Bhavanipratap Rana

Technology Investor, Susquehanna Asia Venture Capital

📍 Bengaluru, Karnataka, India🔄 Updated September 2026💼 19 investments📅 21 years investing🗓 Last invested Feb 2022
VC🌍 India
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Investor
Feb 2022
Welcome to Entropik! Were a Human Insights AI company that specializes in consumer and user research. We also offer standalone tech solutions through API/SDK integrations. Our technology stack includes Emotion AI, Behavior AI, and Generative AI. What makes us unique is that were the only company in the world that covers both consumer and user research. Our platform, Decode, provides a wide range of research capabilities, including Quant, Qual, Diaries, Media, and Shopper research. Additionally, our AI-powered UX Research platform, Qatalyst, allows you to easily conduct moderated, unmoderated, and task-based research on Concepts, Prototypes, and Live Applications. The best part? Both of these platforms work six times faster than traditional methods. --- Whats more? - Series B funding announcement: https://www.entropik.io/news-media/entropik-raises-25-million-in-series-b-funding
Investor
Nov 2020
Turtlemint makes it easy to understand and buy insurance. Our intent is to “demystify” insurance by explaining the jargon in a simple way and providing smart tools to help a user make the right choice. From search to purchase, the entire process can be completed online in just a few clicks! We also have a team of friendly insurance advisors available on chat, phone and in-person to help users with purchase and claim services. We currently offer Car insurance, bike insurance, health insurance & term life insurance. The content is meant for internal consumption only.
Investor
Feb 2020
Inshorts Group is operating content distribution tech platforms with a user base across India, USA, UK, UAE, Canada and Southeast Asia. The applications currently operated by us include Inshorts, a tech platform that provides links/access for articles sourced from various third party publishers to users and is the highest rated and #1 app for English content, with more than 10 million users on its platform; Public, a location-based tech platform for hyperlocal information, content, updates, jobs, events, religious and cultural programs. With over 60 million active users, Public is the largest location-based tech platform and is available in all major languages.
Investor and Board member
Sep 2019
Mobile Premier League (MPL), the largest skill-gaming platform in India, allows users to participate in free as well as paid competitions across 60+ games in multiple categories, including fantasy sports, sports games, puzzle, casual and board games. Founded in 2018, MPL hosts hundreds of millions of tournaments a month and is trusted by over 120 million registered users in India, United States and Nigeria. To learn more about MPL, please visit www.mpl.live.
Investor and Board Member
Sep 2019
Founded in 2019, Lentra is enabling banks in democratising digital lending through its SaaS platform. It empowers banks (& NBFCs) to create custom loan products and enhance customer experiences, through its API-driven modular architecture. Currently, Lentras digital lending platform serves over 50 banks, has processed over $20 billion worth of loan applications, with 2 million loans being processed every month. Lentra supports its customers in expanding their reach, reducing non-performing assets, optimising operational efficiencies, and using Pay-as-you-go pricing for their growth. Lentra is backed by investors like BVP, Citi, HDFC, MUFG, SIG & Vy. To read more, please visit: https://Lentra.ai/
Technology Venture Investor
Jun 2019
Susquehanna Venture Capital has the most flexible source of capital you will find anywhere. Our capital comes from Susquehanna International Group, a bootstrapped financial services firm with its origins in derivative trading and market making. We love working with passionate entrepreneurs, founders, and operators. We are a firm that has no fixed time horizons and is not subject to the vagaries of the venture capital fundraising cycle; a firm that can be flexible in the types of deals it does, the securities it holds, and the risks it takes.
Investor
Jan 2018
Zilingo is a B2B technology platform that powers the global apparel supply chain with innovative solutions for production, sourcing and trade. It was founded in 2015 with a vision to put a connected and transparent supply chain within everyone’s reach. Over the years, it has evolved into an end-to-end enabler that gives raw material suppliers, fabric mills, manufacturers, wholesalers, distributors, brands and retailers access to commerce, software and services that optimize processes at scale, create cost efficiencies and support sustainable growth. Today, our sales volume exceeds US$1bn annually. The companys mission is to impact the lives of as many individuals as possible by empowering trade and commerce with technology. Through an ecosystem that combines data, software and fintech, Zilingo is aligning a commercial view of the value chain with a purpose-led vision of improving the business practices of the customers we serve. For all press inquiries, please reach out to us at pr@zilingo.com. Want to join us? Find your next career opportunity at https://zilingo.com/careers. Lets grow together!
