When was The Indus Entrepreneurs founded?

The Indus Entrepreneurs was founded in 1992.

Where is The Indus Entrepreneurs' headquarters located?

The Indus Entrepreneurs' headquarters is located in Sunnyvale (United States).

How many companies has The Indus Entrepreneurs invested in?

The Indus Entrepreneurs has invested in 30 companies, including InfoBay & Hemex Health.

Which companies has The Indus Entrepreneurs invested in lately?

Swirepay & Heliware are the latest investments by The Indus Entrepreneurs.

What sectors does The Indus Entrepreneurs focus on for investments?

Top sectors in The Indus Entrepreneurs' portfolio are Enterprise Applications (15 investments) and High Tech (8 investments).

How many exits has The Indus Entrepreneurs been involved in?

The Indus Entrepreneurs' portfolio has seen 3 acquisitions.

The Indus Entrepreneurs - 2026 Investor Profile, Portfolio, Team & Investment Trends

Q: How big is The Indus Entrepreneurs' investment team?

The Indus Entrepreneurs has a team of 17.

1. InfoBay

Provider of curated datasets and benchmarks for artificial intelligence model training. They engineer datasets to enhance pre-training, alignment, and real-world performance. The company crafts specialized datasets and post-training signals to sharpen model reliability and multimodal depth. It delivers production-ready intelligence for enterprise and research applications through intelligent curation and scalable data pipelines.

Key facts about InfoBay

Location: Farrukhabad (India)
Annual Revenue: ₹10 - ₹50 Cr as on Mar 31, 2025
Valuation: $*****
Stage: Seed
Total Funding till date: $6.34M
Employee Count: 14 as on Aug 31, 2025
Investors: LetsVenture, Maruna Exports and 108 Others
Latest Funding Round: Seed, May 24, 2022, $*****
Highlight: Editors' Pick

2. Hemex Health

Portable diagnostic devices empowering healthcare frontlines with affordable, accurate testing. They break traditional barriers with an innovative diagnostic system that expands the potential of diagnostics for important conditions, making accurate tests accessible to new locations and new populations. They design diagnostic technologies for the real world by listening to the needs of healthcare providers including those in some of the most remote and challenging settings. Their initial tests include sickle cell disease, beta thalassemia, and ferritin. They offer a miniaturized version of the gold standard test known as cellulose acetate electrophoresis. Results are displayed quickly and can be stored locally or transmitted to the Cloud for patient and disease tracking. They are focused on point-of-care diagnostics, portable diagnostics, and affordable healthcare solutions. They are working towards social impact by enabling early diagnosis and disease tracking.

Key facts about Hemex Health

Founded Year: 2016
Location: Portland (United States)
Stage: Series A
Total Funding till date: $6.24M
Employee Count: 33 as on Jun 30, 2025
Investors: Alliance of Angels, Social Alpha and 18 Others
Latest Funding Round: Grant (prize money), Sep 16, 2024, $*****

3. PayStand

Payment processing solutions for bitcoin, e-checks, and credit cards. It is a payment eCommerce checkout system that enables any organization to receive money from the website, social network, and web application without transaction costs. It is the first multi-payment gateway that accepts credit cards, ACH, Dwolla, and Bitcoins without transaction fees. Merchants pay a monthly fee for the payment software and avoid transaction fees charged by other payment services.

Key facts about PayStand

Founded Year: 2013
Location: San Francisco (United States)
Stage: Series C
Total Funding till date: $85M
Employee Count: 236 as on May 31, 2026
Investors: EPIC Ventures, Cervin and 22 Others
Latest Funding Round: Series C, Jul 23, 2021, $*****
Highlight: Editors' Pick

4. Apptega

Cybersecurity compliance platform for enterprises. It provides a platform for the management and assessment of cybersecurity related vulnerabilities present in enterprises. The platform also provides a single online dashboard for visibility and control of the entire cybersecurity. The platform offers the facility to enforce rules and policies to implement compliance frameworks such as NIST, HIPPA, PCI, SOC 2, and SEC. It also offers real-time compliance reporting with scoring and centralized management of the project lifecycle, task management, collaboration, and budgeting.

Key facts about Apptega

Founded Year: 2017
Location: Atlanta (United States)
Stage: Series A
Total Funding till date: $53.4M
Employee Count: 54 as on Jun 30, 2026
Investors: Mainsail Partners, Ascent Capital and 6 Others
Latest Funding Round: Series A, Apr 30, 2024, $*****
Highlight: Editors' Pick

5. Heliware

Developer of a platform providing 3D geospatial and data solutions. The platform offers tools for data visualization, governance, and analysis. It provides solutions for solar, construction, logistics, defense, smart city, retail, agriculture, and automotive sectors. The platform includes end-to-end asset management, data science, and developer tools.

