El auge de la inteligencia artificial ha llevado al desarrollo de múltiples startups que se basan en modelos de lenguaje de gran tamaño (LLM). En este contexto, se ha generado un intenso debate sobre si las empresas que simplemente construyen «wrappers» alrededor de estos modelos pueden sostenerse a largo plazo…
India’s logistics sector is vast and fragmented, yet much of it still runs on manual processes. Even billion-dollar enterprises rely on Excel, email, or WhatsApp to track shipments — supported by large operations teams that drive up costs, increase errors, and create supply chain inefficiencies. These inefficiencies have kept logistics…
Magma, a B2B industrial solutions provider, has raised $5 million in a round led by Capria Ventures, with participation from General Catalyst, Accion Venture Lab, and WEH Ventures. The funds will boost core factory offerings, backward integration, and tech investments as Magma targets rapid revenue growth and sector expansion. This…
Ahmedabad, India — April 16, 2025 — Magma, a leading B2B industrial solutions provider, has successfully closed a $5Mn Series A funding round led by Capria Ventures. The funding round comprises a mix of equity and debt financing. The round also saw participation from existing backers General Catalyst, Accion Venture…
India’s $36 billion industrial materials industry is the unsung enabler of sectors like construction, packaging, textiles, and agriculture — powering everything from adhesives in tile manufacturing to coatings in packaging materials. As industrial demand accelerates and global players look beyond China, India’s chemical manufacturers are well-positioned to expand their international…
Surya Mantha, Managing Partner at Capria Ventures, joined an expert panel at #ETEntrepreneurSummit 2025 alongside Vivekananda Pani (Reverie Language Technologies), Ankit Solanki (Clear), Anirudh A. Damani (Artha Venture Fund), and Madhusudan Shekar (Google Cloud) to explore how AI is transforming the startup landscape. Moderated by journalist, Soumik Ghosh, the panel…
With a billion new consumers and transformative local solutions, emerging markets demand investors to pair bold ambition with cultural fluency to unlock their vast potential and shape global progress. Emerging markets—spanning India, Southeast Asia, Latin America, and Africa—represent the next frontier of global investment. With over a billion new consumers,…
Conversations on AI startups building wrappers on foundational models have been ongoing for the past few years. The debate about the value of startups centred on these wrappers is more complicated than it initially appears, with no conclusive verdict reached so far. In the recent Google Cloud report titled ‘Future…
VCs look to invest in Indian AI startups that offer nuanced solutions that big-tech companies cannot deliver. Sridhar Vembu, former CEO of Zoho Corp, recently highlighted the need to stop glorifying English in India’s R&D ecosystem. “There is a lot of R&D talent in India if we get rid of…
“This market is largely underserved but represents a very large opportunity,” said Will Poole, co-founder and managing partner of Capria Ventures. Whether they pick AI for India or AI for Bharat, one thing is certain, the VCs betting on India’s AI ecosystem are focusing on the largest segment that will benefit…
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Unitus Ventures, a leading venture capital firm in India, is joining forces with its US affiliate Capria Ventures, a Global South specialist, to operate with a unified global strategy under a single brand, Capria Ventures.
