Rishaad Currimjee
General Partner
Investment lead; India and diaspora deep tech and enterprise AI
LinkedIn profile ↗India & diaspora / US-domiciled fund
We invest in rare birds.
Pre-seed and seed capital for Indian-origin founders building deep tech and enterprise AI for global markets.
Connect NowInitial cheque, official thesis$400K-$1M
ApproachPre-seed & seed
Fund II raised, October 2026Over $13M
Public named showcase16 companies
01 / The fund
Indian engineering talent, global markets
Golden Sparrow is a US-domiciled fund backing Indian-origin founders in India and its diaspora. Its official thesis focuses on deep tech and enterprise AI, with initial cheques of $400K-$1M at pre-seed and seed. Technical diligence, product support and the India-US corridor are part of the offering, not guarantees of follow-on finance or customer contracts.
Fund I is an $8M, 2023-vintage vehicle that the firm says is fully deployed across 18 companies. Fund II targets $20M and held its first close in January 2026. The October 1, 2026 newsletter says Fund II has raised over $13M and deployed about $2.1M through four investments across three companies. The $20M target is not a $20M completed first close. These are the manager’s dated statements, not an independent audit.
The October newsletter puts new-investment interest in semiconductor design and equipment, AI infrastructure, defense electronics and autonomy, space components and biotech platforms. It names Clario in Fund II but keeps a drone-avionics company and a diagnostic-test company unnamed. No company identity is inferred from those descriptions. Self-reported return marks and top-decile language are not used as independently verified investment performance.
Official thesis ↗ · October 2026 manager update ↗02 / Portfolio
Explore by sector
16 unique named cards in the official public showcase, deduplicated across desktop and mobile layouts. This is not the full 18-company Fund I history or every Fund II investment. The two unnamed Fund II companies remain unnamed. DTT sectors describe technology. Co-investor logos are not portfolio companies or fund LPs. A public listing, acquisition or an unavailable website does not prove a full fund cash exit.
BioTech 3
Engineers black soldier flies for sustainable protein production, according to the fund’s published description.
The fund’s outgoing link is a personal founder profile, not a verified company website. Holding source shown instead.
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Develops tiny magnetic robots intended to reach hard-to-access areas in medical treatment.
Holding source ↗Energy & Materials 1
Physical AI 1
Develops embodied AI and personal digital models intended to understand physiology, cognition and behavior.
Holding source ↗Semiconductors 1
Develops processors that can reconfigure their computing resources for different workloads.
Holding source ↗Quantum 1
Develops photonic computing and quantum technologies using light to process information.
Holding source ↗Space Tech 2
Develops reusable rockets intended to lower the cost of taking payloads to orbit.
Holding source ↗Others 7
Develops ecommerce storefront software for faster pages and personalized shopping experiences.
Official portfolio destination currently returns Site not found. Link opens the fund’s holding source rather than a broken site.
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Finds redundant, obsolete and trivial enterprise files to reduce data waste and improve AI inputs.
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Develops GPU virtualization and cloud-management software for sharing and selling computing capacity.
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Uses AI to help product teams create interface designs and user-experience flows.
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Develops data and workflow tools intended to improve access to healthcare and therapies.
Fund listing retained. Public directories disagree about operating status; no cash exit or current independent-private status is asserted.
Holding source ↗03 / Team & connect
Investment team
Ritik Singh
Principal
Sourcing and investment diligence; Bengaluru and India-US corridor
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Michael Marmor
Operating Partner-AI
AI product, technical diligence and founder support
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Venkat Raju
Operating Partner-Deep Tech
Deep-tech strategy, investment support and portfolio development
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Aryamann Kothari
Student Venture Partner
IIT Madras sourcing and diligence; student venture-partner remit
LinkedIn profile ↗Five people with current sourcing, diligence or investment-support remit and direct personal LinkedIn checks. Michael and Venkat retain Operating Partner titles. Aryamann is explicitly Student Venture Partner, not a senior investment decision-maker. The venture-partner adviser group is not automatically promoted into this list. The current official $400K-$1M initial-cheque thesis supersedes older Fund I ranges still present in personal biographies.
Official fund website ↗04 / Fund network
Limited partners
Two named personal LPs explicitly identified by the fund. The October newsletter reports 62 Fund I and 55 Fund II LPs; these vehicle counts are not added into a unique-person total. Institutional LPs are mentioned as a category but none are named with enough public proof here. Portfolio co-investors, customers and employers do not become LPs.
Michael Marmor
Named personal LP; vehicle and amount not stated
His official fund biography explicitly says he is an LP in Golden Sparrow. His Operating Partner role alone would not establish that relationship. No amount, Fund II commitment or institutional employer investment is inferred.
Investor source ↗Dr. Anand Rao
Named personal LP; vehicle and amount not stated
His official fund biography explicitly names him as an LP. His academic employer and other affiliations are not treated as LPs; no amount or specific vehicle is asserted.
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