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Biome is a powerful full stack Venture Studio.

We transform bold ideas into impactful enterprises.

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We do this through our proprietary process which is purpose-built for generating venture-scale outcomes. Join us on a mission to improve the lives of a billion people.

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We are creating the next generation of companies, with products, services and experiences that will transform the future.

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better for planet
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ideas to
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The venture studio model is a powerful new approach that is redefining entrepreneurship. By combining company building with funding, we accelerate timelines, iterate rapidly and scale faster.

validate

Deep, systematic research and experimentation to validate both the problem in the market and the solution.

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build

Full-stack team building each component of a Venture alongside founders.

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scale

Accelerating growth through GTM, partnerships, strategy and funding.

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validate

Deep, systematic research and experimentation to validate both the problem in the market and the solution.

build

Full-stack team building each component of a venture alongside founders.

scale

Accelerating growth through GTM, partnerships, strategy, and funding.

biome core

Our Venture Studio model provides a comprehensive framework to launch and scale startups, while strategically mitigating risks and maximising shared resources. This structured approach is articulated through six key axes, each critical to the success of new ventures.

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biome core

Biome empowers entrepreneurs to build enterprises from ideas with a proven, systematic approach to nurturing high-growth startups. Our model guides entrepreneurs through every stage of the venture creation process, ensuring each idea has the foundation and support needed to thrive in a competitive market.

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We are your co-founders. We bring decades of experience and hard-fought lessons learned from the front lines of building both startups and enterprises.

Madhu Poomalil

Finance and Scale

Madhu Poomalil, our co-founder,  leads Finance and Scale at Biome.

He was a former MD and Country Head of D.E. Shaw India and Arcesium, and has been in leadership positions with several global MNCs that mostly operate at the intersection of technology and finance since 1992.  Madhu is an alumnus of Harvard Business School and a Fellow Chartered Accountant.

What drives him

Madhu is passionate about developing human capabilities and has been a key volunteer at Sparsh Hospice, since its inception.

As a co-founder, he helps Startups with

Finance Strategy and Planning.
Growth and Scale.

Madhu Poomalil

Finance and Scale

Kaustubh Patekar

Product and Validation

Kaustubh heads Product and Validation at Biome. With over two decades of experience in building and scaling tech products and teams, he is the founder of The ProdZen - a product and strategy consulting company. In the past, Kaustubh has worked at large companies and startups in the US (Oracle, MicroStrategy) and India. He has held various leadership roles across engineering,product management and strategy, built successful SaaS products and has a US patent to his name. An alumnus of IIT Bombay with a masters from MIT, USA, he also writes about building products, startups and life.

What drives him

Kaustubh enjoys creating products from just an idea or improving existing products and scaling the business.

As a co founder, he helps Startups with

Product and Validation
Business Model Validation.

Kaustubh Patekar

Product and Validation

Nishita Gill

Ideation and User Research

Nishita leads Ideation and User Research at Biome.

An alumnus of National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad, she is the founder of Treemouse, an award-winning strategic consultancy that applies design-led problem-solving techniques to uncharted areas.

What drives her

Nishita is passionate about adapting niche concepts and novel approaches for mass adoption, and frequently advises startups on building feature-sets that scale.

As a co founder, she helps Startups with

Ideation
Design led Innovation
Customer Research and insights

Nishita Gill

Ideation and User Research

Zaran Bhagwagar

Growth and Capital

Leading Growth and Capital at Biome, Zaran has 8 years of experience in Venture Building and Venture Capital across India and South East Asia. As an EIR at Mountain Partners, he built and ran operations on portfolio companies across SaaS, E-commerce, Social, and Enterprise. Subsequently, as Principal at Anthill Ventures, Zaran led the build out of the firm in Singapore, led early stage investments for the fund across its thesis, and directly managed the Anthill Partner network of Accelerators, Corporates and Investors.

What drives him

Zaran doubles up as a sounding board and shadow boxing partner for ideas on how to scale the business, position the product, raise funds, and navigate challenges on the startup journey.

As a co founder, he helps Startups with

Fundraising
Pitching
Closing customers

Zaran Bhagwagar

Growth and Capital

Srinivas Kollipara

Strategy and GTM

Meet Srinivas, our co-founder, leading Strategy and Go-to-Market at Biome. 
With over three decades of experience from across geographies, Srini is the Co-Founder of T-Hub Hyderabad (Asia’s largest Innovation campus), India President for the Global Entrepreneurship Network, a Board Member of GEN Space, and the South Asia Advisory Board for the Dalai Lama Center for Ethics at MIT. He was previously the Group President - Startup Ventures at Xelpmoc Design & Tech Limited, a publicly listed data science company,

What drives him

Srini’s true passion lies in building robust, resilient venture ecosystems, helping startups scale and building thriving communities around entrepreneurship. 

