Phanindra Sama
Young Global Leader @ The World Economic Forum
Bengaluru, India
Phanindra Sama is a seed investor at The World Economic Forum in Bengaluru focused on Internet and SaaS. Phanindra Sama is the Advisor of WestBridge Capital. He previously worked at redBus as a Founder and CEO. Phanindra Sama attended Stanford University.
- Total investments:
- 38
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 3%
Last updated:
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Industries Phanindra Sama invests in
Stages Phanindra Sama invests in
Countries Phanindra Sama invests in
Round sizes
Round size
- Seed
- $400k–$3M
- Angel
- $250k–$350k
- Pre-Seed
- $200k–$1.1M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Internet 7 (18%)
- SaaS 5 (13%)
- Software 5 (13%)
- Education 5 (13%)
- Health Care 5 (13%)
Stage
- Seed 23 (61%)
- Angel 5 (13%)
- Pre-Seed 5 (13%)
- Series A 2 (5%)
- Funding Round 1 (3%)
Country
- India 28 (74%)
- United States 3 (8%)
- Singapore 1 (3%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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Chai Bisket
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Chai Bisket is a media and entertainment company that specializes in film, news, and entertainment media. It was founded in 2915 and is located in Hyderabad, Telangana. | $4.9M / Seed / Jul 09, 2025 | |
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Eyewear designed& labs
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Eyewear designed& labs is a eyewear startup. | $2.2M / Seed / Jun 18, 2025 | |
Kraftshala
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Kraftshala is an online course platform that provides marketing and sales training programs. Kraftshala's programs are based on frameworks and examples from the best in the industry, and they are constantly updated with the most cutting-edge tools and learnings from the field. The certification programs offered by Kraftshala are on track tobecome the gold standard for hiring marketing and sales talent in India. | Seed / Mar 20, 2025 | |
Billion Hearts
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Billion Hearts is a company that creates simple digital consumer products for the global market. | $250K / Angel / Sep 18, 2024 | |
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Billion Hearts
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Billion Hearts is a company that creates simple digital consumer products for the global market. | $250K / Pre-Seed / Sep 18, 2024 | |
Bitsila
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Bitsila is an software company that allows retail shops to start and grow business through online platform. | $355K / Pre-Seed / Oct 19, 2023 | |
Punt Partners
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Punt Partners is a company that provides marketing technology services. It provides results through the use of proprietary data, technology, and services. | Angel / Dec 18, 2022 | |
Jovian
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Jovian is a Learning platform for Data Science. | $1.4M / Seed / May 24, 2022 | |
Bytebeam
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Bytebeam is a one stop IoT platform providing solutions such as over the air updates, device to mobile sync, data visualization, alerting, etc | $3M / Seed / May 12, 2022 | |
Futwork
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Futwork specializes in omnichannel communication solutions, blending AI + human expertise to elevate customer experience, drive conversions, and scale contact centre operations. | $1M / Seed / Apr 05, 2022 | |
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Co-Investors
About The World Economic Forum
The World Economic Forum is an international institution committed to improving the state of the world through public-private cooperation. It is engaged in political, business, academic, and other leaders of society in collaborative efforts to shape global, regional, and industry agendas. The institution serves and builds sustained communitiesthrough an integrated concept of high-level meetings, research networks, task forces, and digital collaboration while delivering unique value to its partners, members, and constituents through its annual and regional meetings; its centers dedicated to global, regional, and industry issues; its future-oriented communities of new champions; its expert networks of global agenda councils; and its knowledge, interaction platform, and the forum academy.The World Economic Forum was established in 1971 as a not-for-profit Foundation and is headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland.
The World Economic Forum Contacts
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Sam Ruben
G20 Sustainability Taskforce Core Member
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Amit Paley
Young Global Leader
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Amol Sarva
Global Vanguard
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Anju Patwardhan
Member-Global Future Council on Blockchain; Steering Comm Member-Disruptive Innovation in Finl Svcs
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Anna Khan
Global Shaper
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FAQ
What does Phanindra Sama invest in?
Phanindra Sama invests primarily in Internet, SaaS and Software startups, most often at Seed and Angel stage. Most of the 38 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in India. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What is Phanindra Sama's check size?
Phanindra Sama typically joins rounds of $400k–$3M at Seed, $250k–$350k at Angel and $200k–$1.1M at Pre-Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Phanindra Sama participates in.
When did Phanindra Sama last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Phanindra Sama closed in Jul 2025. Shizune tracks 38 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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