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Mighty & Enduring.

Investing In Woman Entrepreneurship, Employment & Engagement
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About

Saha fund believes in brilliant companies run by amazing woman entrepreneur

 

We believe

We believe in discovering and leveraging the untapped women talent available in the market and bringing it to the forefront. We want to be a part of building tomorrow's women senior managers, top leadership and board members.
 

We promote

We want to promote women in the industry and women focused products and services by the industry. Companies that employ a majority of workforce as women or that are creating a service or product for women, also come under our investment portfolio.
 

We invest

We invest in companies across e-commerce, social media, mobile, cloud, analytics, education, analytics, healthcare, food tech and tech platforms. Companies that can scale up leveraging DIGITAL.

Philosophy

To promote woman participation in the economy through value investing

41%
Higher ROI
 Large companies with more woman in leadership performed significantly better financially
56%
better operating results
  • 48.5%

    The General Population of India

35%
Higher ROI
 Woman-led private Technology comapnies achieve 35% higher return on investment, and when venture backed
56%
Higher revenue
  • 10%

    Women led startups in India

MORE ABOUT SAHA PHILOSOPHY

Portfolio

innerchef

InnerChef is one of the fastest growing food tech companies in India. They are obsessed with technology and want to leverage it to get closer to their customers.

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infernity

Fitternity is India's largest fitness discovery and booking platform. With Fitternity, users can discover new forms of fitness, experience them with trials and purchase fitness services or memberships across various fitness forms like gyms, yoga, zumba, marathon training, personal trainers, healthy meals and many more.

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jouls-watt

JoulestoWatts is a business solutioning and consulting company that delivers client-focused and multi-disciplinary solutions.

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shoptimize

Shoptimize is a SaaS platform used by leading enterprises across India to setup and grow their online sales. With built-in marketing and analytics, the platform is built for scale.

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gocoop-fb

GoCoop.com is India's first online Global marketplace that enables Handloom and Handicraft Co-operatives and artisans in connecting directly with Buyers.

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myally

My Ally is a B2B SaaS company focussed on using Artificial Intelligence to enhance professional lives.

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Team

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Ankita Vashistha CEO & Managing Partner
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Usha Amin CFO & Partner
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Deepak Natraj Investment committee

Advisors & Investment Committee

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Avinash Vashistha Advisors & Investment Committee
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Mohandas Pai Advisors & Investment Committee
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Sanat Rao Advisors & Investment Committee
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Naga Prakasam Advisors & Investment Committee

Blog & Media

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YOUR STORY

For, by and of woman enterprenuers - SAHA is India's first woman's venture capital fund
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VCCI CIRCLE

Women-focused Saha Fund breaking stereotypes

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TECH CIRCLE

Saha Fund, Exfinity, others to back online fitness discovery platform Fitternity
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ECONOMIC TIMES

Meet Saha Fund's Ankita Vashistha, founder of first of-its-kind venture capital fund for women entrepreneurs

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SAHA’S INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE AND PHILOSOPHY

The objective of SAHA is to maximize returns for its investors by investing in the best of enterprises. Promote women participation in the economy and protect its stakeholders and investors’ interest. Our investment philosophy is value investing at the best price in Companies run by a strong team with high management capabilities in execution, integrity and governance being at the center and responsibility for the team, customers and shareholders with a winning mindset towards progress and prosperity.

SAHA’S GOVERNANCE PHILOSOPHY

SAHA believes in Self Governance and defines it by the acronym STRIP- Shared values with complete Trust and having Risk appetite to nurture and grow innovative mindsets towards progress.

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SAHA’S GREEN PHILOSOPHY

As a green initiative, we request our investors to opt for the soft copy of the quarterly and annual reports. Also, SAHA’s reports will soon be made available on the website through personalised investor logins.

innerchef

  • Innerchef

  • EST : 2015
  • HQ : VADODARA
  • CEO : RAJESH SAWHNEY
  • COO : BAL DIGHENT
  • CTO : SANJEEV SINGHAL

About

InnerChef is one of the fastest growing food tech companies in India. They are obsessed with technology and want to leverage it to get closer to their customers.
InnerChef is built on two values: sharing food with your loved ones and creating lasting happiness in every mouthful. InnerChef is passionate about giving the ultimate food experience to its customers and helping them #eatbetter.
InnerChef food is fresh, delicious and wholesome and is delivered to your doorstep in one hour delivery slots.
With European, Mediterranean and modern Indian dishes on its menu, InnerChef specializes in exotic salads with low-cal dressings(must try!), wholesome Panini and salad combos (bestsellers!), comforting pastas, scrumptious snacks (huge selection!) and decadent desserts (our lemon cake is to die for!)

