Top 50 Energy Angel Investors in India in November 2024

Investor	Energy India investments
Kris Gopalakrishnan	4
Akshay Singhal	4
Sagar Ratilal Bavarva	4
Kishore Ganji	3
Naveen Kshatriya	3
Ratilal M. Bavarva	3
Sanjiv Rangrass	3
Anupam Mittal	3
Gaurav Juneja	3
Michael Gryseels	2
Vineeta Singh	2
Rajan Anandan	2
Namita Thapar	2
Gajendra chandel	2
Shalini Chhabra	2
Shivam Prasad	2
Gaurav Gupta	2
Raaj Kumar	2
Rajan Anandan	2
Lakshmi Narayanan	2
Anshuman Bapna	2
Ramakant Sharma	2
Arjun Seth	2
Ashish Goel	2
Varsha Rao	2
Shashank Randev	2
Milan Modi	2
Nimesh Kampani	2
Rahul Talwar	1
Akshay Saxena	1
Kayar Raghavan	1
Sameer Mehta	1
Kanthi Dutt	1
Ekta Kapoor	1
Bhuvan Gupta	1
Ursula Burns	1
Aditya Bandi	1
Keshav Reddy	1
Venkat Nekkanti	1
Priyavrata Mafatlal	1
Doug Parker	1
Gaurav Mandlecha	1
Niraj Singh	1
Virender Sehwag	1
Premnath Kasinath	1
Amit Shah	1
R. Mohan Kumaramangalam	1
Arjun P Gupta	1
Tiger Shroff	1
Prashant Pitti	1

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.

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

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.

Akshay Singhal is the Co-Founder and CEO at Log 9 Materials a sub-organization of Log 9 Spill Containment.

Investment focus

Pet, AgTech, Battery
Seed, Pre-Seed
India, United States

Portfolio highlights

Loopworm — Insect Biosciences and Biomanufacturing Company Sustainable Proteins for Animals and Pets Crop Nutrition andPlant Biostimulants Human Nutrition and Wellness Silkworm Biofactories for Recombinant Proteins We utilize insects as a bioresource. We develop technologies to process insects into value-added products. The world is moving towards alternative bioresources and we choose insects because they are sustainable and
Climes — The easiest way for individuals and brands to become climate-friendly. Take real climate action alongside everyday consumption. All in a single click.
SWIZZLE — SWIZZLE delivers cocktail kits at home.

Sagar Ratilal Bavarva is the Director and Researcher of Aasan Group of Companies. He previously worked at the World Economic Forum as a Digital Associate - Remote. Sagar Ratilal Bavarva attended Harvard Business School.

Investment focus

Renewable Energy, Solar, Energy
Private Equity, Funding Round, Pre-Seed
India, The Netherlands, Germany

Portfolio highlights

Notte Group — A family run venture organization mainly focused over investment management and project planning within areas of energy, renewables, farming, agritech!
AASAN Consultancy — AASAN Consultancy is a management consulting firm providing energy management and engineering services.Its primary focus is on cost reduction, energy consumption analysis, and evaluation, as well as future-oriented planning for the cost-saving strategies for the energy supply. The firm identifies the possibilities to reduce current energy billswithout any impact on the consumer's current quality, volumes, or safety standards.Ratilal M. Bavarva founded the firm in 2018 with its headquarters in Rajkot, Gujarat.
Habaple Solar Technology Limited — An intertwine solar technology company with a next generation of 2.1 MW powerhouse grid base module system with an annual source of electricity generation. The project will be under the guideline of Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE), Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH (GIZ), Ministry of Power.

Kishore Ganji is the Angel Investor & Mentor at Astir Ventures.

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.

Naveen Kshatriya - Managing Partner, Founder @ Kshatriya ventures

Investment focus

Solar, Energy, Finance
Seed, Angel
India

Portfolio highlights

Peppermint — Cleaning robots from Peppermint are safer for employees, more efficient, and more eco-friendly than traditional machines.
Banyan Environmental Innovations — Banyan Environmental Innovations provides free finance for solar energy.

Ratilal M. Bavarva is the Founding Member and Investor at Aasan Group of companies. He attended Lukhdhirji Engineering College, Morbi graduated with a degree in electrical engineering.

