Mela Ventures
Building Next-Gen Entrepreneurs
Mela Ventures Closes its First Fund at INR 320 crores
Mela Ventures Invests in FirstHive
Voiro raises $1.8 million in Pre Series A investment led by Mela Ventures
TESSOL
Cold Chain Logistics
TESSOL, a globally recognized Indian Cold Chain Solution provider, aims to solve India’s last-mile distribution problem.
KNOLSKAPE
Experiential Learning
KNOLSKAPE delivers transformative experiences for the modern learner using AI, ML, business simulations, mobile and virtual reality.
FirstHive
Customer Data Platform
FirstHive is a single source of truth for customer identity & data within the enterprise’s marketing and analytics ecosystem.
Voiro
Revenue Management Platform
Voiro has become the revenue management platform of choice in the Indian media space, earning its spot in the core technology stack that has driven large live events year after year such as the IPL, the Oscars, Bigg Boss and the Big Billion Day.
General Aeronautics
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
General Aeronautics (GA) aims to be the preferred choice of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles for Precision Agriculture.
Infilect
Retail Visual Intelligence
Infilect empowers worldwide Retail through intelligent, accelerated, and sustainable decision making.
The Mela is Beginning
KK and Partha in conversation about the next journey – Mela Ventures
Nurturing great ideas into memorable businesses with three Es
Experience
Going beyond the whitespaces
The right area and focus is a great starting point. Mela Ventures will provide strategic support in sales, people, and culture that form the base for a memorable company.
Expertise
Going beyond just technology
Mela Ventures will help support innovative ideas co-exist with financially beneficial models by accurate evaluation of growth potential and sustainable processes.
Empathy
Going beyond signing cheques
Mela Ventures will bring in technology advisory and maintain high-levels of passion to help the startups build sustainable businesses.
Our portfolio focus
At Mela Ventures, our goal is to build global B2B enterprise SaaS companies from India. We will focus on a few entrepreneurs and help them build great companies. Some of the core areas we are looking to build a portfolio are:
AI/ML and AR/VR technologies
Deep domain driven analytics
Cloud migration & hybrid cloud management
IoT in manufacturing and logistics
Services opportunities in AI/ML
Deep technologies and next-gen experience
Key elements of our investment strategy
Real-world solutions
Focus on opportunities which are solving a real-world enterprise problems
Sustained returns
Long-term and sustained returns for all ecosystem members
Early stage opportunity
Getting in at the right time and help them to scale
Tomorrow's technology
Using deep technologies such as AI, ML, alternate energy, and quantum computing
Flow of opportunities
Connect with Accenture Accelerator, Nasscom 10K, Kickstarter, Microsoft Accelerator
Founding team
Ability to pick the right founders to back
Led by successful professionals driven by passion for early-stage startups from India
Mela Ventures is a SEBI-approved AIF, Category-2 start-up fund for early stage start-ups. The team has successfully started and run large organizations and are recognized globally for their expertise and business integrity. This team is going to be personally guide on strategic aspects and will bring in the right experts at each milestone to ensure growth.