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Top 50 Automotive Angel Investors in India in May 2025

Last updated: May 2025 A list of 50 angel investors that invest in Automotive startups based in India. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Automotive companies from India. We update this investor list every month.

Top 50 Automotive Angel Investors in India in May 2025

Investor	Automotive India investments
Rajesh Mane	4
Amit Lakhotia	3
Sumant Sinha	3
Asish Mohapatra	3
Ruchi Kalra	2
Ganesh Krishnan	2
Bhavish Aggarwal	2
Srinivas Anumolu	2
Ashneer seth Grover	2
Anupam Mittal	2
Gaurav Juneja	2
Ankit Bhati	2
Ramakant Sharma	2
Wes Schwalje	2
Chetan Maini	2
Milan Modi	2
Sujeet Kumar	2
Lakshmi Narayanan	2
Dhianu Das	2
Sandeep Aggarwal	2
Walid Aradi	2
Uday Kumar Bangalore Shivaraman	2
K Ganesh	2
Suveer Sinha	2
Raaj Kumar	2
Gajendra chandel	2
Amit Kumar	1
Shankar Narayanan	1
Sidharth Pansari	1
Rishi Bagla	1
Rohit kapoor	1
Abhijeet Kumar	1
Ayad Chammas	1
Sandeep Maini	1
Shajikumar Devakar	1
Aman Gupta	1
Abhishek Goyal	1
Uday Sodhi	1
Ankit Kedia	1
KL Rahul	1
Rajaram Ajgaonkar	1
Amiya Pathak	1
Gowri Narayanan	1
Nandan Nilekani	1
Marco DeMeireles	1
Deepak Jain	1
Pushpak Ranka	1
Anirudh Agarwal	1
Niraj Singh	1
Sanjay Bhasin	1

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An active investor in early stage startups across technology & CPG.

Investment focus

Internet, Mobile, Retail
Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
India, United States

Portfolio highlights

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.
Blowhorn — Grow your brand with same day delivery on our network using full stack solutions for all your logistics needs
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!

Amit Lakhotia is the GM Paytm Wallet at Paytm.

Investment focus

Information Technology, Internet, Financial Services
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
India, United States

Portfolio highlights

ELIVAAS — Discover exclusive Luxury Villas for short rentals. Find the perfect vacation homes or weekend homes. Book your dream homestay with us today!
Electrade — Hnh Cart is one of the best place to Buy Electronics Components Online in India. We offer a wide range of components ICs, Resistors & capacitors at low prices..
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.

Sumant Sinha is the Founder and CEO of ReNew, a wind energy firm based in India.From 2008 to May 2010, Sumant was the Chief Operating Officer of Suzlon Energy Ltd, the world's third largest renewable energy company (FY 2010 sales of $5 billion). At Suzlon, Sumant shared the CEO's responsibilities with Mr. Tulsi Tanti, the founderChairman and majority shareholder of the company. During this period, Sumant was directly running the finance, marketing, supply chain, and organizational transformation and integration initiatives of the company. Under his watch, Suzlon refinanced its entire outstanding debt worth $3 billion, raised additional funds of approximately $800 million, restructured $500 million of convertible bonds, generated an order book in excess of $2 billion, and turned the company around in an extremely difficult external operating environment.Prior to joining Suzlon, Sumant set up the Aditya Birla Group's venture in the retail sector in India, Aditya Birla Retail (ABRL) and was it's founder CEO. During a stint of 18 months he set up 600 supermarkets and 2 hypermarkets, hired over 12000 people and positioned ABRL as one of the leading retail operators in India.From 2002 to 2007, Sumant was the Group CFO of the Aditya Birla Group, one of India's largest and most diversified business groups (market cap of USD 25 bn). He was responsible for some of the largest acquisitions in India's corporate history.Sumant's areas of expertise are finance, business strategy, turn-arounds, start-ups and climate change issues.Sumant has a B.Tech from the Indian Institute of Technology, an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management and a Masters degree from Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs. He was a Dean's Fellow at Columbia, a National Talent Scholar and is a Chartered Financial Analyst.

Investment focus

B2B, Energy, Automotive
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
India, Singapore, United States

Portfolio highlights

BluSmart Mobility — Blu Smart Mobility is a provider of electric shared smart mobility platform for transportation. Blu Smart is an all-electric, shared, and smart mobility platform for ride-sharing, car-sharing, and scooter-sharing. Blu Smart is a 100% electric mobility platform that partners with electric vehicle manufactures.
Baaz Bikes — ElecTorq Technologies operates as a shared mobility solutions startup. ElecTorq Technologies manufactures Baaz I, a solo self-ride electric scooter, which is expected to find a clientele in the country's shared mobility players such as Rapido, Yulu, Bounce, Zapp and Vogo.
Clean Core Thorium Energy — Clean Core Thorium Energy develops advanced nuclear fuel for existing reactors.