innerchef

  • Innerchef

  • EST : 2015
  • HQ : VADODARA
  • CEO : RAJESH SAWHNEY
  • COO : BAL DIGHENT
  • CTO : SANJEEV SINGHAL

About

InnerChef is one of the fastest growing food tech companies in India. They are obsessed with technology and want to leverage it to get closer to their customers.
InnerChef is built on two values: sharing food with your loved ones and creating lasting happiness in every mouthful. InnerChef is passionate about giving the ultimate food experience to its customers and helping them #eatbetter.
InnerChef food is fresh, delicious and wholesome and is delivered to your doorstep in one hour delivery slots.
With European, Mediterranean and modern Indian dishes on its menu, InnerChef specializes in exotic salads with low-cal dressings(must try!), wholesome Panini and salad combos (bestsellers!), comforting pastas, scrumptious snacks (huge selection!) and decadent desserts (our lemon cake is to die for!)

infernity

  • Fitternity

  • EST : 2013
  • HQ : MUMBAI
  • CEO : NEHA MOTWANI

About

Fitternity is India's largest fitness discovery and booking platform. With Fitternity, users can discover new forms of fitness, experience them with trials and purchase fitness services or memberships across various fitness forms like gyms, yoga, zumba, marathon training, personal trainers, healthy meals and many more.
There are over 20 categories of fitness services for users to explore, which can be accessed via a website and application on Android & iOS devices. Fitternity enables users to take free trials and experience VIP sessions at over 8,000 fitness centres and over 1000 fitness services across Mumbai, Delhi, Gurgaon, Noida, Bangalore and Pune. This unique marketplace platform also enables users to purchase sessions or memberships online with easy payment options including an EMI facility! Fitternity’s Fitness Concierge helps users with their fitness journey.

infernity

  • Fitternity

  • EST : 2013
  • HQ : MUMBAI
  • CEO : NEHA MOTWANI

About

Fitternity is India's largest fitness discovery and booking platform. With Fitternity, users can discover new forms of fitness, experience them with trials and purchase fitness services or memberships across various fitness forms like gyms, yoga, zumba, marathon training, personal trainers, healthy meals and many more.
There are over 20 categories of fitness services for users to explore, which can be accessed via a website and application on Android & iOS devices. Fitternity enables users to take free trials and experience VIP sessions at over 8,000 fitness centres and over 1000 fitness services across Mumbai, Delhi, Gurgaon, Noida, Bangalore and Pune. This unique marketplace platform also enables users to purchase sessions or memberships online with easy payment options including an EMI facility! Fitternity’s Fitness Concierge helps users with their fitness journey.

jouls-watt

  • JoulestoWatts

  • EST : 2015
  • HQ : BANGALORE
  • CEO : PRITI SAWANT

About

JoulestoWatts delivers client-focused, multi-disciplinary solutions to complex challenges and opportunities to achieve tangible and sustainable enterprise value through disciplined execution of tailored business strategies. They apply analytical rigour to uncover insights that lead to smart decisions and use the best technologies and operational processes to bring innovation, growth and value to our clients’ businesses. Their strength is in overcoming complex challenges to deliver sustainable value and profits to clients on time.
JoulestoWatts is all about energy. JoulestoWatts generates and consumes intellectual energy. Energy that is translated into delightful solutions that every individual member at JoulestoWatts takes pride in. Energy that prompts everyone to go the extra mile to deliver results that goes above and beyond the expectations of clients. Energy that gives JoulestoWatts the strength to absorb technology.

jouls-watt

  • JoulestoWatts

  • EST : 2015
  • HQ : BANGALORE
  • CEO : PRITI SAWANT

About

JoulestoWatts delivers client-focused, multi-disciplinary solutions to complex challenges and opportunities to achieve tangible and sustainable enterprise value through disciplined execution of tailored business strategies. They apply analytical rigour to uncover insights that lead to smart decisions and use the best technologies and operational processes to bring innovation, growth and value to our clients’ businesses. Their strength is in overcoming complex challenges to deliver sustainable value and profits to clients on time.
JoulestoWatts is all about energy. JoulestoWatts generates and consumes intellectual energy. Energy that is translated into delightful solutions that every individual member at JoulestoWatts takes pride in. Energy that prompts everyone to go the extra mile to deliver results that goes above and beyond the expectations of clients. Energy that gives JoulestoWatts the strength to absorb technology.

