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Top 50 Hospitality Angel Investors in India in May 2025

Last updated: May 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 May 2025

Investor	Hospitality India investments
Kunal Shah	2
Anubhav Agarwal	2
Anand Ladsariya	2
Vikas Bagaria	2
Rahul Maroli	2
Nitish Mittersain	2
Mouni Roy	1
Pranav Maheshwari	1
Bhumi Pednekar	1
Vivian Wilson da Silva Fernandes	1
Vineet Saxena	1
Sashi Reddi	1
Gurmeet Nihal Singh	1
Keshav Murugesh	1
Sanjay Ghare	1
Vivek Shah	1
Sorabh Agarwal	1
Karan Tanna	1
Toranj Mehta	1
Sanjay Mehta	1
Jitendra Gupta	1
Rohit Chanana	1
Amol Raut	1
Anurag Mittal	1
Ganesh Pawade	1
Sameer Lodha	1
Mohit Gupta	1
Kavikrut ,.	1
Alok Oberoi	1
Rohit Shankar	1
Dr Ritesh Malik	1
Sahil Barua	1
Apurva Parekh	1
Paras Arora	1
Rajiv Lunkad	1
Bharat Banka	1
Amit Lakhotia	1
Venkat Vardhan	1
Mohit Gupta	1
Rahul Jain	1
Simon Murdoch	1
Sudhir Sethi	1
Jitendra Patel	1
Vivek Kumar	1
Naveen Kukreja	1
Sujatha V Kumar	1
Udit Goenka	1
Srikant Sastri	1
Vishal Sampat	1
Nittin Passi	1

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Kunal Shah

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

Mugafi — Unlu offers pre-recorded certified online courses taught by Indian celebrities. Join us now and take your career to new heights by enjoying unlimited access to our videos.
Lorien Finance — Lorien Finance is a cross-border FinTech platform providing affordable student loans and retail banking services to immigrants (students and temporary workers) moving to the US.
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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, a leading PR firm, specializes in press release distribution to maximize brand exposure and engagement. Elevate your message with us.

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 — 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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!

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.

Vivek Shah is an MD, Investment Banking at Haitong.

Investment focus

Health Care, Art, Casino
Seed, Series A
India, United States

Portfolio highlights

Peepul Tree — Peepul Tree is a platform for the hand-made artisanal works. Peepul Tree celebrates the rich and varied legacy that these artisans carry.
Zyla Health — Zyla's premium panel of doctors delivers structured programs to correct your Heart Disease and Diabetes. Zyla's health programs are personalized based on your complete health history/ genetic history and delivered via the phone right where you are.
Boom Entertainment — Boom Entertainment creates world-class products for the online gaming era. That includes slot machine games, innovative sportsbook products and free to play sports applications. We work with media companies, pro sports leagues, retail brands, and casinos.

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.

Karan Tanna, Founder CEO of Yellow Tie Hospitality - India’s 1st scalable restaurant concept has worked with General Motors & Mckinsey. However, he was interested in the F&B industry & started his journey with ‘Kutchi King’ & played a key role to expand its business to 200 outlets – a landmark figure. Karan believed that F&Bfranchising in India is in its infancy as the country is yet to have a single sustainable local brand. This, to him, was an opportunity to change the scenario. Harnessing his understanding & experience of F&B franchise market he founded Yellow Tie Hospitality Management LLP in Dec 2015. Yellow Tie Hospitality today has a portfolio of over 12 brands more than 70 operational stores between International home grown & Incubated Brands. Karan was featured in prestigious Forbes 30 under 30 and Entrepreneur 35 under 35. He has also won many awards like Most Admired CEO in F&B Industry and Young Turks of Hospitality Award 2019 and Most Talented Food Industry Leader 2018 making Karan & Yellow Tie names to reckon with.

Investment focus

Fitness, E-Learning, Hospitality
Seed, Pre-Seed
India

Portfolio highlights

H3Mart — H3Mart is a supplier company of hospitality equipment.
Insane AI — Combining your front camera with AI-powered motion tracking, Insane makes home workouts engaging and immersive.
Language Curry — Learn Indian regional languages online for free by spending 5 mins daily at Language Curry - World's popular language learning app for India Languages. Learn Hindi, Sanskrit, Gujarati, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, Marathi and Bengali.

