# Top 50 Hospitality Angel Investors in India in June 2026

## Nitish Mittersain
- Type: Angel
- Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Internet, Financial Services, E-Commerce

Nitish Mittersain is based out of Mumbai, Maharashtra and is the Founder & Managing Director of Nazara Technologies. Nitish previously worked at MEF Mobile as a Board Director. Nitish Mittersain attended the Bennett University. Nitish Mittersain has been Awarded Honorary Doctorate for contributions to gaming industry in India.

## Vikas Bagaria
- Type: Angel
- Location: New Delhi, Delhi, India
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Fashion, Education, E-Commerce

Vikas Bagaria is the Founder and CEO at Pee Safe.

## Anubhav Agarwal
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Angel
- Focus: Hotel, Coworking, Hospitality

Anubhav Agarwal

## Anand Ladsariya
- Type: Angel
- Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Food and Beverage, Travel, FinTech

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.

## Kunal Shah
- Type: Angel
- Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Internet

Kunal Shah

## Varun Alagh
- Type: Angel
- Location: Gurgaon, Haryana, India
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: E-Commerce, Retail, Internet

Varun Alagh is based out of Gurgaon, Haryana, and is the Co-Founder, Chief Dad, and CEO of Honasa Consumer. Varun previously worked at The Coca-Cola Company as a Senior Brand Manager. Varun Alagh attended XLRI Jamshedpur.

## Mohit Gupta
- Type: Angel
- Location: Gurgaon, Haryana, India
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Series B
- Focus: Wellness, Health Care, Hospitality

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

## Rahul Maroli
- Type: Angel
- Location: Delhi, Delhi, India
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Education, Food and Beverage, News

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.

## Amit Lakhotia
- Type: Angel
- Location: Delhi, Delhi, India
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Information Technology, Internet, Financial Services

Amit Lakhotia is the GM Paytm Wallet at Paytm.

## Vir Saran Das
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Hospitality

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

## Richard Rekhy
- Type: Angel
- Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Web3, FinTech, PropTech

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.

## Keshav Murugesh
- Type: Angel
- Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: B2B, SaaS, Robotics

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

## Rahul Jain
- Type: Angel
- Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed
- Focus: E-Commerce, Delivery, AgTech

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.

## Sorabh Agarwal
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel
- Focus: Tea, Travel, Internet

Sorabh Agarwal

## Vinod Sood
- Type: Angel
- Location: Delhi, Delhi, India
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Hotel, Fashion, Shopping

Vinod Sood - MD Hughes Systique @ Eye-D

## Sharmil Modi
- Type: Angel
- Location: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel
- Focus: Hospitality, Professional Services

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.

## Vikram Chopra
- Type: Angel
- Location: Gurgaon, Haryana, India
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series B
- Focus: Internet, E-Commerce, Fashion

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.

## Utsav Somani
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Apps, Software, Financial Services

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

## Apurva Parekh
- Type: Angel
- Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, B2B

Apurva Parekh is the Executive Director at Pidilite Industries Limited.

## Venkat Vardhan
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Corporate Round
- Focus: Travel, Hotel, Tourism

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.

## Akash Gehani
- Type: Angel
- Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: EdTech, Mobile, Education

Akash Gehani is Co-founder at Instamojo.

## Uday Thakker
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: E-Commerce, Delivery, Retail

Uday Thakker is a Co-Founder & Director at DRUMS Food International Pvt Ltd.

## Vishnu Bhat
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: SaaS, Hotel, Internet

Vishnu Bhat

## Ravindra Krishnappa
- Type: Angel
- Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Rental, Smart Home, Hospitality

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

## Amit Jain
- Type: Angel
- Location: Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Food and Beverage, E-Commerce, Food Delivery

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.

## Sunil Singhvi
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Travel, FinTech, Lending

Sunil Singhvi

## Vineet Saxena
- Type: Angel
- Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Hospitality, Consumer Goods

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

## Bhumi Pednekar
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel
- Focus: Hospitality

Bhumi Pednekar

## Vivian Wilson da Silva Fernandes
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Hospitality

Vivian Wilson da Silva Fernandes

## Sanjay Ghare
- Type: Angel
- Location: Pune, Maharashtra, India
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: SaaS, Analytics, Hospitality

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

## Mridul Karkara
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Health Care, Hospitality

Deloitte Managing Director, Mridul Karkara.

## Toranj Mehta
- Type: Angel
- Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Hotel, Hospitality

Toranj Mehta

## Amol Raut
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: SaaS, Analytics, Hospitality

Amol Raut is an individual investor.

## Paras Arora
- Type: Angel
- Location: New Delhi, Delhi, India
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Travel, Tourism, Hospitality

Paras Arora is Founder & CEO at Qdesq.

## Sujatha V Kumar
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Travel, Tourism, Nutrition

Sujatha V Kumar

## Anuj Rathi
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Hospitality, Consumer Goods

Anuj Rathi is the VP Product, Revenue and Growth at Swiggy. Attended Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur.

## Shailesh Rao
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: E-Commerce, Apps, FinTech

Shailesh Rao

## Sudhir Sethi
- Type: Angel
- Location: Bangalore, Karnataka, India
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B
- Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Software, Biotechnology

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.

## Mahesh Pillai
- Type: Angel
- Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Rental, Communities, Hospitality

Mahesh Pillai is a Senior Vice President - Digital and Strategy at Pierian Services Private Limited.

## Sonu Shubham
- Type: Angel
- Location: Lakhisarai, Bihar, India
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Travel, Hospitality, Real Estate

Sonu Shubham

## Ankit Gupta
- Type: Angel
- Location: Muzaffarpur, Bihar, India
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Travel, Hospitality, Real Estate

Ankit Gupta is the founder of HostelDevta, manages technical, business, and other departments. He has giving his part time in foundation of HostelDevta.

## Apurva Salarpuria
- Type: Angel
- Location: Kolkata, West Bengal, India
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Coffee, Fashion, Lifestyle

Apurva Salarpuria - Owner @ Sattva Group

## Srikant Sastri
- Type: Angel
- Location: New Delhi, Delhi, India
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Apps, SaaS, Video

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.

## Sanjay Mehta
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: B2B, SaaS, Retail

Sanjay Mehta

## Vishal Sampat
- Type: Angel
- Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: FinTech, Finance, Fitness

Vishal Sampat is the founder and CEO of Convonix Inc., India’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 ‘Radio FM’ - an internet radio streaming platform – 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 ‘khopcha.com’ - 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 Bachelor’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.

## Shon Randhawa
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Hospitality

Shon Randhawa

## Ruchit Agarwal
- Type: Angel
- Location: Gurgaon, Haryana, India
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Consumer, Hospitality, Service Industry

Ruchit Agarwal is the Co-Founder and Chief Financial Officer of CARS24.

## Sumedha Khoche
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Health Care, Hospitality

Sumedha Khoche - CEO & Founder @ Social Weaver Pte Ltd

## Gurmeet Nihal Singh
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Hospitality

Gurmeet Nihal Singh

## Vivek Shah
- Type: Angel
- Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Health Care, Art, Casino

Vivek Shah is an MD, Investment Banking at Haitong.

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