Bharat Innovation Fund
VC Fund
Ahmedabad, India
Bharat Innovation Fund is a VC fund in Ahmedabad focused on Machine Learning and Information Technology. They believe India, that is Bharat, and its transformational entrepreneurs are producing globally competitive and disruptive solutions for some of the toughest challenges. Their ventures can be game-changers not only in the Indian context - but emerge as dominant leaders globally.Through their early-stage capital, unparalleled networks, strategicinsights and operational hand-holding, they can significantly de-risk the process of conversion of these ideas into companies of consequence.
- Total investments:
- 30
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 40%
- Fund size:
- $100M
- Last fund:
Last updated:
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Industries Bharat Innovation Fund invests in
Stages Bharat Innovation Fund invests in
Countries Bharat Innovation Fund invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
Round size
- Seed
- $1.1M–$3M
- Series A
- $3M–$8M
- Series B
- $3M–$28M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Machine Learning 6 (20%)
- Information Technology 6 (20%)
- SaaS 5 (17%)
- Artificial Intelligence 4 (13%)
- FinTech 3 (10%)
Stage
- Seed 10 (33%)
- Series A 8 (27%)
- Series B 6 (20%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 3 (10%)
Country
- India 18 (60%)
- United States 3 (10%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Ashwin Raguraman
Founding Partner
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Founding Partner | Total investments: 12 | Find email | |
Kunal Upadhyay
Managing Partner
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Managing Partner | Total investments: 1 | Find email | |
|
Saras Agarwal
Principal
|
Principal | Total investments: 4 | Find email | |
Shyam Menon
Partner & Co-founder
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Partner & Co-founder | Total investments: 1 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zumutor is a leading Immuno-Oncology company in the space of targeted NK cell therapeutics. They have two proprietary Antibody Engineering Platforms to develop novel immunotherapies that target innate immunity and regulate the tumor microenvironment. | $7.3M / Series B / Jun 13, 2026 | ||
| clodura.AI is a sales engagement platform. | $2M / Seed / Jun 06, 2024 | ||
| Portl is a digital platform that combines advanced sensors & proprietary fitness technologies with AI to create Holistic Health solutions for consumers and athletes. | $3M / Seed / May 23, 2024 | ||
| ClaimBuddy acts as one-stop solutions for Health Insurance Claim assistance for Patients and Hospitals. ClaimBuddy are building an ecosystem to ensure Hassle-free insurance claims by leveraging technology, and a set of simple yet powerful processes and operations. | $5M / Series A / Apr 12, 2024 | ||
| PlayShifu is an EdTech startup that offers teaching and learning tools for children 4 to 12 years of age. Shifu creates an innovative and immersive learning experience during playtime by bringing board games and mobile devices together through Augmented Reality. Because they believe, children deserve good screen time. | $6M / Venture - Series Unknown / Feb 22, 2024 | ||
| Algorithmic Biologics develops software and technology to maximize molecular testing processes. It operates "Tapestry," a tool that uses algorithm to examine multiple samples at the same time. Algorithmic Biologics is headquartered in Bangalore, India. | $2.5M / Seed / Feb 03, 2024 | ||
| Terra offers delight Gen Alpha with fun games, digital products, fostering creativity and cognitive growth with artificial intelligence. | Seed / Jan 01, 2024 | ||
| Data Sutram is an AI-based Location Intelligence Enterprise with a Cloud-based B2B product that works on a Data As A Service business model to help businesses 1. Pinpoint New Locations for Expansion 2. Improve the performance of their existing physical & digital assets. 3. Finding the right Audience for a business.They are currently focussedon Retail, E-Commerce, Agritech, Real Estate, BFSI. | $3M / Series A / Sep 26, 2023 | ||
| Entropik is the global leader in Emotion AI, powering a Unified Human Insights Platform. Our platform turns human emotions into business intelligence so brands can understand and connect with customers in more meaningful ways.Business Impact: Our unified platform delivers insights in days, not weeks. Teams launch faster, optimize campaigns withconfidence, and turn research from a cost center into a competitive advantage. | $25M / Series B / Feb 08, 2023 | ||
| FireCompass is a software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform for Continuous Automated Red Teaming (CART) and Attack Surface Management (ASM). It constantly indexes and monitors the deep, dark, and surface webs in order to map an organization's digital attack surface, including Shadow IT blind spots. The platform then launches safe multi-stageattacks, simulating a real attacker, to assist in identifying attack paths before hackers do. While providing continuous and proactive security, the platform eliminates the need for multiple tools and significant manual effort. The product is used by the top three telecom companies, the top three IT companies, major banks/financial services companies, and others from a variety of industries. | $7M / Series A / Feb 06, 2023 | ||
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FAQ
What does Bharat Innovation Fund invest in?
Bharat Innovation Fund invests primarily in Machine Learning, Information Technology and SaaS startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 30 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in India. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What is Bharat Innovation Fund's check size?
Bharat Innovation Fund typically joins rounds of $1.1M–$3M at Seed, $3M–$8M at Series A and $3M–$28M at Series B. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Bharat Innovation Fund participates in.
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Who are the partners at Bharat Innovation Fund?
The team at Bharat Innovation Fund includes Ashwin Raguraman (Founding Partner), Kunal Upadhyay (Managing Partner) and Saras Agarwal (Principal). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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