61 investors have funded 24 Life Sciences companies head-officed in Chennai, across 91 rounds (Jan 2007 – Apr 2025). They are ranked by how many Chennai companies in this market they have actually backed.
"In Chennai" describes the companies, not the investor: most of the money in any city comes from somewhere else, and the Where the money comes from section below shows exactly where it came from here.
Ranked by companies backed in this market and city, then by round count. "Led" counts rounds recorded with this investor as lead.
| # | Investor | Based in | Stages here | Companies | Rounds | Led | Latest | Portfolio total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | C-CAMP | Bengaluru, India | Seed | 2 | 3 | 3 | Nov 2021 | 46 |
| 2 | Ideaspring Capital | Bengaluru, India | UnattributedSeed | 2 | 3 | 2 | Apr 2025 | 31 |
| 3 | RTBI | Chennai, India | Seed | 2 | 2 | — | Jun 2020 | 46 |
| 4 | IITM Bioincubator | Chennai, India | Seed | 2 | 2 | 2 | Dec 2014 | 3 |
| 5 | Chiratae Ventures | Bengaluru, India | Series CSeries BSeries A | 1 | 9 | 4 | Apr 2017 | 155 |
| 6 | Erasmic Venture Fund | Bengaluru, India | Series BSeries ASeries C | 1 | 7 | 3 | Jun 2016 | 4 |
| 7 | Norwest Venture Partners | Menlo Park, United States | Series DSeries CSeries B | 1 | 6 | 6 | Jun 2016 | 446 |
| 8 | Shead Investment Holdings | Port Louis, Mauritius | Seed | 1 | 3 | 2 | Jul 2014 | 7 |
| 9 | Orbimed | New York City, United States | Series B | 1 | 2 | 2 | Mar 2024 | 422 |
| 10 | Peepul Capital | Port Louis, Mauritius | Series A | 1 | 2 | 2 | Jun 2014 | 26 |
| 11 | MG INDUSTRIAL HOLDINGS | Southfield, United States | SeedSeries A | 1 | 2 | 1 | Jan 2022 | 1 |
| 12 | Accel | Palo Alto, United States | Series C | 1 | 1 | — | Dec 2011 | 1,133 |
| 13 | Warburg Pincus | New York City, United States | PE | 1 | 1 | — | Apr 2024 | 331 |
| 14 | Climate Capital | San Francisco, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | May 2024 | 305 |
| 15 | Brand Capital | Mumbai, India | Seed | 1 | 1 | 1 | Jan 2007 | 251 |
| 16 | Helion Venture Partners | Gurugram, India | Series A | 1 | 1 | 1 | Feb 2013 | 76 |
| 17 | Artesian | New York City, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | 1 | Feb 2020 | 136 |
| 18 | Exor | Amsterdam, Netherlands | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | May 2024 | 97 |
| 19 | The Chennai Angels | Chennai, India | Angel | 1 | 1 | — | May 2012 | 90 |
| 20 | Pillar VC | Boston, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | May 2024 | 60 |
| 21 | Illumina | San Diego, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | May 2024 | 61 |
| 22 | Primarc | Kolkata, India | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Jan 2015 | 49 |
| 23 | Villgro | Chennai, India | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Jun 2015 | 50 |
| 24 | ACG Group | Mumbai, India | Seed | 1 | 1 | 1 | Jan 2015 | 30 |
| 25 | Life Extension Ventures | New York City, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | May 2024 | 25 |
| 26 | Trousdale Ventures | West Hollywood, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | May 2024 | 20 |
| 27 | Infuse Ventures | Ahmedabad, India | Seed | 1 | 1 | 1 | Mar 2014 | 15 |
