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Amrish Rau
Singapore
At a glance
- City
- Singapore
- HQ / office
- Singapore (White Venture Capital, MYP Plaza, 135 Cecil Street); operating company Pine Labs is headquartered in Noida, Uttar Pradesh
- Corpus (as reported)
- White Venture Capital corpus US$40M (2022); personal net worth not public
- Website
- whiteventurecap.com
- Profile ↗
About
Amrish Rau is CEO and Chairman & MD of Pine Labs, the Noida (UP)-headquartered merchant-payments company that listed on NSE/BSE on 14 November 2025, and previously co-founded Citrus Pay and led PayU India. One of India's most prolific fintech angels (~70 investments incl. CRED, M2P, Khatabook, DotPe), he consolidated his angel activity into White Venture Capital, a US$40M Singapore-based fund launched 2022 with Sweta Rau (CEO) and Jitendra Gupta, writing $250K–$1M pre-seed to pre-Series A fintech/consumer-tech cheques.
Investment focus
Pre-Seed to Pre-Series A (seed to Series A cheques with follow-ons) · Fintech and consumer tech (payments, credit infrastructure, spend management, commerce)
Cheque size
US$250K–1M initial cheques; US$2–3M follow-on (White Ventures, per Inc42)
As compiled from public sources — verify with the investor.
SEBI registration
Not a SEBI AIF / offshore
Notable portfolio
CRED; M2P Fintech; Khatabook; DotPe; OTPless; Hyperface; EnKash; ShopSe
Team & organisation
Amrish Rau — CEO (and Chairman & MD) of Pine Labs, ex-co-founder Citrus Pay, ex-PayU India MD; ~70 personal angel investments, now channelled through White Venture Capital (US$40M fund run by wife Sweta Rau as CEO; Amrish Rau and Jupiter's Jitendra Gupta are LPs/advisors)
Direct UP connection — Pine Labs is headquartered in Noida, UP, making Rau one of the highest-profile operators running a UP-based fintech; White Ventures' published pitch email gives UP fintech/consumer-tech founders a realistic seed-stage funnel to him.
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Frequently asked
- What does Amrish Rau invest in?
- Pre-Seed to Pre-Series A (seed to Series A cheques with follow-ons) · Fintech and consumer tech (payments, credit infrastructure, spend management, commerce)
- What cheque size does Amrish Rau write?
- As compiled from public sources: US$250K–1M initial cheques; US$2–3M follow-on (White Ventures, per Inc42)
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About this record
- ⚑ Personal angel cheques now routed through White Venture Capital, where Rau is LP/advisor (day-to-day run by Sweta Rau) — outreach lands with the fund, not him personally; fund is Singapore-domiciled; time-constrained post Pine Labs' Nov 2025 IPO
Compiled from public sources as of 2026-07. iHub India lists investors neutrally and does not endorse, rank, or verify investment terms — confirm all details directly with the investor before transacting.
Sources: https://www.whiteventurecap.com/; https://www.whiteventurecap.com/portfolio; https://www.whiteventurecap.com/media/fundlaunch