About Auxano
Auxano is a venture capital firm founded in 2016. It is primarily based out of Gurugram, India. As of Sep 2026, Auxano is an active investor, having invested in 44 companies, with 3 new investments in the last 12 months. It primarily invests in Seed round in India based startups. Its investments are spread across a wide range of sectors from Enterprise Applications to High Tech and FinTech. Most recently it participated in the $***** Series A round of MeduLance Overall, Auxano portfolio has seen 1 acquisition, namely Milkbasket. A lot of funds co-invest with Auxano, with names like Venture Garage sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio. Auxano has team of 11 people including 3 partners.Key Metrics
Team Members
Portfolio Sectors
Portfolio Locations
Rounds of Entry
Seed, Series A & 1 more
Portfolio Acquisitions
Auxano's List of Top Investments
Auxano has a portfolio of 44 companies. Their most notable investments are in InfoBay and The Office Pass.Their portfolio spans across India, United States and Singapore. They have invested in Enterprise Applications, High Tech, FinTech and 24 other sectors, across stages such as Seed, Series A and 1 more. Here is the list of top investments by Auxano:
1. Primebook
Affordable Android laptops designed for learning, productivity, and entertainment. They provide budget-friendly laptops running PrimeOS, an Android-based operating system, offering access to numerous Android apps. These laptops cater to students and learners, focusing on educational accessibility and digital inclusion. The company provides features like cloud PC access, repair services, and customer support. They aim to empower users with tools for academics, gaming, art, and coding. The laptops boast features like MediaTek processors, ample storage, and long battery life, designed for smooth typing and portability. They offer a range of models to meet diverse needs.
Key facts about Primebook
- Founded Year: 2017
- Location: Delhi (India)
- Annual Revenue: ₹10 - ₹50 Cr as on Mar 31, 2025
- Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Seed
- Total Funding till date: $3.11M
- Employee Count: 44 as on Aug 31, 2025
- Investors: Samyakth Capital, Firstport Capital and 47 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Seed, Nov 26, 2025, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
2. InfoBay
Provider of expert-verified training data, annotation infrastructure, and evaluation systems for artificial intelligence models. The company engineers training intelligence by combining proprietary multilingual corpora, domain expertise, structured annotation methodology, and rigorous evaluation design to support model development. Services include pre-training data curation, instruction dataset design, reinforcement learning from human feedback, and factuality auditing. The company provides specialized datasets across audio, healthcare, coding, and textbook domains to improve model reasoning, reduce hallucinations, and ensure alignment with production requirements.
Key facts about InfoBay
- Founded Year: 2016
- Location: Fremont (United States)
- Annual Revenue: ₹100 - ₹500 Cr as on Mar 31, 2026
- Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Seed
- Total Funding till date: $4.26M
- Employee Count: 434 as on Aug 31, 2026
- Investors: Maruna Exports, Lead Angels and 111 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Angel, Sep 26, 2023, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
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3. Milkbasket
MilkBasket is an online subscription-based platform offering daily grocery needs. The product catalog includes fruits, vegetables, milk, bread, eggs, yogurts, and more. The company provides delivery service in Delhi-NCR, Hyderabad, Bangalore, Gurgaon, Noida, Greater Noida, and more. The mobile application is available for Android and iOS users.
Key facts about Milkbasket
- Founded Year: 2015
- Location: Gurugram (India)
- Annual Revenue: ₹50 - ₹100 Cr as on Mar 31, 2025
- Last Known Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Acquired
- Total Funding till date: $35.1M
- Employee Count: 230 as on May 31, 2025
- Investors: Innoven Capital, Navi and 59 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series B, Mar 11, 2020, $*****
- Highlight: Acquired
4. Mugafi
Developer of next-generation AI-assisted writing platform. The software provides tools for research, rewriting, dialogue expansion, and script formatting. It offers quality checks using algorithms and facilitates collaboration with built-in features. The software also includes file management and import/export capabilities. Users can receive feedback from experienced writers to refine their scripts.
Key facts about Mugafi
- Founded Year: 2020
- Location: Gurugram (India)
- Annual Revenue: ₹10 - ₹50 Cr as on Mar 31, 2025
- Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Seed
- Total Funding till date: $9.08M
- Employee Count: 17 as on Mar 31, 2025
- Investors: Nexus Venture Partners, Mars Shot Ventures and 79 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Seed, Aug 26, 2025, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
5. MarketWolf
Provider of trading platform with options, charts, and customer support. The platform offers tools for trading, including option chains and technical indicators. It provides customer support through an in-app help center with call and chat options. The platform is designed to simplify trading with features such as smart stop loss. The app is available on both Android and iOS platforms.
