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Alumni ventures
A partial showcase of ventures founded, co-founded or led by INSEAD alumni with an India connection, including family enterprises now run by an alum.
335bazaar
Omnichannel-hyperlocal lifestyle retail model combining neighbourhood experience centres with live-stream social commerce.
INSEAD co-founder: Taponeel Mukherjee
Accacia
AI-enabled SaaS platform that helps real-estate owners, developers and lenders measure emissions and plan decarbonisation.
INSEAD co-founder: Annu Talreja
Adya
Enterprise agentic-AI platform for creating, governing and deploying multi-agent systems and AI-built applications; selected for INSEAD’s AI50 cohort.
INSEAD co-founder: Shayak Mazumder
AllCaps
Software that checks every vendor and customer invoice against the underlying contract terms before it is paid or sent.
INSEAD founder: Divyabh Mishra
AltG
Research-first investment firm acquiring Indian services businesses and applying AI to grow cash flows.
INSEAD co-founder: Taponeel Mukherjee
Basil
D2C consumer houseware brand (water bottles, bento boxes) founded in 2023.
INSEAD co-founder: Harini Rajagopalan
Bharat Bijlee
Mumbai electrical engineering company, established 1946 and listed on NSE/BSE — power and distribution transformers, industrial motors, elevator systems, drives
Led by INSEAD alum: Shome Danani
BlueStone Jewellery & Lifestyle
Online-first fine jewellery brand with an omnichannel store network; listed on NSE/BSE in August 2025.
INSEAD co-founder: Vidya Nataraj
Born Good
Plant-based, eco-certified laundry and home-care products brand; pitched on Shark Tank India Season 4.
INSEAD founder: Mohit Belani
BuyEazzy
Beauty and personal-care e-commerce platform for tier-2/3 India that sells through neighbourhood stores.
INSEAD co-founder: Hariher Balasubramanian
Contify
AI-native market and competitive intelligence platform that turns unstructured web data into decision-ready insights for B2B enterprises.
INSEAD founder: Mohit Bhakuni
Control Print
India's leading maker of coding and marking systems since 1991 — inkjet, laser and thermal printers and consumables that put batch codes and tamper-proof marks
Led by INSEAD alum: Shiva Kabra
CrowdANALYTIX
Crowdsourced AI and analytics platform (CAX community, dataX.ai) that builds and runs machine-learning models for product-data enrichment in retail and distribu
INSEAD co-founder: Divyabh Mishra
Dresma
AI content-creation platform (DoMyShoot) that turns product photos into lifestyle shots, videos and marketing visuals for e-commerce brands.
INSEAD co-founder: Siddharth Sinha
Efficient Capital Labs
Non-dilutive growth financing for SaaS and AI companies operating across India and the US.
INSEAD co-founder: Manish Arora
Either / And
Handcrafted totes and weekenders designed for function and durability, launched in August 2026 by an ex-Bain strategy consultant.
INSEAD founder: Avantika Aggarwal
Eruditus / Emeritus
Executive-education platform partnering with 80+ universities (incl. INSEAD) to deliver online and blended programmes globally; unicorn since 2021.
INSEAD co-founder: Chaitanya Kalipatnapu
Essentia Home
Luxury furniture and home-decor retail arm of the Essentia Group (est. 1999), a design-to-build interiors firm with concept stores in Delhi, Gurugram and Mumbai
INSEAD co-founder: Hardesh Chawla
Fight Hunger Foundation / Action Against Hunger India
Non-profit tackling child malnutrition in India, now part of the Action Against Hunger network, of which Kakkar became global chairman.
INSEAD founder: Ashwini Kakkar
Fourth Partner Energy
Distributed solar developer building and financing C&I rooftop and open-access solar projects across India; backed by TPG Rise, Norfund and others.
INSEAD co-founder: Vivek Subramanian
Geology
AI search and SEO agency, founded 2025, that gets brands cited in answers from ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity and Google — built for insurance, financial s
INSEAD co-founder: Mehul Jain
Handpickd
Zero-inventory farm-to-doorstep fruit and vegetable delivery platform launched in 2024; US$15M Series A led by Bertelsmann India (2025).
