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Investment thesis
Bharat Founders Fund is an early-stage investment group made up of Indian entrepreneurs based around the world. Its members back and advise founders building companies for the Indian market, and the fund invests internationally.
What they invest in
from 49 of 71 portfolio companiesAI & Machine Learning ×30SaaS ×19Consumer ×9Fintech ×7Enterprise Software ×6Cleantech ×5EdTech ×5Marketing Tech ×5
HQs:India×25United States×7Singapore×1
Who they back
founder profiles across 27 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×112 founders×103 founders×44+ founders×2
Where their founders studiedfrom 23 founders with education data
Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur ×4Indian School of Business ×3Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow ×2Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay ×2Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi ×2Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology ×2
What their founders studiedfrom 25 founders with field-of-study data
Engineering ×12Computer Science ×7Business & Management ×6Design & Architecture ×2Finance & Accounting ×2Mathematics & Statistics ×2
Where their founders worked beforefrom 25 founders with career history
Credit Suisse ×2Evalueserve ×2Ola (ANI Technologies Pvt Ltd) ×2Urban Ladder ×2
1 founders hold a PhD · 9 hold an MBA (of 27 with degree data)
Investments · 71 tracked
founders shown can be your intro path91Squarefeet is a construction company for India that uses AI-driven technology and a digitized, integrated construction supply chain spanning fixture factories, material OEMs, engineering consultants, labour contractors, and architects.
AI & Machine LearningConstruction TechEnterprise SoftwarePropTech
Co-investorsAlteria CapitalBetatron Venture GroupNurture Venture PartnersSoma Capital
Accacia offers an AI-powered ERP and carbon-tracking platform that helps real estate developers and infrastructure providers measure and manage carbon emissions across their properties.
AI & Machine LearningClimate TechPropTechSingapore, SG
Piyush Chitkara(Founder)inAnnu Talreja(Founder)in
Co-investorsAccelIlluminate FinancialAC VenturesB Capital GroupB4 CapitalB Capital+3 more
AdmitKard is a study abroad consultancy providing end-to-end support to students, including university shortlisting, test prep (IELTS, TOEFL, GRE, GMAT, PTE), application assistance (SOPs, LORs, CVs), education loans, visa filing, remittance, and student housing.
EdTech
Piyush(Co-Founder)
Co-investorsGSV VenturesCallapina CapitalMiH VenturesSupermorpheusGSV Acceleration
Adri is an AI agent that writes, tests, and deploys custom code for SAP systems (ECC, S/4HANA, BTP).
AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US
Darshita Chaturvedi(Founder)inShyam Swaroop(Founder)in
Co-investorsY CombinatorKleiner Perkins
Alltius offers a customer experience platform with voice and chat AI to automate customer queries, reduce support costs, and improve sales conversions.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSales Tech
Siddhant Mishra(Founder)Vibhanshu Abhishek(Founder)Vibhanshu Abhishek Siddhant Mishra(Founder)
Co-investors100x Entrepreneur FundEximius VenturesGemba Capital Venture PartnerspeerchequeShastra VC
Arva is a fertility care provider that combines fertility testing, doctors, nutrition, and treatment including diagnostics, embryology, and IVF under one roof.
Digital HealthFemTechHealthtechBengaluru, IN
Dipalie Bajaj(Founder)
Co-investorsAll In CapitaliSeed
Athina is a platform for monitoring, tracing, and evaluating LLM-based AI applications, enabling teams to run experiments, manage prompts and flows, and configure automated or human evaluations.
AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsSaaSSan Francisco, US
Christos Ziakas(Founder)
Co-investorsGSF Accelerator
Atica provides hotels with marketing automation and revenue management services using proprietary technology, managing digital channels like Booking.com and Expedia, running data-driven promotions, and handling guest reviews and group sales contracts.
Marketing TechSaaSTravel & Hospitality
axiTrust provides digital business guarantee products by combining finance, insurance and technology to help enterprises access working capital without locking up cash.
FintechInsurTechSaaSGurgaon, IN
Ashish Gupta(Founder)Mukund Daga(Founder)inAdesh Singh(Head - Product & Engineering)inNitesh Aggarwala(Head - Partnership & Business Expansion)Ravinder Kumar(Head - Direct Sales & Growth)inShripad Nande(Chief Underwriter)
Co-investorsBdsVCGeneral CatalystpeerchequeSupermorpheus
BASIC Home Loan operates an online platform that matches borrowers with home loans across 100+ lenders, using proprietary technology built on banks' credit policies to check eligibility and generate offers.
