Naya Ventures

Naya Ventures was founded in 2011 as a North Texas-based venture capital fund structured as 'entrepreneurs investing in entrepreneurs,' with an original mandate to bridge the US and India technology ecosystems. In 2020 the firm relaunched as Dallas Venture Capital (DVC), with Founder and Managing Director Dayakar Puskoor joined by Abidali Neemuchwala — former CEO and Managing Director of Wipro — as Venture Partner and co-founder. Headquartered in Irving, Texas, DVC operates a cross-border strategy with $130 million across two funds: the DVC USA Fund ($80 million) and DVC India Fund I ($50 million), both deployed over a four-to-five-year window. DVC concentrates on B2B SaaS companies in CloudOps, AI and MLOps, DevOps, DevSecOps, cybersecurity, data, IoT, and extended-reality infrastructure, writing $2 million to $10 million checks at seed, Series A, and early-growth stages. The firm leads rounds and delivers value-add through the 'DVC Advantage' model, guiding portfolio companies on business development, product strategy, and technology architecture. DVC has made 62 investments with a combined portfolio enterprise value exceeding $1 billion. Notable portfolio companies include Kore.ai, a conversational AI platform; CoreStack, a cloud governance platform whose $8.5 million Series A was led by DVC in March 2020 and which went on to raise a $30 million Series B in November 2021; Hyperverge; Felix Healthcare; and Altia Systems, which was acquired for $125 million. DVC's dual-fund structure gives it a structural edge in cross-border deals — deploying US capital into India-origin companies scaling globally, and India capital into US-founded companies expanding into one of the world's fastest-growing enterprise markets.