Top 50 Hospitality Angel Investors in India in May 2026
Top 50 Hospitality Angel Investors in India in May 2026
| Investor | Hospitality India investments |
|---|---|
| Vikas Bagaria | 2 |
| Rahul Maroli | 2 |
| Anubhav Agarwal | 2 |
| Kunal Shah | 2 |
| Nitish Mittersain | 2 |
| Varun Alagh | 2 |
| Anand Ladsariya | 2 |
| Mohit Gupta | 2 |
| Amit Lakhotia | 1 |
| Vir Saran Das | 1 |
| Richard Rekhy | 1 |
| Keshav Murugesh | 1 |
| Rahul Jain | 1 |
| Sorabh Agarwal | 1 |
| Vinod Sood | 1 |
| Sharmil Modi | 1 |
| Vikram Chopra | 1 |
| Shailesh Rao | 1 |
| Utsav Somani | 1 |
| Mohit Gupta | 1 |
| Apurva Parekh | 1 |
| Venkat Vardhan | 1 |
| Akash Gehani | 1 |
| Uday Thakker | 1 |
| Ashish Gupta | 1 |
| Vishnu Bhat | 1 |
| Ravindra Krishnappa | 1 |
| Alok Mittal | 1 |
| Amit Jain | 1 |
| Sunil Singhvi | 1 |
| Vineet Saxena | 1 |
| Bhumi Pednekar | 1 |
| Vivian Wilson da Silva Fernandes | 1 |
| Sanjay Ghare | 1 |
| Sorabh Agarwal | 1 |
| Mridul Karkara | 1 |
| Toranj Mehta | 1 |
| Amol Raut | 1 |
| Paras Arora | 1 |
| Sudhir Sethi | 1 |
| Sujatha V Kumar | 1 |
| Anuj Rathi | 1 |
| Shon Randhawa | 1 |
| Ruchit Agarwal | 1 |
| Sumedha Khoche | 1 |
| Sashi Reddi | 1 |
| Gurmeet Nihal Singh | 1 |
| Vivek Shah | 1 |
| Jitendra Gupta | 1 |
| Rajiv Lunkad | 1 |
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- Fashion, Education, E-Commerce
- Seed, Angel
- India
Portfolio highlights
- Exprto Live — Exprto connects students directly with the IIT-JEE and NEET recent year toppers for personal guidance.
- Fashion is One — Fashion is One is a collaborative and community centric one-stop platform for fashion and design.
- Motovolt Mobility — Motovolt: Pioneering smart e-mobility with world-class, eco-friendly technology. Join our 1M+ km journey towards a sustainable future. Ride the change!
Rahul Maroli is a business leader with demonstrated ability of building businesses for profit, growth and scale. For over a decade and a half, he has been steering market-leading companies in the automotive services, e-commerce & start-up businesses. His expertise includes driving shareholder returns, business strategy, Operations, Sales &Marketing. Rahul heads Ola’s Rental, Shuttle (Mass Mobility) and Corporate Distribution businesses, apart from strategic supply programs. Earlier, he envisioned, started and led Ola's cab leasing business through a wholly owned subsidiary Ola Fleet Technologies, making Ola the world’s first ride-sharing company to have a successful fleet business.Prior to Ola, he led Sales, Marketing and Operations for LeasePlan India, a leading player in the business mobility industry.Rahul advises early stage start-up and is an active angel investor. His investments include PeeSafe, EdgeFx, Dibz, ShadiSaga, Coutloot, ASADEL Technologies, Digiora & KakCho.
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- Education, Food and Beverage, News
- Seed, Angel, Funding Round
- India
Portfolio highlights
- Exprto Live — Exprto connects students directly with the IIT-JEE and NEET recent year toppers for personal guidance.
- AdvantageClub.ai — Advantage Club provides an AI-driven platform intended for driving employee engagement. It delivers programs that connect and benefit both the brands and an organization's clients/employees. The company intends to provide an end-to-end solution to facilitate meaningful client and employee engagement through exclusive privileges andrewards provided by its brand partners.
- Fashion is One — Fashion is One is a collaborative and community centric one-stop platform for fashion and design.
Anubhav Agarwal
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- Hotel, Coworking, Hospitality
- Angel
- India
Portfolio highlights
- BookBySlot — BookBySlot is a startup which provides online platform to book hotel rooms on slot basis (4/8/11 hours) on the go for travelers who need hotel rooms while travelling. Travelers can book hotels only for the duration they need the hotel room for and also pay for only those numbers of hours and not for the full day’s tariff. Hotels get tomonetize their unused inventory of rooms by selling the same room multiple times a day and increase the Rev Par and Average Room Rent (ARR).
Kunal Shah
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- Financial Services, FinTech, Internet
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- India, United States, Singapore
Portfolio highlights
- Hoggy — Founded by IITians and invested- in by unicorn founders like Kunal Shah and Sameer Pitalwala, Hoggy is a Kid’s learning app that focuses on providing interactive learning for kids aged between 2 to 5 years, while maintaining an absolutely safe space for kids. Through this platform, we've made it possible for creators of kids' content tomonetize their content and earn independently of ads and sponsored content. Hoggy serves as a brilliant platform where such content creators can find their niche target audience and grow the number of their true fans exponentially.
- Magical Nest — "At Magical Nest, we design the most important room in the house, the kids' room."Our vision is to become synonymous with excellence in creating exceptional kid-friendly homes and show our customers just how easy it is to bring functionality, style and inspiration altogether in that little precious space inside your four walls.For us, a "kid-friendly home" is all about designing that best possible environment at home that is very unique to your kids, their likings and their inclinations as well to you, your home and your interests.
