# Ankur Bulsara

> Ankur Bulsara is a seed investor at Scopely (Culver City) backing Messaging and SaaS. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Scopely](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/scopely)
- Location: Culver City, United States
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Jun 2023
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ankurbulsara
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/ankurbulsara
- Website: http://www.ankur.org
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ankur.bulsara

Ankur Bulsara is a seed investor at Scopely in Culver City focused on Messaging and SaaS. Ankur Bulsara is based out of Las Vegas, Nevada and is the Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer of Scopely. Ankur previously worked at Brainwave Software as a Founder. Ankur attended Cornell University. Ankur Bulsara has been certified in Machine Learning Foundations: A Case Study Approach

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Messaging | 2 | 100% |
| SaaS | 1 | 50% |
| Gaming | 1 | 50% |
| Communities | 1 | 50% |
| Mobile Apps | 1 | 50% |

8 industries tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| YepChat | YepChat offers businesses with a texting platform that enables them to manage and react according to their customer feedback. It offers tools that enable businesses to manage a large number of texts and obtain analytics.YepChat enables businesses to conduct surveys, receive purchase orders, and handle payments through text messages. It alsoenables its customers to send automated or customized messages to targeted groups. YepChat also enables businesses to provide their VIP customers with concierge services.YepChat was founded in January 2015 by Quinn Goldstein. And it is headquartered in Venice, California. | $1M | Seed | Jun 05, 2023 |  |
| Fizz.io | Fizz is an Instant Messenger for mobile games/apps with real-time auto-translation in 34 languages. With a simple integration, power your games/apps with real socialization, increasing retention and reducing churn. |  | Seed | Oct 07, 2016 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [AngelList Quant Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/angellist-quant-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Scopely

VC Fund · Culver City, United States

Scopely is an interactive entertainment and video game company, home to many top-grossing, award-winning franchises including “Star Trek™ Fleet Command,” “MARVEL Strike Force,” “Stumble Guys”, and “Yahtzee With Buddies,” among others.Scopely creates, publishes, and live-operates immersive games that empower a directed-by-consumer™ experience.Scopely is fueled by a world-class team and a proprietary technology platform Playgami™ that supports one of the diversified portfolios in the mobile games industry. Recognized multiple times as Company’s “World’s Most Innovative Companies,” Scopely is a multi-billion-dollar business due to its ability to create long-lasting game experiences that players enjoy for years. Scopely has operations in more than a dozen markets across Asia-Pacific, including Bangalore and Shanghai, among others; EMEA, including Barcelona and Dublin, among others; and North America, including Boulder, Colorado, and Culver City, California, among others, with additional game studio partners across four continents.

5 contacts available at Scopely.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Ankur Bulsara | Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ankur-bulsura |
| Jonathan Palmer | Senior Director Business Intelligence | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jonathan-palmer-2 |
| Tim O'Brien | Chief Revenue Officer & Board Member | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tim-obrien-3 |
| Aaron Loeb | Chief Business Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aaron-loeb |
| Benjamin Webley | Chief Marketing Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/benjamin-webley |

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## FAQ

### What does Ankur Bulsara invest in?

Ankur Bulsara invests primarily in Messaging, SaaS and Gaming startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Ankur Bulsara last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Ankur Bulsara closed in Jun 2023. Shizune tracks 2 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?

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