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Investment Industry Landscape of India

4,200 Investment Industry companies in India, in one picture: who is hiring, who is raising money, who founded them, where they are based, what the news is about and which skills employers want. Updated August 2026.

4,200companies tracked
$1.3Bdisclosed funding
199hiring right now
883events · 24 months
1,410,019news articles · 12 months

Who leads Investment Industry in India

Shows the top investment firms in India by size, funding, hiring activity and media coverage, noting 4,200 tracked companies, 199 currently hiring and 38 recent funding rounds.

open roles
Hiring now
ranked by live open roles
  1. 01Lotus Partners8last posted Jun 2026
  2. 02WISE6last posted Aug 2026
  3. 03Fiscaleye6last posted May 2026
  4. 04GetFive6last posted Aug 2026
  5. 05Tata AIA Life Insurance4last posted Jul 2026
  6. 06SandV Capitals4last posted Jul 2026
  7. 07Saascorp4last posted Jul 2026
  8. 08Univesto4last posted Jan 2026
199 companies hiring · 46 posted in the last 30 days
disclosed funding
Most funded
disclosed totals, all rounds
  1. 01National Highways Infra Trust$666.3MSeries D · Mar 2025
  2. 02Interise World$122.3MGrant (prize money) · Apr 2022
  3. 03NDR InvIT Trust$106MPost IPO · Feb 2024
  4. 04Ambit$100.4MSeries B · Jul 2023
  5. 05Dvara Holdings$48.3MPE · Sep 2018
  6. 06Alpha Alternatives$36.8MSeries B · Sep 2022
  7. 07Geojit$31.2MPost IPO · Apr 2016
  8. 08InCred Holdings$28.8MAngel · Jun 2025
38 companies with disclosed rounds · $1.3B total
revenue
Revenue leaders
official filings first, else latest snapshot
  1. 01Mahansaria Group$140.7MFY2024 filing
  2. 02Catamaran$107.3MFY2023 filing
  3. 03PhillipCapital$47.7MFY2023 filing
  4. 04Yogesh Agencies & Investment$39.3MFY2017 filing
  5. 05Prudentarc$27MFY2024 filing
  6. 06Almondz$20.1MFY2021 filing
  7. 07Almondz Global Securities$20.1MFY2021 filing
  8. 08Eureka Stock and Share Broking Services$19.9MFY2017 filing
126 companies with a revenue figure
headcount
Largest teams
ranked by tracked headcount
  1. 01Tata AIA Life Insurance14,528tracked employees
  2. 02Annveshan6,093tracked employees
  3. 03Geojit2,568tracked employees
  4. 04Onesource Ideas Venture2,454tracked employees
  5. 05Mahansaria Group472tracked employees
  6. 06PhillipCapital422tracked employees
  7. 07hager electro pvt. ltd350tracked employees
  8. 08Aranca345tracked employees
73 companies with headcount data
share of events
Share of voice
share of all tracked sector news events, 24 months
  1. 01Thought Factory46.8%614 tracked events
  2. 02DAM Capital13.7%180 tracked events
  3. 03Tata AIA Life Insurance2.7%36 tracked events
  4. 04Welspun One2.3%30 tracked events
  5. 05Geojit2.2%29 tracked events
  6. 06Cube Highways Trust2.1%27 tracked events
  7. 07ICRA1.3%17 tracked events
  8. 08Ahm Investments1.3%17 tracked events
1,311 tracked events across 98 companies
articles
In the news
Prism news coverage, last 12 months
  1. 01Thought Factory3,507articles in the window
  2. 02ICRA1,804articles in the window
  3. 03Federal Bank750articles in the window
  4. 04IIFL Capital202articles in the window
  5. 05IIFL Fintech Fund161articles in the window
  6. 06Blume Founders Fund145articles in the window
  7. 07Geojit87articles in the window
  8. 08Indian Angel Network79articles in the window
24 of these companies drew sector coverage in the window
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How the Investment Industry ecosystem in India grew, 2016–2025

Displays annual company formation counts from 2016‑2025, highlighting a peak of 227 new firms in 2021 and 71 in 2025.

