Hari Balasubramanian

Mentor & Angel Investor

📍 Kolkata, West Bengal, India🔄 Updated September 2026💼 20 investments📅 12 years investing🗓 Last invested Jul 2025𝕏 @upgrade_to_unlock
VC🌍 India20+ investments
20
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7
Early stage
5
Mid stage
7
Late stage
12y
Years active

Portfolio

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Lead Investor
Jul 2025
RYMO is an acronym for "Rediscover Your MObility". At RYMO we believe every individual should have access to advanced physical rehabilitation infrastructure. Our goal is to enhance existing physical rehabilitation services and enrich the lives of people undergoing rehabilitation.
Lead Investor & Mentor
Apr 2025
Building The new era of beverages | Good for gut | Prebiotic Fizz Drinks | Probiotic Wellness Shots
Lead Investor & Mentor
Jan 2025
Harajuku brings the spirit of Japan to India in the most fun-dine way. From high-octane, chopstick-clashing madness at Harajuku Tokyo Cafe to the soft, kawaii charm of Harajuku Bakehouse; every bite, sip, and vibe takes you straight to the streets of Tokyo. Bursting with flavour, joy, and vibrant energy, it’s Japanese food, culture, and fun rolled into one unforgettable experience.
Mentor and lead investor
Oct 2023
Adya is a full-stack Enterprise Agentic AI Operating System that compresses months of software and AI development into weeks. We unify model fine-tuning, multi-agent orchestration, app generation, and cloud deployment into a single governed runtime with deterministic control, auditability, and enterprise-grade security. Think Claude Code + n8n + Replit, but built for enterprises—with patent-pending multi-agent networks, adaptive governance, and event-sourced memory that cuts token costs by 70%. In just two months, Adya has been adopted by 10,000+ developers, powers 12,000+ live systems, and launched at #8 globally on the T-Bench benchmark.
Lead Investor and Board Observer
Apr 2023
Enabling Social Connections through food
Lead Investor and Board Observer
Jan 2023
Railofy is a travel tech start-up and an IRCTC Authorized Premium Partner with the mission to transform the train travel experience for Bharat! Our services include- 1. Railofy Hotplate - Order food from the top restaurants in town and get it delivered at your train seat. 2. Train ticket booking - with an AI-powered recommendation engine as well as free cancellation feature. 3. Travel Guarantee - protection against Waitlist and RAC tickets. Get flight, bus, tatkal tickets and more at train ticket prices, if your ticket doesn’t get confirmed. 4. Whatsapp Bot - Check PNR Status now directly on your Whatsapp. Hassle free and without any downloads. Get automatic updates on Whatsapp. Just Whatsapp your PNR no to 9881193322.
Lead Investor and advisor
Jul 2022
World’s first macro skill-based adaptive assessment solution for K-12 students. Ingenium Education is an Ed-tech startup by Alumnus of IIT Roorkee. Founded in 2018, Ingenium Education helps individual teachers, coaching institutes & schools to boost their brand’s identity.
Lead Investor and Mentor
Jun 2022
We are a short hour room service provider where customer can book a hotel room in packs of 3 hours, 6 hours or 12 hours.
late stageHospitality
Lead Investor and Mentor
Apr 2022
In the early 2019, in Bandra Mumbai, two slightly disaffected coffee lunatics, weary of the commercial coffee enterprise and stale, overly roasted beans, decided to open a roaster for people who were clamouring for the actual taste of fresh coffee. Using a minuscule 5 kg batch roaster, they made a historic vow: “We will only sell coffee less than 48 hours out of the roaster to our guests, so they may enjoy coffee at peak flavour. We will only use the finest, most delicious, and responsibly sourced beans across the world.” Toffee Coffee Roasters was born in back lanes of Bandra and within 3 months opened its wings to Phoenix Marketcity Kurla and now serves Single Origin and Signature blends of coffee across India through its website and many integrated partners. It has been rated as top coffee spots in town by Zomato and WhatHot.
Investor and Mentor
Oct 2021
Welcome to Bagara Bawarchi Cafe, where we specialize in authentic biryani, aromatic chai, and delightful nashta. From our carefully crafted dishes to our comforting cups of chai, were here to bring you the flavors of India in every bite and sip. Join us for a culinary journey you wont forget!
Lead Investor and Mentor
Sep 2021
We are an Asian Street Food brand with the aim to popularise Asian street food to Indian consumers in a quick-service & healthy format. There are many a days when I don’t’ want to have the food in the fridge and crave for some real heartwarming comfort food without burning a hole in my pocket. Auntie Fungs provides just that experience through the use of aunthentic ingredients, No MSG and real taste.
Lead Investor and Mentor
Jun 2021
We started our journey from 26 November 2011, at Bangalore. The brand, BIGGIES BURGER , was conceptualised as a Cafe and Fast food retail enterprise. We are a multi-location, professionally managed food retail venture which exclusively focused on Indian’s futuristic prospects of fast food products. We started our operations in Bangalore, with a very small Kiosk concept outlet (50 sq Ft), but now the Brand has expanded to 1800 sqft outlets with 27 outlets, seeing the positive response and recognition garnered from customers.
Board Observer
Feb 2020
Plop Stories is an interactive fiction platform for Gen Z. Plop is at the cusp of entertainment and gaming, serving the next generation of smartphone users. Check out some cool stuff at www.plopnow.com
Lead Investor & Mentor
Feb 2020
HireACamp is making camping really simple.
Lead Investor and Board Observer - Now Exited (Dec 2022)
Dec 2019
Building on decades of experience in developing software, we are solving challenges for technology leaders who struggle with onboarding large teams. With APTO, software development teams can develop applications and products in a common language and remove scaling bottlenecks and ship faster. Our no-code solution allows fast onboarding and will provide users with real-time JAVA code. We have been named a HfS Hot Vendor in April 2023.
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2025
Lead Investor
Jul 2025
RYMO is an acronym for "Rediscover Your MObility". At RYMO we believe every individual should have access to advanced physical rehabilitation infrastructure. Our goal is to enhance existing physical rehabilitation services and enrich the lives of people undergoing rehabilitation.
Lead Investor & Mentor
Apr 2025
Building The new era of beverages | Good for gut | Prebiotic Fizz Drinks | Probiotic Wellness Shots
Lead Investor & Mentor
Jan 2025
Harajuku brings the spirit of Japan to India in the most fun-dine way. From high-octane, chopstick-clashing madness at Harajuku Tokyo Cafe to the soft, kawaii charm of Harajuku Bakehouse; every bite, sip, and vibe takes you straight to the streets of Tokyo. Bursting with flavour, joy, and vibrant energy, it’s Japanese food, culture, and fun rolled into one unforgettable experience.
2023
Mentor and lead investor
Oct 2023
Adya is a full-stack Enterprise Agentic AI Operating System that compresses months of software and AI development into weeks. We unify model fine-tuning, multi-agent orchestration, app generation, and cloud deployment into a single governed runtime with deterministic control, auditability, and enterprise-grade security. Think Claude Code + n8n + Replit, but built for enterprises—with patent-pending multi-agent networks, adaptive governance, and event-sourced memory that cuts token costs by 70%. In just two months, Adya has been adopted by 10,000+ developers, powers 12,000+ live systems, and launched at #8 globally on the T-Bench benchmark.
Lead Investor and Board Observer
Apr 2023
Enabling Social Connections through food
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