Founders First. AI Forward.
India Powered.

We empower founders of global AI startups, with the India Edge in capability, innovation, talent.

Bhavish Aggarwal

Ola Electric

Lakshmipathy Deenadayalan &
Rangarajan Krishnan

Fivestar

Ruchi Kalra, Bhuvan Gupta &
Asish Mohapatra

OfBusiness

Shashank Kumar & Harshil Mathur

Razorpay

Rupesh Kumar, Anurag Sinha &
Vibhav Hathi

OneCard

Umang Bedi &  Virendra Gupta

Dailyhunt

Jitendra Gupta

Jupiter

Ravi Dodda & Yashwant Kumar

MoEngage

Ruchi Kalra & Asish Mohapatra

Oxyzo

Ola is India's largest mobility platform and one of the world's largest ride-hailing companies.
Bhavish Aggarwal & Ankit Bhati
Ola
Five Star is one of India's leading non-banking finance companies.
Lakshmipathy Deenadayalan &
Rangarajan Krishnan
Fivestar
OfBusiness is a technology-driven SME financing platform.
Ruchi Kalra, Bhuvan Gupta &
Asish Mohapatra
OfBusiness
Razorpay is India's first full-stack financial solutions company.
Shashank Kumar & Harshil Mathur
Razorpay
OneCard is India's best and smartest metal credit card, re-imagined for the mobile generation.
Rupesh Kumar, Anurag Sinha &
Vibhav Hathi
OneCard
Dailyhunt is India's number one news and local language content application.
Umang Bedi &  Virendra Gupta
Dailyhunt
Digital banking for India with real-time spend insights, asset tracking, and seamless UPI payments.
Jitendra Gupta
Jupiter
Intelligent marketing cloud platform, built for the mobile-first world.
NBFC providing customized business loans and supply chain financing to SMEs and corporates.
Gokwik Founders Gokwik Founders
Turning abandoned carts into revenue for India's fast-growing D2C brands
Foxtale FoundersFoxtale Founders
D2C skincare built from real stories of 3000+ Indian women
Farmart FoundersFarmart Founders
Reimagining food supply chains for 2000+ businesses across Asia and beyond

Z47 by the numbers

Founded

2006

AUM

$3.5Bn

Unicorns

10

The India Edge is
Our Unfair Advantage

We partner with visionary founders building globally competitive companies, leveraging India's unique talent and innovation to achieve worldwide impact.

Access the Indian market

Unlock demand, GTM partners, and enterprise relationships in one of the world’s most dynamic economies.

Best-in-Class Talent

Leverage our network to recruit senior business and engineering talent and set up GCCs.

Advisory for Founders

Scale without friction with our guidance across compliance, licensing and set-up.

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What We Invest In

Software & AI

AI is rewriting how software companies are built, and we're backing its authors with data moats, velocity, and global reach. From unbundled workflows to agentic automation, from GTM-as-code to vertical AI: we invest in founders who are ahead of the curve.

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From unbundled workflows to agentic automation

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From unbundled workflows to agentic automation

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From unbundled workflows to agentic automation

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From unbundled workflows to agentic automation

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From unbundled workflows to agentic automation

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From unbundled workflows to agentic automation

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From unbundled workflows to agentic automation

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From unbundled workflows to agentic automation

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From unbundled workflows to agentic automation

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From unbundled workflows to agentic automation

Deep Tech

AI is rewriting how software companies are built, and we're backing its authors with data moats, velocity, and global reach. From unbundled workflows to agentic automation, from GTM-as-code to vertical AI: we invest in founders who are ahead of the curve.

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From unbundled workflows to agentic automation

Z47

From unbundled workflows to agentic automation

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From unbundled workflows to agentic automation

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From unbundled workflows to agentic automation

DEEEP TECH CONTENT

Z47 Global Investment Team

We are passionate about backing global-first founders from India, leveraging the country's unique competitive advantages to build world-class companies.

Avnish Bajaj

Founder of Z47, who previously who scaled Baazee.com and is shaping India’s startup ecosystem for global impact.

Vikram Vaidyanathan

Drives early-stage fintech and enterprise investments with a founders-first, globally networked approach.

Rajinder Balaraman

Blends international experience to help founders scale tech ventures beyond India.

Aakash Kumar

Backs high-growth SaaS and AI startups, leveraging founder empathy for global scale at Z47.

Sudipto Sannigrahi

A deep-tech specialist, connecting manufacturing and tech entrepreneurs with new markets.

Ashwin Pandian

Invests in enterprise AI, enabling founders to access world-class networks and markets.