# Farid Ahsan

> Farid Ahsan is a seed investor in Bengaluru backing Internet, Wellness and E-Commerce. See 14 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Location: Bengaluru, India
- Total investments: 14
- Last investment: May 2026
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/farid-ahsan-268b6b28

Farid Ahsan is a co-founder at ShareChat. He earned his degree at Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $277k–$6.2M |
| Series A | $10M–$18M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Internet | 3 | 21% |
| Wellness | 3 | 21% |
| E-Commerce | 3 | 21% |
| Health Care | 3 | 21% |
| Apps | 2 | 14% |

42 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 10 | 71% |
| Series A | 3 | 21% |
| Series B | 1 | 7% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| General Autonomy | General Autonomy is a robotics firm on the cutting edge of manufacturing and automation for the future. | $3.4M | Seed | May 06, 2026 |  |
| Blitz | Blitz is a delivery platform that helps to ecommerce business to get immediate delivery in India. | $3M | Seed | Jul 19, 2023 |  |
| Pillow | Pillow is a crypto investment startup that accelerates the adoption of crypto services in emerging economies. Its platform helps generate downside-protected interest on crypto assets by investing in curated, actively managed Defi strategies. The company aims to make participation in DeFi as simple as possible, by abstracting out all technical,security, and strategic concerns and allowing users to earn high yields on their holdings with a simple click.Pillow was founded in 2021 by Arindam Roy, Rajath KM, and Kartik Mishra. | $18M | Series A | Oct 12, 2022 |  |
| Fanztar | Fanztar is a a Web3 platform for the creator economy. | $645.6K | Seed | May 12, 2022 |  |
| Leverage Edu | Leverage Edu is an AI-enabled marketplace designed to help students with their higher education and career growth plans. It is one of India's leading/fastest growing ed-tech companies, transforming access to an exponential career growth, by democratising mentorship, breaking traditional systems, & helping the new student of today jumpover the artificial high walls! | $22M | Series B | Mar 21, 2022 |  |
| Curelink | Curelink is a health-tech platform that connects doctors to patients via WhatsApp. | $3.6M | Seed | Mar 16, 2022 |  |
| Zemé Fresh | Zemé Fresh is a beauty and cosmetics company that offers chemical-free beauty services as well as hair and skin products. |  | Seed | Jan 05, 2022 |  |
| ConnectedH | Seeking medical help, in most of the cases, is not the best time in someone’s life. Having personally experienced the problems, we at ConnectedH are trying to make such interactions as simple or as hassle free as possible. Our vision is simple - Connected Healthcare. We connect different sectors of healthcare system and give the patients completecontrol over their information. | $2.3M | Seed | Sep 29, 2021 |  |
| FrontRow | FrontRow is an online learning platform for creative arts, hobbies and sports. | $14.1M | Series A | Sep 21, 2021 |  |
| Anar | Anar helps small and medium business (SMB) communities build their network online and offline, providing access to new products, current market trends, and knowledge to innovate their venture into the broader market. | $6.2M | Seed | Sep 15, 2021 |  |

10 of 14 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Elevation Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/elevation-capital-6e8a) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
- [India Quotient](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/india-quotient) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
- [First Cheque](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/first-cheque) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [Better Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/better-capital-e839) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Founder Bank Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/founder-bank-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [iSeed](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/iseed-fund) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Farid Ahsan invest in?

Farid Ahsan invests primarily in Internet, Wellness and E-Commerce startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 14 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in India. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Farid Ahsan's check size?

Farid Ahsan typically joins rounds of $277k–$6.2M at Seed and $10M–$18M 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 Farid Ahsan participates in.

### When did Farid Ahsan last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Farid Ahsan closed in May 2026. Shizune tracks 14 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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