Top 50 Angel Investors in India in April 2025
A list of 50 angel investors that invest in startups based in India. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in companies from India. We update this investor list every month.Top 50 Angel Investors in India in April 2025
Investor | India investments |
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Kunal Shah | 182 |
Anupam Mittal | 92 |
Ramakant Sharma | 78 |
Kunal Bahl | 59 |
Rajan Anandan | 57 |
Rajan Anandan | 55 |
Binny Bansal | 50 |
Jitendra Gupta | 50 |
Rajesh Sawhney | 49 |
Rohit Bansal | 49 |
Sujeet Kumar | 45 |
Aman Gupta | 44 |
Varun Alagh | 43 |
Arjun Vaidya | 41 |
Vijay Shekhar Sharma | 41 |
Amrish Rau | 40 |
Gaurav Munjal | 40 |
Peyush Bansal | 38 |
Aprameya Radhakrishna | 37 |
Abhishek Goyal | 37 |
Utsav Somani | 37 |
Vineeta Singh | 34 |
Anand Chandrasekaran | 33 |
Alok Mittal | 33 |
Nimesh Kampani | 33 |
Maninder Gulati | 32 |
Namita Thapar | 31 |
Kishore Ganji | 30 |
Girish Mathrubootham | 29 |
Phanindra Sama | 29 |
Lalit Keshre | 28 |
Suhail Sameer | 28 |
KRS Jamwal | 28 |
Dr Ritesh Malik | 28 |
Shrishti Sahu | 27 |
Ashneer seth Grover | 27 |
Rohit Chanana | 26 |
Nitin Gupta | 26 |
Vidit Aatrey | 25 |
Amit Lakhotia | 24 |
Mohandas Pai | 24 |
Revant Bhate | 24 |
Aakrit Vaish | 23 |
Haresh Chawla | 23 |
Rajesh Mane | 22 |
Kris Gopalakrishnan | 22 |
Archana Priyadarshini | 21 |
Ratan Tata | 21 |
Ritesh Agarwal | 21 |
Ankit Nagori | 20 |
Kunal Shah
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Investment focus
- Financial Services, FinTech, Internet
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- India, United States, Singapore
Portfolio highlights
- FirstClub — FirstClub's mission is to become a rapid commerce-first omnichannel retailer that uses offline experience stores to promote the quality of its items. FirstClub's goal is to create a platform that serves customers and offers brands a unique opportunity to connect with affluent homes.
- Lorien Finance — Lorien Finance is a cross-border FinTech platform providing affordable student loans and retail banking services to immigrants (students and temporary workers) moving to the US.
- Presentations.AI — Create stunning PowerPoint presentations in seconds with Presentations.AI - the ultimate AI presentation maker. Just type your idea and watch as we craft a professional PPT for you. Perfect for all: businesses, educators, and hobbyists. Dive in now, start for free!
Anupam started his entrepreneurial journey by founding People Group - A New Media & Entertainment group, which includes businesses such as Shaadi.com, Makaan.com, Mauj Mobile, and People Pictures. Today the group is recognized as one of the most innovative enterprises in the country. Besides his operational roles, Anupam is also one ofIndia's most active angel investors.He attended Boston College.
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Investment focus
- E-Commerce, Internet, Food and Beverage
- Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- India, United States, France
Portfolio highlights
- Gaon — Gaon delivers authentic Indian food flavors.
- HealthFab — Seen on Shark Tank India! Buy GoPadFree period panties & GopainFree Period relief cream online by HealthFab. Shop for best menstrual products!
- Bambinos Learning Solutions Pvt. Ltd. — Join bambinos.live - India's biggest platform to learn English and math for kids aged between 4-12 years.
Ramakant plays a central role in driving all technological innovations that form the backbone of Livspace while also leading our operations team. Before founding Livspace, Ramakant was a core team member and Vice President of Engineering at Myntra, a leading fashion eCommerce startup in India (acquired by Flipkart). Ramakant, graduated from IITKanpur, and holds an MBA from Indian School of Business, Hyderabad.
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Investment focus
- Financial Services, Internet, Software
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- India, United States, Singapore
Portfolio highlights
- Doodhvale — Doodhvale is a brand owned by Sanjeevani Dairy Farms Private Limited (Formerly known as Sanjeevani Dairy Farms LLP). Doodhvale is recognized as a startup by Department for the promotion of industry and internal trade, Minister of Commerce & Industry, Government of India. Doodhvale allows a customer to walk away from the doodhiya’s un-reliable& poor quality milk and also from the stale and processed milk of big dairy companies.Doodhvale not only delivers the high quality of fresh & pure cow milk but their innovative technology platform i.e. mobile app welcome an easy relaxed way of pausing milk supply for the day so or change quantity of milk required at any time etc. Customers can manage the entire milk calendar just in few seconds through doodhvale.com mobile app and track its milk delivery boy.The company currently operates in Delhi & NCR and has dairy products like Cow Milk, Buffalo Milk, Cow Ghee, Buffalo Ghee, Brown Bread, Taaza Dahi, etc. More than 10000 satisfied customers in Delhi, Noida, Gurgaon, Sonipat and Ghaziabad enjoying Doodhvale’s product every day and striding towards the chemical-free life.
- Truva — Truva is a proptech company that specializes in home buying and selling. We have deep expertise in Powai and provide an unparallel customer experience when it comes to buying apartments that are up for resale. We have multiple properties in Hiranandani, Lake Homes, Nahar and Raheja Vihar
- Beyond Appliances — Beyond Appliances want to create appliances that not only make your culinary adventures more accessible but also elevate your kitchen environment to a place where you will truly enjoy being.
Kunal is a technology entrepreneur and investor.
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Investment focus
- Internet, Software, E-Commerce
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- India, United States, Singapore
Portfolio highlights
- Burger Bae — We are a sustainable streetwear clothing brand. Our vision is to diminish the line between high end fashion and streetwear to create a more unified clothing line!
- Moderate — As seen on Shark Tank India. Clinically-backed formulas tested at AIIMS. Control post-meal sugar spikes, reduce glucose variability, reduce carb absorption and curb cravings with our science-backed, plant-based solutions for balanced energy and lasting wellness.
- Speed Kitchen — Speed Kitchen offers licensed, fully functional kitchens that are ready to use on a revenue-share basis. Its goal is to change the food and beverage business in India.