Board Member
May 2017
iCare Benefits (iCB) is a free membership-based, social benefits company and multi-channel retailer designed for both emerging market workers and employers who want to offer benefits outside the workplace. Our mission is to enhance the livelihoods of employees and their families by providing access to essential, life-changing products and services that improve their quality of life, health and well-being. Our program incentivizes workers which in turn improves employee retention, worker engagement, and productivity. Launched first in 2014 in Vietnam, iCB now reaches millions of workers at the base of the economic pyramid across 4 Asian markets including Laos, Cambodia, and Indonesia. iCB is a market-driven solution for improving the welfare of workers while also reducing turnover and extending the reach of retailers and service providers. We bridge the retail and financing gap through an innovative credit mechanism combined with zero-percent interest installment payments and salary deduction. More than just a digital payment method or marketplace, iCB enables workers to accumulate assets and increase their purchasing power while simultaneously protecting them from debt through automated spending limits. No longer is it necessary to pawn assets or borrow from loan sharks as iCB makes access to retail and finance easy, seamless, and cashless. As iCB members, workers stop living paycheck to paycheck and instantly enjoy living for tomorrow!
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Board Observer
Jan 2013
Happiest Minds Technologies Limited (NSE: HAPPSTMNDS), a Mindful IT Company, enables digital transformation for enterprises and technology providers by delivering seamless customer experiences, business efficiency and actionable insights. We do this by leveraging a spectrum of disruptive technologies such as: artificial intelligence, blockchain, cloud, digital process automation, internet of things, robotics/drones, security, virtual/augmented reality, etc. Positioned as ‘Born Digital . Born Agile’, our capabilities span digital solutions, infrastructure, product engineering and security. We deliver these services across industry sectors such as automotive, BFSI, consumer packaged goods, e-commerce, edutech, engineering R&D, hi-tech, manufacturing, retail and travel/transportation/hospitality. A Great Place to Work-Certified™ company, Happiest Minds is headquartered in Bangalore, India with operations in the U.S., UK, Canada, Australia and Middle East.
Board Observer
Jun 2012
CashStar is a leading provider of end-to-end first party solutions and services for gift card commerce, supporting multiple touchpoints across the customer lifecycle. Its award-winning platform, CashStar Commerce, is a flexible and market-proven solution that enables merchants to directly market, sell and distribute digital and plastic gift cards across channels and devices. With security, scalability and reliability integral to its foundation, CashStar clients can focus more on creating great customer experiences, growing gift card revenue and driving omni-channel engagement. CashStar Velocity Services allow merchants to grow their gift card programs with minimal resource investment. CashStar clients include top brands like SEPHORA, Starbucks, The Home Depot, Uber and Walmart. CashStar is a Blackhawk Network Business. Based in Portland, Maine, CashStar's team brings deep technology, retail and payments experience from market leading companies such as American Express, Blackhawk Network, Cartera Commerce, Chase, First Data Corp, GM, IDEXX, Intuit, Maritz, PayPal, and WEX. To learn more about how CashStar is constantly innovating the way businesses leverage gift card ecommerce solutions, please visit cashstar.com, follow us @CashStar or email info@cashstar.com.
Board Observer
Nov 2011
In our mobile-first world, customers expect a unified, seamless experience wherever they interact with brands. But most often, those experiences are disconnected. Airship has everything you need to get mobile-first customer experience right — on the web, in the app and everywhere in between. Since the dawn of mobile apps, Airship innovations have become industry standards. We delivered the industry’s first push notification and first in-app message. Then we powered the first mobile wallet boarding pass, now the digital norm for travelers. We enabled the first commercial use of Live Activities on the day it was launched by Apple. Most recently, we launched the world’s first no-code native Experience Editor for app and web, enabling marketers and product managers to engage with customers wherever they are and get work done in minutes instead of months without ongoing developer support. Today, the Airship Experience Platform provides an end-to-end solution for unifying experiences across channels and capturing value across the entire customer lifecycle. It starts with Airship’s market-leading app store optimization (ASO) solutions that promote app discovery and downloads. Then our AI-powered journey orchestration, content creation and experimentation solutions kick in — all no-code and highly flexible. Customer-facing teams can quickly design, deploy and iterate cohesive in-session experiences on the web and in the app. The result? Deeper customer engagement, better conversion. When it comes to helping brands get customer experience right in a mobile-first world, no one knows more, does more or cares more than Airship.
Board Observer
Feb 2011
SecureKey Technologies Inc. is a leading identity and authentication provider that simplifies consumer access to online services and applications. SecureKey enables next generation privacy-enhancing identity and authentication network for conveniently connecting people to critical online services using a digital credential they already have and trust. . For more information, please visit www.securekey.com.
