V Balakrishnan
Chairman @ StartupXseed Ventures
Bengaluru, India
V Balakrishnan is a seed investor at StartupXseed Ventures in Bengaluru focused on Software and Security. Mr. V. Balakrishnan, also known as Bala, is the Founder & Chairman of Exfinity, a Private Equity Fund focused on investing in the Technology space. Mr. Balakrishnan served as Head of BPO, Finacle & India Business Unit at Infosys Ltd. He served as the Chief Financial Officer of Infosys Ltd., from May 1, 2006 to October 31, 2012. Mr.Balakrishnan has significant experience in leadership positions in the finance domain, with expertise in Corporate Finance, International Taxation, Risk Management and Mergers & Acquisitions. He served as Secretary and Senior Vice President - Finance of Infosys Ltd., from joining it in 2001 to April 2006. He served as Vice President - Finance of Infosys Ltd and also served in various capacities in Finance department.
- Total investments:
- 12
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 33%
Last updated:
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Industries V Balakrishnan invests in
Stages V Balakrishnan invests in
Countries V Balakrishnan invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
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Round size
- Seed
- $161k–$2M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 3 (25%)
- Security 2 (17%)
- Cyber Security 2 (17%)
- Enterprise Software 2 (17%)
- Pet 1 (8%)
Stage
- Seed 5 (42%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 2 (17%)
- Angel 1 (8%)
- Series A 1 (8%)
- Series B 1 (8%)
Country
- India 7 (58%)
- United States 1 (8%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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| CloudSEK provides AI-driven cybersecurity solutions that help organizations identify, monitor, and respond to digital risks and external threats. Its platform uses contextual artificial intelligence to scan a wide range of online sources, offering insights into data leaks, brand impersonation, exposed infrastructure, and supply chainvulnerabilities. CloudSEK’s suite includes tools for digital risk protection, attack surface monitoring, supply chain risk tracking, and proactive threat intelligence alerts that support security teams in prioritizing and addressing potential issues. The technology correlates threat data across surface web, deep web, and dark web signals to give contextualized alerts and visibility into an organization’s external attack surface. CloudSEK also supports integration of its threat insights into existing security systems to streamline risk management workflows. | $19M / Series B / May 20, 2025 | ||
| CloudSEK provides AI-driven cybersecurity solutions that help organizations identify, monitor, and respond to digital risks and external threats. Its platform uses contextual artificial intelligence to scan a wide range of online sources, offering insights into data leaks, brand impersonation, exposed infrastructure, and supply chainvulnerabilities. CloudSEK’s suite includes tools for digital risk protection, attack surface monitoring, supply chain risk tracking, and proactive threat intelligence alerts that support security teams in prioritizing and addressing potential issues. The technology correlates threat data across surface web, deep web, and dark web signals to give contextualized alerts and visibility into an organization’s external attack surface. CloudSEK also supports integration of its threat insights into existing security systems to streamline risk management workflows. | $493.3K / Seed / Feb 26, 2019 | ||
| CloudSEK provides AI-driven cybersecurity solutions that help organizations identify, monitor, and respond to digital risks and external threats. Its platform uses contextual artificial intelligence to scan a wide range of online sources, offering insights into data leaks, brand impersonation, exposed infrastructure, and supply chainvulnerabilities. CloudSEK’s suite includes tools for digital risk protection, attack surface monitoring, supply chain risk tracking, and proactive threat intelligence alerts that support security teams in prioritizing and addressing potential issues. The technology correlates threat data across surface web, deep web, and dark web signals to give contextualized alerts and visibility into an organization’s external attack surface. CloudSEK also supports integration of its threat insights into existing security systems to streamline risk management workflows. | $2M / Seed / Nov 27, 2018 | ||
| TailsLife is a platform that connects Pet Owners, Services providers & Manufacturers - leveraging the latest technology to transform existing industry and create new ones. Our technology platform enables users, pet walkers, sitters and groomers to discover each other through an intelligent matching engine that analyses multiple data pointsincluding the availability, proximity and dozens of other parameters like pet type, breed, size, age, special needs etc. TailsLife also markets products such as Instant Dog Meal with its in-house brand D WoofPack & Furresh. Having tied up with retailers such as LULU, BigBasket, Food World, Future group and top pet stores.We are web & app based. | Venture - Series Unknown / Sep 07, 2017 | ||
| The Ken is a new, digital, subscription-driven publication headquartered out of Bangalore, India. Founded by a team of experienced journalists and entrepreneurs, The Ken's goal is to deliver fresh and original business insight through well-narrated stories to professionals, entrepreneurs, investors and leaders every morning. | $400K / Angel / Feb 20, 2017 | ||
