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Top 40 Art Startup Investors in India in November 2024

Last updated: Nov 2024 A list of 40 angel investors and VC (Venture Capital) funds that invest in Art startups based in India. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Art companies from India. We update this investor list every month.

Top 40 Art Startup Investors in India in November 2024

Investor	Art India investments
LetsVenture	3
Sidharth Rao	2
Vallabh Bhanshali	1
Elevar Equity	1
Prashant Malik	1
Ashish Jagtiani	1
Gul Tekchandani	1
SHAREit	1
Empower Investment	1
Sid Khanna	1
Deep Kalra	1
Dr. Ganesh Natarajan	1
Rajesh Sawhney	1
Binny Bansal	1
Vivek Khare	1
Sudesh Samaria	1
Nish Bhutani	1
Rajan Navani	1
Times Internet	1
SAIF Partners	1
Vivek Mulchandani	1
Mukul Singhal	1
Vivek Shah	1
Archna Chandra	1
China Merchants Venture Capital	1
Anuj Chowdhary	1
Vikas Taneja	1
Ambarish Gupta	1
Prashant Tandon	1
Amit Ranjan	1
Naveen Tewari	1
Cyrus Guzder	1
Electronic Soul Ventures	1
Virtu Propdeal	1
JITO Angel Network	1
Sachin Bhatia	1
Natarajan Iyer	1
Gaurav Agarwal	1
Vikram Saxena	1
Longying Network	1

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Investment focus

E-Commerce, Software, Internet
Seed, Series A, Angel
India, United States, Italy

Portfolio highlights

NAYAN — NAYAN visual AI monitors and identifies real-time road events. NAYAN AI supports businesses and authorities by offering actionable insights on visual events, to make the world a safer place.
Newmi — Newmi operates as an e-commerce company that focuses on women's health and wellness. The company offers a range of medical products and treatments, delivered through a digital platform, clinics, and corporate and insurance offerings. Newmi's services encompass various stages of a woman's life, including puberty, PCOS, pregnancy, andmenopause. The company also provides trendy maternity dresses online. It is important to note that Newmi does not cater to any medical or psychiatric emergencies.
LoanKuber — LoanKuber is the lowest cost lender to Yest-to be Bankable - enabling borrowing with trust and confidence.

Entrepreneur since 1998. Proud founder of a couple of really spectacular internet businesses in India. And then, at least 2x number of equally spectacular turkeys. The first bit taught me how to find great partners, choose great investors, build awesome teams, be great in sales, execute, execute and ruthlessly execute.

Investment focus

Internet, Art, Product Design
Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
India

Portfolio highlights

Lio — Lio lets businesses calculate, tabulate, and organize tasks such as creating to-do lists, wedding registries, and class schedules. The product can be used by home businesses, solo business owners, farmers, doctors, and small to medium businesses, among others.
VS Mani & Co — Shop South Indian filter coffee, instant coffee that tastes almost like filter coffee, and wholesome snacks and spices at VS Mani & Co. Free delivery.
FastJobs.io — FastJobs.io envisions a world in which job hunting is completely stress-free and convenient.

Vallabh Bhanshali is the Co-Founder and Chairman of ENAM.

Investment focus

Consumer Electronics, Financial Services, Advertising
Seed, Series A, Series B
India

Portfolio highlights

Peepul Tree — Peepul Tree is a platform for the hand-made artisanal works. Peepul Tree celebrates the rich and varied legacy that these artisans carry.
ProfitWheel — The consumer intelligence is at the heart of what we do. ProfitWheel provides you with 1st party insights of your best audiences to build effective, product and marketing strategies.
RoboFun Lab — With 50K+ happy students, teaming up with 25+ school across India, Robofun Lab has best courses for STEM & robotic education in India. Book your centre tour now

Elevar Equity fuels the economic resilience and vibrancy of underserved customers and low income communities by investing early growth capital in entrepreneurs building at the intersection of inclusivity, affordability and massive scale. Led by an entrepreneurial emerging markets team passionate about addressing issues of access and inequity, Elevar invests in businesses that demonstrate a direct correlation between high impact and returns. So far in its 15-year journey, the Elevar Method of investing has democratized essential products and services for over 45 million households and catalyzed billions of dollars of capital into 40+ companies across India and Latin America.