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.

Jitendra Gupta is the Founder of Jupiter.

Investment focus

Financial Services, FinTech, Payments
Seed, Series A, Angel
India, Singapore, United States

Portfolio highlights

Sipay — Sipay is a next-generation financial technology company offering a comprehensive all-in-one financial services platform. It enables B2B, B2C, and Sipay as a Service (Embedded Finance) customers to address all their banking and financial needs without requiring any other partners.
OTPless — Authenticate customers with WhatsApp, SMS, Email, Biometrics, and more, with a 98% conversion rate on signup and sign-in.
CoinCRED Global — CoinCRED is a crypto exchange platform which has hundreds plus cryptocurrencies where traders can easily sell, buy, deposit and withdraw cryptocurrencies. It is a platform which gives more priority to safe and secure transactions with privacy. CoinCRED has been here for years for its known features like high speed low transaction fees P2P KYC24/7 customer support with such features, it is also known as a crypto investment platform where users can easily trade and earn profits through their user-friendly interface. From beginners to experienced, any investor or trader can begin their crypto journey with the most trusted platform, CoinCRED.

Rohit Chanana - Founder and Managing Partner @ Sarcha Advisors

Investment focus

Health Care, Machine Learning, Broadcasting
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.

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.

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.

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!

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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!
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.

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.

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!.

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.

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.

Jitendra Patel

Investment focus

Medical, Health Care, Hospitality
Angel
India

Portfolio highlights

iCardin — iCardin is a healthcare discovery platform that offers end-to-end care for patients with any neurological disorders.

Vivek Kumar is the Co-Founder and CEO of Teamforce AI. Vivek Kumar holds a bachelor of science degree in economics from the University of Pennsylvania.

Investment focus

Events, Software, Coworking
Seed, Series A
India

Portfolio highlights

myHQ — Explore range of myHQ Workspaces & office solutions, including fully furnished managed offices, affordable coworking spaces, day passes, virtual office and meeting room options. Find your perfect workspaces with myHQ.
Haptik — Build Intelligent Virtual Assistants with Haptik's Enterprise CX Platform. Amplify engagement, increase conversions and deliver delightful customer support
BookEventz — Mumbai's largest event booking platform for online banquet booking and event professionals. Get upto 30% off on venue booking and top vendors for your next event in Mumbai

Naveen Kukreja is an IIM Calcutta alumnus (Class of 2001) and over 16 years of experience in financial services and digital across India and UK. He founded and runs www.paisabazaar.com with an aim to make buying financial products simple for consumers. He also runs marketing for www.policybazaar.com, India's leading insurance comparisonsite and much loved brand. Besides his full time role, he advises www.Internshala.com & www.analyticsvidhya.com in defining medium to long term goals and staying on track plus actively connects us with people in his network.He is based in Gurgaon, NCR, India.

Investment focus

FinTech, Finance, Financial Services
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!
Arta Finance — Arta Finance is a network of innovators, researchers, finance specialists, and business executives who help people get the most of their finances. Arta offers access to financial opportunities that help people to plan and enjoy their financial future but with less complexity and lower fees. It was founded by Caesar Sengupta.
Superfoods Valley — Superfoods Valley operates as a nutrition and food-tech start up.

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.

