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GAIL Startup Fund

Profile and fund size

Parent GAIL (India)HQ New Delhi, IndiaFounded 2017

GAIL Startup Fund is the corporate venture arm of GAIL (India), an energy company. It was founded in 2017 and is based in New Delhi, India. Sectors it names: climate and energy, industrial technology and robotics, healthcare and digital health.

Commitment by parentS5
INR 5bn
Companies backedS1
38

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Snapshot

Scale and capital allocated
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MeasureValueUnitKindSource
Headline sizeINR 5bnCommitment by parentStated by the firm or its parentS5
Companies backed38companiesStated by the firmS1

Sources: S5 GAIL letter: start-up corpus raised to INR 500 crore (2025-01-31); S1 GAIL Start-up (Pankh) page.

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Scale and capital allocated

Firms and databases count companies, rounds and investments differently.

Sources: S5 GAIL letter: start-up corpus raised to INR 500 crore (2025-01-31); S1 GAIL Start-up (Pankh) page.

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Where it invests

Geography

Headquarters
New Delhi, India
Offices
  • New Delhi, India

Investment regionsS1

Key facts

FactValueStatusSource
Parent companyGAIL (India)Single sourceS2
Parent industryEnergy and utilitiesSingle sourceS2
Founded2017Single sourceS2
HeadquartersNew Delhi, IndiaSingle sourceS2
StatusActiveSingle sourceS1
Capital sourceParent company onlySingle sourceS1
Headline sizeINR 5bn (Commitment by parent)Single sourceS5
Companies backed38Single sourceS1

Recent rounds

DateCompanyRoundAmountSource
2026-03-19Leafiniti BioenergyNot statedINR 135.4MS4

History

  1. GAIL launched the Pankh start-up initiativeS2
  2. Start-up investment corpus raised from INR 100 crore to INR 500 croreS5

Portfolio

Portfolio company named in public sources: Leafiniti Bioenergy.S3

The firm also states 38 companies backed. The page list and the stated total measure different things.S1

Official pages

Read the firm's own pages for current information.

  • Website gailebank.gail.co.in/GSUICBG/frmStartUpGAIL.aspx

Sources

  1. S1GAIL Start-up (Pankh) pageFirm
  2. S2GAIL press release: 10th Pankh round (2025-04-01)Firm
  3. S3GAIL disclosure to exchanges: equity shares in Leafiniti Bioenergy (2026-03-18)Filing
  4. S4TruAlt Bioenergy press release: GAIL infuses INR 130 million in Leafiniti (2026-03-19)Portfolio company
  5. S5GAIL letter: start-up corpus raised to INR 500 crore (2025-01-31)Parent company

Disclaimer and corrections

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