Asish Mohapatra is the Co-Founder and Head of Sales of OfBusiness. He previously worked at Matrix Partners as a Healthcare Investments Lead. Asish Mohapatra attended the Indian School of Business.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Information Technology, B2B
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
India

Portfolio highlights

Kikibix — Relish what tastes like your childhood, loaded with an array of healthy ingredients for scrumptiously flavorful and healthy snacks. Born from the vision of a doctor to make a brilliant amalgamation of tasty and healthy. Made with love, baked to perfection, a home for healthy cookies that taste amazing!
Freakins — Looking for a wardrobe upgrade? Check out the collection of latest, trendy and stylish denim apparel by Freakins Online! Shop & enjoy Free delivery on all orders.
TyrePlex — Buy car and bike tyres. Best tyre price, features, reviews. Find right tyre size and tyre dealer details

Ruchi Kalra is the Co-Founder and Head of Credit and Payments of OfBusiness. She previously worked at McKinsey & Company as a Partner. Ruchi Kalra attended the Indian School of Business.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, B2B, Health Care
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
India, United States

Portfolio highlights

Kikibix — Relish what tastes like your childhood, loaded with an array of healthy ingredients for scrumptiously flavorful and healthy snacks. Born from the vision of a doctor to make a brilliant amalgamation of tasty and healthy. Made with love, baked to perfection, a home for healthy cookies that taste amazing!
FS Life — Shop premium quality work wear for women online in India at Fablestreet. Luxury fabric, Multi-season styles, Easy returns & exchanges, Free Shipping, COD Available.
Narrato — Narrato Workspace is an AI content creation, collaboration and workflow management tool built for content and marketing teams and creators.

Ganesh is a serial entrepreneur with four successful green field ventures and exits. Most recently, he founded and led TutorVista which was acquired by US and UK listed education leader Pearson for $ 213 MM in January 2011.He is a strategic investor / promoter of India based consumer Internet and ecommerce companies bluestone.com (onlinejewellery), Bigbasket.com (egrocery), MustseeIndia.com (travel packages and content), bookadda.com (academic focused online books) and delyver.com (hyper local delivery).Ganesh was also Chairman, Investor and Advisor in the data analytics BPO firm Marketics until March 2007, when the company was acquired by NYSE listed WNS for $ 63 MM. His earlier venture, CustomerAsset was started in mid 2000 and later acquired by ICICI (NYSE listed, India's largest bank) and is now publicly listed in India as First Source Solutions. In 1990, as his first entrepreneurial venture, he co-promoted IT&T. And as its Founder and CEO, he played a major role in making the company one of India's top multi-vendor IT service and support till the business was sold to iGate (a listed company) in 2003.He is also on the Board of Governors of Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta and has a post-graduate degree from the Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta, and has a degree in Mechanical Engineering from Delhi University.

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

Windo — Create your online store for free within a few clicks, within a few minutes, hassle-free. Make your store mobile-friendly, responsive and secure.
Impact — The Impact is a fitness, kindness mobile app where every step walked or jogged raises money for a social cause. Person workouts are sponsored by companies through their Corporate Social Responsibility and the money goes directly to the partnered NGOs.
Goa Brewcrafts — Goa Brewcrafts is a Private Limited Alco-beverage producer company that is incorporated on July 6, 2016.

Bhavish graduated with a B.Tech in Computer Science and Engineering from IIT Bombay in 2008 and worked at Microsoft Research for 2 years after that, filing 2 patents and publishing 3 papers in International Journals. Sensing the need to change the way transportation is consumed in India and create a choice of reliable personal transportation in acountry that's as unique as India, Bhavish quit his job in August 2010 to start Ola! Within 3 years, Ola is India's largest network of personal transportation options and also the most popular app amongst customers and users in over 22 cities of its operations. Bhavish was featured as one of Hindustan Times’ 30 Achievers under 30 as well as in the Forbes India list of 30 under 30.

Investment focus

Food and Beverage, FinTech, Transportation
Series A, Angel, Funding Round
India

Portfolio highlights

Ola — Ola operates a mobile technology platform that integrates city transportation for customers and driver partners in India. Its mobile application allows its customers to book a range of cabs, auto-rickshaws, bikes, and shuttle buses. Ola's mobile application allows customers to book city taxi, outstation travel, car rental, and corporatetravel services. Its mobile application is available on Windows, Android, and iOS platforms. Ankit Bhati and Bhavish Aggarwal founded Ola on December 1, 2010. It has its headquarters with additional offices in Bengaluru in India.
Virgio — Women's & Men's Clothing and Accessories | Shop Trendy Fashion Online
Krutrim — Krutrim SI Designs is an artificial intelligence (AI) firm that aims to focus on creating silicon chips and building a cloud infrastructure. The company is dedicated to constructing the nation's inaugural comprehensive AI computing infrastructure.

Co-Founder of Growth Story.

Investment focus

Apps, Content, Food Processing
Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
India, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

ONWO — ONWO is a tech-enabled curated marketplace to reliably discover, transact, and fulfill food products from Indian manufacturers.
Podeum — Podeum helps to combine various pre- and post-game activities such as pre-match analysis, live-match commentary, online social media debates, and fantasy and prediction competitions into one platform.
Magma — Magma platform partners with factories and raw materials suppliers to offer supply chain services from the supplier to the customer.