Investment focus

Financial Services, Finance, FinTech
Seed, Series A, Series B
India, Mexico, Brazil

Portfolio highlights

Niro — Niro is embedding personal credit products into leading consumer internet platforms. The fintech startup aims to disrupt the consumer lending ecosystem in the country by democratizing access to convenient and hassle-free embedded credit products for 624 million internet users in India.
TapFin — TapFin makes EV financing and leasing simple, helping fleet operators and DCOs save money and switch to electric vehicles easily.
Cloudphysician — Cloudphysician provides a cloud-based health diagnosis platform intended to monitor health conditions of neonatal and emergency ward infants. Its cloud-based platform combines artificial intelligence, IoT, and predictive analytics to integrate real-time clinical data from connected devices within the laboratory with bedside observational data andrecords and monitors the immunization schedule, health, growth, and developmental profile of a newborn from birth to the age of 12 years, enabling doctors to reduce neonatal infant mortality rate through early stage diagnosis of critical diseases in neonates.

Prashant Malik is a Co-Founder and Co-Creator of Apache Cassandra and an Investor at Shadowfax, UrbanClap, Innov8 Coworking, and OfBusiness. He is a dynamic technologist, who focuses on building, leading and incubating teams. Prashant attended the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi.

Investment focus

Health Care, Apps, Blockchain
Seed, Series A, Angel
India, United States, Canada

Portfolio highlights

Xeno — Xeno is a one-stop solution for any brand to build a deep customer understanding and create relevant marketing campaigns across SMS, email, Facebook and Instagram, Whatsapp.
FanTiger — FanTiger - Empowering Artists
FanTiger — OMI builds a holistic spiritual wellness platform that using the values of astrology, yoga, meditation, and Ayurveda. It is an astrology app that provides overall holistic wellness using age-old Indian traditions and modern-day scientific methods to solve various problems.

Ashish Jagtiani is the Co-Founder and CTO of Chronus Health.

Investment focus

Art, Marketplace
Seed
India

Portfolio highlights

Peepul Tree — Peepul Tree is a platform for the hand-made artisanal works. Peepul Tree celebrates the rich and varied legacy that these artisans carry.

Gul Tekchandani

Investment focus

Art, Marketplace
Seed
India

Portfolio highlights

Peepul Tree — Peepul Tree is a platform for the hand-made artisanal works. Peepul Tree celebrates the rich and varied legacy that these artisans carry.

SHAREit Group is a next-generation internet technology company that exists to democratize digital access and empower businesses to grow.

Investment focus

Art, Analytics, Mobile Apps
Angel, Series A
China, India

Portfolio highlights

Zhu Dao — Zhu Dao is an investment and financial analysis platform.
Yindutong — Yindutong provides information on Indian life strategy, Indian business guide, and communication platform between Chinese in India.

Empower Investment was founded in 2012 in Shanghai, China. Their investment covers early-stage ventures, mid-stage growth, and securities in the public market. With headquarters in Shanghai, the company established branch offices in Beijing, Shenzhen, Hangzhou and Chengdu. Empower Investment has invested in over 150 high-tech and high-growthcompanies on a global scale covering regions including China, U.S, India, South Korea, Vietnam and Hong Kong. Their portfolio companies include fast-growing industries such as internet, AI, big data, automation & robotics, financial technology, cultural creativity, advanced materials, and healthcare.The Empower team has extensive experience in both deep technologies and financial services including internet, computer science, electronic engineering, materials science, auditing and investment banking. Some team members were serial entrepreneurs. With candidness and empathy, the team is eager to find and partner with the most visionary, determined and down-to-earth entrepreneurs. It always brings great excitement and pleasure to build a bright future with them.

Investment focus

Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Health Care
Angel, Series A, Seed
China, United States, India

Portfolio highlights

Ykccn.com — Ykccn.com is a professional company that operates and replaces the operation and maintenance of new energy vehicles.
Hongpeng Airlines — Hongpeng Airlines is committed to developing, designing, and producing low-cost airplane engines.
Xunyuan Technology — Xunyuan Technology is a bio-refining and bio-manufacturing platform company based on non-grain carbon sources.

Sid Khanna

Investment focus

Art, Marketplace
Seed
India

Portfolio highlights

Peepul Tree — Peepul Tree is a platform for the hand-made artisanal works. Peepul Tree celebrates the rich and varied legacy that these artisans carry.

