BlackSoil

investment firm

About

Blacksoil Advisory is an independent boutique advisory firm.

Details

Last Funding Type
Debt Financing
Last Funding Money Raised
₹700M
Industries
Banking,Finance,Financial Services,FinTech
Founded date
Jan 1, 2010
Operating Status
Active
Investor Type
MVC

Blacksoil Advisory is an independent boutique advisory firm.

BlackSoil was founded 2010 with the single mission of pioneering unique advisory and financing solution for developers, startups and high growth companies. BlackSoil takes both a credit and an equity view on each financing situation, offering quick feedback on any deal proposal through its different verticals – investing without time-consuming audits and substantial equity dilution.

The BlackSoil team has the experience to understand what companies across all stages require, and is able to provide advisory and debt funding facilities that meet the real-world demands of growing businesses and equity sponsors and investors.

Funding Rounds

Number of Funding Rounds
Total Funding Amount
5
₹0.95B $25M
BlackSoil has raised a total of ₹0.95B $25M in funding over 2 rounds. Their latest funding was raised on Jan 4, 2022 from a Debt Financing round.
Announced Date Round Money Raised Number of Investors Lead Investors Post Valuation
Jan 4, 2022 Debt Financing ₹700M Detail
Aug 24, 2020 Debt Financing ₹250M Detail
Jul 26, 2018 Series C $17M Detail
Jul 26, 2018 Debt Financing Detail
Jan 1, 2016 Series Unknown $8M Detail

Funds Raised

Announced Date Fund Name Money Raised
Oct 11, 2022 BlackSoil Debt Fund ₹2.50B
Nov 12, 2020 BlackSoil India Credit Fund ₹1.10B
Mar 1, 2018 Walton Street BlackSoil Real Estate Debt Fund – I ₹2B

Investments

Number of Investments
Number of Lead Investments
91
40
BlackSoil has made 91 investments. Their most recent investment was on Dec 14, 2022, when Battery Smart raised ₹750M.
Date Company Name
Round Money Raised Industry Lead Investor
Dec 14, 2022 Battery Smart
Debt Financing ₹750M Automotive Yes
Dec 14, 2022 UpMove
Debt Financing Credit Yes
Dec 14, 2022 RevFin
Debt Financing Finance Yes
Nov 30, 2022 Dunzo
Debt Financing ₹500M Consumer Goods Yes
Debt Financing $300M Advertising Yes

Employee Profiles

Number of Employee Profiles
5
BlackSoil has 5 current employee profiles, including Executive Ankur Bansal
Executive
Board member
Executive
Employee
Executive

Exits

BlackSoil has had 5 exits. BlackSoil most notable exits include Chumbak ,   Knowlarity Communications

Date Company Name Exit Type Industry
Jan 12, 2023 Chumbak M&A E-Commerce Detail
Feb 2, 2022 Knowlarity Communications M&A Cloud Computing Detail
Nov 15, 2019 NowFloats M&A E-Commerce Detail
Nov 13, 2017 nearbuy M&A Apps Detail
Jun 13, 2014 Moneyboxx Finance IPO Finance Detail