Gemba Capital is an India-based micro-VC investor with a distinct focus on institutionalizing seed investments in India. The firm actively seeks out startups that leverage the vast potential of mid to lower-income households in India. Gemba prioritizes mission-driven founders with substantial work experience and domain expertise and seeks to back entrepreneurs with at least 4-5 years of prior experience. The firm looks for startups with significant growth potential over the next 3 to 5 years while showing particular interest in supporting ventures with differentiated products or services.

Gemba Capital focuses on pre-seed and seed rounds while investing approximately $200K to $250K per startup in the initial round followed by active participation in follow-on rounds. Gemba Capital frequently co-invests with other VC funds and micro-VC funds along with collaboration with select Limited Partners for larger fundraising rounds.

Gemba Capital operates as a sector-agnostic venture capital firm but concentrates on start-ups within the Software as a Service (SaaS), Financial Technology (Fintech), Business-to-Business (B2B) Commerce, and Agricultural Technology (Agri-tech) sectors.

Gemba Capital's diverse portfolio includes notable investments like Plum, Smartstaff, Grip, Zuper, ClickPost, Upekkha, Airmeet, Fairdeal Market, Showroom, Shoption, and Alltius.