As part of the leadership team at Sequoia Capital India, Rajan is focusing on developing its early-stage program Surge, into the world's top scale-up program for startups by acting as an investment advisor and mentor to the programme's founders. Surge aims to engineer rapid early progress for startups, by enabling disproportionateaccess to capital, talent, network and decades of company-building knowledge. Rajan's deep understanding of technology, operating expertise and a track record of growing tech businesses across the region will help Surge's founders scale and build the businesses of tomorrow.Prior to Sequoia, as Head of Google India and Southeast Asia, Rajan played a key role in expanding the regions internet ecosystem while accelerating Google's innovation and growth units. He is also a prolific angel investor who has backed a large number of successful startups at very early stages. Rajan also led Microsoft and Dell in India and was earlier a Partner at McKinsey & Company in Chicago.
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Investment focus
- Software, E-Commerce, SaaS
- Seed, Angel, Series A
- India, United States, Singapore
Portfolio highlights
- Smytten — Smytten is an online discovery platform for premium products & services. Smytten also offers assisted shopping, and for the more advanced shopper, customised offers and ability to build their own wishlist for regular purchases.
- Omnify — Automate your business and simplify your life with Omnify's all-in-one online booking system that streamlines your operations through one simple dashboard.
- mirrAR — mirrAR your go to augmented reality company for ECommerce. Experience our platform, solutions & AR software. Transform shopping with augmented reality in E-commerce.
As part of the leadership team at Sequoia Capital India, Rajan is focusing on developing its early-stage program Surge, into the world's top scale-up program for startups by acting as an investment advisor and mentor to the programme's founders. Surge aims to engineer rapid early progress for startups, by enabling disproportionateaccess to capital, talent, network and decades of company-building knowledge. Rajan's deep understanding of technology, operating expertise and a track record of growing tech businesses across the region will help Surge's founders scale and build the businesses of tomorrow.Prior to Sequoia, as Head of Google India and Southeast Asia, Rajan played a key role in expanding the regions internet ecosystem while accelerating Google's innovation and growth units. He is also a prolific angel investor who has backed a large number of successful startups at very early stages. Rajan also led Microsoft and Dell in India and was earlier a Partner at McKinsey & Company in Chicago.
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Investment focus
- Software, E-Commerce, Artificial Intelligence
- Seed, Angel, Series A
- India, United States, Singapore
Portfolio highlights
- Smytten — Smytten is an online discovery platform for premium products & services. Smytten also offers assisted shopping, and for the more advanced shopper, customised offers and ability to build their own wishlist for regular purchases.
- Omnify — Automate your business and simplify your life with Omnify's all-in-one online booking system that streamlines your operations through one simple dashboard.
- mirrAR — mirrAR your go to augmented reality company for ECommerce. Experience our platform, solutions & AR software. Transform shopping with augmented reality in E-commerce.
Binny Bansal is an Indian software engineer and Internet entrepreneur. In 2007 he co-founded the e-commerce platform Flipkart with Sachin Bansal (not related) and was serving as the Chief Operating Officer until 11 January 2016 and was promoted to Chief Executive Officer. In January 2017 he was promoted to Group CEO of Flipkart. Binny is fromChandigarh and graduated from the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi with a degree in Computer Science and Engineering.
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Investment focus
- Software, Internet, E-Commerce
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- India, United States, Singapore
Portfolio highlights
- Curefoods — Curefoods democratizes access to food on a sustainable basis. They focus on operations management for cloud kitchens and the online food ordering market.
- BorderPlus — BorderPlus, a talent mobility platform connecting blue-collar workers to global opportunities and providing full support in financing.
- Sarla Aviation — We're developing India's most sophisticated eVTOL, driving innovation for widespread adoption in urban air mobility. Our focus is on creating an affordable, clean, and safe aerial travel experience, revolutionizing the way urban India moves.
Jitendra Gupta is the Founder of Jupiter.
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Investment focus
- Financial Services, FinTech, Payments
- Seed, Series A, Angel
- India, Singapore, United States
Portfolio highlights
- SiPay — Sipay is a next-generation financial technology company offering a comprehensive all-in-one financial services platform. It enables B2B, B2C, and Sipay as a Service (Embedded Finance) customers to address all their banking and financial needs without requiring any other partners.
- OTPless — Explore top-notch authentication solutions like WhatsApp, SMS or email-based Numeric codes and Magic Link with OTPless. High conversion, flexible integrations, and robust security features await you!
- CoinCRED Global — CoinCRED is a crypto exchange platform which has hundreds plus cryptocurrencies where traders can easily sell, buy, deposit and withdraw cryptocurrencies. It is a platform which gives more priority to safe and secure transactions with privacy. CoinCRED has been here for years for its known features like high speed low transaction fees P2P KYC24/7 customer support with such features, it is also known as a crypto investment platform where users can easily trade and earn profits through their user-friendly interface. From beginners to experienced, any investor or trader can begin their crypto journey with the most trusted platform, CoinCRED.
Rajesh is the co-founder and CEO of InnerChef and Super Angels.
He holds a bachelor's degree in electronic engineering from Delhi University, and a master's degree in management from Mumbai University.
He has also done a fellowship in 'Globalisation and Leadership' from the London School of Economics and Social Sciences.
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Investment focus
- Software, Artificial Intelligence, E-Commerce
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- India, United States, Singapore
Portfolio highlights
- Fambo — Fambo is a technology-based food service company that offers semi-processed foodstuffs to restaurants and cloud kitchens.
- CargoFL — CargoFL is a B2B logistics technology platform that offers transport management software for enterprises in retail, pharma, and manufacturing sectors. It provides a cloud-based enterprise resource planning platform that focuses on capturing the logistics market by digital technology, automates dispatches, consolidates truckers, and provides supplychain visibility and vehicle tracking.
- ProcureYard — ProcureYard aims to revolutionize B2B raw materials procurement by modernizing traditional processes with cutting-edge AI technology, creating a transparent and reliable marketplace that reduces costs and simplifies sourcing for businesses.
Rohit Bansal - Co-Founder @ Snapdeal
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Investment focus
- Internet, Software, E-Commerce
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- India, United States, Singapore
Portfolio highlights
- Legistify — Discover unparalleled legal management with our AI-powered platform, all-in-one solution for enterprise-level matter management, IPR, notices, and contracts
- Stable Money — Steady returns, untapped opportunities, and excellent long-term performance to aid your journey of wealth creation!
- Equal Identity — Equal Identity operates as an ID-sharing platform.
Sujeet Kumar - Co- Founder @ Udaan
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Investment focus
- Internet, E-Commerce, Software
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- India, Singapore, Kenya
Portfolio highlights
- Vidyut — Vidyut offers end-to-end solutions for purchase and financing to resale which provide superior economics on electric vehicles compared to petrol & diesel vehicles.
