Lumis Partners

What Lumis Partners does

Lumis Partners is a private alternative assets investment platform founded in 2006, headquartered in Stamford, United States with primary operations in Gurgaon, India. The firm deploys a "Build-Buy-Invest" approach, taking sector- and stage-agnostic positions across businesses and funds with a stated emphasis on patient capital and category-defining ventures. Its operating model combines direct venture building (via platforms such as Age Care Labs in elder care and Supply Chain Labs in logistics), fund incubation and sponsorship (Caret Capital in VC, Stride Ventures in venture debt, Oister Global in secondaries), and direct equity investments across portfolio companies. Lumis serves Indian entrepreneurs, fund managers seeking strategic partnership, and limited partners in its fund vehicles; its customer segments span elder care, future of work, supply chain and logistics, HR tech, education, and agritech.

Lumis does not operate as a unified technology product company; its core technology is the investment platform itself and the operating expertise of its leadership team rather than a software offering. Underlying capabilities include portfolio company incubation infrastructure, TiE-affiliated founder sourcing through the 16-year TiE Lumis Awards program, and brand-building via media presence, video content, and the Work10M initiative targeting 10 million work opportunities in India by 2030. Revenue mechanics comprise three streams: fund management fees from managing alternative asset funds (recurring), carried interest and performance fees from successful exits (transaction-based), and direct investment returns from building, buying, and investing in portfolio companies.

The firm's go-to-market is relationship-driven and sales-led, relying on direct engagement with founders and fund managers rather than product marketing. It is led by co-founders Sandeep Sinha and Rohit Bhayana (both ex-GE/HCL operators) alongside Senior Partner & CFO Lalit Aggarwal and Chief Brand Officer Sneha Dadrwal, with a high-profile advisory board including HCL co-founder Arjun Malhotra, former Aditya Birla Capital CEO Ajay Srinivasan, and ex-IBM India president Mukesh Aghi. The platform manages a portfolio of 20+ active companies and funds alongside 14+ realized exits including Altizon, Awign, Celcius, Flutura, UnitedLex, and PeopleStrong.

Name

Lumis Partners

Legal name

Lumis Partners

Website

https://lumispartners.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2006

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Lumis Partners is a private alternative assets platform founded in 2006 that builds, buys, and invests in Indian businesses and funds across elder care, supply chain, HR tech, and future-of-work via a patient-capital, Build-Buy-Invest approach, serving founders, fund managers, and LPs.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Alternative Asset Management / Private Equity & Venture Capital

NAICS

Portfolio Management and Investment Advice (523940)

SIC

Investment Advice (6282)

akta.pro primary industry

Managed Account / SMA Multi-Manager Platforms (FSANAGAL)

Keywords

• Alternative asset management
• Venture capital investing
• Private equity platform
• Venture debt funds
• Fund management services

Headquarters

HQ city

Stamford

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

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: Lumis generates management fees from managing alternative assets funds across various investment strategies including venture capital, venture debt, and sector-specific funds.
2. Carried Interest / Performance Fees: The firm earns carried interest from successful portfolio exits and investments, aligning with long-term value creation.
3. Investment Returns: Returns from building, buying, and investing in portfolio companies and funds, realizing gains through exits.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Lumis Partners is an alternative assets platform that builds, buys, and invests in businesses and funds across sectors in India using a sector- and stage-agnostic, lab-driven approach. The firm manages venture capital, venture debt, secondaries, and sector-specific funds, while operating wholly-owned subsidiaries such as Age Care Labs (senior care) and Supply Chain Labs (supply chain accelerator). It co-brands the TiE Lumis Awards to source early-stage founders and provides patient capital with operator-level support to category-defining ventures.

Product overview

Lumis Partners is an alternative assets investment platform (founded in 2006) that operates as a venture builder, buyer, and investor in India. The company takes a 'Build-Buy-Invest' approach to support businesses and funds. Rather than offering a unified software product, Lumis Partners operates as an investment and venture-building firm with a portfolio of companies across sectors including elder care (Emoha, Epoch), venture capital (Caret Capital, Oister, Stride Ventures), supply chain and logistics technology (Aerchain, Edgistify, StaTwig, Eunimart), HR tech (Board Infinity, Peoplestrong), and various other verticals. Their portfolio companies represent the core 'products' within the Lumis ecosystem, but Lumis Partners itself does not offer a singular software platform or product suite.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Age Care Labs: Platform to build, buy and invest into businesses in senior care
• Supply Chain Labs
• TiE Lumis Awards
• Work10M

Products and services

• Alternative Assets Investment Platform (Build-Buy-Invest) A sector- and stage-agnostic investment platform that builds, buys, and invests in businesses and funds across multiple sectors in India. Targets founders, entrepreneurs, and fund managers seeking patient capital and operator-level support.
• Age Care Labs (Senior Care Platform) A wholly-owned Lumis platform to build, buy, and invest in businesses serving the senior care sector in India. Includes acquisitions such as Epoch Elder Care (2021) focused on dementia care and assisted living.
• Supply Chain Labs (Supply Chain Accelerator) India's first supply chain accelerator programme for startups, designed to support supply chain and logistics ventures with mentorship, capital, and ecosystem access.

Quantifiable outcome

• 16 years of operating history since 2006
• +2 more outcomes

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• TiE (The Indus Entrepreneurs)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLumis Partners co-brands and sponsors the TiE Lumis Awards with TiE, creating a flagship annual awards program to identify and support early-stage founders in India. The program has run for 16 years and has become a launchpad for game-changing entrepreneurs.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• ChrysCapital: India-focused private equity firm with a multi-fund platform and operator-driven investment approach. Directly comparable to Lumis as a sector-diversified India PE/VC investor with multiple fund vehicles and an active/exited portfolio.
• Endiya Partners: India early-stage venture capital firm investing across sectors with operator-style support. Comparable to Lumis's seed/Series A activity in India, particularly in enterprise and consumer tech.
• Kalaari Capital: India early-to-growth stage venture capital firm. Comparable to Lumis in sector-diversified India venture investing, founder-led model, and active portfolio support.
• Lok Capital: India-focused PE/VC firm investing in financial inclusion, healthcare, and agriculture. Comparable to Lumis on sector-and-stage-agnostic India investing with a purpose-driven mandate.
• Aavishkaar Capital: India-focused impact and growth investor running multiple fund vehicles across stages. Comparable to Lumis in building India-focused, purpose-driven, multi-fund platforms spanning venture and growth.
• Omnivore: India agritech and food systems venture capital firm. Comparable to Lumis on the Agritech sector exposure and India-focused thesis-driven venture investing.
• Aspada Investment Advisors: India-focused growth-stage investor backing technology-enabled businesses in supply chain, healthcare, and financial services. Directly overlaps with Lumis's Supply Chain Labs and elder care theses.
• Unitus Ventures: India-focused early-stage VC investing in healthcare, education, and future of work. Closely comparable to Lumis on India early-stage, sector-agnostic venture investing with impact orientation.

Emerging players

• Antler: Global venture builder and early-stage VC that co-creates startups from scratch. Comparable to Lumis on the 'Build-Buy-Invest' operator-led model, particularly the Supply Chain Labs and Age Care Labs build subsidiaries.

Broad incumbents

• Omidyar Network India: India-focused impact investment arm of the Omidyar Group. Comparable to Lumis on India thesis-driven, multi-stage investing across elder care, education, and future-of-work verticals.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/LumisPartners

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments15 records

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