Taurus Ventures

Taurus Ventures is an early-stage, technology-focused venture capital firm founded in 2015 and based in New York City, investing in technology-enabled businesses across the United States and Southeast Asia. The firm targets multiple early stages, pre-seed, seed, seed-plus and Series A, and concentrates on sectors including artificial intelligence, healthcare, climate, consumer and commerce, seeking founders with strong teams, scalable business models and the ability to disrupt traditional industries through innovative technology, typically as a co-investor. Taurus is led by co-founders Hemant Bhardwaj, Managing Partner, and Win Thanapisitikul, with partner Gaurav Batra; Bhardwaj brings extensive venture-capital and technology-investment experience identifying and supporting early-stage startups. Over roughly six years the firm has built a portfolio of around 64 companies that includes three unicorns, Solugen, a sustainable-chemicals company that secured a $214M DOE loan, People.ai and Fair, alongside one IPO and two acquisitions. Other notable holdings span its US and Southeast Asia footprints: Tigerhall, Neuron, Infradigital, Momos, Multifactor in AI-agent account security, Cactus AI, Starcloud building data centers in space, Jiko, IUNU in greenhouse monitoring, KarmaCheck and ProducePay. Recent activity includes a Series A investment in Momos in September 2024 and a most-recent tracked investment in Barndoor AI on May 20, 2025, with first-time backing of Multifactor and a follow-on in Tigerhall during 2025. By bridging the US and Southeast Asian ecosystems, Taurus Ventures backs early-stage technology founders across AI, healthcare, climate and commerce.