About Snow Leopard Ventures
Snow Leopard Ventures is a venture capital firm founded in 2012. It is primarily based out of Pune, India. As of Feb 2025, Snow Leopard Ventures has invested in 18 companies. It primarily invests in Seed round in India based startups. Its investments are spread across a wide range of sectors from FinTech to Retail and Auto Tech. Most recently it participated in the $***** Seed round of Finarkein Analytics Overall, Snow Leopard Ventures portfolio has seen 3 acquisitions, namely LivQuik, Quikwallet and CarIQ. A lot of funds co-invest with Snow Leopard Ventures, with names like Gauri Kirloskar sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio. Snow Leopard Ventures has team of 2 people including 2 partners.Key Metrics
Team Members
Portfolio Count
Portfolio Locations
Rounds of Entry
Seed, Series A & 2 more
Portfolio Soonicorns
Snow Leopard Ventures' List of Top Investments
Snow Leopard Ventures has a portfolio of 18 companies. Their most notable investments are in Mplifire and Artha Energy Resources.Their portfolio spans across and India. They have invested in FinTech, Retail, Auto Tech and 18 other sectors, across stages such as Seed, Series A and 2 more. Here is the list of top investments by Snow Leopard Ventures:
1. Stashfin
Provider of digital lending and instant credit line solutions for individuals. The platform enables quick approval, flexible repayment options, and transparent fees. Its technology-driven approach expands credit access for individuals who may lack traditional banking support.
Key facts about Stashfin
- Founded Year: 2016
- Location: Gurugram (India)
- Annual Revenue: $85.4M as on Mar 31, 2025
- Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Series C
- Total Funding till date: $115M
- Employee Count: 175 as on Feb 28, 2025
- Investors: Tencent, BlackSoil and 40 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Venture Debt, 2025, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
Retailer of freshly roasted coffee beans. The company introduces customers to the estates it directly buys coffee from, roasts the beans, and makes coffee accessible through its cafes and website. It researches, tests and implements practices throughout its business. The company has created coffee training centres to impart procedures and ensure consistent quality.
Key facts about Blue Tokai Coffee Roasters
- Founded Year: 2013
- Location: Gurugram (India)
- Annual Revenue: ₹333Cr as on Mar 31, 2025
- Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Series C
- Total Funding till date: $106M
- Employee Count: 2,872 as on Aug 31, 2025
- Investors: DSP Mutual Fund, Verlinvest and 66 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series C, Jun 26, 2025, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
3. Jar
Platform providing digital gold savings plans and online gold purchases. It facilitates options for daily, weekly, or monthly savings in digital gold. The platform also offers the ability to buy silver and gold jewellery. It provides resources such as calculators for salary and gold values. The platform ensures secure storage of gold in vaults and insurance coverage.
Key facts about Jar
- Founded Year: 2021
- Location: Bengaluru (India)
- Annual Revenue: ₹2,450Cr as on Mar 31, 2025
- Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Series B
- Total Funding till date: $63.3M
- Employee Count: 255 as on Aug 31, 2025
- Investors: Staenberg Venture Partners, BlackSoil and 128 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series B, Dec 14, 2024, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
4. Jugnoo
App-based platform for booking auto-rickshaw transportation servcies. Users can book rides by providing location, destination, user details, payment details, and more. App is available for iOS and Android devices.
Key facts about Jugnoo
- Founded Year: 2014
- Location: Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar (India)
- Annual Revenue: ₹20.4Cr as on Mar 31, 2025
- Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Series B
- Total Funding till date: $16.9M
- Employee Count: 93 as on Aug 31, 2025
- Investors: Rocketship, Snow Leopard Ventures and 46 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Grant (prize money), 2017, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
5. hBits
Operator of a platform for fractional ownership of commercial real estate. The platform facilitates investment in professionally managed, income-generating commercial properties. It allows individuals to participate in an asset class traditionally reserved for institutions. The platform offers a transparent process for investing and managing real estate shares. It provides options for liquidity and control over investments.
