K Balakumaran

About K Balakumaran

K Balakumaran serves as a Wholetime Director at Belstar Investment and Finance Private Limited, which transitioned into Belstar Microfinance Limited. The company, established in 1988, is an NBFC-MFI focused on financial inclusion, primarily serving marginalized communities with microcredit solutions. Belstar Microfinance became a subsidiary of Muthoot Finance Limited after an equity investment in 2016, with Muthoot Finance holding a majority stake of 57% as of March 2023.

K Balakumaran at a glance

• Company: Belstar Investment and Finance Private Limited
• Total raised: $139M
• Latest round: Growth
• Investors: Muthoot Finance Ltd, Hand in Hand Consulting Services Pvt Ltd, Sarvam Financial Inclusion Trust, Maj Invest Financial Inclusion Fund II K/S, Arum Holdings Ltd
• Location: Chennai, India

More founders in Chennai, India (44)

• Kenan Bozkurt — Ziraat Bankası
• Gregory Fleming — Rockefeller Capital Management
• Linda Hasenfratz — Linamar
• Weiliang Chen — MetaX
• Nikolay Storonsky — Revolut
• Mark Ritchie — Tallgrass Energy
• Vivek Kaushal — Global Jet Capital
• Lei Wang — Guoxing Aerospace
• Toni Petersson — Oatly
• Vishal Garg — Better.com
• Ryan Nivakoff — NJOY
• Phisanu Sermchaiwong — EQUATE Petrochemical Company
• John Josephson — SESAC Music Group
• Sean Park — TransGrid Energy
• Meg Whitman — Quibi
• Mohamed Fardan — Masdar Capital
• Randy Brouckman — EdgeConneX
• Jeremy Achin — DataRobot
• Oscar Werner — Sinch
• Theodore Pagano — Michigan Potash & Salt Company
• Thras Moraitis — Serra Verde
• Jeff Chen — WeDoctor
• Jason Wubs — Westland Insurance Group
• Maximilian Tayenthal — N26
• Sam Bankman-Fried — FTX US
• Fergal McGrath — ICS Mortgages
• James Walter — Permian Resources
• David Hornery — Judo Bank
• Mario Schlosser — Oscar Health
• Sam Bankman-Fried — FTX
• Eric Fan — Bridge Data Centres
• Githesh Ramamurthy — CCC Information Services
• Bander Almohanna — flynas
• Maegha Rambal — Perdaman
• Ralph Alexander — Talen Energy Corp
• Doug Mack — Fanatics
• Henrik Henriksson — H2 Green Steel
• Ali Diab — Collective Health
• Jonathan Cherki — Contentsquare
• Paul Farr — Talen Energy Corp.
• Hou Jianbin — Zuoyebang
• Yi Shao — DeepSeek
• Alexandre Laterre — Ineffable Intelligence
• Jie Zheng — Amer Sports

Browse related founder lists (6)

• Founders in Chennai, India
• Founders backed by Muthoot Finance Ltd
• Founders backed by Hand in Hand Consulting Services Pvt Ltd
• Founders backed by Sarvam Financial Inclusion Trust
• Founders backed by Maj Invest Financial Inclusion Fund II K/S
• Founders who raised $50M+

Full founder directory · Investor directory · Company funding database · Fundraising library