# Kaustav Das

> Kaustav Das is a seed investor at Efficient Capital Labs (New York) backing Banking and FinTech. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Efficient Capital Labs](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/efficient-capital-labs)
- Location: New York, United States
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: Oct 2023
- Lead investor: 33%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kaustav-das-b6a86166

Kaustav Das is a seed investor at Efficient Capital Labs in New York focused on Banking and FinTech. Kaustav Das is the Founder, CEO, and Building ECL of Efficient Capital Labs. He previously worked at Quadpay as a Chief Risk and Analytics Officer. Kaustav Das attended Don Bosco.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1.5M–$4.3M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Banking | 1 | 33% |
| FinTech | 1 | 33% |
| Finance | 1 | 33% |
| Shopping | 1 | 33% |
| Software | 1 | 33% |

18 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 67% |
| Debt Financing | 1 | 33% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 2 | 67% |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 33% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| People360 | Insala provides web-based software for organizations implementing talent development, career management, mentoring and retention initiatives, which are prime challenges to all organizations, no matter size, industry or geographic location. Insala has the proven experience and successes to provide customized answers for a organization'sneed for tools and resources to meet its human capital strategic objectives. Insala's products can be used individually or as part of the Solution Suite for an integrated, in-depth, and broad approach to talent identification, growth, and nurture, and organization's modifications, competitiveness, and succession planning. Insala consultants can help decide and assemble a unique Integrated Solution. |  | Debt Financing | Oct 01, 2023 |  |
| Pickaboo.com | pickaboo.com is a Bangladesh based online shopping platform or website for all types of electronics products. It is headquartered in Gulshan, Dhaka, Bangladesh. pickaboo.com is a brand child of Silver Water Technologies Bangladesh Limited. Pickaboo started its eCommerce operation in 2016. It is retailing all kinds of electronic products, necessaryaccessories and appliances.pickaboo.com sells mobile phones, tablets, desktop and laptop computers, large & home appliances, gaming console of gears and all electronic accessories. This online shopping store carries over 100 brands and more than 4000 quality products. Cash on Delivery, 0% EMI & Warranty Facilities are available in this platform. They have multiple payment facility like cash on delivery, card on delivery, credit card online payments, swipe on delivery and bKash. Website is safe and secured.For more your can visit their website at www.pickaboo.com. | $1.5M | Seed | Dec 21, 2022 |  |
| upSWOT | UpSWOT is a fintech platform that enables banks to connect, collect, and normalize data from business software tools they regularly use.The company's technology serves financial institutions to help them build loyalty and grow engagement among their SMB clients. Its platform is a white-labeled portal deployed into customers’ private cloudand connected with the online banking application. Using an approach similar to Plaid, SMBs connect their data for continuous, API-enabled access to QuickBooks, Xero, Salesforce, and 120+ other business-critical SaaS applications. Data is aggregated in real-time and thousands of signals are analyzed to help SMBs better understand the health of their businesses via interactive dashboards. On the back-end, Upswot surfaces meaningful data for relationship managers to upsell the right products and services while building more meaningful and longer-lasting relationships.The Berkeley, Califoria-located company was co-founded by Aleksander Simeiko, Andrey Davydchuk, Dmitriy Syvolap, and Dmitry Norenko in 2019. | $4.3M | Seed | Mar 15, 2021 |  |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [First Southern National Bank](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/first-southern-national-bank) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Common Ocean Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/common-ocean-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Giro & Sr Infin](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/giro-sr-infin) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [IDLC Finance](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/idlc-finance) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Independent Community Bankers of America](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/independent-community-bankers-of-america) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [INV Fintech](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/inv-fintech) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Efficient Capital Labs

VC Fund · New York, United States

Efficient Capital Labs provides capital in a fast, seamless, and cost-effective manner to SaaS Businesses. Efficient Capital is the new Venture Capital. Efficient Capital cater to B2B SaaS businesses that maintain a significant product and operations presence in India, while generating their revenues from the US and other top markets.The firmalso helps businesses to a non-dilutive capital to help grow the business.

5 contacts available at Efficient Capital Labs.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Amit Kesarwani | Chief Risk Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/amit-kesarwani-6ad8 |
| Denada Ramnishta | Chief Revenue Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/denada-ramnishta |
| Kaustav Das | Founder, CEO & Building ECL | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kaustav-das-f326 |
| Manish Arora | Co-Founder And COO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/manish-arora-bc97 |
| Vishak Gopalan | Chief Product Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/vishak-gopalan-f579 |

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## FAQ

### What does Kaustav Das invest in?

Kaustav Das invests primarily in Banking, FinTech and Finance startups, most often at Seed and Debt Financing stage. Most of the 3 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Kaustav Das's check size?

Kaustav Das typically joins rounds of $1.5M–$4.3M 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 Kaustav Das participates in.

### When did Kaustav Das last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Kaustav Das closed in Oct 2023. Shizune tracks 3 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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