- Arrowhead — India's leading AI voice agent that handles inbound & outbound calls in real time. Automate customer conversations with AI voice calling agent from Arrowhead AI.
Nitish Mittersain is CEO & Founder of Nazara - a leading mobile games developer and publisher focused on the large mobile consumer base in India and emerging markets including the Middle East and Africa. In addition to developing a range of branded and original mobile games, Nazara operates unique services such as "Games Club" andalso serves as an exclusive distributor for key game developers such as Electronic Arts. Its customers include mobile carriers as well as handset manufacturers. Nazara also owns "Playcaso" - an iOs and Android developer/publisher brand, "nzLabs" - a work-for-hire apps studio & "gCity" - a social gaming platform.Nitish is also served as the Chairman of the Mobile Value Added Services Committee of the Indian Merchants Chambers - India's oldest business organization and has been widely recognized in the media for his contributions to the gaming and mobile vas industries in India
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- Internet, Financial Services, Information Technology
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- India, Israel, Singapore
Portfolio highlights
- REGRIP — Renewed tyres, reshaping your journey with every revolution. Revolutionizing tyre recycling for a greener future.
- Aloe E-Cell — Aloe Ecell is a company that uses natural elements to power everyday device. Aloe Ecell make 1.5 V Liquid cell batteries out of Aloe Vera.
- Hala Mobility — Hala Mobility is a provider of a multi-modal ride-sharing platform for e-commerce businesses and gig workers. The company's offerings include a comprehensive app that manages electric vehicles, batteries, and drivers, alongside a fleet of electric two-wheelers.
Varun Alagh is based out of Gurgaon, Haryana, and is the Co-Founder, Chief Dad, and CEO of Honasa Consumer. Varun previously worked at The Coca-Cola Company as a Senior Brand Manager. Varun Alagh attended XLRI Jamshedpur.
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- E-Commerce, Retail, Internet
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- India, United States, Hong Kong
Portfolio highlights
- Heizen — Heizen is an AI-driven platform that automates software development tasks to speed up product creation and launch.
- MeMeraki — MeMeraki is India first culture-tech platform using technology to empower the artisan creator economy and shopping and retail and fashion.
- The Binge Town — The Binge Town is an entertainment venue company that offers theater bookings, event hosting, and customized celebration services.
Mr. Anand Ladsariya is the CEO and promoter director of Everest Flavours Ltd., a privately owned company, manufacturer and exporter of Menthol, Peppermint Oil, flavours and fragrances. He is a Graduate, topper and gold medalist from Bombay University and Post Graduate MBA from IIM, Ahmedabad. He is also involved in various social activities. He isex-Chairman of CHEMEXCIL, a premium export promotion organisation established by Ministry of Commerce, Govt. of India, for promotion of exports.He looks forward to risk adjusted investments keeping in mind capital preservation, sound returns and growth possibilities. He has investments in equity, equity mutual funds, real estate, real estate mutual funds, corporate loans, debt and liquid funds. Other options are viewed regularly on an ongoing fashion.He is an active Angel Investor with both Mumbai Angels and Indian Angel Network. He has invested in over 35 start-ups till date and actively mentors and guides the promoters to reach the next level. He is also part of the Planning Commission’s “Committee on Angel Investment and Early Stage Venture Capital” which is guided by the Vice Chairman of Planning Commission.
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- Food and Beverage, Travel, FinTech
- Seed, Angel
- India, Singapore
Portfolio highlights
- Kytchens — Kytchens is a full-stack "Kitchen as a Service" platform that empowers F&B brands to expand their footprint across the country with our cloud kitchens network.
- Credit Fair — Credit Fair operates as a consumer lending fintech startup that aims to build a credit ladder for 550 million underserved Indians. It offers lending solutions to both businesses and private individuals.
- NewsReach — NewsReach is a leading press release company that distributes to maximize brand exposure and engagement. Elevate your message with us.
Mohit Gupta is the Founder of Lyskraft. He previously worked at Zomato as a Co-Founder. Mohit Gupta attended Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta.
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- Wellness, Health Care, Hospitality
- Seed, Series B
- India
Portfolio highlights
- Ninecamp — Ninecamp is a food and beverage company. They anticipate creating new and unique brands with a strong emphasis on high-quality offerings in product, service, and design.
- Wellopia — Clean, joyful wellness made just for kids. Thoughtfully crafted with simple ingredients. Safe, natural care parents can trust.
- Openhouse — Buy and sell verified resale flats and apartments in Gurgaon, Noida, and Ghaziabad across all major BHK configurations with Openhouse experts.
Amit Lakhotia is the GM Paytm Wallet at Paytm.
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- Information Technology, Internet, Financial Services
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- India, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Darwix AI — Unlock the power of your revenue teams with CUR8. Elevate your business, optimize revenue streams, and stay ahead in the competitive landscape. Discover what's possible with CUR8.
- Electrade — Hnh Cart is one of the best place to Buy Electronics Components Online in India. We offer a wide range of components ICs, Resistors & capacitors at low prices..
- HealthCred — HealthCred offers financial solutions tailored to the needs of India's healthcare ecosystem. The company specializes in providing working capital to healthcare stakeholders such as hospitals, medical device manufacturers, drug manufacturers, distributors, and importers. HealthCred's services are designed to stabilize cash flows withoutrequiring equity dilution, ensuring that healthcare providers can continue their operations smoothly. With a process that promises capital availability within 72 hours, HealthCred addresses the urgent financial needs of its clients efficiently.
Vir Saran Das is the Co-Founder and Director at Weirdass Comedy.
