Rishi Bali

Founder & CEO, OPCO.AI | Founder & CEO, YOGASMOGA | Innovator, Entrepreneur, CEO, Board Director, Investor & Advisor | Goldman Sachs | UBS | Citigroup | Alphadyne | D.B. Zwirn | Co-Founder, Namaskar Foundation |

📍 United States🔄 Updated September 2026💼 2 investments📅 17 years investing🗓 Last invested Dec 2015
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Investor
Dec 2015
As pioneers of personal protection products and communication services, Wearsafe is making the world a safer place by redefining the way people seek and provide help. Wearsafe started out with a goal to provide mobile customers with a better way to connect with each other, share information, and get help through innovative personal safety software. These days, Wearsafe has expanded to provide both enterprise customers and a large partnership base with the same top quality safety services. Just as Wearsafe’s goal has traditionally been to help people connect with each other, their goal has also become to help their partners more easily connect with Wearsafe’s services. Wearsafe created the Linkit SDK to provide a quick, straightforward way for mobile app developers to provide peace of mind to their own users by easily integrating Wearsafe safety features into their app. If youre interested in providing an innovative safety solution to your users, team, or community so they can easily connect, share their location, or get help from their chosen circle or monitoring services, lets get together.
Member + Investor
Jun 2009
Mumbai Angels is Indias Premier Private Investment Platform for early-stage venture investments, headquartered in Mumbai and is at the forefront of building this asset class. We are now a part of 360 ONE (earlier known as IIFL Wealth & Asset Management), one of the leading wealth and alternates-focused asset firms in India. Process and algorithm driven, Mumbai Angels focuses not only on investing in the best start-ups but on the exits on the investments. Today the brand is known for the depth of its due diligence and the way it manages its portfolio, thereby becoming the gold standard of how deals are invested and managed in the industry. Started in 2006, the network has 1200+ subscribers from around 60+ cities across the globe. The network has one of the strongest portfolios in the country with 200+ companies, 100+ exits plus next round investments with an IRR of 35% (before the Fund Structure) To Subscribe: subscription@mumbaiangels.com For Investment: Pitch@mumbaiangels.con Join The Team: Careers@mumbaiangels.com
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2023
Founder & Chief Executive Officer
Aug 2023
OPCO.AI BUILDS THE TRANSFORMATION LAYER THAT DELIVERS A COMPETITIVE MOAT FOR PRIVATE FUND ADVISORS FOR THE NEXT 25 YEARS.
2015
Investor
Dec 2015
As pioneers of personal protection products and communication services, Wearsafe is making the world a safer place by redefining the way people seek and provide help. Wearsafe started out with a goal to provide mobile customers with a better way to connect with each other, share information, and get help through innovative personal safety software. These days, Wearsafe has expanded to provide both enterprise customers and a large partnership base with the same top quality safety services. Just as Wearsafe’s goal has traditionally been to help people connect with each other, their goal has also become to help their partners more easily connect with Wearsafe’s services. Wearsafe created the Linkit SDK to provide a quick, straightforward way for mobile app developers to provide peace of mind to their own users by easily integrating Wearsafe safety features into their app. If youre interested in providing an innovative safety solution to your users, team, or community so they can easily connect, share their location, or get help from their chosen circle or monitoring services, lets get together.
2010
Founder, CEO & Board Director
Jan 2010
A lot of people think of themselves as clothing companies who sell yoga apparel. We are a yoga and well-being company that makes things for LIFE. Our goal is to be part of peoples lives, wherever you are today and wherever you are going tomorrow - from the YOGA CLASS, to the GYM, to LIFE. Whether you are on the go, or simply being, were happy to be there with you. We want you to FEEL GOOD WHEREVER LIFE TAKES YOU. We are YOGASMOGA. WE MAKE THINGS FOR LIFE. ONE BREATH AT A TIME. Founded in 2010, YOGASMOGA was founded with a mantra of innovation and a core of authenticity. From innovative fabric technologies and top-quality fabrics to eco-friendly products and non-retouched or edited promotional photography, we pride ourselves on a responsibility based reputation meant to inspire deep, direct and lasting connections. YOGASMOGA’s founders, Rishi and Tapasya Bali have an authentic connection to the ancient spiritual practice of yoga. Both siblings were born in India - in the foothills of the Himalaya and spent their formative years in the region generally considered to be the birthplace of yoga. The siblings​ innate sense of the authentic yoga culture and its principles inspired the founding of YOGASMOGA. Our products are built from innovative proprietary fabrics developed in our R&D facilities in California. We are well known for hi-quality, best in class products made domestically in the USA. Manhattan, NYC is our home base. Please schedule a visit if you are close by and meet our wonderful YS team members.
Co-Founder
Jan 2010
Namaskar – A 501(c)(3) non-profit set up by siblings Rishi Bali & Tapasya Bali to foster corporate social responsibility as part of their entrepreneurial ventures.
early stagePhilanthropy
2009
Managing Partner
Jun 2009
Bali Investors provides strategic bespoke advice to Hedge Funds, Private Equity and Private Investment firms.
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