Pratithi Investments

Pratithi Investments is the single family office and private investment arm of the Kris Gopalakrishnan family, founded around 2014-15 and based in Bengaluru. Kris Gopalakrishnan is a co-founder of Infosys, a Padma Bhushan awardee and chairman of the Axilor Ventures accelerator, and Pratithi reflects his conviction that the nation's growth will be fuelled by the innovation and enterprise of its people. Administered through Prayog Advisors LLP and investing via the SEBI Category-II Pratithi Investment Fund, the firm's mission is to support entrepreneurship, technological advances and scientific research in India. It is sector-agnostic and primarily backs growth and late-stage startups — across both debt and equity — while also committing as a limited partner to venture capital, private equity and debt funds across stages. Its investment approach centres on the quality of the founding team, the scale of the opportunity and a high standard of corporate governance, and it typically co-invests alongside leading institutional investors. Since launching, Pratithi has backed over a hundred startups across sectors, including seven unicorns such as Yubi, Uniphore and XpressBees, with recent participation in deep-tech and space names like Planys Technologies and Agnikul. The broader family platform also encompasses the Pratiksha Trust, which funds R&D and innovation in brain science and computing at institutions such as IISc and IIT Madras.