About Turbostart
Turbostart is a venture capital firm founded in 2019. It is primarily based out of Bengaluru, India. As of Apr 2026, Turbostart is an active investor, having invested in 75 companies, with 4 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 Consumer. Most recently it participated in the $***** Seed round of Lawyered Overall, Turbostart portfolio has seen 6 acquisitions including key companies like Lawyered, Irillic and Xpedize. A lot of funds co-invest with Turbostart, with names like Rainmatter sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio. Turbostart has team of 30 people including 11 partners.Key Metrics
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Seed & Series A
Turbostart's List of Top Investments
Turbostart has a portfolio of 75 companies. Their most notable investments are in Tohands and InfoBay.Their portfolio spans across India, United States, Belgium and 4 more locations. They have invested in Enterprise Applications, High Tech, Consumer and 26 other sectors, across stages such as Seed, Series A stages. Here is the list of top investments by Turbostart:
1. InfoBay
Provider of expert-verified training data, annotation infrastructure, and evaluation systems for artificial intelligence models. The company engineers training intelligence for production-ready AI, offering curated datasets across audio, text, image, and video modalities. Services include data labeling, curation, and factuality auditing to improve model reasoning, reduce hallucinations, and ensure alignment. The infrastructure supports pre-training, supervised fine-tuning, and reinforcement learning from human feedback, utilizing proprietary corpus collections and purpose-built annotation platforms to deliver high-quality, traceable data for enterprise AI development.
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: 451 as on Sep 30, 2026
- Investors: Maruna Exports, Lead Angels and 111 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Angel, Sep 26, 2023, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
2. Flam
Developer of interactive streaming infrastructure and generative models for immersive digital content. The company provides tools for creating interactive video formats that allow for real-time swapping of characters, products, and scenes. Its technology stack includes generative models for video synthesis, speech synthesis, and large language processing to enable human-like communication and fluid interactions. These solutions are designed to integrate across various digital channels, supporting the creation of interactive experiences that respond to user input and environmental context. PF = Yes
Key facts about Flam
- Founded Year: 2021
- Location: San Francisco (United States)
- Annual Revenue: 0 - ₹10 Cr as on Mar 31, 2023
- Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Series B
- Total Funding till date: $63.1M
- Employee Count: 164 as on May 31, 2026
- Investors: QED Investors, Inventus Capital Partners and 28 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series B, Sep 14, 2026, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
3. Lawyered
Provider of on road legal assistance platform. It offers on-road legal assistance for both commercial and non-commercial vehicles. The platform provides on call legal guidance and local legal representation. It offers legal consultation, documentation assistance, and regulatory compliance support. The application is available on app store and play store.
Key facts about Lawyered
- Founded Year: 2018
- Location: Gurugram (India)
- Annual Revenue: 0 - ₹10 Cr as on Mar 31, 2025
- Last Known Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Acquired
- Total Funding till date: $6.6M
- Employee Count: 133 as on Sep 30, 2026
- Investors: Rainmatter, Finvolve and 78 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Seed, Apr 21, 2026, $*****
- Highlight: Acquired
4. OTO Capital
Provider of financing and retail services for motorized two wheeled vehicles. This business facilitates the purchase of motorcycles and scooters through loan arrangements and direct sales. Customers select vehicles from various manufacturers and secure credit options to complete their acquisitions. The service includes processing loan applications and coordinating the delivery of purchased units to buyers.
Key facts about OTO Capital
- Founded Year: 2018
- Location: Mumbai (India)
- Annual Revenue: ₹10 - ₹50 Cr as on Mar 31, 2025
- Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Series A
- Total Funding till date: $29.8M
- Employee Count: 402 as on Feb 01, 2026
- Investors: BlackSoil, Catalyst Investors and 128 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, Nov 11, 2024, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
5. GoKhana
Provider of digital cafeteria management and related food services solutions. The company offers services such as contactless ordering, real-time tracking, and streamlined billing processes. It provides cafeteria managed services covering menu planning, food delivery, and digital cafeteria experiences. The company also organises special occasions, events, celebrations, and pop-up counters.