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.

Investment focus

Financial Services, FinTech, Internet
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
India, United States, France

Portfolio highlights

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!

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.

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.

Gaurav Juneja is Head - Digitisation at Google. He attended the Indian Institute of Management.

Investment focus

Electric Vehicle, Logistics, Sustainability
Seed, Angel, Funding Round
India, United States

Portfolio highlights

Commaful — Commaful short stories bring fanfiction, thrillers, romance, comedy, poetry, and emotions to life with stunning visuals. Stories take minutes to create, allowing you to share your ideas easily.
Oben Electric — Oben Electric, The top e bike manufacturer in India has combined safety along with performance.
Evify — India's first carbon negative EV fleet

Ankit Bhati heads the technical aspects of Olacabs, ensuring a quick, convenient and instinctive experience for our customers and partners. He joined IIT Bombay in 2004 for Btech in Mechanical Engg and MTech in CAD and Automation. By 2009 he had already worked on several freelance projects & startups like Wilcom (http://wilcom.co.in),QED42 etc. and finally decided to give up his nomadic professional life for a start-up of his own. He joined the Olacabs journey in November 2010.

Investment focus

Food and Beverage, Wellness, EdTech
Seed, Angel, Series A
India, United States

Portfolio highlights

TableSprint — An AI-first SaaS B2B platform for you to build apps with no coding needed. Start now with versatile playbooks tailored for all businesses.
Billion Hearts — Did you sign-up for our beta launch?
LaundryMate — LaundryMate provides laundry services which allows people to spend their time doing activities that people enjoy rather than worrying about washing.

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.

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.

Operator at nexus of policy, tech, and dev, investor, advised 8 unicorns on MENAP entry/scale-up, support Big Tech / startups to get along with govt

Investment focus

FinTech, Information Technology, Financial Services
Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
India, United States, Mexico

Portfolio highlights

Finerio Connect — Finerio is an automated and free personal finance platform in Mexico. Finerio allows users to link debit and credit accounts of the most important banks in Mexico while providing them insights on how to financially plan and save money.
PowerCred — PowerCred is a one-stop API suite for clients to access alternate data from SMEs. Our integrated system provides real time connectivity which allows financial institutions to build better products to suit small business requirements. We have a network of data partners across categories which help us to build a robust and comprehensive intelligence system, allowing FIs to make more confident decisions, and empowering small businesses to focus on business growth.
Chhotastock — Temukan pengalaman bermain toto togel 4D dan toto slot terbaik di SAUDARATOTO. Bergabunglah dengan situs toto resmi yang terpercaya di Asia, dengan berbagai pilihan permainan dan peluang kemenangan besar. Daftar sekarang dan rasakan sensasi menang besar!

Motivated by a desire to combat climate change, Chetan co-founded the REVA Electric Car Company, India's first electric car manufacturer, in 1994.With a bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering (University of Michigan) where he focused on solar electric vehicles, and a Master's in Mechanical Engineering (Stanford University)where he worked on hybrid electric vehicles, Chetan has over 20 years of experience in the development of solar, hybrid and electric vehicles in the U.S. and India. Prior to REVA, he worked for Amerigon Inc. (USA) and General Motors (USA). As a program manager at Amerigon, he was responsible for all electric vehicle programs and initiated the REVA project.In 2009, Chetan was named by Business Week magazine as one of the top 50 most influential people in India, and at the 2010 AIMA Managing India Awards, he was named "Entrepreneur of the Year." He has also been amongst the select few to have been adjudged as a Young Global Leader (YGLs) for 2011 by The World Economic Forum, and in 2011, he received the India Business Icon Award from Entrepreneur CNBC TV18. At The Economist's annual event in London, in October 2011, the publication conferred Chetan Maini its 2011 'Innovation Award in Energy and the Environment' for his work on affordable electric vehicles.Chetan also serves as a member of India's National Board on Electric Mobility (NBEM) formed by the Government of India's Ministry of Heavy Industries & Public Enterprises. He is also the Chairman of the Personal Transporation Council, World Economic Forum. He currently holds patents in energy management systems for electric vehicles and has presented technical and keynote papers on electric vehicles globally. His papers have been published in several international journals.

Investment focus

Automotive, Software, Electric Vehicle
Seed, Angel
India

Portfolio highlights

Bolt.Earth — Revos is a smart mobility platform that provides AI-enabled IoT solutions for electric vehicles. The company provides a modular and customizable tracking and control system that integrates easily into vehicles making them smart, safe, and connected.Revos develops the largest network of edge devices and its operating stack to enable electricvehicle adoption in emerging markets.
AutoNxt Automation — Discover the future of sustainable farming with Autonxt Automations electric tractors and self-driving technology. Explore our innovative solutions today.