Companies founded / year
new Investment Industry companies in India
2016: 1772017: 1902018: 1912019: 1962020: 2162021: 2272022: 1792023: 1872024: 1652025: 71
20162025
peak 227 in 2021
Companies raising / year
with a disclosed round that year
20162025
peak 8 in 2023
Disclosed funding / year
sum of disclosed rounds (USD)
2016: 55,274,6602017: 21,132,4902018: 4,867,9322019: 129,448,3282020: 13,397,5212021: 218,170,6752022: 23,353,1092023: 47,257,1762024: 357,282,9132025: 292,804,405
20162025
peak $357.3M in 2024

Where Investment Industry companies in India are based

Mumbai skyline — Investment Industry hub in India
Hub 01
Mumbai
1,102 Investment Industry companies
34% of the Investment Industry companies across these hubs
1,102companies
$375.8Mdisclosed funding
58hiring now
Photo Wikipedia · Mumbai · CC BY-SA 4.0
Delhi skyline — Investment Industry hub in India
Hub 02
Delhi
644 Investment Industry companies
20% of the Investment Industry companies across these hubs
644companies
$669.4Mdisclosed funding
29hiring now
Photo Wikipedia · Delhi · CC BY-SA 4.0
Bengaluru skyline — Investment Industry hub in India
Hub 03
Bengaluru
399 Investment Industry companies
12% of the Investment Industry companies across these hubs
399companies
$884kdisclosed funding
21hiring now
Photo Wikipedia · Bangalore · CC BY-SA 4.0
Kolkata skyline — Investment Industry hub in India
Hub 04
Kolkata
399 Investment Industry companies
12% of the Investment Industry companies across these hubs
399companies
4hiring now
Photo Wikipedia · Kolkata · CC BY-SA 4.0
Hyderabad skyline — Investment Industry hub in India
Hub 05
Hyderabad
199 Investment Industry companies
6% of the Investment Industry companies across these hubs
199companies
$3.4Mdisclosed funding
10hiring now
Photo Wikipedia · Hyderabad · CC BY-SA 4.0
Chennai skyline — Investment Industry hub in India
Hub 06
Chennai
188 Investment Industry companies
6% of the Investment Industry companies across these hubs
188companies
$170.7Mdisclosed funding
6hiring now
Photo Wikipedia · Chennai · CC BY-SA 4.0
Gurugram skyline — Investment Industry hub in India
Hub 07
Gurugram
161 Investment Industry companies
5% of the Investment Industry companies across these hubs
161companies
$96kdisclosed funding
14hiring now
Photo Wikipedia · Gurgaon · CC BY-SA 4.0
Ahmedabad skyline — Investment Industry hub in India
Hub 08
Ahmedabad
146 Investment Industry companies
5% of the Investment Industry companies across these hubs
146companies
$3Mdisclosed funding
8hiring now
Photo Wikipedia · Ahmedabad · CC BY-SA 4.0

The Investment Industry market map of India: what these companies actually do

Breaks down the sector’s product types and revenue models, with social impact funds (51) and corporate accelerators (37) as the largest sub‑categories, and fee‑for‑service as the most common revenue model.

The biggest kinds of Investment Industry company, by how many we track.

