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Top 50 Hospitality Angel Investors in India in January 2026

Last updated: Jan 2026 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 2026

Investor	Hospitality India investments
Anubhav Agarwal	2
Anand Ladsariya	2
Mohit Gupta	2
Vikas Bagaria	2
Nitish Mittersain	2
Rahul Maroli	2
Kunal Shah	2
Anurag Mittal	1
Ganesh Pawade	1
Amit Lakhotia	1
Apurva Salarpuria	1
Vir Saran Das	1
Richard Rekhy	1
Keshav Murugesh	1
Sahil Barua	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
Bharat Banka	1
Venkat Vardhan	1
Simon Murdoch	1
Srikant Sastri	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
Sanjay Mehta	1
Amol Raut	1
Paras Arora	1
Sudhir Sethi	1
Sujatha V Kumar	1
Anuj Rathi	1
VP Rajesh	1

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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).

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

Food and Beverage, Internet, Travel
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.

Investment focus

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 — Openhouse operates as a prop-tech company, that focus on pre-owned residential properties. Openhouse is a platform that simplifies the process of buying and selling resale homes.

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!

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, Information Technology
Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
India, Israel, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

Lifechart — Lifechart is India's No.1 Holistic Preventive wellness platform that provides an alternate Healthcare holistic solution by practicing Indian values of spiritual therapy, yoga, ayurveda, naturopathy, organic nutrition & meditation.We are a team of young past founders & entrepreneurs who believe that society is moving away from medicines& are opting an alternate & a healthier lifestyle of self healing solutions Lifechart is solving for this pain by its verified online consultations through India's best authentic coaches.
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.

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 — 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.

Kunal Shah

Investment focus

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.
Affluense AI — Affluense provides AI powered platform to help businesses discover and engage HNI and UHNI individuals with real-time, 360° profiles.
Eyewear designed& labs — Eyewear designed& labs is a eyewear startup.

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.

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

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.

Apurva Salarpuria - Owner @ Salarpuria Sattva Group

Investment focus

Restaurants, Coffee, Lifestyle
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
India

Portfolio highlights

Bookingjini — Bookingjini turn-key solution includes a powerful booking engine, an intuitive property management system, and a comprehensive channel manager for hotels, so you can do more with less.
Design Cafe — Design Cafe is an award-winning Home Interior Design firm based in Bengaluru with a focus on the Interior Residential segment. Design Cafe provides end-to-end home interiors and has a presence in Bengaluru, Mumbai and Hyderabad. Their latest online venture brings to you the best designs, showcases them online and creates easy processes to customizethem for free. The DC team firmly believes that a well-designed home makes space for everything that's part of your life and that good design has the power to change the way you live, work and play. They are working to ensure that this change should be accessible to everyone, irrespective of their project's size, budget or location.
Masaba — Chain of Retail Stores - Designer Wear for Women

Vir Saran Das is the Co-Founder and Director at Weirdass Comedy.

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.

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.

Investment focus

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.

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.

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.

Investment focus

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

Investment focus

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

Investment focus

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.

Investment focus

Hospitality, Professional Services
Angel
India

Portfolio highlights

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.

Investment focus

Internet, E-Commerce, Fashion
Seed, Series B
India, South Africa

Portfolio highlights

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

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 — AttainU is a full-time, live online college alternative education that teaches students the skills needed for software engineering.The course is a 30-week full-time program that takes students from beginner to career and industry-ready software engineer level, using real-world coding assignments and projects. By the end of the course, studentswill have a solid understanding of Full-Stack web development, software engineering fundamentals, and all the skills to be placed in the industry through AttainU’s hiring partners. Founders Vaibhav Bajpai and Divyam Goel founded the program in Bangalore City, Karnataka in 2018.

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, 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.

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!

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.

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.

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.

Simon set up online bookstore Bookpages in 1996 and sold it to Amazon in 1998. As VP Europe for Amazon, he managed huge growth from start-up through to multimillion turnover and hundreds of staff. As an Angel investor, he has invested in Shazam, been chairman of VideoIsland (now merged with and renamed LoveFilm, and purchased in Feb 2011 byAmazon.com), Zoopla! and Shutl (currently chairman).Simon founded and funded FriendsAbroad.com, a social network for developing language skills and contacts abroad which was successfully sold to Lesson Nine GmbH, operators of language learning site Babbel.com. Simon is currently CEO of StormForward, an e-commerce conversion consultancy which helpsonline retailers to increase their online salesand profits.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Software, Analytics
Series A, Funding Round, Seed
United Kingdom, United States, Ireland

Portfolio highlights

Narchie — Create a home that's uniquely yours with Narchie. Shop sustainably, minimize waste, and find one-of-a-kind homeware items.
Peek Home — Peek Home provides sketch plans, prices and planning advice for people who are puzzled by the process of creating their perfect home. All we need is your house number & postcode - no home visit needed.
Patch — Patch is your new neighbourhood space for work, community, and events.