- GoRally — GoRally operates a pickleball chain.
- Pizza Wings — Pizza Wings is a pizza brand, known for fresh, high-quality pizzas and more, available for dine-in, takeout, or delivery.
Aman Gupta - Co Founder & CMO @ boAt
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Investment focus
- Food and Beverage, E-Commerce, Manufacturing
- Seed, Angel, Funding Round
- India, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Beautywise — Beautywise is a dermatology-led supplement brand with the purpose of empowering everyone to embrace unique beauty by embracing long-term, evidence-based treatments that operate from inside.
- Go Zero — Go Zero is an innovative ice cream company dedicated to provide deliciousness without guilt.
- Lorien Finance — Lorien Finance is a cross-border FinTech platform providing affordable student loans and retail banking services to immigrants (students and temporary workers) moving to the US.
Varun Alagh is based out of Gurgaon, Haryana, and is the Co-Founder, Chief Dad, and CEO of Honasa Consumer. Varun previously worked at The Coca-Cola Company as a Senior Brand Manager. Varun Alagh attended XLRI Jamshedpur.
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Investment focus
- E-Commerce, Health Care, Retail
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- India, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Ninecamp — Ninecamp is a food and beverage company. They anticipate creating new and unique brands with a strong emphasis on high-quality offerings in product, service, and design.
- Liquid Diamonds — Liquid Diamonds is a B2B online exchange for certified diamonds; think Nasdaq for diamonds.
- Circuit House Technologies — Lumio is an Indian consumer electronics brand specializing in smart TVs and other home entertainment products.
Arjun Vaidya is the Founder of Verinvest Corporation. Attended Brown University.
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Investment focus
- E-Commerce, Food and Beverage, Internet
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- India, United States
Portfolio highlights
- GoRally — GoRally operates a pickleball chain.
- Doodhvale — Doodhvale is a brand owned by Sanjeevani Dairy Farms Private Limited (Formerly known as Sanjeevani Dairy Farms LLP). Doodhvale is recognized as a startup by Department for the promotion of industry and internal trade, Minister of Commerce & Industry, Government of India. Doodhvale allows a customer to walk away from the doodhiya’s un-reliable& poor quality milk and also from the stale and processed milk of big dairy companies.Doodhvale not only delivers the high quality of fresh & pure cow milk but their innovative technology platform i.e. mobile app welcome an easy relaxed way of pausing milk supply for the day so or change quantity of milk required at any time etc. Customers can manage the entire milk calendar just in few seconds through doodhvale.com mobile app and track its milk delivery boy.The company currently operates in Delhi & NCR and has dairy products like Cow Milk, Buffalo Milk, Cow Ghee, Buffalo Ghee, Brown Bread, Taaza Dahi, etc. More than 10000 satisfied customers in Delhi, Noida, Gurgaon, Sonipat and Ghaziabad enjoying Doodhvale’s product every day and striding towards the chemical-free life.
- Dorje Teas — Dorje Teas sells only whole leaf Darjeeling Tea which has been plucked, packed and dispatched directly from certified Organic Selim Hill Tea Estate. We prepare the tea in small batches. It is our effort to revive and consolidate the beauty and romance of Darjeeling.
Vijay Shekhar Sharma is the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Paytm. He previously worked at India Today Group Online as a Tech head. Vijay Shekhar attended Delhi College of Engineering.
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Investment focus
- Internet, News, Software
- Seed, Funding Round, Angel
- India, United States, Singapore
Portfolio highlights
- Yoho — Yoho manufactures orthopaedic lightweight footwear.
- Naxatra Labs — Light, Efficient, Powerful Made in India motors and controllers for Electric Vehicles
- Presentations.AI — Create stunning PowerPoint presentations in seconds with Presentations.AI - the ultimate AI presentation maker. Just type your idea and watch as we craft a professional PPT for you. Perfect for all: businesses, educators, and hobbyists. Dive in now, start for free!
Amrish Rau is the CEO of Pine Labs.
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Investment focus
- Financial Services, FinTech, Payments
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- India, Singapore, Indonesia
Portfolio highlights
- SiPay — Sipay is a next-generation financial technology company offering a comprehensive all-in-one financial services platform. It enables B2B, B2C, and Sipay as a Service (Embedded Finance) customers to address all their banking and financial needs without requiring any other partners.
- Amica Finance — Jupiter's consumer-focused neo-banking startup Amica Finance operates as an NBFC non-banking finance company.
- Jupiter — Getting access to Jupiter before others. 100% digital banking with no pain. Zero balance accounts, no hidden fees. Master your money, reap rewards on Jupiter app - partnered with an RBI licensed bank for max trust.
Gaurav Munjal is the Co-Founder and CEO at Unacademy.
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Investment focus
- Internet, Health Care, Apps
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- India, Singapore, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Snabbit — Snabbit is a platform that connects people who want to help with housework. Snabbit provides an application for finding information on professionals in household duties, allowing users to acquire rapid and dependable domestic assistance in just a few minutes.
- BiteSpeed — Drive 10% of your Shopify store's revenue from WhatsApp & FB Messenger. Recover abandoned carts, send promotional & shipping messages. Trusted by 1500+ brands!
- infinyte.club — The ultimate wealth product for intelligent investors: track your net worth, manage public and private market investments & grow wealth across traditional & new-age assets.
Peyush Bansal is the Co-Founder, Chief Executive, and People Officer of Lenskart. He attended McGill University.
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Investment focus
- E-Commerce, Food and Beverage, Artificial Intelligence
- Seed, Angel, Funding Round
- India, United States, France
Portfolio highlights
- Sudathi — Sudathi is a clothing brand that offers the best and latest fashion accessible to all offering outstanding service at affordable prices.
- HealthFab — Seen on Shark Tank India! Buy GoPadFree period panties & GopainFree Period relief cream online by HealthFab. Shop for best menstrual products!
- Hair Originals — Hair is India's first luxury hair extension and wig brand, offering 100 percent natural Indian human hair.
Aprameya loves singing romantic songs and is the quintessential dreamer who doesn’t fear to experiment. He used to be the Head of Business Development for PDS at Jones Lang LaSalle India where he spent almost 3 years post his graduation from IIM Ahmedabad. He has worked at Infosys and has an Electronics engineering degree from NITK Surthkal andif all this has made you think he’s a geek, ask his close friends and they would say otherwise!
