The startup picture in Bengaluru

Bengaluru has a large financing footprint: 6017 tracked companies have raised outside money. Yet capital has not removed fragility; 7484 companies have shut down, and 20.2% of all tracked companies are closed. The investment story is one of scale with substantial attrition, not an uninterrupted…

Startups in Bengaluru - Funding, Founders & Investors

Everything startup in one place: who's building, how the landscape clusters, the people and investors behind it, and whether the capital is real.

Quess

Tech-enabled solutions for business empowerment

est. 2007 · 471,002 staff · raised outside money

Aaron Vance — Owner

Triparna Samaddar — Founder

Infosys

AI-Powered Digital Transformation Services

est. 1981 · 219,689 staff · raised outside money

Nirmala — Founder

Srinath Batni — ex-Member of the Board of Directors

Freshersworld

Freshersworld.com: India's Leading Entry-Level Job Portal

est. 2006 · 210,726 staff · raised outside money

Ashok Reddy — Co-Founder

Jaisy Augustine — Co-Founder

Wipro

Orchestrating Cloud Technologies for Business Growth

est. 1945 · 155,832 staff · raised outside money

Suresh Vaswani — ex-CEO

Suresh C. Senapaty — Executive Director & Chief Finance Officer

Mindtree

Mindtree - An Innovative IT Infrastructure Management and Service Platform

est. 1999 · 33,802 staff · raised outside money

Janakiraman Srinivasan — ex-Co-Founder

Krishnakumar Natarajan — Co-Founder · Bachelor of Engineering Anna University

Mphasis

Mphasis - Infrastructure technology & application outsourcing services for financial services, telecom, logistics & technology

est. 1992 · 33,506 staff · raised outside money

Jerry Rao — Co-Founder

Bosch Global Software Technologies

Provider of end-to-end engineering, IT, and business solutions

est. 1997 · 28,717 staff · raised outside money

Dattatri Salagame — CEO & Managing Director · BE B.M.S. College of Engineering

Jana Small Finance Bank

Microfinance Bank for Financial Inclusion in India

est. 1999 · 28,293 staff · raised outside money

Ramesh Ramanathan — Founder

V Radhakrishnan — COO

CIEL HR

CIEL HR - Tech-enabled HR services company

est. 2015 · 28,209 staff · raised outside money

K Rajan — Co-Founder & Director · MBA XLRI

Hemalatha Rajan — Co-Founder · BCom Hislop College

PNB MetLife

PNB MetLife Insurance Platform

est. 2001 · 25,402 staff · raised outside money

Ashish Kumar Srivastava — CEO & Managing Director

Sameer Bansal — CEO & MD

Ujjivan Small Finance Bank

Digital Inclusive Banking for Underserved Communities

est. 2005 · 24,147 staff · raised outside money

Samit Ghosh — Founder · Jadavpur University

Infosys BPM

Holistic approach of end-to-end transformative BPM

est. 2002 · 23,421 staff · raised outside money

Radhakrishnan Anantha — CEO & MD

Priyamvada Mishra —

TMRW

Aditya Birla Groups TMRW Incubating fashion and lifestyle brands

est. 2022 · 21,214 staff · raised outside money

Prashanth Aluru — Co-Founder & CEO

CreditAccess Grameen

Microfinance for rural women in India

est. 1999 · 21,152 staff · raised outside money

Vinatha Reddy — Founder

Ganesh Narayanan — Managing Director

Bigbasket

Online food and grocery store delivering personal and household needs to customers' doorstep

est. 2011 · 20,718 staff · raised outside money

Abhinay Choudhari — Co-Founder

V Ramesh — Co-Founder

Terrier Security Services

Integrated security solutions with unparalleled domain experience and expertise.

