# Top 50 Hardware Angel Investors in India in June 2026 ## Anand Chandrasekaran - Type: Angel - Location: Gurgaon, Haryana, India - Relevant deals: 7 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, SaaS, E-Commerce Anand Chandrasekaran is based out of San Francisco, California and is the President of Crescendo. Anand previously worked at General Catalyst as Partner and Venture Advisor. Anand Chandrasekaran attended the Stanford University and PSG College of Technology, India. Anand Chandrasekaran has been awarded Young Global Leader by the World EconomicForum and was recognized as the #1 seed investor focused on the India – U.S. corridor by the HURUN India Report in their career. ## Dinesh Agarwal - Type: Angel - Location: Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India - Relevant deals: 6 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B - Focus: Software, Internet, FinTech The man behind establishment of India’s largest online marketplace in 1996, Dinesh is the chief driving force behind IndiaMART and has been the front runner in steering the growth of the company. Under his leadership, IndiaMART today is a 2800 strong talented pool of human resource, with customers spanning across 200 nations and 35 offices acrossthe country. A vigorous advocate of Indian SMEs, he has been undertaking numerous initiatives to promote technology in the Indian SME space.Dinesh is a member of The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE) and Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI).Dinesh pursued his B. Tech in Computer Science and Engineering from Harcourt Butler Technological Institute, Kanpur. When he does not have his working boots on, he loves to spend time with his family, travelling to exotic locations and experiencing different cultures ## Kunal Shah - Type: Angel - Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India - Relevant deals: 6 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Internet Kunal Shah ## Rajesh Sawhney - Type: Angel - Location: Gurgaon, Haryana, India - Relevant deals: 6 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Internet Rajesh is the co-founder and CEO of InnerChef and Super Angels. He holds a bachelor's degree in electronic engineering from Delhi University, and a master's degree in management from Mumbai University. He has also done a fellowship in 'Globalisation and Leadership' from the London School of Economics and Social Sciences. ## Ashish Kacholia - Type: Angel - Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Seed, Post-IPO Equity - Focus: Retail, Manufacturing, Health Care Ashish Kacholia is the founder and Director - Research at Lucky Investment Managers. ## Namita Thapar - Type: Angel - Location: Pune, Maharashtra, India - Relevant deals: 5 - 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. ## Kunal Bahl - Type: Angel - Location: New Delhi, Delhi, India - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Internet, E-Commerce Kunal Bahl is based out of Delhi and is the Co-Founder of AceVector. Kunal Bahl attended the University of Pennsylvania. ## Anupam Mittal - Type: Angel - Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India - Relevant deals: 5 - 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. ## Rohit Bansal - Type: Angel - Location: Gurgaon, Haryana, India - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Internet, E-Commerce, Software Rohit Bansal is based out of Gurgaon and is the Co-founder of AceVector. Rohit previously worked at FICCI as a Chair. Rohit Bansal attended Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi. ## Aprameya Radhakrishna - Type: Angel - Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: Internet, Software, Retail Aprameya loves singing romantic songs and is the quintessential dreamer who doesn’t fear to experiment. He used to be the Head of Business Development for PDS at Jones Lang LaSalle India where he spent almost 3 years post his graduation from IIM Ahmedabad. He has worked at Infosys and has an Electronics engineering degree from NITK Surthkal andif all this has made you think he’s a geek, ask his close friends and they would say otherwise! ## Peyush Bansal - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: E-Commerce, Food and Beverage, Internet Peyush Bansal is the Co-Founder, Chief Executive, and People Officer of Lenskart. He attended McGill University. ## Walid Aradi - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A - Focus: Information Technology, Internet, Health Care Entrepreneur, investor. Advising global tech companies navigate through MENA+ regulatory environments, market entry and scaling ## 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. ## Vijay Kedia - Type: Angel - Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Robotics, Software Vijay Kedia ## Aman Gupta - Type: Angel - Location: New Delhi, Delhi, India - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Angel, Seed - Focus: E-Commerce, Food and Beverage, Manufacturing Aman Gupta is based out of Delhi and is the Co-Founder and Director of boAt. Aman previously worked at HARMAN International as a Director of Sales. Aman Gupta attended the Indian School of Business. Aman Gupta has received the National Creator Award 2024. ## Sunil Kumar Singhvi - Type: Angel - Location: Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Health Care, Artificial Intelligence, Education SunilKumar Singhvi is the managing partner at Singhvi Heritage LLP. ## Prashant Pitti - Type: Angel - Location: New Delhi, Delhi, India - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Drones, Organic, Delivery Prashant Pitti is the cofounder of EaseMyTrip & Optimo. Prashant Pitti attended the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras. ## Binny Bansal - Type: Angel - Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Internet Binny Bansal is an Indian software engineer and Internet entrepreneur. In 2007 he co-founded the e-commerce platform Flipkart with Sachin Bansal (not related) and was serving