| 28 | Startup India | Delhi, India | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Jun 2024 | 26 |
| 29 | Cornerstone Venture Partners Fund | Mumbai, India | Unattributed | 1 | 1 | 1 | Jun 2022 | 19 |
| 30 | RoundGlass | Bellevue, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | 1 | Aug 2016 | 14 |
| 31 | GoFrugal Technologies | Chennai, India | Seed | 1 | 1 | 1 | Jun 2023 | 10 |
| 32 | Hawktail | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | May 2024 | 20 | |
| 33 | Fulcrum PE | Chennai, India | Seed | 1 | 1 | 1 | Dec 2014 | 13 |
| 34 | Calcutta Angels | Kolkata, India | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Jan 2015 | 17 |
| 35 | BIRAC | Delhi, India | Seed | 1 | 1 | 1 | Mar 2021 | 15 |
| 36 | Kubos | Chennai, India | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Jun 2018 | 8 |
| 37 | Refex Capital | Chennai, India | Angel | 1 | 1 | — | Dec 2020 | 10 |
| 38 | AnD Ventures | Tel Aviv, Israel | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Jul 2021 | 10 |
| 39 | Anshul Specialty Molecules | Mumbai, India | Seed | 1 | 1 | 1 | Dec 2021 | 6 |
| 40 | CIE IIITH | Hyderabad, India | Seed | 1 | 1 | 1 | Mar 2023 | 12 |
| 41 | VIT-TBI | Vellore, India | Seed | 1 | 1 | 1 | Mar 2021 | 12 |
| 42 | Keiretsu Forum | Chennai, India | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Jun 2018 | 9 |
| 43 | Tenshi Life Sciences | Bengaluru, India | Seed | 1 | 1 | 1 | Feb 2021 | 5 |
| 44 | Techindia | Chennai, India | Seed | 1 | 1 | 1 | Jun 2020 | 6 |
| 45 | Mahindra Finance | Mumbai, India | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | May 2015 | 5 |
| 46 | Featherlite | Bengaluru, India | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Jun 2018 | 5 |
| 47 | Polaris Banyan Holdings | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Jun 2018 | 4 | |
| 48 | iThought | Chennai, India | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Jun 2023 | 3 |
| 49 | Bipin Vazirani Family Trust | Mumbai, India | Seed | 1 | 1 | 1 | Mar 2022 | 3 |
| 50 | Impres Health | Bengaluru, India | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Jun 2018 | 2 |
| 51 | Cellutions Biostorage | Chennai, India | Series B | 1 | 1 | — | Mar 2024 | 1 |
| 52 | Jagada Foundation Trust | Series A | 1 | 1 | — | Oct 2023 | 1 | |
| 53 | Invigo Softwares | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Apr 2025 | 1 | |
| 54 | Bellurbis | Austin, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Aug 2022 | 1 |
| 55 | Arka Operations | Chennai, India | Seed | 1 | 1 | 1 | Jun 2017 | 1 |
| 56 | Rela Hospitals | Seed | 1 | 1 | 1 | Sep 2023 | 1 | |
| 57 | Balaji Mariline | Delhi, India | Unattributed | 1 | 1 | 1 | Sep 2010 | 1 |
| 58 | Healthcare Asia | Singapore, Singapore | Series A | 1 | 1 | — | Jan 2022 | 1 |
| 59 | Acumen Aviation | Bengaluru, India | Unattributed | 1 | 1 | 1 | Oct 2014 | 1 |
| 60 | S A S Fininvest | Seed | 1 | 1 | 1 | Jul 2019 | 1 | |
| 61 | Urgo Medical | Chenove, France | Unattributed | 1 | 1 | — | Apr 2013 | 1 |
Head office of the investors on this page.
Rounds by stage — where in a company's life this money arrives.
Total disclosed size of each round, not one investor's share.
How active this market has been.
