About Us
JSW Ventures is an early-stage, tech-focused, venture capital fund based in Mumbai. It is headed by experienced professionals who firmly believe that technology has the potential to drive innovation and invention. We are enthusiastic about disruptive technological trends that can change the way businesses and customers consume products and services and interact with each other.
To make this possible, we collaborate with a select pool of high-quality entrepreneurial talent, who have the capacity to transform existing systems. We extend our partnership not just through capital, but through a commitment to build exceptional companies by developing growth strategies, improving financial functions, and providing access to the investor community and support from JSW Group’s extensive resources.

Areas of Interest







Our Portfolio

Purplle.com is India’s leading destination for beauty and cosmetic products. Users can browse the latest beauty trends, makeup looks, beauty routines and get advice from beauty experts, leading to an enriching beauty buying experience.
Beauty and cosmetics are one of the highest margin categories in e-commerce. The company has built a highly capital efficient business in a couple of years. The team has a strong grasp of the industry and understand the key metrics of e-commerce. The company has created an Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) led persona based discovery engine which is shaping the way users discover and buy products.
Purplle was founded by Manish Taneja, Rahul Dash & Suyash Katyayani in 2012

Indus OS is the world’s first regional mobile operating system and commands the 2nd highest market share of the Indian mobile OS market. Its ecosystem in regional languages is helping Indian mobile users come on the internet, discover services and content with ease. It also provides a strong channel for app developers to acquire and engage with hitherto inaccessible customers.
The team has built a simple and intuitive product for regional language user who is either upgrading from a feature phone or changing a smart phone. Deep integration of applications at OS level has enabled increased reach and engagement with a large customer base. With rise in adoption of smartphones pan – India, Indus OS is enabling smart phone manufacturers reach the untapped regional market.
Indus OS was founded by Rakesh Deshmukh, Akash Dongre and Sudheer B in 2013.

LimeTray provides SaaS based solutions for the food and beverage industry.
LimeTray offers a complete suite of products in online ordering, order management, marketing, feedback and analytics alongside additional integrations which help businesses in efficient management of operations, build online brand presence and engage effectively with their customers.
LimeTray was founded by Akhilesh Bali and Piyush Jain in 2013.

HomeLane is India’s leading online home interiors brand.
HomeLane brings design, functionality, aesthetics & cutting-edge technology together to give homeowners a stress-free, customized and efficient home designing process. Customers can interact with HomeLane's designers either in-store or online to collaboratively create designs for cost-effective & gorgeous rooms. HomeLane’s value proposition is solving the interior design problem with technology and predictable timelines, and offers an industry-first '45-day delivery or rent guarantee' for fit-outs.
HomeLane was founded by Srikanth Iyer, Rama Harinath, Prabhu Venkatesh, Vivek Parashuram and Srini Battula in 2014.

HealthPlix is a leading clinical software platform for doctors in India.
Healthplix's smart Electronic Medical Record (EMR) software performs a wide range of clinical operations while providing Clinical Decision Support (CDS) intelligence. The HealthPlix mobile app enables patients to avail video consultations with highly qualified specialist doctors. The company also provides a Real World Evidence based data analytics platform to medical practitioners and the Pharma industry to improve medical outcomes.
Healthplix was founded in 2016 by Raghuraj Sunder Raju, Prasad Basavaraj, and Sandeep Gudibanda.
Meet Our Team

Managing Partner
In a career spanning over 15 years, Gaurav has passionately built businesses across banking, technology and investing. At JSW Ventures, he is leading the investments in technology and tech-enabled ventures across sectors of interest.
Gaurav actively manages Overcart, Purplle and Indus OS for JSW Ventures. He is an MBA from Indian School of Business.

Sachin has 20 years of experience across consumer, retail and media businesses and has made significant contributions in various organizations from the start-up phase to the scaling up of businesses. He is a Mathematics graduate with Post Graduation in Business Management. He was earlier leading Capital18, media & venture investment division of Network18 group. He had also set up the early-stage investment model of Brand Capital, Times Group. He was also responsible for BC GSVlabs business, a JV of Times Group with Global Silicon Valley, US. He was part of the set-up team of Reliance Retail and was heading the FMCG category of the value format stores.
Sachin has co-founded a start-up GetVantage, India’s first revenue based financing platform for digital first businesses. He has been an active angel investor in early stage tech companies since 2015 and have invested in Vphrase, Allizhealth, UniversityLiving, Confirmtkt, Classboat, Nuos Home Automation and more.
He contributed in a book for start-ups scale up journeys ‘Kites in a Hurricane’

Kunal has worked in the technology industry for over 15 years and has been a founder at three technology startups across the food-tech, e-commerce & content syndication sectors with deep experience in solving key challenges faced by growth-focused technology startups. At JSW Ventures, he is primarily focused on the enterprise technology and healthcare sectors.
In his most recent entrepreneurial stint, he lead the product build-out of an industry-leading restaurant marketing platform, including proprietary solutions for content management & marketing automation. He also led growth marketing across digital, referral, and affiliate channels. He started his career at Deloitte Consulting advising global corporates in planning their technology infrastructure.
He is particularly interested in companies that are building strong moats through product innovation, proprietary data generation, and technology leadership.
Kunal has an Engineering degree from Northwestern University.


Janam has been associated with the startup ecosystem for over 7 years. He has led multiple investments in early stage investments with Mumbai Angels, built products for an early stage fintech startup focusing on access to credit for the Indian masses and founded two startups in the hospitality sector. He recently completed his MBA from IE Business School and Hongkong University of Science and Technology. At JSW Ventures, he focuses on SaaS and platform investments across different verticals.


Murli has professional experience of more than 3 years in the field of audit and assurance. He has worked on various audit and assurance assignments covering the manufacturing, financial services, real estate, infrastructure, and hospitality sectors. Prior to joining JSW Ventures, he was associated with Deloitte Haskins & Sells LLP.
At JSW Venture, he leads the finance and compliance function.
He is a Chartered Accountant and also holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from Mumbai University.
Advisors

Exec. Chairman, Tenthpin Management Consultants
- Co-founded Turos Capital a specialised finance boutique that supports European healthcare companies with venture capital and advisory services.
- Co-founded and now chairs Tenthpin Management Consultants, a global management consulting firm with deep expertise in the life sciences sector

Ex-Vice Chairman, Citigroup Asia Pacific
- Last served as Vice-Chairman of banking, capital markets and advisory for Asia Pacific region and as Head of Citi India
- Successfully built Citi's Investment Banking business in India, and took Citi to its current leadership position, having led numerous landmark global M&A and equity transactions
Testimonals
“Indus OS' vision to empower a billion Indian users with a smartphone ecosystem of their choice has received a huge boost by having JSW Ventures as our new investors. We are extremely excited to have JSW Ventures on board, who share our belief in technology that drives innovation to create the future. The team at JSW Ventures understand the challenges of start-ups and help entrepreneurs to accelerate the user growth. The JSW Ventures' team has continuously provided strategic guidance and on-ground support to help our business reach its true potential. It has been an absolute pleasure to work closely with their team so far, and I look forward to a long and fruitful association with them as we connect a billion smartphone users.”
Rakesh Deshmukh, Co-founder - Indus OS