About CS Ventures
CS Ventures is a venture capital firm founded in 2022. It is primarily based out of Mumbai, India. As of Feb 2025, CS Ventures has invested in 14 companies. It primarily invests in Series A round in United States based startups. Its investments are spread across a wide range of sectors from Food and Agriculture Tech to Enterprise Applications and EdTech. Most recently it participated in the $***** Series A round of Vivodyne A lot of funds co-invest with CS Ventures, with names like Mandala Space Ventures sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio. CS Ventures has team of 6 people including 1 partners.Key Metrics
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CS Ventures' List of Top Investments
CS Ventures has a portfolio of 14 companies. Their most notable investments include Vivodyne and Language Curry.Their portfolio spans across India, United States and Netherlands. They have invested in Food and Agriculture Tech, Enterprise Applications, EdTech and 9 other sectors, across stages such as Series A, Seed stages. Here is the list of top investments by CS Ventures:
1. Vivodyne
Developer of AI-based platform for lab-grown human tissues. The company's platform culture human tissue models for drug discovery and utilizes single-cell 4D phenomics with an integrated confocal microscope. Also, has an automated robotic system that discovers drugs and cellular therapies.
Key facts about Vivodyne
- Founded Year: 2021
- Location: Philadelphia (United States)
- Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Series A
- Total Funding till date: $118M
- Employee Count: 41 as on May 31, 2026
- Investors: Khosla Ventures, MBX Capital and 6 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, Feb 03, 2025, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
Provider of online Indian language learning and translation services. It offers gamified language learning through interactive lessons, flashcards, and live sessions. The curriculum focuses on conversational skills, eliminating the need to learn scripts initially. Instruction is conducted in English, making it accessible to a wider audience. Additionally, the company provides professional document translation services in various Indian regional languages. The translation services emphasize thoroughness, efficiency, and speed.
Key facts about Language Curry
- Founded Year: 2017
- Location: Gurugram (India)
- Annual Revenue: ₹20.6L as on Mar 31, 2025
- Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Seed
- Total Funding till date: $735K
- Employee Count: 191 as on Apr 30, 2025
- Investors: Chandigarh Angels Network, Sarcha Advisors and 57 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Seed, Sep 29, 2021, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
Hypersonic aircraft. It focuses on plasma-assisted combustion and hypersonic propulsion, creating high-speed flight vehicles for national security and defense.
Key facts about Specter Aerospace
- Founded Year: 2013
- Location: Cambridge (United States)
- Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Series A
- Total Funding till date: $9.5M
- Employee Count: 59 as on May 31, 2026
- Investors: Stellar Ventures, Evergreen Climate Innovations and 4 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, Jun 14, 2023, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
4. Droni Tech
Provider of drone-based solutions for surveying, mapping, inspection, and security. The company delivers unmanned aerial vehicle services for infrastructure, agriculture, cell towers, media, and mining. They offer land, bathymetric, total station, and DGPS surveying. The company also provides industrial robotics, unmanned systems, semiconductor design, and factory automation solutions.
Key facts about Droni Tech
- Founded Year: 2018
- Location: Mumbai (India)
- Annual Revenue: ₹2.45Cr as on Mar 31, 2025
- Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Seed
- Total Funding till date: $738K
- Employee Count: 25 as on Aug 31, 2025
- Investors: CS Ventures, Eagle Security and Personnel Services and 4 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Angel, Mar 24, 2019, $*****
5. SlashRTC
AI powered omnichannel customer service and engagement platform. It enables users to streamline the communication with customers. Its offering includes contact center solution, voice bots, chatbots, video SDK, voice API, and communication API solutions. It also offers an AI agent with automated speech recognition and text-to-speech feature.
Key facts about SlashRTC
- Founded Year: 2016
- Location: Mumbai (India)
- Annual Revenue: ₹29.6Cr as on Mar 31, 2025
- Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Seed
- Total Funding till date: $69.5K
- Employee Count: 93 as on May 31, 2026
- Investors: CS Ventures and 1 Other
- Latest Funding Round: Angel, Aug 26, 2019, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
CS Ventures' Year-on-Year Investment Trends
CS Ventures has invested in 14 companies over the last 3 years, with an average of 1 new investment annually in the last 3 years. In 2025, it made 1 investment. Its most recent first time investment was in Vivodyne and most recent follow-on round was in Vivodyne.CS Ventures' Investments by Stage
CS Ventures has made 2 investments in Series A stage with an average round size of $9.5M and 1 investment in Seed stage with an average round size of $38M.Stage of entry | No. of Investments |
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Series A | 2 |
Seed | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
CS Ventures' Investments by Sector
CS Ventures has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Aerospace, Maritime and Defense Tech, Life Sciences, Transportation and Logistics and Travel and Hospitality. Notably, it has invested in 9 Tech companies, 6 Enterprise (B2B) companies, 4 Consumer (B2C) companies and at least 3 companies focusing on Software.Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Aerospace, Maritime and Defense Tech | 1 |
Life Sciences | 1 |
Transportation and Logistics | 1 |
Travel and Hospitality | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
CS Ventures' Investments by Geography
CS Ventures has made most investments in United States (2), followed by Netherlands where it has made 1 investment.Country | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
United States | 2 |
Netherlands | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
CS Ventures' recent investments
CS Ventures has not made any investment in 2026 so far.Here are the most recent investments by CS Ventures:
Filter this listDate | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
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Feb 03, 2025 | United States | Series A | 5631 | [+6] | |
Nov 22, 2023 | United States | Seed | 3478 | [+3] | |
Jun 14, 2023 | Netherlands | Series A | 5778 | ||
Jun 14, 2023 | United States | Series A | 1635 |
Team profile of CS Ventures
CS Ventures has a team of 6 members located in India. CS Ventures' team does not sit on the board of any company as of now.Co-investors of CS Ventures
Over the past 3 years, 9 investors have co-invested in CS Ventures's portfolio companies. This includes funds and angels.
- Invested before CS Ventures: OSTI has invested before CS Ventures.
- Top Co-investors of CS Ventures: 5 investors entered a company along with CS Ventures. These include investors like Mandala Space Ventures (2 companies).
- Invested after CS Ventures: A total of 3 investors have invested in CS Ventures's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include Lingotto (1 company), Helena Capital (1 company) and Fortius Ventures (1 company).
Recent News related to CS Ventures
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Vivodyne Secures $40M in Series A Funding to Advance Drug Testing TechnologyFinSMEs•May 29, 2025•Vivodyne, Khosla Ventures, Lingotto, Helena Capital and 5 others
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Vivodyne Secures $38M for AI-Powered Drug Discovery PlatformHIT Consultant•Nov 30, 2023•Bison Ventures, MBX Capital, CS Ventures, Kairos Ventures and 4 others
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Flashpoint secures funds to develop nanotechnology-enabled therapiesPharmaceutical Technology•Oct 26, 2023•Beta, Flashpoint Therapeutics, CS Ventures, Beta Lab
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PteroDynamics Raises $7.5M in Seed FundingFinSMEs•Feb 28, 2023•PteroDynamics, Kairos Ventures, Lavrock Ventures, CS Ventures
