Dharnish Bidlur

Managing Partner at Svasti - Finest Pooja Samagri | Commercial Estate Developer | Angel Investor |

📍 Bengaluru, Karnataka, India🔄 Updated September 2026💼 8 investments📅 11 years investing🗓 Last invested Feb 2025
VC🌍 India
8
Total investments
2
Early stage
4
Mid stage
1
Late stage
11y
Years active

Portfolio

7 investments · sorted by recency
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Angel Investor
Feb 2025
InstaAstro is a holistic wellness platform that bridges the gap between people seeking guidance and experienced astrologers, globally. Ready to provide you with personalised solutions for life’s most significant challenges, our experts guide you through Kundli analysis, Vastu consultation, Tarot reading, Numerology, Psychic, Pooja and more. Our sole principle - “Quality over Quantity” ensures that every interaction with our astrologers is meaningful and helps you navigate various life problems in relationships, career, health, finance and personal growth with ease. Assisting our users with these uncertainties through advice and remedies, we wish them to create real change.
Angel Investor
May 2020
Chakr Innovation, a pioneering Indian cleantech startup founded by IIT Delhi graduates, focuses on cutting-edge material science technology, specifically geared towards air quality enhancement. With 30+ patent applications, our innovative solutions have earned global acclaim from institutions such as the United Nations, WWF, and Forbes. Established in 2016, Chakr introduced the revolutionary Chakr Shield in 2017, curtailing Particulate Matter, Hydrocarbon, and Carbon monoxide emissions from diesel generators by over 80%. Chakr secured a historic milestone as the nations first to gain type approval certification for its Retrofit Emission Control Device (RECD) through CPCB-accredited labs. In 2022, we expanded with the Dual Fuel Kit, enabling efficient operation on a blend of conventional fuel and natural gas. Our diverse product range includes the RECD, Dual Fuel Kit, DG Monitoring System (IoT), Decentralized Energy and Energy Storage Technology. Empowering industries to achieve sustainability through innovative solutions, Chakr Innovation is dedicated to creating a cleaner and more sustainable world. Join us in our mission for a greener planet. Connect with Chakr Innovation for updates on cutting-edge environmental solutions.
mid stageManufacturing
Angel Investor
May 2020
Furtados School of Music is an institute founded in 2011, educating over 250,000 students across India to create great musicians of tomorrow. It has partnered with 250 schools and has 12 centers across India in major cities such as Mumbai, Pune, and Bengalore, dedicated to providing a complete solution to music education. Furtados School of Music gives a comprehensive musical experience with state-of-the-art Instruments, teaching assignments and is associated with the Berkeley School of Music, London, NMIMS and Trinity College London to certify musicians across syllabi and give global exposure to promising musicians. The institutes exclusive software, FSM Buddy, allows students to get music training after school at home as per their convenience. Keyboards, Guitars, Western Vocals, Piano, Indian Vocals, Violins, Music theory are among the many subjects taught at the Furtados School of Music
late stageMusicians
Angel Investor
Jan 2019
NFX Digital is a data and digital marketing company that is disrupting the consumer and marketing research landscape of India. Advertising, traditionally, has been a monologue by your brand to its potential costumers. But in a world where brand personality and perception is a big factor for sales, brands are marketing to an audience they don’t completely understand on a medium that changes quickly, the internet. Ad Guru, Shivjeet Kullar, realised the need to hear back from the people who go out and spend their money on our products. Adytude.com, the modern online market research portal, is his answer. A platform created by some of the best creative minds of the Ad World, Adytude.com is the BIG data machine that is your brands secret weapon to win the modern day marketing battle field. By using digital innovations in sample acquisition, Adytude.com provides more statistically relevant data at a third of the cost and half the time of traditional MR methods. The secret lies in creating traditional research instruments that are adapted to an digital driven methodology. This lets your brands target audience converse with you in candid environment. Using the actionable insights derived by our researchers, a team of digital experts can tailor a marketing strategy for you to reach out to your audience and make your brand relevant in their lives. Digital makes our research robust. Our data informs our digital driven marketing solutions. Our marketing solutions enrich your brand.
Angel Investor
Mar 2016
LawRato is India's leading legal platform that connects thousands of people with top rated lawyers in their city and helps people to make better legal decisions by providing free legal advice. LawRato also enables you to consult an expert lawyer within minutes for professional legal advice. LawRato also provides legal services like making free Legal Will, immigration assistance and many others. LawRato is on a mission to make the legal experience remarkable and easier for everyone by making legal services high quality, cost-effective and on-demand for every need.
Angel Investor
Dec 2015
DesignBids is an online platform for interior designers and architects. Get great designs for your space from top Indian interior designers. The company is on a mission to centralize and organize India's architectural and construction ecosystem. DesignBids is funded by the Indian Angel Network.
Angel Investor
May 2015