Deep is the Founder and CEO of India's leading online travel company, MakeMyTrip.com. Launched in India in 2005, MakeMyTrip offered the convenience of online transactions coupled with great value prices, thus revolutionizing the way Indians research and purchase travel services. Under his stewardship, MakeMyTrip is today the largest e-commercebusiness in the country and the largest travel company in India and listed its shares on NASDAQ in August 2010.He also serves as a Board Member of TiE (The Indus Entrepreneurs) Delhi and is an active Angel Investor in the internet space. Deep is a founding member of “I am Gurgaon” - an NGO focused on improving the quality of life in Gurgaon.Prior to his entrepreneurial venture with MakeMyTrip, Deep has had corporate stints with GE Capital, AMF Bowling Inc. and ABN AMRO Bank. Deep holds an MBA (PGDM) degree from Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad and a Bachelor's degree in Economics from St. Stephen's College, Delhi. His interests include swimming, yoga, quizzing, adventure sports and, of course, travelling.

Investment focus

Travel, Apps, SaaS
Series A, Seed, Series B
India, United States

Portfolio highlights

Scripbox — Looking to invest in direct or regular mutual funds? Welcome to Scripbox & get personalised fund recommendation based on your goals. Grow wealth with Scripbox.
PlanetSpark — PlanetSpark platform leverages powerful technology to provide live online classes to K8 learners on Public Speaking and Creative Writing skills. PlanetSpark is on a journey to make the traditional and unorganized tuitions obsolete through its virtual classroom
Punt Partners — Punt Partners is a company that provides marketing technology services. It provides results through the use of proprietary data, technology, and services.

Dr. Ganesh Natarajan

Investment focus

Art, Advertising, Health Care
Seed
India

Portfolio highlights

Peepul Tree — Peepul Tree is a platform for the hand-made artisanal works. Peepul Tree celebrates the rich and varied legacy that these artisans carry.
InnoServ Digital — InnoServ Digital is a rapidly growing independent 360° digital marketing and media solutions agency headquartered in Pune, India. We are an ROI driven Digital Marketing Company servicing clients from Small Business to Large Corporate who understand the importance of having an Integrated Digital Marketing Solution that add value to theirorganization. We are considered as Digital Marketing Pioneers by our clients as we have strong expertise formulating Digital Strategies for B2B and B2C Market exclusively.
Ahammune Biosciences — Ahammune Biosciences is an innovation-led drug discovery company started in 2016 which focuses on developing new treatment options for immune mediated diseases of the skin. Our current program is on the depigmenting disorder, Vitiligo.

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.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Software, Internet
Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
India, Singapore, United States

Portfolio highlights

hypergro — Hypergro provides the power of user-generated content, craft impactful UGC video ads designed to attract, engage, and convert.These video advertising act as a distinctive, tailored connection between the brand and potential clients, which boosts consumer traffic, app downloads, and revenue for your company.
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hypergro — Hypergro provides the power of user-generated content, craft impactful UGC video ads designed to attract, engage, and convert.These video advertising act as a distinctive, tailored connection between the brand and potential clients, which boosts consumer traffic, app downloads, and revenue for your company.

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.

Investment focus

Software, Internet, E-Commerce
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
India, United States, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

OppDoor — Launch your Amazon Brand into Thriving International Markets. OppDoor is a Growth Partner for Amazon Brands.
Leela Life — Timeless Indian wellbeing secrets for peaceful and joyful living
Alltius — Alltius is an AI-driven platform for conversational assistance in software products primarily to help and guide users in their product journeys.

Vivek Khare

Investment focus

Art, FinTech, Finance
Seed
India

Portfolio highlights

Dextra — Dextra Partners specializes in unlocking access to middle market private equity investments
Nivesh — Nivesh.com is a mass market mutual funds investment platform. Mutual funds were set-up to provide an opportunity to ordinary investors to invest in financial assets, which they could not do otherwise on their own. However, they lack a proper vehicle to initiate their journey. In the spirit of financial inclusion, the platform aims to be such avehicle that will not only help them get started but also support them along the way.

Sudesh Samaria - Co-Founder and National Creative Director @ Webchutney

Investment focus

Art, Internet, E-Commerce
Angel
India

Portfolio highlights

Crude Area — Crude Area is not an art sweat shop. These are prints that are curated by us with a very strong focus on what appeals to the cosmopolitan, urban Indian, whether they live in Mumbai, Vadodara, Delhi or Chennai. We believe the Indian market is ready for beautiful graphic art whether as prints for their home or as art related merchandise that weexpect to introduce sometime after launch. (Stay tuned on that front!)