Social Impact Funds — a Investment Industry sub-vertical
Sub-vertical 01
Social Impact Funds
51 companies
51companies
6hiring
Corporate Accelerators — a Investment Industry sub-vertical
Sub-vertical 02
Corporate Accelerators
37 companies
37companies
2hiring
Enterprise Tech — a Investment Industry sub-vertical
Sub-vertical 03
Enterprise Tech
17 companies
17companies
$26.7Mraised
1hiring
Nbfc Lenders — a Investment Industry sub-vertical
Sub-vertical 04
Nbfc Lenders
12 companies
12companies
$68.1Mraised
4hiring
Consumer Digital — a Investment Industry sub-vertical
Sub-vertical 05
Consumer Digital
11 companies
11companies
$62kraised
1hiring
Fintech — a Investment Industry sub-vertical
Sub-vertical 06
Fintech
9 companies
9companies
$163kraised
1hiring
Investment Tech — a Investment Industry sub-vertical
Sub-vertical 07
Investment Tech
9 companies
9companies
$163kraised
1hiring
Pension Funds — a Investment Industry sub-vertical
Sub-vertical 08
Pension Funds
7 companies
7companies
  • Social Impact Funds51 companies · 6 hiring
  • Corporate Accelerators37 companies · 2 hiring
  • Enterprise Tech17 companies · $26.7M raised · 1 hiring
  • Nbfc Lenders12 companies · $68.1M raised · 4 hiring
  • Consumer Digital11 companies · $62k raised · 1 hiring
  • Fintech9 companies · $163k raised · 1 hiring
  • Investment Tech9 companies · $163k raised · 1 hiring
  • Pension Funds7 companies

Monetization

How Investment Industry companies make money

How many companies earn revenue each way. Plenty use more than one model, so the counts add up to more than the sector.

Fee-For-Service3,487
Commission on Transaction1,217
Advertising498
E-Commerce - Service480
Subscription266
E-Commerce - Product37
Physical Commerce28
Lending17

Funding, M&A and the deals moving Investment Industry in India

Counts 883 corporate events over the past two years, including 386 earnings releases, 64 lawsuits, 64 key‑person changes, 63 mergers and 63 asset acquisitions.

Earnings 386Lawsuit 64Leadership 64M&A 63Assets 63IPO 46Product 42Funds Raising 29Announcement 29Funding 26
  • M&AFederal Bank said it agreed to acquire a select credit card portfolio of around 4.5 lakh cards from Standard Chartered Bank, India, comprising customers with standalone card relationships.2026-05-01
  • M&AQ4 acquires Virtua Research2026-04-16
  • IPOCube Highways Trust (CUBEINVI IN) (CHT) plans to raise around US$538m in its upcoming Hong Kong IPO. The deal will be run by Kotak, HSBC, JM and HDFC.2026-03-31
  • FundingNDR InvIT announced raising Rs 410 crore through the issuance of bonds primarily for the acquisition of logistics and warehousing portfolio across key markets in the country.2026-03-26
  • M&AIndia’s banking sector has witnessed a wave of strategic deals and consolidation since Axis Bank’s acquisition of Citibank’s consumer business in 2022 for around Rs 11,600 crore2026-03-23
  • M&Ahas acquired Whoppl, one of India’s fastest-growing creator and digital-first marketing companies.2026-03-18
  • M&AClover Media has acquired 3.54 lakh shares (equivalent to 0.5 percent of paid‑up equity) at Rs 164.95 per share, valued at Rs 5.83 crore.2026-02-12
  • M&AGo Raw sold to USK Capital 01.19.2026 By Brooke Just2026-02-06
  • M&ALKP Finance Ltd., a listed financial services company, is reshaping its identity and business model as it acquires a strategic stake in digital gifting and rewards platform Gyftr (Vouchagram Private Limited)2026-01-07
  • M&AIn late 2013, the company sold its PBM business to Catamaran for $410 million.2026-01-01

Mergers and acquisitions

Deals from the last 24 months where a Investment Industry company in India was the buyer or the one bought, newest first. “Undisclosed” means the price was never published — not that the deal was worth nothing.

AcquirerTargetDeal valueStatusDate
Federal BankStandard Chartered BankundisclosedAnnounced2026-05-02
q4VirtuaresearchundisclosedAnnounced2026-04-16
Thought FactoryCitibank’s consumer businessundisclosedCompleted2026-03-23
Think9WhopplundisclosedAnnounced2026-03-19
kotak mahindra bankThought FactoryundisclosedRumored2026-02-21
Clover MediaDAM CapitalundisclosedCompleted2026-02-12

Who is listing, hiring leaders, launching and winning work

Details notable events such as IPO filings, leadership changes, product launches and contract wins for companies in the sector.