est. 1989 · 20,084 staff · raised outside money

K Ramesh — CEO

Samasta Micro Finance

Affordable Women-Focused Microfinance Services

est. 2008 · 18,397 staff · raised outside money

G Prema Narayanaswamy — Co-Founder

V A Narayanaswamy — Co-Founder

Ujjivan

Small finance bank providing financial services to the poor in India

est. 2005 · 17,870 staff · raised outside money

Ittira Davis — CEO

Sanjeev Barnwal — Managing Director

Edurite

Provider of online courses and educational CDs for K-12 courses

est. 2000 · 16,220 staff · raised outside money

Byju Raveendran — CEO

Vijaya Bank

Publicly listed bank.

est. 1931 · 16,079 staff · raised outside money

Kishore Kumar Sansi — CEO

Fincare Small Finance Bank

Fincare: Traditional banking services with a focus on customer convenience.

est. 2007 · 12,768 staff · raised outside money

Rajeev Yadav —

Tata Coffee

Sustainable Integrated Coffee & Pepper Production with Traceability

est. 1922 · 11,813 staff · raised outside money

Chacko Purackal Thomas — CEO

Jamsetji Tata — Founder

Narayana Health

Narayana Health - Tech-Enabled Multispecialty Hospitals

est. 2000 · 11,659 staff · raised outside money

Devi Shetty — Founder

Ashutosh Raghuvanshi — Managing Director

Tata Elxsi

Tata Elxsi - Premium Engineering Service Provider with a Focus on Innovation and User-Centric Design

est. 1989 · 11,254 staff · raised outside money

Manoj Raghavan — MD & CEO

cluster · 5113 companies

Enterprise Applications

2419 founded since 2018 · 983 funded

Sub-themes

hrtech · 1270marketingtech · 895enterprise resource planning · 391sales force automation · 379artificial intelligence · 283customer service software · 236

e.g. QJobs, TeamLease e-hire, Freshersworld

cluster · 4901 companies

Consumer

2003 founded since 2018 · 880 funded

Sub-themes

fashion tech · 733local services · 679logistics tech · 501road transport tech · 479social platforms · 418online travel · 411

e.g. amante, NoBroker, Matchify

cluster · 4764 companies

Business Services

1604 founded since 2018 · 374 funded

Sub-themes

it services · 1423marketing services · 726hr services · 579management consulting services · 438ai services · 326bpo services · 291

e.g. Quess, TeamLease Digital, Infosys

cluster · 3536 companies

Retail

1566 founded since 2018 · 731 funded

Sub-themes

fashion tech · 735e-commerce enablers · 415b2b e-commerce · 365home improvements · 248beauty tech · 229in store retail tech · 227

e.g. Amazon India, amante, Planet Fashion

cluster · 2246 companies

Fintech

1389 founded since 2018 · 690 funded

Sub-themes

investment tech · 794alternative lending · 350finance & accounting tech · 317payments · 310banking tech · 238cryptocurrencies · 161

e.g. Balance, FundExpert, Bundl

cluster · 2187 companies

High Tech

1220 founded since 2018 · 686 funded

Sub-themes

artificial intelligence · 379chatbots · 322security & surveillance technology · 244iot applications · 178ai infrastructure · 178internet of things infrastructure · 162

e.g. Intel RealSense, AIShield, ESSL India

cluster · 1884 companies

Edtech

934 founded since 2018 · 325 funded

Sub-themes

k-12 edtech · 844continued learning · 655higher education tech · 382test preparation tech · 227enterprise resource planning · 175pre-k edtech · 69

e.g. Walmart Vriddhi, BYJU’S, Edurite

cluster · 1658 companies

Healthtech

832 founded since 2018 · 438 funded

Sub-themes

healthcare it · 592healthcare booking platforms · 457fitness & wellness tech · 285disease self management · 215life sciences tech · 91wearable technology · 83

e.g. Tvam Technologies, Neuberg Digipath, M-Swasth

cluster · 1575 companies

Healthcare

612 founded since 2018 · 259 funded

Sub-themes

hospitals · 217clinics · 196biopharma outsourcing · 193clinic chains · 121home healthcare · 95services for healthcare providers · 82

