Partner
Harish Bahl
Founder & CEO, Smile Invest
- Firm
- Smile Invest
- Title
- Founder & CEO
- Role
- Founder
Record updated 20 September 2026
About
Harish is a seasoned technology entrepreneur and investor who founded Smile Group in 1999 and has spent over 25 years building and backing some of Asia's most influential internet businesses. An early pioneer of India's digital and internet industry and a driving force behind Asia's digital transformation, he co-founded ventures including Quasar, sold to WPP, and SVG Media, sold to Dentsu Aegis. Over the decades, he has facilitated market entry for global technology companies across Asia and Africa, partnering with Airbnb, Snapchat, Yahoo, Ogilvy, and WPP to establish and scale their presence across the region, and co-founding Airseva as Airbnb's India-based global capability centre.
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