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In 2014 September, as part of his Zero to One book launch promotion campaign, Peter Thiel did an AMA (ask me anything) with Forbes’s subscribers. In that AMA, he was asked about the most important and influential book he had read. Strangely, the book Thiel mentioned wasn’t a…

Blume has always been a deep believer in a partnership model, assisting its portfolio companies and investors – by building deeper engagement across the lifecycle of the relationship. As Blume kicks off its second decade, it has made two new hires to the Platform…

Blume Ventures, one of India’s leading early stage venture capital firms, announced its founder network initiative – Blume Founders Fund, a carve out program that utilizes 1 – 2% of the core investment funds. The program will invest a range of $25K to $100K depending…

In February 2020, just before the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, we announced the close of our third fund at $102 million. As we come to the…

This is the formal Press Release that we issued today announcing the final close of FundIII. Accompanying picture issued with the Press Release. India’s leading homegrown early-stage venture capital firm, Blume Ventures, has announced the final…

*** APPLICATIONS FOR THIS ROLE ARE NOW CLOSED. *** If you are passionate about brand-building and communication, and are curious about startups and venture capital, then you should apply to lead Marketing at Blume Ventures. The Marketing Lead…

In 2011, Karthik & Sanjay started Blume Ventures, with a view to back and help build transformational ventures from passionate founders. Along the way, this startup venture fund of ours has grown, across three funds and some intermediate ones, to a double-digit sized…

Mumbai, October 4, 2018 – India’s foremost homegrown early-stage venture capital firm, Blume Ventures, has completed the first close of its Third Fund. Reaching half of its $80 Mn target corpus and with commits from existing investors for another $20 Mn, Blume aims to achieve…

When Aprameya told me he had originally narrowed in on audio and rich media, targeted only at regional languages as the area that he wanted to solve for, I was elated. While there will be many winners in the space, I was glad that one of our breakout Fund I founders was…

On May 15^th, 2018, our portfolio company E2E Networks listed on the National Stock Exchange’s SME platform NSE Emerge. The IPO was cited by many observers and the startup press as a seminal moment in the young Indian startup ecosystem. It established that a hard-fought…

As the first investors in GreyOrange, and in every subsequent round, we are pleased to share that the warehousing automation and robotics startup has raised $140 million as part of its series C funding. Through these past 6 years, Blume has seen the company transform the…

Ethereal Machines is part of the broad of tools and machinery market. This, being ancillary to the manufacturing industry, is a very large market across the world. Just 3D printing machinery and supplies have an immense impact on manufacturing across the world and the market…

To add to the startup acquisition string by global tech giants, Bangalore based ​‘missed call’ marketing platform ZipDial has been acquired by Twitter. ZipDial becomes the first Indian technology product startup to be bought by Twitter at a cost of an approximate $34-$35…

TookiTaki has raised $1 million in seed funding led by Jungle Ventures with participation from Rebright Partners and Blume Ventures. TookiTaki is a Singaporean data analytics…

Pur​plle​.com, an online beauty and personal care site has raised its first round of institutional funding from IvyCap Ventures. They will utilize this money to scale up its service business and spread…

Sanjay Nath, Co-founder and Managing Partner, Blume Ventures The Indian startup eco-system is evolving at a fast pace with positive sentiments in the country post General Elections. The macro-economic situation is changing due to several initiatives taken by the new…

Bangalore based enterprise mobility solutions company Nivaata Systems Pvt Ltd has received an investment in a pre-series A round funding. The amount stays undisclosed. The funding has been lead by Vamm Capital and Blume Ventures, the former being an investment and real…

Payment collection platform Instamojo has launched an app store that provides users with a suite of apps to simplify online selling and collection of payments. Find out what other apps they have developed, what you have to do to avail their service and lots more in the world…

Exotel has been at the receiving end of many rumours lately. Specially the one about them closing down. This article breaks their silence, explains the real story and letting people where the rumours came from, why they got so vitriolic, and what is the true…

In the recent times, India has witnessed remarkable rise of VC funds. The early-stage investment to the start-ups, disbursed by them, has relieved the later to a great extent. While talking to e27, Sanjay Nath, Co-founder and Managing Director of VC…