as the Chief Operating Officer until 11 January 2016 and was promoted to Chief Executive Officer. In January 2017 he was promoted to Group CEO of Flipkart. Binny is fromChandigarh and graduated from the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi with a degree in Computer Science and Engineering. ## Rajan Anandan - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 4 - 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. ## Karanpal Singh - Type: Angel - Location: Delhi, Delhi, India - Relevant deals: 4 - 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. ## Dhruvil Sanghvi - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Information Technology, SaaS, Software Dhruvil is the founder of LogiNext. As the founder of LogiNext, I have been leading a global SaaS company that provides logistics and supply chain technology platform to enterprises across various industries. Since 2015, we have grown to serve over 200 large clients live in 50 countries, being supported by our offices in the US, India, UAE, andMalaysia. We have also raised over $50 million in funding from marquee investors, and have been recognized by Forbes, Entrepreneur, and Deloitte as one of the fastest-growing and most innovative companies in our domain.My passion for entrepreneurship, technology, and social impact drives me to create products that solve real-world problems and create value for our customers and stakeholders. I have also been actively involved in the start-up ecosystem as a CEO, early-stage angel investor, mentor and co-founder of various initiatives that support and empower aspiring entrepreneurs, especially in US, UAE and India. I have invested in over 50 start-ups across sectors such as SaaS, fintech, edtech, healthtech, e-commerce, and media, and have mentored hundreds of founders and management teams through various platforms and programs. ## Aakrit Vaish - Type: Angel - Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A - Focus: Internet, E-Commerce, SaaS Aakrit Vaish is based out of Mumbai, Maharashtra and was the Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer of Haptik. Aakrit previously worked at peercheque as a Managing Partner. Aakrit Vaish attended the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. . ## Sumesh Menon - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A - Focus: FinTech, Software, Lending Sumesh Menon is the Co-Founder / Managing Director of U2opia Mobile Pte Ltd, ## Phanindra Sama - Type: Angel - Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: Internet, SaaS, Software Phanindra Sama is the Advisor of WestBridge Capital. He previously worked at redBus as a Founder and CEO. Phanindra Sama attended Stanford University. ## Ajay Gupta - Type: Angel - Location: New Delhi, Delhi, India - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Fashion, E-Commerce Ajay Gupta - Vice President and Head of Strategy and Marketing @ Ericsson ## Krishna Kumar - Type: Angel - Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Education, Retail Technology, SaaS Krishna Kumar founded Simplilearn.com in 2010 and serves as the CEO. Before this, Krishna worked at IAMAI- Edtech as the Chairman and attended the National Institute of Technology Karnataka. ## Gaurav Munjal - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Internet, Health Care, Apps Gaurav Munjal is the Co-Founder and CEO at Unacademy. ## Vignesh Ramanujam - Type: Angel - Location: Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel - Focus: Health Care, Information Technology, FinTech Entrepreneur — Founder, Investor, Board Member, Operator, Advisor, Observer, Partner, Seeker, Friend. Publicly active in private markets & privately active in public markets. ## Ashish Toshniwal - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Apps, Machine Learning Ashish Toshniwal is CEO and co-founder of Y Media Labs, an investor in numerous mobile-first technology companies, and a frequent speaker on the future of mobile, emerging technologies, and business transformation in the digital age. Prior to that, he was a Manager at eBay. Ashish attended Purdue University. ## Lakshmi Narayanan - Type: Angel - Location: Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: Manufacturing, Artificial Intelligence, Sports Lakshmi Narayanan is the Chief Executive Officer at Cognizant Technology Solutions. ## Ramakant Sharma - Type: Angel - Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India - Relevant deals: 3 - 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). ## Shivakumar Ganesan - Type: Angel - Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel - Focus: 3D Technology, Augmented Reality, Music Shivakumar Ganesan is based out of Bengaluru, Karnataka and is the Co-Founder & CEO of Exotel. Shivakumar previously worked at Roopit as a Founder & Techie. Shivakumar Ganesan attended the Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani. Shivakumar Ganesan has been awarded Fortune's 40 under 40 and CNBC's Young Turk awards. ## 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. ## Anand Mahindra - Type: Angel - Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A - Focus: Education, Social Media, Artificial Intelligence Graduate, Harvard Univ. and Harvard Business School. Chairman and Managing Director, Mahindra Group. Thought leader in Indian business. Serves on many industry confederations. Initiated the Nanhi Kali programme to provide free education to economically underprivileged girls in India. Co-Founder, Naandi Danone, India's largest safe drinkingwater provider to rural areas. Life Trustee, Board of Naandi Foundation, which provides meals to 1.3 million children daily. Co-Chair, World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2009. Named among World’s 50 Greatest Leaders, Fortune Magazine (2014); named one of the top 25 most powerful business people in Asia, Fortune Magazine (2011). ## Keshav Murugesh - Type: Angel - Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: B2B, SaaS, Robotics Keshav Murugesh is the