Milan Modi

Investment focus

EdTech, Tutoring, Education
Seed
India

Portfolio highlights

Oben Electric — Oben Electric, The top e bike manufacturer in India has combined safety along with performance.
OLL — Online Live Learning is an online marketplace for passionate teachers and aspiring learners. On our platform, teachers get the chance to extend their expertise and learners get the opportunity to expand their knowledge bank. If you’re someone who does not believe in a cookie-cutter teaching approach and are looking for real-time help, this platformis the right choice for you. To sum it up, we’re your one-stop solution for all things learning. OLL works around the clock to make amazing experiences for our customers, with that we get the appreciation through your Reviews and Feedbacks.

Sujeet Kumar - Co- Founder @ Udaan

Investment focus

Internet, Software, E-Commerce
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
India, Singapore, Kenya

Portfolio highlights

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.
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.

Lakshmi Narayanan is the Chief Executive Officer at Cognizant Technology Solutions.

Investment focus

Manufacturing, Artificial Intelligence, Internet
Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
India, United States

Portfolio highlights

QpiAI — QpiAI - Building Next-Generation AI Solutions and Quantum Software
AGNIT Semiconductors — AGNIT Semiconductors is to provide Gallium Nitride devices that are dependable, cost-effective, high-performing, and unique for the upcoming wireless systems. AGNIT Semiconductors is a semiconductor business that uses gallium nitride (GaN). AGNIT Semiconductors primary focus is on designing and producing electrical components and GaN materials(wafers) for use in radio-frequency applications. For the defense and telecommunications sectors, AGNIT's GaN components provide strong performance, cost, and footprint advantages.
Clean Core Thorium Energy — Clean Core Thorium Energy develops advanced nuclear fuel for existing reactors.

Dhianu Das is a businessman par excellence with a mission to empower entrepreneurs & start-ups with investment, mentoring and capacity building to enable business development. With an extensive investment, operation, strategy & development experience he has mentored many startups into successful businesses and has effectively led majorbusiness turnarounds as well as set up new businesses all across India. A mentor with exceptional clarity and a strategist who can plan and help execute - Dhianu Das is the perfect combination of a dreamer, a mentor, a businessman, and a true Visionary. Das is an active angel investor in many startups that are involved in inventing and developing problem-solving products. He invests both his money and trust in the companies and people with idiosyncratic business ideas and the passion to change the world.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Automotive, Artificial Intelligence
Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
India

Portfolio highlights

FunkFeets — FunkFeets operates as a quirky sneaker startup. Funkfeets leverages the need to provide asymmetrical designs for sneakers on shoes so that buyers can connect with the elements on the footwear.
Puresh Milk — Puresh Milk providing natural cow milk from our dairy farm.
Power Gummies — Simplifying Good Health for Healthy Hair & Nails, the perfect beach body, & PMS Gummies Vitamins with a Natural Blend of Nutrition & Antioxidants.

Sandeep started "ShopClues.com" after a long progressive career with best in breed companies in Silicon Valley, Seattle and India, covering 16 years of global experience in business operations, strategy and investment, focusing on Internet and technology. He is counted amongst leading Internet experts globally, and has regularly appearedon CNBC, Fox, ABC News and regularly quoted by Wall Street Journal, Fortune, Forbes and other prominent media outlets.In his prior career as one of the most popular and prominent Internet analysts in the US, Sandeep provided research coverage on global Internet giants such as -- Google, eBay, Amazon, Yahoo!, Microsoft, Expedia, Priceline, Netflix, DigitalRiver, GSI Commerce etc. In September 2010 Sandeep wrote a sector defining report for the India Internet and also launched research coverage on MakeMyTrip. Prior to Wall Street, Sandeep worked with technology giant Microsoft in it's headquarter in Seattle with senior leadership team and ran strategy planning for Schwab.com in San Francisco. Sandeep has also worked with Kotak Mahindra and as a co-founder of a small boutique investment banking firm.Sandeep has an MBA from Washington University in St. Louis and Bachelors in Commerce from Kurukshetra University from India. Sandeep is a Charter Member of TiE Silicon Valley. Sandeep enjoys playing squash as a stressbuster, and spending time with his family.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Internet, Marketplace
Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
India

Portfolio highlights

Phot.ai — Phot.ai is a comprehensive AI-powered platform that simplifies photo editing and graphic design by providing a variety of tools to help ecommerce sellers optimize their workflow.
Clapingo — Clapingo is an online tutoring service with one-on-one sessions. Clients, vendors, suppliers, individuals, and companies place they provide us with personal information and they are committed to protecting the privacy and security of that information. Tutors also collect recruitment-related data.
HouseEazy — Buy or Sell Resale Flats in Noida, Ghaziabad, and Gurgaon. Discover 2, 3, & 4 BHK options with top amenities at the best price!

