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Powerhouse Ventures

Seed · IT / SaaS / Enterprise Software · Singapore

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At a glance

Stage focus
Seed
HQ / office
Singapore (HQ). The official site lists only a contact form — no street address is published on the firm's own site. Private Equity International's institution profile places the firm in Singapore (Great World City address cited by PEI, not confirmed on the official site). GPs: Sri Peddu (Washington, D.C., US) and Kshitij Golwalkar (Singapore).
Investments on record
8
Corpus (as reported)
Not disclosed on the official site or PEI (paywalled). Third-party aggregator indianvcs.com reports ~US$50M current fund / ~US$75M total — REPORTED, UNVERIFIED. PEI lists a fund "The India Dream Capital 2021" (closed Nov 2022), size not public. Treat AUM as unverified.
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About

Powerhouse Ventures is a Singapore-headquartered early-stage (Seed–Series A) venture capital firm investing primarily in technology startups out of India and the US, with typical checks of US$500K–US$2M (confirmed on the official site). General Partners are Sri Peddu (co-founder, based in Washington, D.C.; previously at the World Bank — an individual career background, not a DFI affiliation of the fund) and Kshitij Golwalkar (based in Singapore). Founding year is reported inconsistently — 2011 (PEI) vs 2014 (other aggregators). The firm works with founders on product-market fit, scaling, sales engine and Series A/B readiness, and lists platform partnerships with Microsoft, AWS, Google Workspace, Carta, Qapita, HubSpot and Twilio.

Investment focus

Stage: Seed to Series A (typical check US$500K–US$2M, confirmed on official site; targets companies that have raised under ~US$1.5M). Sector: technology — Horizontal/Vertical SaaS, FinTech, HealthTech, ConsumerTech, EdTech, RetailTech, AI/LLM. Geography: primarily India- and US-origin tech startups.

Cheque size

USD 500K - USD 2M per company

As compiled from public sources — verify with the investor.

SEBI registration

Registration category not stated — reported as “Seed / early-stage VC (Seed–Series A)”

SIDBI Fund of Funds

None found

Notable portfolio

Whatfix; Quizizz; DailyRounds (Marrow); Slintel (acquired by 6sense); Sybill; MediBuddy (DocsApp); Zenduty; KiranaClub

Team & organisation

~6 team members: 2 General Partners (Kshitij Golwalkar, Sri Peddu) + 4 investment professionals (3 analysts, 1 associate)

Singapore-HQ early-stage (seed-Series A) VC investing primarily into India; specific manager entity/AIF registration not disclosed on the official site.

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Frequently asked

What does Powerhouse Ventures invest in?
Stage: Seed to Series A (typical check US$500K–US$2M, confirmed on official site; targets companies that have raised under ~US$1.5M). Sector: technology — Horizontal/Vertical SaaS, FinTech, HealthTech, ConsumerTech, EdTech, RetailTech, AI/LLM. Geography: primarily India- and US-origin tech startups.
What cheque size does Powerhouse Ventures write?
As compiled from public sources: USD 500K - USD 2M per company
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About this record

  • ⚑ NAME COLLISION (high, CONFIRMED): a distinct US climate-tech "Powerhouse Ventures" (powerhouse.fund / powerhouse.vc, founded 2018 by Emily Kirsch, ~US$70M climate fund) is a separate entity — do NOT conflate. Also note other unrelated entities sharing the name (e.g. powerhouse-ventures.co). HQ OUTSIDE INDIA: headquartered in Singapore with one US-based GP — a foreign fund despite an India-heavy portfolio (material for a UP-government program). FOUNDING YEAR inconsistent (2011 vs 2014). AUM UNVERIFIED (only third-party aggregator figures). Scraper sites (ZoomInfo) expose partial/pattern emails — ignored; only the email published on the firm's own team page was retained.

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.powerhouseventures.com/; https://www.powerhouseventures.com/meet-the-team