AI & Machine LearningFintechMarketplacesPropTechGurugram, IN
Atul Monga(Founder & CEO)inKalyan Josyula(Founder & CTO)inPranav Khattar(Co-Founder)
Co-investorsLVX VenturesPICUS CAPITALSprint VcTrifecta Capital AdvisorsBertelsmann India InvestmentsVenture Catalysts
Gurgaon, IN
Siddharth Biyani(Founder)
Co-investors2am VCDholakia VenturesSprint VcIncisive Ventures
Last-mile logistics and transportation for India
Santosh Desai(Founder)in
Co-investorsCapria VenturesChiratae VenturesDraper AssociatesSorenson Impact FoundationTrifecta Capital AdvisorsVenture Catalysts
Carbonlites processes wet waste diverted from landfills to capture methane and produce compressed biogas (CBG) and organic fertilizer.
Circular EconomyCleantechEnergy
CarbonStrong develops a lower-carbon alternative to ordinary cement designed as a drop-in solution requiring no new infrastructure.
CleantechConstruction TechNew MaterialsBengaluru, IN
Co-investorsMomentum CapitalThird Derivative
CarePay provides medical loans and flexible installment financing for healthcare expenses across India.
FintechHealthtech
Gaurav Gupta(Founder)in
Co-investorsDholakia VenturesGSF AcceleratorPowerhouse Ventures
Cell Propulsion develops full-stack technology for electric and autonomous commercial vehicles, including EV powertrains, energy storage systems, fleet management software, and vehicle autonomy.
CleantechMobility & TransportationRoboticsBengaluru, IN
Nakul Kukar(CEO & Co-Founder)inParas Kaushal(COO & Co-Founder)inSupratim Naskar(Chief Technical Officer)in
Co-investorsIIMA VenturesMerak VenturesRajul Sandeep JhaveriThird DerivativeCapital-AEndiya Partners+1 more
Circle Health provides managed preventive healthcare as an employee benefit, assigning dedicated care managers and offering consultations with doctors, nutritionists, psychologists, and physiotherapists plus discounted tests and medicines.
Digital HealthHealthtechWellness & Fitness
CloudChef builds hourly-wage kitchen robots that learn recipes from a single demonstration and operate across commercial kitchen stations such as prep, batch cooking, line cooking, griddle work, and packaging.
AI & Machine LearningFoodTechRobotics
Co-investorsGood CapitalInvestopadRocketship.vc
Convin builds AI-powered conversation intelligence and speech analytics software that records and analyzes customer conversations for customer-facing teams such as contact centers and sales teams.
AI & Machine LearningSaaSSales Tech
Atul Shree(Founder)in
Co-investorsCapria VenturesIndia QuotientKalaari CapitalTitan CapitalJSW VenturesSparrow Capital
Digital Paani operates wastewater treatment optimization technology for buildings and factories, helping them achieve water neutrality and comply with environmental standards.
AI & Machine LearningCleantechClimate TechImpact & Social GoodIoTIndia, IN
Rajesh Jain(Founder)inMansi Jainin
Co-investorsEcho River CapitalDeVCpeercheque
Doodhvale delivers farm-fresh milk and groceries directly to consumers' homes, sourcing from its own farms and processing milk in a lab-tested facility with cold-chain delivery within 24-36 hours.
Direct to ConsumerE-commerceFoodTech
GoRally operates social pickleball centres across India, offering court access, expert coaching, events and tournaments, and equipment.
ConsumerMarketplacesSports Tech
Grexa AI provides a suite of AI marketing agents for small and local business owners that handle Google SEO and Business Profile optimization, 24/7 customer chat, and WhatsApp-based promotions to existing customers to generate leads and repeat sales.
AI & Machine LearningMarketing TechSaaS
Ashutosh Kumar(Founder)in
Co-investorsBetter CapitalDeVC
Hyperline provides data infrastructure that helps product teams integrate data science and machine learning into Web3 applications, offering on-chain analytics, real-time trading analytics, fraud monitoring, personalization, and predictive insights.
AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureSan Francisco, US
Abhinav V(Founder)Sahil Thaker(Founder)
Co-investorsMaelstromIndex Ventures
Intugine offers supply chain visibility and logistics technology solutions, and runs a partner program for resellers, consulting firms, and technology providers in the supply chain domain.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareLogistics & Supply ChainSaaSBengaluru, IN
Harshit Shrivastava(Founder)inAyush Agrawal(Founder)inMrinal Rai(Founder)in
Co-investors1CrowdMela VenturesSupermorpheus
Kidzovo is an ad-free kids' TV and video app that pairs curated educational videos with an AI companion and interactive activities such as coloring and learning games covering phonics, math, science, STEM, and social-emotional skills.
AI & Machine LearningConsumerEdTechNew York City, US
Rahul Bhatnagar(Founder)Sameer Goyal(Founder)
Kookar is a WhatsApp-based meal planning service for Indian households, generating daily meal plans, grocery baskets, and cooking instructions tailored to a family's routine, tastes, health goals, and cook timing.
AI & Machine LearningConsumerFoodTech
Low-code in-app community builder for brands to launch customer communities quickly
Co-investorsShastra VCSprint Vc
Looppanel offers an AI-enabled platform for analyzing customer research and feedback, helping teams organize interviews and surface insights faster.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareMarketing TechSaaS
Kritika(Founder)Akash(Co-founder)
Co-investorsFirst ChequeSpeciale InvestSupermorpheus
Magic Studio is an AI photo generation service that creates a personal AI model from a user's uploaded photos and then generates new images, such as professional headshots, social, and dating photos.
AI & Machine LearningConsumerSaaS
Mokobara designs and sells travel luggage and bags, including cabin luggage, backpacks, briefcases, totes, wallets, and trackers, with a focus on hardware and design details.
ConsumerDirect to ConsumerE-commerceBengaluru, IN
Navin Parwal(Founder)inSangeet Agrawal(Founder)in
Co-investorsAditya Birla VenturesAlteria CapitalPeak XV PartnersSaama CapitalSauce.vcGood Capital
BlissClub designs and sells activewear for Indian women, focused on functional and comfortable workout and movement apparel.
ConsumerDirect to ConsumerE-commerce
Minu Margeret(Founder)
Olto is an AI "Demo Engineer" platform that automatically generates buyer-personalized, live demo environments and interactive product tours on a company's real product.
AI & Machine LearningSaaSSales TechSan Francisco, US
Jean-Baptiste Chaput(Founder)inClark Gordon(Founder)Dennys Hess(Founder)Kintan Brahmbhatt(Founder)Pranav Midha(Founder)
Co-investorsLigature VCRecall CapitalAfore CapitalGeneral PartnershipNexus Venture Partners
OpenCity offers ShiftCoach, an AI system that records and transcribes drive-thru orders to track crew performance, detect upsell opportunities, and provide real-time coaching.
AI & Machine LearningFoodTechSaaSBoston, US
Yi Chen(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardSteve Fredette(Director)Marcia Hooper(Director)Nicholas Belsito(Director)Kevin King(Director)
Co-investors1st Course CapitalNXT Ventures
PharmaGrowth is a B2B pharmaceutical procurement platform that lets pharmacies order from over 200,000 SKUs across generics, OTC, surgicals, vaccines, and specialty medicines with next-day delivery.
PYOR provides blockchain data analytics for crypto protocols, DAOs, and institutional investors, offering custom dashboards, risk and governance insights, and developer tools.
Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureDeveloper Tools
Co-investorsAntlerFuture Perfect VenturesHash3 CapitalBalaji SrinivasanCastle Island VenturesCoinbase Ventures+1 more
Reo.dev is a go-to-market platform that uses AI agents and technical buying signals from over 50 sources to help sales teams identify in-market accounts, map technical profiles to economic buyers, and run personalized outreach.
AI & Machine LearningSaaSSales Tech
Achintya Gupta(CEO & Co-founder)inPiyush Agarwal(Founder)in
Co-investorsFoster VenturesHeavybitIndia QuotientpeerchequeVeridical VenturesFaction
Ripik.ai is an applied AI company that builds computer vision agents for heavy industries such as steel, cement, chemicals, oil & gas, pharmaceuticals, and FMCG.
Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningDeep Tech
PinakArunabhNavneet
Showroom B2B operates a B2B apparel sourcing marketplace that connects retailers with manufacturers through an AI-powered supply chain platform offering demand forecasting, supplier matching, and fulfillment tracking.
