VC fund · Seattle / Bengaluru
Capria Ventures
Seattle and Bengaluru VC backing seed-stage Indian startups
8Indian companies
1Exits
3StopDown stories
About Capria Ventures
Capria Ventures runs India-focused seed funds and has had Indian operations since 2012. Its India Opportunity Fund closed at Rs 153 crore to back breakout companies from earlier funds, and India Fund III targeted $100 million.
Investment thesis
- India Fund III targets 25-30 seed and pre-Series A startups
- Average cheque planned at $500,000 to $2 million
- India Opportunity Fund follows on in winners from Funds I and II
Stages
Typical cheque: $0.5-2M
Team
SMSurya ManthaManaging Partner
SRSrikrishna RamamoorthyVenture Partner
Funds
- India Opportunity Fund · Rs 153 crore · India, follow-on
- India Fund III (2024) · $100M target · India
Indian portfolio
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- AW
AwignAcquiredMajority stake bought by Mynavi; Capria exited fully
- BE
BetterPlace
- CU
CuemathEdtech
- ED
EduvanzFintech
- MS
Masai SchoolEdtech
- SA
Shamrock AIAI & Deep Tech · in at Seed · 2026 - TAThirdAI AutomationAI & Deep Tech · in at Seed · 2026 · Led
- WIWiffyEnterprise Software & IT · in at Series A · 2026Series A follow-on in July 2026
India-based companies only. Linked names have a StopDown page; the rest link up on their own as soon as we cover them.
Capria Ventures in the news
- SA
Shamrock AI · Funding · 15 October 2026 · $5MShamrock AI raises $5M seed roundShamrock AI is building an agentic assurance platform that helps large enterprises check and control the AI systems they deploy - WIWiffy · Funding · 23 July 2026 · $3MWiffy raises $3M Series A to expand AI workforce managementWiffy provides post-sales installation and field services for consumer durable brands through an AI SaaS platform
- TAThirdAI Automation · Funding · 10 February 2026 · $3MThirdAI Automation raises USD 3M to scale causal AI platform for semiconductor manufacturingThirdAI Automation builds a causal AI platform to help semiconductor manufacturers identify root causes of equipment failures quickly
Sources: seedtable.com · yourstory.com · inc42.com · news.ventureintelligence.com · checked 2026-10-18