Harish Bahl

Founder & Chairman at Smile Group

📍 Singapore🔄 Updated September 2026💼 1 investments📅 8 years investing🗓 Last invested Jan 2018
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Member of the Board & Investor
Jan 2018
Zupee is one of the fastest growing Indian online gaming companies with 95% market share in the Indian gaming sector’s largest sector – casual & boardgame segment. Zupee offers ‘games of skill’, in which a player’s skill, knowledge, attention, experience, and capabilities are crucial to success. Zupee’s product portfolio of skill based casual & board games is redefining the online real money gaming ecosystem by providing meaningful entertainment & bringing moments of joy. By intersecting meaningful entertainment with skill-based elements like logical thinking and consumer behavior, Zupee seeks to offer a learning driven gaming ecosystem in the country. Founded by IIT Kanpur graduates, Dilsher Singh Malhi and Siddhant Saurabh in 2018 and backed by marquee investors such as WestCap Group, Tomales Bay Capital, Nepean Capital, AJ Capital, Matrix Partners India & Orios Venture Partners, Zupee stands at USD 600 million valuation. We are on a mission of improving people’s lives by boosting their learning ability, skills, and cognitive aptitude through scientifically designed gaming experiences. Zupee presents a timeout from the stressful environments we live in and sparks joy in the lives of people through its games.
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2021
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Jul 2021
WestCap is a strategic operating and investing firm led by a team that has founded, invested in, and operated tech-enabled marketplaces for over 20 years. Our investment partners are leading families and institutions from around the world, who have placed their trust in us, with flexible capital for whom we can compound returns over the long term with our lifecycle investing approach. Weve built a reputation as value-add, operationally-focused investors to our partner companies, which welcome our involvement and aligned capital. In addition to private investing, we provide our investment partners with a full suite of solutions including private / public equity advisory as well as cash management solutions. WestCap was founded by Laurence Tosi, a passionate entrepreneur, investor, operator, and philanthropist. Tosi currently serves as Managing Partner of WestCap, bringing with him both his passion and track record for entrepreneurship and building leading disruptive businesses. His previous roles include serving as the Chief Financial Officer of Airbnb and The Blackstone Group, as well as Chief Operating Officer and Managing Partner at Merrill Lynch.
2020
Venture Partner
2020
A global investment firm that applies a concentrated investment approach to build long-term positions in the worlds most innovative companies.
2019
Co-founder & Chairman of the Board
Jan 2019
Leading Ad tech platform for growth marketing. Tyroo is building APAC’s leading ad tech platform for growth marketing. We help brands to drive full funnel advertising and growth across APAC, with our audiences and no-code, low-code technology. We have empowered brands to enter and scale in emerging markets. We are Singapore headquartered with regional offices across APAC markets. Our partners - Snapchat | CJ | Criteo |Pinterest | Activision blizzard media | Outbrain | LG Ads
2018
Member of the Board & Investor
Jan 2018
Zupee is one of the fastest growing Indian online gaming companies with 95% market share in the Indian gaming sector’s largest sector – casual & boardgame segment. Zupee offers ‘games of skill’, in which a player’s skill, knowledge, attention, experience, and capabilities are crucial to success. Zupee’s product portfolio of skill based casual & board games is redefining the online real money gaming ecosystem by providing meaningful entertainment & bringing moments of joy. By intersecting meaningful entertainment with skill-based elements like logical thinking and consumer behavior, Zupee seeks to offer a learning driven gaming ecosystem in the country. Founded by IIT Kanpur graduates, Dilsher Singh Malhi and Siddhant Saurabh in 2018 and backed by marquee investors such as WestCap Group, Tomales Bay Capital, Nepean Capital, AJ Capital, Matrix Partners India & Orios Venture Partners, Zupee stands at USD 600 million valuation. We are on a mission of improving people’s lives by boosting their learning ability, skills, and cognitive aptitude through scientifically designed gaming experiences. Zupee presents a timeout from the stressful environments we live in and sparks joy in the lives of people through its games.
Founder & Trustee
2018
Welcome to Plaksha, a technology university for the future, set up by a global community of entrepreneurs, business leaders, and academicians to reimagine technology education and research. Our vision is to nurture the next generation of fearless leaders who will solve some of the toughest challenges facing our planet. To this end, we empower students with a deep understanding of science and technology, nurture an entrepreneurial mindset and provide them with an research ecosystem. We offer four highly interdisciplinary undergraduate degrees. Each degree is unique, cutting-edge, forward-looking, and aligned with the needs of the 21st century. B.Tech majors: - Computer Science & Artificial Intelligence - Robotics & Cyber-Physical Systems - Biological Systems Engineering - Data Science, Economics and Business Other programs offered by Plaksha University include: - Young Technology Scholars Program - Technology Leaders Program - Ph.D Program It also offers scholarships to students in form of need-based and merit-based assistance. Other scholarships include Lalitha Scholarship for women in STEM, Bharti Scholarship, College Board India Scholars Program. Read more about scholarships offered here: https://plaksha.edu.in/lps/btech-admission_2023-24/?utm_source=Social&utm_medium=LinkedIn&utm_campaign=ScholarshipOverviewR4UG2024&utm_id=LinkedInButtons
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