Investment focus

Energy, Renewable Energy, Clean Energy
Pre-Seed, Private Equity
India, The Netherlands

Portfolio highlights

Aasan Industries — AASAN is a representative house for selected manufacturers and suppliers in the field of the cast, forged, milled, and turned parts as well as toolmaking from INDIA and Germany.The company has international expertise lying in the manufacture of high-quality, nevertheless inexpensive products for the railway, medical technology, vehicle, machineand tool construction, oil and gas as well as for the hydraulic industry.
AASAN Tools — A family inheritance enterprise focused on a tool manufacturing unit based in India and Germany. Aasan Tools works with high-quality cutting tool manufacturers from GERMANY and offers a direct solution for the metalworking and machine tool industry.We are an inhouse based importer and Supplier of high-performance and cost-effective cutting toolInserts and holders for Turning, Grooving, Threading, Parting, Precision Grooving, Face Grooving, DIN 471 & DIN 509 Grooving, and Profiling. We understand the needs of our customers very well and offer them the best quality and cost-effective solution for their process.Presently AASAN tools have partnered with GERMAN-based indexable tools specialist KEMMER Hartmetallwerkzeuge GmbH and offer a decidedly wide range of solutions, which allows you to choose the best for your work. The combination of different carbide substrates and numerous coatings is the result of an extremely large product range of KEMMER inserts. In addition to the PVD coatings, Kemmer also gradually offers the latest CVD coatings.Apart from that the company has many joint venture suppliers and manufacturers collaborations with various organizations based in Switzerland, France, Austria, Italy, Finland, Belgium, Netherlands.
Hacchu Dachhu Incorporation — The Hacchu Dachhu Incorporation will be South Asian most innovative site location of the year 2025 - 2028 where new technologies in the field of sustainable energy provision, water, and waste systems will be tested and applied in a real-life environment. One of its main aims for such global-level incorporation will be to accelerate innovations inthe energy transition. It will also set a new benchmark of place where knowledge institutions and big companies, and local communities' growth will be able to jointly develop and valorize technologies and systems all under one roof.

Sanjiv Rangrass is the Venture Partner of Unitus Ventures. He previously worked at ITC Limited as a Group Head - R&D, Sustainability & Projects. Sanjiv Rangrass attended Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur.

Investment focus

AgTech, Food Processing, Farming
Seed, Series A, Angel
India

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.
Wootz.work — We provide precision engineering solutions, from custom fabrications to full assemblies. Enhance supply chain resilience with integrated design, manufacturing, and delivery expertise, backed by global standards.
Sugar Watchers — A healthy twist to our daily staples like Rice, Atta and Poha. Sugar Watchers is a range of Low GI staples that are 100% Natural, non-gmo and clinically tested. They are good for diabetics, help in sugar and weight management and good for the full family.

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, Financial Services
Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
India, United States, France

Portfolio highlights

Meragi — Meragi is an end to end wedding decor service taking care of all decor requirements from deisgn to execution, all at a great price
Nasher Miles — Shop Good Quality Premium Luggage Bags, Suitcases & Laptop Backpacks online on Nasher Miles. Wide Range of Small & Medium Cabin Bags, Travel Luggage Bags Sets in different Colours & Designs.
ReFit Global — Discover top-quality, certified refurbished phones at Refit Global. Enjoy premium devices at unbeatable prices with reliable performance.

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

Dr. Michael Gryseels is the President of True Digital Group, the innovation unit set up by True Corporation, part of the Charoen Pokphand (CP) Group. True Digital was set up to capture new growth opportunities from digital, analytics, IoT, robotics, and related technologies. True Digital is headquartered in Thailand but has subsidiaries inIndonesia, Vietnam, and the Philippines, and investments in China, Myanmar, and Cambodia. Michael is also the Group Chief Digital Officer and a member of the Executive Committee of True's parent shareholder Charoen Pokphand (CP) Group, Thailand's largest private corporation and one of the largest conglomerates globally, operating across 13 industries and 20+ countries, employing over 300,000 people.

Investment focus

Software, Energy, Mobile
Seed, Series A
Singapore, India, Philippines

Portfolio highlights

Ackcio — Ackcio builds real-time, reliable, wireless, monitoring solutions for industrial applications.
PixCap — PixCap - Web-based editor. Easily create 3D designs. We ship with thousands of assets, animations, poses, and characters to help you quickly get started. Best 3D software with no downloads for designers.
VFlow Tech — VFlowTech is a Singapore based company that aims to produce the world's best Vanadium Redox Flow Batteries to the power the sustainable future with pure renewable energy.

