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Top 50 Hospitality Angel Investors in India in January 2025

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

Top 50 Hospitality Angel Investors in India in January 2025

Investor	Hospitality India investments
Kunal Shah	3
Nitish Mittersain	2
Rohit Chanana	2
Anubhav Agarwal	2
Vikas Bagaria	2
Rahul Maroli	2
Anand Ladsariya	2
Shailesh Rao	1
Alok Mittal	1
Lashit Sanghvi	1
Rohit Shankar	1
Amanpreet Bajaj	1
Utsav Somani	1
Mridul Karkara	1
Sunil Singhvi	1
Dr Ritesh Malik	1
Amit Jain	1
Ralph Berezan	1
Keshav Murugesh	1
Sahil Barua	1
Apurva Parekh	1
Parag Aggarwal	1
Manoj Mehta	1
Mouni Roy	1
Amol Raut	1
Anurag Mittal	1
Ganesh Pawade	1
Pranav Maheshwari	1
Sameer Lodha	1
Sanjay Ghare	1
Ghazal Alagh	1
Paras Arora	1
Vikram Chopra	1
Mohit Gupta	1
Mehul Agrawal	1
Rajiv Lunkad	1
Kavikrut ,.	1
Bharat Banka	1
Amit Lakhotia	1
Alok Oberoi	1
Bhumi Pednekar	1
Venkat Vardhan	1
Mohit Gupta	1
Ritesh Kumar	1
Vivian Wilson da Silva Fernandes	1
Vineet Saxena	1
Sashi Reddi	1
Gurmeet Nihal Singh	1
Varun Alagh	1
Suresh Patel	1

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Kunal Shah

Investment focus

Financial Services, FinTech, Internet
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
India, United States, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

Zivy Inc — Turn your chaotic and noisy workplace communication into calm collaboration, with Zivy! Skim. Schedule. Tag. Todo. Take action on your messages in zen.
BiteSpeed — Drive 10% of your Shopify store's revenue from WhatsApp & FB Messenger. Recover abandoned carts, send promotional & shipping messages. Trusted by 1500+ brands!
FirstClub — FirstClub's mission is to become a rapid commerce-first omnichannel retailer that uses offline experience stores to promote the quality of its items. FirstClub's goal is to create a platform that serves customers and offers brands a unique opportunity to connect with affluent homes.

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

Investment focus

Internet, Financial Services, Health Care
Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
India, Singapore, United States

Portfolio highlights

Mykare Health — Mykare Health is India's premier surgical planner and most trusted network of hospitals, delivering accessible and affordable healthcare to millions across the country.
Punch — Start trading options with confidence. Punch is a broker with single-screen trading & safety tools for part-time traders. If you're new to options, download Punch app.
WTF Gyms and Technology — WTF: Revolutionizing the Fitness Landscape in IndiaIn today's fast-paced world, maintaining a healthy lifestyle has become increasingly challenging. Traditional gym models often fail to cater to the diverse needs and preferences of the modern fitness enthusiast. This is where WTF steps in, with a mission to redefine the gym experience inIndia and make fitness more accessible, engaging, and enjoyable for everyone.WTF aims to address the common pain points in the fitness industry by offering innovative solutions that combine cutting-edge technology, personalized fitness plans, and expert coaching. By integrating virtual classes, AI-powered coaching, and tailored workout plans, WTF creates a unique fitness ecosystem that transcends conventional gym models and provides a comprehensive, personalized approach to health and wellness.The impact of WTF's approach is evident in the impressive growth statistics of its partner gyms. About 50% of the WTF gyms have experienced remarkable growth of at least 70% during the last 12 months, while 30% have seen growth anywhere between 20 to 40%. These figures showcase the power of WTF's partnership and the mutual benefits that arise from their collaboration with gym owners.In conclusion, WTF is on a mission to revolutionize the fitness industry in India by addressing the challenges faced by gym-goers and gym owners alike. Through the use of innovative technology, personalized fitness offerings, and a strong emphasis on community-building, WTF is poised to transform the way India stays fit and healthy.

Rohit Chanana - Founder and Managing Partner @ Sarcha Advisors

Investment focus

Health Care, Broadcasting, Electric Vehicle
Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
India

Portfolio highlights

Vgenomics — Your partner in newborn healthcare and diagnosis for rare diseases, your partner in whole genome and exome research.
BatX Energies — BatX Energies is the India's largest Lithium(Li) Ion Battery Recycling Company which produces battery grade materials to create eco-friendly sustainable energy source.
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.

Anubhav Agarwal

Investment focus

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).

Vikas Bagaria is the Founder and CEO at Pee Safe.

Investment focus

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.