Entrepreneur, investor. Advising global tech companies navigate through MENA+ regulatory environments, market entry and scaling

Investment focus

Information Technology, Internet, Financial Services
Seed, Angel, Series A
India, Nigeria, Pakistan

Portfolio highlights

Omnisient — Privacy-Preserving Data Collaboration platform enabling businesses to collaborate while ensuring consumer privacy and data protection.
Stitch — One API integration for enterprise online payments across South Africa. Accept Pay by bank, debit + credit card, cash, manual EFT, debit order and crypto.
Termii — Termii is an online platform that helps teams secure repeat customers by sending personalized emails and SMS through multiple.Termii helps African businesses communicate with customers across SMS, email, voice, and instant messaging channels. The company was founded in 2014 and is based in Lagos, Nigeria.

Angel / Sophisticated Investor and Trader (Ex London Stock Exchange(LSE), Deutsche Bank, London Clearing House(LCH) ) , Invested in 60+ Startups / 4 successful exits (with Avg 20x) and counting more. (Web3 -> udaybs.ETH )Invested in following asset classes from past 2 decades across UK / India / US / Europe / -Private Equity (Seed / Growth / VC/ Acquisition / Merger) - Equity Markets - Real Estate - FX - Commodity - Bonds - Fintech, Blockchain, Crypto Market, Web3 , DeFi, NFT - Derivative Markets / Hedging / F&O / CFDGrowing Wealth in bumpy economic rides - There is no secret formula. Investment is an art. Being vigilant, dynamic, connecting dots, evaluating risk with constant change, loads of patience and visualising medium to long term.Private Equity Investments across globe in following domains / categories: - Energy - EV / Carbon Footprint - Blockchain / FinTech / AI / ML / Web3 / DeFi - D2C / B2C - Food & Beverages - Pharma - Media & Entertainment

Investment focus

FinTech, Financial Services, E-Commerce
Seed, Series B, Equity Crowdfunding
United Kingdom, India, United States

Portfolio highlights

Agnikul — Agnikul is a space tech startup that designs, manufactures, tests, and launch orbital-class rockets for micro and nanosatellites. They currently work out of the National Center for Combustion R&D at IIT-Madras. Rocket scientists, engineers, ex-bankers and space lawyers are a part of their team. This unique blend of people is one of theirbiggest strengths. The company was founded in 2017 and is based in Chennai, Tamil Nadu.
Log 9 Materials — The spirit of innovation remains the cornerstone of every mission here at Log9. We have failed numerous times in this mission of ours, only to learn from them
Toffee Ride - Learning App for Classes I - IV — Toffee Ride is a learning App that is singularly focused on helping your child develop a thorough understanding of fundamental concepts.

K Ganesh

Investment focus

Automotive, Rental, Travel
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
India

Portfolio highlights

OTO Capital — India's most trusted place to buy bikes, scooters and electric scooters of all brands on loan and in cash. Digital Process. Lowest EMIs. Fast Deliveries - OTO
Flashaid — EasyAspataal have partnered with the best hospitals near you fitting your budget and convenience to make hospitalisation easy
Battery Smart — Battery Smart provides advanced Li-ion batteries to e-rickshaws. Battery Smart develops a retrofittable 48V Li-ion twin battery system that is compatible with all major electric rickshaw (e3w) models.

Suveer Sinha is the head of KKR Capstone India.

Investment focus

Automotive
Seed
India

Portfolio highlights

AutoNxt Automation — Discover the future of sustainable farming with Autonxt Automations electric tractors and self-driving technology. Explore our innovative solutions today.

Former CEO at GMR Energy Ltd Former Joint MD & CEO at JSW Energy Ltd Former MD at Jindal Praxair Ltd Former CEO at Asian Paints

Investment focus

GreenTech, Automotive, Electric Vehicle
Seed
India

Portfolio highlights

TresMoto — TresMoto build smart, connected electric scooters designed ground up for taking on anything you throw at them.

Gajendra chandel

Investment focus

Energy, Automotive
Seed, Angel
India

Portfolio highlights

BattRE Electric Mobility — Metal Panels , 132 KM range, 5" TFT Display with navigation, LucasTVS motor & controller, 60v 52Ah Heavy Duty AIS 156 approved Battery

Amit Kumar is a Partner at ah! Ventures.

Investment focus

Apps, Social Network, Business Development
Seed, Funding Round
India, Australia

Portfolio highlights

Barneys — One of the best hard seltzers you have ever tasted. We at barneys offer you six unique hard seltzer drinks which were born out of love of fermentation, out of the universe thoughts and most importantly flavors.
ImmersiveLabz — Discover Cadaviz by Immersive Labz, India's first virtual dissection table, offering an innovative approach to learn anatomy.
Clean Electric — Clean Electric builds Lithium-Ion Batteries with Liquid Immersion Cooling. Fast Charge. Long Life. Unparalleled Safety.

