As passionate investors, we partner with pioneering entrepreneurs and companies to create leaders of tomorrow.

Who we are

Your Growth Specialists

Bertelsmann India Investments (BII) is the strategic investment arm of Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA in India. We focus on investing in pioneering companies in the digital, education, media and services sectors, which are developing new technologies, business models and visions of the future. We focus on early stage, as well as growth stage investments.

Digital

Bertelsmann is at the forefront of shaping the digital revolution. At BII, we partner with digital companies through investments, know-how and global connections to build the leaders of the future.

Education

At Bertelsmann, we believe that the education sector is ripe for innovation by creating new business models. At BII, we partner with such innovative education companies to build the leaders of tomorrow.

Media

Bertelsmann believes in creativity being at the heart of value creation. No other company today has a greater variety of media content and platforms. At BII, we partner with new age media companies to build global products and platforms for the future.

Services

BPO services has been a core business for Bertelsmann for the last 50 years. At BII, we partner new age service companies that can benefit from our global outreach to become leaders of tomorrow.

How we invest

We value your creativity

You have a product and want to make it dominant.
You have established revenue streams and want to institutionalise them.
You want to build sales & marketing excellence and prepare for the next phase of growth.
You want to expand internationally.

Why us

We believe in long-term partnerships

The BII team has extensive operational and investing experience in India and internationally. Being part of the global content and service powerhouse, we at BII add strong value and are a long-term partner to our investee companies.

Bertelsmann Group

A leading media, services and education company

Domain Experts

Strong operational expertise and sector knowledge

Global Network

Home to a strong network of funds with around 100 holdings

Portfolio

Our portfolio

AgroStar

Helping Farmers Win

Eruditus/Emeritus

Making Global IVY education accessible to the world.

Helion

Early to mid-stage, India focused venture fund

iNurture

Pioneer in career-ready and industry relevant formal education

Kaizen

The only fund focused on investing in human capital transformation in Asia

Shiprocket

India’s leading eCommerce shipping platform

Lendingkart

India's leading online lending business

Lets Transport

India's largest Intracity Logistics Platform

Licious

India's fastest growing meat and seafood brand

Nirvana

Early stage venture capital fund

Pepperfry

Where Indians shop for their homes

Quikr

Aasaan hai badalna

Roposo

UGC focused social network

Rupeek

India's fastest growing gold lending marketplace

Saavn

India’s music streaming service

Treebo

Technology enabled budget hotel chain

WizIQ

Leading Global Education Technology Provider

Don’t hesitate!

We are eager to hear your story.

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Team

Meet the team

India Advisory Team

Pankaj Makkar

Managing Director

Pranjal Kumar

Head of Education Fund & CFO

Rohit Sood

Principal

Rohit Nuwal

Director

Chinmay Kamat

Senior Associate

Rahul Hirawat

Associate

Richa Sharma

Manager

Rachit Kuchhal

Senior Analyst

Umang Daga

Senior Analyst

Dhruv Jain

Analyst

Aarushi Jain

Analyst

Minaal Dembla

Analyst

Mridul Bansal

Analyst

Liza Baweja

Office Manager

Yogeshwari Chawla

Senior Executive

India Investment Committee

Thomas Rabe

Chairman and CEO, Bertelsmann

Shobhna Mohn

Executive Vice President Growth Regions, Bertelsmann

Joern Caumanns

Executive Vice President Mergers & Acquisitions, Bertelsmann

Jessica Nathmann

Senior Vice President Corporate Controlling and Strategy, Bertelsmann

Bettina Wulf

Senior Vice President Corporate Legal, Bertelsmann

Podcast

Honest, candid and to-the-point…Building It Up with Bertelsmann is India’s first business podcast that focuses on entrepreneurship and growth-pangs of a Start-up. Listen to leaders of the start-up community share what goes behind taking a company from 10 to 100 and how to solve some of the biggest growth challenges.
After all, they’ve been there, done that!

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News & Media

BII in the news

Downloads

September 26, 2019

Report “Innovation in Education” now available

Bertelsmann India Summit is a unique platform to discuss cutting edge trends and innovative business models with ecosystem stalwarts. This year we brought you - Innovation in Education- as the Summit theme. Download our report "Innovation in Education" for further information.

Press Releases

August 12, 2019

Rupeek announces $30 Mn in funding led by Bertelsmann India Investments and existing investors Accel and Sequoia India to monetize India’s Trillion Dollar worth idle Gold

This funding, which will be completed in two tranches, will be used towards product development and market expansion.

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Press Releases

July 1, 2019

Bertelsmann’s Investments in Digital Startups Exceed One Billion Euros

Since the launch of the first fund, BDMI, in 2006, Bertelsmann has invested around one billion euros in young digital companies with innovative business models via its corporate funds.

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Events

Bertelsmann India Summit is a unique platform to discuss cutting edge trends and innovative business models with ecosystem stalwarts. This year we bring you Innovation in Education as the Summit theme, where you will meet policy makers, educators, innovative companies and investors that are redefining the way India will be educated tomorrow & beyond.

Contact

Contact us

Bertelsmann Nederland B.V.

Amsterdamsestraatweg 281391

Abcoude

Netherlands

Bertelsmann Corporate Services India Pvt. Ltd.

Windsor IT Park . Tower B. 9th floor

A-1 . Sector 125 . Noida – 201301

Tel.: +91 (0)120 4517413

As passionate investors, we partner with pioneering entrepreneurs and companies to create leaders of tomorrow.

Who we are

Your Growth Specialists

Digital

Education

Media

Services

How we invest

We value your creativity

Why us

We believe in long-term partnerships

Bertelsmann Group

Domain Experts

Global Network

Portfolio

Our portfolio

AgroStar

Eruditus/Emeritus

Helion

iNurture

Kaizen

Shiprocket

Lendingkart

Lets Transport

Licious

Nirvana

Pepperfry

Quikr

Roposo

Rupeek

Saavn

Treebo

WizIQ

Don’t hesitate!

Team

Meet the team

India Advisory Team

Pankaj Makkar

Pranjal Kumar

Rohit Sood

Rohit Nuwal

Chinmay Kamat

Rahul Hirawat

Richa Sharma

Rachit Kuchhal

Umang Daga

Dhruv Jain

Aarushi Jain

Minaal Dembla

Mridul Bansal

Liza Baweja

Yogeshwari Chawla

India Investment Committee

Thomas Rabe

Shobhna Mohn

Joern Caumanns

Jessica Nathmann

Bettina Wulf

Podcast

Latest Episode

Ankur Warikoo on Conversations that Matter: an Entrepreneur’s perspective

News & Media

BII in the news

Report “Innovation in Education” now available

Rupeek announces $30 Mn in funding led by Bertelsmann India Investments and existing investors Accel and Sequoia India to monetize India’s Trillion Dollar worth idle Gold

Bertelsmann’s Investments in Digital Startups Exceed One Billion Euros

Events

Contact

Contact us

Bertelsmann Nederland B.V.

Bertelsmann Corporate Services India Pvt. Ltd.