Investment focus

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 — Enhance staff engagement with our cutting-edge platforms and tools. Boost team productivity and morale effortlessly. Explore now!
Fashion is One — Fashion is One is a collaborative and community centric one-stop platform for fashion and design.

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.

Investment focus

FinTech, Food and Beverage, Internet
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, a leading PR firm, specializes in press release distribution to maximize brand exposure and engagement. Elevate your message with us.

Shailesh Rao

Investment focus

E-Commerce, FinTech, Financial Services
Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
India, Singapore, United States

Portfolio highlights

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.
AttainU — Secure Your Career With AttainU's Online Courses with Placement Guarantee | No Prior Background/Experience Required | Live-Online Interactive Classes for Placement Guarantee Courses by Domain Experts | Click to Learn More.

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.

Investment focus

Internet, Marketplace, E-Commerce
Seed, Series A, Series B
India, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

GroMo — Become a partner and make a regular income by selling financial products. Brand yourself as a certified financial advisor and launch and grow your business.
Innovist — Onesto Labs Private Limited is an unlisted private company. It was incorporated on 18 October, 2018 and is located in Central Delhi, Delhi. It is classified as a private limited company.The company has two directors - Rohit Chawla and Sifat Khurana.
leap.club — we are a powerful and private network of women leaders.

Lashit Sanghvi - Co-Founder & Whole-Time Director @ Alchemy Capital Management

Investment focus

Hotel, Travel, FinTech
Seed, Series A
India

Portfolio highlights

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.
Fable Fintech — End-to-end solutions for financial institutions to make cross-border payments faster, cheaper, interoperable and more transparent.

Rohit Shankar (rohit.shankar@Dimdim.com) is co-founder and Director of Engineering of Dimdim, Inc. Based out of Hyderabad Rohit leads the engineering organization at Dimdim. Prior to Dimdim, Rohit was Manager Development at CA where he lead the Development of Wireless Site Management r11 Suite. Earlier in his career, he worked as technologyconsultant, and co-founded a Mobile/Wireless Technologies startup. Rohit holds a Bachelors Degree in Electronic and Communication from R.E.C. Allahabad, India.

Investment focus

Tea, Travel, Hospitality
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.
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.

General Manager of Airbnb.

Investment focus

EdTech, Delivery, Internet
Seed, Funding Round
India

Portfolio highlights

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.
Leverage Edu — Leverage Edu is an AI-enabled marketplace designed to help students with their higher education and career growth plans. It is one of India's leading/fastest growing ed-tech companies, transforming access to an exponential career growth, by democratising mentorship, breaking traditional systems, & helping the new student of today jumpover the artificial high walls!
Zippee — ZFW Dark Stores enables 30 Min, 2 Hour, & Same-Day deliveries for E-commerce brands through next-gen fulfillment, network of dark stores, & last-mile infrastructure across India. This capital-light approach is helping brands like Epigamia, Unilever, Rage Coffee, NOTO, and Baskin Robbins expand without upfront capital, overheads, &headaches.Our platform integrates seamlessly with all industry platforms to provide brands with complete visibility into supply-chain ops & customers: significantly improving customer loyalty, RTOs, & costs.E-commerce is becoming increasingly competitive with shifting brand loyalties. Stay ahead of the curve & be closer to your customers by offering them super-fast deliveries.If you're a D2C brand in India that wants to boost profitability & customer experiences- reach out & say hi!

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

Investment focus

Apps, Financial Services, Software
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
India, United States, Indonesia

Portfolio highlights

Supply6 — Supply6 is the perfect balance of the 6 essential micro and macro nutrients in one wholesome meal.
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.
Alt Carbon — Alt Carbon operates as a climate tech platform.

Deloitte Managing Director, Mridul Karkara.

Investment focus

Health Care, Hospitality
Seed
India

Portfolio highlights

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.

Sunil Singhvi

Investment focus

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.

Doctor turned Entrepreneur, Investor, Speaker & Philanthropist.

Investment focus

Software, SaaS, Education
Seed, Pre-Seed
India, United States, Kenya

Portfolio highlights

Deciml — Deciml is an investment app in India that enables Indians to start investing young by investing the spare change from their online transactions. Download App.
BankSathi — Earn Money online with Banksathi. Become a financial advisor and make a regular monthly income from home by sharing demat, loans & credit card leads.
The Yarn Bazaar — The Yarn Bazaar is a Purpose-Led, Modern, Efficient, and Transparent managed Marketplace for yarn that allows yarn buyers and sellers to discover real-time yarn prices, information, and market trends in an instant. Our proprietary processes and flexible unsecured financing options enable yarn sellers to expand their reach and sales whilemaintaining higher margins, and buyers to discover and purchase high-quality yarn at unbeatable prices while reducing raw material and procurement costs, saving time, money, and effort.

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.

Investment focus

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.