INSEAD co-founder: Anant Goel
HomeLane
Tech-enabled home-interiors brand offering design, manufacturing and installation across major Indian cities.
INSEAD co-founder: Tanuj Choudhry
Innovist (Bare Anatomy, Chemist at Play, SunScoop)
House of science-led personal-care brands including Bare Anatomy (haircare), Chemist at Play (skincare) and SunScoop (sun care).
INSEAD founder: Rohit Chawla
INOX Group
Eight-decade industrial group spanning INOX Air Products (industrial and medical gases), INOXCVA (cryogenic equipment) and PVR INOX (cinemas).
Led by INSEAD alum: Siddharth Jain
ixigo
Online travel platform for trains, flights, buses and hotels; listed on NSE/BSE in 2024.
INSEAD co-founders: Aloke Bajpai, Dharmendra Yashovardhan
JBM Group
USD 3.3 billion manufacturing group founded in 1983 — auto components, electric buses, charging infrastructure, renewables and waste management.
Led by INSEAD alum: Esha Arya
JetLearn
Online AI academy teaching kids and teens AI, robotics and coding through live classes, active in 55+ countries.
INSEAD co-founder: Abhishek Bahl
Kaabil Kids
Online chess coaching for children with FIDE-rated trainers and a curriculum designed by Grandmaster Tejas Bakre.
INSEAD co-founder: Sunil Raina
Kapiva
Modern Ayurveda D2C brand (juices, supplements, personal care) backed by Fireside Ventures and others.
INSEAD co-founder: Ameve Sharma
Lucidus AI Edventures
Early-stage edtech and career-guidance impact venture featured in the INSEAD Global Entrepreneurship Club founder spotlights.
INSEAD founder: Aakaanksh Pothukutchi
Milkbasket
Subscription-based daily grocery delivery service founded 2015; acquired by Reliance Retail in 2021.
INSEAD co-founder: Anant Goel
Moonfrog Labs
Mobile game studio (Ludo Club, Teen Patti Gold) acquired by Stillfront Group for ~US$90M in 2021.
INSEAD co-founder: Tanay Tayal
Navalt
Designs and manufactures solar-electric and hybrid boats — ferries, water taxis, cruise and cargo vessels — including Aditya, India’s first solar ferry.
INSEAD founder: Sandith Thandasherry
nurtr
Online chess academy with courses taught by top grandmasters, for learners around the world.
INSEAD founder: Dharmendra Yashovardhan
OZiva
Plant-based nutrition and wellness brand; HUL took majority in 2022 and agreed to acquire the remaining stake in 2026.
INSEAD co-founder: Aarti Gill
Panthera Peak Capital
Early-stage venture-debt provider with a 30+ company portfolio alongside VCs such as Sequoia, Accel and Nexus.
INSEAD founder: Nikhil Bhandarkar
PB Fintech (Policybazaar / Paisabazaar)
India's largest online insurance and lending marketplace; listed on NSE/BSE in 2021.
INSEAD co-founder: Yashish Dahiya
Pendulo
Chef-led Indian × Mexican fine-dining restaurant at Ambawatta One, Mehrauli, overlooking the Qutub Minar; opened late 2025.
INSEAD founder: Sahil Baweja
Potions: Cocktail Theatre
Immersive 'cocktail theatre' at Ambawatta One, Mehrauli, where mixology is staged as scripted performance; opened November 2025.
INSEAD co-founder: Sahil Baweja
Prakriti
Alternative K-12 Cambridge International school in Noida, started in 2011 as a compassionate space for deep learning.
Led by INSEAD alum: Rahul Batra
Rebel Foods (Faasos)
World's largest cloud-kitchen operator (Faasos, Behrouz Biryani, Oven Story, etc.); unicorn since 2021.
INSEAD co-founder: Jaydeep Barman
RED.Health (formerly StanPlus)
Tech-enabled emergency medical response and ambulance network (10,000+ ambulances, air ambulance) conceived at INSEAD in 2016.
