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Founded Date: Oct 2015

Website: https://www.3one4capital.com/

LinkedIn: 3one4 Capital

Investor Type: Venture Capital

Investment Stage: Early Stage Venture, Seed, Venture

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​ 3one4 Capital is an early-stage venture capital fund based in Bangalore, India. The firm
works in select market categories and at the intersection of large, growing adjacencies, and is
ready for unique products and services. The focus areas include machine-driven actionable
intelligence services, enterprise automation, ambient intelligence technologies, EdTech,
fintech, SaaS, digital media and entertainment, consumer products and services, and health.
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​ Through a deep involvement strategy, the fund engages with founding teams and
subject-matter experts to prioritize and strategize for product-market fit, and then optimize
for defensibility and growth in revenue and impact. With a focus on margins and on
delivering uncompromised end-user experiences, the fund aims to reduce risk, detect new
growth opportunities, and return rewarding outcomes to all the stakeholders involved.
​ 3one4 manages over INR 2,300 Cr (USD 300 Mn) and its investments include Licious, Open,
DarwinBox, Betterplace, Jupiter, Koo, Dozee, Bugworks, Begin, and Tracxn.
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The fund's focus areas include machine-driven actionable intelligence services, enterprise
automation, ambient intelligence technologies, consumer products, fintech, media and
multi-lingual content generation, and health.

1. ENTERPRISE INTELLIGENCE & AUTOMATION

New frameworks and automated workflows that drive better decision-making and improve
productivity across multiple focus areas.

2. MEDIA & CONTENT DEVELOPMENT

Multi-format & multi-lingual content that can exploit new distribution strategies to serve
rapidly evolving consumer behaviors.

3. FINANCIAL TECHNOLOGIES

Helping a new generation earn, spend, save, and multiply smarter with highly accessible and
multi-modal services.

4. AMBIENT INTELLIGENCE

Leveling up conventional practice in farming, supply chain, construction, and manufacturing

through data-driven routines and technology-laced playbooks on the edge.
5. CONSUMER DATA GENERATION

Platforms and technology-enabled services to develop deep consumer behavioral insights that
can be leveraged across the ecosystem.

6. HEALTH

Core innovation to augment research and the development of products and services that can
elongate health spans and solve species-level challenges.

The firm manages a corpus of more than $100 million and a portfolio of more than 50
investments across the early stage. 3one4's investments in India include Licious, Betterplace,
ToneTag, DarwinBox, Faircent, Bugworks, Pocket Aces, and Tracxn among others.

3one4 Capital was founded by Pranav Pai and Siddarth Pai, sons of veteran investor and
entrepreneur Mohandas Pai.