Ralph Berezan

Investment focus

Hotel, Travel, Hospitality
Seed
India

Portfolio highlights

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.

Keshav Murugesh is the Chief Executive Officer at WNS (Holdings) Ltd. Keshav Murugesh attended The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India.

Investment focus

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!

Sahil Barua is the Co-founder and CEO at Delhivery. He is a former Consultant at Bain & Company. Mr. Barua graduated from National Institute of Technology Karnataka with a bachelor of engineering in Mechanical Engineering.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Health Care, Internet
Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
India

Portfolio highlights

Nestasia — Online Home Decor Store in India : Our Home decor items blend traditional techniques with modern designs & trending natural materials. Buy Home Decor Online now.
Crest — Crest helps D2C brands streamline their supply chain through Inventory planning and Replenishment planning to escape out of stock and fulfill every order.
The Souled Store — The Souled Store is an online retailer that sells a range of fashion items and accessories to its users.The platform's product portfolio consists of t-shirts, mobile covers, badges, boxers, pajamas, notebooks, mugs, posters, coasters, backpacks, socks, umbrellas, tote bags, painted shoes, and wristbands. Furthermore, it enables its users tocreate personalized t-shirts.The Souled Store was launched in 2013 by Rohin Samtaney, Aditya Sharma, and Vedang Patel and is based in Mumbai.

Apurva Parekh is the Executive Director at Pidilite Industries Limited.

Investment focus

Financial Services, FinTech, B2B
Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
India

Portfolio highlights

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.

Co-founder at GoBOLT (www.gobolt.in) - a tech logistics company operating in Line Haul & Short Haul which aims at creating value for its customers through disintermediation, increased asset utilization and extensive use of technology in the transportation industry. Provides strategic & operational direction contributing to overall growth ofthe organization Civil Engineer, MBA in operations from SP Jain Supply chain and operationsOur aim is to be a Logistics Company with largest fleet of dedicated/market place vehicles connecting buyers and sellers through our seamless technology platform.Salient Features:1. We provide a Holistic Transportation solution to clients from Design to Deliver which includes - Right vehicle selection , route/delivery planning , real time tracking , reliable documentation & control and high levels of service orientation with a Single point of Contact ( SPOC) for an account2. A strong management team with relevant experience in the logistics sector (founders have worked with the likes of GSK, Tata Motors and HUL in their logistics department)3. Founders have a strong pedigree from premier technical colleges (IIT-Bombay, DCE) and business school (SPJIMR) in India.4. Board of Advisers consists of Industry professionals having decades of experience in logistics industry with FMCG and E-commerce.

Investment focus

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!

Angel Investor & Philanthropist

Investment focus

Travel, FinTech, Lending
Seed
India

Portfolio highlights

Shoopy — Setup your online store in few minutes, create bills/invoices, manage inventory or account from mobile phone. Shoopy has integrated 100s of third party plugins for logistics, payments etc.
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.

Mouni Roy

Investment focus

Hotel, Hospitality, Restaurants
Convertible Note
India

Portfolio highlights

VRO Hospitality — VRO Hospitality operates multi-format restaurants, cafes, and lounges across 18 outlets in Bengaluru.

Amol Raut is an individual investor.

Investment focus

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.

Anurag Mittal is an individual investor.

Investment focus

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.

Ganesh Pawade is an individual investor.

Investment focus

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.

Pranav Maheshwari is the Co-Founder at Vista Rooms.

Investment focus

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.

Sameer Lodha is a Co-Founder and CEO at Techspian Services.

Investment focus

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.

Sanjay Ghare is the CEO & MD of Vervotech. He has also founded Techspian.

Investment focus

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.

Ghazal Alagh is the Co-founder and Chief Innovation Office at Mamaearth.

Investment focus

Fashion, Women's, SaaS
Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
India

Portfolio highlights

P-TAL — P-TAL aims at reviving the dying craft form of the indigenous Thathera community of Jandiala Guru, Amritsar, which has the distinction of practicing India’s only UNESCO-listed craft form. The Thatheras of Jandiala Guru are a community of skilled craftsmen who specialize in the traditional technique of hammering brass and copper sheets intotraditional utensils.
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.
True Diamond — Exquisite SOLITAIRES - SAVE BIG | Lifetime Buyback & Exchange | FREE All-India delivery | FREE 1 year jewellery Insurance | Sustainable & conflict free Lab grown diamond jewellery made using Type IIa CVD diamonds | Designs from daily wear to bridal jewellery | IGI / GIA / SGL / BIS Hallmark Certifications available.

Paras Arora is Founder & CEO at Qdesq.

Investment focus

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.

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.

