# Battery Road Digital Holdings

> Battery Road Digital Holdings is a VC fund in Mumbai backing E-Commerce and Transportation. See 19 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Mumbai, India
- Total investments: 19
- Last investment: Feb 2025
- Lead investor: 21%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/brdven/
- Website: https://www.brdven.com

Battery Road Digital Holdings is a venture capital and private equity firm that focuses on frontier and emerging markets.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $200k–$3M |
| Series A | $4.4M–$10M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| E-Commerce | 4 | 21% |
| Transportation | 4 | 21% |
| Payments | 3 | 16% |
| Logistics | 3 | 16% |
| Financial Services | 3 | 16% |

33 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 6 | 32% |
| Series A | 4 | 21% |
| Funding Round | 3 | 16% |
| Private Equity | 2 | 11% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 5% |

7 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Egypt | 2 | 11% |
| Singapore | 2 | 11% |
| India | 1 | 5% |
| Brazil | 1 | 5% |
| Rwanda | 1 | 5% |

11 countries tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| zypl.ai | zypl.ai applies 'no data' AI at scale to advance financial inclusion in emerging and frontier markets. Our SaaS solution enables banks and microfinance organizations to instantly and accurate underwrite loans, both offline and digitally, to consumers with limited or no credit history.zypl's proprietary approach includes training AImodels on synthetically generated data with simulation of 'black swan' conditions, providing stable and adaptable SaaS in spite of macro volatility in developing markets. Apart from analyzing traditional variables such as social, demographic, and professional background of clients, our SaaS reviews device metadata, psychometrics, web trace, and macroeconomic factors to arrive at credit decisions.In the process, we fully customize AI models to risk appetite of each individual enterprise partner with the goal of reflecting their competitive market advantages. Additionally, we offer complete flexibility on mode of integration through either cloud or on-premise deployment based on enterprise preference. We only deploy explainable AI models with embedded 'weight-of-evidence' interpretation of each decision made by the software, complying with emerging regulatory requirements on credit scoring.Having launched our beta last year, we have scaled presence to 10 enterprise clients in 4 markets across Central Asia. In this time, we have underwritten >$9 million in consumer and small business (services, trade, agriculture) loans to over 12 thousand consumers with staggeringly low 0.7% portfolio-at-risk rate. Since booking first revenue earlier this year, we have surpassed 25% compounded monthly growth rate and reached financial break-even this month.As a complement to credit scoring, our product team has ventured into churn prediction in telecom sector through partnerships with 3 leading telcos in Central Asia. Our rapid product iteration and development is a result of an AI Academy that we have launched to nurture talent internally.zypl.ai was ideated at Stanford University's Startup Garage and recently completed the Silkway Accelerator by Google for Startups and Astana Hub. Our startup was launched with a grant from the Islamic Development Bank as part of the Transform Fund. With our pre-seed capital raise, we plan on globalizing our AI SaaS solution by expanding to new markets in MENA, Southeast Asia, and Eastern Europe. | $3M | Seed | Feb 21, 2025 |  |
| zypl.ai | zypl.ai applies 'no data' AI at scale to advance financial inclusion in emerging and frontier markets. Our SaaS solution enables banks and microfinance organizations to instantly and accurate underwrite loans, both offline and digitally, to consumers with limited or no credit history.zypl's proprietary approach includes training AImodels on synthetically generated data with simulation of 'black swan' conditions, providing stable and adaptable SaaS in spite of macro volatility in developing markets. Apart from analyzing traditional variables such as social, demographic, and professional background of clients, our SaaS reviews device metadata, psychometrics, web trace, and macroeconomic factors to arrive at credit decisions.In the process, we fully customize AI models to risk appetite of each individual enterprise partner with the goal of reflecting their competitive market advantages. Additionally, we offer complete flexibility on mode of integration through either cloud or on-premise deployment based on enterprise preference. We only deploy explainable AI models with embedded 'weight-of-evidence' interpretation of each decision made by the software, complying with emerging regulatory requirements on credit scoring.Having launched our beta last year, we have scaled presence to 10 enterprise clients in 4 markets across Central Asia. In this time, we have underwritten >$9 million in consumer and small business (services, trade, agriculture) loans to over 12 thousand consumers with staggeringly low 0.7% portfolio-at-risk rate. Since booking first revenue earlier this year, we have surpassed 25% compounded monthly growth rate and reached financial break-even this month.As a complement to credit scoring, our product team has ventured into churn prediction in telecom sector through partnerships with 3 leading telcos in Central Asia. Our rapid product iteration and development is a result of an AI Academy that we have launched to nurture talent internally.zypl.ai was ideated at Stanford University's Startup Garage and recently completed the Silkway Accelerator by Google for Startups and Astana Hub. Our startup was launched with a grant from the Islamic Development Bank as part of the Transform Fund. With our pre-seed capital raise, we plan on globalizing our AI SaaS solution by expanding to new markets in MENA, Southeast Asia, and Eastern Europe. | $1.1M | Pre-Seed | Sep 24, 2022 |  |