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.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Food and Beverage, Consumer Goods
Seed, Angel, Series A
India

Portfolio highlights

FarmDidi — Farmdidi offers a range of food products including chutneys, pickles, and honey. These products are handmade, following traditional recipes, and do not contain any preservatives. The company is also committed to empowering rural women across India, providing them with employment opportunities. In addition to selling in India, Farmdidi also exportsits products to the US, UK, and Canada. The company's mission is to provide 100% natural, healthy, and authentic food products to consumers.
Push Sports — Push Sports is a sports company developing and operating world class sports arenas and professional training facilities.
ReFit Global — Discover top-quality, certified refurbished phones at Refit Global. Enjoy premium devices at unbeatable prices with reliable performance.

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.

Investment focus

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

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.
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.

Namita Thapar

Investment focus

Food and Beverage, Health Care, E-Commerce
Seed, Angel, Funding Round
India

Portfolio highlights

Chefling — Your hassle-free culinary solution for restaurant-style meals at home. Each kit includes all ingredients needed, from sauces to garnishes, eliminating the need to source multiple items. Skip the grocery store - we deliver quality ingredients straight to your door.
Medulance — Medulance is a GPS based technology platform for fast and reliable first point medical attention.
Pragmatech Healthcare Solutions — Pragmatech Healthcare Solutions is a company that focuses on the development of products that increase access to and adoption of the latest healthcare technologies. The company's mission is to innovate pragmatic, ergonomic, and cost-effective solutions to help address difficult healthcare challenges. Pragmatech Healthcare Solutions operates inthe In-Vitro/Molecular Diagnostics industry and is also a Medical Device Manufacturer. The company is also known as Pragmatech Solutions.

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

Shalini Chhabra is a Managing Partner at Incipia Advisors LL.

Investment focus

Software, Analytics, Finance
Seed
India

Portfolio highlights

Tan90 — Instant cold gel ice pack! We are manufacturers of gel ice packs in India. A Reusable Ice Pack, Insulated Delivery Cooler Bags, Plastic Pads, or Tan90 High-Quality PCM cooling liquid are the refrigerant.
Haqdarshak — Haqdarshak is a technology-enabled platform working to transform how Indian citizens learn about, apply for, and benefit from, government schemes. The company is composed of a group of passionate social entrepreneurs using technology to impact the next billion. The team comprises of individuals from diverse background who have come together out ofcommon interest and passion. The investor community represents individuals holding prestigious positions in different companies across various sectors.
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.

Founding Partner at Upsparks

Investment focus

Software, Logistics, Marketing
Seed, Pre-Seed
India, United States

Portfolio highlights

Zypp Electric — Zypp is building the Largest Same Day Delivery Sustainable Fleet in India & Region providing Lowest cost same day delivery solution for multiple B2B customers by superlative utilization of a vehicle via passion economy. Idea is to disrupt and transform the future of the last mile delivery with right EVs, Battery swapping infrastructure, IOT,AI, ML Tech platform while making it sustainable and affordable for businesses of all types including kiranas to large e-retail customers.
Pixis — Pixis develops codeless AI infrastructure to help brands scale all aspects of their marketing in a world of complex consumer behavior.

Gaurav Gupta

Investment focus

Solar, Energy, CleanTech
Angel
India

Portfolio highlights

ZunRoof — Buy solar systems at lowest price. Install solar rooftop to get lowest price and best quality solar panel, inverter, structure. Get a Solar Rooftop. Quality and subsidy assured. Reduce Electricity Bill by 100% by Going Solar. Make Money from Sun.

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.

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.

Investment focus

Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology
Seed, Angel, Series A
India, United States, Singapore

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.
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.

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 vertically integrates quantum computing and AI for solutions in manufacturing, industrial, transportation, finance, pharmaceuticals, and materials with diverse software platforms and products and provides impactful advances to generative AI and various industry verticals.
Raptee Energy — Emobility
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.

Anshuman Bapna is Founder at Terra.do.