Nish Bhutani - Founder and CEO @ Indiginus

Investment focus

Art, E-Commerce, Marketplace
Angel
India

Portfolio highlights

PosterGully — Buy Awesome Merch Online. Posters, iPhone Cases, T-Shirts, Notepads, Stickers, Keychains, Decals, Laptop Skins, Badges, Mousepads & More! Cash on Delivery.

Rajan Navani - CEO & Founder @ JetSynthesys

Investment focus

Art, Coffee, Mobile
Seed, Series A, Angel
India, United States, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Peepul Tree — Peepul Tree is a platform for the hand-made artisanal works. Peepul Tree celebrates the rich and varied legacy that these artisans carry.
Punt Partners — Punt Partners is a company that provides marketing technology services. It provides results through the use of proprietary data, technology, and services.
Assiduus — We are a trusted Global E-commerce partner and accelerator, a unified platform helping to Build and Scale E-commerce Brands Globally. Reach us Now!

Times Internet builds premium digital products that simplify and enhance the everyday lives of people. We are India’s largest digital products company with presence in a wide range of categories across news, entertainment, marketplaces and transactions.Many of our products are market leaders and iconic brands in their own right. TOI, ET,Cricbuzz, Gaana, MX Player, Dineout, Indiatimes, MensXP, iDiva, NBT, Gradeup among others are products that bring you closer to your interests and aspirations. Website - http://www.timesinternet.in Industry - Internet Company size - 1,001-5,000 employees Headquarters Gurgaon, Haryana Type - Privately Held Founded 1999 Specialities e-commerce, Advertisement Solutions, News and Entertainment, Start-up acceleration, Music streaming services, AdTech, Merger & A, Acquisition, Sports, Classified, and Startup Investment

Investment focus

Apps, Software, E-Commerce
Seed, Series A, Series B
India, United States, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

Clinikk — Dedicated Care team of Doctors and Health Assistants, available 24/7.Budget friendly payment plans with comprehensive claim support.Holistic Healthcare coverage for the underserved.
Pocket FM — Listen to Audio Books, Podcasts and read Novels on Pocket FM. We bring you over 10k+ popular audio shows in multi languages. Best audiobooks app
ShareChat — ShareChat is India's own social network in 14 Indian languages Install ShareChat from Google Play Store for FREE!

SAIF Partners is a leading private equity firm that provides growth capital to companies in Asia.Our primary areas of focus include Information Technology, Internet, Mobile, Consumer Products and Services, Healthcare, Cleantech, Education, Modern Agriculture, Financial Services & Manufacturing.SAIF Partners was founded in 2001 andcurrently manages over $4 billion in capital. With over 100 investments since its inception, SAIF has become one of the largest and most active funds in the region. SAIF is a long-term investor with local teams in Hong Kong, China, and India.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Internet, Software
Series B, Series A, Series C
China, India, United States

Portfolio highlights

Blue Wave — Blue Wave is a producer of Industrial IoT and Internet of Vehicles chips.
PRCXI Biotechnology — PRCXI Biotechnology is a biotech company that provides bioinformatics and automation solutions for life science and the manufacturing of analytical instruments.
Beijing Ansong Technology — Beijing Ansong Technology Co., Ltd. is an enterprise focusing on the research and development, production, and sales of orthopedic medical devices. The company cooperates with domestic and foreign universities, research institutes, and doctors in hospitals, and is committed to creating original orthopedic products with independent knowledgeproducts.Beijing Ansong Technology was founded on June 27, 2011 by Liang Tao in Fengtai, Beijing.

Vivek Mulchandani

Investment focus

Art, E-Commerce, Marketplace
Angel
India

Portfolio highlights

PosterGully — Buy Awesome Merch Online. Posters, iPhone Cases, T-Shirts, Notepads, Stickers, Keychains, Decals, Laptop Skins, Badges, Mousepads & More! Cash on Delivery.

