Fueling the next wave of AI, Robotics and Frontier innovation

Unity Growth Fund partners with visionary founders pioneering advancements in transformative technologies, providing the capital, strategic insight, and global network needed to scale their innovations into market-leading companies.

Target Verticals

Artificial Intelligence

Robotics &
Automation

Machine Learning

Defense Technology

Data &
Analytics

Aerospace Technology

Semiconductors

Quantum Computing

Cloud &
Edge Computing

Our Executive Team

Shankar Gupta Boddu

Founder & General Partner

Leads Unity Growth with a deep network across Silicon Valley's founders, investors, and strategic partners. His track record includes backing more than 40 high-conviction private companies across AI, robotics, fintech, blockchain, and space technology. Shankar secures exclusive opportunities, bringing a global perspective and disciplined, long-term partnership to Unity's portfolio.

Rajendra Appalneni

Co-Founder & Partner

Serial entrepreneur and early investor with a strong track record of building companies from zero to scale. He has invested widely across technology and transformative innovation. At Unity Growth Fund, he brings sharp operational insight and a disciplined approach to evaluating breakthrough founders.

Abhiram Appalaneni

Principal of Investments

Leads diligence, research, and portfolio strategy across frontier AI, robotics, and deep-tech. He plays a key role in evaluating breakthrough technologies and structuring high-conviction investments. With a strong analytical foundation and global perspective, he supports founders in scaling from early traction to market leadership. Abhiram drives Unity's mission of backing category-defining companies shaping the future.

Portfolio Highlights

Partnering with exceptional companies driving innovation across industries

Tech innovator developing rockets, spacecraft and a global satellite internet network to revolutionize space travel.

AI research lab building frontier large-language models (Claude) with a safety-first, steerable AI approach.

Defense tech firm developing AI-driven autonomous systems (unmanned drones, surveillance towers, counter-UAS) for military operations.

Data platform unifying data warehousing, analytics & AI (lakehouse) for enterprise big-data processing.

Robotics startup developing AI-powered humanoid robots (Figure 03) to perform everyday tasks in human environments.

Semiconductor company building record-scale AI chips and wafer-scale engines systems optimized for deep learning training & inference.

Generative AI platform delivering domain-specific large language models for law, automating legal research, document review & contract analysis.

Industrial robotics startup building next-gen humanoid robots for hazardous heavy-industry jobs.

Defense AI company developing intelligent autonomous aircraft (AI fighter pilot software and drones) to protect military forces.

Robotics startup designing general-purpose mobile and humanoid robots with human-level dexterity and real-world intelligence.

Human-centered robotics company creating AI-powered humanoid robots (Apollo) to work safely alongside people in industrial and everyday environments.

Fintech pioneer offering buy-now-pay-later payment solutions and a shopping app for consumers and online merchants.

Global payments platform building the economic infrastructure for the internet, enabling businesses to process online payments at scale.

Cloud data management platform providing secure backup, rapid recovery and data security (zero-trust) for enterprise hybrid-cloud environments.

Cryptocurrency exchange platform for buying, selling and trading digital assets securely; also first crypto firm with a U.S. bank charter.

Wealth management software aggregating investment data and analytics to power portfolio reporting for high-net-worth clients.

Analytics company offering a search-driven, AI-powered business intelligence platform that lets anyone query enterprise data for insights.

Fintech infrastructure provider connecting bank accounts with apps via APIs, powering digital payments and personal finance tools.

Consumer trading platform offering commission-free stock, ETF, options & crypto trading via a mobile app, democratizing access to investing.

......And many more innovative companies shaping the future