TranslationEndeavors
Hard-tech
Biotech & Health
Artificial Intelligence
Energy & Climate
Building India's deep-tech future.

Translating India's
scientific excellence
into companies of consequence.

We back India's boldest deep-tech ideas with long-term capital and access to best-in-class infrastructure, knowledge, and networks.

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§ A multi-institutional partnership
IIMAVentures
IITMadras
IITKanpur
BITSPilani
IITGandhinagar
C-CAMPBangalore
NCLVentureCenter
InventionEngine
IndusDC
IIMAVentures
IITMadras
IITKanpur
BITSPilani
IITGandhinagar
C-CAMPBangalore
NCLVentureCenter
InventionEngine
IndusDC
IIMAVentures
IITMadras
IITKanpur
BITSPilani
IITGandhinagar
C-CAMPBangalore
NCLVentureCenter
InventionEngine
IndusDC
§ Quick Snapshot

About Us

Translation Endeavors is an integrated platform to support deep-tech entrepreneurs through: - early and growth-stage funding - access to advanced R&D facilities and piloting opportunities - skilled technical teams and sectoral expertise - business and startup guidance Translation Endeavors is built on top of ~20 years of R&D-led startup support experience, incubated at IIMA Ventures, and being built in partnership with India's top innovation hubs.

§ Initiatives · The full-stack platform

Focused Capital + Institutional Support + Expert Team. Deep-tech Force Multiplier

Five initiatives - EIRs, Studios, Sprints, Translation Capital, and the Translation Foundation. We meet founders at the earliest stage and provide seed capital, infra access, and deep-scientific support - and we strengthen the ecosystem that produces them.

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01
Translation EIRs

Operator-founders in residence inside partner labs

02
Translation Studios

Venture-building from deep-science

03
Translation Sprints

An accelerator built for India's deep-tech

04
Translation Capital

Patient capital, seed through Series B

05
Translation Foundation

Ecosystem building - institutions, cities, sectors

§ 01 · Ecosystem

Many partners, one platform.

IIMA Ventures, IIT Madras, IIT Kanpur, BITS Pilani, IIT Gandhinagar, C-CAMP, NCL Venture Center, Invention Engine, IndusDC.

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§ 02 · Thesis

Four themes, one fund.

Energy & Climate · Biotech & Health · Hard-tech · Artificial Intelligence. Investing where science meets the physical world.

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§ 03 · Insights

Notes from the field.

Op-eds, thought-pieces , and field notes from the team. The why-now for India's deep-tech decade.

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§ 04 · Team

Operators, not generalists.

~20 years of R&D-led investing at IIMA Ventures, Infuse, and Bharat Fund. Led top global PE funds, foundations and research labs.

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§ The track record · Two decades, multiple funds

A team that has backed bold entrepreneurs and breakthrough ventures

Translation Endeavors is built on ~20 years of R&D-led startup investing experience at IIMA Ventures, Infuse, and Bharat Fund.

100+
Deep-tech ventures backed
50+
Exits across M&A, secondary, buy-back, IPO
20+
Years of R&D-led startup investing
250+
Years combined R&D + investing experience
2007

IIMA Ventures

India's oldest deep-tech investor.

2013

Infuse

India's first energy and climate VC fund.

2018

Bharat Fund

One of India's first deep-tech VC funds.

2026

Translation Endeavors

A full-stack platform for India's deep-tech - capital, infra, talent, and programs.