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1Crowd is an early-stage venture capital firm and equity investment platform based in Mumbai, India, that connects high-net-worth individuals and institutional buyers with promising startups. Operating a co-investment model, the firm manages SEBI-registered Alternative Investment Funds that deploy capital alongside a proprietary network of individual investors. The organization operates with approximately 26 employees and maintains an active investor network of over 2,000 members who participate in curated deals starting at $10,000. 1Crowd has backed more than 50 portfolio companies across sectors such as deeptech, enterprise software, and healthcare, and recently targeted a $30 million corpus for its second venture fund. The firm's investment portfolio features recognizable startups such as NuReCA, Mynvax, Vituscare, and Zipgrid. 1Crowd was founded in 2015 by Amit Ratanpal, Anil Gudibande, Anup Kuruvilla, and Natasha Kothari.
Key people at 1Crowd.
1Crowd was founded by Anup Kuruvilla (Co Founder) and Anil Gudibande (Co Founder).
Key people at 1Crowd.
1Crowd was founded by Anup Kuruvilla (Co Founder) and Anil Gudibande (Co Founder).
| Date | Company | Round | Lead Investor(s) | Co-Investor(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 10, 2025 | Policy Exchange | $1.5M Pre-Series B | 1Crowd, True Blue Holding, VLS Finance Group | — |
| Sep 25, 2025 | Akashalabdhi | $1.2M Pre-Seed | — | Romesh Sobti, Suraj Nalin, Uday Chatterjee, Riceberg Ventures |
| Apr 16, 2024 | Vituscare | $2.7M Series A | Rohini Prakash | 3i Partners |
| Aug 24, 2023 | Rocketium | $5.3M Other Equity | Tenacity Ventures | Blume Ventures, Emergent Ventures |
| Dec 8, 2021 | goStops | $1.0M Pre-Series A | Chandran Krishnan | Rohit Chanana, Sheshank Verma, Chandigarh Angels Network, Uday Chatterjee, Lead Angels, Nandini Mansinghka, Sid Yog |
| Jul 30, 2021 | Rocketium | $3.2M Series A | — | Blume Ventures, Ankur Jain |
| Jul 19, 2021 | Mynvax | $4.1M Series A | Mahendran Balachandran | Kotak Investment Advisors |
| Mar 24, 2021 | Voiro | $1.8M Pre-Series A | Krishnakumar Natarajan | Anup Kuruvilla |
| Sep 30, 2020 | Infilect | $1.5M Pre-Series A | Girichandra Kuchangi, Parthasarathy N.S. | Lakshmi Narayanan |
| May 26, 2020 | Hoi Foods | $2.0M Pre-Series A | 1Crowd | Jaideep Mehta, Mukund Kulashekaran, Samar Singla, AngelList, Sprout Venture Partners |
| Jun 15, 2018 | Smoodies (Muddy Puddle Foods Pvt Ltd) | $500K Pre-Series A | 1Crowd, Brand Capital | — |
| Nov 22, 2017 | Nuvepro | $400K Seed | Anup Kuruvilla | — |
