First cheque investors in AI-first companies

Pre-seed investors for B2B Tech start-ups building for Global Enterprise Markets.

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Arka Venture Labs is an early-stage cross-border fund enabling B2B entrepreneurs building from India to scale globally.

We provide startups with capital, mentorship, and in-depth access to both Silicon Valley & Indian start-up ecosystems.

Capital

We provide the first institutional cheque to pre-seed and seed stage start-ups and typically invest up to $500K in the form of Preferred Equity / SAFE / Convertible Note.

Mentorship

We tailor our support to the needs of the company – be it product positioning, calibrating product-market fit or leveraging our cross border GTM playbook.

Access

Arka start-ups leverage the expertise & networks of our highly curated community of seasoned valley operators & top tier VCs. Our experts specialize in guiding B2B start-ups from zero to IPO from innovation hubs across Europe, Israel, the US, and India.

Who you'll work with

Led by experienced professionals with expertise in investments, technology, operations, mentoring and assisting start-ups scale.

Yashwanth Hemaraj

Yashwanth Hemaraj

Co-Founder & Partner

Aarushi Khanna

Aarushi Khanna

Principal

We invest in sectors with a strong core technology
and economic differentiators.

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Portfolio

Arka is a day-zero partner to B2B start-ups building global companies from India. Get to know our portfolio.

ACQUIRED

Construction Material Management Platform

Team:

Ashfaq Rasheed, Lonnie Cumpton, Adam Ketterer, Abhishek Kumar

ACQUIRED

ACQUIRED

Simplifying edge orchestration

Team:

Amar Kapadia, Sriram Rupanagunta

ACQUIRED

ACQUIRED

AI and IoT interfaced prodcution operations monitoring and analytics

Team:

Aparna Aryabhumi

ACQUIRED

ACQUIRED

Data security SaaS platform

Team:

Kedar Kekan, Ashish Verma

ACQUIRED

ACQUIRED

Lead intelligence platform solution

Team:

Sridhar Ranganathan, Karthik Mahadevan

ACQUIRED

ACQUIRED

No code, zero-trust platform for data exchange

Team:

Viraj Phanse, Niranjan Ingale

ACQUIRED

ACQUIRED

AI based legal marketing solutions for law firms

Team:

Nimesh Gupta

ACQUIRED

ACQUIRED

Simplifying carbon transparency across the value chain

Team:

Lavanya Pawar, Purvish Shah, Nikha Garg

ACQUIRED

ACQUIRED

Data transparency, security and compliance for Gen Al

Team:

Huseni Saboowala, Sridhar Ramaswamy

ACQUIRED

ACQUIRED

Conversational Intelligence platform

Team:

Prashant Kukde

Acquired by Ring Central

ACQUIRED

ACQUIRED

Software Delivery Platform for Kubernetes Applications

Team:

Nishant Kumar, Prashant Ghildiyal, Rajesh Razdan

ACQUIRED

ACQUIRED

Talent insights for HR professionals

Team:

Ganesh Iyer

Acquired by Open Sesame

ACQUIRED

ACQUIRED

Accelerating clean energy

Team:

Deep Chakraborty

ACQUIRED

ACQUIRED

Control Layer for Enterprise AI

Team:

Sahil Agarwal, Prashanth Harshangi

ACQUIRED

ACQUIRED

Accelerate MedTech Regulatory Submissions

Team:

Soumya Mahapatra

ACQUIRED

ACQUIRED

Full stack customer data platform

Team:

Aditya Bhamidipaty

ACQUIRED

ACQUIRED

AI co-pilot for GTM teams

Team:

Rohit (Roy) Nallapeta, Chetan Jog

ACQUIRED

ACQUIRED

Human First B2B Conversational Marketing Platform

Team:

Arjun Pillai

Acquired by Zoominfo

ACQUIRED

ACQUIRED

AI chat as a service

Team:

Raj Ramaswamy, Ashish Parnami

ACQUIRED

ACQUIRED

Learning platform for data science and machine learning

Team:

