# Ankur Bansal

> Ankur Bansal is a debt financing investor at BlackSoil backing Financial Services and Finance. See 46 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [BlackSoil](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/blacksoil)
- Location: Mumbai, India
- Total investments: 46
- Last investment: Jun 2026
- Lead investor: 91%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ankur-bansal-blacksoil/

Ankur Bansal is a debt financing investor at BlackSoil in Mumbai focused on Financial Services and Finance. Ankur Bansal is the Co-Founder at BlackSoil. He attended Narsee Monjee College of Commerce and Economics.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Financial Services | 15 | 33% |
| Finance | 7 | 15% |
| Information Technology | 6 | 13% |
| Internet | 5 | 11% |
| E-Commerce | 5 | 11% |

79 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Debt Financing | 38 | 83% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 2% |
| Series A | 1 | 2% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 2% |
| Post-IPO Debt | 1 | 2% |

7 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| India | 40 | 87% |
| United States | 1 | 2% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Celebal Technologies | Celebal Technologies is a premier software services company in the field of Data Science, Big Data and Enterprise Cloud. Celebal Technologies helps you to discover the competitive advantage by employing intelligent data solutions using cutting-edge technology solutions that can bring massive value to your organization. The core offerings are around"Data to Intelligence", wherein we leverage data to extract intelligence and patterns thereby facilitating smarter and quicker decision making for clients.Celebal Technologies solutions are powered by Robotics, Artificial Intelligence, and Machine Learning algorithms which offer improved business efficiency in the interconnected world. Companies' clients are Product ISVs and delivery organisations across the globe who use our niche expertise in product development as well as Enterprise project implementations. We have adopted the highest standards of service quality and operational excellence, enabling our clients across a wide range of industries to transform into a data-driven enterprise. Our tailor-made solutions help enterprises maximize productivity, speed and accuracy. | $5.2M | Debt Financing | Jun 09, 2026 |  |
| Celebal Technologies | Celebal Technologies is a premier software services company in the field of Data Science, Big Data and Enterprise Cloud. Celebal Technologies helps you to discover the competitive advantage by employing intelligent data solutions using cutting-edge technology solutions that can bring massive value to your organization. The core offerings are around"Data to Intelligence", wherein we leverage data to extract intelligence and patterns thereby facilitating smarter and quicker decision making for clients.Celebal Technologies solutions are powered by Robotics, Artificial Intelligence, and Machine Learning algorithms which offer improved business efficiency in the interconnected world. Companies' clients are Product ISVs and delivery organisations across the globe who use our niche expertise in product development as well as Enterprise project implementations. We have adopted the highest standards of service quality and operational excellence, enabling our clients across a wide range of industries to transform into a data-driven enterprise. Our tailor-made solutions help enterprises maximize productivity, speed and accuracy. |  | Debt Financing | Jun 27, 2024 |  |
| Jean-Claude Biguine India | Jean-Claude Biguine India is a company that specializes in hairstyles techniques and fashion. | $4.8M | Debt Financing | Jun 11, 2024 |  |
| OTO Capital | OTO Capital is a software platform that helps people to own or buy a car. The platform works in partnership with various banks and NBFCs to provide financing options to its customers. It also provides full auto lifecycle management, from credit underwriting to insurance, maintenance, and eventual resale of the vehicle. |  | Debt Financing | May 06, 2024 |  |
| BluSmart Mobility | Blu Smart Mobility is a provider of electric shared smart mobility platform for transportation. Blu Smart is an all-electric, shared, and smart mobility platform for ride-sharing, car-sharing, and scooter-sharing. Blu Smart is a 100% electric mobility platform that partners with electric vehicle manufactures. | $24M | Series A | Dec 21, 2023 |  |
| MOZARK | Mozark is a network, application, device & OS, and Cloud/CDN service company. |  | Debt Financing | May 23, 2023 |  |
| Genworks | Genworks provides healthcare solutions and medical devices to offer telemedicine services across various healthcare sectors. It focuses on offerings that include equipment for cardiology, ENT, femtech, in vitro diagnostics (IVD), neonatal care, radiology, respiratory diagnostics, and surgical solutions. | $4M | Venture - Series Unknown | May 09, 2023 |  |
| RevFin | RevFin is a digital lending company. |  | Debt Financing | Dec 14, 2022 |  |
| Battery Smart | Battery Smart provides advanced Li-ion batteries to e-rickshaws. Battery Smart develops a retrofittable 48V Li-ion twin battery system that is compatible with all major electric rickshaw (e3w) models. | $9.1M | Debt Financing | Dec 14, 2022 |  |
| UpMove | Upmove Capital is a Non-Banking Financial Company (NBFC) that provides formal credit to the vast underserved middle and low income segments. |  | Debt Financing | Dec 14, 2022 |  |

10 of 46 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [BP Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bp-ventures) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
- [Stride Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/stride-ventures) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [Alteria Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alteria-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Green Frontier Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/green-frontier-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Mayfield India](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mayfield-india) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Survam Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/survam-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About BlackSoil

VC Fund · Mumbai, India

Blacksoil Advisory is an independent boutique advisory firm that provides consultation and financing resources. The firm has extensive experience working with start-ups, high-growth companies, and real estate developers with tailor-made investment products, with the goal of creating value for all stakeholders.The BlackSoil team has theexperience to understand what companies across all stages require, and is able to provide advisory and debt funding facilities that meet the real-world demands of growing businesses and equity sponsors and investors.

4 contacts available at BlackSoil.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Ankur Bansal | Co-Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ankur-bansal-4d18 |
| Mohinder Bansal | Founding Partner and Chairman | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mohinder-bansal |
| Chirag Shah | Senior Associate | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chirag-shah-2f2b |
| Rishap Shah | Associate | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rishap-shah |

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## FAQ

### What does Ankur Bansal invest in?

Ankur Bansal invests primarily in Financial Services, Finance and Information Technology startups, most often at Debt Financing and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 46 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in India. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Ankur Bansal last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Ankur Bansal closed in Jun 2026. Shizune tracks 46 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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