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Investment focus
- Internet, Software, Apps
- Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- India, Croatia, Singapore
Portfolio highlights
- GoodGudi — GoodGudi is a Lifestyle retail shopping destination. Our Stores sell Travel Accessories, Fashion Accessories, Home Improvement products, Toys and Cosmetics
- Basil — Lunch has never been so fun! India's first stainless steel & leakproof bento lunch boxes and insulated water bottles! Designed for today's kids and the child in you!
- Evolved Foods — Evolved Foods is a sustainable eatery manufacturing company that designs and delivers plant based proteins and edible nutritional products.
Abhishek Goyal is a Co-Founder at Tracxn. He attended the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur.
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Investment focus
- Retail, E-Commerce, Financial Services
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- India
Portfolio highlights
- GoRally — GoRally operates a pickleball chain.
- True Diamond — Exquisite SOLITAIRES - SAVE BIG | Lifetime Buyback & Exchange | FREE All-India delivery | FREE 1 year jewellery Insurance | Sustainable & conflict free Lab grown diamond jewellery made using Type IIa CVD diamonds | Designs from daily wear to bridal jewellery | IGI / GIA / SGL / BIS Hallmark Certifications available.
- Tractorfactory — Tractor Factory is the most trusted way of buying and selling used tractors. Choose from over 40 fully inspected second hand tractor models A used tractor can be a valuable investment for farmers and landowners looking for reliable equipment at a lower cost. Buying a used tractor allows individuals to access high-quality machinery that has been tested in the field, often at a fraction of the price of a new one. Many used tractors are still in excellent condition, with routine maintenance ensuring they remain fully operational for years. Tractor Factory is the most trusted way of buying and selling used tractors. For more detail visit our website or contact us 8821986673
Looking for - Passionate founders looking to target a market with tremendous future potential and stands to be disrupted by a new entrant. Crucial that the product / service is not easily replicable and the domain expertise of the company is a deterrent to fresh entrants.Keen interest in - Clean Technology, Consumer Internet, EnterpriseSoftware, Health Care, Mobile, SaaSSkills - Angel Investing, Financial Modelling & Valuation, Information Technology, Portfolio Management, Risk Management
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Investment focus
- Apps, Financial Services, Software
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- India, United States, Indonesia
Portfolio highlights
- Supply6 — Supply6 is the perfect balance of the 6 essential micro and macro nutrients in one wholesome meal.
- Ninecamp — Ninecamp is a food and beverage company. They anticipate creating new and unique brands with a strong emphasis on high-quality offerings in product, service, and design.
- Alt Carbon — Alt Carbon operates as a climate tech platform.
Vineeta Singh is the Co-founder & CEO of SUGAR Cosmetics, India's fastest growing beauty brand which has clocked in 100+ Crores revenue in just its 5th fiscal year, with a distribution network of 2500+ branded retail outlets in more than 130 cities. She is a TEDx Speaker and alumnus of IIT Madras and IIM Ahmedabad. She is also a triathleteand ultramarathoner.
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Investment focus
- Food and Beverage, E-Commerce, Food Processing
- Seed, Angel, Debt Financing
- India
Portfolio highlights
Anand Chandrasekaran is a Partner at General Catalyst. He previously worked at Facebook and attended Stanford University.
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Investment focus
- Software, E-Commerce, SaaS
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- India, United States, Singapore
Portfolio highlights
- Jupiter — Jupiter is a grocery automation service that takes care of the shopping, delivery, and even meal-planning.
- OpsLyft — The only cloud management platform that focuses on providing actionable insights for technology and financial leaders.
- Fold Health — Crafting the building blocks of modern primary care
Alok is Co-founder and CEO of Indifi, India's leading full-stack platform for enabling debt financing for small businesses. Alok is also an active angel investor, co-founder of Indian Angel Network, and on the board of TiE (The Indus Entrepreneurs) Delhi. Prior to starting Indifi, Alok setup and ran Canaan Partners' venture investmentbusiness. Earlier, Alok co-founded JobsAhead.com, a leading web-based recruitment business in India.Alok earned a BE in computer science and engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi and a MS in computer science from UC Berkeley.
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Investment focus
- Internet, Marketplace, E-Commerce
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- India, Singapore
Portfolio highlights
- Helium — Helium handles the front end, and Shopify is the back end for Helium's headless solution. Your current Shopify integrations, apps, and data will continue to function flawlessly.
- DigitalPaani — DigitalPaani builds cutting-edge IoT and digital management tools that redesign wastewater operations.
- leap.club — we are a powerful and private network of women leaders.
Nimesh is the Founding Partner at 108 Capital, a Growth-stage venture fund partnering with founders building digital-first, scalable and sustainable businesses. Prior, Nimesh was the cofounder at trica, a full-stack technology platform for growth-stage investments and equity management. He has been an avid Investor in private markets and is alsofounding venture partner for India’s first $100Mn revenue based financing fund N+1 Capital and also advisor & Board member of Campus Fund – 1st dorm fund in India
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Investment focus
- Financial Services, E-Commerce, Artificial Intelligence
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- India, United States, Singapore
Portfolio highlights
- Seekho — Seekho is a membership-based career accelerator platform. Start your 30-day trial and get unlimited access to Live Workshops, Courses, Certifications, Community to build your career in Product Management, Consulting, Finance, Analytics, Digital Marketing.
- Koinbasket — KoinBasket lets you invest in diversified cryptocurrency portfolios and indexes with Bitcoin, Ethereum, Altcoins and DeFi tokens on Binance, Coinbase and Huobi.
- Intents Mobi — Mobile analytics, Logistics, Transportation, Fleet Management, Data Analytics
Maninder Gulati joined Lightspeed Advisory Services India in 2012. He brings over eight years of operating, business building, entrepreneurship and consulting experience to the firm.Prior to Lightpseed, Maninder was an Associate at McKinsey & Company. At McKinsey, Maninder worked on several growth strategy and implementation engagementsacross various sectors including financial services, organized retail, digital music, data centers and building security/automation.Before McKinsey, Maninder co-founded a voice based life-streaming platform – lifeinlines.com, which allowed users to create a digital diary of their life. Prior to this entrepreneurial venture, Maninder worked at ITC Limited, India’s largest FMCG company. At ITC, Maninder was a part of the core team that launched ITC’s personal care business and he spearheaded key organization transformation initiatives such as Six-sigma for the tobacco business.Maninder graduated with a Dual degree (B.Tech and M.Tech) in Chemical Engineering from IIT Bombay, where he held key leadership positions including that of Head of ‘The Entrepreneurship Cell’. He holds an MBA from ISB, Hyderabad, where he was a part of the Dean and Merit list.