| Taxsutra provides real time, up-to-date news and case law analysis on Income tax from ITAT, and the High Courts and Supreme Court. We are also tracking important litigations, developments in Income Tax department, CBDT and Finance Ministry, with a view to keep tax professionals abreast of the latest trends therein. | $366.9K / Seed / Jan 02, 2017 | ||
| TailsLife is a platform that connects Pet Owners, Services providers & Manufacturers - leveraging the latest technology to transform existing industry and create new ones. Our technology platform enables users, pet walkers, sitters and groomers to discover each other through an intelligent matching engine that analyses multiple data pointsincluding the availability, proximity and dozens of other parameters like pet type, breed, size, age, special needs etc. TailsLife also markets products such as Instant Dog Meal with its in-house brand D WoofPack & Furresh. Having tied up with retailers such as LULU, BigBasket, Food World, Future group and top pet stores.We are web & app based. | Seed / Dec 02, 2016 | ||
| Locus is an intelligent logistics automation and decision-making platform that comes with in-built route planning and vehicle allocation engine which improves consistency and efficiency of operations.The platform helps companies and enterprises in e-commerce, food delivery, FMCG, and other verticals to automate and optimize their logistics. Theproduct suite comprises a route deviation engine, order dispatch automation, a field user app, route optimizations, scheduling, tracking for end-customer, and predictive analytics. Offering the entire technology stack, in the form of a platform as a service. | $2.8M / Series A / May 09, 2016 | ||
| Uniken's mission is to make connecting safe. Instead of trying to make a better authenticator or just adding another layer of application security, we redesigned the security architecture with the 21st century threat landscape in mind. The result is a game changing security platform that elegantly combines strong, mutual continuousauthentication with channel security and secure data-at-rest. Uniken's REL-ID is a MITM-proof and phishing proof solution that protects against most modern threats, without having it intrude on your customer’s user experience. Businesses never have to worry about credential compromise, SSL vulnerabilities or DNS attacks again. In fact, REL-IDverify extends the same security and user experience to all your channels, providing a safe, consistent omni-channel experience that cannot be matched, and allows every transaction to be verified by the customer without the need for PII - including a phone call to the advisor or the call center or chat interaction.For more information, visit www.uniken.com | $2M / Venture - Series Unknown / May 10, 2015 | ||
| Taxsutra provides real time, up-to-date news and case law analysis on Income tax from ITAT, and the High Courts and Supreme Court. We are also tracking important litigations, developments in Income Tax department, CBDT and Finance Ministry, with a view to keep tax professionals abreast of the latest trends therein. | $161K / Seed / Feb 25, 2015 | ||
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Co-Investors
About StartupXseed Ventures
StartupXseed Ventures LLP is the Investment Manager of “Aaruha Technology Fund” registered with Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) as Category I - under Alternative Investment Fund (AIF) Regulations 2012.StartupXseed is a Strategic programme, for supporting the aspiring entrepreneurs with great ideas. StartupXseed is a uniqueprogramme combined with Seed fund, Strategic support, Market Access, Mentorship and closely supported by the Investor/advisory board of StartupXseed. It acts as a “Co-Founder/Seed Partner” in helping innovation to succeed in the Technology and Technology enabled areas across sectors in India.Backed by the team of pioneers of IT, Entrepreneurs, Educationist and Industrialist, the StartupXseed provides small business innovators with a complete structured help of Startup eco system to help navigate the unique challenges of building the sustainable growth businesses in India.
StartupXseed Ventures Contacts
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B. V. Naidu
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Ravi Thakur
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J A Chowdary
Partner
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Mohandas Pai
Partner
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V Balakrishnan
Chairman
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FAQ
What does V Balakrishnan invest in?
V Balakrishnan invests primarily in Software, Security and Cyber Security startups, most often at Seed and Venture - Series Unknown stage. Most of the 12 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 V Balakrishnan invest in?
V Balakrishnan typically joins rounds of $161k–$2M at Seed. These are whole funding-round sizes, not V Balakrishnan's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds V Balakrishnan took part in.
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When did V Balakrishnan last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for V Balakrishnan closed in May 2025. Shizune tracks 12 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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