# Prashanth Ranganathan

> Prashanth Ranganathan is a seed investor at PaySense (Mumbai) backing B2B and Apps. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [PaySense](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/paysense)
- Location: Mumbai, India
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Feb 2022
- Lead investor: 50%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/prashanthr

Prashanth Ranganathan is a seed investor at PaySense in Mumbai focused on B2B and Apps. Prashanth is the founder and CEO of PaySense - a leading digital lending startup based out of Mumbai India. Prashanth is a serial entrepreneur with a track record of building mobile tech companies. Prior to founding PaySense, Prashanth spent 4 years at PayPal where he held the position of head of Product for Asia Pacific. Prashanth joined PayPal in2011 with the successful acquisition of Truvie Security, a mobile payment security startup. Prashanth has spent over 7 years working on various consumer mobile and security solutions resulting in two successful acquisitions.Prashanth holds a bachelors degree from the University of New South Wales in Engineering and a Masters in Bioinformatics from Stanford University.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $200k–$4M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| B2B | 1 | 50% |
| Apps | 1 | 50% |
| Android | 1 | 50% |
| Software | 1 | 50% |
| Financial Services | 1 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Upswing Financial Technologies | Upswing Financial Technologies is an open finance B2B ecosystem enabler. | $4M | Seed | Feb 28, 2022 |  |
| Cabsguru | CabsGuru is an android app that lists cabs from all the cab providers available around you and lets you compare fares and save money while booking. | $200K | Seed | Dec 15, 2015 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Titan Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/titan-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Willowtree Investments](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/amara-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Better Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/better-capital-e839) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Capier Investments](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/capier-investments) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Multiply Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/multiply-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [QED Investors](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/qed-investors) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About PaySense

VC Fund · Mumbai, India

PaySense offers financial services to Indian consumers. It provides EMI plans for online and offline purchases. PaySense lets its customers get approval on web or mobile application, select EMI plan and upload KYC documents, and get money in their account. Prashanth Ranganathan and Sayli Karanjkar founded the company in 2015, with itsheadquarters in Mumbai in India.

5 contacts available at PaySense.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Prashanth Ranganathan | Founder & CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/prashanth-ranganathan |
| Ankit Kumar | Tech Lead - Engineering | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ankit-kumar-5 |
| Balakumaran Panneerselvam | Product | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/balakumaran-panneerselvam |
| Mayuresh Kini | COO & CFO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mayuresh-kini |
| Sayli Karanjkar | Co-Founder & CBO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sayli-karanjkar |

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## FAQ

### What does Prashanth Ranganathan invest in?

Prashanth Ranganathan invests primarily in B2B, Apps and Android startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in India. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Prashanth Ranganathan's check size?

Prashanth Ranganathan typically joins rounds of $200k–$4M 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 Prashanth Ranganathan participates in.

### When did Prashanth Ranganathan last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Prashanth Ranganathan closed in Feb 2022. Shizune tracks 2 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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