Inuka Capital invests the first check into your company, often as the lead. We invest up to $750K.

We have been founders ourselves, having started 5 companies between us, with two cash exits. We aim to be close partners that help founders build enduring companies.

Existing portfolio companies include Apnibus, Armatrix, Aspera Industries, Modus, On Arrival, Pazy, Propacity. We were first term sheet or first check into all of these. You can view our full portfolio at Portfolio.

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If you're a founder who'd like to chat about your business, please send us a note at pitch [at] inuka.vc.

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If you'd like to get in touch for anything else, we're at hello [at] inuka.vc.

About the GPs

Gautam & Raj are the GPs of Inuka Capital. Both of us have spent the majority of the last 15 years building companies.

We have been founders, having started 5 companies between us, with two cash exits to private equity. We have also been early angel investors in several startups in India.

• Gautam: Founded a consumer internet startup called AudioCompass in 2011. Raised seed funding from Blume Ventures. Built the business over 6 years, got to profitability, but eventually decided to shut it down because we were not hitting venture scale. After AudioCompass, was the first international hire at Quora, and started the international team at Skillshare. Gautam has been angel investing since 2011 and ran On Deck’s accelerator fund in India just before starting Inuka Capital with Raj.
• Raj: 4x founder - first two companies were B2C, both failed. Company 3, Recruiterbox, ended up being part of the first cohort of breakout SaaS companies from India. Bootstrapped to several million $ ARR and then sold to a private equity firm. Used the proceeds from that sale to acquire a flatlining company (Company 4 - Flydata), turned that company around, and eventually sold to a direct competitor.

About the fund

• Do you lead?
• What is your check size and stage focus?
• Do you have a sector and geo focus?
• Do you co-invest / participate if I already have a lead investor?
• What if I’ve raised money before?
• How do you add value beyond the money?
• Why is the fund called Inuka Capital?

I’m a founder - How do I get in touch to pitch my business?