Aakash N S, Siddhant Ujjain

ACQUIRED

ACQUIRED

AI Visual Inspection system for Quality Control

Team:

Rajesh Iyengar, Ritika Nigam

ACQUIRED

ACQUIRED

Enterprise Agent Framework for OGI

Team:

Siva Surendira, Jithin George, Anirudh Narayan, Apoorva Ruparel

ACQUIRED

ACQUIRED

AI for RevOps

Team:

Abhijeet Vijayvergiya, Aravind RS

ACQUIRED

ACQUIRED

Kubernetes Policy & Governance

Team:

Jim Bugwadia, Ritesh Patel, Damien Toledo,

ACQUIRED

ACQUIRED

B2B predictive analytics

Team:

Nirman Dave, Tapojit Debnath

ACQUIRED

ACQUIRED

Automated payouts platform

Team:

Priya Karnik, Rajiv Thondanoor

ACQUIRED

ACQUIRED

Fine-tuning and inferencing open-source large language models

Team:

Arko Chattopadhyay, Enrique Ferraro, Pranav Reddy

ACQUIRED

ACQUIRED

Fully-managed photogrammetry workflow

Team:

Ugam Kamat, Siddharth Jha

ACQUIRED

ACQUIRED

Integrated multichannel retail

Team:

Md. Ali

Acquired by Delhivery

ACQUIRED

ACQUIRED

QA platform for ML Ops

Team:

Gaurav Agarwal

ACQUIRED

ACQUIRED

Electronic Signature and Document Automation Platform

Team:

Rishi Kulkarni

Acquired by Legal Zoom

ACQUIRED

ACQUIRED

Agile CreativeOps platform

Team:

Satej Sirur, Anurag Dwivedi

ACQUIRED

ACQUIRED

Automated omnichannel apparel and fashion online retail

Team:

Midut Khurana

ACQUIRED

ACQUIRED

Contract Lifecycle Management

Team:

Guru Venkatesan, Jinaraj PG, Makesh Kumar

ACQUIRED

ACQUIRED

Customer education platform for SaaS businesses

Team:

Sumana Ammaiyappan, Vivekanandhan Natarajan

ACQUIRED

ACQUIRED

Employee Data platform

Team:

Kiran Menon, Nikhil Gurjer, Gaurabh Mathure

Phenom

ACQUIRED

ACQUIRED

Global B2B marketplace for the entertainment industry

Team:

Atul Phadnis

ACQUIRED

ACQUIRED

Al agent for B2B websites for personalized web experiences

Team:

Suyog Deshpande, Rohan Kwatra

ACQUIRED

ACQUIRED

Customer Success platform

Team:

Manasij Ganguli, Mausmi Ambastha, Abhishek Shrivastava

ACQUIRED

ACQUIRED

Construction Material Management Platform

Team:

Ashfaq Rasheed, Lonnie Cumpton, Adam Ketterer, Abhishek Kumar

ACQUIRED

ACQUIRED

Simplifying edge orchestration

Team:

Amar Kapadia, Sriram Rupanagunta

ACQUIRED

ACQUIRED

AI and IoT interfaced prodcution operations monitoring and analytics

Team:

Aparna Aryabhumi

ACQUIRED

ACQUIRED

Data security SaaS platform

Team:

Kedar Kekan, Ashish Verma

ACQUIRED

ACQUIRED

Lead intelligence platform solution

Team:

Sridhar Ranganathan, Karthik Mahadevan

ACQUIRED

ACQUIRED

No code, zero-trust platform for data exchange

Team:

Viraj Phanse, Niranjan Ingale

ACQUIRED

ACQUIRED

AI based legal marketing solutions for law firms

Team:

Nimesh Gupta

ACQUIRED

ACQUIRED

Simplifying carbon transparency across the value chain

Team:

Lavanya Pawar, Purvish Shah, Nikha Garg

ACQUIRED

ACQUIRED

Data transparency, security and compliance for Gen Al

Team:

Huseni Saboowala, Sridhar Ramaswamy

ACQUIRED

ACQUIRED

Conversational Intelligence platform

Team:

