# Vinodh Bhat

> Vinodh Bhat is a seed investor at JioSaavn backing Finance and Software. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Sep 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [JioSaavn](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/saavn)
- Location: New York, United States
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Jun 2024
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Sep 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/vinodhbhat
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/vbhat
- Website: https://x.com/vbhat
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/vinodhbhat

Vinodh Bhat is a seed investor at JioSaavn in New York focused on Finance and Software. Vinodh Bhat is Co-Founder and President of Saavn. Vinodh has played a crucial role in developing the company’s purpose and vision, helping to recruit talented individuals to join the Saavn team, and lead its capital raises to finance growth. He leads the sales team in securing advertising partnerships with some of the world’s most recognizedbrands, such as Apple, Nissan, Microsoft and Bacardi. Vinodh has been a recognized speaker at industry conferences around the world. He is also a Founding Partner at New York City-based venture development fund, 212MEDIA. Prior to Saavn and 212MEDIA, Vinodh co-founded and served as the VP, Sales & Business Development at Simile, a contextual advertising platform that advised the business units of Time Warner, Cox Media, McClatchy Newspaper Group, Scripps and Hearst Magazines. He began his career at the investment bank Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette (DLJ), and helped advise and raise capital for media & telecom companies such as Voyager, Earthlink, AT&T, @Home, Akamai, and several others. Vinodh graduated with a B.S. in Finance and Marketing from the McIntire School of Commerce at the University of Virginia. He was an Echols Scholar.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Finance | 1 | 50% |
| Software | 1 | 50% |
| Social Network | 1 | 50% |
| Event Management | 1 | 50% |
| Physical Security | 1 | 50% |

7 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 1 | 50% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 50% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| India | 1 | 50% |
| United States | 1 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Prosperr.io | Prosperr is a innovative way to manage your income tax. | $1.6M | Pre-Seed | Jun 17, 2024 |  |
| DoorList | DoorList is building a social platform around the things you do and the people you do them with, starting with ticketed social events on college campuses | $3M | Seed | Feb 13, 2024 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- Felton Group — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Neo](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/neo-innovation) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Neo](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/neo-vc) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Service Provider Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/service-provider-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About JioSaavn

VC Fund · Mumbai, India

Saavn is an Indian digital music service, transforming how people around the world access and experience music on a daily basis. Saavn’s unique combination of Internet radio and on-demand music capabilities, coupled with proprietary social features like music tagging and music chat, deliver one of the richest media experiences available on mobileand Web today. Saavn has over 20 Million monthly active users and is currently accessed in more than 150 countries. Saavn currently has 35 Million+ tracks in 14 languages: Hindi, English (India only), Tamil, Telugu, Punjabi, Marathi, Gujarati, Bengali, Kannada, Malayalam, Bhojpuri, Urdu, Rajasthani and Odia. The company has 900+ label partnerships and growing, including T-Series, Tips, YRF, Saregama, Eros, Universal, Sony, and Warner Music.The company's award-winning iOS and Android mobile products include phonetic search, dynamic bit-rate streaming, global native ad-serving, and industry-leading design. With Saavn Pro, users can listen to music ad-free and offline. And through partnerships with Apple, Google, Facebook, Twitter, and Shazam, Saavn reaches more music fans than any other South Asian music service. Saavn was founded in 2007, and has offices in New York, California, Mumbai, Gurgaon and Bangalore. For more information, visit www.saavn.com or corporate.saavn.com.

5 contacts available at JioSaavn.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Paramdeep Singh | Co-founder & Executive Chairman | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/paramdeep-singh |
| Vinodh Bhat | Co-founder, President & Chief Strategy Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/vin-bhat |
| Alex Kahn | Investor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alex-kahn-2 |
| Chris Merrion | Chief Information Officer & SVP, Content Operations | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chris-merrion |
| Clint Balcom | Chief Product Officer & SVP, Design | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/clint-balcom |

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## FAQ

### What does Vinodh Bhat invest in?

Vinodh Bhat invests primarily in Finance, Software and Social Network startups, most often at Seed and Pre-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.

### How do I contact Vinodh Bhat?

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### When did Vinodh Bhat last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Vinodh Bhat closed in Jun 2024. 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.

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