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Investment focus
- Internet, E-Commerce, Software
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- India, Singapore, United States
Portfolio highlights
- altM — altM is an alternate materials company on a mission to develop the future of materials to reduce carbon footprint and improve circularity in their supply chain.
- Jodaro — Jodaro operates as an intermediary for trade that links customers and manufacturers directly.
- Finsire — Finsire Modern finances to embrace your financial desires
Namita Thapar is an Executive Director at Emcure Pharmaceuticals. She previously worked as a senior manager at Abbott. She attended Duke University's Fuqua School of Business.
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Investment focus
- Food and Beverage, Health Care, Manufacturing
- Seed, Angel, Funding Round
- India
Portfolio highlights
- Symbionic — Symbionic is a developer of high-tech and affordable bionics for people with missing limbs. Through high-tech but low-cost bionics, it aims to help people with limb differences achieve functional independence and confidence. It also hopes to make assistive technology more widely available to the general public.
- Go Zero — Go Zero is an innovative ice cream company dedicated to provide deliciousness without guilt.
- The Bear House — The Bear House specializes in men's apparel, offering a range of stylish and affordable clothing options. The company focuses on creating fashion for curious men, with a particular emphasis on fine shirts suitable for work. The Bear House also features a curated collection of shoes and loafers, blending comfort and fashion. The companyoperates an online store where customers can explore and purchase their products.
Kishore Ganji is the Angel Investor & Mentor at Astir Ventures.
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Investment focus
- E-Commerce, Health Care, Software
- Seed, Angel, Funding Round
- India, United States, Bangladesh
Portfolio highlights
- Lal10 — Lal10 enables creative manufacturing MSMEs to easily digitize, manage and sell their inventories for cross-border wholesale. Lal10 is Shopify + Alibaba for Indian MSMEs. Small manufacturers use Lal10’s Karigar application to digitize physical inventories which are available for RFQs on our global wholesale platform. We are creating a maker’srevolution by digitizing micro and small manufacturers to take their creative products to global markets. India has over 1.2mn such MSMEs involved in the manufacturing of apparel, home furnishings, decor products. We have digitized 30k SKUs to date and are the largest vertical platform for MSMEs for cross-border wholesale in India. Post pandemic layers of middlemen/ export houses and traditional channels of sales like exhibitions have been disrupted. We have created an efficient alternative with innovative technology-led solutions catering to these large and untapped supplies. We are seeing strong organic adoption of technology for quick market access by local manufacturers and pandemic has only accelerated its requirement. We believe that the future of retail is local. We are targeting small & medium-sized buyers in the US, UK, and Middle east using efficient data analytics and aggressive marketing. We provide them the benefits of a big-box retailer, i.e. affordable sourcing, contemporary design curation & assortment of products. These buyers are resellers on Amazon, Etsy, or Mom & Pop shops, Private labels, and have traditionally been only dependent tradeshows.
- Teleport — Planning a trip? Say goodbye to visa hassles with Teleport! We've made applying for visas online super easy. Explore our site now to get started now!
- Monitra Healthcare — Monitra Healthcare is a Hyderabad based med-tech company developing solutions that capture cardiac events anytime anywhere. Our products detect cardiac arrhythmias and cardiovascular disease at real-time for pre-emptive treatments. Cardiac monitoring is widely used to identify heart disease, to monitor cardiac activity before and after surgery andother cardiac procedures, and to assess the effects of therapeutic drugs on cardiac activity. The Company’s vision is to dramatically reduce the effects of heart disease by making monitoring and pre-emptive cardiac care a seamless part of everyday life.
Girish Mathrubootham is the CEO and Founder at Freshworks. Girish Mathrubootham attended University of Madras.
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Investment focus
- Software, SaaS, Information Technology
- Seed, Angel, Series A
- India, United States, Singapore
Portfolio highlights
- HuddleUp — HuddleUp is an AI-based team culture platform empowering Managers to boost team engagement & productivity using conversational AI, personalised learnings & peer connections. Build engaged, high-performing remote teams with HuddleUp. Book a demo now!
- NocoDB — NocoDB is an open-source Airtable alternative that transforms existing databases into a smart spreadsheet. The company was founded in 2021 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California, United States.
- Presentations.AI — Create stunning PowerPoint presentations in seconds with Presentations.AI - the ultimate AI presentation maker. Just type your idea and watch as we craft a professional PPT for you. Perfect for all: businesses, educators, and hobbyists. Dive in now, start for free!
Phanindra Sama is the Advisor of WestBridge Capital. He previously worked at redBus as a Founder and CEO. Phanindra Sama attended Stanford University.
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- Internet, Health Care, SaaS
- Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- India, United States, Singapore
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- Bitsila — Bitsila is an software company that allows retail shops to start and grow business through online platform.
- Punt Partners — Punt Partners is a company that provides marketing technology services. It provides results through the use of proprietary data, technology, and services.
- Billion Hearts — Did you sign-up for our beta launch?
Lalit Keshre is the Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Groww.
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- Financial Services, Health Care, FinTech
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- India, Singapore
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- FirstClub — FirstClub's mission is to become a rapid commerce-first omnichannel retailer that uses offline experience stores to promote the quality of its items. FirstClub's goal is to create a platform that serves customers and offers brands a unique opportunity to connect with affluent homes.
- Truva — Truva is a proptech company that specializes in home buying and selling. We have deep expertise in Powai and provide an unparallel customer experience when it comes to buying apartments that are up for resale. We have multiple properties in Hiranandani, Lake Homes, Nahar and Raheja Vihar
- Theranautilus Private Limited — Theranautilus, is a nanorobotics company, translating the result of a decade of research and development in nanorobotics from laboratory to clinics. We are a hardware company specializing in instruments for fabricating nanorobots, safe deployment of nanorobots in living systems, and mechanisms to maneuver them to their target inside the bodyremotely.
Suhail Sameer Attended Chief Executive OfficerChief BharatPe . Suhail Sameer Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow.
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- E-Commerce, FinTech, Fashion
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- India, United States
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- VECROS — VECROS is a robotics company that provides industrial inspections at scale using computer vision and autonomous systems. The company's drone agnostic operating system JETPIX aims to solve the issues of drone operations. Jetpix is an AI and computer vision-based system that can auto scan a large area and generate anomaly reports on the go. Theusers can secure their infrastructure very quickly with just a click of a button and nothing else.
- Nuuk — Out with the old, in with the NUUK! Welcome to Nuuk, where the cool vibes of Greenland's capital inspire our line of home and kitchen appliances.
