Navya Naveli Nanda announces Naveli Ventures to back India's frontier founders

Navya Naveli Nanda on Tuesday announced the launch of Naveli Ventures, the strategic venture arm of the Nanda Family Office, to back startups across deeptech, space, clean energy, AI, advanced manufacturing, and health.

The firm will invest through direct startup investments, institutional funds, co-investments, and academic and IP partnerships. "We define ourselves not by sector but by the scale of the problem and the conviction of those solving it," the post read.

Nanda is the cofounder of women-focussed healthcare platform Aara Health and non-profit organisation Project Naveli. She is the daughter of Nikhil Nanda, chairman and managing director of engineering conglomerate Escorts Kubota and the granddaughter of actor Amitabh Bachchan.


As part of the Nanda Family Office, Nanda said in a post that the venture arm can draw on relationships across industry, government, academia and the investor community to support its partners.

"We are not chasing quick returns but looking to help build enduring companies alongside exceptional people for India's future," her LinkedIn post read.