Mukul Singhal - Co-founder & Partner @ Pravega Ventures

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Food and Beverage, Social Media
Seed, Series A, Series B
India

Portfolio highlights

Twigly — Twigly Gurgaon offers a wide range of Grilled Sandwiches, Pasta, Fajitas, Grilled Chicke, Thai Curries and much more in the most healthiest way.
Playcez — Gabung di Vegas88 dan nikmati bonus referral serta chip gratis setiap kali mengajak teman bermain. Semakin banyak yang bergabung, semakin besar bonus.
Touchtalent — Touchtalent.com (commonly known as Touchtalent) is a global community of creative people. Today, creative users from 192 countries share their creativity under different categories on Touchtalent.The community is created to promote the interest of creative group. Touchtalent enables creation, secure storage, appreciation and monetization ofcreativity. All features are designed keeping the interest of creators in the mind. Features focusing on copyrights, sharing, quality enhancement, multiple uploads and network with other platforms are giving significant tractions to the community.

Vivek Shah is an MD, Investment Banking at Haitong.

Investment focus

Health Care, Art, Casino
Seed, Series A
India, United States

Portfolio highlights

Peepul Tree — Peepul Tree is a platform for the hand-made artisanal works. Peepul Tree celebrates the rich and varied legacy that these artisans carry.
Zyla Health — Zyla's premium panel of doctors delivers structured programs to correct your Heart Disease and Diabetes. Zyla's health programs are personalized based on your complete health history/ genetic history and delivered via the phone right where you are.
Boom Entertainment — Boom Entertainment creates world-class products for the online gaming era. That includes slot machine games, innovative sportsbook products and free to play sports applications. We work with media companies, pro sports leagues, retail brands, and casinos.

Archna Chandra

Investment focus

Art, Marketplace
Seed
India

Portfolio highlights

Peepul Tree — Peepul Tree is a platform for the hand-made artisanal works. Peepul Tree celebrates the rich and varied legacy that these artisans carry.

China Merchants Capital is engaged in alternative investment and asset management.

Investment focus

Manufacturing, Internet, Automotive
Series A, Series B, Series C
China, United States, India

Portfolio highlights

Umetrip — Umetrip offers fundamental assistance for upgrading and coordinated growth of the industrial chain. Umetrip provides digital solutions such as flight dynamics data, intelligent customer service, and smart terminals.
Mint BioTech — Mint BioTech is a biotechnology company that provides develops eco-friendly biomolecules and materials to improve sustainability.
Zhuji Dynamics — Zhuji Dynamics is a general-purpose footed robot company that focuses on the R&D and manufacturing of sports intelligence and footed robots

Anuj Chowdhary

Investment focus

Art, E-Commerce, Marketplace
Angel
India

Portfolio highlights

PosterGully — Buy Awesome Merch Online. Posters, iPhone Cases, T-Shirts, Notepads, Stickers, Keychains, Decals, Laptop Skins, Badges, Mousepads & More! Cash on Delivery.

Vikas Taneja is an advisor to and investor in technology companies. He is a Partner & Managing Director with the Boston Consulting Group and a leader in BCG's Technology, Media, and Telecommunication practice. Vikas' investments with HT ventures include imedix, webchutney, Blip.tv, Quorus, Mashery, mobitrans, refinery29, 8tracks, andothers. Vikas received his MBA with Honors in Economics & Finance from the University of Chicago and a Bachelor of Arts and Sciences in Computer Systems Engineering and Economic Development from Stanford University. Vikas is also on the Executive Committee of Pratham, an India-based organization that has helped over 2 million children achieve literacy and basic mathematics skills.

Investment focus

Software, Music, TV
Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
United States, India

Portfolio highlights

Jugnoo — E-hailing taxi app that provides safe, affordable rides at your doorstep. Download the app & book now! Jugnoo - Sawaari India Ki.
Teamble — Teamble dramatically improves how managers coach their people and how employees learn and up-skill. Teamble uniquely combines continuous feedback, performance, employee engagement, and learning & development in one AI-based platform, built to drive higher performance.
Dashbell — Dashbell provides independent lodgings with a SaaS platform that allows them to both manage their reservations and availability as well as distribute through their global partners.

Ambarish Gupta is the Founder & CEO of Basis Vectors.He attend to the Carnegie Mellon University - Tepper School of Business in 2005.

Investment focus

Marketplace, Information Technology, E-Commerce
Angel, Seed, Pre-Seed
India, United States

Portfolio highlights

LegalPay — LegalPay is a third-party litigation finance platform that helps entities/businesses ease the financial burden of litigation cases such as shareholder and IPR related disputes.
Infinita Lab — Metrology, Material & Product Testing Laboratory Services in USA: Infinita Lab is a marketplace of materials testing laboratories. We help engineers solve difficult problems fast, at a lower cost, and hassle-free.
Hirexp — Hirexp is a recruitment automation software to enhance candidate experience and increase recruiters productivity.

