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Bharat Founders Fund to invest in real-world AI applications startups
Financial Express Lucknow
|October 27, 2025
VENTURE CAPITAL FIRM Bharat Founders Fund (BFF) plans to make 12-15 investments by the end of FY26.The fund has made 10 investments so far this financial year and is actively exploring opportunities to expand its portfolio further in the coming months.
BFF is an early-stage venture group of established founders who support budding founders building for Bharat. The sector-agnostic firm has so far invested in fintech, healthcare, logistics, and consumer goods, among others. “Being sector-agnostic gives us the ability to evaluate opportunities across industries with genuine insider knowledge rather than being constrained by a narrow sector focus,” Maanav Sagar, managing partner, Bharat Founders Fund, told FE.
This story is from the October 27, 2025 edition of Financial Express Lucknow.
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