Investment focus

CleanTech, Fashion, Medical
Seed, Pre-Seed
India

Portfolio highlights

Climes — The easiest way for individuals and brands to become climate-friendly. Take real climate action alongside everyday consumption. All in a single click.
ElectricPe — ElectricPe are racing ahead to provide smart, affordable, and clean Electric Mobility to a billion Indians.
Ohm Mobility — Ohm Mobility give you the best Financing / Leasing terms and fastest disbursement for Electric Vehicles

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, E-Commerce
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
India, United States, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

Juleo — Juleo is a good model of a respectful and high-achieving society. They are a caring meritocracy, or sports team with a heart, where success is determined by teamwork and results.
Jugyah — Jugyah is a technology company transforming how the next billion urban Indians rent their homes.Our pioneering, fin-tech powered business model is radically changing the long term home rental market.We believe there is a better place (”jugyah”) out there for both renters and property owners where they feel like they belong. Our goal is to takethem there.Backed by the largest real estate developers in the country and some of the top tier angels and VCs, we are currently in beta.
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

Arjun Seth is a Member of the Indian Angel Network.

Investment focus

Electric Vehicle, Same Day Delivery, Delivery Service
Seed, Series A
India, United States

Portfolio highlights

Zypp Electric — Zypp is building the Largest Same Day Delivery Sustainable Fleet in India & Region providing Lowest cost same day delivery solution for multiple B2B customers by superlative utilization of a vehicle via passion economy. Idea is to disrupt and transform the future of the last mile delivery with right EVs, Battery swapping infrastructure, IOT,AI, ML Tech platform while making it sustainable and affordable for businesses of all types including kiranas to large e-retail customers.
Burgerama — Burgerama provides fast-casual, made for delivery burger experience.
BatteryPool — BatteryPool offers battery charging solutions for EV fleets and commercial vehicles.

Ashish Goel is the Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer at Urban Ladder.

Investment focus

Consumer Goods, Financial Services, Software
Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
India, United States

Portfolio highlights

Newtrace — NewTrace is building the next generation of electrolyzers to help fulfil the vision of affordable green hydrogen
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.
DigitalPaani — DigitalPaani builds cutting-edge IoT and digital management tools that redesign wastewater operations.

Varsha Rao is the Executive Partner at Flare Capital Partners.Rao received her BS/BA in Economics/Math from the University of Pennsylvania. For two years following graduation, she worked at the Wasserstein Perella financial consulting firm, where she advised clients on private and public investment strategies. She then returned toschool to obtain an MBA from Harvard Business School.As a strong believer in the power of education, she contributes to various educational initiatives for underprivileged children and youth. Among them is Breakthrough, a program that works to motivate and empower K12 students to continue to higher education and excel academically and professionally.

Investment focus

Health Care, E-Commerce, Software
Seed, Series A, Series B
United States, India, France

Portfolio highlights

knownwell — Whether you need primary care or are focused on obesity medicine, we are here to serve you with warmth and expertise. No shame. No blame. Just care.
Groundfloor — Building the infrastructure for IRL community
Eigen Therapeutics — Eigen Therapeutics is a biotechnology company developing combination therapeutics for cancer. The company is in the research and development of synergistic therapies that improve efficacy while reducing the toxicity of small molecule therapies and immunotherapies, enabling physicians to get access to novel drugs in areas of unmet medical needs.

Shashank is Founder VC and Co-Founder of 100X.VC - India's first venture fund to invest in early-stage startups using iSAFE Notes. Portfolio: https://www.100x.vc/. Investments through Randev Ventures Family Office in early-stage startups across India, SEA & USA with a keen interest in B2B Emerging technology, Deeptech,SaaS, Cleantech, and Web3. Randev Ventures is the private investment body of Randev Family Office. He brings entrepreneurial and investment understanding with 15+ years of cross-functional expertise. Previously, he was the Founding member and Vice President of VCCEdge, the SaaS data platform by VCCircle (acquired by News Corporation in 2015). He launched the SaaS platform, led revenue, product development, and growth initiatives for close to seven years at VCCEdge. He has additionally worked with NIIT Ltd. and Zensar Technologies Ltd.He is also an Angel Investor and Advisor with a keen interest and portfolio investments in B2B Emerging technology, Deeptech, SaaS, Cleantech, and Web3 startups. Shashank holds an undergraduate degree in Bachelor of Engineering from Nagpur University, and an MBA from International Management Institute (IMI), New Delhi.Shashank’s professional ability in developing, launching and making the first move when it comes to products and solutions is reflected in the novel model of 100X.VC. As a Co-Founder of 100X.VC, he is part of the Investment Committee and works closely with portfolio companies on how to improve the chances of new products succeeding. And helping them raise followon capital from growth stage VCs, CVCs, and family offices.Specialties: Entrepreneurship, Scaling up Startups, Angel & Seed Investment & Venture Capital

