Saras Agarwal
Saras is a Principal at Bharat Inclusive Technologies Seed Fund (BITSF), a prominent venture capital fund based out of Bangalore. Saras has been an investor in the early stage start up ecosystem in India for over a decade and has led investments in multiple prominent start-ups in the financial services and technology domain. Few of his investments include Kissht (Lending), Seclore (Enterprise software), Setu (Financial Infrastructure), Riskcovry (Insurance), Kaleidofin (Neo bank) amongst others. He currently serves on the board of multiple start-ups in India and helps them with his strategic inputs and network.
Saras started his professional journey with the private equity practice at D.E Shaw & Co., a prominent US based hedge fund but his calling to work with start-up ecosystem brought him to Ventureast, a prominent early stage fund in India. Saras grew up in Patna and is an alumnus of St. Michaels High School, Patna. He earned his MBA from Indian School of Business, Hyderabad and is a Bachelor's in Commerce from Shri Ram College of Commerce, University of Delhi.