# Anirudh Sarda

> Anirudh Sarda is a Series B investor at Oikocredit International backing Finance. See 11 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Oikocredit International](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/oikocredit-international)
- Location: Hyderabad, India
- Total investments: 11
- Last investment: Dec 2024
- Lead investor: 18%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anirudhsarda/

Anirudh Sarda is a Series B investor at Oikocredit International in Hyderabad focused on Finance and Financial Services. Anirudh Sarda - Principal @ Oikocredit International

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Finance | 4 | 36% |
| Financial Services | 4 | 36% |
| FinTech | 2 | 18% |
| Credit | 1 | 9% |
| Banking | 1 | 9% |

14 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series B | 3 | 27% |
| Series A | 2 | 18% |
| Series C | 1 | 9% |
| Debt Financing | 1 | 9% |
| Private Equity | 1 | 9% |

7 stages tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Avanti Finance | Avanti Platform is an open-access digital financial spine, flexible enough for users and partners to create, curate and deploy the financial products | $14.1M | Series B | Dec 11, 2024 |  |
| Kaleidofin | Kaleidofin is a fintech platform that provides complete financial solutions for excluded individuals and households. The platform propels under-banked customers towards meeting their real life goals by providing intuitive and tailored financial solutions. Their solutions take into account the financial roadblocks and vulnerability that thesesegments, such as volatile income streams and limited understanding of the fine print in financial products.Kaleidofin creates individual profiles of households based on several sources and uses that information to tailor its services for each customer. It also provides curated, goal-based financial solutions to people in the underbanked segments. It will leverage the full India stack, existing networks, analytics, structuring, and user-centered design to drive outcomes for customers, in the processKaleidofin was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. | $13.8M | Venture - Series Unknown | Sep 18, 2024 |  |
| Avanti Finance | Avanti Platform is an open-access digital financial spine, flexible enough for users and partners to create, curate and deploy the financial products | $24M | Series B | Apr 03, 2023 |  |
| Sitara | Sewa Grih Rin provides affordable housing finance to the under-served low income households in urban and peri-urban locations.Incorporated in 2011, SEWA Grih Rin Limited was envisaged as a means for the under-served households to access affordable and formal housing finance in urban & peri-urban locations. We learnt that low-income householdsheld two facets of their life very close to their heart: they treasured the education of their children; and aspired to self-own a property, a home of their own.SEWA Grih Rin Limited’s work is aimed at directly improving the quality of life of informally employed households, especially their women members, by creating a tangible financial asset in their name. We provide an affordable alternative to those households whose credit capacity falls behind the widening financing gap given the informal nature of their employment. | $1.5M | Secondary Market | Jul 13, 2022 |  |
| Sitara | Sewa Grih Rin provides affordable housing finance to the under-served low income households in urban and peri-urban locations.Incorporated in 2011, SEWA Grih Rin Limited was envisaged as a means for the under-served households to access affordable and formal housing finance in urban & peri-urban locations. We learnt that low-income householdsheld two facets of their life very close to their heart: they treasured the education of their children; and aspired to self-own a property, a home of their own.SEWA Grih Rin Limited’s work is aimed at directly improving the quality of life of informally employed households, especially their women members, by creating a tangible financial asset in their name. We provide an affordable alternative to those households whose credit capacity falls behind the widening financing gap given the informal nature of their employment. | $18.5M | Series C | Jul 12, 2022 |  |
| Annapurna Finance | Annapurna Finance is a microfinance venture that works for the financial and economic upliftment of underserved and unreached women. The company's purpose is the growth of the microfinance operation in the areas which are still away from the formal financial system of the economy and offer livelihood support to the poor households by providingfinancial and technical support to build up the entrepreneurial skill for the effective undertaking of business activities. It brings economically backward clients to the mainstream, offering need based financial services at its doorstep. | $34.8M | Private Equity | Dec 28, 2021 |  |
| Avanti Finance | Avanti Platform is an open-access digital financial spine, flexible enough for users and partners to create, curate and deploy the financial products | $26M | Series A | Apr 07, 2021 |  |
| Avanti Finance | Avanti Platform is an open-access digital financial spine, flexible enough for users and partners to create, curate and deploy the financial products |  | Debt Financing | Apr 07, 2021 |  |
| Kaleidofin | Kaleidofin is a fintech platform that provides complete financial solutions for excluded individuals and households. The platform propels under-banked customers towards meeting their real life goals by providing intuitive and tailored financial solutions. Their solutions take into account the financial roadblocks and vulnerability that thesesegments, such as volatile income streams and limited understanding of the fine print in financial products.Kaleidofin creates individual profiles of households based on several sources and uses that information to tailor its services for each customer. It also provides curated, goal-based financial solutions to people in the underbanked segments. It will leverage the full India stack, existing networks, analytics, structuring, and user-centered design to drive outcomes for customers, in the processKaleidofin was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. | $4.3M | Series A | Dec 19, 2019 |  |
| Sitara | Sewa Grih Rin provides affordable housing finance to the under-served low income households in urban and peri-urban locations.Incorporated in 2011, SEWA Grih Rin Limited was envisaged as a means for the under-served households to access affordable and formal housing finance in urban & peri-urban locations. We learnt that low-income householdsheld two facets of their life very close to their heart: they treasured the education of their children; and aspired to self-own a property, a home of their own.SEWA Grih Rin Limited’s work is aimed at directly improving the quality of life of informally employed households, especially their women members, by creating a tangible financial asset in their name. We provide an affordable alternative to those households whose credit capacity falls behind the widening financing gap given the informal nature of their employment. |  | Series B | Mar 19, 2019 |  |

10 of 11 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [NRJN Trust](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nrjn-trust) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Omidyar Network India](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/omidyar-network-india-050e) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bill-melinda-gates-foundation) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Nomura](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nomura) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Women's World Banking](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/women-s-world-banking) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Flourish Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/flourish-venture) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About Oikocredit International

VC Fund · Amersfoort, The Netherlands

Oikocredit is guided by the principle of empowering people. Their experience proves that the most effective and sustainable means of assisting those in need is providing an opportunity to help themselves.

5 contacts available at Oikocredit International.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Anirudh Sarda | Principal | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/anirudh-sarda |
| Alexander Remy | Equity Investment Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alexander-remy |
| Caroline Kamau Mulwa | Investments Manager - East & Southern Africa | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/caroline-kamau-mulwa |
| Evert Ludding | Manager of Financial Compliance | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/evert-ludding |
| Harsh Shah | Investment professional | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/harsh-shah-2609 |

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## FAQ

### What does Anirudh Sarda invest in?

Anirudh Sarda invests primarily in Finance, Financial Services and FinTech startups, most often at Series B and Series A stage. Most of the 11 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in India. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Anirudh Sarda last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Anirudh Sarda closed in Dec 2024. Shizune tracks 11 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

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