IPO pipeline
11 companies listed or filing · last 24 months
Leadership moves
32 tracked people moves · last 12 months
  • Federal BankVenkatraman Venkateswaran · Resignation — was Chief Financial OfficerApr 2026
  • Federal BankManikandan M · Appointment → Chief Financial OfficerApr 2026
  • Thought FactoryAmitabh Chaudhry · Appointment → Managing Director and Chief Executive OfficerApr 2026
  • NeoLivChandan Kar · Appointment → Chief Marketing OfficerApr 2026
  • NeoLivHarshwardhan Prasad · Promotion → Executive Director (National P&L Head)Apr 2026
  • SanchiConnectVijay Bawra · Appointment → Vice President – New Initiatives & GrowthApr 2026
  • Bharti Family OfficeRohan Pewekar · Appointment → CEOApr 2026
  • Thought FactoryAmruta Fadnavis · Resignation — was Senior Vice PresidentFeb 2026
Product launches
tracked launches · last 12 months
Contract wins
8 customer wins · last 24 months
Regulatory & litigation
44 regulatory events · 44 tracked suits · 24 months
  • Thought Factoryapproved reappointment of Subrat Mohanty — Reserve Bank of IndiaApr 2026
  • LKP Financeapproved in-principle for issue and allotment of bonus equity shares — BSE LimitedFeb 2026
  • LKP Financeset record date March 06 2026 and deemed allotment date March 09 2026 — SEBI CircularFeb 2026
  • LKP Financeapproved for issuance via postal ballotFeb 2026
  • Lopez Group majority v First Gen, Prime Infrastructuredispute over poison pill provisions in asset deals · OngoingApr 2026
  • as you sow v secShareholder proposal regulationMar 2026
Earnings pulse
companies reporting results · last 24 months
50 companies reporting376 company-quarters trackedbeat 20miss 20in line 5

Half of these companies grew revenue faster than +9.9%, half slower.

Who is building Investment Industry in India

Profiles 2,118 founders and CEOs, noting frequent alma maters like IIM Calcutta (30) and common prior employers such as Goldman Sachs (11).

Founders and chief executives12 of 2,118, from the best-funded companies on this page

Ex- National Highways Authority of India, Ministry of Road Transport & Highways. Motilal Nehru National Institute Of Technology MTech 1991…

Pawan Kant
CEO
Pawan Kant

Ex-Kalpataru Power Transmission, Tata Realty And Infrastructure, Hindustan Construction Company…

Krishnan Subramanian
CEO
Krishnan Subramanian

Ex-Co-Founder Saddle Point Solutions, Tarkena Consultants, Aurion Aviation Advisors, Bahrain Saudi Bank.

Animesh Kumar
Managing Director
Animesh Kumar

Managing Director & Group Head - Strategy, Transformation & Talent - Ambit Private Limited

Samir Shah
Co-Founder & Executive Vice Chairman
Samir Shah
repeat founder

Ex-CEO NCDEX, FICCI. Maharashtra Institute of Technology BE 1990, Symbiosis Institute of Business Management MBA 1993

Prashant Kothari
Co-Founder & CEO & Director
Prashant Kothari

Ex-Dymon Asia Capital, Ashiana Capital, Geosphere Capital Advisors · Shri Ram College of Commerce (SRCC) BCom 1990, MCom 1992

C George
Founder & Managing Director
C George

Ex-Kerala Infrastructure Fund Management, ASSOCHAM, CUSAT.

