# Growth Story

> Growth Story is a VC fund in Bangalore backing E-Commerce and Internet. See 27 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Bangalore, India
- Total investments: 27
- Last investment: Feb 2024
- Lead investor: 44%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/growthstory
- Website: https://www.growthstory.in/

Growth Story is a VC fund in Bangalore focused on E-Commerce and Internet. 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.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $946k–$946k |
| Series A | $550k–$25M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| E-Commerce | 7 | 26% |
| Internet | 5 | 19% |
| Food and Beverage | 5 | 19% |
| Retail | 4 | 15% |
| Automotive | 3 | 11% |

57 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Funding Round | 9 | 33% |
| Series A | 6 | 22% |
| Seed | 5 | 19% |
| Series B | 3 | 11% |
| Series F | 1 | 4% |

6 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| India | 23 | 85% |
| United States | 1 | 4% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Akshita Ganesh | Founder | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/akshita-ganesh |
| Ganesh Krishnan | Founder | 19 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ganesh-krishnan-3 |
| Srinivas Anumolu | Founder | 19 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/srinivas-anumolu |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| OTO Capital | OTO Capital is a software platform that helps people to own or buy a car. The platform works in partnership with various banks and NBFCs to provide financing options to its customers. It also provides full auto lifecycle management, from credit underwriting to insurance, maintenance, and eventual resale of the vehicle. | $10M | Venture - Series Unknown | Feb 06, 2024 |  |
| Battery Smart | Battery Smart provides advanced Li-ion batteries to e-rickshaws. Battery Smart develops a retrofittable 48V Li-ion twin battery system that is compatible with all major electric rickshaw (e3w) models. | $24.6M | Series A | Jun 13, 2022 |  |
| YantraLive | YantraLive provides industry-first solutions for the trade-in and maintenance of heavy equipment by supply the right parts and services on time while redefining the ownership experience for heavy equipment. They offer Repair Services, Onsite Fitment Service, General inspection, and many more. | $946.3K | Seed | Jan 13, 2022 |  |
| YantraLive | YantraLive provides industry-first solutions for the trade-in and maintenance of heavy equipment by supply the right parts and services on time while redefining the ownership experience for heavy equipment. They offer Repair Services, Onsite Fitment Service, General inspection, and many more. | $946.3K | Seed | Jan 13, 2022 |  |
| BigBites | India is going through a huge transformation in the way we explore and consume our food and identify with brands.BigBites is at the frontline of this transformation, crafting and designing food for the evolved consumer palate. We are a customer-focused bunch of food lovers, constantly thinking, searching for that one more element, to add to ourcustomer's overall delight.Our discerning consumers love the way our dishes are created and our team of creators is proud to identify these taste preferences. We do this by engaging with them through a continuous feedback loop and honing our product to satisfy exacting tastes.We are committed to this mission by taking on multiple exciting dishes across formats, categories, and cuisines to a consumer. And are currently serving in more than 50 locations across 4 Cities in India – Bangalore, Hyderabad, Pune, and Chennai! Plans are also in place for many more locations across multiple new cities in the next few months. Serving more than 2 million customers over the last 3 years we are excited to serve many more millions as we expand our offering and reach. | $14M | Series A | Mar 17, 2021 |  |
| Clearout | Clearout is a data quality platform used by sales, marketing and GTM teams to verify, enrich, and manage customer and prospect data. The platform includes email verification, form validation, CRM data quality monitoring, email finding, prospecting, and data enrichment capabilities.Its email verification system performs more than 20 validationchecks to know the validity of the emails. Form Guard validates contact information during form submissions, while Data Pulse monitors and verifies new CRM records to help maintain data quality over time and it comes with a 14-day free trial.Clearout also provides tools for finding emails, building prospect lists, and enriching existing contact and company records. The platform integrates with CRMs, marketing tools, APIs, webhooks, and Google Sheets to support data management workflows across sales and marketing teams. |  | Seed | Jan 01, 2021 |  |
| CredR | 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. | $6M | Series B | Dec 05, 2019 |  |
| BigBasket | BigBasket is an online food and grocery store that delivers personal and household needs right to customers' doorstep. The company believes in being smart, quick, and efficient making life as leisurely as possible.Customers can browse through the vast range of products at bigbasket.com, order, and get them to be delivered at thecustomers' own convenient time slot. The company handpicks each and every product, putting it through a safety packaging process, and delivering to customers' home. | $150M | Series F | May 06, 2019 |  |
| FreshMenu | 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. |  | Series B | Jan 22, 2019 |  |
| Portea Medical | Portea Medical is India’s home healthcare pioneer and the largest and fastest growing provider of in-home medical care in India today with a 24-city network. Portea’s comprehensive services encompass geriatric care, post-operative care, palliative care and physiotherapy. The company offers home visits from physiotherapists, nursing attendants,nurses and doctors. In addition, Portea also provides collection of lab samples from patients’ homes and medical equipment on hire, bringing the entire gamut of healthcare services to a patient’s doorstep. |  |  | Jan 01, 2019 |  |

10 of 27 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Z47](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/matrix-partners-india) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Zodius Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/zodius-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
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- [Prime Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/angelprime) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Growth Story invest in?

Growth Story invests primarily in E-Commerce, Internet and Food and Beverage startups, most often at Funding Round and Series A stage. Most of the 27 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in India. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Growth Story's check size?

Growth Story typically joins rounds of $946k–$946k at Seed and $550k–$25M 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 Growth Story participates in.

### How do I contact Growth Story?

Public channels for Growth Story include LinkedIn and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### Who are the partners at Growth Story?

The team at Growth Story includes Akshita Ganesh (Founder), Ganesh Krishnan (Founder) and Srinivas Anumolu (Founder). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### 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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