Sanjay Swamy is the Managing Partner and Co-Founder of Prime Venture Partners. See sector focus and contact routes.
Sanjay Swamy is the Managing Partner and Co-Founder of Prime Venture Partners, a Bengaluru-based seed-stage venture capital firm he established in 2011 after serving as CEO of mobile payments company mChek and working on India’s Aadhaar authentication platform with UIDAI. His investment thesis focuses on early-stage technology startups that are “digitizing India” or building SaaS from India, with heavy emphasis on FinTech, SaaS, Healthcare, and Education, primarily within India but occasionally including US ventures with strong Indian presence. Swamy typically invests $500,000 to $1.5 million per deal, often as the lead investor taking a 20%–30% stake, while the firm’s total lifetime investment in a company ranges from $3 million to $5 million. Notable portfolio companies include Ezetap (smart mobile POS), ZipDial (mobile marketing, acquired by Twitter), KredX (invoice discounting), and Happay (expense management), where Swamy has served as both investor and co-founder or chairman. He distinguishes himself by combining investor and builder roles, actively shaping policy on banking and payments in India, and publicly stating, “We are speaking through our
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