Bhupinder Singh
Founder, CEO & Director
Bhupinder Singh
repeat founder

Founder-InCred · Ex-Deutsche Bank · Bhopal University BE 1996, IIMAhmedabad MBA 1999

Ex-Sesa Seat. Narsee Monjee College of Commerce and Economics 1995

Manoj Mittal
Managing Director
Manoj Mittal

Ex-IFCI, Krisons Electronic Systems. Kamla Nehru Institute of Technology, Sultanpur BTech 1988

Piyush Thakkar
CEO
Piyush Thakkar

Ex-Marsh, ICICI Venture, Reliance Infocomm, Nitin Shingala & Co. Pandit Ravishankar Shukla University B.Com 1996, ICAI CA 1998

Santosh Desai
Co-Founder & Director
Santosh Desai

CEO Futurebrands India, ex-McCann Erickson Worldwide, Mudra Communications, FCB Ulka. M S University BA 1983, IIM Ahmedabad PGDM 1985

Where the founders studied
alma mater on record for 296 of 2,118 founders
IIM Calcutta30
IIM Ahmedabad28
IIT Delhi27
Indian School of Business23
IIM Bangalore20
IIT Kanpur16
Harvard Business School14
IIT Kharagpur13
Where they worked before
a previous employer on record for 62 of 2,118 founders
Goldman Sachs11
McKinsey8
Microsoft7
Google6
Morgan Stanley6
Amazon5
Bain4
Intel3
Founders flagged as repeat founders
of 1,775 founders with a profile on this page
23
carry a repeat-founder flag
  • flagged as repeat founders23
  • no repeat-founder flag1,752
Women and men among the founders
first names matched for 1,698 of 2,118 founders
13%
of matched founders are women
  • women225
  • men1,473
Inferred from first names, using 119 million people who state their own gender: a first name counts only where at least 20 of them share it and at least 90% of those share the same gender. The other 420 founders go in neither column.
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Who funds Investment Industry in India

Summarizes 68 funding rounds since 2016 from 168 investors, with an average round size of $2.2 million.

Investor · most active investors since 2016RoundsLedLatest
CPP Investments3Mar 2025
Chandrasekhar Balagopal22Apr 2018
LeapFrog Investments22Sep 2018
360 One22Jan 2024
Accion21Sep 2018
Santosh Chandra21Mar 2021
Vaibhav Jaiswal21Mar 2021
Sandeep Kumar Jain21Mar 2021
Sanjay Sakhuja21Mar 2022
Madhu Silica21Jul 2025
Stage mix · rounds since 2016
Seed & Angel36
Series A–B16
Series C+ / PE8
Grants, debt & other8

The typical round is $2.2M — half were bigger, half smaller.

The biggest Investment Industry funding rounds in India

Highlights the largest disclosed round—National Highways Infra Trust’s $241.9 million Series D—and lists ten other large recent rounds.

CompanyRoundSizeWhenBackers
National Highways Infra TrustSeries D$241.9MMar 2025CPP Investments
National Highways Infra TrustSeries D$217.1MMay 2024CPP Investments
National Highways Infra TrustSeries D$207.3MNov 2021CPP Investments
Interise WorldSeries B$121.3MFeb 2019OMERS Infrastructure
AmbitSeries B$36.3MJul 2023Daiwa Securities Group
InCred HoldingsAngel$28.8MJun 2025Nithin Kamath, Nikhil Kamath
SIDBISeries C$24.5MMar 2024Green Climate Fund
Quantum AdvisorsSeries B$18MJul 2016HWIC Asia Fund
Alpha AlternativesSeries B$16.3MSep 2022
Alpha AlternativesSeries A$13.4MAug 2020Rajiv Kuchhal, Sanjeev Joshi, Prashant Kothari
Venture round sizes · 2023–2025
<$1M7
$1–10M9
$10–50M3
$50–250M2
>$250M0

21 venture rounds with a disclosed amount in the window.

Fresh cheques · last 6 months

What the news says about Investment Industry in India

Counts 1,410,019 news articles in the last year, with coverage focusing on geopolitical disputes, trade negotiations and related topics.