Key facts about hBits
- Founded Year: 2018
- Location: Mumbai (India)
- Annual Revenue: ₹14.3Cr as on Mar 31, 2025
- Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Series A
- Total Funding till date: $8.38M
- Employee Count: 49 as on Mar 31, 2026
- Investors: LetsVenture, RAAY Global Investments and 80 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, Dec 25, 2024, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
Snow Leopard Ventures' Year-on-Year Investment Trends
Snow Leopard Ventures has invested in 18 companies over the last 13 years, with an average of 1 new investment annually in the last 10 years. In 2025, it made 1 investment. Its most recent first time investment was in Finarkein Analytics and most recent follow-on round was in Artha Energy Resources.Year | No. of Investments | ||
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1st Round | Follow-on | Total | |
2026 (YTD) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2025 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2024 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2022 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
2021 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
2020 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
2019 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2018 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2017 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Snow Leopard Ventures' Investments by Stage
Snow Leopard Ventures has made 11 investments in Seed stage with an average round size of $938K, 4 investments in Series A stage with an average round size of $18.9M, 1 investment in Angel stage with an average round size of $2.51M and 1 investment in Conventional Debt stage with an average round size of $200M.Stage of entry | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Seed | 11 |
Series A | 4 |
Angel | 1 |
Conventional Debt | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Snow Leopard Ventures' Investments by Sector
Snow Leopard Ventures has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the FinTech, Consumer, Retail, Enterprise Applications and High Tech. Notably, it has invested in 16 Tech companies, 11 Consumer (B2C) companies, 10 Enterprise (B2B) companies and at least 6 companies focusing on Software.Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
FinTech | 9 |
Consumer | 6 |
Retail | 6 |
Enterprise Applications | 3 |
High Tech | 3 |
Others | 26 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Snow Leopard Ventures' Investments by Geography
Snow Leopard Ventures has made most investments in India (17).Snow Leopard Ventures' recent investments
Snow Leopard Ventures has not made any investment in 2026 so far.Here are the most recent investments by Snow Leopard Ventures:
Filter this listDate | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
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Feb 10, 2025 | India | Seed | 8370 | [+6] | |
May 03, 2024 | India | Series A | 2687 | [+10] | |
Nov 10, 2023 | India | Seed | 3314 | [+6] | |
Jul 28, 2022 | India | Series B | 6164 | [+22] | |
May 30, 2022 | India | Conventional Debt | 1672 | [+2] |
Acquired companies in Snow Leopard Ventures' Portfolio
3 companies from Snow Leopard Ventures' portfolio have been acquired. The most recent acquisition was CarIQ in Aug 2019 by Varroc for $*****.Here are Snow Leopard Ventures' portfolio companies that got acquired most recently:
Company | Acquisition Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Aug 09, 2019 | Nov 21, 2013 | Seed | 9820 | |
Oct 10, 2018 | Jul 16, 2013 | Seed | 9112 | |
Oct 03, 2018 | Jul 16, 2013 | Seed | 7348 |
Team profile of Snow Leopard Ventures
Snow Leopard Ventures has a team of 2 members including 2 Partners located in India. Snow Leopard Ventures' team does not sit on the board of any company as of now.Co-investors of Snow Leopard Ventures
Over the past 13 years, 608 investors have co-invested in Snow Leopard Ventures's portfolio companies. This includes funds and angels.
- Invested before Snow Leopard Ventures: Angel List, Arkam Ventures and 228 others have invested in rounds before Snow Leopard Ventures. There are 3 companies where Angel List has invested before Snow Leopard Ventures and 2 companies where Arkam Ventures has invested before Snow Leopard Ventures.
- Top Co-investors of Snow Leopard Ventures: 167 investors entered a company along with Snow Leopard Ventures. These include investors like Gauri Kirloskar (2 companies).
- Invested after Snow Leopard Ventures: A total of 211 investors have invested in Snow Leopard Ventures's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include Snow Leopard Global (3 companies), Northern Arc Capital (2 companies) and DSP Mutual Fund (2 companies).
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Future AGI launches world’s most accurate multimodal AI evaluation toolintelligence360•Feb 11, 2025•Future AGI, Powerhouse Ventures, Snow Leopard Global, Angel List and 3 others
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Coffee Startup Blue Tokai bags a fresh round of seed fundingHungryForever•Jan 15, 2023•Blue Tokai Coffee Roasters, Snow Leopard Ventures, Bold Ventures
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Neobanking Fintech StashFin Secures $40M via Series B Extension led by Prominent Global InvestrosCrowdfund Insider•Apr 07, 2021•Stashfin, Altara Ventures, Uncorrelated Ventures, Integrated Capital and 9 others
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Virtual credit facility provider StashFin raises $5M fundingStashfin•Jun 27, 2017•Stashfin, GrowX Ventures, Snow Leopard Global, AltoPartners and 8 others
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Jugnoo secures $10 M fresh round from Paytm, Snow Leopard and Rocketship.vcYourStory•Apr 18, 2016•Jugnoo, Paytm, Snow Leopard Ventures, Rocketship and 5 others
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India: Blue Tokai Coffee raises seed funding led by Snow Leopard Ventures - DealStreetAsiaDeal Street Asia•Feb 01, 2016•Blue Tokai Coffee Roasters, Bold Ventures, The Brewhouse, Snow Leopard Ventures and 1 other
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Jugnoo gets $3M in Series B funding from Paytm, others – VCCircleVCCircle•Nov 17, 2015•Jugnoo, Paytm, Rocketship, MGH Group and 8 others
