Founder Vision.
‍Nation Mission.

Early partners to missionary founders building a developed nation.

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Ola is India's largest mobility platform and one of the world's largest ride-hailing companies.

Bhavish Aggarwal & Ankit Bhati

Ola

Five Star is one of India's leading non-banking finance companies.

Lakshmipathy Deenadayalan &
Rangarajan Krishnan

Fivestar

Group of five smiling people standing behind a white delivery van loaded with boxes.

OfBusiness is a technology-driven SME financing platform.

Ruchi Kalra, Bhuvan Gupta &
Asish Mohapatra

OfBusiness

Razorpay is India's first full-stack financial solutions company.

Shashank Kumar & Harshil Mathur

Razorpay

OneCard is India's best and smartest metal credit card, re-imagined for the mobile generation.

Rupesh Kumar, Anurag Sinha &
Vibhav Hathi

OneCard

Umang Bedi & Virendra Gupta

Dailyhunt

Digital banking for India with real-time spend insights, asset tracking, and seamless UPI payments.

Jitendra Gupta

Jupiter

Ravi Dodda & Yashwant Kumar

MoEngage

Ruchi Kalra & Asish Mohapatra

Oxyzo

Turning abandoned carts into revenue for India's fast-growing D2C brands

Chirag Taneja & Vivek Bajpai

GoKwik

Romita Mazumdar

Foxtale

Reimagining food supply chains for 2000+ businesses across Asia and beyond

Alekh Sanghera & Mehtab Singh Hans

FarMart

Z47 by the Numbers

$3.5Bn

AUM

10

Unicorns

150+

Investments

Meet the Z47 Team

Get to Know Us

We're former founders and operators turned investors. A tribe of changemakers united in our vision of a developed nation by 2047.

Early partners of missionary founders

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Ace2Three

Bengaluru based global experiential learning platform.

Consumer

Cloudnine

A leading chain of Pregnancy and Maternity Care hospitals across India.

Consumer

Country Delight

A direct-to-home, mass premium, fresh foods & grocery brand.

Consumer

Captain Fresh

A tech-enabled B2B export marketplace focussed on revolutionizing the seafood supply chain.

Consumer

B2B & Manufacturing

OneCard

OneCard is India's best and smartest metal credit card, re-imagined for the mobile generation.

Fintech

Dailyhunt

India's number one news and local language content application with over 155 million app installs.

Consumer

DEZERV

Bringing effortless investing to its clients, by providing a curated portfolio combination, handpicked for the individual investor.

FarMart

India's first micro-SaaS platform for food supply.

Five Star

Publicly listed non-banking finance companies providing small business and small housing loans in India.

GoKwik

E-commerce enablement company boosting conversion rates across the e-commerce funnel.

Jupiter

Transforming banking in India with a 100% digital savings bank account

Krutrim

India’s first AI company focused on building the complete AI computing stack.‍

MoEngage

Intelligent marketing cloud platform, built for the mobile-first world.

MSWIPE

Mumbai based mobile POS device and services provider.

Mosaic Wellness

Mosaic Wellness is a platform of digital first health clinics for men (manmatters.com) and women (bebodywise.com).

OfBusiness

Technology-driven SME financing platform that adds value to an SME's business

OneCard

India's best and smartest metal credit card, re-imagined for the mobile generation.

Oxyzo

Tech-enabled supply chain and embedded finance marketplace solving for the under-penetration of formal credit in the B2B economy.

Ola Group

India's largest mobility platform and one of the world's largest ride-hailing companies, serving 250+ cities across India.

Ola Electric

Developing solutions to make Electric Mobility viable at scale, enabling more clean kilometers on Indian roads.

Practo

The world's leading Healthcare platform that connects millions of patients with hundreds of thousands of Healthcare providers around the world

Razorpay

India's first full-stack financial solutions company.

Rocketlane

Software for customer onboarding and professional services teams to accelerate time-to-value.

Scapia

A travel fintech company offering financial products and travel services through their co-branded credit card

Stanza Living

Tech-enabled, managed accommodation provider targeted at students and working professionals.

Toddle

AI-first learning platform built by teachers, for teachers.

Vegrow

Tech platform partnering with farmers, aggregating supply and selling to organized demand through partnership.

W FOR WOMEN

Offering the contemporary Indian woman innovative ready-to-wear attires that combine fashion and functionality.

Zupee

Leading skill based gaming and gamification platform.

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The Z47 FAQ Starter Pack

At what stage & in what sectors does Z47 invest?

