This is ah! Ventures’ 73rd investment taking its total investment portfolio to INR 208 CR (~29 MN US$) with 10 exits to date. With 10 investments to date in 2021, we plan to do 50+ investments in 2021 totaling INR 150+ CR (~21MN US$).
ah! Ventures have invested in Women’s Nourishment Startup Nutrizoe through its First Gear Platform. This is ah! Ventures’ 73rd investment taking its total investment portfolio to INR 208 CR (~29 MN US$) with 10 exits to date. With 10 investments to date in 2021, we plan to do 50+ investments in 2021 totaling INR 150+ CR (~21MN US$).
Nutrizoe is a Women-led brand launched after deeply understanding the needs and issues faced by women across her lifecycle. Their vision is to provide Healthy, Delicious, Ready Consume formats as alternative medicine.
The company focuses on providing adequate nutrition to address issues faced by women from puberty to menopause. The target audiences are tech-savvy millennials and Gen Z. All their food formats are modern and functional yet appealing in taste and texture. Their first offering is “Lactobites – India’s First Lactation Aiding Bars” to resolve a major & global issue of breastfeeding. The bars are Clean, Plant-Based, No Preservatives, No Chemicals, No added sugar and are formulated along with food experts & doctors. Not only this the bars are scientifically designed while keeping the RDA of a lactating mother in mind, but the bars are also loaded with the goodness of rich Indian Superfoods. Since its launch, the company has to date served more than 10,000+ mothers in solving their issue of breastfeeding.
The founders are excited to make a difference in this space and stated, “A big thank you to ah! Ventures for believing in us. Women do need special attention and care and when it comes to nourishment, a curated approach in her nutrition is required to address her needs. We are thankful for an overwhelming response to our flagship product and for helping us to take the very first solution not only in every nook and corner of India but global as well.”
“We are equally proud to make this as Bharat’s product. It’s equally heartening to see that our stakeholders uphold the same belief. The journey started with the Lactation bars for new mothers. Happy to say now that new mothers can focus on their child now and leave nourishment to us.”, they added.
Amit Kumar, Partner, ah! Ventures says, “We simply love what the team at Nutrizoe is doing. They are solving an important problem and we are sure lot of women will benefit from the current and future products. This space has massive potential and we are sure with the founding team’s passion coupled with their execution abilities, Nutrizoe will be a huge success.”
ah! Ventures is one of the world’s largest fundraising platforms for early-stage startups raising up to 10 MN USD. ah! Ventures has three platforms: First Gear, which helps startups raise upto 1 CR, Angel Platform, which helps startups raise up to 1 MN USD and High Tables Platform, which helps startups raise 1-10 MN USD. Today ah! First Gear, Angel and High Tables platforms have over 70000+ entrepreneurs, 2000+ seed/angel investors and over 1000 VCs & institutional investors registered with it. ah! First Gear, Angel and High Tables platforms till date have invested INR 208 CR (~29 MN USD) in 57 startups and 73 investments and have announced 10 exits.
Source: Business World