Shankar Narayanan is a Managing Director advising leading growth capital investments in India. He is based in Mumbai.Since joining Carlyle in 2004, Mr. Shankar Narayanan has led investments in Claris Lifesciences, Elitecore Technologies, Repco Home Finance, Tirumala Milk Products, Visen Industries, Value and Budget Housing Corporation,Edelweiss Financial Services, South Indian Bank and Infotech Enterprises. He was also actively involved in the managing and exit of Carlyle investments in Newgen Knowledge Works, Financial Software & Systems, Learning Mate Solutions, QuEST and Sharekhan.Prior to joining Carlyle, Mr. Shankar Narayanan spent six years at Hathway Investments in Mumbai and during that time served as Managing Director and CEO. He was also with Deutsche Bank Capital Partners, based in Hong Kong, as a Director covering South Asia and India. Mr. Narayanan has led or been associated with a number of prominent private equity investments in India, including Johnson Tiles, Exide Industries, Hathway Cable, Asianet Satellite Communications, Pushpa Polymers, Tata Infomedia, and AFL Limited. He had served on the Board of Directors of all these Companies. Prior to Hathway Investments, Mr. Shankar Narayanan worked at Citibank in Mumbai.He received a Post Graduate Diploma in management from XLRI Jamshedpur where he was a Gold Medalist and stood first in the graduating class in the area of finance and accounting, and a Bachelor of Technology degree in civil engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi.Mr. Narayanan is currently on the Boards of Elitecore Technologies, Cyberoam Technologies, Repco Home Finance, Visen Industries and Tirumala Milk Products Private Limited. Previously he served on the Boards of Claris Lifesciences, Value and Budget Housing Corporation, Financial Software & Systems, Learning Mate Solutions, QuEST, Newgen Knowledge Works & Sharekhan.

Investment focus

Health Care, Manufacturing, Wellness
Seed, Angel, Series A
India

Portfolio highlights

Sanfe — Sanfe is a female hygiene brand that creates products such as stand-and-pee devices, intimate care products, panty liners, organic sanitary pads, pain relief roll-ons, and menstrual cups. Sanfe's products are comfortable, rash-free, natural & organic, and safe for the body and the environment.Sanfe's mission is to build a betterworld for women.
SwitchOn — SwitchOn is developing Digital Twins for energy optimization and predictive maintenance.They leverage technologies such as Industrial IoT and Machine learning to digitize critical equipments for industries. Their Digital Twins help customers reduce unplanned downtime, improve operational efficiency and maximize asset utilization.
Dawaa Dost — Dawaa Dost specializes in the pharmacy retail chain of generic medicines in India. The company focuses on the availability of affordable generic medicines. Dawaa Dost was founded by Amit Choudhary and Yash Harlalka and is based in India.

Sidharth Pansari - President @ Calcutta Angels

Investment focus

Coffee, Manufacturing, Professional Services
Seed, Series A, Angel
India

Portfolio highlights

DropKaffe — DropKaffe is India’s first and only online coffee shop. They offer a wide range of coffee and freshly prepared beverages. Affordable luxury combined with convenience - that’s DropKaffe. Their services are currently available in Koramangala, HSR layout, Indiranagar, Domlur, Bellandur, Marathahalli, CV Raman Nagar and BTM Layout.
Design Cafe — DesignCafe: India's best home interior design company in Bangalore, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Chennai, Pune, Kolkata. 10,000+ homes, 400+ designers, 10 yrs warranty. Book FREE Consultation Now!
FalconBrick — End-to-End construction project management software from FalconBrick for quicker project completions, quality handovers

Rishi Bagla

Investment focus

Automotive, Electric Vehicle, Wealth Management
Seed, Angel
India

Portfolio highlights

goegonetwork — Explore goEgo's Smart EV charging solutions for residential and commercial use. Discover powerful AC & DC chargers and comprehensive charging management software.
ICS Career GPS —
Arthya Wealth and Investments — Arthya Wealth and Investments built a comprehensive, high-quality, open-architecture-based Wealth Management and Investment Advisory platform, to cater to investors across the board: Individuals, Businesses, Corporate Treasuries, Family Offices, Trusts, and more.

Rohit kapoor

Investment focus

Automotive, Health Care, Food Delivery
Seed, Series A
India

Portfolio highlights

Akiva Superfoods — Akiva brings high-quality ingredients to offer the best health shots and supplements to boost immunity, improve gut health, nourish hair and skin. Buy Online!
Fixcraft — Fixcraft is changing the way car owners get their car repair done. Its tech enabled startup which plans to bring "Quality Service at Fair Price" to every user. Currently, the market is ruled by Authorised workshops on one end which charge exorbitant amount in the name of brand on one end and local mechanics which is a sub-standard qualitywork at lower price.

Abhijeet Kumar is the Co Founder at Raincan.

Investment focus

Automotive
Seed
India

Portfolio highlights

GarageWorks — GarageWorks, a tech enabled multi-brand solution that delivers bike services at home. A one-stop-shop solution for all your two-wheeler needs including periodic maintenance, repairs, accidental repairs, tyre replacement, battery replacement and others.

Ayad Chammas

Investment focus

Automotive
Seed
India

Portfolio highlights

AutoNxt Automation — Discover the future of sustainable farming with Autonxt Automations electric tractors and self-driving technology. Explore our innovative solutions today.