Key facts about GoKhana
- Founded Year: 2017
- Location: Bengaluru (India)
- Annual Revenue: ₹50 - ₹100 Cr as on Mar 31, 2025
- Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Series A
- Total Funding till date: $10.5M
- Employee Count: 348 as on Aug 31, 2025
- Investors: Compact Structure Fund, Chhattisgarh Investments and 120 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, Nov 20, 2024, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
Turbostart's Year-on-Year Investment Trends
Turbostart has invested in 75 companies over the last 6 years, with an average of 6 new investments annually in the last 5 years. In 2025, it made 14 investments, while as of Apr 2026, it has made 3 investments in this year. Its most recent first time investment was in Lawyered and most recent follow-on round was in Ken42.Year | No. of Investments | ||
|---|---|---|---|
1st Round | Follow-on | Total | |
2026 (YTD) | 2 | 1 | 3 |
2025 | 11 | 3 | 14 |
2024 | 5 | 3 | 8 |
2023 | 8 | 0 | 8 |
2022 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
2021 | 3 | 6 | 9 |
2020 | 24 | 0 | 24 |
Turbostart's Investments by Stage
Turbostart has made 52 investments in Seed stage with an average round size of $1.35M and 3 investments in Series A stage with an average round size of $5.6M.Stage of entry | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Seed | 52 |
Series A | 3 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Turbostart's Investments by Sector
Turbostart has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Enterprise Applications, Consumer, High Tech, Vertical SaaS and EdTech. Notably, it has invested in 71 Tech companies, 56 Enterprise (B2B) companies, 42 Software companies and at least 29 companies focusing on Saas.Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Enterprise Applications | 26 |
Consumer | 17 |
High Tech | 16 |
Vertical SaaS | 10 |
EdTech | 7 |
Others | 69 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Turbostart's Investments by Geography
Turbostart has made most investments in India (47), followed by United States where it has made 8 investments.Country | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
India | 47 |
United States | 8 |
United Arab Emirates | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Turbostart's recent investments
Turbostart has made 3 investments in 2026 so far. Lawyered and Ken42 are the latest among them.Here are the most recent investments by Turbostart:
Filter this listDate | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
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Apr 21, 2026 | India | Seed | 1569 | [+1] | |
Mar 20, 2026 | India | Series A | 4349 | - | |
Feb 11, 2026 | India | Seed | 3190 | [+4] | |
Dec 23, 2025 | India | Seed | 5289 | [+9] | |
Oct 30, 2025 | United States | Seed | 7940 |
Acquired companies in Turbostart's Portfolio
6 companies from Turbostart's portfolio have been acquired. The most recent acquisition was Argoid in Dec 2024 by Amagi for $*****.Here are Turbostart's portfolio companies that got acquired most recently:
Company | Acquisition Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Dec 03, 2024 | Feb 24, 2021 | Seed | 3181 | |
Oct 21, 2023 | Feb 13, 2020 | Seed | 6704 | |
Mar 16, 2022 | Dec 31, 2020 | Seed | 9671 | |
Apr 20, 2021 | Feb 13, 2020 | Seed | 6832 | |
Dec 07, 2020 | Feb 13, 2020 | Seed | 9974 |
Team profile of Turbostart
Turbostart has a team of 30 members including 11 Partners and 3 Principals located in India, United States and 1 more location. Turbostart's team sits on the board of 1 company.Here is a list of top team members in Turbostart:
Name | Designation | Location | Board Memberships | Contact Details |
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Partner | Bengaluru | - | ||
Partner | Bengaluru | |||
Partner | Fairfax | - | ||
Partner | Washington | - | ||
Partner | India | - | ||
Partner | Bengaluru | - | ||
Partner | Singapore | - | ||
Partner | Bengaluru | - | ||
Partner | - | - | ||
Partner | - | - |
Co-investors of Turbostart
Over the past 6 years, 1262 investors have co-invested in Turbostart's portfolio companies. This includes funds and angels.
- Invested before Turbostart: 100Unicorns, Kwaish Ventures and 588 others have invested in rounds before Turbostart. There are 2 companies where 100Unicorns has invested before Turbostart and 2 companies where Kwaish Ventures has invested before Turbostart.
- Top Co-investors of Turbostart: 355 investors entered a company along with Turbostart. These include investors like Rainmatter (4 companies).
- Invested after Turbostart: A total of 317 investors have invested in Turbostart's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include Angel List (5 companies), LVX (4 companies) and SucSEED Indovation (2 companies).
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Sychedelic: $3.5 Million Seed Funding Secured For Closed-Loop Neurostimulation HeadphonesPulse 2.0•May 29, 2026•Sychedelic AI, Idea Baaz, Turbostart
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Sychedelic Secures $3.5 Million Seed Funding for Neuromodulation WearableEntrackr•May 20, 2026•Idea Baaz, Sychedelic AI, Turbostart
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Zerodha-backed Rainmatter, Turbostart invest $2.5 million in LawyeredIndian Startup News•Apr 21, 2026•Zerodha, Lawyered, Rainmatter, Turbostart and 1 other
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TimBuckDo Closes ₹2.70 Crore Funding Round After Ideabaaz AppearanceCyberMedia India Online•Feb 11, 2026•TimBuckDo, Turbostart, Rukam Capital
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MedSetGo Closes $2.4M Oversubscribed Seed Round to Transform Healthcare Navigation with AIintelligence360•Oct 04, 2025•MedSetGo, Gold House, Turbostart