INSEAD co-founders: Prabhdeep Singh, Antoine Poirson, Jose Leon
Sadev Ventures (formerly Eternal Capital)
Sector-agnostic early-stage VC fund (INR 120 Cr corpus) writing INR 2-6 Cr cheques at seed to pre-Series A.
INSEAD founder: Dhruv Dhanraj Bahl
Safrroys Machines
Kolkata manufacturer of automatic hard-gelatin and HPMC capsule machines and turnkey capsule plants since 1986, exporting to 15+ countries.
Led by INSEAD alum: Neville Koyithara
SILA
Business-services and real-estate platform — facility management, material handling, catering, advisory and development — with 10 million sq ft under management
INSEAD co-founder: Rushabh Vora
Singhi & Co.
Eighty-year-old audit, tax and advisory firm with 40+ partners and 750 people across India; member of the Moore Global network.
Led by INSEAD alum: Nikhil Singhi
Soulpop
Wellness consumer-brand startup featured in the INSEAD Global Entrepreneurship Club founder spotlights.
INSEAD founder: Disha Saxena
Stellaris Venture Partners
Early-stage technology VC firm; closed a US$300M third fund.
INSEAD co-founders: Alok Goyal, Ritesh Banglani
Sunday
Direct-to-consumer sleep brand — latex and foam mattresses, pillows and bedding — sold online and through experience stores across Indian cities.
INSEAD founder: Alphonse Reddy
Sure Ventures
Silicon Valley early-stage venture fund backing insurtech, ageing, care, mental-health and wealth-management startups, often as first cheque.
INSEAD founder: Gopi Rangan
Tailorman
Made-to-measure menswear brand combining online ordering with physical studios.
INSEAD founder: Vidya Nataraj
Tata Trusts
The Tata family's philanthropic trusts, the oldest dating from 1919, which together own two-thirds of Tata Sons and fund health, education, water, livelihoods a
Led by INSEAD alum: Noel Tata
TGL Co. (The Good Life Company)
Premium tea and coffee brand exited to Ness Wadia / Wadia Group interests in 2021.
INSEAD founder: Bhuman Dani
The 120 Media Collective / BANG BANG
Media group spanning commercials, branded content and digital (BANG BANG films, Jack in the Box Worldwide) with offices in Mumbai, Delhi and Los Angeles.
INSEAD founder: Roopak Saluja
The Man Company
Men's grooming brand in which Emami acquired a controlling stake; Chawla exited to build Innovist.
INSEAD co-founder: Rohit Chawla
The Money Club
Community savings-and-credit app for Bharat that lets small groups pool money digitally; ~9 lakh registered users and ₹600 crore+ pooled.
INSEAD co-founder: Manuraj Jain
Tilfi Banaras
Luxury Banarasi handloom label working directly with weavers, founded in 2016.
INSEAD co-founder: Udit Khanna
TrueArq
Education and career-guidance platform for students, parents and professionals, from the founder of MBA4India.
INSEAD founder: Deepak Punwani
Via.com
B2B2C travel distribution platform founded 2006; acquired by Ebix for US$74.9M in 2017.
INSEAD co-founder: Ashwini Kakkar
WickedGud
Clean-label noodles, pasta and wraps made from lentils and whole grains; backed by Orios, Titan Capital and Shilpa Shetty.
INSEAD founder: Bhuman Dani
Wisdom Hatch
Investment-education community and courses built around a 3.5M+ follower finance creator; also runs a hedge fund.
INSEAD founder: Akshat Shrivastava
Yatra Online
Online travel agency listed on NASDAQ (2016) and later on Indian exchanges via Yatra Online Ltd.
INSEAD co-founder: Dhruv Shringi
Yorker
AI-powered cricket coaching platform built with a World Cup-winning coach.
INSEAD founder: Dharmendra Yashovardhan
ZestIOT
IoT-and-AI connected-operations platform for aviation — 3,500+ daily aircraft turnarounds tracked across four continents.
INSEAD founder: Amit Sukhija
Zoko
Y Combinator (W21) platform that lets e-commerce merchants sell, market and support customers on WhatsApp.
INSEAD co-founder: Arjun V Paul
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