Omnivore

What Omnivore does

Omnivore is an India-based venture capital firm founded in 2010 that invests in early-to-growth-stage agritech, rural fintech, climate-smart agriculture, and sustainable food brands. Originally spun out of Godrej Agrovet, the firm operates from offices in Mumbai and Bengaluru and structures its capital deployment around four impact pillars: Food Security, Agricultural Prosperity, Resource Efficiency, and Rural Resilience. As of late 2025, Omnivore manages approximately $295 million in assets under management across three funds — OPIF (Vintage 2018), OACSF (Vintage 2023), and a third fund that achieved a $150 million first close in December 2025 with a raised target corpus of $175-180 million. The firm is backed by the Godrej family office and a diversified set of institutional LPs including IFC, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, SRI Fund, FMO, Rabo Foundation, and Swedfund.

Omnivore's core product is its venture capital fund, organised under four named investment verticals: Digital Value Chains (platforms like DeHaat, Aquaconnect, Arya organising fragmented farmer and MSME ecosystems); Emerging Technologies (science-based plays such as altM, Niqo Robotics, Pixxel, Scimplify, and the exited Eruvaka); Inclusive Fintech (rural financial services including DGV, Optimo Capital, Finhaat, and Two Point O Capital); and Sustainable Brands (consumer brands such as Sid's Farm, Manam Chocolate, Farmley, Celcius, and Cornext). The firm has backed over 40 portfolio companies to date, deploys cheques of up to $5 million from its third fund, leads Series A rounds, and has generated exits including Barrix (to Sumitomo), Eruvaka (to Nutreco), and M.I.T.R.A (to Mahindra). Co-founders Mark Kahn and Jinesh Shah lead an investment team that also publishes the annual OPIF/OACSF Impact Reports and the SEA Agritech Landscape Report 2026 (co-authored with Beanstalk AgTech and Briter Bridges, commissioned with FMO, IFC, and Rabo Foundation).

The firm's revenue model is standard for a venture capital manager: 2% management fees on assets under management plus 20% carried interest on profitable exits. Omnivore does not publish fund terms, LP economics, or DPI figures; aggregate revenue is therefore best inferred from AUM (~ $295M) and the implied fee base. Distribution and deal-sourcing rely on a direct founder pitch form, co-investor syndication with established Indian and global VCs/DFIs, LP fundraising via institutional relationships and impact reporting, and thought-leadership content (Substack, Medium, YouTube, LinkedIn, industry events). The firm has won BlueMark Platinum (impact verification, 2025), BlumeMark Gold (Fund ID, 2024), and the New Private Markets Global Award 2025 for ESG in Fund Management, and co-founder Jinesh Shah has publicly indicated two to three portfolio IPOs are expected within the next two years.

Name

Omnivore

Legal name

Omnivore

Website

https://omnivore.vc

Company type

Private

Founded year

2010

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Omnivore is an India-based venture capital firm founded in 2010 that invests in early-to-Series A agritech, rural fintech, climate-smart agriculture, and sustainable food brand startups, managing approximately $295 million in AUM across three funds.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Venture Capital

NAICS

Portfolio Management and Investment Advice (52394)

SIC

Investment Advice (6282)

akta.pro primary industry

Impact / ESG Venture Capital (FSANAAAG)

Keywords

• Venture capital
• Agritech investing
• Impact investing
• Fund management
• Agricultural startups

Headquarters

HQ city

Mumbai

HQ country

India

HQ region

Asia

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Fund Management Fees & Carried Interest: Generates revenue as a venture capital firm through management fees on assets under management (AUM ~$295 million across funds) and carried interest / capital gains on successful portfolio exits. VC fund model with typical fund economics of 2% management fee and 20% carry.
2. Capital Gains from Portfolio Exits: Returns from successful exits include acquisitions (e.g., Barrix exited to Sumitomo, Eruvaka exited to Nutreco, M.I.T.R.A exited to Mahindra) and expected IPOs of portfolio companies.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels11 records

Core offering

Omnivore is an India-based venture capital firm that invests in early-to-growth-stage agritech, food, rural fintech, and climate-tech startups. It manages approximately $295 million in assets under management across three fund vintages (OPIF 2018, OACSF 2023, and a third fund with $150M first close in December 2025), deploying cheques of up to $5 million at seed through Series A stages and generating revenue through management fees and carried interest on exits.

