Invests in
Locations:
Min Investment:
$100,000.00Max Investment:
$5,000,000.00Target Investment:
$1,500,000.00
Education
- DP
Lists including Kumar
Investments
Work Experience
Managing Director
2022
Focus areas: Software (Dev, Infra, Data, AI) and Consumer Tech (Media + Gaming) Stage: Seed to series B Portfolio: Aampe , Dashtoon, Emtech
2024
Managing Director
2024
Sector agnostic Stage: pre-seed, seed About DeVC: Global collective of founders, operators and early stage GPs that backs founders at the Pre-Seed & Seed stage. The fund has invested in 100+ companies over last 3 years. Select Portfolio: Enterprise AI & Software: Kintsugi, Confido Health, RapidClaims, Realfast, Smallest AI, StepSecurity, Unifize, Atica, Renderwolf, Aurva & CodeAnt DeepTech: InspeCity, Morphing Machines, Ananant Systems, Terafac, Uravu Labs, CarbonStrong Fintech & Financial Services: Ambak, Cybrilla, PowerEdge, PowerUp, Grvt Manufacturing & Supply Chain: Isler, Solar Ladder, Orbit Farming, Patcorn Consumer: Glitchcraft, Felicity Games, Boba Bhai, Terractive, Ziffi Chess
2017 - 2021
SVP - Growth
2019 - 2021
Scaled subscriptions to 40M+ paid users Scaled ads monetisation to $200M+ Built ad-tech, Mar-tech and RevOps
VP - Digital Products and Revenue
2017 - 2019
Built Ad-tech and revenue management systems
2012 - 2021
Angel Investor
2012 - 2021
Partnered with 100+ founders as the earliest investor Consumer Tech :: Artie, Probo, Apps For Bharat, Glip, Tamasha, GoNuts, Glassbox Media, Markk App, Gamee, Uable, Creator Stack, Trell (exited), Wakao (exited) SaaS & Dev :: Leena AI, Privado, CustomerGlu, BuzzCast, Zorp, TrimPixel, Elevate, Spheron Blockchain & Crypto :: Quicknode, Stader Labs, SSV network, MoHash, Flint, Blockdaemon, PlotX Consumer :: Mosaic Wellness, Goat Brand Labs, O'Be Cocktails, App Academy, Bambinos, Kafqa Academy, Growth School, Vibecity Fintech :: Oto, Rupifi (exited), Polytrade, Basis, Gray Quest, ScanPay, Balance, Piggy B2B :: Farmart, Dukaan, Grow Simplee, Glo Roots
2016 - 2017
Products & Monetisation
2016 - 2017
(Exited to PhonePe) Managed and grew key monetisation focused products: Messaging and communication stack with everything social, commerce and payments embedded into the core OS experience via NLP bots App Bazaar - largest alternate apps marketplace in the country
2014 - 2016
Chief Strategy Officer
2014 - 2016
- Mergers & Acquisitions: IREF | RealtyBI | Homebuy360 | BigBHK - Corporate Development and eventual exit to ReA (News Corp)
Lead - Product & Business
2014 - 2014
Launched the Primary real estate sales business | Scaled to 60+ locations and 6K real estate developers | Pioneered the online transactions + marketplace hybrid model Built the first version of supply side products : Broker/Agent Apps | Real Estate Developer CRM | POS Tools | Property Management Apps
2010 - 2013
Co-Founder and CEO
2010 - 2013
Venture Timeline Feb 2010 - Nov 2011: 5 people team | Bootstrapped operations Dec 2011: Seed Investment | $500K | Led by strategic investor Jan 2012 - Dec 2013: 40+ team | Game development & publishing Dec 2013: Asset sale and exit
2010 - 2011
Consultant
2010 - 2011
Built the largest live event property for college students :: Indiafest
2008 - 2010
Co-Founder
2008 - 2010
Built a gamified platform for skill development for college students and skill assessment for corporates. Could not scale. Exited.