- Zeelab Pharmacy — Zeelab Pharmacy brings to you a high quality affordable generic medicines delivered to your doorstep with ecommerce & network of over 200+ stores in India.
KRS Jamwal is Executive Director, Tata Industries, and is responsible for the incubation of new ventures, as well as investments made by Tata Industries in new businesses and start-ups. Mr Jamwal is on the board of three other Tata companies – Advinus Therapeutics, where he serves as chairman of the board, Tata Advanced Materials, and TataUniStore. He is also a member on the board of Flisom AG and Apex Investments (Mauritius) Holding.
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- Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology, Software
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- India
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- Dr. Paws — Dr. Paws is a brand specializing in premium pet care products. It offers solutions designed to enhance the health and well-being of pets.
- PlaySuper — PlaySuper is the core values of a mobile app or game and used to see in product page and should convey the app’s purpose and benefits.PlaySuper is building commerce in games, specifically focusing on revolutionizing in-game commerce by enabling gaming studios to integrate rewards and brands to reach gaming audiences
- IntelloSync — IntelloSync offers bespoke solutions to address the particular difficulties of B2B organizations. With Intellosync in place, you can leverage the power of data analytics and AI to eliminate repetitive tasks, human errors, and security risks.
Doctor turned Entrepreneur, Investor, Speaker & Philanthropist.
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- Software, Information Technology, SaaS
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
- India, United States, Kenya
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- BiteSpeed — Drive 10% of your Shopify store's revenue from WhatsApp & FB Messenger. Recover abandoned carts, send promotional & shipping messages. Trusted by 1500+ brands!
- SaveSage Club — SaveSage helps you maximise rewards and discounts from your credit cards and loyalty programs
- First Coffee — Discover the best specialty coffee in India with our range of single origin Arabica beans and exclusive merchandise. Shop online at First Coffee for freshly roasted, quality blends.
entrepreneur and investor in tech start-ups, crypto and public markets. Founded a fintech company, and was a part of the Investment Team of Lumis Partners (PeopleStrong, TalentEdge, Sheroes etc). Headed Startup Programs for Facebook for South Asia & India. Early backer of companies like Plum (health insurance for SME employees), Clickpost(logistics tech), Rupifi (credit for SMEs), WorkApps (Enterprise Collaboration), Chingari (Social Video), Kutumb (social communities for Bharat), DelightChat (customer support for D2C brands), 10Club (D2C e-commerce), UrbanYogi (mental health)
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- Internet, FinTech, Apps
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- India, Singapore, South Korea
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- OnFinance AI — AI Agents to simplify, streamline, and strengthen your regulatory processes. We currently support regulators like SEBI, RBI, SEC, FINRA, FCA, SAMA, MAS, AMFI.
- Thermoflyde — Refractory
- leap.club — we are a powerful and private network of women leaders.
Ashneer Grover is the CEO and Co-Founder of BharatPe. He previously worked at PC Jeweller Ltd as a Head Of New Business. Ashneer Grover attended Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi.
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- Financial Services, FinTech, Internet
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- India, United States, France
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- TigerPay — TigerPay allows card payments instantly from your smartphone and is reshaping payment solutions for Small and Medium Enterprises.
- Lorien Finance — Lorien Finance is a cross-border FinTech platform providing affordable student loans and retail banking services to immigrants (students and temporary workers) moving to the US.
- Zippee — ZFW Dark Stores enables 30 Min, 2 Hour, & Same-Day deliveries for E-commerce brands through next-gen fulfillment, network of dark stores, & last-mile infrastructure across India. This capital-light approach is helping brands like Epigamia, Unilever, Rage Coffee, NOTO, and Baskin Robbins expand without upfront capital, overheads, &headaches.Our platform integrates seamlessly with all industry platforms to provide brands with complete visibility into supply-chain ops & customers: significantly improving customer loyalty, RTOs, & costs.E-commerce is becoming increasingly competitive with shifting brand loyalties. Stay ahead of the curve & be closer to your customers by offering them super-fast deliveries.If you're a D2C brand in India that wants to boost profitability & customer experiences- reach out & say hi!
Rohit Chanana - Founder and Managing Partner @ Sarcha Advisors
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- Health Care, Broadcasting, Electric Vehicle
- Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- India
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- Vgenomics — Your partner in newborn healthcare and diagnosis for rare diseases, your partner in whole genome and exome research.
- BatX Energies — BatX Energies is the India's largest Lithium(Li) Ion Battery Recycling Company which produces battery grade materials to create eco-friendly sustainable energy source.
- goStops — goSTOPS offers best option for backpackers or youth solo adventurers tour traveller cheap hostel stay room booking online in india. We are a chain of backpacker hostels accommodation that strives to provide social stays & experiential travels at every step for a youth tourism.
Nitin Gupta is a Founder and CEO at Uni.
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- Financial Services, FinTech, Software
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- India, Singapore
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- Nected — Automate your backend flows, logics & experiments quickly within minutes using Nected's Rule Engine, Workflow automation & Experimentation Engine. Accelerate your innovation & growth. Highly Scalable, performing and customizable to adapt to any business needs and scale.
- HealthCred — HealthCred offers financial solutions tailored to the needs of India's healthcare ecosystem. The company specializes in providing working capital to healthcare stakeholders such as hospitals, medical device manufacturers, drug manufacturers, distributors, and importers. HealthCred's services are designed to stabilize cash flows withoutrequiring equity dilution, ensuring that healthcare providers can continue their operations smoothly. With a process that promises capital availability within 72 hours, HealthCred addresses the urgent financial needs of its clients efficiently.
- Finarkein Analytics — Finarkein Analytics offers no-code workflow orchestration and data analytics platform for digital platforms.
Vidit Aatrey is Founder and CEO at Meesho. He previously worked at InMobi as a Strategy. Vidit Aatrey attended the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi.
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- Internet, Education, E-Commerce
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- India, Kenya, Sweden
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- Snabbit — Snabbit is a platform that connects people who want to help with housework. Snabbit provides an application for finding information on professionals in household duties, allowing users to acquire rapid and dependable domestic assistance in just a few minutes.
- Bluelearn — Find co-founders & teammates, apply to gigs, learn new skills, and meet passionate people.
- infinyte.club — The ultimate wealth product for intelligent investors: track your net worth, manage public and private market investments & grow wealth across traditional & new-age assets.
Amit Lakhotia is the GM Paytm Wallet at Paytm.