e.g. Namma Vaidyashaala, Micro Labs, Narayana Health

cluster · 1516 companies

Real Estate And Construction

523 founded since 2018 · 104 funded

Sub-themes

real estate & infrastructure developers · 363facility management services · 222building materials · 200interior designers · 182architects · 120real estate brokers · 120

e.g. Terrier Security Services, TCFM, KSF-9

Founder & Background	Role	Company
Ajit Isaac Ex-Adecco India, Infrastructure Development Finance, Essar Investments, Godrej & Boyce. Loyola College Madras BA 1988, University	Founder & Chairman	Quess
Guruprasad Srinivasan Ex-Adecco, Hewitt Associates, GE Healthcare. Bangalore University BCom 1997, Karnataka State Open University MBA 2006	CEO & ED	Quess
Ayush Bagla M&A Head - Quess Corp Limited, Ex-Quess, Ola Electric, Swiggy \| NMIMS Mumbai (2015)	CEO’s Office - Strategy and M&A	Quess
Sushanth Pai Ex-Matrimony.com, Mindtree, KPMG. Sydenham College BCom 1995	Chief Financial Officer	Quess
Nandan Nilekani IIT Bombay	Co-Founder	Infosys
Arun Kumar Rajaraman Mindtree, ex-V Soft Consulting, ex-Wipro Technologies	ex-General Manager	Wipro
Abidali Neemuchwala Co-Founder Dallas Venture Capital, ex-Compass Digital Acquisition, Wipro, Tata Consultancy Services. National Institute of Technol	ex-CEO & MD	Wipro
Srinivas Pallia CEO Wipro. IISc MTech 1992	CEO & Managing Director	Wipro
Janakiraman Srinivasan Nuvepro Technologies, ex-Mindtree, ex-Wipro Technologies, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, 1980	ex-Co-Founder	Mindtree
Krishnakumar Natarajan Non Executive Director-British International Investment \| XLRI Master of Business Administration 1981	Co-Founder	Mindtree
Dattatri Salagame Ex-EASI, Tata Consulting Engineers. BMS College of Engineering BE 1991	CEO & Managing Director	Bosch Global Software Technologies
Ramesh Ramanathan Ex-Founder-Jana Small Finance Bank	Founder	Jana Small Finance Bank
Ajay Kanwal CEO & Managing Director-Jana Small Finance Bank \| Ex-Janalakshmi Financial Services,Standard Chartered Bank,Citibank India \| Jawah	MD & CEO	Jana Small Finance Bank
K Rajan Ex-Randstad, IDEA, BOC India. PSG College of Technology 1981, XLRI Jamshedpur MBA 1984	Co-Founder & Director	CIEL HR
Hemalatha Rajan Co-Founder Ma Foi group, ex-S B Billimoria. Hislop College BCom 1986, The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India 1987	Co-Founder	CIEL HR
Aditya Mishra Ex-Randstad India, Ma Foi Randstad, Larsen and Toubro. SCS college 1988, Sambalpur University 1992, Jadavpur University 1998	CEO & Managing Director	CIEL HR
Samit Ghosh The Nudge Foundation, Parinaam Foundation, HDFC Bank, Arab Bank. Jadavpur University 1970, The Wharton School MBA 1974	Founder	Ujjivan Small Finance Bank
Radhakrishnan Anantha Ex-Hindustan Unilever, Eicher Motors. National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli BE 1988, IIM Lucknow PGDM 1991	CEO & MD	Infosys BPM
Prashanth Aluru Tmrw An Aditya Birla Group Venture,ex-Facebook,Kalaari Capital \| London Business School 2005	Co-Founder & CEO	TMRW
Vinatha Reddy Founder-CreditAccess Grameen	Founder	CreditAccess Grameen

backgrounds shown where available

997 investors are on record backing Bengaluru companies. The most committed:

