# Vivekananda Hallekere

> Vivekananda Hallekere is a seed investor at Wicked Ride Adventure Services backing Internet. See 21 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Wicked Ride Adventure Services](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/wicked-ride)
- Location: Bangalore, India
- Total investments: 21
- Last investment: Mar 2026
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vivekananda-hallekere-0483bb19/

Vivekananda Hallekere is a seed investor at Wicked Ride Adventure Services in Bangalore focused on Internet and Financial Services. Vivekananda Hallekere is the CEO and co-founder of Bounce. Prior to that, he was a partner at Suchindra and Vivekananda and executive at B S R & Co ( Kpmg).

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $575k–$4.5M |
| Series A | $5.9M–$32M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Internet | 5 | 24% |
| Financial Services | 4 | 19% |
| Retail | 2 | 10% |
| Education | 2 | 10% |
| E-Commerce | 2 | 10% |

33 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 14 | 67% |
| Series A | 3 | 14% |
| Pre-Seed | 2 | 10% |
| Angel | 1 | 5% |
| Series F | 1 | 5% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| India | 18 | 86% |
| United States | 1 | 5% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Bounce | Bounce (formerly known as Metro Bikes) is a smart mobility solution, with a mission of making daily commute stress-free, time-saving, reliable, and convenient.With a breakthrough technology that lets users access the bike with just an OTP, the Keyless bikes, have not only done away with keys, but the whole process of renting a bike has justbecome devoid of any physical or human intervention. With Bounce's new One Way Rental service, users can now pick up and drop the bike anywhere they need to and be done with the ride. This is aimed at providing a seamless first mile and last-mile connectivity to metro users.Founded in 2014, Bounce aims at decongesting the roads by encouraging commuters to choose public transport by delivering convenient options to rent bikes and reach their destinations from metro stations. It is based in Bangalore, India. | $5M | Series F | Mar 02, 2026 |  |
| Plazza | Plazza is an instant health app focused on delivering medicines and health products rapidly. | $1.4M | Seed | Sep 27, 2025 |  |
| Cautio | Cautio is a Visual Telematics company that provides safety and security to drivers and passengers. | $1.8M | Seed | Aug 06, 2025 |  |
| Gully Labs | Gully Labs is a homegrown sneaker design house, specializing in hand-lasted sneakers that blend Indian cultural motifs with contemporary design. The brand releases new collections every 60 days, often drawing inspiration from Indian traditions, festivals, and regional art forms. Gully Labs positions itself as a response to both the lack ofauthentic Indian representation in mainstream sneaker culture and the prevalence of imitation products in the market, aiming to celebrate original Indian stories and craftsmanship | $890.3K | Seed | Jun 02, 2025 |  |
| Selligion Technologies | Selligion Praho is the world's first hybrid cloud computer especially designed to solve for all possible use cases in education. Selligion Praho is conceptualised and designed in India and runs on Selligion Abacca OS. | $370.4K | Seed | Nov 14, 2022 |  |
| Mojocare | Mojocare is a digital-first judgement-free wellness platform. | $20M | Series A | Aug 23, 2022 |  |
| Jar | Jar is an investment tech startup that allows users to save money by taking spare change from online transactions and investing it in digital gold automatically which can be redeemed anytime or withdrawn easily through UPI. The company was co-founded in 2021 by Nishchay AG and Misbah Ashraf and is based in Bangalore, Karnataka. | $32M | Series A | Feb 03, 2022 |  |
| Minko | Minko is a retail fintech platform that provides credit facilities to small shop and retail shop owners. Minko is a smart credit product that now allows retailers to access low-cost instant short-term loans to grow business. | $1.5M | Seed | Dec 22, 2021 |  |
| Glip.gg | Glip is a creator tool suite for gamers to create and monetise. | $3M | Seed | Nov 01, 2021 |  |
| Stoa | Stoa helps professionals join and grow in business management roles at a fraction of the cost and time of a traditional MBA. The 6-month Stoa Program helps professionals develop relevant skills across industry sectors and business functions while the online learning community helps learners build their professional networks. | $1.5M | Seed | Oct 27, 2021 |  |

10 of 21 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Better Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/better-capital-e839) — VC Fund, 7 deals together
- [Arkam Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/arkam-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [First Cheque](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/first-cheque) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [B Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/b-capital-group) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Cloud Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cloud-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Elevation Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/elevation-capital-6e8a) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About Wicked Ride Adventure Services

VC Fund · Bangalore, India

Wicked Ride is India's first luxury bike rental company. We rent out Harley Davidson, Triumph and Royal Enfield motorcycles. We are a start-up based out of Bangalore and are operational in 4 states across India. We intend to expand to other cities soon. We also cater to other needs of the biking community and design and execute expeditions.We have urban commute solution from our subsidiary Metro Bikes (www.metrobikes.in) which solves the first and last mile commute from public transportation hubs. Commuters can pick a bike from one hub and drop it across any other hub. This provides the fastest and cheapest mode of commute.

4 contacts available at Wicked Ride Adventure Services.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Anil G | COO, Co-Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/anil-g-2 |
| Nishchay Ag | Head of Technology | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nishchay-ag |
| Varun Agni | Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/varun-agni |
| Vivekananda Hallekere | CEO, Co-Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/vivekananda-hallekere |

## Similar investors

### Similar industry
- [Coinbase Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/coinbase-ventures) — VC Fund
- [Polychain](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/polychain-capital) — VC Fund
- [Digital Currency Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/digital-currency-group) — VC Fund

### Similar stage
- [Antler](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/antler-be9c) — VC Fund
- [Alumni Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alumni-ventures-group) — VC Fund
- [Right Side Capital Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/right-side-capital-management) — VC Fund

### Similar country
- [Titan Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/titan-capital) — VC Fund
- [Inflection Point Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/inflection-point-ventures-d275) — VC Fund
- [Blume Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/blume-ventures) — VC Fund

## Featured in investor lists
- [Financial Services Angel Investors in India](https://shizune.co/investors/financial-services-angel-investors-india)
- [FinTech Angel Investors in India](https://shizune.co/investors/fintech-angel-investors-india)
- [Internet Angel Investors in India](https://shizune.co/investors/internet-angel-investors-india)
- [EdTech Angel Investors in India](https://shizune.co/investors/edtech-angel-investors-india)
- [Education Angel Investors in India](https://shizune.co/investors/education-angel-investors-india)
- [Restaurants Investors in India](https://shizune.co/investors/restaurants-investors-india)

## FAQ

### What does Vivekananda Hallekere invest in?

Vivekananda Hallekere invests primarily in Internet, Financial Services and Retail startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 21 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in India. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Vivekananda Hallekere's check size?

Vivekananda Hallekere typically joins rounds of $575k–$4.5M at Seed and $5.9M–$32M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Vivekananda Hallekere participates in.

### When did Vivekananda Hallekere last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Vivekananda Hallekere closed in Mar 2026. Shizune tracks 21 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.

# About Shizune
Shizune.co is an investor database. Core features:
- 48,091 startup investors (angels, VCs, accelerators, and others)
- Email, phone, LinkedIn (for intros), socials, and other contact data
- Updated daily from public funding news
- CSV and Excel export

The User can access the full database FOR FREE after signing up: shizune.co