At the age of 16, with 256 Kbps Internet speed, I started my career as a self-taught graphic designer. After landing a few projects, I was hungry to keep learning more, and that's how I landed in web development. At the age of 18, while still pursuing my education, I launched my first product around WordPress security, which did wonder. Itnot only paid for my entire education but helped me become financially independent as a teenager.However, I exited that project and continued with my college and freelance development. At the age of 20, I met my first co-founder Oscar Hernandez (He has been my co-founder ever since in everything that we do), known as Power Up Hosting; I ran the company for over 7-years before exiting. At 24, I started India's first PBN Hosting platform, which I later exited in 2017. My life changed when I launched my third startup, which failed severely and changed my whole life. It taught me some of the most valuable life lessons, including management, team hiring, and more. The failure of my third startup gave me the idea of PitchGround (My most successful startup to date, currently valued at $20m as of 2022). PitchGround is a SaaS Marketplace that bridges the gap between early-stage SaaS companies and early adopters, small-medium-sized businesses. With over 92% of the SaaS companies failing in the first three years of their business, our mission was to resolve this unresolved market worth over $200 billion. During this journey, I met my second co-founder Lukas Liesis, building the company's core foundation. Launched PitchGround on the 25th of September 2018, PitchGround has done over $5m in sales as a bootstrapped company, something our entire team is proud of. PitchGround has helped hundreds of companies and has seen over 80% of companies succeeding who are launching with us, out of which 15% of the companies can successfully raise capital post launching their SaaS on our platform. At PitchGround, we firmly believe in our 3P philosophy for any founder who wants to achieve a product-market fit - Product, People & Pricing (Same format). In 2021, I started Angel Investment, and so far, I have invested in 24 startups; I mentor some of them to give back to the community. In 2022, I rebuilt my previous failure, known as https://firstsales.io, which is doing $500k ARR in just 5 months.

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.

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 !

Vishal Sampat is the founder and CEO of Convonix Inc., Indiaâ€™s first dedicated search engine optimization (SEO) firm, which has now matured into a cutting edge internet marketing firm offering search engine optimization, paid search marketing, social media marketing and conversion rate improvement services, guided by in-house Web Analytics andcampaign management programs. As the CEO, Vishal oversees the overall operations of the company and manages a team of over 120 trained individuals. Vishal began his career as an entrepreneur at an early age of 17, when he launched â€˜Radio FMâ€™ - an internet radio streaming platform â€“ between the years 1999 and 2000. He was motivated to install a platform that could cater to the vast globally-placed Indian audience who wished to access Indian music with ease. After hitting a visitor count of six and a half million to the website, Vishal went on to launch another website by the name of â€˜khopcha.comâ€™ - a portal for teenagers which continues to be active even today. As a result of the research that was carried out to understand different ways of marketing these first two ventures on the internet, the idea for an SEO based firm took roots, and Convonix Inc. was subsequently founded. Vishal has received a Bachelorâ€™s degree in Engineering from Mumbai University with a major in Information Technology. He is also on the advisory council of MICA- EDC, an initiative that fosters entrepreneurship in communications-driven projects as well as promoting corporate entrepreneurship in the communications industry. He regularly speaks at various conferences about internet marketing and entrepreneurship. Besides donning a professional avatar, Vishal enjoys photography, reading, listening to music and travelling. He is a self-confessed car aficionado and enjoys technology in all its avatars.

Investment focus

FinTech, Finance, Fitness
Seed
India

Portfolio highlights

BeatO — BeatO, short for beat diabetes (the 'O' being the ring of diabetes), is a mobile platform that motivates a diabetic to increase compliance and reduce their out of pocket expense. Their small and nimble health and tech focused team comprises top talent that brings in the passion and desire to roll out the best user experience for adiabetic in managing their ailment. In their core team (tech & business), we have Type 1 and Type 2 diabetics, with real life practical know-how of diabetes and how to beat it.
Yu Foodlabs — Yu has crafted a wide range of delicious Instant Meal Bowls that contain ZERO preservatives, additives, artificial flavorings or colors. Developed using advanced lyophilization technology, 100% natural ingredients and artisan recipes, our foods retain their original taste and aroma.
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 !

Nittin Passi

Investment focus

Travel, Tourism, Big Data
Angel, Pre-Seed
India

Portfolio highlights

Shipsy — Shipsy is a comprehensive software suite that helps logistics and supply chain companies increase operational efficiency and service levels using actionable insights. The platform capitalizes on your company's existing data and provides you with critical business insights for your organization, empowering you to make better business decisions.Shipsy enables real time data processing and provides you with live alerts using scalable machine learning models.
Deyor — Find the best multi-day tour and book online. First time in India. India's first chatbot integrated experiential travel website.

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