About Silverneedle Ventures
Silverneedle Ventures is a venture capital firm founded in 2022. It is primarily based out of Hyderabad, India. As of Sep 2025, Silverneedle Ventures is an active investor, having invested in 16 companies, with 1 new investment 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 Consumer. Most recently it participated in the $***** Seed round of VAMA A lot of funds co-invest with Silverneedle Ventures, with names like Invstt sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio. Silverneedle Ventures has team of 15 people including 3 partners.Key Metrics
Team Members
Portfolio Count
Portfolio Sectors
Portfolio Locations
Rounds of Entry
Seed, Series A & 1 more
Portfolio Soonicorns
Deals in last 12 months
Silverneedle Ventures' List of Top Investments
Silverneedle Ventures has a portfolio of 16 companies. Their most notable investments are in Doqfy and Thingsup.Their portfolio spans across India and United States. They have invested in Enterprise Applications, High Tech, Consumer and 5 other sectors, across stages such as Seed, Series A and 1 more. Here is the list of top investments by Silverneedle Ventures:1. SuperK
Retail chain of supermarkets. It provides site selection assistance, franchise training, marketing support, technology integration, supply chain management, retail operations support, inventory management, and online grocery delivery. It also provides groceries and essentials to the public, but it also has a strong enterprise component by partnering with entrepreneurs.
Key facts about SuperK
- Founded Year: 2019
- Location: Visakhapatnam (India)
- Annual Revenue: ₹96.3Cr as on Mar 31, 2025
- Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Series B
- Total Funding till date: $24.3M
- Employee Count: 153 as on Aug 31, 2025
- Investors: Lucky Investment Managers, Blume Venture and 66 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series B, Jun 30, 2025, $*****
2. OnFinance AI
Provider of AI-powered compliance management system for financial services sector. It streamlines regulatory updates and automates evidence collection. The system simplifies reporting, ensuring organizations stay audit-ready and compliant. Built for compliance teams, it replaces manual processes with intelligent tools. The system helps to save time, reduce costs, and enhance accuracy. It is ideal for businesses managing complex regulations. The system integrates with existing systems through its flexible API framework. It connects with document management systems and communication platforms.
Key facts about OnFinance AI
- Founded Year: 2023
- Location: Bengaluru (India)
- Annual Revenue: ₹92.6L as on Mar 31, 2025
- Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Seed
- Total Funding till date: $5.25M
- Employee Count: 34 as on Mar 31, 2026
- Investors: Haystack, Angel List and 71 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Seed, Sep 04, 2025, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
3. Disprz
Provider of AI-powered learning experience management, and enablement platform. The platform offers personalized skilling, frontline enablement, and mobile learning. It features generative skilling, content hubs, and decision support dashboards. The platform supports employee onboarding, performance enablement, talent development, and compliance training. It also provides tools for assessment generation, content summarization, and pathway authoring.
Key facts about Disprz
- Founded Year: 2015
- Location: West Orange (United States)
- Annual Revenue: ₹93Cr as on Mar 31, 2025
- Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Series C
- Total Funding till date: $52.3M
- Employee Count: 296 as on Mar 31, 2026
- Investors: Kotak Mahindra Bank, Kalysta Capital and 41 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series C, Jul 05, 2023, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
4. Dhruva Space
Provider of full-stack space engineering solutions, satellite platforms, and launch services. They offer integrated satellite solutions coupled with earth stations. The company provides technology solutions to power space-based applications. These applications extend from Earth and beyond. The company also provides spacecraft solar arrays and imagery services.
Key facts about Dhruva Space
- Founded Year: 2012
- Location: Hyderabad (India)
- Annual Revenue: ₹11.1Cr as on Mar 31, 2025
- Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Series A
- Total Funding till date: $21.4M
- Employee Count: 262 as on Mar 31, 2026
- Investors: DSP Mutual Fund, Astir Ventures and 131 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Grant (prize money), Feb 12, 2026, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
5. BrainSightAI
AI based platform offering connectomics for functional brain mapping. It combines artificial intelligence and neuroscience to enable precision in neurological and psychiatric investigation. Its products include Voxelbox that enables clinicians to perform connectomic analysis to generate network maps and tractography. It utilizes AI driven connectomics to create personalized brain maps, which have significant applications in mental health and neurology. The platform also offers tools to assist in clinical research.
