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    Bertelsmann India Investments

    Noida, IndiaFounded 2012

    Bertelsmann India Investments (BII) is the strategic venture capital arm of Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA in India, investing in early growth-stage tech-driven startups across sectors. It has backed companies such as Shiprocket, Eruditus, Licious, and LetsTransport.

    Deal activity decreased year-over-year (3 deals in the last 12 months vs 5 prior). Average disclosed round size is $31.2M (across 43 rounds with reported amounts).

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    Portfolio

    30

    Fund Size

    $500M

    Top Stage

    Series B

    Last 12 Mo

    3

    Team

    Akshay Chiripal

    Akshay Chiripal

    Ashish Gokarnkar

    Ashish Gokarnkar

    Carsten Coesfeld

    Carsten Coesfeld

    Deniz Pielsticker

    Deniz Pielsticker

    Divya Duggal

    Divya Duggal

    Jayesh Bavle

    Jayesh Bavle

    Liza Baweja

    Liza Baweja

    Mohnish N K

    Mohnish N K

    Padmaja Sadagoban

    Padmaja Sadagoban

    Pankaj Makkar

    Pankaj Makkar

    Pratham Pahuja

    Pratham Pahuja

    Raghav Syal

    Raghav Syal

    Portfolio Breakdown

    Stage Distribution

    Sector Distribution

    Investment Activity

    DealsAvg Round Size

    Portfolio

    49 investments
    CompanyRoundAmountDate
    Snabbit logoSnabbitSeries D$56MJan 2026
    FFairdeal MarketBridge$15MJan 2026
    Rozana logoRozanaSeries B—Jan 2026
    Inito logoInitoSeries B$29MDec 2025
    Snabbit logoSnabbitSeries C$30MOct 2025
    Handpickd logoHandpickdSeries A$15MSep 2025
    FFairdeal MarketSeries A$3MAug 2025
    Wiom logoWiomUnknown$40MJun 2025
    Scimplify logoScimplifySeries B$40MMar 2025
    CureBay logoCureBaySeries B$21MJan 2025
    Handpickd logoHandpickdSeries A$15MJan 2025
    Tetr logoTetrUnknown$18MJan 2025
    Wealthy logoWealthySeries B$14.5MJan 2025
    Scimplify logoScimplifySeries A$40MJan 2025
    Inito logoInitoSeries B$29MJan 2025
    UUnivestSeries A$10MDec 2024
    Basic home Loan logoBasic home LoanSeries B$10.6MSep 2024
    LetsTransport logoLetsTransportSeries E$22MApr 2024
    Orange Health Labs logoOrange Health LabsUnknown$12MJan 2024
    Rozana logoRozanaGrowth$22.5MJan 2024
    Awign logoAwignSeries B$15MAug 2022
    Licious logoLiciousSeries F$150MMar 2022
    Vymo logoVymoSeries C$22MMar 2022
    Orange Health Labs logoOrange Health LabsUnknown$25MJan 2022
    Licious logoLiciousGrowth$150MJan 2022
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    Last updated: 7 October 2026