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    z21 Ventures

    San Francisco, California, United StatesFounded 2022

    z21 Ventures is a community-driven early-stage venture capital fund partnering with technology founders at the pre-seed and seed stage across the India-US corridor, focusing on AI and deep tech. Backed by a 205+ member community of operators and executives, it provides proprietary deal flow and go-to-market support to portfolio companies.

    Deal activity increased 50% year-over-year (3 deals in the last 12 months). Their most common stage is seed (50% of deals). Average disclosed round size is $8.6M (across 16 rounds with reported amounts).

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    Portfolio

    12

    Fund Size

    $40M

    Top Stage

    Seed

    Last 12 Mo

    3

    Team

    Abhinav Shashank

    Abhinav Shashank

    Co-founder & General Partner

    Jyotika Gupta

    Jyotika Gupta

    Co-founder & Partner

    Raj Shekhar Singh

    Raj Shekhar Singh

    Co-founder & General Partner

    Sudarshan Ravi Jha

    Sudarshan Ravi Jha

    Co-founder & Partner

    Shachi Shah

    Shachi Shah

    Principal

    Udit Batish

    Udit Batish

    Analyst

    Tony Hu

    Tony Hu

    Legal Counsel

    Portfolio Breakdown

    Stage Distribution

    Sector Distribution

    Investment Activity

    DealsAvg Round Size

    Portfolio

    18 investments
    CompanyRoundAmountDate
    Risa logoRisaSeries A—Jan 2026
    RRisa LabsSeries A$11.1MJan 2026
    HHen TechnologiesSeries A$20MDec 2025
    Risa logoRisaSeed$3.5MApr 2025
    TThe Energy CompanySeries A$2MFeb 2025
    TThe Energy CompanySeries A$2MJan 2025
    Greenjets logoGreenjetsSeries A$40MJan 2024
    Coverself logoCoverselfSeed—Nov 2023
    RapidFlare logoRapidFlareSeed$2.4M—
    Relixir logoRelixirSeed$2M—
    Risa logoRisaSeed$3.5M—
    Develo logoDeveloUnknown$14M—
    Hosted·ai logoHosted·aiSeed$19M—
    Gimbal Space logoGimbal SpaceSeed$1.2M—
    RRisa LabsSeed$3.5M—
    HHen TechnologiesSeed$8M—
    HHen TechnologiesGrant$1M—
    Coverself logoCoverselfUnknown$4.8M—

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    Last updated: 20 October 2026