Product overview

Omnivore is a venture capital firm (not a software product company) operating as a fund-plus-investment-theses architecture. The core product is the Omnivore venture capital fund, which deploys capital across four named investment verticals: Digital Value Chains (tech-enabled platforms for farmers and MSMEs such as DeHaat, Agrizy, Aquaconnect), Emerging Technologies (science-based agritech and decarbonisation plays such as altM, Niqo Robotics, Pixxel, Scimplify), Inclusive Fintech (rural and MSME financial services such as Optimo Capital, DGV, Finhaat), and Sustainable Brands (responsibly-sourced consumer brands such as Manam Chocolate, Sid's Farm, Celcius). Complementing the fund, Omnivore publishes research and impact reporting products such as the SEA Agritech Landscape Report and the annual OPIF/OACSF Impact Reports, and it operates a public-facing Spotlight newsroom aggregating portfolio announcements.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• OPIF: Omnivore Partners India Fund (first fund, Vintage 2018)
• OACSF

Products and services

• Omnivore Venture Capital Fund India-based agritech-focused venture capital fund (founded 2010, spun out from Godrej Agrovet) that backs visionary founders building resilient agrifood systems. The fund manages $295 million in assets under management across multiple vintages and structures investments around four impact pillars: Food Security, Agricultural Prosperity, Resource Efficiency, and Rural Resilience. Deploys capital at seed to Series A stages with cheques up to $5 million, leading rounds in agritech, food, rural fintech, and climate-tech startups across India and the Global South.

Quantifiable outcome

• 7.29 million consumers provided with healthy & nutritious food across portfolio (as of March 2025)
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers28 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core and flagship.

• Beanstalk AgTechcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 March 2026Co-author with Omnivore and Briter of the joint SEA AgriTech Landscape Report (2026), covering 12 markets, 370+ ventures, $3.1B+ in tracked deals across Southeast and South Asia.
• Briter Bridges / Briter IntelligencecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 March 2026Co-author with Omnivore and Beanstalk AgTech of the joint SEA AgriTech Landscape Report (2026), providing data on 370+ ventures and $3.1B+ in tracked deals.
• Godrej Agrovet / Godrej Family OfficeflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerOmnivore was spun out from Godrej Agrovet in 2010 and remains backed by the Godrej family office, which has supported the fund's evolution from a seed-stage investor to a Series A-focused fund over 15 years.

Scale indicators10 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Ankur Capital: India-focused early-stage venture capital firm investing in agritech, health, and fintech for low-income consumers. Direct peer to Omnivore in Indian agritech seed and Series A with overlapping founder base.
• Aavishkaar Capital: Indian impact-investment firm managing multiple funds across equity and debt for underserved sectors including agritech and rural enterprises. Closely comparable model to Omnivore's VC-plus-impact approach with similar DFI LP relationships.
• Acumen Capital Partners: Global impact-investing pioneer deploying patient capital into early-stage agritech, energy, and healthcare startups serving low-income communities. Comparable in thesis, fund structure, and DFI-style LP base.
• AgFunder: Global agritech venture capital firm with multiple funds and a research/media arm publishing widely cited agrifood investment reports. Comparable in agritech specialization and thought-leadership publishing strategy.
• Lightrock: Global impact-focused growth investor backing purpose-driven companies across climate, food, health, and financial inclusion. Comparable in impact thesis and ability to lead large rounds in emerging markets including India.
• Aspada (Sophon Capital): Early-stage India-focused impact investor backing supply-chain, agritech, healthcare, and financial-services startups serving low-income populations. Closely comparable in stage, geography, and impact mandate to Omnivore.

Broad incumbents

• BlueOrchard Finance: Global impact investment manager with debt and equity strategies including agri/SME finance. Comparable in DFI-backed impact mandate and blended-finance approach, though broader and more debt-heavy than Omnivore.
• Eight Roads Ventures: Global venture firm with a strong India presence backing consumer, fintech, and healthcare startups including agritech. Comparable as a Series-A-active India investor, though not impact-mandated and far broader in sector.

Regional players

• IDH Farmfit Fund: Blended-finance impact fund supporting smallholder-inclusive agribusiness models in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. Comparable in blended-finance mandate and smallholder focus, though more Africa-weighted than Omnivore's India base.
• Tenacious Ventures: Australia-led agrifood-tech venture firm investing across the Asia-Pacific region. Comparable in agritech specialization and thesis-driven approach, though primarily Oceania-focused rather than India-focused.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• GitHubgithub.com/Lemon-Yellow-LLP/omnivore/tree/master/backend
• Xx.com/omnivorefund
• Facebookfacebook.com/OmnivorePartners

Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Subsidiaries33 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

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M&A

Investments141 records

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