Prashant Tandon Co-Founder, CEO, and Entrepreneur at 1MG Technologies Pvt. Ltd. Previously, He was Entrepreneur/ Founder at HealthKart and Sr Associate and Summer Associate at McKinsey and Company.Mr. Tandon graduated from IIT-Delhi with a B-Tech in Chemical Engineering and received an MBA in Business at Stanford University Graduate Schoolof Business.

Investment focus

Health Care, Medical, Wellness
Seed, Series A, Series B
India

Portfolio highlights

Listed — Leading the way in building the Web 3.0 Creator Economy.
Neodocs — Meet Neodocs, the in-home wellness tracker that instantly and accurately uncovers what your body really needs.
LoanKuber — LoanKuber is the lowest cost lender to Yest-to be Bankable - enabling borrowing with trust and confidence.

Amit heads the team that is building SlideShare.Amit has a previous background in product marketing, sales & consumer research. His last job was with PepsiCo; prior to PepsiCo, he worked with Asian Paints & Godrej. He holds an MBA from the Faculty of Management Studies, Univ Of Delhi and a Mechanical Engineering degree fromREC/NIT, Jaipur.

Investment focus

Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Enterprise Software
Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
India, United States, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

Minko — Minko is a retail fintech platform that provides credit facilities to small shop and retail shop owners. Minko is a smart credit product that now allows retailers to access low-cost instant short-term loans to grow business.
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.
SalaryBox — SalaryBox is the best staff management app to manage employees. It automates your attendance, payroll, leave, shifts and more processees

Naveen is the founder of InMobi. His philosophy of constant innovation and disruption is embedded deep into the DNA of InMobians and is resonated across InMobi. His dream is to re-imagine advertising in a truly ‘user-first’ way and unlock the true potential of the mobile ecosystem.He has a Bachelor’s degree from Indian Institute of Technology,Kanpur (IIT) and a Master’s degree in Business Administration from Harvard Business School, where he was also bestowed with the Dean’s Award, for his exceptional leadership and contribution. In 2013, his alma mater, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur also honored him with the esteemed ‘Distinguished Alumnus Award’ for his excellence in entrepreneurship.Naveen is involved in the fueling of around 30 start-ups as yet in India and has personally invested and supported several start-ups like NestAway, SlideRule, Mettl, Moneysights, Bombay Canteen, Zimmber, Razorpay etc. A believer that start-ups will be the pillars of growing India, he co-founded iSPIRT, which is a change agent with the brain of a think tank and aims to address government policy, create market catalysts, and grow the maturity of product entrepreneurs in order to transform India into a hub for new generation software products.He also founded and chairs a U.S.-based nonprofit called India School Fund which funds and sets up schools in rural India, a cause he cares deeply for.Naveen is a board member at Paytm and has been recognized for his entrepreneurial skills at various platforms. He received several awards and recognitions over the last several years:>‘Future Leaders Award’ presented by Narendra Modi, Indian Prime Minister, 2015>Fortune’s ‘40 under 40’ most powerful, influential and important people in business, 2015>The ‘Pathbreaker of the Year’ Award, 2014>Forbes India Leadership Award for ‘Outstanding Start Up', 2014>‘100 Most Creative People’, 2014 across the world>The ‘Pathbreaker of the Year’ Award, 2013 presented by Narendra Modi, Indian Prime Minister>‘7th Most Important Person’ by Business Insider’s the Mobile Power List, 2013>‘Mobile Top 50’ in The Drum, 2013>‘2nd Most Important Person’ by Business Insider’s the Mobile Power List, 2012An avid fan of cricket, Naveen is a fitness enthusiast and his early morning routine alternates between a long run outdoors and a cycling trip around the less crowded parts of the city.Source (http://www.inmobi.com/organization/leadership/naveen-tewari#profile)

Investment focus

Financial Services, FinTech, Finance
Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
India, Singapore, United States

Portfolio highlights

Klub — India's leading Revenue Based Financing platform with a vision to revolutionize growth capital. Join the Klub for fast, fair & flexible funding.
Kaarva — Kaarva is India's first flexible salary platform which is not a salary advance but gives employees control to access a part of their earned salaries on their own whenever they need, multiple times a month.
Bright Money — A new system for financial planning to delete debt and build wealth. Pay Down Debt Faster, Build Savings and Boost your Credit Score.

