VenturEast is one of India’s longest-standing venture capital fund managers, investing since 1997, and managing $400+ million of AUM. Ventureast is an early and growth stage fund investing in Technology, Healthcare, Life Sciences, Food/Agri and Cleantech.
Ventureast has made close to 100 investments and boasts a number of marquee repeat investors globally. The Ventureast portfolio features market-leading companies such as Acko - India's first and largest digital insurer, Portea - India’s largest home-healthcare company, 24 Mantra - India’s largest organic foods company, and MoEngage - India’s leading marketing automation company.
Ventureast exits include Facebook’s only acquisition in India, Little Eye Labs; an exit from Onconova through a NASDAQ listing; an exit from Evolva through a Swiss Stock Exchange listing; Bill Desk’s acquisition of Loyalty Rewards; Genpact’s acquisition of Atyati; etc.
Ventureast team is based out of Bangalore and Hyderabad.
Ventureast has made close to 100 investments and boasts a number of marquee repeat investors globally. The Ventureast portfolio features market-leading companies such as Acko - India's first and largest digital insurer, Portea - India’s largest home-healthcare company, 24 Mantra - India’s largest organic foods company, and MoEngage - India’s leading marketing automation company.
Ventureast exits include Facebook’s only acquisition in India, Little Eye Labs; an exit from Onconova through a NASDAQ listing; an exit from Evolva through a Swiss Stock Exchange listing; Bill Desk’s acquisition of Loyalty Rewards; Genpact’s acquisition of Atyati; etc.
Ventureast team is based out of Bangalore and Hyderabad.
Location: India, Karnataka, Bengaluru
Employees: 11-50
Founded date: 1997
Investment Type: Venture Capital
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| 06.11.2025 | VC firm VenturEast marks partial exit from SaaS company | Pro Credit: 123RF.com VenturEast, one of India’s oldest venture capital firms that has been investing in the country since 1997, has clocked a partial exit from a software-as-a-service (SaaS) company which it first invested in nearly seven ... |
| 20.08.2025 | Kissht Operator OnEMI Technology Files DRHP for INR 1,000 Cr IPO OnEMI Technology aims to allocate INR 750 crore from its fresh issue to strengthen subsidiary Si Creva's capital base and may also expl... | Mumbai-based OnEMI Technology Solutions, the operator of digital lending platform Kissht, has filed its Draft Red Herring Prospectus with the Securities and Exchange Board of India to raise funds through an Initial Public Offering. The comp... |
| 12.08.2025 | India's Deeptech Ascent: Speciale Invest Secures Major Fund | Speciale Invest, an Indian deeptech venture capital firm, closed its Fund III at Rs 600 crore ($72.5 million), exceeding its Rs 500 crore target. This oversubscribed fund will back 18-20 early-stage deeptech startups. Investments focus on s... |
| 12.08.2025 | Speciale Investâs Fund III closes at Rs 600 crore; eyes investing in 18-20 deeptech startups | Synopsis The new fund, which will invest in sovereign tech and globally scalable IP from India, will hand out cheques of Rs 7 to Rs 10 crore to startups in sectors such as AI, spacetech, climatetech, quantum systems, advanced manufacturing,... |
| 24.07.2025 | MoEngage is the only vendor recognized as a Customers' Choice in the 2025 Gartner Peer Insights™ Voice of the Customer for Email Marketing | SAN FRANCISCO, July 24, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- MoEngage, the world's leading customer engagement platform, is proud to announce its recognition as the only vendor named a Customers' Choice in the 2025 Gartner Peer Insights™ Voice of the Custo... |
| 21.04.2025 | Peepul Capital, Ventureast missing the mark in exit from legacy bets | Pro Mid-market private equity firm Peepul Capital and venture capital firm Ventureast are exiting a company they each backed more than a decade ago, churning out more than two-fold gains on their respective investments but generating weak a... |
| 12.04.2025 | Navigating the Digital Landscape: The Power of Seamless Transitions and Robust Protection | In the fast-paced world of technology, change is the only constant. Businesses are always on the lookout for tools that enhance efficiency and security. Enter MoEngage and McAfee, two giants in their respective fields, offering solutions th... |
| 11.04.2025 | MoEngage Makes Migration Effortless with "MoUpgrade" | SAN FRANCISCO, April 11, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Upgrading to an advanced cross-channel customer engagement platform can often seem time-consuming, costly, and full of operational challenges. That's why MoEngage is redefining the migration exp... |
| 15.01.2025 | MoEngage's Email Benchmarks Report Reveals a Shift in Personalization Trends for 2025 | Analysis of 17.3 billion marketing emails reveals behavior-based emails can achieve up to 300.7x conversion rates compared to non-personalized emails SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 15, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- MoEngage, an insights-led cross-channel custo... |
| 06.12.2024 | Eight Roads Ventures, F-Prime investing $14 mn in Laurus Labs unit | Credit: 123RF.com Indian pharmaceuticals company Laurus Labs Ltd said Friday it is raising equity investment for its biotech unit from global venture capital firm Eight Roads Ventures and its sister fund F-Prime Capital. The drugmaker, list... |
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