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India-first science and engineering investing.

Current A88 vehicle, earlier Redstart Labs and Capital 2B experience.

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Initial cheque · current manager FAQ$250k-3 million
A88 Fund I · dated issuer corpus₹250 crore
Entry stagePre-seed to Series B
Earlier-vehicle public history29 qualified lineages

01 / The fund

First-principles science, patient early capital

Redstart Ventures is Info Edge's current deeptech platform. Its own timeline separates Redstart Labs in 2019, Capital 2B in 2022 and the new Redstart Ventures vehicle deploying in 2026. The current FAQ gives initial cheques of $250,000-3 million with follow-on reserves, while the issuer describes A88's mandate as pre-seed through Series B. These are strategy ranges, not an offer or guaranteed allocation.

The own scheme page identifies A88 Trust, its Category II AIF scheme A88 Fund I, SEBI registration IN/AIF2/25-26/2069 and manager Smartweb Internet Services Limited. The March 27, 2026 primary approval authorizes up to ₹250 crore from Info Edge and wholly owned subsidiaries, including sponsor Smartweb. The FY2026 report records a ₹250 crore corpus and ₹5 crore drawn through its reporting snapshot. Commitment, drawdown and capital deployed to companies are different facts.

The own about page shows an investment-pool headline of 150+ Mn without a visible currency. No dollar or rupee currency is supplied by inference, and that cross-platform headline is not presented as an A88 close. The 26 company cards are explicitly labelled investments from earlier vehicles. The FY2026 report says A88 had no company investments at March 31, 2026; the current site says deploying now but does not name A88 holdings. No old company is silently reassigned to A88.

Redstart Labs remains a separate corporate balance-sheet vehicle. A July 31 filing records ₹88.2 crore drawn against an earlier ₹100 crore approval; October 28 separately approves about ₹150 crore more for Labs. Those are parent-to-subsidiary financing decisions, not A88 corpus or portfolio-company rounds.

Current mandate ↗ · Scheme registration ↗ · A88 approval ↗

02 / Portfolio

Explore earlier-vehicle experience by sector

29 qualified public lineages: all 26 current manager cards, plus Redstart Labs' off-grid Sploot, Psila/Flippy and historical AarogyaAI. Every card preserves its earlier-vehicle label. This is public history, not 29 A88 holdings or a complete list of private investments.

Project Mirage/Aina, Nexstem/Anthriq, Vyuti/CynLr and Ubifly/ePlane are counted once each. Attentive AI and its overseas restructuring remain one business lineage. Bharat Semi's current manager card says Redstart Labs, while the issuer allocation map also identifies Capital 2B linkage; it is counted once here, not merged with all Capital 2B holdings.

SkyServe's August 2026 primary filing approves a full 5.55% tender for about USD 55.55 in aggregate, not USD 55.55 million as some secondary headlines claim. Expected September completion is not proof of completion. Psila's October capital reduction becomes zero ownership upon completion; that completion is also not verified. AarogyaAI's legal entity was struck off during FY2026 despite its live brand website. History is retained with those limits.

All 29 company destinations were checked or attempted on 2 November 2026. Authentic manager/own marks are used for 27, with qualified name labels for Psila and AarogyaAI. String Bio's own request failed, so its manager product description is retained. Psila's old domain is not a verified operating destination and links to a government startup registry instead. Consumer AI hardware, fintech, data platforms and pet services remain Others unless actual physical automation, science or engineering supports a specialist sector.

Energy & Materials 1

Matter logo
Matter ↗
Capital 2B · earlier vehicle

Founded in 2019 and headquartered in Ahmedabad, Matter Motors aims to redefine electric two-wheeler mobility by blending the performance feel of traditional petrol bikes with sustainable electric propulsion. Their flagship model, the Aera, features a 4-speed gearbox, liquid-cooled battery, and smart connectivity, positioning it as a distinct alternative in India’s EV market.

Holding source ↗

Physical AI 3

CynLr / Vyuti logo
CynLr / Vyuti ↗
Redstart Labs · earlier vehicle

Vision-guided robotic systems that perceive, grasp and manipulate varied physical objects. Ownsite describes dual-arm CyRo and mobile multi-arm CyNoid robots, not cybersecurity threat detection as one manager description incorrectly states.