News volume
Investment Industry coverage across India · articles per quarter
2021Q2: 205,7102021Q3: 220,4022021Q4: 191,7332022Q1: 225,2592022Q2: 240,5302022Q3: 275,4612022Q4: 283,4512023Q1: 320,6932023Q2: 286,5052023Q3: 308,9042023Q4: 280,5232024Q1: 303,1082024Q2: 306,8682024Q3: 335,3732024Q4: 348,6722025Q1: 397,0582025Q2: 330,6462025Q3: 444,6032025Q4: 276,0522026Q1: 368,606
2021Q22026Q1
peak 444,603 in 2025Q3 · 1,410,019 articles in the last 12 tracked months
Tone of coverage
share of articles by dominant sentiment (positive / neutral / negative)
202120232025
Positive-tone share moved 60% → 61%, negative 33% → 27% across 2021–2025.

What the coverage is about

The subjects that dominate Investment Industry news in India. The arrow shows whether each one is being written about more or less than a year ago.

  • Geopolitical disputes and contested areas300,756▲+33%
  • International and transnational geographic entities300,737▲+33%
  • Administrative and political subdivisions300,681▲+33%
  • International sports competitions111,147→+1%
  • International political relations73,261▲+49%
  • New product launches and innovations61,710▲+28%
  • Cricket test matches55,331▲+13%
  • Strategic partnerships and collaborations54,133▲+35%
  • Political party dynamics50,319→+2%
  • Trade policies and agreements47,045▲+94%
Most-covered companies · last 12 months

24 Investment Industry companies here were named in the news over this period.

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Prism follows these subjects story by story — which companies are named, what is said about them and how the tone moves.

Momentum

The words getting louder — and quieter

Which terms are showing up in more stories than a year ago, and which are fading. The percentage is the change in how many articles mention them.

tariff negotiations+104%bilateral trade+89%trade dispute mechanisms+105%trade barrier reduction+84%trade facilitation commitments+96%countries+125%free trade deals+67%multilateral diplomacy+44%diplomatic strategies+62%bilateral trade imbalance+60%
odi cricket-38%limited overs cricket-38%odi tactics-36%odi series-37%odi rankings-38%

The pressures the press keeps returning to

Three recurring angles in India Investment Industry coverage, and whether each is getting more attention year on year (through 2025).

Regulatory Risk ▲ rising
1,874,340 articles touch this dimension · 43.7% critical tone
20212025
signals: territories, disputed islands, test cricket
Funding Momentum ▲ rising
253,143 articles touch this dimension · 48.9% critical tone
20212025
signals: pre-ipo valuation, ipo prospectus, ipo pricing
Growth ▲ rising
541,739 articles touch this dimension · 46.9% critical tone
20212025
signals: gdp growth rate, economic output growth, economic growth statistics

Investment Industry jobs in India: who is hiring and what they ask for

Reports 522 job postings from 141 firms in the past year, emphasizing skills like AWS, Python and financial modeling, and a median advertised salary of $7 k per year.

522postings · last 12 months
916postings tracked overall
141employers advertising
$7kmedian advertised salary/yr (n=39)

Demand

The Skills Employers Ask For

What Investment Industry employers in India put in their job ads. The bar is how many postings ask for it; the arrow shows whether demand grew or shrank against the year before.

  • aws100
  • python75
  • sql68
  • java58
  • financial modeling55
  • excel48
  • linux47
  • communication skills42
  • javascript42
  • windows40
What level are these roles?
Entry13
Intern39
Senior100
Lead59
Manager100
Most advertised titles
  • Unified Vision Capital - Leadership Role - Investor Relations3
  • Fincrime Operations Team Lead - Aml Investigations3
  • Specialist Software Architect3
  • Credit Analyst3
  • Specialist Professional Services Engineer3
  • Investment Analyst3
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About this data: built from Fliar's company, founder, funding, hiring, jobs and news trackers, covering India. Counts are of companies we track, not of every company that exists. Updated August 2026.
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