Investment focus

FinTech, CleanTech, Education
Angel, Seed, Pre-Seed
India

Portfolio highlights

BHyve — Peer Learning at workplace, Knowledge management system, LXP, Learning experience platform in India, Human resource, employee engagement consulting platform which helps organizations to spread tacit knowledge, wisdom & experience within organizations. Improves productivity of organization. BHyve
BugBase — Discover, manage, and proactively address vulnerabilities with BugBase's comprehensive suite of services. Our offerings include managed bug bounties, Penetration Testing as a Service (PTaaS), Automated Scanning, and VDP solutions. Enhance your security posture today.
EMO — EMO's Mission is to Design, Develop & Commercialize Cutting Edge Technology for the Masses with a focus on Safety, Reliability & Performance. We are a growing group of Creators, Innovators & Explorers who strive to achieve the Impossible by fusing Hardware, Software & Experience to Build Products that stand the test of Time.

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.

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

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

Rahul Talwar

Investment focus

Real Estate, Other, Software
Seed
India

Portfolio highlights

trica — trica - a technology platform for startups to manage their cap table and ESOPs and for investors to back opportunities in growth and pre-IPO technology companies and global funds.
Strawcture Eco — Create a sustainable future with Strawcture. Biopanels - Eco-Friendly Building Materials in India for drywall, false ceilings, mezzanine floor & furniture.
WEGoT Utility Solutions — WEGoT provides tech-enabled solutions to handle the need, consumption and distribution of basic utilities(Water, Electricity and Gas) that have come under tremendous pressure owing to urban development.Responsible urban living entails starting your day with the holy trinity of resources – Water, Electricity and Gas. WEGoT has developed a convenientplatform that integrates all 3 resources and helps each household measure, manage and conserve these critical resources from their fingertips.

Akshay Saxena is the Co-Founder and Director at Avanti Learning Centres.

Investment focus

Energy, Travel, FinTech
Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
India

Portfolio highlights

AdmitKard — Want to study abroad ? Get expert advice and information on colleges, courses, exams, admission, student visa, and application process to study overseas.
Goldsetu — We help you modernize your jewellery business with end-to-end store management tools. From the latest designs to digital experiences for your customers - we have you covered!
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.

Kayar Raghavan, aka Rags, is an internationally experienced banker and consultant with over 40 years of field experience in banking, financial services, management consulting and advice in ops & tech design, value engineering, M&A due diligence and outsourcing. A Financial Times qualified Non Executive Director. A thought leader. A LeadAngel, Syndicate Leader and Board Member in several Startups.

Investment focus

Apps, Solar, Dating
Seed, Angel
India

Portfolio highlights

Trelish — Experience hassle-free coffee with Trelish's liquid brews. Choose from classic Filter Coffee decoction to cafe-style Flavoured coffees & International blends.
Trulymadly.com — Truly Madly is one of the best matchmaking app in India connecting singles across the country. Make friends, meet new people, or find your forever with the Top Dating App Online by Truly Madly.
Fourth Partner Energy — Fourth Partner Energy provides turnkey rooftop solar energy solutions for customers in India. The company specializes in manufacturing solar energy based applications and its current product portfolio includes solar lanterns, home lighting systems, solar street lights, and photovoltaic panels.Fourth Partner Energy aims to build, develop, andmanage a large operating portfolio of de-centralized solar power assets in India and is positioned as a leading renewable energy services company. It strives to be a partner for sustainable change and endeavors to do so by providing products and services that improve the renewable resources available on the planet, and provide its customers with better quality at lower costs.Fourth Partner Energy is an MNRE empanelled Channel Partner and an ISO 9001:2008 certified company. It is also registered as a partner with state bodies such as RREC, TNREDC, and NREDCAP. The company was founded in 2010 by

Sameer Mehta - Co-Founder & Chief product officer @ boAt

Investment focus

Commerce/Shopping, Food/Beverage, Gaming
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
India

Portfolio highlights

Floryo — Floryo asserts that it offers daily household essentials that are freshly made. The company currently offers more than 40 different types of freshly processed flour that have been tailored to fulfil functional nutrition standards.
Licious — Licious is a path breaking concept in the Indian Food industry; aimed at solving the perennially existing problem of finding safe, delectable, trustworthy fresh meat in India. The company builds a world-class enterprise that's bound to upgrade the way the company procures, sells, buys, and consumes meat in India.
Wyld — India's first social currency payment card that let's every digital content creator monetize their social network. Use your WYLD card to purchase your favorite brands, post about it on Instagram and earn massive cashbacks in exchange. Got Instagram? Get WYLD!

