Malpani Ventures

Anikarth Ventures, founded in 2017 and based in Kanpur, India, is a venture capital firm specializing in early-stage startup investments across sectors such as retail, high tech, and healthtech. It operates as a family office linked to the Jagran group, led by Dr. Aarti Gupta and Rahul Gupta.

Anay Ventures is an India-based family office founded in 2023, specializing in strategic investments across early-stage startups and venture capital funds. Their investment focus spans sectors including agri tech, consumer tech, health tech, sports, deep tech, and food tech.

Palm Ventures is an active family investment office focused on nurturing businesses that positively impact society, operating primarily in the United States. The firm invests across diverse sectors including education, healthcare, affordable housing, and business software, with initiatives in economically disadvantaged communities.

Pivot Ventures is a Mumbai, India-based multi-family office. Established in 2014, the firm invests and manages the wealth of multiple Indian business families, including third-generation diversified business houses seeking institutionalized exposure to technology growth opportunities. Pivot Ventures provides comprehensive wealth management, capital preservation, portfolio diversification, and intergenerational planning solutions, alongside active allocation to private markets and global public equities. In addition to making direct and co-direct investments, Pivot Ventures allocates capital as a limited partner to multiple venture capital funds, reflecting a hybrid direct investment and fund-of-funds strategy. External manager selection is driven by thematic alignment with technology and consumer innovation, demonstrated track record, disciplined underwriting, and access to proprietary deal flow. Pivot Ventures investment strategy is centered on venture capital, private equity, growth equity, and selective public market allocations, utilizing both direct investments and fund allocations. The firm's portfolio spans more than 75 companies, with their sector focus spanning mobile, e-commerce, media, gaming, technology, hospitality, SaaS, food, fintech, healthcare, and data analytics. The investment strategy blends early-stage venture capital with growth-stage private equity, targeting scalable, technology-enabled platforms benefiting from India's digital transformation and rising consumer demand. With a primary geographic focus on India and selective global exposure through public markets and venture fund commitments, the firm remains flexible as they continue to grow. Pivot Ventures positions itself as a long-term, thematically aligned capital partner to emerging managers, institutional venture funds, and high-growth companies across the technology and consumer landscape.

MA Ventures is a Mumbai-based family office investing across public and private markets in India, including unlisted equity, debt, listed equity, and real estate. It focuses on seed to Series B venture capital investments in consumer, fintech, and SaaS sectors, led by promoter Gautam Ashra.

Viansh Ventures (Poddar Family Office) is a Bangalore, India-based single-family office. Established in 2013, the firm invests and manages the wealth of the Poddar family, led by Vikas Poddar and Yash Poddar, whose fortune was primarily built through the scaling and eventual exit of Ashirvad Pipes, a global leader in CPVC manufacturing. The family office was formalized following the family's increased liquidity post-2018 exit and further institutionalized through the incorporation of Viansh Ventures as the primary investment vehicle.