We enter early stage partnerships (typically Seed to Series B) with a focus on FinTech & FinServices, Enterprise SaaS & AI, Consumer Brands, Consumer Tech, Frontier Tech, B2B Commerce & Manufacturing.

Is it too early to talk to you if I'm still at the idea stage?

Great companies start with bold visions, and it's never too early for a conversation. If you're committed to building breakthrough solutions for India, write to us at namaste@z47.com.

Beyond capital, why do founders like to partner with Z47?

Experience, expertise, empathy. We’re here to help founders with everything from hiring to hyper-scaling.

What’s the best way to get in touch with Z47?

While a direct referral has the quickest response rate, we welcome all founders building for India to write to us at namaste@z47.com.

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enable the India Edge.

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Atomicwork

Vijay Rayapati, Kiran Darisi, Parsuram Vijayasankar

SuperOps

Arvind Prathiban Jayakumar Karumbasalam

Razorpay

Shashank Kumar, Harshil Mathur

Ola Electric

Bhavish Agarwal

WizCommerce

Divyaanshu Makkar, Vikas Garg

MoEngage

Ravi Dodda, Yashwant Kumar

Rocketlane

Deepak Bala, Vignesh Girishankar Srikrishnan Ganesan

Wootz.work

Karan Anand, Himanshu Uniyal

Sevenloop

Sharan Urubail, Ankush Mittal

Neysa

Sharad Sanghi, Anindya Das

Confido Health

Chetan Reddy, Vichar Shroff

Cirkla

Vaibhav Goel, Ankur GuptaKapil Bhardwaj

Z47 by the numbers

Since

2006

AUM

$3.5Bn

Investments

150+

Unicorns

10

Z47

Seed to Growth

DeVC

Pre-seed

The India Edge. Your Unfair Advantage.

Talent That Ships

Build using the India GCC playbook: deep engineering and consulting bench strength, India accelerates build cycles at scale.

Market Access

The world’s second-largest AI market, enterprise-scale buyers, and a real-world testing laboratory for global AI products.

Scale Efficiently

AI-native forward deployed delivery models, human-in-the-loop cost advantages to scale revenue, faster.

Get To Know Us Better

Vikram Vaidyanathan

Investor, Managing Director at Z47

Yesterday, the day started with 100+ CTOs and AI builders coming together for our CTO workshop with OpenAI. Wulfie, Nikunj, and Thomas walked us through implementation patterns and best practices with Agent Builder, GPT-5 and the Realtime API. We kicked things off with one simple idea: India’s AI story is entering its slingshot moment. Four drivers:

Ashwin Kannan Pandian

Software & AI Investor @ Z47 | Matrix Partners

Startup CTOs, OpenAI engineers, and the Z47 + DeVC team came together this week for a hands-on technical workshop. Wulfie, Thomas, Nikunj and the OpenAI solutions team spent the morning deep-diving into implementation patterns and debugging challenges across Agent Builder, the Realtime API, and GPT-5.

Ashwin Kannan Pandian

Software & AI Investor @ Z47 | Matrix Partners

I had a blast bringing this together with the OpenAI team! As India’s AI story gains momentum, we hosted a hands-on CTO Workshop in collaboration with OpenAI. The working session brought together over 90 tech leaders for a dive deep into implementation patterns and production challenges guided by Thomas Jeng, Nikunj Handa, and Wulfie Bain from the OpenAI team.

Ashwin Kannan Pandian

Software & AI Investor @ Z47 | Matrix Partners

Anthropic hosted their first Dev Day in Bangalore this week and announced a physical presence in the city. We're now one of their most important geographies. The entire day was builder-led and builder-focused — with Dario Amodei (CEO), Rahul Patil (CTO), and Irina Ghose (India head) on stage, sharing what the year's focus is and how builders in India can build on top of that.

Sudipto Sannigrahi

Managing Director at Z47

In my 10+ years as an investor, I have had the privilege of meeting some of the boldest founders who have shifted India’s trajectory for the better across manufacturing, deeptech, AI and consumer. As these startups meet global investors who share their vision, I am proud to introduce the first set of companies at ZAlpha 2026.

Ashwin Kannan Pandian

Software & AI Investor @ Z47 | Matrix Partners

I’ve had the privilege of working with some of the most talented AI founders in the ecosystem. With ZAlpha around the corner, I’m excited to introduce our portfolio companies that are building some of today’s most sought-after AI products.

Ashwin Kannan Pandian

Software & AI Investor @ Z47 | Matrix Partners

Three years ago, being bullish on AI infrastructure for India felt… a little contrarian. Now it feels obvious. Neysa has quietly become one of the backbones of India’s AI ecosystem, and we’ve been lucky to be on the journey as early investors. It’s been genuinely fun to watch how much the ecosystem has leveled up in ~3 years and to see the role Neysa has played in enabling that shift.