Kanthi Dutt is one of the youngest serial entrepreneurs from India. With an active presence in the media and e-commerce domains, he is the founder of SustainKart India’s first e-commerce marketplace for a sustainable lifestyle and also runs a media management firm Spartans Media. He started his career at the age of 12 as an entrepreneur. Kanthi wasawarded as the "Young Entrepreneur" at the Telangana Rashtra Sarwabhowma Awards 2019. As an author, he penned the book "Rediscovering Path to Success" which was published in 2020.

Investment focus

Health Care, Manufacturing
Seed, Angel
India

Portfolio highlights

FromVedas — Say Goodbye To Chemicals, Paraben And Cruelty Based Cleaning Agents, Choose Organic Cleaning Solutions From And By The Vedas.
ROLIGT FOODS PVT LTD(COCOWORKS) — CLEAN NUTRITION SUSTAINABLE FOOD MILLENIAL NUTRITION

Ekta Kapoor is the Founder and Managing Director at ALT Balaji.

Investment focus

B2B, Battery, Internet
Seed, Corporate Round
India

Portfolio highlights

Chargeup — Chargeup is a full-stack EV Financing & Asset Management Platform. We enable last-mile drivers with ownership and higher earnings
Tring — Buy gifts for loved ones as personalised Videos, DMs or live video calls by letting fans engage
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.

Bhuvan Gupta is the Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer of OfBusiness. He previously worked at Snapdeal as a Vice President of Engineering. Bhuvan Gupta attended Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani.

Investment focus

Information Technology, B2B, Crowdsourcing
Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
India, United States

Portfolio highlights

Atica Global Inc — Atica is a last-mile sales & revenue management company. It leverages proprietary lead generation & CRM tool to maximise revenue from proactive sales. Hands-on Revenue Management and Reactive sales (including RFPs) management lead to maximum revenue from brand & 3rd party websites.
SocialBoat — #1 Menstrual wellness app for PCOS. We provide online treatment for PCOS, Thyroid with medicine, diet & exercise. All Programs are expert led and curated by AI
Narrato — Narrato Workspace is an AI content creation, collaboration and workflow management tool built for content and marketing teams and creators.

Ursula Burns is a Senior Advisor at Teneo Holdings. She is also Chairman of the Board at VEON, and director of Uber, American Express, ExxonMobil and Nestlé. She will join Diageo’s board in April 2018.Burns was previously the Chairman of the Board of the Xerox Corporation from 2010 to 2017 and Chief Executive Officer from 2009 to 2016.Shejoined Xerox as an intern in 1980 and during her career she held leadership posts spanning corporate services, manufacturing and product development. She was named president in 2007. During her tenure as chief executive officer, she helped the company transform from a global leader in document technology to the world’s most diversified business services company serving enterprises and governments of all sizes. Shortly after being named CEO in 2009, she spearheaded the largest acquisition in Xerox history, the $6.4 billion purchase of Affiliated Computer Services.In 2016, Burns led Xerox through a successful separation into two independent, publicly traded companies – Xerox Corporation, which is comprised of the company’s Document Technology and Document Outsourcing businesses, and Conduent Incorporated, a business process services company. The separation of the two businesses enhanced their competitive positions and created significant value creation opportunities.Burns, who regularly appears on Fortune’s and Forbes’ lists of the world’s most powerful women, is now a Senior Advisor to global CEO advisory firm Teneo. She is a board director of Uber, American Express, ExxonMobil, and Nestlé, and the chairman of VEON. She will join the board of Diageo in April 2018. U.S. President Barack Obama appointed her to help lead the White House national program on Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) from 2009-2016, and she served as chair of the President’s Export Council from 2015-2016 after service as vice chair 2010-2015.She also provides leadership counsel to several other community and non-profit organizations, including the Ford Foundation, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Corporation, Cornell Tech Board of Overseers, the New York City Ballet, and the Mayo Clinic. Burns is a member of the National Academy of Engineers and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Burns holds a master’s degree in mechanical engineering from Columbia University and a bachelor’s in mechanical engineering from Polytechnic Institute of New York University.

