Fundraising Fox

Saras Agarwal

Investor

Principal at Bharat Fund

India

Writes $100K – $5M checks · typically $1.5M

About

Saras Agarwal is a venture capital and private equity professional with 15 years of experience investing in companies across platforms, financial services, SaaS, e-commerce, deeptech, and sustainability sectors. He previously served as managing partner at Earth Fund and held investment roles at Bharat Fund and VenturEast. Agarwal has held board positions or observer roles at multiple companies including Setu, Kaleidofin, Riskcovry, Manch Technologies, Mymobiforce, Bandhoo, Seclore, and Kissht.

Experience

  1. Earth FundManaging Partner2023 — 2025Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
  2. Bharat Inclusion Seed FundPrincipal2018 — 2023Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
  3. Bharat Innovation FundPrincipal2018 — 2023Bangalore
  4. Manch TechnologiesBoard Member2021 — 2023
  5. Bandhoo SolutionsBoard Observer2021 — 2023
  6. MyMobiforceBoard Member2020 — 2023
  7. ParikshaInvestor2020 — 2023
  8. RiskcovryBoard Member2019 — 2023
  9. KaleidofinBoard Observer2018 — 2023
  10. SetuBoard Observer2018 — 2022
  11. VentureastAVP2012 — 2017Chennai Area, India
  12. The D. E. Shaw GroupSenior Analyst2009 — 2011Hyderabad Area, India

Education

  1. Indian School of BusinessPGP (MBA)
  2. Shri Ram College of Commerce (SRCC)B.Com(H), Commerce
  3. St. Michael's High School, PatnaCBSE- Class XII, Commerce

Skills & more

Venture Capital26Due Diligence39Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A)2Early Stage InvestmentFractional OwnershipBusiness Valuation9Business StrategyStart-upsBusiness DevelopmentFinanceFinancial Modeling64Valuation55
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From Saras's professional profile.

Colleagues at Bharat Fund

Abhishek Malani
Investor at Bharat Fund
Ashwin Raguraman
Co-Founder and Partner at Bharat Fund
Hemendra Mathur
Venture Partner at Bharat Fund
Kunal Upadhyay
Managing Partner at Bharat Fund
Priyanka Agarwal Chopra
Venture Partner at Bharat Fund
Rohan Choukkar
Vice President at Bharat Fund
Sanjay Jain
Partner at Bharat Fund
Shyam Menon
Co-Founder and Partner at Bharat Fund

Frequently asked questions

Where does Saras Agarwal work?
Saras Agarwal is Principal at Bharat Fund.
What check size does Saras Agarwal write?
Saras Agarwal typically writes checks of $100K – $5M.

Same school

Also attended Indian School of Business77

Neeraj AroraAll things business at WhatsApp; formerly M&A lead at Google for Local, Social and MobileKshitij GolwalkarInvestor at Powerhouse VenturesSeemant JauhariPartner, Healthcare at Jungle VenturesDeepak RathiSenior Associate, India at Jungle VenturesBabu VittalPeople & HR Practice Leader at RTP GlobalManpreet SinghAdvisor at growX Ventures

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Also attended Shri Ram College of Commerce (SRCC)43

Darsa JhanwarSenior Associate, Investment at Vertex Ventures Sea Management Pte. Ltd.Esha VatsaInvestor at Mercuri.vcPooja MongaSenior Investment Associate at Beyond Capital VenturesShakthi ChandraAnalyst at Dallas Venture CapitalVarun DalalPartner at Inovia CapitalVikram ChachraGeneral Partner & CIO at 8i Ventures

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Shared employers

Also worked at Riskcovry1

Abhishant PantInvestor at Pentathlon Ventures

Also worked at Kaleidofin1

Krunal ThakkarJustice Fellow, CEI Ventures at CEI Ventures

Also worked at Setu2

Amrutha JalihalVP - Community & Partnerships at Elevation CapitalNaresh RameshFounder at CodeStory

Also worked at Ventureast10

Abhishek SrivastavaGeneral Partner at Kae CapitalRavi JainInvestment Director at TDK VenturesSarath NaruManaging Partner at VenturEastSanjeev YamsaniPartner at VenturEastSri Jaya Surya A PInvestment Analyst at VenturEastSateesh AndraManaging Director at Endiya Partners

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