About TLabs
TLabs is a venture capital firm founded in 2011. It is primarily based out of Delhi, India. As of Jun 2020, TLabs has invested in 61 companies. It primarily invests in Seed round in India based startups. Its investments are spread across a wide range of sectors from Enterprise Applications to Consumer and High Tech. Most recently it led the $941K Seed round of GreedyGame Media along with Brand Capital. This round also saw participation from Anuj Choudhary and other investors.
Overall, TLabs portfolio has seen 10 acquisitions including key companies like Happay, Vidooly and GetMyUni. A lot of funds co-invest with TLabs, with names like Brand Capital sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio.
TLabs has team of 1 people.
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Seed & Angel
TLabs' List of Top Investments
TLabs has a portfolio of 61 companies. Their most notable investments are in iLenze and HomeTriangle.Their portfolio spans across India, United States and Singapore. They have invested in Enterprise Applications, Consumer, High Tech and 18 other sectors, across stages such as Seed, Angel stages. Here is the list of top investments by TLabs:1. Pratilipi
Pratilipi is the provider of a vernacular platform for reading and sharing of stories. It enables users to publish and read stories, poetry, essays and articles in multiple Indian languages like Hindi, Gujarati, Kannada, Malayalam and Telugu. They can also rate content posted by members. Its app is available across both Android and iOS platforms.
Key facts about Pratilipi
- Founded Year: 2014
- Location: Bengaluru (India)
- Annual Revenue: ₹58.6Cr as on Mar 31, 2024
- Valuation: ₹869Cr as on May 21, 2025
- Stage: Series E
- Total Funding till date: $97M
- Employee Count: 184 as on Apr 30, 2025
- Investors: Tencent, Brand Capital and 44 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series E, Apr 03, 2025, $12M
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
2. Inshorts
News aggregator and content distribution. It is a news aggregator and content distribution platform that offers a mobile app summarizing news stories across various categories, including business, sports, Bollywood, and technology.
Key facts about Inshorts
- Founded Year: 2013
- Location: Delhi (India)
- Annual Revenue: ₹183Cr as on Mar 31, 2024
- Stage: Series D
- Total Funding till date: $125M
- Investors: Times Internet, Tiger Global Management and 11 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series D, Jul 15, 2021, $60M
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
3. ParallelDots
AI-powered image recognition solutions for businesses. It provides image recognition software for retail execution and shelf monitoring. It offers solutions for digital store audits, promotion and pricing compliance, and planogram compliance. The platform uses computer vision to monitor in-store compliance and identify execution gaps. It provides tools for field force management, shelf analytics, and competitive intelligence. It also offers a platform for training image recognition models and provides augmented reality-based audit capabilities.
Key facts about ParallelDots
- Founded Year: 2014
- Location: Seattle (United States)
- Valuation: $2.72M as on Mar 21, 2016
- Stage: Series A
- Total Funding till date: $6.5M
- Employee Count: 126 as on Oct 31, 2024
- Investors: TLabs, Btomorrow Ventures and 2 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, May 16, 2022, $4.5M
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
4. Happay
Happay provides expense management software and corporate card for businesses. It features solutions for tracking fleet operations, approving invoices, tracking payments, account payables automation, cash flow management, tracking expenditures, and more. It offers prepaid & credit cards and also provides a travel booking platform for employees.
Key facts about Happay
- Founded Year: 2012
- Location: Bengaluru (India)
- Annual Revenue: ₹83.1Cr as on Mar 31, 2022
- Last Known Valuation: ₹397Cr as on Apr 21, 2020
- Stage: Acquired
- Total Funding till date: $22.3M
- Employee Count: 225 as on Jul 31, 2024
- Investors: AME Cloud Ventures, Times Internet and 9 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series B, Apr 21, 2020, $788K
- Highlight: Acquired
5. HomeTriangle
HomeTriangle is an online platform that enables users to browse through various home services such as interior designing, home cleaning, plumbing, handymen, electricians, architects & more. It enables homeowners to browse through the suggestions given by the platform & choose based on their budget, need & neighbourhood. Homeowners & professionals can connect with each other, get suggestions, provide reviews & share experiences to find trusted home service professionals.
Key facts about HomeTriangle
- Founded Year: 2014
- Location: Bengaluru (India)
- Annual Revenue: ₹9.05Cr as on Mar 31, 2024
- Valuation: ₹3.44Cr as on Aug 03, 2015
- Stage: Seed
- Total Funding till date: $94.8K
- Employee Count: 36 as on Jan 31, 2025
- Investors: Brand Capital, TLabs and 24 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Seed, Aug 03, 2015, $46.8K
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
TLabs' Year-on-Year Investment Trends
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TLabs' Investments by Stage
TLabs has made 52 investments in Seed stage with an average round size of $90K and 1 investment in Angel stage with an average round size of $245K.Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Stage of entry | No. of Investments |
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Seed | 52 |
Angel | 1 |
TLabs' Investments by Sector
TLabs has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Enterprise Applications, Consumer, Media & Entertainment, Retail and High Tech. Notably, it has invested in 56 Tech companies, 32 Enterprise (B2B) companies, 28 Consumer (B2C) companies and at least 19 companies focusing on Software.
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Sector | No. of Investments |
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Enterprise Applications | 22 |
Consumer | 20 |
Media & Entertainment | 10 |
Retail | 8 |
High Tech | 7 |
Others | 55 |
TLabs' Investments by Geography
TLabs has made most investments in India (50), followed by United States where it has made 3 investments.
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Country | No. of Investments |
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India | 50 |
United States | 3 |
Singapore | 1 |
TLabs' recent investments
Here are the most recent investments by TLabs:
Date | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
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Jun 23, 2020 | India | Seed | $1.14M | 500 Global [+8] | |
Mar 16, 2019 | India | Seed | $941K | Sujeet Kumar [+3] | |
Feb 06, 2019 | India | Series C | $2.11M | Alibaba [+1] | |
Dec 10, 2018 | India | Seed | $898K | WEH Ventures [+7] | |
Jan 29, 2018 | India | Seed | $4.52M | Rocketship [+2] |
Acquired companies in TLabs' Portfolio
Here are TLabs' portfolio companies that got acquired most recently:
Company | Acquisition Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
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Nov 18, 2024 | - | - | - | |
Jul 11, 2023 | Jun 16, 2014 | Seed | $16.7K | |
Feb 16, 2022 | Nov 05, 2015 | Seed | $45.7K | |
Jan 05, 2022 | Nov 17, 2014 | Seed | $20K | |
Oct 11, 2021 | Mar 24, 2014 | Seed | $17K |
Team profile of TLabs
TLabs has a team of 1 member located in United States. TLabs' team does not sit on the board of any company as of now.Co-investors of TLabs
Over the past 13 years, 291 investors have co-invested in TLabs's portfolio companies.
- Invested before TLabs: Advancit Capital, MESA Ventures and 5 others have invested in rounds before TLabs. There are 1 company where Advancit Capital has invested before TLabs and 1 company where MESA Ventures has invested before TLabs.
- Top Co-investors of TLabs: 16 investors entered a company along with TLabs. These include investors like Brand Capital (3 companies).
- Invested after TLabs: A total of 268 investors have invested in TLabs's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include Times Internet (5 companies), Brand Capital (3 companies) and Abhishek Gupta (3 companies).
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