Prashant Kukde

Acquired by Ring Central

ACQUIRED

ACQUIRED

Software Delivery Platform for Kubernetes Applications

Team:

Nishant Kumar, Prashant Ghildiyal, Rajesh Razdan

ACQUIRED

ACQUIRED

Talent insights for HR professionals

Team:

Ganesh Iyer

Acquired by Open Sesame

ACQUIRED

ACQUIRED

Accelerating clean energy

Team:

Deep Chakraborty

ACQUIRED

ACQUIRED

Control Layer for Enterprise AI

Team:

Sahil Agarwal, Prashanth Harshangi

ACQUIRED

ACQUIRED

Accelerate MedTech Regulatory Submissions

Team:

Soumya Mahapatra

ACQUIRED

ACQUIRED

Full stack customer data platform

Team:

Aditya Bhamidipaty

ACQUIRED

ACQUIRED

AI co-pilot for GTM teams

Team:

Rohit (Roy) Nallapeta, Chetan Jog

ACQUIRED

ACQUIRED

Human First B2B Conversational Marketing Platform

Team:

Arjun Pillai

Acquired by Zoominfo

ACQUIRED

ACQUIRED

AI chat as a service

Team:

Raj Ramaswamy, Ashish Parnami

ACQUIRED

ACQUIRED

Learning platform for data science and machine learning

Team:

Aakash N S, Siddhant Ujjain

ACQUIRED

ACQUIRED

AI Visual Inspection system for Quality Control

Team:

Rajesh Iyengar, Ritika Nigam

ACQUIRED

ACQUIRED

Enterprise Agent Framework for OGI

Team:

Siva Surendira, Jithin George, Anirudh Narayan, Apoorva Ruparel

ACQUIRED

ACQUIRED

AI for RevOps

Team:

Abhijeet Vijayvergiya, Aravind RS

ACQUIRED

ACQUIRED

Kubernetes Policy & Governance

Team:

Jim Bugwadia, Ritesh Patel, Damien Toledo,

ACQUIRED

ACQUIRED

B2B predictive analytics

Team:

Nirman Dave, Tapojit Debnath

ACQUIRED

ACQUIRED

Automated payouts platform

Team:

Priya Karnik, Rajiv Thondanoor

ACQUIRED

ACQUIRED

Fine-tuning and inferencing open-source large language models

Team:

Arko Chattopadhyay, Enrique Ferraro, Pranav Reddy

ACQUIRED

ACQUIRED

Fully-managed photogrammetry workflow

Team:

Ugam Kamat, Siddharth Jha

ACQUIRED

ACQUIRED

Integrated multichannel retail

Team:

Md. Ali

Acquired by Delhivery

ACQUIRED

ACQUIRED

QA platform for ML Ops

Team:

Gaurav Agarwal

ACQUIRED

ACQUIRED

Electronic Signature and Document Automation Platform

Team:

Rishi Kulkarni

Acquired by Legal Zoom

ACQUIRED

ACQUIRED

Agile CreativeOps platform

Team:

Satej Sirur, Anurag Dwivedi

ACQUIRED

ACQUIRED

Automated omnichannel apparel and fashion online retail

Team:

Midut Khurana

ACQUIRED

ACQUIRED

Contract Lifecycle Management

Team:

Guru Venkatesan, Jinaraj PG, Makesh Kumar

ACQUIRED

ACQUIRED

Customer education platform for SaaS businesses

Team:

Sumana Ammaiyappan, Vivekanandhan Natarajan

ACQUIRED

ACQUIRED

Employee Data platform

Team:

Kiran Menon, Nikhil Gurjer, Gaurabh Mathure

Phenom

ACQUIRED

ACQUIRED

Global B2B marketplace for the entertainment industry

Team:

Atul Phadnis

ACQUIRED

ACQUIRED

Al agent for B2B websites for personalized web experiences

Team:

Suyog Deshpande, Rohan Kwatra

ACQUIRED

ACQUIRED

Customer Success platform

Team:

Manasij Ganguli, Mausmi Ambastha, Abhishek Shrivastava

ACQUIRED

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