We invest in rare birds
We spot, seed and support Indian-origin founders building Deep Tech and Enterprise AI for the world.
Origins
For a thousand years, we called India Sone ki Chidiya — the Golden Sparrow. She was once the richest economy in the world, nearly a quarter of global GDP.
Golden Sparrow exists to back the Indian-origin founders taking her back to the top.
Philosophy
The Human
Markets shift. Categories fade. We back the human who outlasts both.
The Question
Decks show the work. Questions reveal the human behind it. “What are you afraid of?” is one of ours.
The Answer
Conviction, not consensus. Once we have it, we invest — often within days.
The Distance
We invest in the decade it takes to build something real.
Rishaad Currimjee
General Partner
Who we are
Entrepreneur at Heart, Operator by Experience and Investor by Design
Rishaad started his professional career managing a High Yield portfolio on Wall Street.
He spent 10 years in operating and founding roles across several start-ups in Delhi, which included a failure and an exit.
He has proven turnaround experience where he led some of his Mauritius family businesses to profitability. The Currimjee Group, one the largest conglomerates in Mauritius, was also a seed investor in Bharti Airtel.
Prior to Golden Sparrow, Rishaad actively invested in AI and SaaS startups, with several breakouts.
He graduated from Williams College (BA) and INSEAD (eMBA, Honors).
Our Team
Spot, seed and support rare birds
Our Venture Partners
Supporting our founders from 0 to 1
Dr. Amritendu Mukherjee
Dr Amritendu Mukherjee
Dr. Anand Rao
Dr. Anand Rao
Quentin Staes-Polet
Our Venture Partners open doors the fund could not open alone. Beyond them, Golden Sparrow is backed by close to 100 engaged global LPs — operators, founders, and institutional investors who bring their networks to bear on behalf of the founders we support.
Portfolio and Co-Investors
Democratizing space transportation costs with a fully re-usable, medium-launch vehicle
Raised Series A
Building fast and growth-optimized frontend for the most ambitious Shopify brands.
Raised upround
Molecular drug delivery at higher efficacy
Raised upround
Affordable, accessible satellite components for the new space economy
Raised upround
Building the trust layer for secure, multi-agent AI environments
Enterprise data platform
Virtualize, scale and orchestrate GPUs
Raised Series A
Designing UI products faster
Optimization using photonic hardware
Creating a global technology platform to power ESG for industrials
Genetically engineering Black Soldier Flies for sustainable protein production
Re-imagining semiconductor performance with reconfigurable chipsets
Raised Series A
Leveraging Nano Robots to reach where others have not
Building high-quality data across US rheumatology
ATS & recruitment software designed to simplify candidate tracking from source to hire.
Building human-embodied intelligence by creating personalized digital twins that understand your physiology, cognition and behavior
Democratizing space transportation costs with a fully re-usable, medium-launch vehicle
Raised Series A
Virtualize, scale and orchestrate GPUs
Raised Series A
Re-imganinig semiconductor performance with reconfigurable chipsets
Raised Series A
Building fast and growth-optimized frontend for the most ambitious Shopify brands.
Raised upround
Molecular drug delivery at higher efficacy
Raised upround
Affordable, accessible satellite components for the new space economy
Raised upround
Building the trust layer for secure, multi-agent AI environments
Enterprise data platform
Designing UI products faster
Optimization using photonic hardware
Creating a global technology platform to power ESG for industrials
Genetically engineering Black Soldier Flies for sustainable protein production
Leveraging Nano Robots to reach where others have not
Building high-quality data across US rheumatology
ATS & recruitment software designed to simplify candidate tracking from source to hire.
Building human-embodied intelligence by creating personalized digital twins that understand your physiology, cognition and behavior
Fund Thesis
Golden Sparrow is a US-domiciled venture fund backing Indian-origin founders building Deep Tech and Enterprise AI for the world.
Fund I, an $8M 2023 vintage, is fully deployed across eighteen companies and tracks in the top decile of its peer group.
Fund II, targeting $20M, held its first close in January 2026. We write initial checks of $400K to $1M into pre-seed and seed rounds, concentrated by design.
We back exceptional engineering talent in India and its diaspora. We make fewer bets, we know our founders deeply, and we stay for the decade it takes to build something real.
We are one of the few funds committed to India’s Deep Tech and Enterprise AI talent and that of its Diaspora.
Testimonials
Rishaad and Michael stand out as exceptional VCs, bringing deep preparation and genuine conviction. They joined every call well-versed in our tech stack – from AI fundamentals to MCP protocols and translated that understanding into pragmatic, actionable guidance that positioned us strongly for our next funding round
Prashant Ram - Co-Founder, Oryo
They moved fast through diligence & stayed deeply involved after. Rishaad nudged Reecha – who had interviewed at Golden Sparrow – to join us as Chief of Staff instead. They introduced us to Amazon, and we work closely with Venkat, their Venture Partner, to sharpen our GTM.
Deepak Shapeti - Co-Founder, Morphing Machines
Golden Sparrow impressed us from the second meeting – their analyst reference-checked our past ventures within days. They moved quickly, asked sharp questions, and put the first check on the table within a week.
Ditlev Bredahl - Co-Founder, Hosted AI
