Conversations with the women shaping India’s future. Lumikai has launched Alpha Women, a new podcast series hosted by Founder and Managing Partner Salone Sehgal. The series spotlights candid, long-form conversations with women shaping India’s most important industries across venture capital, tech, media, law, and business. Some of the most consequential careers in India have been built by women whose decisions never get told in their own words. Alpha Women is built to change

The fifth edition of Lumikai’s State of India Interactive Media Report landed with significant pickup across India’s leading business and technology press, with several findings driving the broader conversation around where consumer attention and spend are shifting. Among the most widely covered findings was India’s microdrama market crossing $300 million in revenue just over a year after launch, and projected to reach $4.5 billion by 2030. Much of the coverage highlighted th

Lumikai has led a $1.5 million seed investment in NPrep, an AI-powered, video-first learning platform focused on nursing education and career outcomes. The investment reflects a growing focus on specialised, outcome-driven learning platforms that combine strong content with adaptive technology. Founded by AIIMS Jodhpur alumni Prince Kaushik, Utkarsh Paliwal and Gourav Khurana, NPrep addresses a clear gap. Nursing exam preparation in India remains largely offline and standardi

Aditya Deshpande, Principal at Lumikai, has been recognised in Indian Startup Times’ VC Power 100: AI, SaaS & MarTech , a list that highlights investors shaping the next phase of innovation across high-growth sectors. The recognition reflects Aditya’s work at the intersection of interactive media, AI-led consumer platforms, and emerging digital ecosystems , where he has been closely involved in identifying and supporting early-stage opportunities. At Lumikai, Aditya brings a

Lumikai was proud to be a sub-committee member at WAVES 2025, hosted by the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting in Mumbai. We...

Lumikai is proud to lead the $1.2M seed round in AskMyGuru, an AI-powered interactive spiritual-tech platform reimagining how users...

A huge congratulations to Vobble for successfully raising a new round of funding, led by MIXI Investments, with participation from...

Mobile Premier League (MPL) has acquired CloudFeather Games, a leading provider of gaming development tools, to strengthen its...

We are thrilled to announce the release of our annual State of India Interactive Media and Gaming Report FY24, in collaboration with...

Deftouch (formerly All Star Games) has raised a fresh round of funding, co-led by Krafton India, Lumikai, and T-Accelerate Capital. The...

Lumikai is thrilled to announce its $2M seed investment in Frammer AI. Founded by former NDTV executives Suparna Singh, Arijit...

Lumikai has received an all-cash exit from its investment in Loco, following the acquisition of a majority stake by UAE-based Redwood in...

We are thrilled to welcome Asher Siddiqui as a Fund Board and Investment Committee Member. Asher brings over two decades of venture...

Lumikai is thrilled to announce its recent investment in Mayhem Studios! Led by Ojas Vipat, former product leader at Tencent who...

Lumikai Founding GP, Salone Sehgal was interviewed by the Financial Express (India). Salone shared the significant use cases of frontier...

We’re thrilled to announce that we’ve led a $1M seed round in Vobble, an audio-first interactive media platform for kids aged 4-12, that...

We are excited to announce that we’ve led a $2M seed round in AutoVRse, a homegrown, profitable AR/VR startup aiming to revolutionise the...

We are excited to announce our $2Mn seed investment in QuriousBit, an innovative casual gaming studio aiming to redefine the puzzle games...

We are glad to announce that Lumikai portfolio company Eloelo has raised a follow-on Pre Series B round of $22Mn, led by Courtside...

We are proud to announce the launch of Lumikai Fund II. When we started Lumikai in 2020, we had a firm belief that India's gaming and...