# Ishan Bansal Dean

> Ishan Bansal Dean is a Series A investor at Groww (Bengaluru) backing Gaming and Fitness. See 4 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Groww](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/groww)
- Location: Bengaluru, India
- Total investments: 4
- Last investment: May 2022
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ishan-bansal-8678b216/

Ishan Bansal Dean is a Series A investor at Groww in Bengaluru focused on Gaming and Fitness. Ishan Bansal is the Co-Founder of Groww. Before founding Groww, had unique investment experience in tech space (early stage and Exits/ M&A) and across geographies (India/ South Asia, South America and Africa).Worked in Corporate Development function at Flipkart. Led and closed multiple deals in supply chain, brand and paymentspace.Worked on M&A sourcing and execution with a focus on Online Travel Space for ibiboGroup/ Naspers in India. Experience in dealing with both Indian as well as global companies. Industry range from Horizontal OTAs, Hotel Focused OTAs, Bus ticketing, Technology Player for Hotels/Bus/Air, Agent focused platform, Payments, Classified etc.Client Banking and Deal Execution experience in across sectors like Hospitality, Consumer, Metal & Mining and BFSI. Have worked on both capital market products (IPO, OFS, QIP, NCDs, etc) and advisory products (M&A and Private Equity). Contact email: deanbridges99@gmail.com

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Series A | $13M–$16M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Gaming | 1 | 25% |
| Fitness | 1 | 25% |
| Wellness | 1 | 25% |
| InsurTech | 1 | 25% |
| Insurance | 1 | 25% |

12 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 2 | 50% |
| Angel | 1 | 25% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 25% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Ultrahuman | Ultrahuman is a London, Abu Dhabi and Bengaluru based longevity and health-monitoring platform that designs, manufactures and sells the Ultrahuman Ring Air health tracker, Ultrahuman M1 Continuous glucose monitor, pre-release Ultrahuman Home health monitor and related blood testing services like Blood vision. |  |  | May 12, 2022 |  |
| Ultrahuman | Ultrahuman is a London, Abu Dhabi and Bengaluru based longevity and health-monitoring platform that designs, manufactures and sells the Ultrahuman Ring Air health tracker, Ultrahuman M1 Continuous glucose monitor, pre-release Ultrahuman Home health monitor and related blood testing services like Blood vision. |  | Angel | May 12, 2022 |  |
| Turnip | Turnip is a live game streaming and community platform. | $12.5M | Series A | Jan 12, 2022 |  |
| Plum | Plum provides an employee health benefits and insurance platform that enables companies to manage workforce coverage, wellness programs, and healthcare services through a centralized digital system. The company offers group health insurance, life insurance, and accident coverage, along with integrated healthcare services such as teleconsultations,health checkups, and mental health support for employees and their families. Its platform aggregates insurance policies, healthcare services, and employee benefits into a unified interface, allowing organizations to manage enrollments, track claims, and monitor utilization through analytics dashboards. The system includes digital tools for policy administration, claims processing, and real-time reporting, reducing manual workflows and improving visibility for HR and finance teams. | $15.6M | Series A | May 30, 2021 |  |

4 of 4 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Elevation Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/elevation-capital-6e8a) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Gemba Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gemba-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Greenoaks](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/greenoaks-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Incubate Fund India](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/incubate-fund-india) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Mars Shot Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/marsshot-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Meyer Keith](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/meyer-keith) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Groww

VC Fund · Bengaluru, India

Groww is an investment platform that offers a new way of investing money with stockbroking and direct mutual funds.The platform provides insights about mutual funds, systematic investment planning, equity-linked savings, and everything from the personal finance world, which helps new investors make investing simple by maintaining a simplifieduser interface to make investing easy, accessible, transparent, and paperless, enabling users to invest in mutual funds without any hassles. Customers can also invest in gold and US stocks through the Groww platform. The company is also a part of Y Combinator’s winter 2018 batch.Founded in 2017 by Lalit Keshre, Harsh Jain, Neeraj Singh, and Ishan Bansal, the company was launched in Bengaluru, Karnataka.

5 contacts available at Groww.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Harsh Jain | Co-Founder & COO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/harsh-jain |
| Ishan Bansal Dean | Co-Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ishan-bansal |
| Kalpesh Balar | Vice President Of Engineering | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kalpesh-balar |
| Lalit Keshre | Co-Founder & CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lalit-keshre |
| Manish S Sugandhi | Product | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/manish-s-sugandhi |

## Similar investors

### Similar industry
- [SOSV](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sosv) — VC Fund
- [ARCH Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/arch-venture-partners) — VC Fund
- [OrbiMed](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/orbimed-advisors) — VC Fund

### Similar stage
- [Antler](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/antler-be9c) — VC Fund
- [Alumni Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alumni-ventures-group) — VC Fund
- [General Catalyst](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/general-catalyst-partners) — VC Fund

### Similar country
- [Titan Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/titan-capital) — VC Fund
- [Inflection Point Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/inflection-point-ventures-d275) — VC Fund
- [Blume Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/blume-ventures) — VC Fund

## Featured in investor lists
- [Biotechnology Angel Investors in India](https://shizune.co/investors/biotechnology-angel-investors-india)
- [Biotech Angel Investors in India](https://shizune.co/investors/biotech-angel-investors-india)
- [Biotech Investors in India](https://shizune.co/investors/biotech-investors-india)
- [InsurTech Angel Investors in India](https://shizune.co/investors/insurtech-angel-investors-india)

## FAQ

### What does Ishan Bansal Dean invest in?

Ishan Bansal Dean invests primarily in Gaming, Fitness and Wellness startups, most often at Series A and Angel stage. Most of the 4 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in India. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Ishan Bansal Dean's check size?

Ishan Bansal Dean typically joins rounds of $13M–$16M 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 Ishan Bansal Dean participates in.

### When did Ishan Bansal Dean last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Ishan Bansal Dean closed in May 2022. Shizune tracks 4 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.

# About Shizune
Shizune.co is an investor database. Core features:
- 48,091 startup investors (angels, VCs, accelerators, and others)
- Email, phone, LinkedIn (for intros), socials, and other contact data
- Updated daily from public funding news
- CSV and Excel export

The User can access the full database FOR FREE after signing up: shizune.co