# Gaurav Bhalotia

> Gaurav Bhalotia is a seed investor at Jiyo Natural backing Events and Delivery. See 6 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: Jiyo Natural
- Location: Bengaluru, India
- Total investments: 6
- Last investment: Aug 2017
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bhalotia
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/bhalotia
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/gaurav.bhalotia

Gaurav Bhalotia is a seed investor at Jiyo Natural in Bengaluru focused on Events and Delivery. Gaurav Bhalotia is the Director of Engineering for the Customer Platform at Flipkart. He has interest in information retrieval, search, categorization and related technologies and has several years of experience building scalable solutions around these. Prior to this he was leading teams at Kosmix (now @walmartlabs) and Retrevo building scaleableintelligent solutions.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $600k–$1.2M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Events | 1 | 17% |
| Delivery | 1 | 17% |
| Internet | 1 | 17% |
| Wellness | 1 | 17% |
| Health Care | 1 | 17% |

12 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

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

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| StayAbode | At Abode we're creating co-living spaces using design, service, technology and brand in the residential real-estate market at scale. |  | Seed | Aug 10, 2017 |  |
| StayAbode | At Abode we're creating co-living spaces using design, service, technology and brand in the residential real-estate market at scale. |  | Angel | Feb 27, 2017 |  |
| Twigly | Twigly is a food ordering app that delivers global cuisine right at the customer's doorstep. Their brigade of chefs is tasked with scouring the world for great recipes that suit the Indian palate, and then transforming them to ensure that they can be cooked quickly and delivered fresh. | $600K | Seed | Jul 13, 2016 |  |
| YourDOST | YourDOST is a platform that allows you to connect with experts to discuss issues related to your personal, professional and academic life. The professionally trained counsellors help you cope with tough times - work stress, relationship, self-image and many more, and support you in your quest for self improvement. |  | Series A | Jun 27, 2016 |  |
| YourDOST | YourDOST is a platform that allows you to connect with experts to discuss issues related to your personal, professional and academic life. The professionally trained counsellors help you cope with tough times - work stress, relationship, self-image and many more, and support you in your quest for self improvement. | $1.2M | Seed | Jun 27, 2016 |  |
| Evibe Technologies | Evibe is an online platform that enables individuals to find vendors necessary to host children’s parties. It enables users to discover professionals in their community who provide specialised party-related services, their experience, profile, users reviews, pricing, and more.Evibe Technologies was founded in 2014 and is based in BangaloreCity, India. |  | Angel | Jan 15, 2016 |  |

6 of 6 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Elevation Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/elevation-capital-6e8a) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Hyderabad Angels](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hyderabad-angels) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Tracxn labs](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tracxn-labs) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Jiyo Natural

VC Fund



1 contacts available at Jiyo Natural.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Gaurav Bhalotia | Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gaurav-bhalotia |

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## FAQ

### What does Gaurav Bhalotia invest in?

Gaurav Bhalotia invests primarily in Events, Delivery and Internet 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.

### What is Gaurav Bhalotia's check size?

Gaurav Bhalotia typically joins rounds of $600k–$1.2M at Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Gaurav Bhalotia participates in.

### How do I contact Gaurav Bhalotia?

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### When did Gaurav Bhalotia last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Gaurav Bhalotia closed in Aug 2017. 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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