Investment focus

Software, SaaS, Events
Series A, Pre-Seed
India, United States, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

CleanCo — Why Clean? A more positive approach to non-alcoholic drinks. It makes it easier to order at the bar and more sense for people who drink less, or not at all as part of a cleaner lifestyle.
Goodera — Engage employees for social impact with Goodera. We curate, plan, and manage engaging volunteering programs for 10M+ employees.
Rapport — The smart solution for building superhuman teams. Rapport distills decades of research on high performing teams down to a few smart, simple steps that integrate seamlessly into your workflow.

Aditya Bandi is a vice president at Groyyo.

Investment focus

Solar, Service Industry, Supply Chain Management
Seed
India

Portfolio highlights

Solar Ladder — Solar Ladder is a supply chain platform that enables solar installers to automate, outsource, and simplify solar panel installations.

Keshav Reddy

Investment focus

CleanTech, Sustainability
Seed
India

Portfolio highlights

Climes — The easiest way for individuals and brands to become climate-friendly. Take real climate action alongside everyday consumption. All in a single click.

Venkat Nekkanti

Investment focus

Energy Efficiency, Energy Management
Seed
India

Portfolio highlights

Tan90 — Instant cold gel ice pack! We are manufacturers of gel ice packs in India. A Reusable Ice Pack, Insulated Delivery Cooler Bags, Plastic Pads, or Tan90 High-Quality PCM cooling liquid are the refrigerant.

Priyavrata Mafatlal

Investment focus

Organic, Consumer Goods
Series A
India

Portfolio highlights

Beco — Buy eco-friendly products online at Lets Beco. Our products are 100% eco-friendly & sustainable. We offer personal care, kitchen care, & home products at the best prices in India.

Doug Parker is nuTonomy's COO, leading the Singapore office and the company's fundraising efforts. He joined nuTonomy from McKinsey & Company, where he was an Associate Partner in the product development and private equity practices. He has an MBA from INSEAD.

Investment focus

Renewable Energy, Software, B2B
Seed
Singapore, India

Portfolio highlights

Agros — Agros exist to make farming economically viable and environmentally sustainable. The company provides farmers with carbon-reducing and income-increasing products and services, from input to market. Their unique ecosystem approach aggregates different low-carbon technologies, bundled with affordable finance, insurance, advisory and market access.Agros’ mission is to double the income of millions of farmers while reducing 100 megatons of annual carbon emissions.
VFlow Tech — VFlowTech is a Singapore based company that aims to produce the world's best Vanadium Redox Flow Batteries to the power the sustainable future with pure renewable energy.
Tessaract.io — Tessaract.io is a no-code workflow automation platform that helps companies track and manage various workflows, such as project tasks, sales leads, customer relationships, and accounting.

Gaurav Mandlecha is a Investment Team, Tanglin Venture Partners || Author, The Pilani Pioneers || Previously Airmeet, Viacom18 || BITS Pilani.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Advertising, Information Technology
Seed
India

Portfolio highlights

BiteSpeed — Drive 10% of your Shopify store's revenue from WhatsApp & FB Messenger. Recover abandoned carts, send promotional & shipping messages. Trusted by 1500+ brands!
Alt Carbon — Alt Carbon operates as a climate tech platform.

Niraj Singh - Founder & CEO @ Spinny

Investment focus

Transportation, Travel/Tourism, Community/Lifestyle
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
India, United States

Portfolio highlights

GroMo — Become a partner and make a regular income by selling financial products. Brand yourself as a certified financial advisor and launch and grow your business.
Neend — Trouble sleeping? Neend is making India Sleep better. Try bedtime stories in hindi, telugu, marathi, tamil, and english to fall asleep. We also have Neend gummies & tea - unique solutions to your sleeplessness & Insomnia. Also helps with broken sleep as you would have deeper sleep. Keeps stress away.
ApniBus — ApniBus operates as an intercity bus platform.

Virender Sehwag, India’s Cricket Player

Investment focus

Farming, Organic, Agriculture
Seed
India

Portfolio highlights

Two Brothers Organic Farms — Two Brothers Organic Farms, a certified family run organic farm which Produces desi cow ghee, moringa powder and other organic food products. Visit Two Brothers Online Store to buy Organic Foods made by hand mindfully.