Board Observer
Aug 2008
Crisp is now part of Quotient, the leading digital media and promotions technology company. To learn more on how Quotient's omnichannel capabilities create brand-building and sales-driving marketing opportunities for advertisers, retailers and consumers, visit https://quotient.com. A pioneer, innovator and leader in mobile ad technology for more than a decade, Crisp brings consumers and leading brands more closely together through the mobile channel. With its MoCA mobile customer activation platform, Crisp provides the first end-to-end platform retailers and brands can use to deploy mobile campaigns without technological or implementation complexity. Tapping its own private inventory supply and other sources, Crisp MoCA offers customer targeting at scale, unique and dynamic creative formats, ad serving, analytics and campaign management in a single, seamless solution. As a long-time leader in the development of API standards, Crisp also places real-time third-party and first-party data integration – such as consumer and store location, product availability, weather and event schedules – front and center in the MoCA platform. At a time when mobile has emerged at the “new point purchase,” Crisp’s mature, vertically integrated ad technology and industry-leading product, engineering and operations teams have made it the platform provider of choice for brands ranging from The Home Depot and Unilever to Target and McDonald’s.
Board Observer
Jun 2007
PGP Corporation is a global leader in email and data encryption software for enterprise data protection. Based on a unified key management and policy infrastructure, the PGP® Encryption Platform offers the broadest set of integrated applications for enterprise data security. PGP® platform-enabled applications allow organisations to meet current needs and expand as security requirements evolve for email, laptops, desktops, instant messaging, smartphones, network storage, file transfers, automated processes, and backups. PGP® solutions are used by more than 100,000 enterprises, businesses, and governments worldwide, including 95 percent of the Fortune 100, 75 percent of the Fortune Global 100, 87 percent of the German DAX Index, and 51 percent of the UK FTSE 100 Index. As a result, PGP Corporation has earned a global reputation for innovative, standards-based, and trusted solutions. PGP solutions help protect confidential information, secure customer data, achieve regulatory and audit compliance, and safeguard companies’ brands and reputations. Contact PGP Corporation at www.pgp.com
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2022
Investor
Feb 2022
Welcome to Entropik! Were a Human Insights AI company that specializes in consumer and user research. We also offer standalone tech solutions through API/SDK integrations. Our technology stack includes Emotion AI, Behavior AI, and Generative AI. What makes us unique is that were the only company in the world that covers both consumer and user research. Our platform, Decode, provides a wide range of research capabilities, including Quant, Qual, Diaries, Media, and Shopper research. Additionally, our AI-powered UX Research platform, Qatalyst, allows you to easily conduct moderated, unmoderated, and task-based research on Concepts, Prototypes, and Live Applications. The best part? Both of these platforms work six times faster than traditional methods. --- Whats more? - Series B funding announcement: https://www.entropik.io/news-media/entropik-raises-25-million-in-series-b-funding
2020
Investor
Nov 2020
Turtlemint makes it easy to understand and buy insurance. Our intent is to “demystify” insurance by explaining the jargon in a simple way and providing smart tools to help a user make the right choice. From search to purchase, the entire process can be completed online in just a few clicks! We also have a team of friendly insurance advisors available on chat, phone and in-person to help users with purchase and claim services. We currently offer Car insurance, bike insurance, health insurance & term life insurance. The content is meant for internal consumption only.
Investor
Feb 2020
Inshorts Group is operating content distribution tech platforms with a user base across India, USA, UK, UAE, Canada and Southeast Asia. The applications currently operated by us include Inshorts, a tech platform that provides links/access for articles sourced from various third party publishers to users and is the highest rated and #1 app for English content, with more than 10 million users on its platform; Public, a location-based tech platform for hyperlocal information, content, updates, jobs, events, religious and cultural programs. With over 60 million active users, Public is the largest location-based tech platform and is available in all major languages.
2019
Investor and Board member
Sep 2019
Mobile Premier League (MPL), the largest skill-gaming platform in India, allows users to participate in free as well as paid competitions across 60+ games in multiple categories, including fantasy sports, sports games, puzzle, casual and board games. Founded in 2018, MPL hosts hundreds of millions of tournaments a month and is trusted by over 120 million registered users in India, United States and Nigeria. To learn more about MPL, please visit www.mpl.live.
Investor and Board Member
Sep 2019
Founded in 2019, Lentra is enabling banks in democratising digital lending through its SaaS platform. It empowers banks (& NBFCs) to create custom loan products and enhance customer experiences, through its API-driven modular architecture. Currently, Lentras digital lending platform serves over 50 banks, has processed over $20 billion worth of loan applications, with 2 million loans being processed every month. Lentra supports its customers in expanding their reach, reducing non-performing assets, optimising operational efficiencies, and using Pay-as-you-go pricing for their growth. Lentra is backed by investors like BVP, Citi, HDFC, MUFG, SIG & Vy. To read more, please visit: https://Lentra.ai/
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