# Kush Taneja

> Kush Taneja is a seed investor at FamPay (Bengaluru) backing Bitcoin and FinTech. See 6 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [FamPay](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fampay)
- Location: Bengaluru, India
- Total investments: 6
- Last investment: Oct 2022
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kushtaneja/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/iamkushtaneja
- Website: https://x.com/kushxtaneja

Kush Taneja is a seed investor at FamPay in Bengaluru focused on Bitcoin and FinTech. Kush is the Founder of FamPay (YC S19), designed exclusively for teenagers, one of the largest banking product with 10M+ active customers and processing 150M+ transactions/ month. FamPay is backed by Sequioa, GC, DST, GreenOaks, Elevation and have raised $42M+. Kush is extremely bullish on building for the generation born in 21st century. Heis also recognised by Forbes 30 under 30. Other than fintech, Kush is passionate about the intersection of education, health and technology. One of the exciting dream is to make sci-fi a reality, kill dogma affecting a human child's brain development and enable kids to stay always free, curious and independant. Along with solving problems, Kush loves to run, meditate, cook, hike and read.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $3M–$3.6M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Bitcoin | 1 | 17% |
| FinTech | 1 | 17% |
| Medical | 1 | 17% |
| Internet | 1 | 17% |
| Software | 1 | 17% |

14 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 3 | 50% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 17% |
| Series A | 1 | 17% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| India | 2 | 33% |
| United States | 1 | 17% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Pillow | Pillow is a crypto investment startup that accelerates the adoption of crypto services in emerging economies. Its platform helps generate downside-protected interest on crypto assets by investing in curated, actively managed Defi strategies. The company aims to make participation in DeFi as simple as possible, by abstracting out all technical,security, and strategic concerns and allowing users to earn high yields on their holdings with a simple click.Pillow was founded in 2021 by Arindam Roy, Rajath KM, and Kartik Mishra. | $18M | Series A | Oct 12, 2022 |  |
| Curelink | Curelink is a health-tech platform that connects doctors to patients via WhatsApp. |  | Seed | Mar 20, 2022 |  |
| Curelink | Curelink is a health-tech platform that connects doctors to patients via WhatsApp. | $3.6M | Seed | Mar 16, 2022 |  |
| Pillow | Pillow is a crypto investment startup that accelerates the adoption of crypto services in emerging economies. Its platform helps generate downside-protected interest on crypto assets by investing in curated, actively managed Defi strategies. The company aims to make participation in DeFi as simple as possible, by abstracting out all technical,security, and strategic concerns and allowing users to earn high yields on their holdings with a simple click.Pillow was founded in 2021 by Arindam Roy, Rajath KM, and Kartik Mishra. | $3M | Seed | Jan 26, 2022 |  |
| Mesh | Mesh is a social performance management platform for today's workforce. The company was founded in 2020 and is based in San Jose, California. |  | Seed | Aug 21, 2020 |  |
| Mesh | Mesh is a social performance management platform for today's workforce. The company was founded in 2020 and is based in San Jose, California. |  | Pre-Seed | Aug 21, 2020 |  |

6 of 6 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Elevation Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/elevation-capital-6e8a) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Accel](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/accel) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Digital Sparrow Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/digital-sparrow-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Jump Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jump-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Liquid 2 Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/liquid2-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Quona Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/quona-capital-management) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About FamPay

VC Fund · Bengaluru, India

FamPay is an online and offline card payment for teenagers that helps them to make payments, online and offline through the FamCard. It also allows parents to send money to their kids. The company was founded in 2019 and is headquartered in Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.

4 contacts available at FamPay.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Aayush Gupta | Founding Team | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aayush-gupta-6313 |
| Brijesh Bharadwaj | Product and Growth Team | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brijesh-bharadwaj |
| Kush Taneja | Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kush-taneja |
| Sambhav Jain | Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sambhav-jain-8d91 |

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## FAQ

### What does Kush Taneja invest in?

Kush Taneja invests primarily in Bitcoin, FinTech and Medical startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed 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 Kush Taneja's check size?

Kush Taneja typically joins rounds of $3M–$3.6M 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 Kush Taneja participates in.

### When did Kush Taneja last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Kush Taneja closed in Oct 2022. 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?

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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