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- Hospitality
- Seed
- India
Portfolio highlights
- Ninecamp — Ninecamp is a food and beverage company. They anticipate creating new and unique brands with a strong emphasis on high-quality offerings in product, service, and design.
Richard Rekhy is the Chief Executive Officer of KPMG in India. He has over 28 years of multi layered, multi sectoral, top-of-the-pyramid post qualification experience behind him.Richard was appointed as the Deputy Chief Executive Officer and Head of the Advisory practice in November 2009 and held the position of the Chief Operating Officer forKPMG in India from June 2006 to November 2009. Richard served as the Head of the Risk Advisory Services Practice in KPMG in India from April 2004 till June 2006.Richard has serviced clients across sectors including advertising, oil and gas, industrial and consumer markets and specifically in the pharmaceuticals, technology, manufacturing and retail domains. He comes with real time extensive experience coupled with detailed understanding of corporate governance, enterprise risk management, internal audit and business processes re- engineering. Richard has affiliations with leading business enterprises worldwide, is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and an active member of various Industry associations and trade bodies. He is on the National Council of CII and chairs their Northern Region Economic Affairs and Taxation Committee. He is a member of the National Executive Committee of CII for Corporate Governance and the prestigious American Chambers of Commerce (AMCHAM). He is currently on the Board of AMCHAM.Richard was recently appointed as the Chairman of Enactus India, which is an international non-profit organisation. Richard is also a member of the EMA and Global Board for KPMG International.Richard is an articulate and eloquent speaker, contributing at several public forums while providing thought leadership through articles in leading newspapers and magazines on diverse topics - corporate governance/risk management, leadership and the economy.Prior to joining KPMG, Richard was a Partner and held leadership positions at Ernst & Young, Arthur Andersen and Ratan S. Mama & Co.
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- Web3, FinTech, PropTech
- Seed, Series A
- India
Portfolio highlights
- Alt DRX — Alt DRX is a Digital Real Estate Marketplace for middle India to buy & sell tokenised residential properties 1 square feet at a time, powered by algorithmic pricing, instant settlements & blockchain ledgers. Unlike traditional fractional real estate platforms, that merely solve “Entry”, our secondary market trading terminal, solves both“Entry & Exits”, using property backed tradeable digital assets. These instruments are India’s only legally enforceable, stamp-duty paid digital assets. Inspired by NASDAQ, Alt DRX shall have a single iconic B2C marketplace in India, while powering asset owners across the world through its B2B Tokenisation Markets Technology SaaS offering.Our strong founding team has leadership experience across in Banking, Real Estate & Consumer Tech, with one of them having managed a multiple billion dollar MNC, while 3 others are second time founders and from IIT / IIMs
- Nuuk — Out with the old, in with the NUUK! Welcome to Nuuk, where the cool vibes of Greenland's capital inspire our line of home and kitchen appliances.
- SpeakIn — SpeakIn is Asia's largest on-demand expert network providing access to top speakers, thought leaders, industry experts and their content. At SpeakIn you can learn from the best experts through live virtual sessions, in-person sessions and self-paced modules.
Keshav Murugesh is the Chief Executive Officer at WNS (Holdings) Ltd. Keshav Murugesh attended The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India.
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- B2B, SaaS, Robotics
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- India
Portfolio highlights
- Xperium — Discover Xperium By Repup: Your Ultimate Hospitality CRM Solution. Elevate guest experiences, streamline operations, and boost revenue with our cutting-edge AI-powered CRM platform. Learn how Xperium.ai can transform your hospitality business today.
- Miko — Discover the Miko Robot, your child's new best friend for learning and entertainment. This AI-powered educational robot is designed to engage, educate, and entertain kids while fostering their cognitive development. Explore the world of Miko and unlock a world of interactive adventures today!
Rahul Jain is the Chief Executive Officer of Epigamia. He previously worked at Deutsche Bank as a Senior Analyst. Rahul Jain attended Indian School of Business.
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- E-Commerce, Delivery, AgTech
- Pre-Seed, Seed
- India
Portfolio highlights
- FastJobs.io — FastJobs.io envisions a world in which job hunting is completely stress-free and convenient.
- Zyla Health — Zyla's premium panel of doctors delivers structured programs to correct your Heart Disease and Diabetes. Zyla's health programs are personalized based on your complete health history/ genetic history and delivered via the phone right where you are.
- ZFW Dark Stores — Armed with a ring-side view & passion to help shape the future of an industry largely characterized as unprofitable, cut-throat, & stagnant- we started ZFW as a traditional cloud kitchen which later evolved to India’s 1st hyperlocal fulfillment platform in 2020.Our capital-light approach helps brands & restaurants expand to newermarkets without any upfront investment & overheads, saving you the headache of setting up shop & running it. A newly signed ZFW partner brand can scale up through our network of 100+ tech-enabled dark stores in less than 3 months- while servicing orders in 25 minutes.ZFW platform has served over 600,000+ happy customers. If you're a D2C or F&B brand in India that wants to stay ahead of the curve, boost profitability, & customer experiences- reach out & say hi!.
Sorabh Agarwal
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- Tea, Travel, Internet
- Angel
- India
Portfolio highlights
- Tea Trunk — Celebrate Teas of India - Finest tea leaves blended with 100% natural ingredients that keep health benefits intact. So you can enjoy tea like it should be.
- Do Your Thng — Do Your Thng is an influencer app that goes beyond helping creators make money, we help you grow and be better content creators.
- goStops — goSTOPS offers best option for backpackers or youth solo adventurers tour traveller cheap hostel stay room booking online in india. We are a chain of backpacker hostels accommodation that strives to provide social stays & experiential travels at every step for a youth tourism.
