Born in Mumbai, Lightbox is a venture capital firm with $450 million in assets under management. We make concentrated bets on differentiated businesses that are building unique solutions for India's vast and highly-fragmented consumption market.
The team behind Lightbox represents one of the most successful track records in venture capital in India. For the last 12 years, we have invested in and built global technology businesses from India. Our past investments, operating as Sherpalo, included InMobi, Cleartrip and Info Edge.
A mix of entrepreneurs, technologists and investors, the Lightbox team has global operational and investing experience in consumer technology. The team has founded startups such as Cleartrip, Half.com, Evolv and also led functions at Google, eBay, Komli, IAC, Yahoo, Sony, Cleartrip, InMobi and NIIT.
The current portfolio includes Furlenco, Waycool, Cityflo, Zeno Health, Rebel Foods, Bombay Shirt Company, Amaha, Nua, Rupeek, Droom, Dunzo, Rooter and Melorra. In April 2019, portfolio company Embibe was acquired by Reliance Jio for $180 million.
Industry
Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals, Clothes, cotton, Clothing and footwear, Textiles, Clothing, Leather, Watchmaking, Jewellery, Clothes, wool, Clothes, mixed fibres, Clothes by fabric, Clothes, linen, Clothes, imitation fur, Clothes, silk
HQ Location
Lower Parel
Mumbai, 400013, IN
Keywords
We are one stop for textile solutions.venture capitalESGtechnologyconsumptionoperationsand consumer technologyconsumptioconsumer technology