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Ankur Capital

Last cheque observed Sep 2025. Silence since then is not evidence of inactivity: our sources miss unannounced rounds.

QuietNew fund $7.5M, Feb 2021VC firm

Pre-seedSeedSeries ADeep_scienceDigitalLife_sciences

Cheques on record
0%of best year0cheques in 12 months, 5 on record
Since the last cheque426days00hrs00min00sec
Median round$6.0MCheque size, as they say$500K – $5.0MRounds led0 of 5Mostly inIndia, 80%
Pitch Ankur Capital

Ankur Capital highlights

  1. 01

    5 rounds on record

  2. 02

    Mostly Seed and Series A: 100% of its rounds

What they do

Ankur Capital is an early-stage venture capital firm investing in digital and deep science technologies.From their own website
Type
VC firm (from a list, unverified)
Cheque size
$500K – $5.0M as they say
Stages
Pre-seedSeedSeries ASeries BGrowth
Sectors
Deep_scienceDigitalLife_sciences
Based in
Mumbai, India
Cold pitches
Not stated

The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first5 appearances

  1. 2025

    1 round

  2. Sept
    Offgrid Energy LabsSeries A · IN · TechCrunch$15MWith 2 others
  3. 2019

    1 round

  4. Feb
    NiramaiIN · Entrackr$6.0MWith 3 others
  5. 2018

    1 round

  6. Nov
    NirmaiIN · Entrackr$6.0MWith 3 others
  7. 2014

    1 round

  8. May
    Swift ShiftSeed · GB$1.0MWith 3 others
  9. 2013

    1 round

  10. Dec
    ERC Eye CareINUndisclosedWith 1 other

An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor.

The team

Named by the firm itself, on a filing, its Form ADV or its company registration4 named

DBDeepak BhattExecutive OfficeriFiling they signed
KNKrishnan NeelakantanDirector of the Investment Manager (Ankur Fincon Management Pvt. Ltd)iFiling they signed
RSRema SubramanianDirector of the Investment Manager (Ankur Fincon Management Pvt. Ltd)iFiling they signed
RVRitu VermaDirector of the Investment Manager (Ankur Fincon Management Pvt. Ltd)iFiling they signed

We also hold 17 people at this firm from the lists this database was built from: a weaker source than the filings, since a list does not say when a title ended. Login to see them.

What the register says

From the firm's own filings with the SEC, which it must file accurately by law

3+funds on filenumbered funds in its name

What they claim to have backed

From their own portfolio page (on their website)

2 of 34 we have independently watched raise

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Weaker than a round we watched, stronger than a list somebody sold us. A firm is far less willing to put a company on its own site that it never funded.

Who they invest alongside

The investors most often in the same rounds as Ankur Capital. A count of rooms they were both in, not a relationship either has claimed.

Recently backed

The latest companies Ankur Capital put money into.

On podcasts

1 episode naming Ankur Capital in the title.

Quick answers about Ankur Capital

What does Ankur Capital invest in?

Ankur Capital invests most often at Seed and Series A (100% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Deep_science, Digital and Life_sciences.

How active is Ankur Capital?

5 investments on record, 0 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in Sept 2025.

What has Ankur Capital invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: Offgrid Energy Labs (Series A, Sept 2025), Niramai (Undisclosed round, Feb 2019) and Nirmai (Undisclosed round, Nov 2018).

How big are Ankur Capital's cheques?

The median round it joins is $6.0M. It says it writes cheques of $500K to $5.0M.

Does Ankur Capital lead rounds?

Rarely, if at all: none of its 5 investments on record names it as the lead.

Where does Ankur Capital invest?

Most of the companies it backs are in India (80%) and the United Kingdom (20%).

Is Ankur Capital investing now?

No investments in the last 12 months; the latest was in Sept 2025.

Who does Ankur Capital invest alongside?

Most often Axilor Ventures (2 rounds together) and Binny Bansal (2 rounds together).

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