# Top 50 Energy Angel Investors in India in June 2026

## Akshay Singhal
- Type: Angel
- Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Pet, AgTech, Battery

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

## Kris Gopalakrishnan
- Type: Angel
- Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: E-Commerce, Artificial Intelligence, Software

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.

## Sanjiv Rangrass
- Type: Angel
- Location: Gurgaon, Haryana, India
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel
- Focus: AgTech, Farming, Food Processing

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.

## Anupam Mittal
- Type: Angel
- Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: E-Commerce, Food and Beverage, Internet

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.

## Naveen Kshatriya
- Type: Angel
- Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Solar, Energy, Finance

Naveen Kshatriya - Managing Partner, Founder @ Kshatriya ventures

## Kishore Ganji
- Type: Angel
- Location: Marlboro, New Jersey, United States
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: E-Commerce, Health Care, Software

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

## Peter Norwood
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Energy, Computer, Software

Peter Norwood is the Chief Product Officer at Pratexo. He attended The University of Texas at Austin.

## Namita Thapar
- Type: Angel
- Location: Pune, Maharashtra, India
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Food and Beverage, E-Commerce, Retail

Namita Thapar is an Executive Director at Emcure Pharmaceuticals. She previously worked as a senior manager at Abbott. She attended Duke University's Fuqua School of Business.

## Gaurav Juneja
- Type: Angel
- Location: Gurgaon, Haryana, India
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Electric Vehicle, Logistics, Sustainability

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

## Lakshmi Narayanan
- Type: Angel
- Location: Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Manufacturing, Artificial Intelligence, Sports

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

## Michael Gryseels
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A, Seed
- Focus: Energy, Software, Water

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.

## Ramakant Sharma
- Type: Angel
- Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Financial Services, Software, E-Commerce

Ramakant Sharma is the Founder and CEO of Livspace. He previously worked at Jungle Ventures as an Operating Partner. Ramakant attended the Indian School of Business, where he earned a Master of Business Administration (MBA), and the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, where he completed a Bachelor of Technology (BTech).

## Shalini Chhabra
- Type: Angel
- Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Software, Analytics, Finance

Shalini Chhabra is a Managing Partner at Incipia Advisors LL.

## Varsha Rao
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Health Care, Artificial Intelligence, Software

Varsha Rao is an Executive Partner at Flare Capital Partners, former Head of Global Operations at Airbnb, CEO of Nurx and COO at Clover Health. She was the Co-Founder of Eve.com. Rao received her BS/BA in Economics/Math from the University of Pennsylvania and an MBA from Harvard Business School.She is an active angel investors withsuccessful investments in AI-Infra, Healthcare, Vertical AI, Consumer Tech and more.

## Nimesh Kampani
- Type: Angel
- Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Financial Services, E-Commerce, Internet

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

## Shashank Randev
- Type: Angel
- Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Angel, Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: FinTech, SaaS, CleanTech

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

## Gaurav Gupta
- Type: Angel
- Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Angel
- Focus: Solar, Energy, CleanTech

Gaurav Gupta

## Rajan Anandan
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A
- Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Artificial Intelligence

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.

## Vineeta Singh
- Type: Angel
- Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Angel, Seed, Debt Financing
- Focus: Food and Beverage, E-Commerce, Food Processing

Vineeta Singh is the Co-founder and CEO of SUGAR Cosmetics. She previously worked at Quetzal Verify Private Limited as Director. Vineeta attended the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, where she took a Master of Business Administration (MBA). She also attended the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, where she took a B.Tech in ElectricalEngineering.

## Sagar Ratilal Bavarva
- Type: Angel
- Location: Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Private Equity, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Renewable Energy, Solar, Energy

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.

## Manish Gandhi
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Energy, Medical, Manufacturing

Manish Gandhi

## Anshuman Bapna
- Type: Angel
- Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Fashion, CleanTech, Medical

Anshuman Bapna is Founder at Terra.do.

## Awais Ahmed
- Type: Angel
- Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Internet, Education, GreenTech

Awais Ahmed is the founder and CEO at Pixxel Space, a space technology company building a constellation of hyperspectral earth imaging satellites. Awais was previously a founding team member and engineering lead at Hyperloop India, the team that built India's first ever working hyperloop pod prototype. At Hyperloop India, Awais helped the teambecome one of the 24 finalists out of 2500 global applicants at the SpaceX competition and a finalist at the Hyperloop One Global Challenge where the team's proposed route was chosen in India for the pilot.

