Day Zero Ventures: Investing in Indian Founders Building Global AI Companies
Day Zero Ventures backs Indian founders building global AI-native companies at the earliest stages. Its focus covers Applied AI, AI-native services, and Physical Intelligence across healthcare, SaaS, accounting, energy, mobility, and robotics. The firm writes first cheques of up to $1 million at pre-seed. Its current portfolio includes RapidClaims, Exponent Energy, Go Supernova, Zeno, Rilo, and Spry Health.
Overview
Day Zero Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm focused on Indian founders building global AI-native companies. Its website describes the firm as investing at the point of company formation and supporting founders beyond the initial investment. The firm operates across three investment areas: Applied AI, AI-native services, and physical intelligence.
Its portfolio includes RapidClaims, Go Supernova, Exponent Energy, Bento Labs, Rilo, Spry Health, Zeno, Kello, Bling, Requestly, and other companies. The portfolio covers healthcare, accounting, recruitment, energy, mobility, robotics, SaaS, and other technology applications.
Investment Focus and Stage
Day Zero Ventures writes its first cheque at the pre-seed stage. Its website states that the first cheque can be up to $1 million and is often written before incorporation or before a round has a lead investor.
The firm's three investment areas are Applied AI, AI-native services, and Physical Intelligence. Applied AI includes healthcare revenue and claims, accounting and audit, and sales, support, and recruitment. AI-native services include AI-first BPO and KPO businesses and agentic back-office workflows. Physical Intelligence covers construction and industrial robotics, energy for real-world AI, and mobility in emerging markets.
Fund Size and Portfolio
The supplied figure of a $10 million current fund and $200 million total fund is not stated on the current Day Zero Ventures website. The website instead presents the firm through its Day Zero Syndicate portfolio and does not publish a current fund-size figure.
The current portfolio page lists companies including Bento Labs, RapidClaims, Go Supernova, Rilo, Exponent Energy, Spry Health, Zeno, Kello, Bling, Carya Ventures, Bytebeam, Requestly, ChattyBao, Binks, Fable, SuperMorpheus, and Riyalto.
Leadership
Abhishek Gupta and Rahul Gupta are the principal investors listed by Day Zero Ventures. The firm's website states that they have collectively invested in more than 120 startups. Abhishek Gupta previously built TLabs, while Rahul Gupta has worked at Amazon and Times Internet.
The wider Day Zero team includes entrepreneurs in residence Alok Bishoyi, Sucheta Ravikanti, and Shonik Agarwal. Alok Bishoyi is identified as Managing Director for India at AWL Inc., while Sucheta Ravikanti works with founders on product and diligence