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Top 50 Manufacturing Angel Investors in India in December 2024

Last updated: Dec 2024 A list of 50 angel investors that invest in Manufacturing startups based in India. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Manufacturing companies from India. We update this investor list every month.

Top 50 Manufacturing Angel Investors in India in December 2024

Investor	Manufacturing India investments
Vel Kanniappan	5
Kris Gopalakrishnan	4
Lakshmi Narayanan	4
Abhishek Goyal	3
Aman Gupta	3
Shashank Randev	3
Namita Thapar	3
Saurabh Jain	3
Kunal Bahl	3
KRS Jamwal	3
Sagar Ratilal Bavarva	3
Rohit Bansal	3
Ramakant Sharma	3
Peyush Bansal	3
Ratan Tata	3
Gaurav Juneja	2
Arjun Vaidya	2
Ankit Bhati	2
Mohit Sadaani	2
Revant Bhate	2
Jalaj Dani	2
Srinath Ramakkrushnan	2
Amit Lakhotia	2
Anupam Mittal	2
Uday Kumar Bangalore Shivaraman	2
Ashneer seth Grover	2
Naveen Kshatriya	2
Milan Modi	2
CK Ranganathan	2
Varun Alagh	2
Arjun Purkayastha	2
Priyank Shah	2
Vijay Shekhar Sharma	2
Ankit Kedia	2
Rajeev Misra	2
Neeraj Arora	2
Ashutosh Valani	2
Nitin Gupta	2
Nithin Kamath	2
Uday Sodhi	2
Yatin Shah	2
Anand Chandrasekaran	2
Sameer Mehta	2
Shankar Narayanan	2
Nimesh Kampani	2
Dr Ritesh Malik	2
Abhinav Sinha	2
Maninder Gulati	2
Vijay Kedia	2
Vineeta Singh	2

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Vel Kanniappan is the Senior Vice President – Finance, responsible for all global finance functions at NIUM.Vel Kanniappan is with UiPath as Vice President – Global Business & Finance Operations, responsible for the Commercial finance organization for the Asia Pacific, and is also a vital member of the global finance organization.Vel joinedTekion in 2017 at a very early stage when the organization had 20 employees. Being the only qualified finance professional in the organization, he was responsible for managing the global finance and operations (Global Facilities, Procurement, IT Infrastructure, SOC Certifications, Payroll, Compliances, etc.) in addition to product design and management. He was responsible for conceptualizing and building the finance modules for Tekion’s product offering, including designing wireframes and UX. He was involved in three rounds of funding and actively interacted with the investors during the funding and periodical reporting, which included Index Ventures, Storm Ventures, Airbus Ventures, General Motors, BMW i Ventures, Alliance Ventures, and few car dealerships in the Bay Area. Vel joined EMC Corporation in 2002. In a career spanning 15 years with EMC and its group companies, which included 9 years at VMware, Vel managed the Controllership for the Asia Pacific and also managed the global finance organization, which included an end to end ownership for Procure to Pay, T&E, General Ledger Accounting, Global Payroll (Except US), Accounts Receivable (Collections targets of close to $ 3 B per quarter). Vel was also the first employee of EMC and VMware in India and was responsible for growing their operations to 10,000+ employees in India. Vel managed a global team, including a shared services team of 250+ professionals.By qualification, Vel is a Certified Public Accountant from Arizona State-USA, Certified Management Accountant-USA, Certified Internal Auditor-USA, Project Management Professional-USA,He is also a Chartered Accountant-India, Cost & Management Accountant-India, Company Secretary-India, Bachelor of Law-India, Bachelor of Commerce-India.

Investment focus

Manufacturing, Software, Payments
Seed, Funding Round, Angel
India, United States, Germany

Portfolio highlights

Revoh — Electric vehicle powertrain manufacturing company primarily focused on 2 wheeler and 3 wheeler segment.
Frigate — Frigate Engineering Services Private Limited bridges the gap between innovation and practice, by imparting clever and inventive ideas proposed by startups or industries and building mthe to life by ingeniously planning and designing the said idea into well-engineered products using sustainable design processes.At Frigate, we aim to achievesimplicity in complex tasks by designing and producing products that would be of great use for small scale businesses, farmers and even us in our day to day lives. We find and solve various problem statements identified in the daily world and build from scratch, interesting eco-friendly products/prototypes based on the required need.Our Manufacturing Capabilities ranging from1.Sheet metal Fabrication-Light Engineering from MS to SS to Aluminium. 2.Heavy Engineering fabrication starting from 5 tons-10 tons 3.All kinds of machining with in-house lathe, VMC and laser cutting facilities 4.3D printing from FDM,SLS,SLA 5.Injection Moulding and die making 6.Vaccum casting
bitsCrunch — Forensic and AI-powered NFT analytics that fight wash trading, fraud and give accurate value for digital assets.

