# Bharati Balakrishnan

> Bharati Balakrishnan is a Series A investor at Shopify (Bengaluru) backing SaaS and FinTech. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Shopify](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/shopify)
- Location: Bengaluru, India
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: May 2019
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bharatibalakrishnan/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/bhare
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bharati.balakrishnan

Bharati Balakrishnan is a Series A investor at Shopify in Bengaluru focused on SaaS and FinTech. Bharati Balakrishnan is the Senior Director of Alibaba Group. He was the Chief Business Officer at LocalOye and Head of Operations & Service Delivery at Healthspring - Family Health Experts. Ms. Balakrishnan graduated from Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani with a bachelor of engineering in Chemical Engineering.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| SaaS | 1 | 50% |
| FinTech | 1 | 50% |
| Finance | 1 | 50% |
| Hospital | 1 | 50% |
| Wellness | 1 | 50% |

11 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 1 | 50% |
| Private Equity | 1 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Fyle | Fyle is a digital transaction platform that solves the problem of business expense reporting and management.Fyle brings in deep linking, deep learning to the world of transaction processing and management. Imagine a world where expense processing happens with a single click of a button. Fyle is a digital transaction platform that allows usersto connect, store and share business transactions with a click of a button. | $123K | Series A | May 24, 2019 |  |
| Healthspring | Healthspring is a personalized healthcare services venture based in Mumbai, India. The company operates a chain of primary healthcare clinics in India. | $5.7M | Private Equity | May 15, 2016 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [The Blue Venture Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bluecross-blueshield-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Catamaran](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/catamaran-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Columbia Pacific Advisors](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/columbia-pacific-advisors) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Freshworks](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/freshworks) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Reliance Venture Asset Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/reliance-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [The Blue Venture Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/the-blue-venture-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Shopify

VC Fund · Ottawa, Canada

Shopify is a cloud-based, multi-channel commerce platform designed for small and medium-sized businesses. Merchants can use the software to design, set up, and manage their stores across multiple sales channels, including web, mobile, social media, marketplaces, brick-and-mortar locations, and pop-up shops. The platform also provides merchants witha powerful back-office and a single view of their business.Shopify offers online retailers a suite of services including marketing, customer engagement, payments, and shipping tools to simplify the process of running an online store for small merchants. They launched an application programming interface (API) platform and App Store that allows developers to create applications for Shopify online stores and then sell them on the Shopify App Store.The Shopify platform was engineered for reliability and scale, making enterprise-level technology available to businesses of all sizes. Shopify currently powers over 800,000 businesses in approximately 175 countries and is trusted by brands such as Tesla, Red Bull, Nestle, GE, Kylie Cosmetics, and many more.

5 contacts available at Shopify.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Bharati Balakrishnan | Country Head & Director, India | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bharati-balakrishnan |
| Bram Sugarman | Director of Corporate Development & Strategic Partnerships at Shopify | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bram-sugarman |
| Brennan Loh | Director of Marketing Partnerships | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brennan-loh |
| Brittany Forsyth | SVP of HR | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brittany-forsyth |
| Daniella Bellaire | Head of Global Sales Craft | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/daniella-bellaire |

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## FAQ

### What does Bharati Balakrishnan invest in?

Bharati Balakrishnan invests primarily in SaaS, FinTech and Finance startups, most often at Series A and Private Equity 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 Bharati Balakrishnan last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Bharati Balakrishnan closed in May 2019. 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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