# Bharat Banka

> Bharat Banka is a seed investor at Incofin Investment Management backing Travel and Internet. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Incofin Investment Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/incofin-investment-management)
- Location: Mumbai, India
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: May 2014
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bharatbanka

Bharat Banka is a seed investor at Incofin Investment Management in Mumbai focused on Travel and Internet. Bharat Banka - Independent IC Member @ Incofin Investment Management

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Travel | 1 | 50% |
| Internet | 1 | 50% |
| Hospitality | 1 | 50% |
| Semantic Search | 1 | 50% |
| Travel Accommodations | 1 | 50% |

8 industries tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| InvenZone | InvenZone is a niche networking platform for researchers and scientists focusing on solving the core pain points of researchers like discovering the right data, complexity of the research papers, tracking the research updates and connecting with the right community or people. The platform is backed by huge AI in solving the pain points. We havebuilt contextual semantic search & we are also including conceptual semantic search to make the discovery a very simple task. With Sparq (Semantic Parsing And Reasoning of Query), finding the answers to complex questions is effortless. Doing research becomes a lot simpler & efficient with many other technologies and tools that InvenZone offers. With research papers heading the social conversations, finding the right connections is now easy. |  | Seed | May 30, 2014 |  |
| OYO | OYO is a global platform that empowers entrepreneurs and small businesses with hotels and homes by providing full-stack technology that increases earnings and eases operations; bringing affordable and trusted accommodation that guests can book instantly. |  | Seed | Oct 15, 2012 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [VentureNursery](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/venturenursery) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Incofin Investment Management

VC Fund · Antwerp, Belgium

Incofin Investment Management (Incofin IM) manages funds that invest in microfinance institutions (MFIs) in developing countries. MFIs provide financial services, such as credits, savings and insurances, to people who cannot have recourse to regular banks. As a specialist in rural microfinancing, Incofin IM’s main goal is to reach out to people wholive in more secluded rural areas and/or who are active in the agricultural sector.

5 contacts available at Incofin Investment Management.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Aditya Bhandari | Partner & Co Regional Director - Asia | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aditya-bhandari-874c |
| Bharat Banka | Independent IC Member | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bharat-banka |
| Loïc De Cannière | Managing Partner and Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lo%C3%AFc-de-canni%C3%A8re |
| Michaël Blockx | Director Private Equity Operations | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/micha%C3%ABl-blockx |
| Salome Ndunda | Investment Manager | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/salome-ndunda |

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## FAQ

### What does Bharat Banka invest in?

Bharat Banka invests primarily in Travel, Internet and Hospitality startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in India. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Bharat Banka last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Bharat Banka closed in May 2014. 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?

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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