Ganesh Krishnan
Founder @ Growth Story
Bengaluru, India
Ganesh Krishnan is a seed investor at Growth Story in Bengaluru focused on Internet and Apps. Ganesh is a serial entrepreneur with four successful green field ventures and exits. Most recently, he founded and led TutorVista which was acquired by US and UK listed education leader Pearson for $ 213 MM in January 2011.He is a strategic investor / promoter of India based consumer Internet and ecommerce companies bluestone.com (online jewellery), Bigbasket.com (egrocery), MustseeIndia.com (travel packages and content), bookadda.com (academic focused online books) and delyver.com (hyper local delivery). Ganesh was also Chairman, Investor and Advisor in the data analytics BPO firm Marketics until March 2007, when the company was acquired by NYSE listed WNS for $ 63 MM. His earlier venture, CustomerAsset was started in mid 2000 and later acquired by ICICI (NYSE listed, India's largest bank) and is now publicly listed in India as First Source Solutions. In 1990, as his first entrepreneurial venture, he co-promoted IT&T. And as its Founder and CEO, he played a major role in making the company one of India's top multi-vendor IT service and support till the business was sold to iGate (a listed company) in 2003.He is also on the Board of Governors of Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta and has a post-graduate degree from the Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta, and has a degree in Mechanical Engineering from Delhi University.
- Total investments:
- 19
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
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Industries Ganesh Krishnan invests in
Stages Ganesh Krishnan invests in
Countries Ganesh Krishnan invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
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Round size
- Seed
- $430k–$1.5M
- Series A
- $2.5M–$4.1M
- Venture - Series Unknown
- $398k–$6.5M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Internet 5 (26%)
- Apps 3 (16%)
- Software 3 (16%)
- Automotive 3 (16%)
- E-Commerce 3 (16%)
Stage
- Seed 9 (47%)
- Series A 4 (21%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 2 (11%)
- Pre-Seed 1 (5%)
- Series B 1 (5%)
Country
- India 13 (68%)
- Singapore 1 (5%)
- United Kingdom 1 (5%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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| The Impact is a fitness, kindness mobile app where every step walked or jogged raises money for a social cause. Person workouts are sponsored by companies through their Corporate Social Responsibility and the money goes directly to the partnered NGOs. | $600K / Pre-Seed / Dec 27, 2022 | ||
| Goa Brewcrafts is a Private Limited Alco-beverage producer company that is incorporated on July 6, 2016. | $688.4K / Seed / Nov 09, 2022 | ||
| Windo is an app for Instagram-focused businesses lets anyone easily manage the business on the go. | $1.5M / Seed / Jul 26, 2022 | ||
| CredR has been focused on formalizing the unorganized and fragmented used two-wheeler market. Looking at buying or selling a pre-owned vehicle? You are just a click away from finding the perfect solutions to this problem – CredR, India’s only verified and certified used bikes marketplace. The second-hand vehicles market is usually flooded withinconsistent pricing and uncomfortable experiences. CredR steps in makes buying/ selling as easy as taking a walk in the park. | $6.5M / Venture - Series Unknown / Jun 29, 2021 | ||
| Euler Motors is an automotive tech startup based out of New Delhi focused on commercial electric vehicles. Inspired by the work done by EV Companies across the globe esp. Tesla, Euler Motors is committed to accelerating India's transition to sustainable mobility. Euler aims to become the category leader for cargo transport by driving theElectric Vehicle Revolution in India. Euler Motors is focused on first solving last-mile logistics for e-commerce and 3PL players. To kickstart mass-market adoption - Euler is offering the entire "mobility as a service" stack instead of serving just one stage of a larger value-chain. | $4.1M / Series A / Mar 04, 2021 | ||
| Newton School is a platform to learn and develop skills that you need for your best Tech career. It boosts up your skills and prepares you for your dream job. | $650K / Seed / Sep 15, 2020 | ||
| FreshMenu offers a food delivery service that provides fresh and tasty cuisines of the highest standard.FreshMenu’s meal packages are now available for delivery at Koramangala, Richmond Town, Langford Town, Lavelle Road, MG Road, Victoria Layout, Domlur, Old Airport Road, Indiranagar, Ulsoor, Old Madras Road, Whitefield, Marathahalli, Bellandur,Sarjapur Road, HSR Layout, Bannerghatta Road, Jayanagar and JP Nagar areas. | $397.7K / Venture - Series Unknown / May 13, 2020 | ||
| Bolo is a knowledge-sharing community that allows users to ask and answer questions in Hindi. The answers are in the form of short videos of less than one minute each. Additionally, users can directly video call with experts on the platform for a small fee to get highly-personalised solutions to their problems. | $431.4K / Seed / Jun 10, 2019 | ||
| Newton School is a platform to learn and develop skills that you need for your best Tech career. It boosts up your skills and prepares you for your dream job. | $430K / Seed / Jun 01, 2019 | ||
| FreshMenu offers a food delivery service that provides fresh and tasty cuisines of the highest standard.FreshMenu’s meal packages are now available for delivery at Koramangala, Richmond Town, Langford Town, Lavelle Road, MG Road, Victoria Layout, Domlur, Old Airport Road, Indiranagar, Ulsoor, Old Madras Road, Whitefield, Marathahalli, Bellandur,Sarjapur Road, HSR Layout, Bannerghatta Road, Jayanagar and JP Nagar areas. | $2.9M / Series B / Jan 22, 2019 | ||
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Co-Investors
About Growth Story
GrowthStory is an entrepreneurship platform that promotes greenfield ventures. They work with passionate professionals and marquee VCs to create category leaders such as BigBasket.com, BlueStone.com and Portea Medical. They focus on consumer internet, healthcare, technology, education and the "India-retail consumption" sectors.
Growth Story Contacts
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Akshita Ganesh
Founder
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Srinivas Anumolu
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FAQ
What does Ganesh Krishnan invest in?
Ganesh Krishnan invests primarily in Internet, Apps and Software startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 19 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in India. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What round sizes does Ganesh Krishnan invest in?
Ganesh Krishnan typically joins rounds of $430k–$1.5M at Seed, $2.5M–$4.1M at Series A and $398k–$6.5M at Venture - Series Unknown. These are whole funding-round sizes, not Ganesh Krishnan's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds Ganesh Krishnan took part in.
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When did Ganesh Krishnan last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Ganesh Krishnan closed in Dec 2022. Shizune tracks 19 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.
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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 Oct 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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