Vinod Sood - MD Hughes Systique @ Eye-D
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- Hotel, Fashion, Shopping
- Seed, Angel
- India
Portfolio highlights
- Tryndbuy — AI Platform for e-commerce for media, try-on, and AI services
- BookBySlot — BookBySlot is a startup which provides online platform to book hotel rooms on slot basis (4/8/11 hours) on the go for travelers who need hotel rooms while travelling. Travelers can book hotels only for the duration they need the hotel room for and also pay for only those numbers of hours and not for the full day’s tariff. Hotels get tomonetize their unused inventory of rooms by selling the same room multiple times a day and increase the Rev Par and Average Room Rent (ARR).
Sharmil Modi is a Principal at The Baupost Group, a $25BB investment firm, where he has focused on Real Estate distressed debt and equity investments in the United Statesand Asia since 2007. Prior to joining Baupost, he worked at Grove International Partners, GTCR Golder Rauner, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Company/Capstone, StarwoodHotels & Resorts Worldwide,and McKinsey & Company.Mr. Modi graduated from Harvard College with a degree in Economics and received an M.B.A. from the Harvard Business School. He currently resides in Boston.
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- Hospitality, Professional Services
- Angel
- India
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- Mr Banana — Mr Banana is an iOS mobile application that connects its users with regular, domestic, office, and carpet cleaners.The application allows its users to find cleaners available across the country through its cleaning services network. It also allows its users to track cleaners in real time as well as share their experiences and reviews with otherusers.Mr Banana was launched in 2014 and is based in Gurgaon, India.
Vikram Chopra is the Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of CARS24. He is a former Co-FOunder of FabFurnish and Investment Analyst of Sequoia Capital and was Business Analyst at McKinsey & Company.Mr. Chopra received a BTech and MTech in Engineering at Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, and earned an MBA in Finance at the Universityof Pennsylvania - The Wharton School.
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- Internet, E-Commerce, Fashion
- Seed, Series B
- India, South Africa
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- Cautio — Cautio is a Visual Telematics company that provides safety and security to drivers and passengers.
- Ninecamp — Ninecamp is a food and beverage company. They anticipate creating new and unique brands with a strong emphasis on high-quality offerings in product, service, and design.
- Faro — Every garment deserves to be worn. Leveraging technology and a specialised supply chain, FARO enables brands to offload obsolete inventory through stores in non-core markets, ensuring complete traceability throughout the process.
Shailesh Rao
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- E-Commerce, Apps, FinTech
- Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- India, Singapore, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Raena — RAENA adalah platform reseller kecantikan terbesar di Indonesia yang memberikan peluang bisnis rumahan yang menjanjikan. Dropshipper & Reseller produk kecantikan
- Khabri — Khabri is a digital audio platform for content in vernacular. Ita app allows content creators to create channels and programmes that reach vernacular listeners. Aankit Roy, Pulkit Sharma, and Sandeep Singh launched the company in Haryana, Haryana in 2016.
- Neosec — Neosec API software is the intelligent way to protect your APIs from business abuse and data theft. Try our API Security platform now.
Looking for - Passionate founders looking to target a market with tremendous future potential and stands to be disrupted by a new entrant. Crucial that the product / service is not easily replicable and the domain expertise of the company is a deterrent to fresh entrants.Keen interest in - Clean Technology, Consumer Internet, EnterpriseSoftware, Health Care, Mobile, SaaSSkills - Angel Investing, Financial Modelling & Valuation, Information Technology, Portfolio Management, Risk Management
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- Apps, Software, Financial Services
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- India, United States, Indonesia
Portfolio highlights
- Grexa AI — Grexa AI is creating a one-stop AI assisted mobile app designed to help local business owners grow with their revenue. Grexa helps business owners like clinics and dental practices, home service businesses such as plumbers, HVAC specialists, and pest control services, as well as salons, fitness centers, car service shops, restaurants, real estateagencies, and travel agents to effortlessly and affordably improve their digital presence and customer communication
- Vetic — India's fastest-growing chain of pet care clinics offering comprehensive veterinary services, grooming, and emergency care for your beloved pets.
- OTPless — Authenticate customers with WhatsApp, SMS, Email, Biometrics, and more, with a 98% conversion rate on signup and sign-in.
As the Chief Business Officer - Holidays, Mohit Gupta oversees the Holidays line of business, a key business focus area for MakeMyTrip. This involves expanding the company’s foot-print through traditional channels such as retail and affiliate, as well as configuring new products through alliances and innovation to enhance access to populardestinations as open new destinations for Indian travellers.With over 12 years of experience, Mohit has previously handled sales, online and field marketing, brand marketing and channel leadership assignments across many levels and geographies. Prior to MakeMyTrip, he served as VP - Marketing at PepsiCo International for India Beverages where he was responsible for developing the 7UP brand franchise and the Lime Lemon category for Pepsico's South Asia Business Unit.Mohit holds a B.Tech degree in Mechanical Engineering from Sardar Patel University, Gujarat and an MBA (PGDM) degree from Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Calcutta. He is an active member of the International Advertising Association. He is a keen photographer and practices yoga to relax.
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- Apps, Hotel, Parking
- Seed, Series B
- India
Portfolio highlights
- ELIVAAS — Discover exclusive Luxury Villas for short rentals. Find the perfect vacation homes or weekend homes. Book your dream homestay with us today!
- Park+ — Park+ is a mobile app-based platform that offers solutions to every pain point around car ownership. A user on the app can discover and book parking, buy and recharge FASTags, get daily car wash, pay traffic fines online and much more!
Apurva Parekh is the Executive Director at Pidilite Industries Limited.
