WHY US

Investment thesis

We believe that change is the only norm and Founders willing to transform/create industries using Artificial Intelligence and Immersive Experience will succeed. Areas of interest includes B2B and B2C mostly around high value investments we make during our lifetime such as home, car, health, education and travel. Pivots are often necessary and it may take 3-6 years to break out.

We have a three pronged investment strategy

01

Tech Partner

Typically take 5%-15% equity position in the startup. Exit at Series A/B/IPO

02

Joint Venture

Typically take 25% - 30% equity position in the startup and play interim CTO/ CPO roles. 1-2 Board seats. Exit at Series C/ IPO

03

Buy/Grow

Incubate our own ideas with 100% ownership or Acquire. CXO roles. 3-4 board seats. Open to M&A/IPO

There are currently three group level initiatives

01

Architecture Review Board

Groom CTOs for startups

02

Business Review Board

Groom Presidents and CPOs

03

Entrepreneur in Residence

Mentor High School / College kids on entrepreneurship

OUR DNA

Solutioning is in our DNA

Decades of R&D and Tech innovation in Artificial Intelligence, Big Data and Immersive Experience, in Enterprises, Startups and Academia

Groundbreaking insights in

We’re drawn to founders who push the edge of what’s possible. Our investments span the technology stack, from applications to infrastructure, and across the enterprise spectrum from developer operations to security, data platforms, and beyond.

Real Estate

  • Paper Brokerage
  • Investor decision support
  • Appraisal Digitization
  • Agent and Loan Officer networks
  • Fantasy real estate
  • Propensity to Buy/Sell
  • Longitudinal Property Record on distributed ledger

healthcare

  • Situational Awareness
  • Digital Front Door
  • Aging @ Home
  • Integrative Medicine
  • Clinical Decision Support
  • Microbiome Mind-Body wellness
  • Revenue Cycle Management
  • Fraud prevention
  • Mental Health
  • Cognitive Med School

Automotive

  • Cognitive Digital Retailing
  • Frictionless Mobility
  • Propensity to Buy/Sell
  • Dealer networks
  • Smart Appraisals

Social Retail

  • Fashion, Stylists
  • Community management
  • Social eCommerce
  • Outdoor sporting

Artificial Intelligence

  • Prediction
  • Knowledge Graphs
  • Cognition
  • AutoML
  • MLOps
  • Explainable AI
  • Image Recoganition
  • Edge AI
OUR GROUP

We have known each other for more than 25 years. Three of the 4 Managing Partners spent years in Tuscaloosa, AL and have strong roots in Kerala, God's own Country in India. We have delivered in Corporate and Startup settings mostly in USA. We were always solutioning and generating value for early adopters leveraging emerging technology.

Our investment thesis emerged out of these experiences and Innovation Incubator was born in 2015. Today Innovation Incubator Holding group of companies span USA and India across several vertical industry domains. They all leverage emerging technology in general and AI in particular. Innovation Incubator Advisory Pvt Ltd, Innovation Incubator Inc., CogFab.ai Spaces Pvt Ltd and Cogfab AI Inculator Pvt Ltd are our subsidiaries.

Portfolio companies

We invest across all stages and sectors, with a focus on enterprise, life sciences, consumer, and frontier technology.

50+

Startups

$50M+

Funding

Managing Partners

Matt Kumar
Antony Satyadas
Dr. Umesh Harigopal
Mahesh Nair
partnership

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