Own product page and issuer legal-entity mapping correct the manager description.

Holding source ↗
Leumas logo
Leumas ↗
Capital 2B · earlier vehicle

Leumas offers advanced, modular “robot factories” and a software-driven OS infrastructure (Leumasware®) to enable brands in health, nutrition, and personal care to rapidly scale from development into commercial production, achieving capital-efficient, high-quality, flexible manufacturing without the constraints of traditional batch-based contract models.

Holding source ↗
Unbox Robotics logo
Unbox Robotics ↗
Redstart Labs · earlier vehicle

Unbox Robotics builds scalable, swarm-intelligent robotic systems that transform parcel sortation and order fulfillment into faster, more space-efficient, and highly flexible operations. Unbox Robotics enables warehouses to do more with less space, less time, and fewer errors through next-gen robotic automation. Their modular approach ensures warehouses can scale effortlessly as demand grows, without overhauling existing infrastructure.

Holding source ↗

BioTech 9

Ahammune Biosciences logo
Ahammune Biosciences ↗
Capital 2B · earlier vehicle

Ahammune Biosciences focuses on skin therapeutics by developing proprietary small molecules that target disrupted cellular pathways in skin diseases like vitiligo. Their approach aims to restore these pathways to a homeostatic state, offering long-term relief with minimal side effects.

Holding source ↗
Anthriq / Nexstem logo
Anthriq / Nexstem ↗
Redstart Labs · earlier vehicle

Biosignal infrastructure, non-invasive brain-computer interfaces and a 13-channel EEG headset. Ownsite explicitly says Nexstem is now Anthriq; issuer legal entity remains Nexstem. Not semiconductor manufacturing despite one shareholder-letter label.

Holding source ↗
Avammune Therapeutics logo
Avammune Therapeutics ↗
Capital 2B · earlier vehicle

Avammune Therapeutics is a small molecule drug discovery and development company integrating novel target biology, immunology, computational chemistry, and high-throughput chemistry to build a cost-efficient, flexible model that leads to the identification of novel targets and a proprietary pipeline of small-molecule drug candidates for potential use in oncology.

Holding source ↗
BrainSight AI logo
BrainSight AI ↗
Redstart Labs · earlier vehicle

BrainSightAI develops VoxelBox, a connectomics platform using AI to generate personalized brain maps, with applications in neurology, psychiatry, and surgical planning , aiming to transform diagnostics, intervention, and monitoring in mental health and brain disorders.

Holding source ↗
Genoscope logo
Genoscope ↗
Redstart Labs · earlier vehicle

Genoscope is a precision oncology diagnostics company developing Saliscope, a saliva-based companion diagnostic test for head and neck cancers that predicts therapeutic response and relapse risk.

Holding source ↗
Marbles Health logo
Marbles Health ↗
Capital 2B · earlier vehicle

Non-invasive neuromodulation hardware, including transcranial direct-current stimulation and EEG-guided monitoring for brain-health research and care. Manager descriptions of treatment and regulatory status are not an independent efficacy or approval assessment.

Holding source ↗
RayIoT logo
RayIoT ↗
Redstart Labs · earlier vehicle

Non-contact respiratory and sleep-monitoring hardware. Ownsite describes radar-based Raybaby, while the manager shorthand says Wi-Fi signals; current own product description retained.

Holding source ↗
String Bio logo
String Bio ↗
Redstart Labs · earlier vehicle

String Bio is building a gas-fermentation biotechnology platform in India to convert methane (a potent greenhouse gas) into high-value ingredients for animal nutrition, agriculture, human food, and personal care. Their approach enables carbon-negative manufacturing, enabling sustainability at cost and scale.

Holding source ↗
AarogyaAI logo
AarogyaAI ↗
Redstart Labs · historical / entity struck off

Genomics and AI for antimicrobial-resistance diagnostics. Ownsite preserves the Redstart seed round. The issuer says its AarogyaAI Innovations entity was struck off during FY2026; a live brand site is not proof that legal status reversed.

Retained as history, not a live legal-entity holding. Qualified name label, not an authentic logo.