Cyrus Guzder

Investment focus

Art, Marketplace
Seed
India

Portfolio highlights

Peepul Tree — Peepul Tree is a platform for the hand-made artisanal works. Peepul Tree celebrates the rich and varied legacy that these artisans carry.

Electronic Soul Ventures is an investment firm.

Investment focus

Media and Entertainment, E-Commerce, Art
Angel, Series A
China, India

Portfolio highlights

mytech — mytech is a new cross-border retail services platform.
SUnTeng — SUnTeng provides full-process marketing technology solutions.
Smarto — Smarto is an IOT technology company vertical to the logistics field. Committed to creating a logistics IOT cycle ecology. Link users, logistics, platforms, and merchants to empower perception, and interaction, improve efficiency, and save resources for each package. Based on IOT technology, it provides solutions for circular environmentalprotection, smart logistics, and packaging carbon neutrality.

Virtu Propdeal Pvt Ltd is a Kolkata-based fund focused on real estate and technology investments. Virtu's investments to date have included land, construction, and technology deals across India. We are investors in the future—in new homes, new communities, new ideas. We align ourselves long term. We can be patient, but also decisive whenthe moment is right. We seek opportunities that represent the India to come, in companies run by the kinds of Indians we all ought to become. We look forward to making an impact and being good stewards of our people and our capital.Virtu's directors are actively sourcing new opportunities and welcome inquiries through inquiry@virtugroup.in

Investment focus

Art, E-Commerce, Marketplace
Angel
India

Portfolio highlights

PosterGully — Buy Awesome Merch Online. Posters, iPhone Cases, T-Shirts, Notepads, Stickers, Keychains, Decals, Laptop Skins, Badges, Mousepads & More! Cash on Delivery.

JITO Angel Network is backed by JITO's 15000+ Industrialits, Businessmen and HNI's of the Jain community spread worldwide. They provide Business support that accelerates the growth of startups.

Investment focus

Education, E-Commerce, Financial Services
Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
India, France, Israel

Portfolio highlights

Kyari — Kyari is a plant nursery and online home garden store that offers indoor plants, succulents, planters, and pots online.
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.
Select Brands — Select Brands is an Information Technology and Internet firm that manufactured consumer goods in unconventional markets.

Sachin Bhatia - CEO & Co-founder @ Bulbulive Shopping Network

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Food and Beverage, Travel
Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
India, Japan

Portfolio highlights

myHQ — Explore range of myHQ Workspaces & office solutions, including fully furnished managed offices, affordable coworking spaces, day passes, virtual office and meeting room options. Find your perfect workspaces with myHQ.
Lio — Lio lets businesses calculate, tabulate, and organize tasks such as creating to-do lists, wedding registries, and class schedules. The product can be used by home businesses, solo business owners, farmers, doctors, and small to medium businesses, among others.
STAGE — STAGE is an Indian language content platform for artist-led entertainment.

Natarajan Iyer - ServiceNow Consultant @ OmniSparc Technology Solutions

Investment focus

Art, E-Commerce, Marketplace
Angel
India

Portfolio highlights

PosterGully — Buy Awesome Merch Online. Posters, iPhone Cases, T-Shirts, Notepads, Stickers, Keychains, Decals, Laptop Skins, Badges, Mousepads & More! Cash on Delivery.

Gaurav Agarwal is CTO @ HealthKart Plus.

Investment focus

Health Care, Wellness, Therapeutics
Seed, Pre-Seed
India, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

Neodocs — Meet Neodocs, the in-home wellness tracker that instantly and accurately uncovers what your body really needs.
PingSafe — PingSafe is an industry-leading Cloud Security platform with a comprehensive knowledge of the attackers’ modus operandi. Analyze critical vulnerabilities on Cloud and seal them before the attackers get a sniff.
Mave Health — Mave Health's cutting-edge, drug-free treatments for Depression, Anxiety & OCD. Join our 12-week program featuring the ARC wearable to achieve lasting wellness and improve your quality of life.

Vikram Saxena

Investment focus

Art, E-Commerce, Marketplace
Angel
India

Portfolio highlights

PosterGully — Buy Awesome Merch Online. Posters, iPhone Cases, T-Shirts, Notepads, Stickers, Keychains, Decals, Laptop Skins, Badges, Mousepads & More! Cash on Delivery.

Longying Network offers mobile phone software design, development and sales services.

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