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- Financial Services, FinTech, B2B
- Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- India
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- Alwrite — Compare insurance rates and policies from leading providers with Alwrite. Find the best insurance underwriter and coverage for your needs and budget
- Pocketly — Pocketly is a microlending platform for college students.
- Market Pulse Technologies — We're a bunch of ordinary folks who like building great things with technology. In the next ten years we want these things to benefit at least half the world's people.As a first step in this direction, our products are giving more and more people the confidence and tools to enter, survive and thrive in financial markets.Our flagshipproduct, Market Pulse, is India's 3rd largest stock market app with 2 million downloads. Today it is enabling half a million active users to make better, faster, more informed trading decisions. With a daily active user base of 225,000 people who spend an average of 45 minutes on it every day, it is also India's most preferred technical analysis and charting app. Market Pulse can be downloaded on Android and iOS. We're currently gearing up to be India's largest trading platform. Our future products will delve into market education, skills, news and building in-app trading and investing capabilities.Having started as a 3-person team in 2016, today we're a close-knit startup of 30 people, currently in our 16th month of unbroken profitability. Our office is located in Mumbai but, thanks to the new normal of remote working, our fast-growing team spans 13 cities across the country.We're eager to hear from ordinary folks who like to push the boundaries of technology for the right reasons. Connect with us and let's build great things together.
T. Venkat Vardhan commenced his career in the late 1980’s with a pioneering vision to conduct large scale live events akin to those in overseas markets, this gradually paved way for all that the company he founded DNA Entertainment Networks Pvt. Ltd in the field of Event Management stands for today, Enterprise, Excellence and Innovation. Bornand educated between Kolar Gold Fields & Bangalore he went on to do his Mechanical Engineering. An avid sportsman, has played Shuttle Badminton, at the University, State and National Level, is now a keen Golf Player. Presently his company DNA Networks is responsible of over 90 percent of all large live format events that takes place in India that encompass in the area of Live Music & Sports. Commencing in 1988 with the historic Live concert of Europe to Bryan Adams in 1994. YANNI in 1997 at Taj Mahal, to Rolling Stones, Metallica, Shakira, Roger Waters, Sir Elton John, AEROSMITH, BLACK EYED PEAS, Beyonce, Enrique Iglesias, Iron Maiden, Deep Purple, Mark Knopfler, Carlos Santana and a host of others in Live Music across various cities in India.
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- Travel, Hotel, Tourism
- Seed, Corporate Round
- India
Portfolio highlights
- B:Live — Discover comprehensive EV fleet management and electric vehicle solutions with BLive. Optimize your fleet, reduce costs, and embrace sustainable transportation. Visit BLive today for tailored electric mobility solutions.
- RoomsTonite — RoomsTonite is a mobile-only last-minute hotel booking app that helps customers to book good hotel rooms at great rates. The app enables users to book hotels for the same day, next day and day after tomorrow. Run by Bengaluru headquartered RoomsTonite eBookings Pvt Ltd, the app is changing the last-minute hotel booking model in India.
Akash Gehani is Co-founder at Instamojo.
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- EdTech, Mobile, Education
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- India
Portfolio highlights
- H3Mart — H3Mart is a supplier company of hospitality equipment.
- Wint Wealth — GrowFix offers high net-worth individuals and retail investors, asset-backed fixed income products that offer higher returns than fixed deposits.
- Winuall — Ready to use Branded Platform for Schools, Tutors & Content Creators.
Uday Thakker is a Co-Founder & Director at DRUMS Food International Pvt Ltd.
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- E-Commerce, Delivery, Retail
- Seed, Pre-Seed
- India
Portfolio highlights
- Hypd Marketing Technologies Pvt Ltd — Shop from your favourite Creator's recommendations directly from their store! | #ItsAFullTimeJob | #getHYPD
- Zyla Health — Zyla's premium panel of doctors delivers structured programs to correct your Heart Disease and Diabetes. Zyla's health programs are personalized based on your complete health history/ genetic history and delivered via the phone right where you are.
- ZFW Dark Stores — Armed with a ring-side view & passion to help shape the future of an industry largely characterized as unprofitable, cut-throat, & stagnant- we started ZFW as a traditional cloud kitchen which later evolved to India’s 1st hyperlocal fulfillment platform in 2020.Our capital-light approach helps brands & restaurants expand to newermarkets without any upfront investment & overheads, saving you the headache of setting up shop & running it. A newly signed ZFW partner brand can scale up through our network of 100+ tech-enabled dark stores in less than 3 months- while servicing orders in 25 minutes.ZFW platform has served over 600,000+ happy customers. If you're a D2C or F&B brand in India that wants to stay ahead of the curve, boost profitability, & customer experiences- reach out & say hi!.
Ashish Gupta is the Founder of Benori Ventures. Previously, he co-founded and served as the Chief Operating Officer and Global Business Unit Head of Financial Services at Evalueserve until April 2016. He started his career with McKinsey where he served as an Engagement Manager and spent about five years with them. He received his MBA from TheCarnegie Mellon University and B. Tech. in Mechanical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi. He recently graduated from the senior executive leadership program at Harvard Business School. He is one of the founders and trustees of Ashoka University and also serves on the board of TiE Delhi.
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- Food and Beverage, Food Delivery, Food Processing
- Angel, Seed
- India
Portfolio highlights
- Dibz — Dibz is your gateway to the best deals & offers at the most exclusive restaurants and hotels in your city. Call Dibz on Happy Hours all day long!Before you leave for a dinner date, a team lunch or just for casual dining, check Dibz App to get irresistible deals at the top restaurants and pubs in town. No more sad surprises, they guarantee anawesome dining experience every time! Dibz deals are currently available in Varanasi, Lucknow, Allahabd, Gurgaon & Delhi - bringing to you over 500 deals at the top 150+ restaurants, hotels and pubs.