Chief Executive Officer at WNS (Holdings) Ltd. Keshav Murugesh attended The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. ## Jitendra Gupta - Type: Angel - Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel - Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Payments Jitendra Gupta is the Founder of Jupiter. ## Wes Schwalje - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel - Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, Information Technology 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 ## Vineeta Singh - Type: Angel - Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Angel, Seed - 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. ## Dheeraj Jain - Type: Angel - Location: Delhi, Delhi, India - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: E-Commerce, Mobile, Travel Dheeraj Jain is working as Director at Redciffe Capital based in London and Delhi/Gurgaon. He is also value partner at Nine River Capital, PE fund focused towards India and hedge fund manager at Numia Capital. In last 3 years, he was lead mandate holder towards structuring and financing numerous cross border acquisitions in the mining, metal,technology, security services, manufacturing, shipping, oil, renewable power sectors coving India, USA, UK, Africa. He himself is seasoned investor and have network of investors, banks and other financial institutes supporting on investment banking transaction done on his acumen of risk/reward and ability to stitching deal pieces together. ## Mitesh Nandlaskar - Type: Angel - Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel - Focus: Manufacturing, Sports, Fitness Mitesh Nandlaskar is a seasonal Angel investor and Private equity professional. He is known for investing in early to mid-market deals, late stage Pre IPO deals. ## Gopal Krishna - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Robotics, Software, Information Services Gopal Krishna ## Maninder Gulati - Type: Angel - Location: Gurgaon, Haryana, India - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Internet, E-Commerce, FinTech Maninder Gulati joined Lightspeed Advisory Services India in 2012. He brings over eight years of operating, business building, entrepreneurship and consulting experience to the firm.Prior to Lightpseed, Maninder was an Associate at McKinsey & Company. At McKinsey, Maninder worked on several growth strategy and implementation engagementsacross various sectors including financial services, organized retail, digital music, data centers and building security/automation.Before McKinsey, Maninder co-founded a voice based life-streaming platform – lifeinlines.com, which allowed users to create a digital diary of their life. Prior to this entrepreneurial venture, Maninder worked at ITC Limited, India’s largest FMCG company. At ITC, Maninder was a part of the core team that launched ITC’s personal care business and he spearheaded key organization transformation initiatives such as Six-sigma for the tobacco business.Maninder graduated with a Dual degree (B.Tech and M.Tech) in Chemical Engineering from IIT Bombay, where he held key leadership positions including that of Head of ‘The Entrepreneurship Cell’. He holds an MBA from ISB, Hyderabad, where he was a part of the Dean and Merit list. ## Peeyush Ranjan - Type: Angel - Location: Palo Alto, California, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series B, Series A - Focus: SaaS, Internet, Software Peeyush Ranjan is the GM and VP of Google Pay, Fintech, and Next Billion Users at Google. He attended the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur. ## Kashish Sharma - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Internet, Health Care Kashish Sharma is the Chief Equity Officer at EquityList. He attended Vellore Institute of Technology. ## Farid Ahsan - Type: Angel - Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Internet, Wellness, Health Care Farid Ahsan is a co-founder at ShareChat. He earned his degree at Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur. ## Jeremy Cai - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel - Focus: E-Commerce, Software, FinTech Jeremy Cai is the Founder and CEO at Italic . Jeremy Cai attended Babson College. ## Sundi Natarajan - Type: Angel - Location: Bangalore, Karnataka, India - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: Content, 3D Technology, Digital Media Sundi Natarajan is the founder and CFO of Sparksoft. He previously worked at CometHR as a Board of Advisors. Sundi Natarajan attended the University of Mumbai. ## Nitin Passi - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Retail, Shopping, E-Commerce Nitin Passi ## Nishchay Goel - Type: Angel - Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series C - Focus: AgTech, Retail, Farming Nishchay Goel ## Saad Siddiqui - Type: Angel - Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: Retail Technology Saad Siddiqui is Bonsai’s Founder & Chief Executive Officer. Previously, he was the Chief Marketing Officer at Kettlebeck, a real estate investment fund and boutique developer in Toronto. Mr. Siddiqui studied Political Science and Philosophy at the University of Toronto. In his role as CEO, he is responsible for the company’s direction andreports to the Board of Directors. Operationally, Mr. Siddiqui is responsible for business development, fundraising and legal. Outside of Bonsai, he is a Member of the Council of Canadian Innovators (Le Conseil Canadien des Innovateurs), a national business council led by the CEOs of Canada’s fastest growing technology firms. Recreationally, Mr. Siddiqui is an Executive Producer of various feature films and television series. # About Shizune Shizune.co is an investor database. Core features: - 48,091 startup investors (angels, VCs, accelerators, and others) - Email, phone, LinkedIn (for intros), socials, and other contact data - Updated daily from public funding news - CSV and Excel export The User can access the full database FOR FREE after signing up: shizune.co