Vikram Vaidyanathan

Investor, Managing Director at Z47

On 18th Feb, I’ll be speaking at the NDTV Ind.ai Summit (with Startup Policy Forum) on “Investing in an AI-led era” alongside Ashutosh Sharma, Aakrit Vaish, Manav Garg and Harshjit Sethi. A timely theme as capital, compute, policy and product innovation begin to align around India’s AI moment.

Ashwin Kannan Pandian

Software & AI Investor @ Z47 | Matrix Partners

Wrapped up the AI Impact Summit with a small breakfast with founders + the OpenAI team. Marc Manara and Thomas Jeng gave us some dope on releases and improvements we can expect this year. We heard from a lot of founders that you'd like more technical workshops/ office hour style sessions to happen. Thomas and I will experiment with a few of these sessions in Bangalore soon.

Ashwin Kannan Pandian

Software & AI Investor @ Z47 | Matrix Partners

Next week, we’re hosting a technical office hours with OpenAI’s engg + solutions team This has been a recurring ask from builders across the last few events Thomas, Rahul and I have hosted.. so we figured we’d run the first session in Bangalore Pls sign up if you’re building with OAI and have a bottleneck, or just want best practices. We’ll work through things like agents + tool calling, model selection/tradeoffs, RAG, evals & monitoring, reliability and latency optimization. P.S. For those who DM’d on my last post, if you shared your email, then this should already be on your calendar Z47 Rahul Mathur Vikram Vaidyanathan | Arjun Sun

What we Invest IN

AI is rewriting how software companies are built, and we're backing its authors with data moats, velocity, and global reach. From unbundled workflows to agentic automation, from GTM-as-code to vertical AI: we invest in founders who are ahead of the curve.

Z47

AI-powered employee service management platform

Z47

Collaborative platform for professional services automation

Z47

Unified RMM and PSA for MSPs

Z47

Enterprise auth built for AI agents

Z47

Insights-led customer engagement and marketing platform

Z47

AI-powered B2B commerce platform

Z47

AI-driven curriculum and classroom platform

DeVC

AI-driven medical coding and revenue management.

DeVC

Agentic front-office automation for US Healthcare

DeVC

Voice Ai foundation model company

DeVC

AI enabled sales tax automation platform

DeVC

Automated code health and security review

From robotics to semiconductors to industrial AI, the next global giants will be built by founders using AI to tackle the hardest technical problems head-on. We unlock talent access, cost advantages and customer networks for our founders.

Z47

Indigenous manufacturer of electric scooters and motorcycles

Z47

Scalable AI cloud and infrastructure

Z47

Full-stack engineering procurement and custom manufacturing.

Z47

Sustainable packaging for global brands

Z47

India's native LLM optimized for 22 Indic languages

DeVC

Autonomous orbital robots for satellite servicing

DeVC

Fabless semiconductor company designing reconfigurable processors

DeVC

Physical AI agents for data centers

Founders are rebuilding financial infrastructure from the ground up with AI. From programmable banking to intelligent underwriting to real-time risk systems, we’re backing the next generation of global financial platforms.

Z47

Global payments and business banking

Z47

A new-age credit card platform

Z47

Consumer fintech with banking layer

Z47

Travel-first credit card fintech

Z47

Checkout and e-commerce conversion stack

Z47

Retail fixed-income investing platform

Z47

Supply chain finance for SMEs

Z47

Wealth management for HNIs

The next generation of consumer companies are already AI-native. From new distribution primitives to full-stack digital brands to platforms for emerging global consumers, we’re backing founders creating category-defining consumer businesses.

Z47

Indigenous manufacturer of electric scooters and motorcycles

Z47

Mobility and ride-hailing platform

Insights from Z47

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How Scalekit is Revolutionizing Access Management for Agents

Where to incorporate SaaS Startups: US or India?

Inside Vijay Rayapati's Playbook to Win Over Bay Area VCs

Hand-routed to Co-piloted: When the nervous system of electronics meets AI

From IIT to Silicon Valley: This Founder is Building an AI Empire Across India and America

₹10,000 Cr AI Mission is changing India | Intelligent Indians

Bhavish Aggarwal in conversation with Z47 | Building a Technology-driven Future in India

d-Matrix CEO Sid Sheth Shares His Blueprint for Chip Success | Seed to Silicon

From Idea to PMF in the U.S. This Founder Did it Without Leaving Chennai.

