# Anand Deshpande

> Anand Deshpande is a seed investor at Persistent Systems (Pune) backing Health Care and FinTech. See 6 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Persistent Systems](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/persistent-systems)
- Location: Pune, India
- Total investments: 6
- Last investment: Sep 2025
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ananddeshpande
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/anandesh
- Website: https://x.com/anandesh

Anand Deshpande is a seed investor at Persistent Systems in Pune focused on Health Care and FinTech. Anand Deshpande is the Founder, Chairman, and Managing Director of Persistent Systems. Anand attended Indiana University Bloomington.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Health Care | 3 | 50% |
| FinTech | 1 | 17% |
| Finance | 1 | 17% |
| Medical | 1 | 17% |
| Internet | 1 | 17% |

12 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 33% |
| Angel | 1 | 17% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 17% |
| Series A | 1 | 17% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 17% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| India | 4 | 67% |
| United States | 2 | 33% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Zania | Autonomous AI agents for Security Risk and Compliance | $18M | Series A | Sep 30, 2025 |  |
| GrowthPal | GrowthPal is an M&A lead sourcing engine for corporates and high growth startups looking to acquire small to mid sized companies globally to add to their products, capabilities, teams, geographies and revenues. We use extensive technology, human Resources and our network to bring off the table "Ready to Transact" assets to the clientson the table and help them close deals at a much faster pace and a better transaction cost. We have provided our clients with more than 1500+ recommendations on assets, 120+ LOIs have been shared via our platform and 37 deals have been closed till now. | $1.4M | Venture - Series Unknown | May 27, 2024 |  |
| Serigen Mediproducts | Serigen Mediproducts Private Limited is an unlisted private company incorporated on 03 February, 2015. It is classified as a private limited company and is located in Pune, Maharashtra. It's authorized share capital is INR 2.00 lac and the total paid-up capital is INR 1.52 lac. | $705.1K | Seed | Mar 29, 2023 |  |
| Blockfenders | Blockfenders is a startup with a blockchain-powered platform that promises to help businesses share data more securely with one another. | $1.5M | Pre-Seed | Feb 07, 2023 |  |
| Ahammune Biosciences | Ahammune Biosciences is an innovation-led drug discovery company started in 2016 which focuses on developing new treatment options for immune mediated diseases of the skin. Our current program is on the depigmenting disorder, Vitiligo. |  | Seed | Apr 26, 2021 |  |
| Sushrut Designs | Sushrut Designs conducts research to identify and design new healthcare products. Their product is the SitWalker FRX 100. They are revolutionary devices that blend with their surroundings and require no additional attention from the user. It increases blood circulation in the legs and reduces blood stagnation. |  | Angel | May 21, 2020 |  |

6 of 6 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Ideaspring Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ideaspring-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [IAN Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/indian-angel-network) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Anthropic](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/anthropic) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Arka Venture Labs](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/arka-ventures-labs) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Blume Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/blume-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Colossa Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/colossa-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Persistent Systems

VC Fund · Pune, India

Persistent Systems offers software product concept and design, agile product engineering, performance engineering, support assurance, quality assurance, and other professional technological services. The company’s services and products are based on the technological concepts: of analytics and big data, cloud, embedded systems and devices,enterprise mobility, product lifecycle management, social and gamification, and security, identity, and access.

5 contacts available at Persistent Systems.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Anand Deshpande | Managing Director & CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dr-anand-deshpande |
| Dattaraj Rao | Chief Data Scientist | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dattaraj-rao |
| Gurvinder Singh Sahni | Chief Marketing Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gurvinder-sahni |
| Kiran Umrootkar | Independent Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kiran-umrootkar |
| Pradeepkumar Bhargava | Executive Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/pradeepkumar-bhargava |

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## FAQ

### What does Anand Deshpande invest in?

Anand Deshpande invests primarily in Health Care, FinTech and Finance startups, most often at Seed and Angel stage. Most of the 6 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in India. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Anand Deshpande last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Anand Deshpande closed in Sep 2025. Shizune tracks 6 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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