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Omniscience has raised $12.0M across 1 funding round.
Key people at Omniscience.
Omniscience was founded in 2014 by Sunil Rawat (Co-Founder, CEO).
Omniscience has raised $12.0M in total across 1 funding round.
Omniscience provides an advanced platform for precise processing and interpretation of complex, hyperdimensional data sets. Its proprietary Omniscale computing model integrates mathematical transformations, advanced AI, and distributed computing. This technology powers solutions like Document AI, Decision Engine, a Risk Ops Platform, and Underwriting Automation, enabling enterprises to manage intricate data environments.
The company’s origins stem from the US intelligence community, leveraging founders Sunil Rawat, Manu Shukla, and Andrew Fong’s experience with internet-scale applications. Their insight into challenges posed by high data volumes and combinatorial complexity led to establishing Omniscience, creating a breakthrough platform for real-world data interpretation.
Omniscience primarily serves insurance and financial services, empowering clients to make accurate business decisions and identify new opportunities. The platform assists in expanding market share, realizing cost savings, boosting return on equity, and ensuring regulatory compliance. The company envisions extending its capabilities to diverse markets, helping organizations systematically decipher chaos within their operational landscapes.
Key people at Omniscience.
Omniscience has raised $12.0M across 1 funding round. Most recently, it raised $12.0M Omniscience Corporation - Series A in March 2020.
| Date | Round | Lead Investors | Other Investors | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 9, 2020 | $12M Series A | — | TOM Olds, Rgax | Announced |
OmniScience Capital is a global investment management firm specializing in equity investments across Indian and international markets, guided by its proprietary Scientific Investing philosophy. This approach prioritizes capital preservation by systematically eliminating fundamentally weak or overvalued stocks, aiming to enhance safety, growth, and returns simultaneously[1][2][3]. The firm offers core portfolios for broad market stability and thematic strategies targeting high-growth sectors like fintech, digital banking, payments, and the metaverse[2]. With a peak AUM of ₹1200 Cr, over 12,000 investors, and 40+ years of combined team experience from IIT/IIM/Columbia alumni, it operates via platforms like smallcase for accessible, SEBI-registered strategies[2][3].
OmniScience Capital was founded by Dr. Vikas V. Gupta, who established the firm to apply a scientific lens to equity investing in global and Indian markets. A B.Tech graduate from IIT Bombay, Dr. Gupta leads the investment strategy, research, and portfolio oversight, drawing on the core OmniInsight: that mitigating permanent capital loss naturally boosts alpha[1][2]. Co-founders include Ashwini Shami (Chief Portfolio Manager, IIT Bombay B.Tech, IIM Lucknow MBA), who manages client portfolios and brings experience from NYSE and Reuters, and Varun Sood, who heads research on the Scientific Alpha platform[1][2]. Varun Sood leads research development[1]. The firm's evolution centers on first-principles thinking, integrating 100+ years of financial data and academic insights into safety-first models, evolving from core strategies to thematic ones like Omni FinTech and Omni Metaverse Global[1][2].
OmniScience Capital rides the wave of quantitative and data-driven investing, leveraging decades of global research amid rising retail investor adoption in India via platforms like smallcase. Its timing aligns with booming equity markets, fintech proliferation, and metaverse hype, where thematic strategies capture sector surges while core portfolios hedge volatility[2][3]. Market forces like digital banking growth and global diversification favor its model, as investors seek safety amid overvaluation risks in "priced-to-perfection" tech stocks[1]. The firm influences the ecosystem by democratizing scientific strategies for 12,000+ users, promoting disciplined SIPs and bridging academic insights to practical alpha, especially in India's expanding wealth management scene[2][3].
OmniScience Capital is poised to scale as retail investing surges, potentially expanding thematic portfolios into AI, renewables, or emerging global trends while refining its Scientific Alpha platform for more personalized strategies. Evolving regulations, AI-enhanced research, and geopolitical shifts will shape its path, amplifying influence through broader smallcase integration and international AUM growth. This safety-first pioneer could redefine accessible alpha, turning omniscience into widespread investor edge—echoing its founding insight that protecting capital unlocks supernormal returns[1][2].
Omniscience was founded in 2014 by Sunil Rawat (Co-Founder, CEO).
Omniscience has raised $12.0M in total across 1 funding round.
Omniscience's investors include Tom Olds, RGAx.