Gopalakrishnan (Kris to his colleagues) is one of the founders of Infosys Technologies Limited. As Chief Executive Officer, he plays a key role in defining the company strategy and using technology and innovation continuously to maintain its leadership in the industry.On June 22, 2007, Kris took over from Nandan M. Nilekani as the CEO andManaging Director of Infosys Technologies Limited. Kris previously served as Chief Operating Officer (since April 2002), and as the President and Joint Managing Director (since August 2006). His responsibilities included customer services, technology, investments and acquisitions.Kris' initial responsibilities at Infosys included management of design, development, implementation and support of information systems for clients in the consumer products industry in the U.S. Between 1987 and 1994, he headed the technical operations of KSA/Infosys (a joint venture between Infosys and KSA at Atlanta, U.S.) as Vice President (Technical). In 1994, Kris returned to India and was appointed Deputy Managing Director of the company.Kris is currently the Chairman of the Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management (IIITM), Kerala, and Vice Chairman of the Board for Information Technology Education Standards (BITES) set up by the Government of Karnataka. Kris is the Vice Chairman of the Confederation of Indian Industries(CII) Southern Regional Council. He is also a member of ACM, IEEE and IEEE Computer Society.Kris holds a master's degree in Physics and Computer Science from the Indian Institute of Technology Madras.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Artificial Intelligence, Software
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
India, United States, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

Vahdam Teas — Vahdam Teas is among the world’s first vertically integrated online-first tea brands that sources premium garden fresh teas. Established in 2015, Vahdam Teas have been already shipped to 76 countries with USA, Russia, and Europe being its top markets. The team shares a passionate vision to create India’s first home-grown global tea brand byleveraging technology.Vahdam Teas is a New Delhi-based company.
JetSynthesys — Our aim is to build world class digital products, platforms and services in India, with a goal of impacting the daily digital lives of 1.3 Billion Indians. A billion+ reaching for their mobiles, we reach them through our products.
Planys Technologies — Planys Technologies is an IIT Madras incubated company that provides submersible robotic inspection and survey solutions using Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROVs). Planys has its head office in Chennai where it indigenously designs and manufactures compact ROVsPlanys brings world class technology and cutting-edge innovations in underwaterrobotics and diagnostics in the shallow-mid depth segment. Planys’ technology spans the domains of marine robotics, advanced Non-Destructive Evaluation (NDE), and post-inspection analysis. Planys provides a holistic service offering to customers through a design level fusion of ROV manufacture, operations and structural diagnostics. Planys is the first and currently the only OEM of ROVs in the Indian Sub-continent.Planys was founded by IIT Madras alumni and faculty who have been working together on various projects since 2012.

Lakshmi Narayanan is the Chief Executive Officer at Cognizant Technology Solutions.

Investment focus

Manufacturing, Artificial Intelligence, Internet
Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
India, United States

Portfolio highlights

QpiAI — QpiAI vertically integrates quantum computing and AI for solutions in manufacturing, industrial, transportation, finance, pharmaceuticals, and materials with diverse software platforms and products and provides impactful advances to generative AI and various industry verticals.
Raptee Energy — Emobility
AGNIT Semiconductors — AGNIT Semiconductors is to provide Gallium Nitride devices that are dependable, cost-effective, high-performing, and unique for the upcoming wireless systems. AGNIT Semiconductors is a semiconductor business that uses gallium nitride (GaN). AGNIT Semiconductors primary focus is on designing and producing electrical components and GaN materials(wafers) for use in radio-frequency applications. For the defense and telecommunications sectors, AGNIT's GaN components provide strong performance, cost, and footprint advantages.

Abhishek Goyal is a Co-Founder at Tracxn. He attended the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur.

Investment focus

Retail, E-Commerce, Financial Services
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
India

Portfolio highlights

Futwork — With Futwork, learn for free and get a telecaller job. Find Work from Home jobs in India. Flexi hours & work suitable for freshers and women. Earn from home now!
True Diamond — Exquisite SOLITAIRES - SAVE BIG | Lifetime Buyback & Exchange | FREE All-India delivery | FREE 1 year jewellery Insurance | Sustainable & conflict free Lab grown diamond jewellery made using Type IIa CVD diamonds | Designs from daily wear to bridal jewellery | IGI / GIA / SGL / BIS Hallmark Certifications available.
Theranautilus Private Limited — Theranautilus, is a nanorobotics company, translating the result of a decade of research and development in nanorobotics from laboratory to clinics. We are a hardware company specializing in instruments for fabricating nanorobots, safe deployment of nanorobots in living systems, and mechanisms to maneuver them to their target inside the bodyremotely.

Aman Gupta - Co Founder & CMO @ boAt

Investment focus

Food and Beverage, E-Commerce, Health Care
Seed, Funding Round, Angel
India, United States

Portfolio highlights

NemoCare — NemoCare is developing the smartest and most comprehensive patient monitoring and management system. It is an innovative, continuous vital sign data acquisition, analysis and prediction engine that combines unobtrusive wireless wearable sensors and networks, analytical algorithms and big data to provide affordable continuous, high resolutionmonitoring for all newborns in hospital, and at home.We use design thinking principles to build life-saving technologies that will transform the way healthcare is delivered. Our current area of work is in newborn and maternal care.
Medulance — Medulance is a GPS based technology platform for fast and reliable first point medical attention.
iDream Career — Discover your true potential to reach your dream destination.