AI & Machine LearningB2B MarketplacesRetail TechNoida, IN
Shubham Gupta(Founder)inAbhishek Dua(Founder & CEO)in
Co-investorsAccionCactus Venture PartnersGemba Capital Venture PartnersJungle VenturesPointOne CapitalTitan Capital+5 more
Skillbee is a job platform and app connecting international migrant blue-collar workers with employers in the Gulf and Europe.
Neelankarai, IN
Ravichandra Gautham V(Founder)in
Co-investorsFirst ChequeGood CapitalInvestopadWamda CapitalAccess Bridge VenturesVibe Capital
An online marketplace connecting seekers with certified spiritual guides for workshops, 1-on-1 video consultations, and practices including tarot, astrology, manifestation, and meditation.
ConsumerMarketplacesWellness & FitnessIndia, IN
Co-investorspeercheque
SpeakX is an AI-powered learning platform that helps adults improve their English speaking skills through simulated real-life conversations for work, interviews, and daily interactions.
AI & Machine LearningConsumerEdTechGurgaon, IN
Anshul Gupta(Founder)Arpit Mittal(Founder)Paawan Talwar(Founder)
Co-investorsElevation CapitalFirst ChequeIndia Quotient
StepChange builds ESG and climate risk tools and advisory services for enterprises and financial institutions, supporting sustainability strategy and Net Zero execution.
Climate TechEnterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSBoston, US
Ankit Jain(Co-Founder & CEO)inSidhant Pai(Co-Founder, Chief Science Officer)in
Co-investorsAntlerSupermorpheusBEENEXTFlourish VenturesGenesia VenturesGlobal Founders Capital+4 more
superU provides AI voice agents that run inbound and outbound calling campaigns to qualify leads, follow up, and book meetings for marketing and sales teams.
AI & Machine LearningMarketing TechSaaS
SurgeGrowth provides dedicated, AI-trained video editors who work as embedded full-time members of a client's team to script, generate, and edit AI video at scale while building automation workflows for repetitive tasks.
AI & Machine LearningMarketing TechMedia & Entertainment
Tramline is an open-source release dashboard for mobile app teams that turns app releases into defined, automated workflows, coordinating builds, app stores, distribution, and monitoring tools.
AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsSaaS
Valyx provides software that automates accounts receivable and collections for finance and revenue teams, connecting to banks, payment gateways, and ERP/accounting systems to auto-sync collections, categorize cash flow, and reconcile payments.
AI & Machine LearningFintechSaaS
Vaya provides a platform that enables vertical SaaS companies to embed tailored credit products into their software for small business customers, helping drive adoption and increase revenue through contextual credit offerings.
FintechSaaS
Co-investorsClocktower VenturesMPG Fund
WealthyIN Broking Private Limited operates a stockbroking and depository participant business, providing trading and demat account services to retail investors in India.
AI & Machine LearningFintechSaaSBengaluru, IN
Prashant Gupta(Founder)inAditya Agarwal(Founder)in
Co-investorsAlpha Wave GlobalEmphasis VenturesGlobevestorGood CapitalInvestopadTracxn labs+2 more
WEGoT builds a smart water metering system using IoT-enabled ultrasonic sensors paired with admin and customer dashboards to monitor water usage, detect leaks, and provide accurate billing.
CleantechIoTPropTechChennai, IN
Abilash Haridass(Founder)
Wiingy is an online tutoring marketplace that connects students with vetted expert tutors across academic subjects, test prep, music, and other skills.
AI & Machine LearningEdTechMarketplaces
A platform that offers AI-powered mock exams for students to assess their exam readiness and identify improvement areas through automated grading and performance insights.
AI & Machine LearningEdTech
Co-investorsPrime Venture Partners
Other
Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.
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Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesWealthy · bestvantageinvestments.com · Nov 26, 2025
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Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Bharat Founder's Fund made?
- Bharat Founder's Fund has 71 tracked investments.
- What stage does Bharat Founder's Fund invest at?
- Bharat Founder's Fund invests at the Seed stage.
- What sectors does Bharat Founder's Fund focus on?
- Bharat Founder's Fund focuses on Enterprise Software.
- Who does Bharat Founder's Fund co-invest with?
- Bharat Founder's Fund most often shares deals with peercheque, Supermorpheus, Antler, among 75 tracked co-investors.
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