Life Sciences companies head-officed in Chennai that took money from these investors.
| Company | Backers | Rounds | Disclosed | Latest round |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fibsol fibsol.com |
9 | 9 | $2.6M | Angel Dec 2020 |
| Cache cache-dna.com |
7 | 7 | — | Seed May 2024 |
| Xcode Life xcode.in |
5 | 7 | $3.1M | Seed Aug 2016 |
| Symbionic symbionic.co |
5 | 5 | $1.2M | Seed Jun 2023 |
| Perfint Healthcare perfinthealthcare.com |
4 | 23 | $96.3M | Series D Apr 2017 |
| LifeCell lifecell.in |
4 | 5 | $82.3M | Series B Mar 2024 |
| Acrannolife acrannolife.com |
4 | 4 | $1.4M | Series A Oct 2023 |
| Karomi karomi.com |
3 | 4 | $4.6M | Unattributed Jun 2022 |
| Kriya kriyamed.com |
3 | 4 | $4.3M | Series A Jan 2022 |
| Tvaster Genkalp tvastergen.com |
3 | 3 | $3.8M | Seed Apr 2025 |
| Eucare Pharmaceuticals eucareindia.com |
3 | 3 | — | Series A Jan 2022 |
| Proviera proviera.com |
2 | 2 | $1.5M | Seed Mar 2014 |
| SustainEarth sustainearth.in |
2 | 2 | $35K | Seed Jun 2015 |
| CURA Healthcare cura.in |
1 | 2 | $15M | Series A Jun 2014 |
| Brio Bliss Life Science briobliss.com |
1 | 1 | $805.1K | Seed Dec 2014 |
| Cardiac Rhythm cardiacrhythm.in |
1 | 1 | $131.4K | Seed Jun 2020 |
| Cartosense cartosense.com |
1 | 2 | $126.1K | Seed Nov 2021 |
| Seagrass Tech seagrasstech.com |
1 | 1 | $79.9K | Seed Feb 2020 |
| Yaathum Biotech yaathumbiotech.com |
1 | 1 | $16K | Seed Dec 2014 |
| bEarly TechnoVations bearlytech.com |
1 | 1 | — | Seed Jun 2024 |
| Appasamy Associates appasamy.com |
1 | 1 | — | PE Apr 2024 |
| Sekkei Bio sekkeibio.com |
1 | 1 | — | Seed Feb 2021 |
| Curneu curneu.com |
1 | 1 | — | Seed Jun 2020 |
| Padmaseetha Technologies padmaseetha.com |
1 | 1 | — | Seed Mar 2023 |
| Date | Investor | Company | Stage | Round size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2025 | Ideaspring CapitalLED | Tvaster Genkalp | Seed | $1.3M |
| Apr 2025 | Invigo Softwares | Tvaster Genkalp | Seed | $1.3M |
| Jun 2024 | Startup India | bEarly TechnoVations | Seed | — |
| May 2024 | Pillar VC | Cache | Seed | — |
| May 2024 | Illumina | Cache | Seed | — |
| May 2024 | Exor | Cache | Seed | — |
| May 2024 | Hawktail | Cache | Seed | — |
| May 2024 | Climate Capital | Cache | Seed | — |
| May 2024 | Life Extension Ventures | Cache | Seed | — |
| May 2024 | Trousdale Ventures | Cache | Seed | — |
| Apr 2024 | Warburg Pincus | Appasamy Associates | PE | — |
| Mar 2024 | OrbimedLED | LifeCell | Series B | $22.1M |
| Mar 2024 | Cellutions Biostorage | LifeCell | Series B | $22.1M |
| Oct 2023 | Jagada Foundation Trust | Acrannolife | Series A | $665.6K |
| Sep 2023 | Rela HospitalsLED | Tvaster Genkalp | Seed | $1.3M |
| Jun 2023 | GofrugalLED | Symbionic | Seed | $487.5K |
| Jun 2023 | iThought | Symbionic | Seed | $487.5K |
| Mar 2023 | CIE IIITHLED | Padmaseetha Technologies | Seed | — |
| Aug 2022 | Bellurbis | Acrannolife | Seed | $424.8K |
| Jun 2022 | Ideaspring Capital | Karomi | Unattributed | $2M |
Life Sciences investors in other cities
Other markets in Chennai
Individual angels in the same market