Biome, a venture studio, has completed the first phase of its fundraising, bringing in support from entrepreneurs and strategic family offices.
Biome is designed for experienced founders who want to build new startups from the ground up. It provides strong hands-on support and helps launch a few carefully chosen startups each year by combining strategy, talent, and funding in one model.
Biome’s first round of funding includes well-known backers like BVR Mohan Reddy, Prasad Yerneni, and Abhinav Reddy, along with family offices of Raj Phani (Zaggle), Aditya Vuchi, and the Phoenix Group.
These investors are not just providing money—they also bring strong business networks in areas like enterprise, infrastructure, and innovation, which adds great value to Biome’s startup-building approach.
Biome has committed INR 100 crore over the next three years to help launch and grow high-impact startups with strong hands-on support. Its early projects include a secretive AI startup in the US, led by a well-known AI expert, and Zoop. Money, which aims to make home loans more accessible.
“At Biome, we’re not deploying capital from the sidelines — we’re building hands-on with our founders,” said Srinivas Kollipara, Managing Partner at Biome. “We’ve built Biome to be the kind of early partner we believe early-stage companies truly need: deeply embedded, execution-led, and committed through every phase of growth. Our capital doesn’t just support companies — it helps build them, brick by brick”.
“Through its mission of transforming ‘Ideas to Enterprises,’ Biome and its portfolio firms are built and operate on a foundation of strong ethos, robust governance, operational & financial excellence, and a thriving entrepreneurial ecosystem,” said Madhu Poomalil, Managing Partner, Biome.
“While India excels with instant payments via UPI and quick unsecured personal loans, the time taking manual processes in secured loans like home loans – taking weeks or months to get sanctioned – hinders economic progress,” said Nishant Mehta, CEO, Zoop. Money. “While UPI moves money in seconds, secured credit still takes weeks. That is the bottleneck we are solving. Our partnership with Biome has been crucial. Their full-stack team has helped us build quickly, set up core functions, and execute with focus,” he added.
Biome is a venture studio led by Srinivas Kollipara, Madhu Poomalil, Kaustubh Patekar, and Zaran Bhagwagar. It helps build startups from scratch as a co-founder.
Biome’s team includes experts in product development, business growth, and specific industries. These team members work closely with each startup from the very beginning, helping them move faster through idea testing, execution, and scaling.
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