WedMeGood is an Indian wedding planning website and app where couples planning their wedding can search for local vendors and discover ideas and inspirations for their wedding. Founded in 2014 by Mehak Sagar Shahani and Anand Shahani, the company is based out of Gurugram. WedMeGood connects users looking for wedding services to vendors who provide these services. Users can browse through extensive details of vendors, including reviews, prices, contact information and other FAQs. The platform currently lists over 91,000+ wedding vendors across 200+ cities in India, for all wedding services including Photographers, Makeup Artists, Decor, Bridal Wear, Grooms Wear, Invitations, Mehendi Artists, Wedding Planners, Jewellery, Trousseau Packers, Venue Bookings, Catering, Wedding Cakes, DJs, Choreographers, Accessories and many more. One of the few Indian tech startups which has achieved operational break-even, WedMeGood is currently a team of 90+ passionate folks. Join us if you are a hustler and believe that technology is an enabler to solve real-world problems and will help organize every industry, even one as traditional as weddings. Featured in SutraHR’s list of “Top 100 Startups in India to Watch Out” for 2019 (https://sutrahr.com/top-startups-india-2019-best-list) Hustlers send in your resume at hr@wedmegood.com
Experience · 11 entries
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Investments (8)
Founder (2)
2025
Angel Investor
Feb 2025
InstaAstro is a holistic wellness platform that bridges the gap between people seeking guidance and experienced astrologers, globally. Ready to provide you with personalised solutions for life’s most significant challenges, our experts guide you through Kundli analysis, Vastu consultation, Tarot reading, Numerology, Psychic, Pooja and more. Our sole principle - “Quality over Quantity” ensures that every interaction with our astrologers is meaningful and helps you navigate various life problems in relationships, career, health, finance and personal growth with ease. Assisting our users with these uncertainties through advice and remedies, we wish them to create real change.
2020
Angel Investor
May 2020
Chakr Innovation, a pioneering Indian cleantech startup founded by IIT Delhi graduates, focuses on cutting-edge material science technology, specifically geared towards air quality enhancement. With 30+ patent applications, our innovative solutions have earned global acclaim from institutions such as the United Nations, WWF, and Forbes. Established in 2016, Chakr introduced the revolutionary Chakr Shield in 2017, curtailing Particulate Matter, Hydrocarbon, and Carbon monoxide emissions from diesel generators by over 80%. Chakr secured a historic milestone as the nations first to gain type approval certification for its Retrofit Emission Control Device (RECD) through CPCB-accredited labs. In 2022, we expanded with the Dual Fuel Kit, enabling efficient operation on a blend of conventional fuel and natural gas. Our diverse product range includes the RECD, Dual Fuel Kit, DG Monitoring System (IoT), Decentralized Energy and Energy Storage Technology. Empowering industries to achieve sustainability through innovative solutions, Chakr Innovation is dedicated to creating a cleaner and more sustainable world. Join us in our mission for a greener planet. Connect with Chakr Innovation for updates on cutting-edge environmental solutions.
mid stageManufacturing
Angel Investor
May 2020
Furtados School of Music is an institute founded in 2011, educating over 250,000 students across India to create great musicians of tomorrow. It has partnered with 250 schools and has 12 centers across India in major cities such as Mumbai, Pune, and Bengalore, dedicated to providing a complete solution to music education. Furtados School of Music gives a comprehensive musical experience with state-of-the-art Instruments, teaching assignments and is associated with the Berkeley School of Music, London, NMIMS and Trinity College London to certify musicians across syllabi and give global exposure to promising musicians. The institutes exclusive software, FSM Buddy, allows students to get music training after school at home as per their convenience. Keyboards, Guitars, Western Vocals, Piano, Indian Vocals, Violins, Music theory are among the many subjects taught at the Furtados School of Music
late stageMusicians
2019
Angel Investor
Jan 2019
NFX Digital is a data and digital marketing company that is disrupting the consumer and marketing research landscape of India. Advertising, traditionally, has been a monologue by your brand to its potential costumers. But in a world where brand personality and perception is a big factor for sales, brands are marketing to an audience they don’t completely understand on a medium that changes quickly, the internet. Ad Guru, Shivjeet Kullar, realised the need to hear back from the people who go out and spend their money on our products. Adytude.com, the modern online market research portal, is his answer. A platform created by some of the best creative minds of the Ad World, Adytude.com is the BIG data machine that is your brands secret weapon to win the modern day marketing battle field. By using digital innovations in sample acquisition, Adytude.com provides more statistically relevant data at a third of the cost and half the time of traditional MR methods. The secret lies in creating traditional research instruments that are adapted to an digital driven methodology. This lets your brands target audience converse with you in candid environment. Using the actionable insights derived by our researchers, a team of digital experts can tailor a marketing strategy for you to reach out to your audience and make your brand relevant in their lives. Digital makes our research robust. Our data informs our digital driven marketing solutions. Our marketing solutions enrich your brand.
2016
Angel Investor
Mar 2016
LawRato is India's leading legal platform that connects thousands of people with top rated lawyers in their city and helps people to make better legal decisions by providing free legal advice. LawRato also enables you to consult an expert lawyer within minutes for professional legal advice. LawRato also provides legal services like making free Legal Will, immigration assistance and many others. LawRato is on a mission to make the legal experience remarkable and easier for everyone by making legal services high quality, cost-effective and on-demand for every need.
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