Srikant Sastri is a Co-founder of Crayon Data Pte Ltd. Mr. Sastri serves as the Managing Director of India at Publicis Chemistry. Mr. Sastri co-founded Solutions-Digitas Pvt. Ltd. in 1995 and has been its Managing Director since April 2008. He founded Team4U. He serves as the Chairman of India at VivaKi, Inc. Mr. Sastri leads VivaKi in one of theworld’s most important emerging economies. He previously worked for Unilever and McCann-Erickson.

Investment focus

Apps, Marketplace, Predictive Analytics
Seed, Angel
India, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

Skoolshop — SkoolShop.com is a portal that brings together products related to School and Education operating on both, B2B and B2C models.SkoolShop.com is a Mumbai based company founded by two HBS alumni, Satya Raghavan and Anusha Mahalingam. Satya was head of marketing at Star TV before he went to Harvard Business School where he also met Anusha andSkoolShop.com took birth. Anusha was a management consultant working with the McKinsey before going to HBS.
Crayon Data — Singapore-based AI and Big Data company helping enterprises with revenue acceleration, personalization, and marketplaces through their maya.ai platform.
Venuelook — Venuelook.com is a marketplace for venue owners and venue seekers. The idea is to disrupt the Venue search and booking space.Its a local commerce problem and an exciting space as 10K+ venues within just the metros in India host 10Lakh+ events over the year. In all of these these events, venue search, booking and logistics is completelydysfunctional !

Akash Gehani is Co-founder at Instamojo.

Investment focus

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.

Investment focus

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.

Investment focus

Food and Beverage, Food Delivery, Food Processing
Angel, Seed
India

Portfolio highlights

Dibz — Dibz App offers coupons, deals and discounts on food, drinks & dining at top restaurants & pubs in Varanasi, Allahabad, Lucknow, Gurgaon, Delhi, Kanpur, Dehradun
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 — Our mission is to provide efficient and effective solutions to the complete education fraternity for a priceless experience which we term as "Zoom Ahead with Education at your door".

Vishnu Bhat

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.

Ravindra Krishnappa is a Managing Partner at July Ventures. Ravindra attended Bangalore University.

Investment focus

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Sorabh Agarwal is a Co-Founder at AngelBay. He Attended Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta.

Investment focus

Financial Services, Retail, Travel
Angel, Convertible Note
India, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Reevoy — Reevoy offers SMEs a solution to solve the working capital gap.
Soxytoes — Soxytoes online store for unique socks.
Fashion is One — Fashion is One is a collaborative and community centric one-stop platform for fashion and design.

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.

Toranj Mehta

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!

Sanjay Mehta

Investment focus

B2B, SaaS, Retail
Seed
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.
Sirona Hygiene — Buy period care and feminine hygiene products online in India at best price. Shop wide range of personal hygiene products for females - menstrual cup, sanitary pads, tampons, intimate wash, razors and more, only at Sirona.

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.

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.

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.

Investment focus

Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology, Biotechnology
Series A, Seed, Series B
India, Poland, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

Curefoods — Curefoods democratize access to good food on a sustainable basis. Good food is honest. They are in the business of selling food. To create the best food product out there, they assemble a team of people who are absolutely crazy about food.
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

Investment focus

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.

Investment focus

Hospitality, Consumer Goods
Pre-Seed
India

Portfolio highlights

H3Mart — H3Mart is a supplier company of hospitality equipment.

Managing Partner & Portfolio Manager V.P. has been in the capital markets since 1991, first as an IT consultant (at Citicorp Overseas Software) and then as an Investment Banker for over 10 years specializing in mergers and acquisitions. During his banking career with J.P. Morgan Chase, Deutsche Bank, Piper Jaffray and Thomas Weisel Partners inNew York and San Francisco, he focused on technology, media, telecom and healthcare sectors and completed transactions worth over $27 billion.V.P. relocated to India in July 2007 and started re-investing in the Indian stock market from March 2008 onward. He started Banyan Capital Advisors in New Delhi in November 2011 to manage outside capital using investment principles espoused by likes of Graham, Buffett, Munger, Klarman and Lynch. V.P. is an MBA from the University of Michigan’s Ross Business School with a distinction and has a B.E. (Hons.) degree from BITS, Pilani, India. He is also a Chartered Financial Analyst(CFA) from The CFA Institute, US. Besides investing, he is passionate about wines and food, is an avid reader, and a regular squash player. Lately, he is practicing yoga to maintain his equilibrium.

Investment focus

Wellness, Health Care, Hospitality
Seed, Pre-Seed
India

Portfolio highlights

YourPhysio — Patient satisfaction is our primary goal. Our clinic team of Physiotherapists. have some of the best expertise in Physiotherapy.
Venuelook — Venuelook.com is a marketplace for venue owners and venue seekers. The idea is to disrupt the Venue search and booking space.Its a local commerce problem and an exciting space as 10K+ venues within just the metros in India host 10Lakh+ events over the year. In all of these these events, venue search, booking and logistics is completelydysfunctional !

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