# Samir Bangara

> Samir Bangara is a seed investor at Qyuki (Mumbai) backing Mobile, Apps and News. See 6 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Qyuki](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/qyuki)
- Location: Mumbai, India
- Total investments: 6
- Last investment: Jan 2016
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/samirbangara
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/samirbangara

Samir Bangara is a seed investor at Qyuki in Mumbai focused on Mobile and Apps. Samir Bangara - Co-Founder & Managing Director @ Qyuki

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Mobile | 3 | 50% |
| Apps | 1 | 17% |
| News | 1 | 17% |
| Big Data | 1 | 17% |
| Software | 1 | 17% |

18 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 3 | 50% |
| Angel | 3 | 50% |

### Country

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

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| My Child | My Child is an app which tell you about your child's growth and figure out developmental disorder. It gives you information about your child's key areas of consideration after you answer the questionnaire. The app is for children between from 11 to 24 months and asks you about the areas of growth during that particular period. | $100K | Seed | Jan 04, 2016 |  |
| My Child | My Child is an app which tell you about your child's growth and figure out developmental disorder. It gives you information about your child's key areas of consideration after you answer the questionnaire. The app is for children between from 11 to 24 months and asks you about the areas of growth during that particular period. | $100K | Angel | Jan 04, 2016 |  |
| POKKT | POKKT is an Alternate Mobile Payment Platform that helps owners of Paid Digital Goods and Services to monetise thier users through an advertiser-funded Model. Develpoers and Publishers of Digital content can significantly increase monetization and convert non-paying users into paying users. |  | Seed | Oct 02, 2013 |  |
| Thrill | Thrill is collectively the largest online dating platform in India. Our portfolio currently includes two properties, a mobile app by the same name available on iOS & Android and Fropper.com. Thrill is backed by fantastic investors in India, Singapore & the US, including Shaadi.com, Taurus Value Creation (Taurus Wealth Management) SamirBangara, Prem Kumar and Rajesh Kamat.Find out more here: http://www.thrillgroup.com Featured In:• Economic Times• CNBC (Young Turks)• Wall Street Journal• Times of India• DNA India• YourStory• NextBigWhat• Inc42• VCCircle• TechInAsia• ZDNet• EntrepreneurIndia |  | Seed | Aug 06, 2013 |  |
| Playblazer | Playblazer is a multi-tenanted & auto-scaling, cloud-hosted backend for Social & Multiplayer Games.Playblazer provides Game Developers/Studios a configurable API that provides instant access to a comprehensive set of pre-built - data models, components & workflows; that enable rapid development of a backend for Social &Multiplayer Games accessible from any platform so long as the game client has HTTP access.Playblazer leverages the scalability and flexibility of the AWS infrastructure to create an efficient mix of in-memory & persistent storage for various data models commonly required in games, while providing automation of frequently used patterns in games as a set of pre-built components. |  | Angel | Jun 26, 2013 |  |
| ZAPR | ZAPR, is one of the world's first media consumption repositories and cross-targeting platforms. ZAPR's technology platform auto-detects comprehensively all offline media content being viewed by millions of people. ZAPR is currently over 1000x larger than any audience measurement database in India and they're rapidly growing. Forthe very first time, a brand can bridge its offline advertising strategy with its social.mobile.digital strategies, by identifying their audiences, understanding their media habits and targeting the same user base across all mediums - offline and online - mobile and social. Users who are watching TV, but ignoring the commercials, can now be retargeted across social and mobile platforms, to ensure that a brand's wasted TV impressions are reinforced by the second screen. ZAPR is quickly expanding on all fronts - its user base, various media formats (live TV, radio, movies-in-theater, VOD, internet media) as well as geographic presence. ZAPR is a VC funded media-tech startup and is backed by iconic angel and institutional investors from India, Singapore, Europe and US. |  | Angel | May 10, 2013 |  |

6 of 6 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [500 Global](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/500-startups) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [GSF](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gsf) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Jungle Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jungle-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Kae Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kae-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Pix Vine Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/pix-vine-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Taurus Value Creation](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/taurus-value-creation) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Qyuki

VC Fund · Bangalore, India

Qyuki is the next big thing that's going to hit new media very soon. If you've got latent creative talent that's waiting for the right opportunity to come along, then this is your time. Wait no more, prepare to give your best to the company that is founded by some of the biggest names in the entertainment business the world over;Shekhar Kapur and A. R. Rahman.

5 contacts available at Qyuki.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Samir Bangara | Co-Founder & Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/samir-bangara |
| A R Rahman | Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/a-r-rahman-9583 |
| Sagar Gokhale | COO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sagar-gokhale |
| Shekhar Kapur | Founder & Chairman | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/shekhar-kapur |
| Sushant Yattam | Chief Of Staff | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sushant-yattam-1a7e |

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## FAQ

### What does Samir Bangara invest in?

Samir Bangara invests primarily in Mobile, Apps and News startups, most often at Seed and Angel 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.

### When did Samir Bangara last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Samir Bangara closed in Jan 2016. 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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