Investment focus

Internet, Training, Apps
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.
Skillbee — Explore the latest abroad job opportunities for freshers & experienced candidates.
Tractor Junction — India's Leading DIgital Marketplace for Tractors and Farm Equipments

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.

Investment focus

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!

Mehul is Co-founder and Chief Operating Officer of CARS24 - India's largest and fastest-growing 'transaction led' used car marketplace. Earlier, Mehul started an online furniture company called FabFurnish. Mehul has worked with BCG in the past and holds an MBA from IIM Calcutta

Investment focus

Internet, AgTech, Travel
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.
TravClan — TravClan empowers travel agents and new age travel entrepreneurs to generate more business online by enabling businesses to build and grow their digital presence and earn more profit by booking flights, hotels, holidays with suppliers across the world at best B2B prices on its platform. TravClan’s vision is to empower SMBs in travel across theworld to grow their business. It aims to bring on board over 10 million SMBs and enable a GMV of over $10 billion by 2025 on its platform.
Tractor Junction — India's Leading DIgital Marketplace for Tractors and Farm Equipments

Rajiv Lunkad

Investment focus

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.

Kavikrut is a Chief Growth Officer at OYO.

Investment focus

Robotics, Education, E-Learning
Seed, Angel
India

Portfolio highlights

Wiingy — Wiingy is a unique combination of multiple learning and skill development methods including 1:1 live classes, DIY robotics kits, online and offline community events, and a guided coding platform.
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.

Bharat Banka - Independent IC Member @ Incofin Investment Management

Investment focus

Travel, Internet, Hospitality
Seed
India

Portfolio highlights

InvenZone — InvenZone is a niche networking platform for researchers and scientists focusing on solving the core pain points of researchers like discovering the right data, complexity of the research papers, tracking the research updates and connecting with the right community or people. The platform is backed by huge AI in solving the pain points. We havebuilt contextual semantic search & we are also including conceptual semantic search to make the discovery a very simple task. With Sparq (Semantic Parsing And Reasoning of Query), finding the answers to complex questions is effortless. Doing research becomes a lot simpler & efficient with many other technologies and tools that InvenZone offers. With research papers heading the social conversations, finding the right connections is now easy.
OYO — OYO Hotels in UK - Find the best last minute hotel deals with OYO hotels in UK. Book Budget hotels in London, Edinburgh, Manchester, Liverpool, Bristol with upto 50% off, Free cancellation, free WiFi & Breakfast.

Amit Lakhotia is the GM Paytm Wallet at Paytm.

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

ELIVAAS — Discover exclusive Luxury Villas for short rentals. Find the perfect vacation homes or weekend homes. Book your dream homestay with us today!
Kredmint — Explore Kredmint's financial solutions, including business loans, Working capital loans, term loan, Embedded Finance,supply chain finance, trade finance and invoice discounting. We offer tailored funding options to support your business growth.
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.

Alok Oberoi is the Executive Chairman at EVERSTONE CAPITAL ASIA PTE. LTD.

Investment focus

Health Care, Hospitality
Seed, Series B
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.
Emoha Elder Care — Emoha offers personalized elder care services at home to ensure the well-being and comfort of seniors. Get the best senior care in India from expert caregivers, nurses, and doctors.

Bhumi Pednekar

Investment focus

Hospitality
Angel
India

Portfolio highlights

Kaia — Kaia is a chrome asia hospitality organisation that focuses on opening experience-driven restaurants all throughout the nation.

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.

Investment focus

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.

Mohit Gupta is the Founder of Lyskraft. He previously worked at Zomato as a Co-Founder. Mohit Gupta attended Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta.

Investment focus

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.

Ritesh Kumar

Investment focus

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.

Vivian Wilson da Silva Fernandes

Investment focus

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.

Vineet Saxena is the Co-Founder of Card91. He attended Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur.

Investment focus

Hospitality, Consumer Goods
Pre-Seed
India

Portfolio highlights

H3Mart — H3Mart is a supplier company of hospitality equipment.

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.

Investment focus

Internet, Software, News
Seed, Funding Round, Series A
India, United States, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

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

Investment focus

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.

Varun Alagh is the Founder, Chief Dad, and Get Stuff Done Officer at Mamaearth.

Investment focus

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

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.
Liquid Diamonds — Liquid Diamonds is a B2B online exchange for certified diamonds; think Nasdaq for diamonds.
Circuit House Technologies — Circuit House Technologies is the next-gen Indian consumer tech company that provides cutting-edge home entertainment items that elicit excitement and joy.

Suresh Patel

Investment focus

SaaS, Software, Analytics
Angel
India

Portfolio highlights

sysotel.ai — SYSOTEL.AI solutions addresses these challenges through an AI/ML-based end-to-end single sign-on system that helps hoteliers increase their top-line by 15-20% and optimize their bottom line by 12-18%.

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