Bala Srinivasa

CEO

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India31 yrs 5 mos experience

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Key Highlights

Expert in partnering with founders to scale businesses.
Proven track record in venture capital investments.
Extensive experience in financial services and analytics.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Venture Capitalist with expertise in Fintech and B2B software.

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About

I look to partner with founders who are reimagining a new India for its 1.4B consumers and businesses — and increasingly using AI as a catalyst to reshape large, traditional categories like financial services, enterprise software, commerce, health, manufacturing, and new value chains. Been fortunate to back some amazing companies such as KreditBee, Upstox, Jumbotail, Signzy, SpotDraft, and others — each showing how Indian founders can create category-defining platforms that scale massively and deliver lasting customer value. Before Arkam, I helped run two B2B analytics start-ups as a sales and revenue leader, with the last one being acquired by Moody's (NYSE: MCO). I spent my formative decade as an equity analyst covering public market software companies in the US. What excites me most is working with founders from idea to scale, bringing capital, perspective and global networks to accelerate their goals.

Experience

Optimist

Investor

Dec 2025 – Present · 4 mos

Mirana toys

Investor

Sep 2025 – Present · 7 mos

Transbnk - transaction banking platform

Investor

Aug 2025 – Present · 8 mos

91trucks

Investor

Apr 2025 – Present · 1 yr

Karkhana.io

Investor

Dec 2023 – Present · 2 yrs 4 mos

cusmat

Investor

Oct 2022 – Present · 3 yrs 6 mos

Wint wealth

Investor

Feb 2022 – Present · 4 yrs 2 mos

Spotdraft

Investor

Jan 2022 – Present · 4 yrs 3 mos · Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India

Smartstaff

Investor

Sep 2021 – Present · 4 yrs 7 mos

Signzy

Investor

Oct 2020 – Present · 5 yrs 6 mos · Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India

Jumbotail

Investor

Sep 2019 – Present · 6 yrs 7 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Kreditbee

Investor

Mar 2019 – Present · 7 yrs 1 mo · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Arkam ventures

Managing Director

Nov 2017 – Present · 8 yrs 5 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Arkam Ventures is an early stage venture fund focused on partnering with outstanding technology entrepreneurs in India.

Upstox

Investor

Nov 2015 – Oct 2017 · 1 yr 11 mos · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Kalaari capital

Partner

Mar 2015 – Oct 2017 · 2 yrs 7 mos · Greater Bengaluru Area

Kalaari Capital is an early-stage, technology-focused venture capital firm with $650 million in assets under management.

Copal amba (a moody's company)

Senior Managing Director

Dec 2013 – Feb 2015 · 1 yr 2 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Copal Amba provides offshore research and analytics services to the financial and corporate sectors. Clients include leading global commercial banks, investment banks, wealth management firms, asset managers and Fortune 1000 companies. Copal Amba is a Moody's (NYSE: MCO) company.

Amba research

Managing Director

Feb 2009 – Dec 2013 · 4 yrs 10 mos

Amba Research provides research and analytics support services to the global financial services industry. Over 70 companies, including 6 of the top 15 global asset managers and 6 of the top 15 global investment banks, use Amba to differentiate and outperform. Amba was acquired by Moody's (NYSE: MCO) in December 2013.

Vistaar technologies

SVP Product Marketing & Business Development

Oct 2000 – Jan 2009 · 8 yrs 3 mos · Parsippany, NJ

Vistaar provides advanced business intelligence, pricing, and analytics software. Some of the world's best run companies such as Cisco, Dell, GE, Ford, and Hitachi use Vistaar to make better, faster, and more profitable business decisions.