# Venture Catalysts (slim)

> Venture Catalysts's investments in AI tools on Anchor Terminal, Vaani AI Research Private Limited, with each listing's grade and the founders behind it.

- Full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/venture-catalysts/index.md (~500 tokens) · this version ~430 tokens · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/venture-catalysts/index.json · canonical https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/venture-catalysts/
- Index: https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt · API: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json · MCP: https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp · Updated: 2026-11-02
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Venture firm.

## Companies on Anchor Terminal

- **Vaani AI Research Private Limited**, Pre-seed, September 2025, led a round
  - [Vaani Developer Platform](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/vaani-voice.md), graded E, 44.6/100
  - Source: https://entrackr.com/snippets/vaani-ai-research-raises-400k-pre-seed-round-led-by-venture-catalysts-10512994

## Where they invest

- Conversational voice agents, 1

## Founders they backed

- [Tushar Shinde](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/tushar-shinde/), Vaani AI Research Private Limited
- [Nitesh Tripathi](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/nitesh-tripathi/), Vaani AI Research Private Limited
- [Nitish Mishra](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/nitish-mishra/), Vaani AI Research Private Limited

## Questions

### Which AI tools has Venture Catalysts invested in?

Anchor Terminal lists Vaani AI Research Private Limited backed by Venture Catalysts.

### How are Venture Catalysts's companies graded?

On Anchor Terminal's benchmark, Vaani Developer Platform (E, 44.6).

Investors are named from the companies' own announcements, the investors' own pages, Y Combinator's company pages, public filings and news reports of a round, each with its source.