Venture CapitalAnthill Ventures
StagesPre-Seed, Pre-Series A
SectorsConsumer / D2C, Healthcare / Medtech, Climate / Sustainability · Early-stage builders, Founder-led / operator capital
Ticket$100K – $1M
Venture CapitalCross-border co-creation and venture-building platform focused on decarbonising key industry sectors for India's Net-Zero transition; connect 30+ large Indian business groups with global climate-tech ventures to enable their India market entry, build-out and scale-up.
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Cross-border co-creation and venture-building platform focused on decarbonising key industry sectors for India's Net-Zero transition; connect 30+ large Indian business groups with global climate-tech ventures to enable their India market entry, build-out and scale-up.
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Precog Innovation Partners is a cross-border co-creation and venture-building platform founded in 2017 and based across Gurugram and Kolkata, led by Founder and Managing Partner Sumit Dhanuka. Rather than operating as a conventional cheque-writing venture fund, Precog positions itself as a catalyst for India's Net-Zero transition, focused on decarbonising key industrial sectors. Its core themes span Net-Zero energy, mobility, building and construction, circular economy and advanced materials. The platform's distinctive model connects a network of more than 30 large Indian business groups — its 'Family Business Network' — with mission-driven global climate-technology ventures and entrepreneurial talent, fast-tracking those corporates' growth, diversification and decarbonisation goals through long-term co-creation partnerships. These collaborations can take varied forms, including strategic investments, strategic acquisitions, joint ventures, technology licensing, and manufacturing and distribution agreements. Precog works with 15-plus innovation-led ecosystems across the US, Europe, Southeast Asia, ANZ, Canada and Israel, and provides ventures with strategic access to capital, talent, distribution networks and manufacturing and supply-chain support to enter and scale in the Indian market. Its portfolio spans around 16 companies — with air-purification firm AirOK Technologies among the most notable — and it has recorded outcomes including an IPO and two acquisitions across names such as Linkker, Emuron and Climate Connect.
Rather than operating as a conventional cheque-writing venture fund, Precog positions itself as a catalyst for India's Net-Zero transition, focused on decarbonising key industrial sectors.
Gurugram/Kolkata. Founded 2017 by Sumit Dhanuka (Founder & Managing Partner). Cleantech venture-building/co-creation platform; works with 30+ Indian business groups (Precog Family Business Network) and 15+ global innovation ecosystems (US, Europe, SE Asia, ANZ, Canada, Israel). ~16 portfolio cos; notable: AirOK Technologies; outcomes incl. 1 IPO and 2 acquisitions (Linkker, Emuron, Climate Connect). Not a conventional cheque-writing VC fund. Ticket sweep Jul 2026: no published fixed startup cheque/grant found (credits-only, advisory, LP-minima, deal-by-deal, or undisclosed).
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