Premnath Kasinath

Investment focus

Water, Food and Beverage
Pre-Seed
India

Portfolio highlights

Polka Pop — Polka Pop is India's first brand to serve naturally flavored sparkling water with zero calories and no added sugar. Supporting a sustainable lifestyle choice, this healthy drink is available in four flavors, i.e. lemon-lime, orange, peach, and cranberry. The fizz makes this the best mix for cocktails and mocktails.

Amit Shah focuses on early-stage investments, creating globally renowned businesses, where technology innovation and markets intersect. He targets large markets across all business sectors including materials related technologies (Adama Materials); construction (Aditazz); dynamic, large-scale analytics (Guavus); and consumer motion processing(NYSE:INVN) amongst others.Prior to founding Artiman Ventures, Amit was a successful repeat entrepreneur. Both companies he founded were acquired: Zeitnet (acquired by Cabletron) and PipeLinks (acquired by Cisco). He was also General Partner of Anthelion Capital, a seed stage venture firm based in Menlo Park, CA.Amit holds a B.S.E.E from M.S. University Baroda and did graduate work at UC Irvine.Over his career he has led investments in many companies such as Everest Design Automation (acquired by Synopsys), IKANOS (Nasdaq: IKAN), iManage (Nasdaq: IMAN), Lightwire (acquired by Cisco Systems), Netscaler (acquired by Citrix), Sierra Design Automation (acquired by Mentor Graphics), Tavant (acquired by Ameriquest).He is currently on the boards of Adama Materials, Aditazz, Guavus, HomeUnion, Niron Magnetics, Kaybus and InvenSense.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Sensor
Series A, Series B, Series C
United States, India

Portfolio highlights

Polka Pop — Polka Pop is India's first brand to serve naturally flavored sparkling water with zero calories and no added sugar. Supporting a sustainable lifestyle choice, this healthy drink is available in four flavors, i.e. lemon-lime, orange, peach, and cranberry. The fizz makes this the best mix for cocktails and mocktails.
Tonbo Imaging — Tonbo Imaging designs, develop, and deploy electro optics solutions that can see beyond the visible, process complex data for enhanced situational awareness and control dynamic environment for rapid decision making and increased autonomy.Our solutions cater to critical market needs in security, defense, reconnaissance, industrial inspection and monitoring, smart city solutions and intelligent transportation and logistics.
UltraSense Systems — UltraSense Systems offers driver-vehicle touch interfaces that integrate multi-mode sensing, illumination, haptics and AI/ML, for modern automotive designs.

R. Mohan Kumaramangalam

Investment focus

Energy, Software, Sustainability
Angel
India

Portfolio highlights

MinionLabs — Minion Energy Management Solution | Save up to 30% of energy | MinionLabs - India

Arjun P Gupta is the Founder and CEO of Smart Joules Pvt. Ltd. Arjun P Gupta attended Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Investment focus

CleanTech, Sustainability
Seed
India

Portfolio highlights

Climes — The easiest way for individuals and brands to become climate-friendly. Take real climate action alongside everyday consumption. All in a single click.

Tiger Shroff is an Indian actor, martial artist, and dancer known for his work in Hindi films.

Investment focus

Energy, Sustainability
Seed, Funding Round
India

Portfolio highlights

Freadom — Freadom is a learning platform for children aged 3-12 to strengthen their English reading, speaking, and conversation skills.
Chargeup — Chargeup operates as a battery swapping network for e-rickshaws.

Prashant Pitti is co-founder of EaseMyTrip. He has a brilliant aptitude for various sectors of commerce and is identified for his exceptional marketing skills and creative ideas. Mr. Prashant is a B.Tech from IIT Madras. Prashant Pitti has 3 years of working experience in US and he has also contributed as assistant vice president in Risk Departmentof HSBC, Chicago. Under his surveillance, EaseMyTrip.com has created a niche for itself. Prashant firmly believes that technology, qualified manpower and advanced management team can lead any company towards peak of success.

Investment focus

Drones, Virtual World, Artificial Intelligence
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
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!
Optimo Loan — Optimo Loan is committed to promoting financial inclusion in the small business community and having a positive social impact.Our financing solutions are designed to empower businesses, regardless of their size or background, to achieve their growth ambitions and drive economic progress.
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!