Nexus Venture Partners is a U.S.–India early-stage venture capital firm founded in 2006, backing product-first founders at seed and Series A across transformative AI, consumer, fintech, and enterprise software. Its most recent vehicle, Fund VIII, closed at $700 million in 2025, bringing total capital under management to approximately $3.2 billion across all funds.
Average disclosed round size is $43.3M (across 322 rounds with reported amounts).
Portfolio
193
Fund Size
$700M
Top Stage
Series A
Last 12 Mo
15
Team
Abhishek Sharma
Partner
Anup Gupta
Partner
Jishnu B.
Partner
Pratik Poddar
Partner
Arjun Gandhi
Principal
Amrut Rajkarne
AI & Tech Investor
Anand Datta
Investor
Manav Shah
Investor
Utkarsh M.
Early-stage investor
Vaishak Prashanth
Investor
Portfolio Breakdown
Stage Distribution
Sector Distribution
Investment Activity
Portfolio
| Company | Round | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
 Firecrawl | Series B | $75M | Sep 2026 |
 Freehand | Seed | $75M | Jul 2026 |
 TensorWave | Series B | $350M | Jun 2026 |
 Rapido | Series D | $240M | May 2026 |
 Avoca | Series B | — | Apr 2026 |
 Verse8 | Seed | $5M | Apr 2026 |
 Gumloop | Series B | $50M | Mar 2026 |
 Wootzwork | Series A | $6.6M | Feb 2026 |
 Pramaana Labs | Seed | $27M | Jan 2026 |
| Freehand | Growth | $75M | Jan 2026 |
 Snabbit | Series D | $56M | Jan 2026 |
 Plazza | Series A | $15M | Jan 2026 |
 Liquidnitro Games | Series A | $19.1M | Jan 2026 |
| WWootz.work | Series A | $6.6M | Jan 2026 |
 Naïve | Series A | $28.5M | Jan 2026 |
| OOpenObserve | Series A | $10M | Jan 2026 |
| FFinTax | Seed | — | Jan 2026 |
 Daloopa | Series C | $47M | Jan 2026 |
 Orkes | Series B | $60M | Jan 2026 |
 Multifactor | Seed | $15M | Dec 2025 |
 Flex | Series B | $60M | Dec 2025 |
 Ember | Seed | $4.3M | Nov 2025 |
 Giga | Series B | $61M | Nov 2025 |
| Snabbit | Series C | $30M | Oct 2025 |
 FurtherAI | Series A | $25M | Oct 2025 |
Top Co-Investors
Last updated: 27 September 2026