- Biryani By Kilo — Biryani by Kilo India's most Premium Biryani & Kebab delivery chain - Fresh Biryani Dum Cooked in Handi for every individual order. Every biryani is individually prepared in the traditional dum style with distinct layers by our khansamas in natural clay handis
- Fastudent — Choosing the right domain name can be overwhelming. Our personalized customer service helps you get a great domain.
Vishnu Bhat
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- SaaS, Hotel, Internet
- Seed
- India
Portfolio highlights
- Keito — Human-assisted low-code machine learning platform for information & document extraction, to break data silos for enterprises. Keito enables enterprises to go digital, and to leverage the power of information within days. We enable enterprises to classify emails/images, extract information, and discover information from large volumes,irrespective of the type of data-image, documents, emails, voice. This can be achieved with our self-configurable platform. Making AI systems easy to create, train, and validate, and deploy and configure on cloud or on-premise as per customer choice.Kapture - Intelligent Document Processing, Image Classification, and Extraction Ira - Intelligent Email & Other Communication Channel Management & Processing Discover - Data search and discovery for faster decision making
- Trilyo — Trilyo thrives to skyrocket customer engagement thereby enhancing brand relevancy & boosting your brand advocacy. Here, we are always ecstatic to assist you in improving your guest experience via our voice and chat based solutions designed for the hospitality industry.
Ravindra Krishnappa is a Managing Partner at July Ventures. Ravindra attended Bangalore University.
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- Rental, Smart Home, Hospitality
- Seed
- India
Portfolio highlights
- square plums — It is India's leading chain of "Branded" rental homes for singles with presence in 5 cities and managing hundreds of properties. Square Plums makes it easy for singles to rent fully furnished homes in prime locations. All Square Plums homes are curated, designed and furnished with a lot of attention keeping in mind the uniquerequirements of singles. Once you live in a Square Plums rental home, you will not want to live anywhere else!For house owners, Square Plums offers the benefit of letting out a fully furnished house, with up to 50% higher rentals, without having to spend on furnishing the house. What's more, we assure fully vetted tenants with easy online documentation and no brokerage.
Alok is Co-founder and CEO of Indifi, India's leading full-stack platform for enabling debt financing for small businesses. Alok is also an active angel investor, co-founder of Indian Angel Network, and on the board of TiE (The Indus Entrepreneurs) Delhi. Prior to starting Indifi, Alok setup and ran Canaan Partners' venture investmentbusiness. Earlier, Alok co-founded JobsAhead.com, a leading web-based recruitment business in India.Alok earned a BE in computer science and engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi and a MS in computer science from UC Berkeley.
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- Internet, Marketplace, E-Commerce
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- India, Singapore
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- Cleevo — Cleevo offers products of cleaning with eco friendly, non toxic solutions to your home.
- Mistry.Store — Mistry.Store is a digital-first, exclusive platform for professionals simplifying home building materials purchases.
- speakX — Yellow Class is an online hobby platform for young kids.
Amit Jain is the Co-Founder and CEO of CarDekho. He previously worked at Trilogy as a Product Manager. Amit Jain attended the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi.
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- Food and Beverage, E-Commerce, Food Delivery
- Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- 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.
- Creme Castle — Creme Castle brings you the most iconic cakes and desserts. Order unique cake online from a portfolio of 5000+ designs and get same day delivery. Order Now!
- ReFit Global — Discover top-quality, certified refurbished phones at Refit Global. Enjoy premium devices at unbeatable prices with reliable performance.
Sunil Singhvi
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- Travel, FinTech, Lending
- Seed
- India
Portfolio highlights
- PaisaDukan — A P2P lending marketplace platform wherein borrowers can take loans from individual investors who are willing to lend their own money for an agreed upon interest rate. Their mission is to provide their clients with the finest financial platform to create a smart way of lending or borrowing money in a transparent way.
- Deyor — Find the best multi-day tour and book online. First time in India. India's first chatbot integrated experiential travel website.
Vineet Saxena is the Co-Founder of Card91. He attended Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur.
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- Hospitality, Consumer Goods
- Pre-Seed
- India
Portfolio highlights
- H3Mart — H3Mart is a supplier company of hospitality equipment.
Bhumi Pednekar
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- Hospitality
- Angel
- India
Portfolio highlights
- Kaia — Kaia is a chrome asia hospitality organisation that focuses on opening experience-driven restaurants all throughout the nation.
Vivian Wilson da Silva Fernandes
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- Hospitality
- Seed
- India
Portfolio highlights
- Ninecamp — Ninecamp is a food and beverage company. They anticipate creating new and unique brands with a strong emphasis on high-quality offerings in product, service, and design.
Sanjay Ghare is the CEO & MD of Vervotech. He has also founded Techspian.
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- SaaS, Analytics, Hospitality
- Pre-Seed
- India
Portfolio highlights
- Guestara — Guestara's Guest Experience platform contains the engagement, upsell, automation, and delight software you need to grow your hospitality business.
Sorabh Agarwal is a Co-Founder at AngelBay. He Attended Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta.
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- Financial Services, Retail, Travel
- Angel, Convertible Note
- India, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Reevoy — Reevoy offers SMEs a solution to solve the working capital gap.
- Tridex Bazaar — Tridex Bazaar is a B2B Cloud-based Sales & Distribution Platform for FMCG Companies, bringing primary & secondary FMCG markets together, offering faster delivery, cheaper procurement & better technology to Kiranas.Indian FMCG industry is highly fragmented with 12.5 million retailers and 4,00,000+ distributors. We aim to streamlinethis supply chain by being a single distribution point and empower these 12.5 million Kirana & 4,00,000+ distributors with technology and sustainability.
