Prosus Ventures
Corporate venture investor of Prosus, formerly Naspers Ventures. It backs ecommerce, fintech, food delivery and AI companies from seed to growth stage across India, Latin America, Europe and the Middle East.
Industry: Corporate venture capital | Founded: 2015
About Prosus Ventures
Prosus Ventures is the venture investing arm of Prosus, the technology investment group listed on Euronext Amsterdam since September 2019. Its website says it partners with entrepreneurs to build technology companies. Global Venturing reported in 2026 that it invests from seed to growth stage and has made close to 200 deals.
The unit was formerly Naspers Ventures, when it belonged to the South African internet group Naspers, and Global Venturing dates its founding to 2015. Martin Tschopp has been chief executive since November 2020, after four years as chief operating officer. He previously ran the nonprofit lender Kiva and spent eight years at eBay. The website also names Priyanka Chopra as chief financial officer of Ventures, Alex Umfrid as general counsel and regional investment heads. Thiago Viana, formerly of iFood, took a leadership role in 2026.
Prosus says it focuses on building lifestyle ecommerce businesses in Latin America, Europe and India, and on adjacent areas such as food delivery, fintech and consumer services. It also backs early-stage AI startups and explores frontier technologies including quantum computing, robotics and drones. Its portfolio page lists Meesho, Urban Company, PharmEasy, Thndr, 99minutos, Corti and Oxford Ionics among others. In FY25 the unit says it committed and invested more than 400 million dollars across more than 40 closed transactions, including 88 million dollars in AI.
In the Middle East, Robin Voogd heads investments. Prosus Ventures co-led the 20 million dollar Series A of the Egyptian investing platform Thndr in February 2022 with Tiger Global and BECO Capital, and led its 15.7 million dollar round announced in May 2025, according to Thndr. In 2023 it led a 10 million dollar seed round in the Australian cybersecurity company Plerion and co-led Corti's 60 million dollar Series B with Atomico, Global Venturing reported.
Global Venturing said in 2024 that the unit had invested in more than 100 startups, with 1.4 billion dollars invested across its portfolio. Its 2026 profile of Viana cited Meesho's December public offering and IonQ's acquisition of Oxford Ionics as recent successes. The website gives no fund size or founding date.
Leadership
- Martin Tschopp, Chief Executive Officer
- Thiago Viana, Leadership role (title not stated)
- Priyanka Chopra, Chief Financial Officer, Ventures
- Alex Umfrid, General Counsel, Ventures
- Robin Voogd, Head of Middle East Investments
- Sandeep Bakshi, Head of Europe Investments
- Ashutosh Sharma, Head of India Investments
- Sachin Bhanot, Head of SE Asia and ANZ Investments