Premji Invest
Premji Invest manages the investments of Wipro founder Azim Premji's family. Its AI portfolio includes Hippocratic AI, Runway and Applied Intuition.
Investing activity
Premji Invest appears in 8 AI deals tracked by the AI Lounge deals desk, rounds totalling $5.86B, and led 2 of them. The rounds are mostly Series C, Seed and Growth, with a median round size of $110M and the largest at $5B. The most recent are Blacksmith (Series C, $66M, Oct 2026), Catalyst (Seed, $30M, Oct 2026) and Clockwork.io (Growth, $31M, Oct 2026).
Premji Invest most often invests alongside Sequoia Capital, Peak XV Partners, Seligman Ventures and Capricorn Investment Group, and the companies it backs on AI Lounge are mostly in AI infrastructure, Developer infrastructure and AI agents for retail trading.
Deals
Frequently asked questions about Premji Invest
What AI companies has Premji Invest invested in?
Premji Invest's AI investments include Blacksmith, Catalyst, Clockwork.io, CScale, Velaura AI, Databricks, Pramaana Labs and Rhoda AI. The 8 rounds on AI Lounge are listed on this page with amounts, dates and co-investors.
Where is Premji Invest based?
Premji Invest is based in Bangalore, India.
What stage does Premji Invest invest at?
In the rounds tracked on AI Lounge, Premji Invest has invested at Series C, Seed, Growth and Series A, with a median round of $110M. Premji Invest led 2 of those rounds.
Who does Premji Invest co-invest with?
Premji Invest's most frequent co-investors on AI Lounge are Sequoia Capital (2 deals), Peak XV Partners (2 deals), Seligman Ventures (2 deals), Capricorn Investment Group (2 deals) and Khosla Ventures (2 deals).
How can founders reach Premji Invest?
Founders on AI Lounge can see Premji Invest's contact details in AI Investor Contacts (paid plans), check for a warm introduction through members who worked with the firm under Warm Paths, and add Premji Invest to their Investor Pipeline to track the conversation.