- Fashion is One — Fashion is One is a collaborative and community centric one-stop platform for fashion and design.
Deloitte Managing Director, Mridul Karkara.
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- Health Care, Hospitality
- Seed
- India
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- Zyla Health — Zyla's premium panel of doctors delivers structured programs to correct your Heart Disease and Diabetes. Zyla's health programs are personalized based on your complete health history/ genetic history and delivered via the phone right where you are.
Toranj Mehta
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- Hotel, Hospitality
- Seed
- India
Portfolio highlights
- ELIVAAS — Discover exclusive Luxury Villas for short rentals. Find the perfect vacation homes or weekend homes. Book your dream homestay with us today!
Amol Raut is an individual investor.
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- SaaS, Analytics, Hospitality
- Pre-Seed
- India
Portfolio highlights
- Guestara — Guestara's Guest Experience platform contains the engagement, upsell, automation, and delight software you need to grow your hospitality business.
Paras Arora is Founder & CEO at Qdesq.
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- Travel, Tourism, Hospitality
- Pre-Seed
- India
Portfolio highlights
- Deyor — Find the best multi-day tour and book online. First time in India. India's first chatbot integrated experiential travel website.
Mr. Sudhir Sethi is Founder, Chairman & Managing Director of IDG Ventures India Advisors. IDG Ventures manages over US$6 Billion globally and has a portfolio of over 200 technology companies. Sudhir currently serves on the Board of Directors at Aujas Networks, ConnectM, iProf Learning Solutions, iViZ Techno Solutions, Manthan Software,Myntra.com and Perfint Healthcare. He has over 31 years of technology industry experience, including 11 years of venture investing experience.Earlier, as head of Walden International India, Sudhir was a seed investor in Mindtree Consulting and served on their board for the first four years. He also served on the Investment Committee of UTI Ventures for four years, on the Advisory Board of Westbridge Capital and on the Board of Advisors at N. S. Raghavan Center for Entrepreneurship, IIM Bangalore. Prior to Walden, Sudhir served at various leadership positions at Infotech Enterprises, Wipro Technologies and HCL.In addition to leading IDG Ventures India Advisors, Sudhir serves on the Executive Committee of Indian Venture Capital Association (IVCA), on the Board of Ascent Capital ($350 million PE fund) and the Nasscom Regional Council. He also serves on the Board of Emploi Globale, a global executive search firm.Sudhir holds a B.Tech in Engineering and an MBA Degree from FMS, Delhi.
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- Artificial Intelligence, Biotechnology, Information Technology
- Series A, Seed, Series B
- India, Poland, Singapore
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- Curefoods — Curefoods democratizes access to food on a sustainable basis. They focus on operations management for cloud kitchens and the online food ordering market.
- TheLightbulb.ai — Want to Make Better Business Decisions? Thelightbulb.ai Uses Ai to Analyze Real-Time Data to Identify and Track Emotions. Improve Decision-Making Today!
- Stay Simple Resorts — Stay Simple is India's first "value for money" chain of leisure resorts. We are known for offering warm hospitality at affordable prices. Experience a wide range of options by choosing resorts across Goa, Hassan, Sakleshpur, Wayanad, Mysore, Coorg, Mussoorie and Jaipur.
Sujatha V Kumar
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- Travel, Tourism, Nutrition
- Seed, Angel
- India
Portfolio highlights
- Hoi Foods — Adulteration in food has become a massive problem today. Our cause is to bring to you a range of pure food made of natural ingredients. Over the past one year, we launched frozen snacks/meals in order to make street food available to you during the lockdown. From Samosas to Chicken Xacuti, we launched 15 new dishes.
- Deyor — Find the best multi-day tour and book online. First time in India. India's first chatbot integrated experiential travel website.
Anuj Rathi is the VP Product, Revenue and Growth at Swiggy. Attended Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur.
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- Hospitality, Consumer Goods
- Pre-Seed
- India
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- H3Mart — H3Mart is a supplier company of hospitality equipment.
Shon Randhawa
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- Hospitality
- Seed
- India
Portfolio highlights
- The Quorum Club — The Quorum Hyderabad A modern reflection of the city's DNA. Enjoy The Q Hyderabad's members-only lounge for work and relaxation in a cultural metropolis.
Ruchit Agarwal is the Co-Founder and Chief Financial Officer of CARS24.
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- Consumer, Hospitality, Service Industry
- Seed
- India
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- Ninecamp — Ninecamp is a food and beverage company. They anticipate creating new and unique brands with a strong emphasis on high-quality offerings in product, service, and design.
- Store My Goods — We help Individuals, Companies and Start-ups to find affordable and customised storage solutions with minimal hassle.
Sumedha Khoche - CEO & Founder @ Social Weaver Pte Ltd
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- Health Care, Hospitality
- Seed
- India
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- Zyla Health — Zyla's premium panel of doctors delivers structured programs to correct your Heart Disease and Diabetes. Zyla's health programs are personalized based on your complete health history/ genetic history and delivered via the phone right where you are.