Key facts about BrainSightAI
- Founded Year: 2019
- Location: Bengaluru (India)
- Annual Revenue: ₹1.23Cr as on Mar 31, 2025
- Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Seed
- Total Funding till date: $6.65M
- Employee Count: 47 as on Aug 31, 2025
- Investors: IKP Knowledge Park, Pfizer and 50 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Seed, Dec 31, 2024, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
Silverneedle Ventures' Year-on-Year Investment Trends
Silverneedle Ventures has invested in 16 companies over the last 4 years, with an average of 3 new investments annually in the last 3 years. In 2025, it made 5 investments. Its most recent first time investment was in VAMA and most recent follow-on round was in OnFinance AI.Year | No. of Investments | ||
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1st Round | Follow-on | Total | |
2026 (YTD) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2025 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
2024 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
2023 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
2022 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
Silverneedle Ventures' Investments by Stage
Silverneedle Ventures has made 9 investments in Seed stage with an average round size of $1.56M, 3 investments in Series A stage with an average round size of $4.82M and 1 investment in Series B stage with an average round size of $494K.Stage of entry | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Seed | 9 |
Series A | 3 |
Series B | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Silverneedle Ventures' Investments by Sector
Silverneedle Ventures has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Enterprise Applications, High Tech, Vertical SaaS, Artificial Intelligence - Industry Applications and Consumer. Notably, it has invested in 15 Tech companies, 13 Enterprise (B2B) companies, 11 Software companies and at least 8 companies focusing on Saas.Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Enterprise Applications | 8 |
High Tech | 5 |
Vertical SaaS | 4 |
Artificial Intelligence - Industry Applications | 2 |
Consumer | 2 |
Others | 6 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Silverneedle Ventures' Investments by Geography
Silverneedle Ventures has made most investments in India (13), followed by United States where it has made 1 investment.Country | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
India | 13 |
United States | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Silverneedle Ventures' recent investments
Silverneedle Ventures has not made any investment in 2026 so far.Here are the most recent investments by Silverneedle Ventures:
Filter this listDate | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
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Sep 30, 2025 | India | Seed | 8728 | [+7] | |
Sep 04, 2025 | India | Seed | 8555 | [+45] | |
Jul 01, 2025 | India | Seed | 4478 | [+18] | |
Jun 30, 2025 | India | Series B | 2287 | [+9] | |
Mar 18, 2025 | India | Seed | 3590 | [+3] |
Team profile of Silverneedle Ventures
Silverneedle Ventures has a team of 15 members including 3 Partners, 3 Venture Partners and 2 Principals located in India, Australia and 1 more location. Silverneedle Ventures' team does not sit on the board of any company as of now.Here is a list of top team members in Silverneedle Ventures:
Name | Designation | Location | Board Memberships | Contact Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Partner | Bengaluru | - | ||
Partner | Mumbai | - | ||
Partner | - | - | ||
Venture Partner | Hyderabad | - | ||
Venture Partner | Hyderabad | - | ||
Venture Partner | Australia | - | - | |
Principal | Hyderabad | - | - | |
Principal | Santa Clara | - | - |
Co-investors of Silverneedle Ventures
Over the past 4 years, 768 investors have co-invested in Silverneedle Ventures's portfolio companies. This includes funds and angels.
- Invested before Silverneedle Ventures: Angel List, LetsVenture and 512 others have invested in rounds before Silverneedle Ventures. There are 5 companies where Angel List has invested before Silverneedle Ventures and 3 companies where LetsVenture has invested before Silverneedle Ventures.
- Top Co-investors of Silverneedle Ventures: 187 investors entered a company along with Silverneedle Ventures. These include investors like Invstt (2 companies).
- Invested after Silverneedle Ventures: A total of 67 investors have invested in Silverneedle Ventures's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include T-Hub (2 companies), 3 state ventures (1 company) and Shubman Gill (1 company).
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