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About Mela Ventures

Investor type

VC firm

First check

$2M to $4M

Lead

Always

Themes

enterprise
life sciences cybersecurity
weapons
therapeutics
computer vision
cell therapy
drugs
lifescience
genAI
deep learning
pharma
defense
recurring
generative AI
privacy
authentication
AI biotech
life sciences tools
biopharma
LLM
mRNA
in vitro diagnostics
ML
therapeutic
dual use
life-science
artificial intelligence
genomics
identity
psychedelic
gene therapy
security
machine vision
pharmaceuticals
transcriptomics
SaaS
water treatment
drug
dual-use
metabolomics
agents
medicines
army
subscription
metabolites
CBD
biomarkers
proteomics
IVD
big data defensetech
military
lifesciences
cyber-security
neural network
water psychedelics
defence
machine learning
drones
drone
dronetech
cannabis
wastewater
data science
protein
CGT
bio
robotics
life science
cyber security
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Funding Stages

3. Early Revenue4. Scaling

Countries of investment

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Who we are

Mela Ventures invests in B2B startups across three core themes – Enterprise Technology, DeepTech, and ClimateTech. We are typically the first institutional investor and enter once PMF is established. We are operator-led, our MPs previously founded MindTree, a Billion-dollar IT services company.

Funding Requirements

We invest in AI, Defence, Cybersecurity, enterprise SaaS, Robotics, semiconductors, simulation, drones, water treatment, bio sciences, medical devices

Value add

- Deep business + process knowledge and network from our Partner's experience as founders of a billion dollar IT services firm.

Locations

Level 14, Dhondusa Complex, No.9/1, 909 SKAV, Residency Road, Shanthala Nagar, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560001 HQ

Mela Ventures Team

Narendran Sivakumar

Narendran Sivakumar

Portfolio Success

"I invest in early stage, B2B, startups across DeepTech, ClimatTech, and EnterpriseTech."

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