Phanindra Sama
Angel Investor @ 8i Ventures
Bengaluru, India
Phanindra Sama is a seed investor at 8i Ventures 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:
- 39
- 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
Contacts
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Round size
- Seed
- $400k–$3M
- Angel
- $250k–$350k
- Pre-Seed
- $200k–$1.1M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Internet 8 (21%)
- SaaS 6 (15%)
- Software 6 (15%)
- Education 5 (13%)
- Health Care 5 (13%)
Stage
- Seed 24 (62%)
- Angel 5 (13%)
- Pre-Seed 5 (13%)
- Series A 2 (5%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 1 (3%)
Country
- India 28 (72%)
- United States 4 (10%)
- Singapore 1 (3%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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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 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 is a company that creates simple digital consumer products for the global market. | $250K / Angel / Sep 18, 2024 | ||
| 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 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 is a Learning platform for Data Science. | $1.4M / Seed / May 24, 2022 | ||
| 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 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 | ||
| 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. | $200K / Pre-Seed / Dec 20, 2021 | ||
| See all 39 investments → | |||
Co-Investors
About 8i Ventures
8i is an early stage VC fund that backs founders removing friction from consumer and SMBs in India. Seeded Category winners like Slice, M2P, Easebuzz, Blue Tokai, Easebuzz, Transbnk and Signzy.
8i Ventures Contacts
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Muskaan Khilnani
Analyst
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Vikram Chachra
Founding Partner
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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 39 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in India. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What round sizes does Phanindra Sama invest in?
Phanindra Sama typically joins rounds of $400k–$3M at Seed, $250k–$350k at Angel and $200k–$1.1M at Pre-Seed. These are whole funding-round sizes, not Phanindra Sama's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds Phanindra Sama took part in.
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When did Phanindra Sama last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Phanindra Sama closed in Jul 2025. Shizune tracks 39 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.
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