Most active — backed 2+ companies

British International Investment

True North

Michael & Susan Dell Foundation

Kotak Mahindra Bank

SIDBI

Sequoia Capital

Morgan Stanley

GIC

Unitus

IFC

Newquest

HDFC Life

Institutional

Sequoia Capital · VC fundUnitus · VC fundElevation Capital · VC fundCaspian · VC fundLok Capital · VC fundEmerge Capital · VC fundZ47 · VC fundTech Emerge · accelerator / incubatorAccel · VC fundElevar Equity · VC fundBessemer Venture Partners · VC fundBrand Capital · VC fundHelion Venture Partners · VC fundPromaft Partners · VC fund+ 95 more

Private & corporate backers

British International InvestmentTrue NorthMichael & Susan Dell FoundationKotak Mahindra BankSIDBIMorgan StanleyGICIFCNewquestHDFC Life+ 878 more

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Funded startups — peer cities

Bengaluru

6,017

Mumbai

4,580

2,019Hyderabad

1,417Chennai

1,313Pune

Companies that have raised

Company	Industry	Rounds	Latest Round	Founded
Perfios	financial services	14	2024-03	2008
Prime Infrastructure	investment management	1	2009-11	2007
Mensa Brands	venture capital & private equity	6	2024-05	2021
Cloudnine	hospital & health care	11	2024-02	2007
Stelis Biopharma	biotechnology	4	2021-03	2007
Wicked Ride	leisure, travel & tourism	7	2020-04	2014
Arvind	apparel & fashion	1	2016-10	1931
Total Environment	design	3	2017-10	1996
Radiant Energy Solutions	renewables & environment	1	2023-08
Narayana Health	hospital & health care	2	2015-01	2000
Fincare	financial services	5	2018-08	2014
RSP India	architecture & planning	1	2008-07	1956
Cloudnine Healthcare Facility	hospital & health care	8	2021-07	2007
Gokaldas Images	apparel & fashion	4	2012-09	1979
BPL Medical Technologies	medical devices	4	2019-05	1967
Stovekraft	consumer goods	5	2018-09	1994
Loco	entertainment software	2	2022-03	2018
Soham Renewable Energy	government administration	2	2011-06	1991
HungerBox	food & beverages	11	2020-08	2015
2Go	apparel & fashion	2	2016-04	2010
ITW	sports	8	2016-04	1996
Wildcraft	retail	3	2018-02	1998
Tejas Networks	telecommunications	3	2016-09	2000
Lokal	internet	4	2022-10	2018
Stanley Lifestyles	executive office	4	2018-08	1996

round amounts sparse for tier-3 cities — counts shown, dollar totals withheld

Company	Industry	Founded	Employees
Gruhap	e-learning	2026	—
AION	information technology and services	2026	—
Sell My Code	computer software	2026	—
yourPet.in	veterinary	2026	—
SnapSiteBuild	internet	2026	—
Cleerio.ai	financial software	2026	—
Zyro	computer software	2026	—
GizaomAI	information technology and services	2026	—
VaultStack	computer software	2026	—
Discover Ventures	venture capital & private equity	2026	—
AlphaWave Technologies	telecommunications	2026	—
SuperAI	internet	2026	—
Bogavn	gambling & casinos	2026	—
Agent Zyro	information technology and services	2026	—
Align People	human resources	2026	—
AntForms	computer software	2026	—
Basil Hotels	food & beverages	2026	—
B Lab Live	sports	2026	—
Circato	building materials	2026	—
Confluxe	internet	2026	—

The startup picture in Bengaluru

Quess

Infosys

Freshersworld

Wipro

Mindtree

Mphasis

Bosch Global Software Technologies

Jana Small Finance Bank

CIEL HR

PNB MetLife

Ujjivan Small Finance Bank

Infosys BPM

TMRW

CreditAccess Grameen

Bigbasket

Terrier Security Services

Samasta Micro Finance

Ujjivan

Edurite

Vijaya Bank

Fincare Small Finance Bank

Tata Coffee

Narayana Health

Tata Elxsi

Enterprise Applications

Consumer

Business Services

Retail

Fintech

High Tech

Edtech

Healthtech

Healthcare

Real Estate And Construction

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