## Bharat Jaisinghani
- Type: Angel
- Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: FinTech, Manufacturing, Financial Services

Bharat A. Jaisinghani is the Executive Director of Polycab
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## Gajendra chandel
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Energy, Automotive

Gajendra chandel

## Raaj Kumar
- Type: Angel
- Location: Bangalore, Karnataka, India
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: GreenTech, Automotive, Electric Vehicle

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

## Arjun Seth
- Type: Angel
- Location: Delhi, Delhi, India
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Delivery Service, Electric Vehicle, Same Day Delivery

Arjun Seth is a Member of the Indian Angel Network.

## Shivam Prasad
- Type: Angel
- Location: Bangalore, Karnataka, India
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Logistics, Marketing

Founding Partner at Upsparks

## Ratilal M. Bavarva
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Private Equity
- Focus: Energy, Clean Energy, Renewable 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.

## Milan Modi
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: EdTech, Tutoring, Education

Milan Modi

## Ashish Goel
- Type: Angel
- Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Fashion, Software, E-Commerce

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

## Karanpal Singh
- Type: Angel
- Location: Delhi, Delhi, India
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Health Care

Karanpal Singh is a steel and mining industrialist and the founder of Hunch Ventures which has been investing in multi-stage companies since 2012.As these investments evolved into larger businesses, Hunch evolved into an organized venture fund and has now taken several large bets across multiple sectors. Hunch has been backing visionary foundersin various industries from Air Mobility, Fine Arts, Sustainable Food Supply chains and food security, Ports and Logistics, Healthtech, F&B, Lifestyle Media and several B2B SaaS platforms. It has investments in India, Canada, the US, Tanzania, Singapore, UAE and the United Kingdom and has now pivoted to environmentally conscious and sustainable businesses. Hunch is one of the largest independent aggregators of food-related infrastructure and technologies and has built the platform for global food technology companies to come to India and establish a local presence.

## SK Narvar
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Apps, Fuel, Delivery

SK Narvar is a Chairman at Capital India Corp.

## Richa Kar
- Type: Angel
- Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Organic, Education, E-Learning

Richa Kar is the Founder of Actoserba Active Wholesale Private Limited and serves as its Chief Executive Officer and also has been its Director since June 13, 2011.

## Ajith R. Pai
- Type: Angel
- Location: Mysore, Karnataka, India
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Solar, AgTech, Energy

Ajith R. Pai is the President at TiE Mysuru. Attended The University of Toledo.

## Ajai Chowdhry
- Type: Angel
- Location: New Delhi, Delhi, India
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, SaaS

Ajai Chowdhry - Founder @ HCL Infosystems

## Aditya Bandi
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Solar, Service Industry, Supply Chain Management

Aditya Bandi is a vice president at Groyyo.

## Parasar Sarma
- Type: Angel
- Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Water, Food and Beverage

Parasar Sarma

## Priyavrata Mafatlal
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: Organic, Consumer Goods

Priyavrata Mafatlal

## Gaurav Arora
- Type: Angel
- Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Consumer Goods, Organic, Food and Beverage

Gaurav Arora

## Chetan Mehra
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Water, Robotics, Industrial

Chetan Mehra

## Shoba Narayan
- Type: Angel
- Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Organic, E-Commerce, Food and Beverage

Shoba Narayan

## Jyoti Sagar
- Type: Angel
- Location: Gurgaon, Haryana, India
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: Energy, Renewable Energy

Jyoti Sagar

## Ursula Burns
- Type: Angel
- Location: Norwalk, Connecticut, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Events

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.

## Doug Parker
- Type: Angel
- Location: Seattle, Washington, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Renewable Energy, Software, B2B

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.

## Manoj Agarwal
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Focus: Solar, Clean Energy, Renewable Energy

Manoj Agarwal is an individual investor.

## Nithin Kamath
- Type: Angel
- Location: Bangalore, Karnataka, India
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Food and Beverage

Nithin Kamath is an entrepreneur and trader who is the founder and CEO at Zerodha, a large Indian broking house. He is also the CEO of Rainmatter Capital.

## Srinivas Anumolu
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Transportation, Internet

Co-Founder of Growth Story.

## Ekta Kapoor
- Type: Angel
- Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Corporate Round
- Focus: B2B, Battery, Internet

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

## Sameer Mehta
- Type: Angel
- Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Commerce/Shopping, Food/Beverage, Gaming

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