India, June 22 -- In a shareholders' letter explaining its investment thesis, Zomato-backer Info Edge revealed that it has invested Rs.1,003 Cr across 54 AI and deeptech startups from 2020 until March 31, 2026 .

The company labelled its "AI and deeptech portfolios represent a broad, early position across the technologies expected to shape the coming decade for India and beyond".

Info Edge's AI portfolio comprises 28 companies including Aftershoot, Gnani.ai, Jurisphere, Pascal AI, and Phot.ai. While it had deployed Rs.614 Cr across these companies, it values its investments worth as of now to be at Rs.1,268 Cr. This indicates a 2.1X internal rate of return (IRR) and gross IRR of 31%.

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