capture, analyze, and utilize data effectively to create and launch personalized marketing campaigns across multiple channels without needing IT support. ActionIQ serves clients in sectors including retail, media and entertainment, subscription services, and telecommunications, providing tools and insights that allow for rapid and scalable marketing solutions.

MetaStable

Venture Round in 2017
Manage Crypto Asset Hedge Funds.

Empower

Seed Round in 2017
Empower Finance, Inc. is a financial technology company based in San Francisco, California, founded in 2016 by Warren Hogarth. The company provides a mobile application designed to assist users in managing their finances effectively. This app allows users to connect their bank accounts, set spending limits, and track their budgets. Empower focuses on addressing the misalignment between consumer interests and traditional banking practices, which often benefit from high fees and low interest rates. The application features an AI-powered financial assistant that operates continuously to offer personalized recommendations, cash advances, and automated savings. By targeting tech-savvy millennials, Empower aims to enhance financial literacy and improve financial outcomes for young professionals seeking to gain control over their finances.

ActionIQ

Series A in 2017
ActionIQ, Inc. is a cloud-based marketing platform that addresses the data, analytics, and campaign challenges faced by marketers, analysts, and technologists. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in New York City, with an additional office in San Francisco, the company offers an enterprise customer data platform that integrates various data sources such as email, CRM, and clickstream into a centralized analytics dashboard. This enables users to capture, analyze, and utilize data effectively to create and launch personalized marketing campaigns across multiple channels without needing IT support. ActionIQ serves clients in sectors including retail, media and entertainment, subscription services, and telecommunications, providing tools and insights that allow for rapid and scalable marketing solutions.

KredX

Series A in 2016
KredX is India’s leading invoice discounting marketplace helping businesses gain quick access to working capital in 24-72 hours by selling their unpaid receivables while providing investors with an opportunity to earn low-risk high returns through a unique Short-term investment. Backed by some of the biggest names from the VC world such as Sequoia Capital and Prime Venture Partners, KredX most recently raised series B funding for $26 Million led by Tiger Global Management.

Funding Societies

Series A in 2016
Funding Societies Pte. Ltd. is a peer-to-peer financing platform based in Singapore, founded in 2015. It connects investors with small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) seeking funding, thereby addressing financial inclusion challenges and making credit-worthy SMEs more bankable. The platform offers a range of flexible financing options, including micro and term loans, as well as invoice financing, supported by advanced credit scoring and risk assessment models. Since its inception, Funding Societies has facilitated over 3.3 million business loans, amounting to more than S$1.8 billion in funding. The company has received multiple accolades, including the Global Excellence Award from ITU Telecom, and holds operating licenses from regulators in Singapore, Indonesia, and Malaysia, making it a pioneer in the region's peer-to-peer lending landscape.

Innovaccer

Series A in 2016
Innovaccer Inc. is a technology company focused on improving healthcare delivery through data activation and analytics. Its comprehensive platform aggregates and analyzes patient data from various sources, including electronic health records and medical devices, facilitating better communication and collaboration among healthcare teams. Innovaccer offers a range of solutions, including Datashop, which provides healthcare companies with tools for patient care management, financial operations optimization, and clinical workflow enhancement. The platform has been recognized for its effectiveness and is deployed in over 500 locations across the United States, supporting more than 10,000 healthcare providers. Innovaccer also serves diverse sectors beyond healthcare, including financial services, manufacturing, retail, and academic research. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in Noida, India, with additional offices in the United States, the company has established partnerships with various institutions and organizations to drive innovation in care delivery.

Vistaar

Series D in 2015
The idea of Vistaar dawned on the minds of two first generation entrepreneurs, who truly believe in supporting and creating new economic opportunity through providing access to finance, to deserving small business men, to enhance and enrich their lives and the community they live in. The Company targets the missing middle segment, consisting of customers with an annual income of Rs 120000-10,00,000, which is not effectively served by the formal financial system.

Jinfuzi

Series B in 2015
Jinfuzi is an online investment platform that offers a range of wealth management services, allowing users to invest in various financial products, including private equity, venture capital, trusts, and foreign funds. The platform is designed to assist investors in selecting investment portfolios that align with their return-risk preferences. Jinfuzi provides two primary mobile applications: Finance Port and Snowball, which facilitate access to a diversified selection of investment options. Through its comprehensive services, Jinfuzi aims to cater to the diverse needs of investors seeking to optimize their financial growth.