Holding source ↗

Semiconductors 2

Bharat Semi logo
Bharat Semi ↗
Redstart Labs · earlier vehicle

On a quest to reset the broken interface between the physical and digital worlds, Bharat Semi builds intelligent sensors that seamlessly connect devices, enable edge AI, deliver real-time insights, and transform critical operations into efficient, autonomous realities.

Current manager labels Redstart Labs; June2026 issuer map reports Capital2B/Redstart joint lineage. Counted once here.

Holding source ↗
Pantherun logo
Pantherun ↗
Capital 2B · earlier vehicle

Pantherun is a Bengaluru-based cybersecurity company developing patented low-latency encryption that delivers real-time AES data protection, even on resource-constrained edge devices. By removing the need for key exchanges, it makes data breaches significantly harder while ensuring high-speed performance.

Holding source ↗

Space Tech 4

ePlane / Ubifly logo
ePlane / Ubifly ↗
Redstart Labs · earlier vehicle

ePlane is an Indian aerospace startup developing compact eVTOL aircraft to transform city travel , aiming for fast, emission-free journeys with applications in passenger commutes, cargo transport, air ambulances, and urban logistics.

Holding source ↗
Manastu Space logo
Manastu Space ↗
Capital 2B · earlier vehicle

Manastu Space is a space-safety and logistics company developing eco-friendly satellite propulsion and collision-avoidance systems to address the growing threat of orbital debris; their innovations include a proprietary green propellant (MS-289), high-performance thrusters, and technology to de-orbit and service satellites safely and efficiently.

Holding source ↗
Skylark Drones logo
Skylark Drones ↗
Redstart Labs · earlier vehicle

Skylark Drones delivers a software-driven platform called Spectra for enterprises to manage drone fleets, run autonomous missions, and extract worksite intelligence , from surveying, inspection, and volume measurement to compliance and operations oversight.

Holding source ↗
SkyServe logo
SkyServe ↗
Redstart Labs · proposed full divestment

Onboard satellite AI and edge-computed Earth-observation insights. August 27, 2026 issuer filing approves tender of all 5.55% for repurchase, expected by September 26; completion not independently verified.

Primary consideration is about USD 55.55, not secondary headlines claiming USD 55.55 million.

Holding source ↗

Others 10

Aina / Project Mirage logo
Aina / Project Mirage ↗
Redstart Labs · earlier vehicle

Context-aware AI wearable and computer-input hardware, formerly Project Mirage. Ownsite shows consumer interfaces that invoke digital workflows, not an autonomous industrial robot.

Aina and Project Mirage deduplicated from own announcement and TechCrunch lineage.

Holding source ↗
Attentive.AI logo
Attentive.AI ↗
Redstart Labs · earlier vehicle

Attentive.ai (Beam AI) offers AI-powered takeoff software that fully automates quantity takeoffs for construction, landscaping, paving, snow removal, and facilities jobs, helping contractors double bid volume, accelerate turnaround, and reduce manual effort.

Holding source ↗
Castler logo
Castler ↗
Capital 2B · earlier vehicle

Castler is India’s largest Trust-as-a-Service (escrow) platform that automates escrow account management and integrates UPI, eNACH, and digital challans to enable secure, compliant, and seamless payment flows and settlements for enterprises.

Holding source ↗
Dview logo
Dview ↗
Capital 2B · earlier vehicle

Dview is a no-code data platform that centralizes diverse data sources (databases, SaaS, APIs) and enables fast analytics, secure access, and unified insights , helping organizations break down silos, accelerate decision-making, and extract value from data with zero maintenance.

Holding source ↗
Finarkein logo
Finarkein ↗
Capital 2B · earlier vehicle

Finarkein is a financial-technology firm offering Transactional Service Provider (TSP) solutions across lending, insurance, and wealth domains. They provide real-time data, consent orchestration, and analytics to power smarter credit underwriting, seamless collections, risk reduction, and better customer engagement for financial institutions.

Holding source ↗
Knowl logo
Knowl ↗
Capital 2B · earlier vehicle

Knowl uses generative AI to automate and scale debt collection operations, handling thousands of conversations per hour, triggering real-time actions, refining strategies per business segment, and optimizing collection rates while lowering costs.

Holding source ↗
Lumiq logo
Lumiq ↗
Redstart Labs · earlier vehicle

LUMIQ specializes in turning raw data into strategic assets for the financial services sector, combining data science, engineering, and domain expertise to build data products, deliver unified platforms, and accelerate analytics maturity across banking, insurance, lending, and capital markets.

