# Saras Agarwal

> Saras Agarwal is a seed investor at Bharat Innovation Fund (Bengaluru) backing SaaS and InsurTech. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Bharat Innovation Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bharat-innovation-fund)
- Location: Bengaluru, India
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: Sep 2021
- Lead investor: 67%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://in.linkedin.com/in/saras-agarwal
- Website: https://www.earthfund.in/

Saras Agarwal is a seed investor at Bharat Innovation Fund in Bengaluru focused on SaaS and InsurTech. Saras Agarwal spearheads Earth Fund- as managing partner. The fund derives its name from Mother Earth and look forward to support early-stage ventures, which are looking to propel RE-Tech and protect environment through strong emphasis on Sustainability. Saras brings decade plus experience in early-stage investing having supported and fundedstartups in different avatar. Before Earth fund, Saras was part of the investments team at Bharat Fund and Ventureast. He is a graduate from SRCC and attended Indian School of Business.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| SaaS | 1 | 33% |
| InsurTech | 1 | 33% |
| Insurance | 1 | 33% |
| Digital Signage | 1 | 33% |

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 67% |
| Series A | 1 | 33% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Manch | Manch is a SaaS based digital signature provider. | $1.1M | Seed | Sep 28, 2021 |  |
| Riskcovry | Riskcovry is an "Insurance-in-a-box” model offers a one-stop-shop platform to cater to any business's digital insurance needs. | $5M | Series A | Mar 09, 2021 |  |
| Riskcovry | Riskcovry is an "Insurance-in-a-box” model offers a one-stop-shop platform to cater to any business's digital insurance needs. |  | Seed | May 21, 2020 |  |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Better Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/better-capital-e839) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Pentathlon Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/pentathlon-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Varanium Capital Advisors](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/varanium-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [BetaPlus Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/betaplus-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [DMI AIF Sparkle Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dmi-alternatives) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Omidyar Network India](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/omidyar-network-india-050e) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Bharat Innovation Fund

VC Fund · Ahmedabad, India

They believe India, that is Bharat, and its transformational entrepreneurs are producing globally competitive and disruptive solutions for some of the toughest challenges. Their ventures can be game-changers not only in the Indian context - but emerge as dominant leaders globally.Through their early-stage capital, unparalleled networks, strategicinsights and operational hand-holding, they can significantly de-risk the process of conversion of these ideas into companies of consequence.

4 contacts available at Bharat Innovation Fund.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Ashwin Raguraman | Founding Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ashwin-raguraman |
| Kunal Upadhyay | Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kunal-upadhyay |
| Saras Agarwal | Principal | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/saras-agarwal |
| Shyam Menon | Partner & Co-founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/shyam-menon |

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## FAQ

### What does Saras Agarwal invest in?

Saras Agarwal invests primarily in SaaS, InsurTech and Insurance startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 3 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in India. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Saras Agarwal last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Saras Agarwal closed in Sep 2021. Shizune tracks 3 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?

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