# Vishal Bharat

> Vishal Bharat is a seed investor at CBA Capital backing Education, EBooks and EdTech. See 5 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [CBA Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cba-capital)
- Total investments: 5
- Last investment: Mar 2020
- Lead investor: 60%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vishal-bharat-61660b/

Vishal Bharat is a seed investor at CBA Capital focused on Education and EBooks. Vishal Bharat, founder and director of CBA, is an advisor and investor in small businesses. He has 20 years of experience in financial services including impact investing, scale-ups, start-ups and turnarounds. He currently serves on advisory and company boards of several companies. Educated in Engineering and Management, Vishal has experience inpromoter management, business planning, financial planning and corporate governance. He lives with his wife, son , 4 dogs and 4 cats in Goa, India.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Education | 5 | 100% |
| EBooks | 1 | 20% |
| EdTech | 1 | 20% |
| Banking | 1 | 20% |
| Training | 1 | 20% |

12 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 4 | 80% |
| Series B | 1 | 20% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Callido Learning | Callido is improving student outcomes by enabling any school to develop critical thinkers with plug-and-play resources for explicitly tracking and developing students' critical thinking, problem-solving, research and communication skills. All educators agree that the purpose of education is to develop students into critical thinkers.However, translating this into action is difficult due to the lack of a roadmap for skills, constrained teacher time and legacy reporting systems which do not show progress on skills. Callido makes this easy by providing: (i) a roadmap for critical thinking, problem-solving, research and communication skills at each grade (ii) digital assessments to understand each student's starting point (iii) blended learning resources for the targeted development of each skill (iv) data dashboards to track students' growth year on year Our solutions save schools over 400 hours and are 10x cheaper than the next best alternative - replicating all of these resources and expertise in-house. Since inception, we have partnered with leading schools in over 28 countries. |  | Seed | Mar 07, 2020 |  |
| Skillenza | Skillenza is the optimum gap filler between required market-ready skills and the current college student skillset. We directly address the growing concerns of students & job seekers while connecting the right person with the right opportunity. | $1M | Seed | May 08, 2019 |  |
| Imarticus Learning | Imarticus Learning is India’s leading professional education institute, offering certified industry-endorsed training in Financial Services, Investment Banking, Business Analysis, IT, Business Analytics & Wealth Management.Individual Offerings: Investment Banking Courses, Retail Banking Programs, Business Analytics Training, BusinessAnalysis and IT Programs, Online Finance Courses, Online Analytics Programs.Imarticus is the only institute that incorporates a variety of delivery methodologies- classroom based, online and blended, that are managed by a fully integrated state of the art learning management and governance system.Our unique programs also act as a sourcing platform for leading Indian and Global corporates and we offer various customized corporate solutions designed to assist individuals and firms in meeting their human capital requirements. | $2M | Series B | Aug 23, 2018 |  |
| Kopykitab.com | Kopykitab is India's 1st Digital Library. We aspire to make education Affordable, Accessible and Entertaining on a Greener planet. We try to make learning easy and get the ALL the relevant content available to the students when they need "IT", thus addressing their critical needs at affordable prices. |  | Seed | Jan 11, 2018 |  |
| Simulanis | We at Simulanis are a multi-award winning Ed-Tech company leveraging Augmented (AR), Virtual Reality (VR) and 3D simulation technologies to develop cutting-edge interactive, engaging and immersive products for learning & training. Our products cut across a range of sectors in the engineering and manufacturing domains to better skillindividuals. | $500K | Seed | Jan 08, 2018 |  |

5 of 5 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Education Catalyst Fund (ECF)](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/education-catalyst-fund-ecf) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Blume Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/blume-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [CIO Angel Network](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cio-angel-network) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Hyderabad Angels](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hyderabad-angels) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Keiretsu Forum](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/keiretsu-forum) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [LVX Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/letsventure) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About CBA Capital

VC Fund · Bengaluru, India

CBA Capital manages funds for investors and makes investments in early-stage companies that are looking to start-up, scale-up or turn around.

3 contacts available at CBA Capital.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Christina Raj | Investment Analyst | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/christina-raj |
| Karin Bhat | Investment Manager | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/karin-bhat |
| Vishal Bharat | founder & director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/vishal-bharat |

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## FAQ

### What does Vishal Bharat invest in?

Vishal Bharat invests primarily in Education, EBooks and EdTech startups, most often at Seed and Series B stage. Most of the 5 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in India. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Vishal Bharat last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Vishal Bharat closed in Mar 2020. Shizune tracks 5 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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