Hari Balasubramanian
Mentor & Angel Investor
Backing founders who build
for the real India
I am an Mentor , Angel investor, and Advisor based in Bengaluru. Four decades of building companies taught me that the best investments start with trust, not term sheets.
Work
What I doI work with founders and leadership teams to build stronger, more scalable businesses. Drawing on nearly four decades of operating experience and over a decade as an angel investor, mentor, and advisor, I help companies navigate strategy, execution, fundraising, and growth.My work typically spans business strategy, OKRs, fundraising readiness, unit economics, hiring, and leadership support during critical phases of the journey. I bring an operator-first, process-driven lens shaped by experience across technology, consumer internet, QSR, D2C, and AI.I have led investments in multiple startups and supported founders through growth, transition, and successful exits. My role is not just to invest, but to help founders make better decisions and move forward with clarity and discipline.
About
Hari Balasubramanian is an entrepreneur-turned-investor with nearly four decades of experience building, scaling, and exiting businesses in India and overseas, and over a decade as an active angel investor, mentor, and advisor. He is an Advisor to IvyCap Ventures since inception, a Member of Indian Angel Network where he leads deals, and serves on the Investment Committee of Canbank Venture Capital Fund Limited, IIM Calcutta Innovation Park, NSRCEL – IIM Bengaluru, ITIC – IIT Hyderabad, Venture Park, Patna, and TCGTBI, Howrah.He works with founders, funds, institutions, and incubators on strategy, OKRs, fundraising readiness, unit economics, hiring, and execution, bringing an operator-first perspective across technology, consumer internet, QSR, D2C, and AI. Alongside his investment and advisory work, he continues to support innovative entrepreneurs while exploring practical applications of AI, lean startup thinking, and innovation-led business building.
**ANGEL SCORE **
This is a simple model that I have developed for quick assessment of investment readiness for startups. This can be used by investors , founders , mentors etc to see how a startup is placed at this point of time to attract funding and the nature of the funding source. I use this model for quick assessment for the type of funding that a startup can expect to receive at the stage they are in. The feed back from the assessment can be used to improve the Angel Score over time.
You start by entering your email id. You will get a link on your email and then you can fill in all the details and get your investment readiness score instantly.I have now moved to a AI Based evaluation for pitch decks. Send me your pitch deck and I will try sending you a detailed feedback.
Contact
You can schedule a call with Hari and speak to him about Business Model Validation , Testing Business and Product Ideas , Funding readiness . You can book a call for a 15 minute chat .
Thank you
Thank you . Have a nice day. Please do visit my blog and connect with me in the social media platforms.
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Video collections
Since the lockdown , I have been experimenting and learning to use nocode tools . In the process I have been able to build a system to extract videos of interest from youtube.com and get them organised in a database for easy retrieval. This has now become a useful tool . notionvideos.com was the first databbase that was created . Subsequently several other databases have got created and they are all available for free and easy access. The databases are in notion.so or in airtable.com. They are updated frequently , some on a daily basis. Have a look .