| AwanTunai | AwanTunai is digitizing the traditional FMCG supply chain with online ordering, customer management, payment acceptance, embedded financing, and inventory management. Currently focused on Indonesia, our integrated business systems for offline wholesalers and their micro merchant customers aim to deliver prosperity via quality financial services andSaaS solutions. The company currently monetizes via embedded financing for inventory purchase transactions in our closed-loop ecosystem. AwanTunai is a regulated fintech institution able to originate, service, and collect (full end-to-end customer control) bank-compliant loan assets for partner institutions that fund its financial products. Awan Tunai also works with global insurance institutions on distributing auto-trigger micro-insurance protection. | $8.5M | Series A | Mar 09, 2022 |  |
| IMAN | IMAN is a full-stack halal finance solution for merchants, shoppers, and investors. | $1M | Seed | Dec 09, 2021 |  |
| MNT-Halan | MNT-Halan is a microfinance lending and payments company. | $120M | Private Equity | Sep 08, 2021 |  |
| MNT-Halan | MNT-Halan is a microfinance lending and payments company. | $120M | Venture - Series Unknown | Sep 08, 2021 |  |
| Halan | Halan is a ride-hailing application that provides two and three-wheeler vehicle rides and on-demand logistics. The application also caters to businesses, offering smart-tech last-mile delivery through their integrated smart services using motorcycle and tricycles. It allows customers to request motorbike or tuk-tuk rides, or order food or goods fordelivery via motorbikes or cargo tricycles.Halan also offers on-demand logistics solutions to support large organizations and small businesses alike in their distribution and supply chain. It also provides convenience and safety, while for the driver it offers incremental business. The application has delivered partnerships with fast-food chains like McDonald’s, KFC and Pizza Hut in Egypt.Halan was founded in November 2017 and is based in Cairo, Al Qahirah, Egypt. | $120M | Private Equity | Sep 08, 2021 |  |
| Josudo | Josudo is a complete end to end learning solution, designed specifically for gamers. It is a 360 degree e-learning platform that helps gamers of all kinds to get better. They use tech to match up players with the coach best suited to their skill level and desired improvement areas. | $200K | Seed | May 31, 2019 |  |
| CanGo Africa | CanGo is an on demand services company with a technology office in Nairobi and current operations in Kinshasa and Kigali. | $1.1M | Seed | Apr 08, 2019 |  |
| Halan | Halan is a ride-hailing application that provides two and three-wheeler vehicle rides and on-demand logistics. The application also caters to businesses, offering smart-tech last-mile delivery through their integrated smart services using motorcycle and tricycles. It allows customers to request motorbike or tuk-tuk rides, or order food or goods fordelivery via motorbikes or cargo tricycles.Halan also offers on-demand logistics solutions to support large organizations and small businesses alike in their distribution and supply chain. It also provides convenience and safety, while for the driver it offers incremental business. The application has delivered partnerships with fast-food chains like McDonald’s, KFC and Pizza Hut in Egypt.Halan was founded in November 2017 and is based in Cairo, Al Qahirah, Egypt. | $4.4M | Series A | Dec 03, 2018 |  |

10 of 19 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Algebra Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/algebra-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Apis Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/apis-partners) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Development Partners International](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/development-partners-international) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Disruptech Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/disruptech) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Egypt Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/egypt-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Endeavor Catalyst](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/endeavor-catalyst) — VC Fund, 3 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Battery Road Digital Holdings invest in?

Battery Road Digital Holdings invests primarily in E-Commerce, Transportation and Payments startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 19 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Egypt. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Battery Road Digital Holdings's check size?

Battery Road Digital Holdings typically joins rounds of $200k–$3M at Seed and $4.4M–$10M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Battery Road Digital Holdings participates in.

### When did Battery Road Digital Holdings last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Battery Road Digital Holdings closed in Feb 2025. Shizune tracks 19 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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