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Bertelsmann India Investments
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Bertelsmann India Investments is a sector-agnostic venture capital fund that invests directly from Bertelsmann's balance sheet. It backs early growth-stage tech startups in India and partners with other VCs, holding reserves to support companies as they scale.
Invests inE-commerce & Marketplaces
In its own wordshealthtechfintechagritechedtechlogisticsecommerce
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Or find every investor that fitsBertelsmann India Investments lists 28 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 13 funding rounds, 8 of them as lead. Its most frequent entry is Series B, 67% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are E-commerce & Marketplaces (20%), Healthcare & Biotech (15%) and AI & Machine Learning (15%). 91% of its companies are based in India. It invests most often alongside Bertelsmann Investments, Stride Ventures and Accel.
Counts come from funding rounds that name Bertelsmann India Investments, complete from mid-2025: earlier rounds appear only when they were reported later. Round amounts and full round histories are on Fundup AI.
Round figures show recent activity, not Bertelsmann India Investments' whole history. Rounds on record name 10 companies; its own site lists 28. Funding rounds are complete from mid-2025, so counts and the yearly trend undercount a firm that invested before then. The portfolio, themes and places come from its own site and are not affected.
Entry stage
share of companies by the stage of its first roundShow as a table
| Value | |
|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 0% |
| Seed | 0% |
| Series A | 22% |
| Series B | 67% |
| Growth | 11% |
Activity by year
rounds it joined, last 10 yearsShow as a table
| Total | Rounds it led | |
|---|---|---|
| '17 | 0 | 0 |
| '18 | 0 | 0 |
| '19 | 0 | 0 |
| '20 | 0 | 0 |
| '21 | 0 | 0 |
| '22 | 0 | 0 |
| '23 | 0 | 0 |
| '24 | 1 | 0 |
| '25 | 5 | 4 |
| '26 | 7 | 4 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 65th | 28 companies |
| Recent activity | 93th | 8 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 54th | 0% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 97th | 32% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 14th | 20% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 42th | 2 countries |
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
Show as a table
| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| E-commerce & Marketplaces | 20% | 5% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 15% | 15% |
| AI & Machine Learning | 15% | 18% |
| Fintech | 12% | 12% |
| Legal & Compliance | 10% | 2% |
| Consumer | 7% | 3% |
| Education | 7% | 7% |
| Food & Agriculture | 5% | 3% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Bertelsmann Investments | 9 |
| Stride Ventures | 9 |
| Accel | 7 |
| Trifecta Capital | 7 |
| 3one4 Capital | 4 |
| Alteria Capital | 3 |
| Elevation Capital | 3 |
| Fireside Ventures | 3 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers2796%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company14%
- Parked or sold domain00%
A site that stops answering three checks in a row is counted as no longer answering; that is not proof of closure. A site that points to another company is often an acquisition.
Co-investor network
who it backs companies with, and who they back togetherAll co-investors or Compare portfolios with Bertelsmann Investments
Compare Bertelsmann India Investments head to head
portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both backThree or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.
Funds
as stated on its siteRecent portfolio activity
when companies last raised with Bertelsmann India Investments| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 21 Oct 2026 | Series B | |
| 14 Oct 2026 | Series B | |
| 7 Sept 2026 | Series B Led | |
| 22 Jun 2026 | Series C+ | |
| 26 May 2026 | Series A Led | |
| 27 Apr 2026 | Series C+ Led | |
| 6 Mar 2026 | Series B Led | |
| 10 Dec 2025 | Series B Led |
Round details for Bertelsmann India Investments
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in Bertelsmann India Investments' rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
28 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AgroStar is one of India’s leading agri-tech companies, building a connected ecosystem that empowers farmers through technology, data, and expert guidance. | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Bijak operates various businesses related to agricultural supply chain and trading in India | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| CureBay provides healthcare services, particularly in rural India, through a hybrid model and an operating system with multiple layers | Healthcare & Biotech | Oct 2026Series B | Page + round | |
| Eruditus offers a portfolio of high-impact programs for working professionals under the Emeritus brand in collaboration with top global universities. | Education | Portfolio page | ||
| Fairdeal.market delivers wholesale FMCG products to retailers | E-commerce & MarketplacesFood & Agriculture | May 2026Series A | Page + round | |
| The company delivers fresh fruits and vegetables to customers' doorsteps after buying them directly from farmers | AI & Machine LearningE-commerce & Marketplaces | Sept 2025Series A | Page + round | |
| Inito develops and sells a fertility monitor that tracks and confirms ovulation at home | Healthcare & Biotech | Dec 2025Series B | Page + round | |
| The company operates kitchens, sources ingredients, and handles deliveries to provide food delivery services. | Food & AgricultureE-commerce & Marketplaces | Sept 2026Series B | Funding round | |
| Kaizenvest is an emerging markets asset manager tackling the most pressing social, economic, and environmental challenges through strategic investment. | EducationHealthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Lendingkart provides business and working capital loans in India | FintechLegal & Compliance | Portfolio page | ||
| LetsTransport provides end-to-end logistics services directly to enterprises, e-commerce, and retail businesses across India. | Legal & ComplianceE-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page | ||
| Portfolio page | ||||
| The company sells natural and ayurvedic beauty care products. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Orange Health Labs operates a diagnostic lab and centre | Healthcare & Biotech | Dec 2024Round · 2 rounds | Page + round | |
| Portfolio page | ||||
| Rozana operates an e-commerce platform for rural areas in India. | E-commerce & MarketplacesReal Estate & Construction | Mar 2026Series B | Page + round | |
| Portfolio page | ||||
| Scimplify develops and manufactures advanced materials and specialty chemicals | Industrial & ManufacturingHealthcare & Biotech | Mar 2025Series B · 2 rounds | Page + round | |
| Shiprocket provides shipping and logistics services for e-commerce businesses | E-commerce & MarketplacesFintech | Portfolio page | ||
| Skeps gives businesses control over how financing is offered, matched and optimized across lenders, channels and customers. | FintechLegal & Compliance | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 12 Nov 2026- Site
- biifund.com
- Last read
- 12 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 6 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 6 Dec 2024
- Companies checked
- 28
Rates come from what VCinfo has observed since observation_start. Firms tend to remove companies that closed, so early rates understate reality. A company leaving a portfolio page does not mean it closed or exited. An unreachable site means our checks failed, nothing more.
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