Rohit Bafna
Rohit Bafnais theFounder & CEOat888vc, a cross-border venture capital platform. Through888vc, he connects investors across the US, UAE, and India, providing funding solutions to early-stage startups. He invests between$100k to $250kUSD through anangel syndicate. He has been anAngel Investorsince 2017, supporting startups in sectors likedata and analytics,fintech, andinformation technology.
He is also anAngel Investorand has served as aMentor at SOSV MOX, supporting startups in various stages of growth. Rohit is anAngel InvestoratBusinessOnBot,GOAT Brand Labs, andSanfe, contributing to startups in fields likeSaaS,fashion, andfemale hygiene products.
He held the position ofVP, Investmentsat9Unicorns, an early-stage fund investing in technology and consumer goods companies, and worked as aVenture PartneratVenture University, where he sourced startups and managed syndicates.
Rohit was aVP at Venture Catalysts, one of India’s top angel funds, and later anAVP, Investments & Portfoliosat the same organisation, overseeing global expansion and helping raise the next rounds of funding for portfolio companies. Rohit is also anAngel InvestoratInflection Point VenturesandSage AP Automation, where he supported the development of afinance management and governance suite.
Additionally, he served as anInvestment SpecialistatImpactGuru, a crowdfunding platform for healthcare patients, and as anAngel InvestoratHomeCapital, a company focused on downpayment financing for housing loans.
Rohit has also contributed to theTiE Silicon Valleyas aMember, and has invested inMate Labs, anML platformfor data analysts. He began his venture capital journey as aSenior Associate at Mumbai Angels Network, where he was responsible for deal sourcing, evaluation, and closure, and as anAssociate at ah! Ventures, advising clients on venture capital and private equity transactions.
He also invested inFinly, a finance automation platform, which was acquired by a large fintech company in the US. Other companies he has supported includeRooter,Impactguru,Zypp Electric, andBeardo