Sashi Reddi is a successful technology entrepreneur, business leader, and an active angel investor. Sashi runs a seed stage venture fund, SRI Capital, that is typically the first institutional investor in various technology and media start-ups. SRI currently has over 20 investments, spread evenly between India and the US. He is also a member of theinvestment team at Gabriel Investments.Previously, Sashi was the founder and CEO of AppLabs, the world’s largest independent software testing company with over 2,500 QA professionals in India, the US, and the UK. AppLabs was funded by Sequoia Capital India. CSC acquired AppLabs in September 2011. Series A investors in AppLabs received a 10X return on their investment in 6 years. Post the acquisition of AppLabs by CSC, Sashi served as the VP & GM, Big Data and Analytics at CSC, reporting directly to the CEO. A serial entrepreneur, Sashi has started three other companies prior to AppLabs. These were EZPower Systems (web content management pioneer acquired by DocuCorp, and eventually a part of Oracle), iCoop (group purchasing dotcom), and FXLabs (leading Indian game developer acquired by Foundation 9 Entertainment).Sashi received his BTech in Computer Science from the IIT Delhi, an MS in Computer Science from NYU, and later a PhD from The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.Sashi serves on the advisory board of Wharton Entrepreneurship, board of Ben Franklin Technology Partners, as well as on the board of T-Hub, India’s largest incubator for start-ups. He is a charter member of TiE Philadelphia and TiE Hyderabad. He also runs a charitable organization, SRI Trust, that supports the educational and overall development needs of 600 children in 3 schools in India.
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- Internet, News, SaaS
- Seed, Funding Round, Series A
- India, United States, United Kingdom
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- VideoKen — VideoKen helps you engage better with learners by turning your videos into interactive and immersive learning experiences
- Way2news — no.1 Hyper Local Short News App
- Hello Curry — Hello Curry is a pioneer and leader in the QSR market in India. Conceived by Founders Raju Bhupati and Sandeep Penmatsa; as the world's first Internet First Asset Light Fast Indian Food chain, Hello Curry started operations early in 2014 with a seed capital of 6 crores; rising to the Top 5 startups in India in the first 6 months of operations.Hello Curry's innovative packaging makes an Indian meal a simple, easily manageable experience. Operating out of 4 cities with 29 outlets, Hello Curry has a vision of 10 outlets per city worldwide over the next 5 years. The key enabler to achieve this vision is a radical, game changer business model KICK [ Kitchen in Commercial Kitchen ] which allows for Hello Curry to set-up in any kitchen in India as a partner and offer its product line with a collaborative supply chain, Asset Light infrastructure and a lean delivery model. KICK spawns into a metric of multiple fully operational outlets in a matter of two weeks, affording tremendous productivity margins and lowering TCO.Hello Curry has recently been awarded the Best QSR Restaurant in South India; as also the best packaging award. In line with its expansion plans, Hello Curry has made strategic acquisitions - Paratha Post to improve its product line, Fire 42 a specialized technology provider to strengthen its operations, and has entered into a partnership with EatSome, a leading Pune based fast food chain. Hello Curry cognitively incorporates inorganic growth with major cities in India - leading ones being Delhi, Chennai, Hyderabad, Bangalore, Mumbai and Kolkatta
Gurmeet Nihal Singh
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- Hospitality
- Seed
- India
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- The Quorum Club — The Quorum Hyderabad A modern reflection of the city's DNA. Enjoy The Q Hyderabad's members-only lounge for work and relaxation in a cultural metropolis.
Vivek Shah is an MD, Investment Banking at Haitong.
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- Health Care, Art, Casino
- Seed, Series A
- India, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Peepul Tree — Peepul Tree is a platform for the hand-made artisanal works. Peepul Tree celebrates the rich and varied legacy that these artisans carry.
- Zyla Health — Zyla's premium panel of doctors delivers structured programs to correct your Heart Disease and Diabetes. Zyla's health programs are personalized based on your complete health history/ genetic history and delivered via the phone right where you are.
- Boom Entertainment — Boom Entertainment creates world-class products for the online gaming era. That includes slot machine games, innovative sportsbook products and free to play sports applications. We work with media companies, pro sports leagues, retail brands, and casinos.
Jitendra Gupta is the Founder of Jupiter.
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- Financial Services, FinTech, Payments
- Seed, Series A, Angel
- India, Singapore, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Sipay — Sipay is a next-generation financial technology company offering a comprehensive all-in-one financial services platform. It enables B2B, B2C, and Sipay as a Service (Embedded Finance) customers to address all their banking and financial needs without requiring any other partners.
- Volopay — Volopay gives you control over your company's payments, expenses, budgets, and accounting. The best alternative for your business account. Join the hundreds of companies that trust Volopay.
- CoinCRED Global — CoinCRED is a crypto exchange platform which has hundreds plus cryptocurrencies where traders can easily sell, buy, deposit and withdraw cryptocurrencies. It is a platform which gives more priority to safe and secure transactions with privacy. CoinCRED has been here for years for its known features like high speed low transaction fees P2P KYC24/7 customer support with such features, it is also known as a crypto investment platform where users can easily trade and earn profits through their user-friendly interface. From beginners to experienced, any investor or trader can begin their crypto journey with the most trusted platform, CoinCRED.
Rajiv Lunkad
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- SaaS, Hotel, Internet
- Seed
- India
Portfolio highlights
- Keito — Human-assisted low-code machine learning platform for information & document extraction, to break data silos for enterprises. Keito enables enterprises to go digital, and to leverage the power of information within days. We enable enterprises to classify emails/images, extract information, and discover information from large volumes,irrespective of the type of data-image, documents, emails, voice. This can be achieved with our self-configurable platform. Making AI systems easy to create, train, and validate, and deploy and configure on cloud or on-premise as per customer choice.Kapture - Intelligent Document Processing, Image Classification, and Extraction Ira - Intelligent Email & Other Communication Channel Management & Processing Discover - Data search and discovery for faster decision making
- Trilyo — Trilyo thrives to skyrocket customer engagement thereby enhancing brand relevancy & boosting your brand advocacy. Here, we are always ecstatic to assist you in improving your guest experience via our voice and chat based solutions designed for the hospitality industry.
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