ActionIQ

Seed Round in 2014
ActionIQ, Inc. is a cloud-based marketing platform that addresses the data, analytics, and campaign challenges faced by marketers, analysts, and technologists. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in New York City, with an additional office in San Francisco, the company offers an enterprise customer data platform that integrates various data sources such as email, CRM, and clickstream into a centralized analytics dashboard. This enables users to capture, analyze, and utilize data effectively to create and launch personalized marketing campaigns across multiple channels without needing IT support. ActionIQ serves clients in sectors including retail, media and entertainment, subscription services, and telecommunications, providing tools and insights that allow for rapid and scalable marketing solutions.

Vistaar

Series C in 2014
The idea of Vistaar dawned on the minds of two first generation entrepreneurs, who truly believe in supporting and creating new economic opportunity through providing access to finance, to deserving small business men, to enhance and enrich their lives and the community they live in. The Company targets the missing middle segment, consisting of customers with an annual income of Rs 120000-10,00,000, which is not effectively served by the formal financial system.

FutureAdvisor

Series B in 2014
Xulu, Inc. provides investment advisory services. The company offers personalized and data-driven recommendations to optimize clients’ 401(k) and IRA. It also provides financial projections; and personalized diversification plans for investments. The company was founded in 2010 and is based in Seattle, Washington. As of October 1, 2015, FutureAdvisor operates as a subsidiary of BlackRock, Inc.

Prosper

Series B in 2013
Prosper Funding LLC operates a peer-to-peer online credit marketplace that connects borrowers seeking personal loans with individual and institutional investors willing to fund those loans. Established in 2005 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, Prosper's platform offers a transparent environment for financial transactions, allowing borrowers to access fixed-rate, unsecured loans without hidden fees or prepayment penalties. The marketplace is accessible to investors in 31 states and to borrowers in 48 states, including the District of Columbia. By utilizing a data-driven underwriting model, Prosper enables investors to achieve solid returns while facilitating affordable loan options for consumers.

IPG

Series C in 2013
IPG, founded in 2004 and headquartered in Alpharetta, Georgia, specializes in surgical cost management services aimed at reducing expenses associated with surgical and implant procedures. The company collaborates with health plans, providers, surgical facilities, device manufacturers, and patients nationwide to enhance quality and reduce costs through effective site of care optimization and device selection. By developing market-based solutions in the implantable Device Benefit Management space, IPG enables healthcare providers, manufacturers, and physicians to lower out-of-pocket costs for patients, ultimately delivering tangible value in the healthcare system.

Prosper

Series A in 2013
Prosper Funding LLC operates a peer-to-peer online credit marketplace that connects borrowers seeking personal loans with individual and institutional investors willing to fund those loans. Established in 2005 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, Prosper's platform offers a transparent environment for financial transactions, allowing borrowers to access fixed-rate, unsecured loans without hidden fees or prepayment penalties. The marketplace is accessible to investors in 31 states and to borrowers in 48 states, including the District of Columbia. By utilizing a data-driven underwriting model, Prosper enables investors to achieve solid returns while facilitating affordable loan options for consumers.

FutureAdvisor

Series A in 2012
Xulu, Inc. provides investment advisory services. The company offers personalized and data-driven recommendations to optimize clients’ 401(k) and IRA. It also provides financial projections; and personalized diversification plans for investments. The company was founded in 2010 and is based in Seattle, Washington. As of October 1, 2015, FutureAdvisor operates as a subsidiary of BlackRock, Inc.

Ujjivan

Venture Round in 2012
Ujjivan Financial Services Limited, founded in 2005 and headquartered in Bengaluru, India, specializes in providing a comprehensive range of financial services aimed at economically active poor individuals in urban and semi-urban areas. The company offers a variety of products, including micro and rural finance, housing loans, personal and vehicle loans, and loans for micro and small businesses. Additionally, Ujjivan provides group and individual insurance products. Its subsidiary, Ujjivan Small Finance Bank Limited, was established in 2016 and focuses on serving financially unserved and underserved segments through banking products, including savings and current accounts, fixed deposits, and an array of loan offerings such as agricultural, educational, and personal loans. Ujjivan operates a significant network of banking outlets and ATMs, reflecting its commitment to financial inclusion in India.