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- Information Technology, Internet, Financial Services
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- India, United States
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- ELIVAAS — Discover exclusive Luxury Villas for short rentals. Find the perfect vacation homes or weekend homes. Book your dream homestay with us today!
- Kredmint — Explore Kredmint's financial solutions, including business loans, Working capital loans, term loan, Embedded Finance,supply chain finance, trade finance and invoice discounting. We offer tailored funding options to support your business growth.
- HealthCred — HealthCred offers financial solutions tailored to the needs of India's healthcare ecosystem. The company specializes in providing working capital to healthcare stakeholders such as hospitals, medical device manufacturers, drug manufacturers, distributors, and importers. HealthCred's services are designed to stabilize cash flows withoutrequiring equity dilution, ensuring that healthcare providers can continue their operations smoothly. With a process that promises capital availability within 72 hours, HealthCred addresses the urgent financial needs of its clients efficiently.
Mohandas Pai - Co-Founder and Chairman @ Aarin Capital
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- E-Commerce, Education, Information Technology
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- India, United States, Singapore
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- ToneTag — Discover our world-class soundwave-based Merchant Payment Solution, Toll Plaza Payment Solution, Contactless Payment Solution, IVR Payment Solution to transform your business.
- TripFactory — TripFactory, India's Largest Holiday Store provides the largest selection of holiday packages globally. You can book holidays online or with help of a expert.
- Invact Metaversity — Upgrade your career with Invact's specialized analyst programs. Learn financial modeling, data analysis, and business insights through hands-on training. Build in-demand skills for a competitive edge in today's job market.
Revant Bhate is Chief Executive Officer at Mosaic Wellness.
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- E-Commerce, Health Care, Retail
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- India, United States
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- Bidso — Bidso is a tech enabled contract manufacturer for outdoor toys. We make it easy & reliable for brands to source from Indian manufacturers.
- ofScale — ofScale operates as a distribution-as-a-service platform.
- Dil Foods — Dil Foods is a creator of a platform for food services aimed at small- to medium-sized independent restaurants and food enterprises. The company's business offers an authentic regional cuisine experience to a variety of different Indian palates as well as training, packaging, and marketing services to privately owned small restaurants, givingcustomers a remarkable dining experience while also empowering local food enterprises.
Aakrit Vaish is the co-founder and CEO of Haptik, who pioneered the wave of conversational AI starting back in 2013. Today, Haptik is one of the world's largest companies in the space with offices in New York, Los Angeles, Mumbai, Singapore, and clients that include names such as KFC, Starhub, Zurich Insurance, Ola Cabs, Hotstar, Oyo Rooms,Kotak Life. In April 2019, Reliance Industries acquired the majority shareholding in the company in a $100 million transaction, making Haptik one of the highest valued AI companies globally. Outside of Haptik, Aakrit is an investor in startups in the areas of consumer/consumer tech and B2B SaaS. Notable investments include Unacademy (valued at >$200 million), Pepper Content, Park+, Flat White Capital, Third Wave Coffee, Ayoconnect, Boxhub, Dataweave, Haikujam (Ligthtbox backed), Flatchat (sold to Commonfloor in 2014), Tookitaki, Dil Mil, Ayopop, iON Energy, Talent Litmus, among others.Prior to Haptik,Aakrit was an early member of the team at Flurry, one of the world's largest mobile analytics and advertising platforms, acquired by Yahoo in 2014. Aakrit received his BS in Industrial Engineering from the University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign and was named as a contender to the Forbes India 30 under 30 list in 2015.
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- Internet, E-Commerce, Health Care
- Seed, Angel, Series A
- India, Canada, Indonesia
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- Creativefuel — Priorities brands should use Meme MarketingThis appropriate engagement that meme marketing brings out of the major reason why brands should use our meme marketing to advertise with us. Let’s target more folded advantages that Meme Marketing will have over any of its relative threshold counterparts.Here are 4 reasons why many advertisingbrands should use meme marketing over other basic methods of advert:1. Meme’s deliver by creative fuel out staged campaign eternal proven better engage rate than promoted avert on a social media If you, done a paid campaign to engage your result page, to optimized your ad result but, always track’ when you look at the engagement result and stats.2. If you are meme jacking do enclosed a disclaimer for your event, have an advantage over any other creatives that you always make a creative. Reason: The meme is already viral and ensures engaged you sour if you put your message through it in the right manner (WE CAN HELP). Whereas, if you produce a traditional Ad, it definitely cannot compete with the engagement rate of a meme’s.3. Brand major-related wings invest their major chunk of brand banner for advertising thinking there will be a brand awareness campaign containing social lead if nothing else. Campaign results may be right, but why limit the scope have just brand awareness when you can generate lead brands outsourced directly. People off, they relate with their meme post so well that it leaves a lasting impression of the brand page on them and initiates a Return a page conversation for the internet community standard organization.Often companies/brands have this reaction when ROI (return on investment) for their online campaign yields poor results:4. People spend time on the internet to consume good content as well as to skip brand communications. This is because they bring along them a FUZZ factor. Whereas, if the same message snippet can be delivered via meme in such a way that the person related enjoys looking at it. Well, it does look like an idea.What meme marketing feels like in Meme’s Marketing:A question might arise… What happens even if we create a Meme, Our Brand ‘awesome Handle in a million followers (Axis number) what trend’s follow and target out followers Meme Marketing related is not about linked posting Memes on your Brand Handle, All the Memes produced are seed’s on Social media via Meme Pages. These Meme Pages have their own massive and target audience and hence the idea is to leverage out that attention.
- The Yarn Bazaar — The Yarn Bazaar is a modern, efficient, and transparently managed marketplace for yarn buyers and sellers to discover real-time yarn prices, information, and market trends.
- GrayQuest — GrayQuest Education Finance Pvt. Ltd provides Parents and Students with the most convenient and easiest option to pay fees to their Institute.
Haresh Chawla - Partner @ True North
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- Internet, Software, Education
- Seed, Angel, Series A
- India, United States
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- FastJobs.io — FastJobs.io envisions a world in which job hunting is completely stress-free and convenient.
- Onmove — Zast is a high speed long distance trucking aggregator enabled through technology.
- Adaptive — Privileged access management for infrastructure resources including Kubernetes clusters, VMs, databases, data warehouses and more, without compromising on security
An active investor in early stage startups across technology & CPG.
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- Internet, Mobile, Fashion
- Seed
- India, United States
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- Orbo.ai — Orbo.ai provide contextual information and become a gateway to the world and not just stay limited to computational photography through our deep learning technology based solutions.Orbo’s face tracking technology can be implemented across devices to identify human emotions, transformative & augmented effects as well as one can build enhancedcamera centric applications.