Sandeep Maini

Investment focus

Automotive
Angel
India

Portfolio highlights

AutoNxt Automation — Discover the future of sustainable farming with Autonxt Automations electric tractors and self-driving technology. Explore our innovative solutions today.

Shajikumar Devakar, Managing Partner at IIFL Investment Managers.

Investment focus

FinTech, Finance, Automotive
Seed
India

Portfolio highlights

Oben Electric — Oben Electric, The top e bike manufacturer in India has combined safety along with performance.
KarmaLifeAI — KarmaLifeAI is an AI-powered digital solution for the financial well being of blue-collar gig workers and micro-business. The company allows the user to pay directly for key expenditures and smoothen their consumption patterns. It offers real-time access to credit for gig workers, based on their payroll account, through partnerships with thedigital platforms they work for. It operates an interest-free subscription model in which the platform or the gig worker can pay a flat fee and access credit equalling up to one-third of their monthly income. The company analyzes alternative data points and payment behavior over time to unlock higher credit lines for the workers.

Aman Gupta - Co Founder & CMO @ boAt

Investment focus

Food and Beverage, E-Commerce, Manufacturing
Seed, Angel, Funding Round
India, United States

Portfolio highlights

Anveshan — At Anveshan, we make food products that are natural, healthy and chemical free. Anveshan provides the best quality food products through the use of technological solutions. We have cold-pressed/wood pressed oils, A2 vedic bilona ghee and super seeds for healthy diet and immunity boosting.
Let's Try — Let's Try sells namkeen and snacks. They have a diverse range of snacks, each with its own distinct taste and flavor. These products are tastier and healthier than other junk food and may be consumed by everyone. They sell a number of items, including mixes, cookies, methi mathri, tikoni mathri, masala namakpare, and more.
Go Zero — Go Zero is an innovative ice cream company dedicated to provide deliciousness without guilt.

Abhishek Goyal

Investment focus

E-Commerce, SaaS, Retail
Seed, Pre-Seed
India

Portfolio highlights

Threado AI — Threado is the command centre for your online community. Measure engagement, get detailed insights and automate your operational tasks. Get early access!
TyrePlex — Buy car and bike tyres. Best tyre price, features, reviews. Find right tyre size and tyre dealer details
Sunday Design — Sunday Design offers modern products made in India but designed in Italy.

Uday Sodhi

Investment focus

Software, SaaS, Information Technology
Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
India, United States

Portfolio highlights

OSSO — OSSO provides comprehensive treatment for a full range of orthopedic conditions.
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
ThinkMetal — ThinkMetal offers advanced metal 3D printing services for industrial applications. Discover our cutting-edge solutions for manufacturing high-quality metal parts.

Ankit Kedia Founder at Capital-A.

Investment focus

Logistics, Supply Chain Management, Manufacturing
Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
India, 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.
InfinityBox — InfinityBox is a platform for reusable packaging for plastic bottles.
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.

KL Rahul is an Indian International cricketer.

Investment focus

Gaming, Sports, Content
Funding Round, Seed
India

Portfolio highlights

Boldfit — Bold fit deals with the best health and fitness products. It keeps your body charge also improves your immune system. It creates the best accessories to keep your body fit.
Flam — Flam is an AI-powered mixed reality (MR) publishing platform.
OTO Capital — India's most trusted place to buy bikes, scooters and electric scooters of all brands on loan and in cash. Digital Process. Lowest EMIs. Fast Deliveries - OTO

Rajaram Ajgaonkar

Investment focus

Battery, Automotive, Electric Vehicle
Seed
India

Portfolio highlights

Greenie Energy — Greenie Energy is an EV charging technology company that provides electric vehicle charging solutions.

Amiya built the first version of the ZipDial platform single-handedly (literally, he did it with one broken arm!).Previously, Amiya built companies such as Ketera and Zapak (acquired by Reliance) where he served as Director of Platform Engineering. Amiya completed his engineering degree at IIT Kanpur and his MBA at IIM Calcutta.

Investment focus

Children, Computer, Internet
Seed
India

Portfolio highlights

Refrens — The most powerful business management platform for B2B service providers in India. Right from building your portfolio to generating leads for your business to manage your invoices etc, we have got you covered.
SprintAI — SprintAI is an Enterprise AI company.
PiggyRide — Piggy Ride offers live classes for kids based on their age, skill level, and interests. You can enroll your child in a range of kids classes including dance, music, yoga, and a number of other activities. Our platform connects you with qualified teachers and tutors in a variety of subjects. Let's dive into the excellent video tutorials forexcellent learning. PiggyRide is a leading destination for providing your kids with quality online training on specific skills with fun and creativity.