Key facts about MarketWolf
- Founded Year: 2017
- Location: Mumbai (India)
- Annual Revenue: ₹10 - ₹50 Cr as on Mar 31, 2025
- Stage: Series A
- Total Funding till date: $17.4M
- Employee Count: 11 as on Jul 31, 2025
- Investors: Jungle Ventures, 100Unicorns and 26 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, Jul 05, 2022, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
Auxano's Year-on-Year Investment Trends
Auxano has invested in 44 companies over the last 9 years, with an average of 5 new investments annually in the last 5 years. In 2025, it made 5 investments, while as of Sep 2026, it has made 3 investments in this year. Its most recent first time investment was in MeduLance and most recent follow-on round was in Primebook.Year | No. of Investments | ||
|---|---|---|---|
1st Round | Follow-on | Total | |
2026 (YTD) | 3 | 0 | 3 |
2025 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
2024 | 6 | 5 | 11 |
2023 | 5 | 3 | 8 |
2022 | 6 | 2 | 8 |
2021 | 6 | 5 | 11 |
2020 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
2019 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2017 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
Auxano's Investments by Stage
Auxano has made 28 investments in Seed stage with an average round size of $1.1M, 7 investments in Series A stage with an average round size of $3.2M and 2 investments in Series B stage with an average round size of $2.91M.Stage of entry | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Seed | 28 |
Series A | 7 |
Series B | 2 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Auxano's Investments by Sector
Auxano has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Enterprise Applications, Consumer, High Tech, FinTech and Consumer Goods. Notably, it has invested in 36 Tech companies, 26 Enterprise (B2B) companies, 24 Consumer (B2C) companies and at least 22 companies focusing on Software.Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Enterprise Applications | 17 |
Consumer | 7 |
High Tech | 7 |
FinTech | 6 |
Consumer Goods | 5 |
Others | 50 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Auxano's Investments by Geography
Auxano has made most investments in India (35), followed by Singapore where it has made 1 investment.Country | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
India | 35 |
Singapore | 1 |
United States | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Auxano's recent investments
Auxano has made 3 investments in 2026 so far. MeduLance and Stylework are the latest among them.Here are the most recent investments by Auxano:
Filter this listDate | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
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Sep 04, 2026 | India | Series A | 5896 | ||
Jul 07, 2026 | India | Series A | 5098 | ||
Jan 30, 2026 | India | Seed | 4040 | [+11] | |
Jul 09, 2025 | India | Seed | 9205 | ||
Apr 29, 2025 | India | Seed | 7785 |
Acquired companies in Auxano's Portfolio
1 company from Auxano's portfolio has been acquired. The most recent acquisition was Milkbasket in Aug 2021 by Reliance Industries for $*****.Here are Auxano's portfolio companies that got acquired most recently:
Company | Acquisition Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Aug 23, 2021 | - | - | 5421 |
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Team profile of Auxano
Auxano has a team of 11 members including 3 Partners, 1 Venture Partner and 2 Principals located in India and United States. Auxano's team sits on the board of 1 company.Here is a list of top team members in Auxano:
Name | Designation | Location | Board Memberships | Contact Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Partner | India | |||
Partner | - | - | ||
Partner | - | - | - | |
Venture Partner | Austin | - | - | |
Principal | India | - | ||
Principal | - | - | - |
Co-investors of Auxano
Over the past 9 years, 1492 investors have co-invested in Auxano's portfolio companies. This includes funds and angels.
- Invested before Auxano: LVX, Inflection Point Ventures and 700 others have invested in rounds before Auxano. There are 9 companies where LVX has invested before Auxano and 4 companies where Inflection Point Ventures has invested before Auxano.
- Top Co-investors of Auxano: 324 investors entered a company along with Auxano. These include investors like Venture Garage (3 companies).
- Invested after Auxano: A total of 466 investors have invested in Auxano's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include We Founder Circle (3 companies), Wellfound (3 companies) and LVX (3 companies).
Recent News related to Auxano
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Medulance Raises Rs 24 Crore for Tech-Enabled Ambulance Services ExpansionIndian Startup News•Sep 04, 2026•MeduLance, Auxano, Alkemi Growth Capital, Equentis Wealth Advisory Services
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Stylework Raises $1 Mn in Pre-Series B Funding Round Led by Auxano CapitalEntrackr•Jul 07, 2026•Auxano, Stylework, Cogniphy, Equentis Wealth Advisory Services and 1 other
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Auxano Capital achieves 5.5X return with EduGorilla exitEntrackr•Sep 10, 2025•Auxano, Auxano, InfoBay
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Auxano Capital Achieves 7x Return with Exit from Internet Infrastructure Platform WiomBusinessnewsthisweek•Jul 23, 2025•Wiom, Auxano
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DCG Tech Secures INR 15 Cr in Pre-Series A Funding Led by GVFEnablers•Jul 17, 2025•DCGpac, Auxano, GVF
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DCG Tech, DCGpac raises Rs 15 crore in funding led by GVF, Auxano CapitalIndian Startup News•Jul 17, 2025•DCGpac, Gujarat Venture Finance, Auxano
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Angel investing declines despite funding revival
Financial Express•Jun 16, 2025•All In Capital, Auxano
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VCs bet on AI startups in India; see application-layer AI gaining steamBusiness Line•Mar 03, 2025•IIMA Ventures, Auxano
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Bodmas Technologies Secures Maiden Funding from Auxano Capital to Enhance Data-Driven Retail SolutionsBusinessnewsthisweek•Jan 08, 2025•Bodmas Technologies, Auxano
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PetStrong secures maiden funding from Auxano Capital to address nutrition deficiency in Indian pet dietBusinessnewsthisweek•Oct 17, 2024•PetStrong, Auxano
