# KP Balaraj

> KP Balaraj is a seed investor at Sequoia Capital backing Apps and Education. See 9 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Sep 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Sequoia Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sequoia-capital)
- Location: Bengaluru, India
- Total investments: 9
- Last investment: Apr 2025
- Lead investor: 44%
- Last updated: Sep 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kp-balaraj-5098a569/

KP Balaraj is a seed investor at Sequoia Capital in Bengaluru focused on Apps and Education. KP Balaraj

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1.3M–$4M |
| Series A | $8.9M–$10M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Apps | 2 | 22% |
| Education | 2 | 22% |
| E-Learning | 2 | 22% |
| SaaS | 1 | 11% |
| Credit | 1 | 11% |

21 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 3 | 33% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 11% |
| Series A | 1 | 11% |
| Series B | 1 | 11% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 11% |

6 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| India | 6 | 67% |
| Singapore | 1 | 11% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SportsSkill | SportsSkill is a revolutionizing tool that assists coaches with sports performance tracking and analysis approaches. |  | Pre-Seed | Apr 14, 2025 | https://sportsskill.app/ |
| HerKey (formerly JobsForHer) | HerKey (formerly JobsForHer) is India’s largest career engagement platform that unlocks opportunities, learning, and communities for women in India by connecting them with career champions.HerKey has been at the forefront of developing scalable solutions to increase women's participation in the Indian workforce. Incepted in 2015, HerKey(formerly JobsForHer) works with over 10,000 companies across India that prioritize diversity and inclusion and has assisted them in engaging with and recruiting women. HerKey is dedicated to promoting the professional development of women in their careers. The platform connects women with the right jobs across levels, provides learning opportunities to enable them to upskill and reskill, and provides mentorship to women wanting to start, restart, or advance in their professions. The company's vision is to enable women to realize their full potential by connecting them with the right opportunities, learning, and communities.HerKey has grown to service over 3.5 million women across India and plans to scale to power 30 million women’s careers in India.HerKey seeks to be the dependable companion for every woman on her career journey, enabling her growth, opening up opportunities, creating meaningful engagement, and facilitating her career journey – onwards & upwards.HerKey - Your Career Companion at Every Phase of Life Because we understand that a woman’s career journey traverses through life phases. Opportunities \| Learning \| Communities | $4M | Seed | Apr 26, 2023 | https://www.herkey.com/ |
| Strive Education | Strive teaches K12 math through code via live 1-1 online classes. Strive classes provide students with code games and visualizations that are aligned to their school math syllabus, in the process, kids learn the most valuable skill in the 21st century which are related to coding. | $1.3M | Seed | Feb 20, 2023 | https://www.strivemath.com |
| Lo! Foods | India is the diabetes and heart attack capital of the world. Scientific research today concludes that all the above are primarily lifestyle-based diseases - in effect, they are caused due to our diet and habits. Latest research points to a diet high in Carbohydrates being a potential reason for these. | $2M | Seed | Dec 21, 2022 | https://lofoods.fit/ |
| K-12 Techno Services | K-12 Techno Services Pvt Ltd. owns and operates schools. The company is based in Hyderabad, India. The company operates as a subsidiary of Gowtham Educational Institutions. | $3M | Venture - Series Unknown | Oct 24, 2022 | http://k12technoservices.com |
| FarMart | FarMart operates India’s first micro-SaaS led agritech platform. The platform helps agri-retailers serve their farmers better by providing them with access to information, market linkages and input. FarMart aims to make the entire value chain - from input to output - streamlined and remunerative. It leverages technology and its network of inputretailers at first mile to make sourcing highly scalable and capital efficient. In just under a year, FarMart has over 10,000 retailers on its platform with access to 400,000+ farmers across 15 states in the country. | $8.9M | Series A | Oct 21, 2021 | http://www.farmart.co/ |
| FarMart | FarMart operates India’s first micro-SaaS led agritech platform. The platform helps agri-retailers serve their farmers better by providing them with access to information, market linkages and input. FarMart aims to make the entire value chain - from input to output - streamlined and remunerative. It leverages technology and its network of inputretailers at first mile to make sourcing highly scalable and capital efficient. In just under a year, FarMart has over 10,000 retailers on its platform with access to 400,000+ farmers across 15 states in the country. | $10M | Series A | Oct 21, 2021 | http://www.farmart.co/ |
| ApnaPaisa | Apnapaisa is the digital arm of Andromeda, India’s largest loan distributor. We integrate our acute understanding of the marketplace with digital technology, to help you find the best financial products most suited to your needs. Our rich legacy spans over 30 years, 100 cities and thousands of happy customers. | $15M | Series B | Dec 01, 2007 | https://apnapaisa.com |
| ApnaPaisa | Apnapaisa is the digital arm of Andromeda, India’s largest loan distributor. We integrate our acute understanding of the marketplace with digital technology, to help you find the best financial products most suited to your needs. Our rich legacy spans over 30 years, 100 cities and thousands of happy customers. | $2.2M |  |  | https://apnapaisa.com |

9 of 9 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Z47](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/matrix-partners-india) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Omidyar Network India](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/omidyar-network-india-050e) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Avaana Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/avaana-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [OfBusiness](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ofbusiness) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [InnoVen Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/svb-india-finance) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Aureolis Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aureolis-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Sequoia Capital

VC Fund · Menlo Park, United States

Sequoia is a venture capital focused on energy, financial, enterprise, healthcare, internet, and mobile startups. The firm helps a small number of daring founders build legendary companies. It spurs them to push the boundaries of what’s possible.The firm seeks to invest in all sectors with a focus on energy, financials and financial services,healthcare and healthcare services, Internet, mobile, outsourcing, and technology.

5 contacts available at Sequoia Capital.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Anas Biad | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/anas-biad |
| Andrew Lee | Vice President | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andrew-lee |
| Carl Eschenbach | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/carl-eschenbach |
| Caroline Fu | Vice President | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/caroline-fu |
| Donald Valentine | Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/don-valentine |

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## FAQ

### What does KP Balaraj invest in?

KP Balaraj invests primarily in Apps, Education and E-Learning startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 9 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in India. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is KP Balaraj's check size?

KP Balaraj typically joins rounds of $1.3M–$4M at Seed and $8.9M–$10M 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 KP Balaraj participates in.

### How do I contact KP Balaraj?

Public channels for KP Balaraj include LinkedIn. 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.

### When did KP Balaraj last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for KP Balaraj closed in Apr 2025. Shizune tracks 9 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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