Gowri Narayanan - Partner, FinTech @ SoftBank Vision Fund

Investment focus

FinTech, Financial Services, Software
Seed, Series C, Series D
United States, India, Canada

Portfolio highlights

Dukkantek — Dukkantek aims to empower and enable traditional merchants to be able to compete in the modern world or the digital world through digital transformation. It is a technology partner that improves and provides so many solutions to your business. Dukkantek has what every store needs to manage their business easily and efficiently. With Dukkantek, you will have an end-to-end technology companion that improves all your processes.
Nitra — Nitra offers expense management software that integrates with the banks to provide innovative loan products.
Trellis Technologies — Finally, an API for insurance information.

Nandan Nilekani was the chairman of Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), author of _Imagining India_, philanthropist, and former entrepreneur and co-founder of Infosys.

Investment focus

B2B, Tourism, Health Care
Funding Round, Series B, Series A
India, Singapore, United States

Portfolio highlights

IntrCity — Manager- Corporate Communications
RailYatri — Indian Railways Train Enquiry, Insights & IRCTC eTicket booking - RailYatri
PharmEasy — PharmEasy is one of India's most trusted online pharmacy & medical stores offering pharmaceutical and healthcare products at a FLAT 20% OFF*. Used by 50 lakhs+ customers in India in 1.2K+ cities like Bangalore, Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Hyderabad, Gurgaon, Noida, Pune, etc.

Marco DeMeireles is a Partner at TCG, an affiliate of The Chernin Group, where he leads venture capital and growth equity investments and serves as a member of the firm’s Investment Committee. Marco began his investing career at Technology Crossover Ventures, and subsequently joined Balyasny Asset Management (BAM) where he built and led theirventure capital and growth equity businesses across sectors.At BAM, he was specifically responsible for developing the firm’s private investment business – leading the strategy’s venture capital investments, operations, and team-building. Marco was also responsible for proprietary sourcing, investment idea generation, transaction leadership, and portfolio company board oversight.During his tenure, Marco led the firm’s thesis development surrounding software-driven systems, marketplaces, financial technology, healthcare and consumer subscription business, which led to a dozen investments; most notably, the firm's 2017 investments into Peloton and Coinbase. His prior investments and directorships include: Acorns, Amount, Bright Machines, Coinbase, Cuebiq, Harness Wealth, Kindbody, Orbital Insight, Peloton, Spotify, Spring Labs, Tencent Music, and Zola amongst others.Recently, Marco has led investments across live streaming (ShopShops), consumer healthcare (Dadi) and end-of-life services (Better Place Forests) where he serves on the Boards of each.Education, Personal, and Fellowship Marco attended Williams College, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree.He has a philanthropic interest in education and entrepreneurship, serving on several related nonprofit boards, and remains an active supporter for the Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE). Marco also is an advocate for emerging managers, serving on the Advisory Committee of Primary Venture Partners and Work-Bench, two seed-stage focused firms based in New York.Marco is a member of Class 23, serving his fellowship at TCG under the mentorship of Lior Susan, Managing Partner of Eclipse Ventures. He lives with his wife Joanne in New York.

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

Kindbody — Kindbody offers fertility assessments, fertility testing, egg freezing, IVF, virtual fertility telemedicine and women's wellness.
Zoomcar — Zoomcar offers the best car rental options for stress-free travel. Explore our top-quality vehicles and book your ride today.
Harness Wealth — Discover and work with advisors who have experience in your specific situation, including knowledge about company equity, small business, and crypto.

Partner, Bain & Co., ET 40Under40

Investment focus

B2B, EdTech, Internet
Seed
India

Portfolio highlights

Groyyo — Groyyo is a B2B manufacturing and automation start-up. They make your factory bigger, faster, smarter, global, and cost-effective so that you can grow your business to the next level.
Fixcraft — Fixcraft is changing the way car owners get their car repair done. Its tech enabled startup which plans to bring "Quality Service at Fair Price" to every user. Currently, the market is ruled by Authorised workshops on one end which charge exorbitant amount in the name of brand on one end and local mechanics which is a sub-standard qualitywork at lower price.
Leverage Edu — Leverage Edu is an AI-enabled marketplace designed to help students with their higher education and career growth plans. It is one of India's leading/fastest growing ed-tech companies, transforming access to an exponential career growth, by democratising mentorship, breaking traditional systems, & helping the new student of today jumpover the artificial high walls!

Pushpak Ranka is an investor at WealthTrust Capital Services.

Investment focus

Automotive, Manufacturing, Electric Vehicle
Pre-Seed
India

Portfolio highlights

Ashnni Motors — Ashnni Motors engineers and manufactures intelligent electric vehicles.

Anirudh Agarwal

Investment focus

Automotive
Angel
India

Portfolio highlights

Strom Motors — Strom Motors is a smart urban mobility Company.

Niraj Singh - Founder & CEO @ Spinny

Investment focus

Transportation, Travel, Apps
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
India, United States

Portfolio highlights

GroMo — Gromo is India's best real money earning app to earn extra income online without investment. Become a Gromo partner to Sell financial products & earn real money.
ApniBus — Online Bus Tickets Booking at lowest rates. Track your bus and book your seat on a single click. Bus ticket booking for government and private bus operators. Get tickets at lowest rates, easy cancellation and exciting offers.
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.