# Bala Investments

> Bala Investments is a VC fund in Austin backing Machine Learning and FinTech. See 4 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Austin, United States
- Total investments: 4
- Last investment: Jun 2021
- Lead investor: 50%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- Website: https://www.balainvestments.com/

Bala Investments is an investment firm.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Machine Learning | 2 | 50% |
| FinTech | 1 | 25% |
| Accounting | 1 | 25% |
| Debt Collections | 1 | 25% |
| Financial Services | 1 | 25% |

11 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 50% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 25% |
| Series A | 1 | 25% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Rajiv Bala | Managing Director | 13 | — |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| ConverseNow | ConverseNow automates and personalizes restaurant orders on high-volume voice channels such as phone, drive-thru, self-service kiosks, voice assistants, and voice-assisted chat on mobile. Founded in 2018 by Rahul Aggarwal and Vinay Shukla, ConverseNow is headquartered in Austin, Texas. | $15M | Series A | Jun 04, 2021 |  |
| ConverseNow | ConverseNow automates and personalizes restaurant orders on high-volume voice channels such as phone, drive-thru, self-service kiosks, voice assistants, and voice-assisted chat on mobile. Founded in 2018 by Rahul Aggarwal and Vinay Shukla, ConverseNow is headquartered in Austin, Texas. | $3.3M | Seed | Apr 21, 2020 |  |
| CollBox | CollBox is a web app that allows business owners to send their past-due invoices to effective, ethical debt collection professionals in just three clicks. CollBox integrates directly with cloud accounting providers to show overdue accounts and gives users an easy way to send it to collections and get back to running their business. | $1M | Pre-Seed | Jan 02, 2020 |  |
| Allstacks | Allstacks develops a software engineering intelligence platform for enterprise software organizations to predict forecasting and risk management. Its mission is to build organizational trust through software delivery with predictive forecasting and risk analysis. | $4.7M | Seed | Dec 04, 2019 |  |

4 of 4 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [2048 Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/2048-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Bridge Investments](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bridge-investments) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Knoll Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/knoll-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [LiveOak Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/liveoak-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Moneta Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/moneta-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Tensility Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tensility-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Bala Investments invest in?

Bala Investments invests primarily in Machine Learning, FinTech and Accounting startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 4 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Bala Investments?

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### Who are the partners at Bala Investments?

The team at Bala Investments includes Rajiv Bala (Managing Director). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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