Entrepreneur Navya Naveli Nanda has formally introduced Naveli Ventures, the venture arm of the Nanda Family Office, which will focus on startups and research-led opportunities across deep-tech, space, clean energy, artificial intelligence, advanced manufacturing and healthcare, As per a media report.
In a LinkedIn announcement, Nanda said the platform would invest through direct startup investments, institutional funds, co-investments, and partnerships involving academic institutions and intellectual property.
Nanda is the managing partner of Naveli Ventures, according to her LinkedIn profile.
Naveli Ventures LLP was incorporated in March 2023, with Nanda and Agastya Nanda as designated partners. The latest announcement marks the formal unveiling of the venture arm’s investment strategy. The family office is associated with the Nanda business group, which includes Escorts Kubota, a farm and construction equipment company.
The development comes as India increases public funding for commercially challenging technologies. The government’s Research, Development and Innovation scheme has a planned corpus of Rs 1 lakh crore over six years, with deep-tech, AI, biotechnology, energy transition and space among its priority areas.
The Startup India Fund of Funds 2.0, notified in April 2026, includes a Rs 10,000 crore corpus, with a focus that includes deeptech and technology-driven manufacturing.
Private investment in these areas has also continued. Capital-A closed the first close of its second fund at Rs 160 crore in April, targeting manufacturing and deep-tech startups, while Bluehill.VC closed a Rs 400 crore frontier-tech fund in August.
In September, IIT Madras, IIT Madras Research Park and Unicorn India Ventures announced a Rs 450 crore first close for the IITM Unicorn Frontier Fund I, which is part of a planned Rs 1,000 crore deeptech fund.
Nanda said Naveli Ventures would focus on long-term investments rather than quick returns, to support companies and founders working on technologies and businesses relevant to India’s future.
The venture arm’s investment strategy will cover multiple sectors rather than being limited to a single industry, with the focus on the scale of the problem being addressed and the approach taken by the companies and founders.
