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Capria is an operator-led venture firm backing exceptional companies at the frontier of AI.

We partner with founders applying technology to solve hard problems and build category-defining businesses. With deep technical roots, an in-house AI development team, and a unique India–LatAm–US corridor, Capria helps companies scale from local strength to global relevance.

We do not just invest. We build with you.
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Our investment philosophy

We have always looked for markets at inflection points – where rapidly changing conditions enable founders to use technology to unlock outsized opportunities.

India and Latin America include the world’s most dynamic and fastest-growing economies and some of the world’s greatest startup opportunities. Entrepreneurs who combine AI technologies with deep local insight are uniquely equipped to capitalize on opportunities at population scale. With large home markets and expansion to the US and other developed markets, the potential to create value is immense.

In 2012, Capria co-founders Will Poole and Dave Richards came to India with this conviction. They saw the opportunity of the rising middle class: 500 million people with growing aspirations and the purchasing power to support products and services built specifically for them. They built a team in Bengaluru united by an early conviction in Bharat: that Indian entrepreneurs could turn systemic constraints into opportunities for scalable, profitable businesses. They backed gig-worker infrastructure before gig work was a recognized labor category, and invested in AI and the Future of Work before most others.

They saw similar opportunities across emerging markets, expanding their team and networks to pursue them. In Latin America, a maturing startup ecosystem, seasoned founders and stronger digital infrastructure were creating the conditions for technology to unlock the next wave of growth.

Today, the rapid evolution of AI is disrupting sectors and creating opportunities at unprecedented speed, validating Capria’s conviction that technology unlocks the potential of founders to build at scale. Those who leverage AI ahead of the rest will define the categories of tomorrow.

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    Jobtech

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  • India

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    Healthtech

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    Edtech

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  • India

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    SMEtech

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  • India

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    Industrial tech

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  • India

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    SaaS

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  • India, SE Asia

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    SaaS

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  • India

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    Mobility

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  • Latin America

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    Fintech

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  • Latin America

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    Mobility

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  • Latin America

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    Edtech

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    Fintech

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In their words

When Capria invested in Awign in 2018, they didn’t just bring capital, they brought conviction that tech had to be at the core of a gig platform that could scale with positive unit economics. That shaped our growth story, drove our $100Mn acquisition by Mynavi in 2023, and continues to power Awign’s trajectory today.
Annanya SarthakFounder & CEO, Awign
Annanya Sarthak
Capria has been an invaluable partner to 5C as we scale our AI-native radiology platform from India to the world. The team brings a rare combination of emerging-market empathy, strategic depth, and global access.
Kalyan SivasailamCo-founder & CEO, 5C Network
Kalyan Sivasailam
Working with Capria has never felt transactional. They’ve treated us like a company they’re genuinely invested in, not just a line in a portfolio. Beyond capital, they’ve helped us build our team and advisory board and shaped how we show up in the market. That’s rare, and we’re grateful for it.
Vivek VishwakarmaCo-founder & CEO, ThirdAI Automation Inc
Vivek Vishwakarma
Capria has been a supportive partner throughout our journey. They’ve consistently added value where it matters. They opened doors to key stakeholders and shared valuable perspectives as we strategized and implemented our GenAI roadmap. They’ve always been available when needed while giving us the space and trust to build and execute.
Vicky DodaniCo-founder & CEO, Agrizy
Vicky Dodani
Capria isn’t just capital on our cap table — through their GAIN AI network they’ve put our teams directly in the room with people building at the AI frontier, and their intros across their portfolio have led to real value. That’s the kind of investor engagement that actually compounds.
Adalberto FloresCo-founder & CEO, Kueski
Adalberto Flores
Capria has been much more than an investor to goFlux. Their relentless support of our AI transformation and founder-first mindset has consistently challenged us to think bigger and execute faster. Having a partner that combines operational insight with international reach has been incredibly valuable as we scale our business.
Rodrigo GoncalvesCo-founder & CEO, goFlux
Rodrigo Goncalves
Having Capria as part of Home Agent’s journey has been a privilege. They’ve been consistently insightful, giving us access to the latest AI trends, while also being highly supportive — both in marketing and in helping us develop product innovations through their internal resources, creating real value for their portfolio companies. I highly recommend Capria as a partner to any founder.
Fabio BoucinhasCo-founder & CEO, Home Agent
Fabio Boucinhas
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We bring together three things that help founders build and scale: operators who have built businesses, an AI-first approach to value creation, and a strategic global network.

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Operators who’ve built before

Our team brings experience building businesses, from startups to multinationals, and understands what it takes to turn ambitious ideas into enduring companies.

We help founders identify where AI can create real value, from rapid prototyping and technical validation to AI benchmarking, expert networks, and AI hyperscaler partnerships.

We connect founders to technology and AI leaders in the US, as well as scaled companies across India and LatAm, creating opportunities for partnerships, customers, talent and follow-on capital.

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  • Automating the ‘future of work’

    Capria Ventures, which manages assets worth about ₹2,000 crore, is sharpening its focus on enterprise artificial intelligence (AI), manufacturing automation and the

    • The Hindu Businessline

  • When an AI agent breaks something, who pays?

    Indian data centers, GCCs and IT services firms are set up to run more agentic AI workloads for Western clients than any

    • ET Entrepreneur
  • DriveU: 11 Years of Learning, Adapting and Building

    DriveU: 11 Years of Learning, Adapting and Building

    India’s mobility ecosystem has changed dramatically over the last decade, but moving people reliably, affordably and at scale is still a deeply

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Where we invest

Emerging markets are not a monolith. Each has its own friction, infrastructure gaps, and a generation of founders learning to turn those gaps into defensible businesses. We are present across four regions, and most active in India and Latin America.

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