Holding source ↗
Ringg AI logo
Ringg AI ↗
Capital 2B · earlier vehicle

Ringg builds AI voice agents that handle lead qualification, customer engagement, reminders, and support in 20+ languages, integrating seamlessly with CRMs to scale outreach efficiently.

Holding source ↗
Sploot logo
Sploot ↗
Redstart Labs · off-grid holding

Pet-care services, dog walking, grooming, food and a community app. Service commerce, not biotechnology.

FY2026 issuer report identifies Redstart ownership; absent from current manager gallery.

Holding source ↗
Psila / Flippy logo
Psila / Flippy ↗
Redstart Labs · conditional capital reduction

Crypto-asset discovery and community-led social trading software. October 23, 2026 filing approves capital reduction from 13.38% to zero upon completion; completion is not verified.

Own domain no longer provides a verifiable operating site. Qualified government startup-registry destination; no current-operation inference. Qualified name label, not an authentic logo.

Holding source ↗

03 / Team & connect

Investment team

Sanjeev Bikhchandani

Sanjeev Bikhchandani

Founder, Info Edge

Info Edge founder and manager-designated investment-team founder. Personal record confirms current corporate founder role.

LinkedIn profile ↗
Ankit Garg

Ankit Garg

Associate Partner · manager title

Manager currently lists Associate Partner at Redstart; personal experience confirms Principal at IEV but does not separately list Redstart. This cross-platform title is manager-sourced, not personally corroborated.

LinkedIn profile ↗
Harini Murali

Harini Murali

Vice President

Current personal experience explicitly lists Redstart Ventures alongside Capital 2B.

LinkedIn profile ↗
Ishaan Bhattacharya

Ishaan Bhattacharya

AVP · Deeptech Investments

Current personal experience explicitly lists Redstart Ventures alongside Capital 2B.

LinkedIn profile ↗
Akriti Gupta

Akriti Gupta

Associate Vice President

Current personal experience explicitly lists Redstart Ventures alongside Capital 2B.

LinkedIn profile ↗
Shaurya Sighadia

Shaurya Sighadia

Investments

Current personal experience explicitly lists Redstart Ventures alongside Capital 2B.

LinkedIn profile ↗
Shaurya Mann

Shaurya Mann

Investment Analyst

Current personal experience explicitly lists Redstart Ventures alongside Capital 2B.

LinkedIn profile ↗

Seven manager-designated investment contacts checked against personal records on 2 November 2026. Five current investor records explicitly identify Redstart, and Sanjeev's record confirms the Info Edge founder role. Ankit's Redstart Associate Partner title is manager-sourced: his current personal experience lists IEV Principal, not a separate Redstart appointment. That gap is stated on his card rather than presented as personal corroboration. All seven official portraits were visually compared with their own personal portraits.

Vibhore is excluded from current contacts because his personal Redstart tenure ends October 2026 and Capital 2B ends September 2026, despite both manager sites retaining him. Finance, legal, compliance and administration are excluded. Earlier employers' investments are not transferred to Redstart.

Official investment team ↗

04 / Fund network

Limited partners and capital providers

Only one independently disclosed A88 capital-provider lineage is shown. Corporate parent funding of Redstart Labs is separately described, not counted as an outside LP subscription.

Info Edge (India) group

March 27, 2026's approval names a commitment of up to ₹250 crore to A88 Fund I, directly and/or through wholly owned subsidiaries including sponsor/manager Smartweb. The FY2026 report records ₹250 crore committed and ₹5 crore drawn through its reporting snapshot. Smartweb's sponsor units are within this same group lineage, not a second external LP.

Contribution agreement approval ↗ · Commitment and drawdown table ↗

Temasek/MacRitchie and DFOSG have separately disclosed Capital 2B participation, not inferred A88 subscriptions. Investee-company co-investors, advisers and fund staff are not LPs. No external individual A88 LP is publicly verified here.

Info Edge's July Labs funding update and October approval are corporate balance-sheet funding, not A88 subscriptions. These dated approvals and drawdowns are not current dry powder.

Separate October Labs capital approval ↗