Z47 Global Investment Team

We are passionate about backing global-first founders from India, leveraging the country's unique competitive advantages to build world-class companies.

Avnish Bajaj

Founder of Z47, who previously scaled Baazee.com and is shaping India’s startup ecosystem for global impact.

Vikram Vaidyanathan

Drives early-stage fintech and enterprise investments with a founders-first, globally networked approach.

Rajinder Balaraman

Blends international experience to help founders scale tech ventures beyond India.

Rajat Agarwal

Backs early-stage founders across fintech and consumer, working closely with them as they build and scale enduring companies.

Sudipto Sannigrahi

A deep-tech specialist, connecting manufacturing and tech entrepreneurs with new markets.

Aakash Kumar

Backs high-growth SaaS and AI startups, leveraging founder empathy for global scale at Z47.

Ashwin Pandian

Invests in enterprise AI, enabling founders to access world-class networks and markets.

Rahul Mathur

Partners closely with founders from zero to one, supporting product strategy, go-to-market, and early scaling decisions.

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Z47 by the Numbers

$3.5Bn

10

150+

Meet the Z47 Team

We're former founders and operators turned investors. A tribe of changemakers united in our vision of a developed nation by 2047.

Early partners of missionary founders

Bengaluru based global experiential learning platform.

A leading chain of Pregnancy and Maternity Care hospitals across India.

A direct-to-home, mass premium, fresh foods & grocery brand.

A tech-enabled B2B export marketplace focussed on revolutionizing the seafood supply chain.

OneCard is India's best and smartest metal credit card, re-imagined for the mobile generation.

India's number one news and local language content application with over 155 million app installs.

Bringing effortless investing to its clients, by providing a curated portfolio combination, handpicked for the individual investor.

India's first micro-SaaS platform for food supply.

Publicly listed non-banking finance companies providing small business and small housing loans in India.

E-commerce enablement company boosting conversion rates across the e-commerce funnel.

Transforming banking in India with a 100% digital savings bank account

India’s first AI company focused on building the complete AI computing stack.‍

Intelligent marketing cloud platform, built for the mobile-first world.

Mumbai based mobile POS device and services provider.

Mosaic Wellness is a platform of digital first health clinics for men (manmatters.com) and women (bebodywise.com).

Technology-driven SME financing platform that adds value to an SME's business

India's best and smartest metal credit card, re-imagined for the mobile generation.

Tech-enabled supply chain and embedded finance marketplace solving for the under-penetration of formal credit in the B2B economy.

India's largest mobility platform and one of the world's largest ride-hailing companies, serving 250+ cities across India.

Developing solutions to make Electric Mobility viable at scale, enabling more clean kilometers on Indian roads.

The world's leading Healthcare platform that connects millions of patients with hundreds of thousands of Healthcare providers around the world

India's first full-stack financial solutions company.

Software for customer onboarding and professional services teams to accelerate time-to-value.

A travel fintech company offering financial products and travel services through their co-branded credit card

Tech-enabled, managed accommodation provider targeted at students and working professionals.

AI-first learning platform built by teachers, for teachers.

Tech platform partnering with farmers, aggregating supply and selling to organized demand through partnership.

Offering the contemporary Indian woman innovative ready-to-wear attires that combine fashion and functionality.

Leading skill based gaming and gamification platform.

Insights from Z47:

Z47 Moments

The Z47 FAQ Starter Pack

At what stage & in what sectors does Z47 invest?

Is it too early to talk to you if I'm still at the idea stage?

Beyond capital, why do founders like to partner with Z47?

What’s the best way to get in touch with Z47?

Subscribe to the Newsletter: Z47 Moments

Investing inGlobal AI. Founders First.

Atomicwork

SuperOps

Razorpay

Ola Electric

WizCommerce

MoEngage

Rocketlane

Wootz.work

Sevenloop

Neysa

Confido Health

Cirkla

Z47 by the numbers

2006

$3.5Bn

150+

10

Seed to Growth

Pre-seed

The India Edge. Your Unfair Advantage.

Talent That Ships

Market Access

Scale Efficiently

Get To Know Us Better

What we Invest IN

Software & AI

Deep Tech

Fintech

Consumer

How MoEngage Is Powering Global Customer Engagement | Zero to Infinity

How Scalekit is Revolutionizing Access Management for Agents

Where to incorporate SaaS Startups: US or India?

Inside Vijay Rayapati's Playbook to Win Over Bay Area VCs

Hand-routed to Co-piloted: When the nervous system of electronics meets AI

Investing in
Global AI.
Founders First.