Key facts about Heliware

Founded Year: 2018
Location: Gurugram (India)
Annual Revenue: 0 - ₹10 Cr as on Mar 31, 2025
Valuation: $*****
Stage: Seed
Total Funding till date: $2.92M
Employee Count: 35 as on Mar 31, 2025
Investors: Inflection Point Ventures, Tech Innovations and 58 Others
Latest Funding Round: Seed, Jan 12, 2026, $*****
Highlight: Editors' Pick

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The Indus Entrepreneurs has invested in 30 companies over the last 15 years, with an average of 2 new investments annually in the last 10 years. In 2025, it made 1 investment. Its most recent first time investment was in Swirepay and most recent follow-on round was in Heliware.

Here are The Indus Entrepreneurs' Year-on-Year Investment Trends:

Year	No. of Investments
Year	1^st Round	Follow-on	Total
2026 (YTD)	0	0	0
2025	1	0	1
2024	1	2	3
2023	2	0	2
2022	3	1	4
2021	6	0	6
2020	1	1	2
2019	1	0	1
2018	1	0	1
2017	2	2	4

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The Indus Entrepreneurs has made 18 investments in Seed stage with an average round size of $1.86M, 4 investments in Series A stage with an average round size of $3.05M, 2 investments in Grant (prize money) stage with an average round size of $750K, 1 investment in Series B stage with an average round size of $17M and 1 investment in Unattributed stage with an average round size of $1.5M.

Here are The Indus Entrepreneurs' investments by stage:

Stage of entry	No. of Investments
Seed	18
Series A	4
Grant (prize money)	2
Series B	1
Unattributed	1

Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments

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The Indus Entrepreneurs has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Enterprise Applications, High Tech, Life Sciences, Vertical SaaS and FinTech. Notably, it has invested in 24 Tech companies, 21 Enterprise (B2B) companies, 16 Software companies and at least 9 companies focusing on Saas.

Here are The Indus Entrepreneurs' investments by sector:

Sector	No. of Investments
Enterprise Applications	14
High Tech	7
Life Sciences	5
Vertical SaaS	4
FinTech	3
Others	26

Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments

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The Indus Entrepreneurs has made most investments in United States (15), followed by India where it has made 8 investments.

Here are The Indus Entrepreneurs' investments by geography:

Country	No. of Investments
United States	15
India	8
Canada	1
Germany	1
Pakistan	1

Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments

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The Indus Entrepreneurs has not made any investment in 2026 so far.

Here are the most recent investments by The Indus Entrepreneurs:

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Date	Company	Location	Round Details	Round Amount	Co-Investors
Feb 26, 2025	Swirepay	United States	Seed	3373	Aum Ventures [+3]
Nov 06, 2024	Heliware	India	Seed	4094	JITO Incubation & Innovation Foundation ... [+2]
Aug 19, 2024	FibreCoat	Germany	Series B	7924	NewSpace Capital [+5]
Jul 09, 2024	Glidance	United States	Unattributed	6126	Grep VC [+4]
May 04, 2023	Heliware	India	Seed	9001	JITO Incubation & Innovation Foundation ... Read more

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3 companies from The Indus Entrepreneurs' portfolio have been acquired. The most recent acquisition was The Diversity Movement in Nov 2023 by Workplace Options for $*****.

Here are The Indus Entrepreneurs' portfolio companies that got acquired most recently:

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Company	Acquisition Date	First Invested on	First Round of Investment	Round Size
The Diversity Movement	Nov 07, 2023	Dec 07, 2022	Seed	2524
OpsCruise	Jun 15, 2023	Feb 24, 2021	Seed	1534
SpotZot	Feb 01, 2015	Nov 17, 2011	Series A	8664

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The Indus Entrepreneurs has a team of 17 members including 2 Partners located in India. The Indus Entrepreneurs' team does not sit on the board of any company as of now.

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Over the past 15 years, 361 investors have co-invested in The Indus Entrepreneurs's portfolio companies. This includes funds and angels.

Invested before The Indus Entrepreneurs: SucSEED, Venture Garage and 166 others have invested in rounds before The Indus Entrepreneurs. There is 1 company where SucSEED has invested before The Indus Entrepreneurs and 1 company where Venture Garage has invested before The Indus Entrepreneurs.
Top Co-investors of The Indus Entrepreneurs: 141 investors entered a company along with The Indus Entrepreneurs. These include investors like SucSEED Indovation (2 companies).
Invested after The Indus Entrepreneurs: A total of 52 investors have invested in The Indus Entrepreneurs's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include NewView Capital (2 companies) and Lead Invest (1 company).