IPG

Series B in 2010
IPG, founded in 2004 and headquartered in Alpharetta, Georgia, specializes in surgical cost management services aimed at reducing expenses associated with surgical and implant procedures. The company collaborates with health plans, providers, surgical facilities, device manufacturers, and patients nationwide to enhance quality and reduce costs through effective site of care optimization and device selection. By developing market-based solutions in the implantable Device Benefit Management space, IPG enables healthcare providers, manufacturers, and physicians to lower out-of-pocket costs for patients, ultimately delivering tangible value in the healthcare system.
CFPA Microfinance Management Co Ltd. specializes in providing microfinance services aimed at alleviating poverty, particularly among rural populations in China. Founded in 1996 and based in Beijing, the company offers microloans and technical training programs to financially disadvantaged farmers, equipping them with essential skills in finance, agriculture, and loan management. In addition to traditional microfinance offerings, CFPA also provides Pro-Poor Action services, which help create market platforms through training and the expansion of marketing channels. This multifaceted approach aims to empower low-income groups by enabling them to develop their industries and improve their livelihoods, addressing their unique financial needs that often go unmet by conventional financial institutions. CFPA Microfinance Management Co operates as a subsidiary of the China Foundation for Poverty Alleviation.

FutureAdvisor

Seed Round in 2010
Xulu, Inc. provides investment advisory services. The company offers personalized and data-driven recommendations to optimize clients’ 401(k) and IRA. It also provides financial projections; and personalized diversification plans for investments. The company was founded in 2010 and is based in Seattle, Washington. As of October 1, 2015, FutureAdvisor operates as a subsidiary of BlackRock, Inc.

Ujjivan

Venture Round in 2008
Ujjivan Financial Services Limited, founded in 2005 and headquartered in Bengaluru, India, specializes in providing a comprehensive range of financial services aimed at economically active poor individuals in urban and semi-urban areas. The company offers a variety of products, including micro and rural finance, housing loans, personal and vehicle loans, and loans for micro and small businesses. Additionally, Ujjivan provides group and individual insurance products. Its subsidiary, Ujjivan Small Finance Bank Limited, was established in 2016 and focuses on serving financially unserved and underserved segments through banking products, including savings and current accounts, fixed deposits, and an array of loan offerings such as agricultural, educational, and personal loans. Ujjivan operates a significant network of banking outlets and ATMs, reflecting its commitment to financial inclusion in India.

Noah Holdings

Private Equity Round in 2007
Noah Holdings is a prominent wealth and asset management service provider based in Shanghai, China, established in 2005. The firm primarily caters to high net worth individuals and enterprises, offering a diverse range of financial products, including credit, private equity, public securities, and insurance. As of mid-2019, Noah had distributed financial products worth RMB52.4 billion and managed assets totaling RMB180.8 billion through its subsidiary, Gopher Asset Management. The company provides tailored financial solutions through a network of 1,428 relationship managers across 306 service centers in 83 cities in mainland China, while also addressing international investment needs through offices in several countries, including Hong Kong and the United States. Noah's investment portfolio comprises various strategies, with the majority in private equity, followed by credit, real estate, public securities, and multi-strategies. Additionally, the firm offers lending services and operates an online financial advisory platform, enhancing its comprehensive service offerings.

ProSight

Series E in 2002
ProSight specializes in providing enterprise investment management solutions tailored for government and business sectors. Its offerings combine software, services, and knowledge resources to enhance the planning and control of various business and technology investments. By implementing objective and auditable processes, ProSight facilitates collaboration among stakeholders, enabling organizations to achieve rapid results. These results include rationalizing current expenditures, optimizing support for business operations, and ensuring active governance to maximize return on investment. Through its comprehensive approach, ProSight equips information technology managers with the necessary tools for effective investment and performance management.

Garage Technology Ventures

Venture Round in 2000
GARAGE TECHNOLOGY VENTURES is a seed-stage and early-stage venture capital fund. They invest in entrepreneurial teams seeking to transform big ideas into game-changing companies. They invest in unproven teams attacking unproven markets with unproven solutions. They not interested in teams creating the nth solution to the same old problem nor companies trying to improve things by only 10 or 20 percent.
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