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    Bertelsmann India Investments

    Noida, IndiaFounded 2012
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    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.

    Average disclosed round size is $28.9M (across 29 rounds with reported amounts).

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    Portfolio

    24

    Fund Size

    $500M

    Top Stage

    Unknown

    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

    30 investments
    CompanyRoundAmountDate
    Snabbit logoSnabbitSeries D$56MJan 2026
    FFairdeal MarketBridge$15MJan 2026
    Handpickd logoHandpickdSeries A$15MSep 2025
    Fairdeal logoFairdealSeries A$3MAug 2025
    FFairdeal MarketSeries A$3MAug 2025
    Wiom logoWiomUnknown$40MJun 2025
    Scimplify logoScimplifySeries B$40MMar 2025
    CureBay logoCureBaySeries B$21MJan 2025
    Handpickd logoHandpickdUnknown$15MJan 2025
    Tetr logoTetrUnknown$18MJan 2025
    UUnivestSeries A$10MDec 2024
    Orange Health logoOrange HealthUnknown$12MJan 2024
    OOrange Health LabsUnknown$12MJan 2024
    Licious logoLiciousSeries F$150MMar 2022
    Vymo logoVymoSeries C$22MMar 2022
    OOrange Health LabsUnknown$25MJan 2022
    Shiprocket logoShiprocketSeries C$13MMay 2020
    Licious logoLiciousSeries E$30MDec 2019
    Emeritus logoEmeritusSeries C$40MJan 2019
    LetsTransport logoLetsTransportSeries B$13.5MDec 2018
    Pepperfry logoPepperfryGrowth$31MSep 2016
    Saavn logoSaavnSeries C$100MJul 2015
    Nat Habit logoNat HabitSeries B$10.2M—
    Basic Home Loans logoBasic Home LoansSeries B$10.6M—
    RRozana.inSeries A$22.5M—
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    Top Co-Investors

    India Quotient14 shared
    3one4 Capital4 shared
    Accel4 shared
    Vertex Growth Fund3 shared
    Vertex Ventures Southeast Asia and India3 shared
    General Catalyst3 shared
    WaterBridge Ventures3 shared
    Rebright Partners2 shared
    Y Combinator2 shared
    Amazon Smbhav Venture Fund2 shared
    Fireside Investments2 shared
    Alteria Capital2 shared
    Village Global2 shared
    Temasek Holdings (Private) Limited2 shared
    Emergence Capital1 shared
    Sequoia Capital1 shared
    InnoVen Capital1 shared
    Tribe Capital1 shared
    Thrive Capital1 shared
    The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.1 shared

    Last updated: 8 September 2026