As a co founder, he helps Startups with

Product Strategy.
Product Management
Business Development.
Go to Market Strategy.

Srinivas Kollipara

Strategy and GTM

Madhu Poomalil

Finance and Scale

Madhu Poomalil, our co-founder,  leads Finance and Scale at Biome.

He was a former MD and Country Head of D.E. Shaw India and Arcesium, and has been in leadership positions with several global MNCs that mostly operate at the intersection of technology and finance since 1992.  Madhu is an alumnus of Harvard Business School and a Fellow Chartered Accountant.

What drives him

Madhu is passionate about developing human capabilities and has been a key volunteer at Sparsh Hospice, since its inception.

As a co founder, he helps Startups with

Finance Strategy and Planning.
Growth and Scale.

Madhu Poomalil

Finance and Scale

Kaustubh Patekar

Product and Validation

Kaustubh heads Product and Validation at Biome. With over two decades of experience in building and scaling tech products and teams, he is the founder of The ProdZen - a product and strategy consulting company. In the past, Kaustubh has worked at large companies and startups in the US (Oracle, MicroStrategy) and India. He has held various leadership roles across engineering,product management and strategy, built successful SaaS products and has a US patent to his name. An alumnus of IIT Bombay with a masters from MIT, USA, he also writes about building products, startups and life.

What drives him

Kaustub enjoys creating products from just an idea or improving existing products and scaling the business.

As a co founder, he helps Startups with

Product and Validation
Business Model Validation.

Kaustubh Patekar

Product and Validation

Srinivas Kollipara

Strategy and GTM

Meet Srinivas, our co-founder, leading Strategy and Go-to-Market at Biome. 
With over three decades of experience from across geographies, Srini is the Co-Founder of T-Hub Hyderabad (Asia’s largest Innovation campus), India President for the Global Entrepreneurship Network, a Board Member of GEN Space, and the South Asia Advisory Board for the Dalai Lama Center for Ethics at MIT. He was previously the Group President - Startup Ventures at Xelpmoc Design & Tech Limited, a publicly listed data science company,

What drives him

Srini’s true passion lies in building robust, resilient venture ecosystems, helping startups scale and building thriving communities around entrepreneurship. 

As a co founder, he helps Startups with

Product Strategy.
Product Management
Business Development.
Go to Market Strategy.

Srinivas Kollipara

Strategy and GTM

Zaran Bhagwagar

Growth and Capital

Leading Growth and Capital at Biome, Zaran has 8 years of experience in Venture Building and Venture Capital across India and South East Asia. As an EIR at Mountain Partners, he built and ran operations on portfolio companies across SaaS, E-commerce, Social, and Enterprise. Subsequently, as Principal at Anthill Ventures, Zaran led the build out of the firm in Singapore, led early stage investments for the fund across its thesis, and directly managed the Anthill Partner network of Accelerators, Corporates and Investors.

What drives him

Zaran doubles up as a sounding board and shadow boxing partner for ideas on how to scale the business, position the product, raise funds, and navigate challenges on the startup journey.

As a co founder, he helps Startups with

Fundraising
Pitching
Closing customers

Zaran Bhagwagar

Growth and Capital

Nishita Gill

Ideation and User Research

Nishita leads Ideation and Customer Research at Biome.

An alumnus of National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad, she is the founder of Treemouse, an award-winning strategic consultancy that applies design-led problem-solving techniques to uncharted areas.

What drives her

Nishita is passionate about adapting niche concepts and novel approaches for mass adoption, and frequently advises startups on building feature-sets that scale.

As a co founder, she helps Startups with

Ideation
Design led Innovation
Customer Research and insights

Nishita Gill

Ideation and User Research

access the ecosystem

Get access to a stellar ecosystem of partners, each handpicked to help you reach your true potential and transform the world.

We are your co-founders. We bring decades of experience, and hard fought lessons learned from the front lines building both startups and enterprises.

Get access to a stellar ecosystem of partners, each handpicked to help you reach your true potential and transform the world.

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Our partner companies are directly involved in helping you build and scale incredible companies.

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