- LiquiLoans — LiquiLoans is a company uses technology to match borrowers and lenders and in the process eliminates the margin which is charged by traditional banks and NBFCs, thus, making borrowing cheaper and investing a more lucrative opportunity as compared to traditional investment avenues.
- Impact Guru — ImpactGuru is a No.1 crowdfunding platform in India offering fundraising solutions for medical treatments, emergencies, NGOs & startups. Start a crowdfunding campaign now!
Gopalakrishnan (Kris to his colleagues) is one of the founders of Infosys Technologies Limited. As Chief Executive Officer, he plays a key role in defining the company strategy and using technology and innovation continuously to maintain its leadership in the industry.On June 22, 2007, Kris took over from Nandan M. Nilekani as the CEO andManaging Director of Infosys Technologies Limited. Kris previously served as Chief Operating Officer (since April 2002), and as the President and Joint Managing Director (since August 2006). His responsibilities included customer services, technology, investments and acquisitions.Kris' initial responsibilities at Infosys included management of design, development, implementation and support of information systems for clients in the consumer products industry in the U.S. Between 1987 and 1994, he headed the technical operations of KSA/Infosys (a joint venture between Infosys and KSA at Atlanta, U.S.) as Vice President (Technical). In 1994, Kris returned to India and was appointed Deputy Managing Director of the company.Kris is currently the Chairman of the Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management (IIITM), Kerala, and Vice Chairman of the Board for Information Technology Education Standards (BITES) set up by the Government of Karnataka. Kris is the Vice Chairman of the Confederation of Indian Industries(CII) Southern Regional Council. He is also a member of ACM, IEEE and IEEE Computer Society.Kris holds a master's degree in Physics and Computer Science from the Indian Institute of Technology Madras.
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- E-Commerce, Artificial Intelligence, Software
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- India, United States, Singapore
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- Vahdam Teas — Vahdam Teas is among the world’s first vertically integrated online-first tea brands that sources premium garden fresh teas. Established in 2015, Vahdam Teas have been already shipped to 76 countries with USA, Russia, and Europe being its top markets. The team shares a passionate vision to create India’s first home-grown global tea brand byleveraging technology.Vahdam Teas is a New Delhi-based company.
- JetSynthesys — Our aim is to build world class digital products, platforms and services in India, with a goal of impacting the daily digital lives of 1.3 Billion Indians. A billion+ reaching for their mobiles, we reach them through our products.
- Planys Technologies — Planys Technologies is an IIT Madras incubated company that provides submersible robotic inspection and survey solutions using Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROVs). Planys has its head office in Chennai where it indigenously designs and manufactures compact ROVsPlanys brings world class technology and cutting-edge innovations in underwaterrobotics and diagnostics in the shallow-mid depth segment. Planys’ technology spans the domains of marine robotics, advanced Non-Destructive Evaluation (NDE), and post-inspection analysis. Planys provides a holistic service offering to customers through a design level fusion of ROV manufacture, operations and structural diagnostics. Planys is the first and currently the only OEM of ROVs in the Indian Sub-continent.Planys was founded by IIT Madras alumni and faculty who have been working together on various projects since 2012.
Archana Priyadarshini is the Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Forward Slash Capital. She previously worked at PointOne Capital Fund 1 as a General Partner. Archana Priyadarshini attended Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur.
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- SaaS, Information Technology, Financial Services
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- India, United States, Canada
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- Threado AI — Threado is the command centre for your online community. Measure engagement, get detailed insights and automate your operational tasks. Get early access!
- Exprto Live — Exprto connects students directly with the IIT-JEE and NEET recent year toppers for personal guidance.
- Metastable Materials — Metastable Materials which extract metals from end-of-life Lithium-ion batteries.
Ratan Tata is the Founder and Managing Director of RNT Associates.
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- E-Commerce, Internet, Health Care
- Funding Round, Seed, Series A
- India, United States, Singapore
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- GOQii — GOQii is headquartered in California with offices in Mumbai and Shenzhen. It is dedicated to enabling a permanent shift to a healthier lifestyle with the combination of advanced wearable technology, the world's leading experts, coaches and karma. GOQii focuses on sustained engagement & goal reinforcement and offers a complete ecosystem asa single integrated solution, which is a powerful combination of technology and human connection. GOQii is a collaboration of some of the world's leading experts and an amazing management team who are driven by a passion for healthy sustainable living, and who believe that all of us contain boundless potential. GOQii's goal is to enable millions of people across the world to "be the force" by helping them unleash their untapped potential.
- Repos energy — Repos energy is a e-commerce of Fuel to move towards a carbon neutral future.
- Goodfellows — Goodfellows aims to offer companionship to lonely senior citizens.
Ritesh Agarwal is the Founder and Group Chief Executive Officer of OYO. He attended St. Johns Senior Secondary School.
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- Food and Beverage, E-Commerce, Food Processing
- Seed, Funding Round, Series A
- India, Singapore, Japan
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- Earthful — Earthful provides 100% Plant-based nutrition supplements, with unique formulations available in India for the very first time, where vitamins and minerals are sourced solely from Plants.
- Tribalveda — Discover Tribalveda's premium jamun products, ethically sourced by tribal women. From frozen fruits, jamun jam, jamun strips, jamun shots, jamun cubes to wellness teas, our preservative-free products empower India's tribal communities. Trusted by 1Lakh+ customers.
- Trajectory Travel Accessories — We are India's leading manufacturers in sleeping bags, neck pillows, passport holders, air pillows and messenger bags category. We take all kinds of bulk order requests be it corporate gifting, exporting or reselling. Our travel products are loved by all our B2B clients.Moreover, Trajectory is the leading travel accessories brand on multipleonline marketplaces like Amazon, Flipkart etc. since 5 years serving close to 3.5 lakh customers across India.
Ankit N. is the founder at Curefoods. Attended Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati.
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- Software, Food and Beverage, Wellness
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- India, Singapore, United States
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- FirstClub — FirstClub's mission is to become a rapid commerce-first omnichannel retailer that uses offline experience stores to promote the quality of its items. FirstClub's goal is to create a platform that serves customers and offers brands a unique opportunity to connect with affluent homes.
- ZenStatement — ZenStatement is a economic automation and cash flow monitoring platform.
- House of Chikankari — House of Chikankari is a fashion company offering hand-embroidered chikankari kurtas, kurtis, palazzos, and dupattas for women and men.
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