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  • Shoptimize

  • EST : 2012
  • HQ : PUNE
  • CEO : MANGESH PANDITRAO
  • CTO : VIVEK PHALAK
  • VP : VARDHAN PHADNIS

About

Shoptimize began operations in 2013 and within 4 years is working with over 150 leading brands across India including Haldirams, Kokuyo Camlin, Tata i-Shakti, Apollo Pharmacy, Wonderchef, Killer Jeans and many more. Shoptimize is a one-of-a-kind offering which ensures best of breed capabilities in technology, marketing and analytics in one place. The team is continuing to push the growth threshold with leveraging chat bots and artificial intelligence to continually reduce the cost of customer acquisition for its customers. With M-o-M growth of over 25%, the company is slated to be one of the largest drivers of eCommerce by 2020.

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  • Shoptimize

  • EST : 2012
  • HQ : PUNE
  • CEO : MANGESH PANDITRAO
  • CTO : VIVEK PHALAK
  • VP : VARDHAN PHADNIS

About

Shoptimize began operations in 2013 and within 4 years is working with over 150 leading brands across India including Haldirams, Kokuyo Camlin, Tata i-Shakti, Apollo Pharmacy, Wonderchef, Killer Jeans and many more. Shoptimize is a one-of-a-kind offering which ensures best of breed capabilities in technology, marketing and analytics in one place. The team is continuing to push the growth threshold with leveraging chat bots and artificial intelligence to continually reduce the cost of customer acquisition for its customers. With M-o-M growth of over 25%, the company is slated to be one of the largest drivers of eCommerce by 2020.

gocoop-fb

  • GOCOOP

  • EST : 2011
  • HQ : Bangalore
  • Founder & CEO : Siva DevireddyL

About

GoCoop.com is India's first online Global marketplace that enables Handloom and Handicraft Co-operatives and artisans in connecting directly with Buyers. Marketplace brings together these producer organisations of weavers, artisans to collectively market their produce online, thereby significantly reducing cost of marketing, driving more efficiency and transparency in the Craft supply chain.
GoCoop supports national and international Buyers including wholesalers, retailers, brands, designers and consumers in efficiently sourcing hand-made fabrics and craft directly from the producers resulting in better price for both buyers and sellers.

gocoop-fb

  • GOCOOP

  • EST : 2011
  • HQ : Bangalore
  • Founder & CEO : Siva DevireddyL

About

GoCoop.com is India's first online Global marketplace that enables Handloom and Handicraft Co-operatives and artisans in connecting directly with Buyers. Marketplace brings together these producer organisations of weavers, artisans to collectively market their produce online, thereby significantly reducing cost of marketing, driving more efficiency and transparency in the Craft supply chain.
GoCoop supports national and international Buyers including wholesalers, retailers, brands, designers and consumers in efficiently sourcing hand-made fabrics and craft directly from the producers resulting in better price for both buyers and sellers.

myally

  • MYALLY

  • EST : 2015
  • HQ : Hyderabad
  • Founder, CEO : Deepti Yenireddy

About

My Ally is a B2B SaaS company focussed on using Artificial Intelligence to enhance professional lives. Their AI assistant Alex takes care of calendaring and coordinating, buying time for teams to focus on other challenging tasks. With Alex, team's recruitment coordination can be automated resulting in increasing recruiting efficiency by 200%, applicant intake by 10x, and offers given by 100%!

myally

  • MYALLY

  • EST : 2015
  • HQ : Hyderabad
  • Founder, CEO : Deepti Yenireddy

About

My Ally is a B2B SaaS company focussed on using Artificial Intelligence to enhance professional lives. Their AI assistant Alex takes care of calendaring and coordinating, buying time for teams to focus on other challenging tasks. With Alex, team's recruitment coordination can be automated resulting in increasing recruiting efficiency by 200%, applicant intake by 10x, and offers given by 100%!