Shashank is Founder VC and Co-Founder of 100X.VC - India's first venture fund to invest in early-stage startups using iSAFE Notes. Portfolio: https://www.100x.vc/. Investments through Randev Ventures Family Office in early-stage startups across India, SEA & USA with a keen interest in B2B Emerging technology, Deeptech,SaaS, Cleantech, and Web3. Randev Ventures is the private investment body of Randev Family Office. He brings entrepreneurial and investment understanding with 15+ years of cross-functional expertise. Previously, he was the Founding member and Vice President of VCCEdge, the SaaS data platform by VCCircle (acquired by News Corporation in 2015). He launched the SaaS platform, led revenue, product development, and growth initiatives for close to seven years at VCCEdge. He has additionally worked with NIIT Ltd. and Zensar Technologies Ltd.He is also an Angel Investor and Advisor with a keen interest and portfolio investments in B2B Emerging technology, Deeptech, SaaS, Cleantech, and Web3 startups. Shashank holds an undergraduate degree in Bachelor of Engineering from Nagpur University, and an MBA from International Management Institute (IMI), New Delhi.Shashank’s professional ability in developing, launching and making the first move when it comes to products and solutions is reflected in the novel model of 100X.VC. As a Co-Founder of 100X.VC, he is part of the Investment Committee and works closely with portfolio companies on how to improve the chances of new products succeeding. And helping them raise followon capital from growth stage VCs, CVCs, and family offices.Specialties: Entrepreneurship, Scaling up Startups, Angel & Seed Investment & Venture Capital

Investment focus

FinTech, CleanTech, Education
Angel, Seed, Pre-Seed
India

Portfolio highlights

BHyve — Peer Learning at workplace, Knowledge management system, LXP, Learning experience platform in India, Human resource, employee engagement consulting platform which helps organizations to spread tacit knowledge, wisdom & experience within organizations. Improves productivity of organization. BHyve
BugBase — Discover, manage, and proactively address vulnerabilities with BugBase's comprehensive suite of services. Our offerings include managed bug bounties, Penetration Testing as a Service (PTaaS), Automated Scanning, and VDP solutions. Enhance your security posture today.
EMO — EMO's Mission is to Design, Develop & Commercialize Cutting Edge Technology for the Masses with a focus on Safety, Reliability & Performance. We are a growing group of Creators, Innovators & Explorers who strive to achieve the Impossible by fusing Hardware, Software & Experience to Build Products that stand the test of Time.

Namita Thapar

Investment focus

Food and Beverage, Health Care, E-Commerce
Seed, Angel, Funding Round
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.
Medulance — Medulance is a GPS based technology platform for fast and reliable first point medical attention.
Pragmatech Healthcare Solutions — Pragmatech Healthcare Solutions is a company that focuses on the development of products that increase access to and adoption of the latest healthcare technologies. The company's mission is to innovate pragmatic, ergonomic, and cost-effective solutions to help address difficult healthcare challenges. Pragmatech Healthcare Solutions operates inthe In-Vitro/Molecular Diagnostics industry and is also a Medical Device Manufacturer. The company is also known as Pragmatech Solutions.

Saurabh Jain is the Co-founder and CEO (India) at Livspace. Saurabh Jain attended Indian School of Business.

Investment focus

Manufacturing, Finance, Furniture
Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
India

Portfolio highlights

Prosperr.io — File Income Tax Returns ( ITR ) for FY 2023-24 (AY 2024-25) online with Prosperr.io. We provide income tax return filing, tax filing guidance, free tax planning and free notice compliance
Doodhvale — Doodhvale is a brand owned by Sanjeevani Dairy Farms Private Limited (Formerly known as Sanjeevani Dairy Farms LLP). Doodhvale is recognized as a startup by Department for the promotion of industry and internal trade, Minister of Commerce & Industry, Government of India. Doodhvale allows a customer to walk away from the doodhiya’s un-reliable& poor quality milk and also from the stale and processed milk of big dairy companies.Doodhvale not only delivers the high quality of fresh & pure cow milk but their innovative technology platform i.e. mobile app welcome an easy relaxed way of pausing milk supply for the day so or change quantity of milk required at any time etc. Customers can manage the entire milk calendar just in few seconds through doodhvale.com mobile app and track its milk delivery boy.The company currently operates in Delhi & NCR and has dairy products like Cow Milk, Buffalo Milk, Cow Ghee, Buffalo Ghee, Brown Bread, Taaza Dahi, etc. More than 10000 satisfied customers in Delhi, Noida, Gurgaon, Sonipat and Ghaziabad enjoying Doodhvale’s product every day and striding towards the chemical-free life.
Beyond Appliances — Beyond Appliances want to create appliances that not only make your culinary adventures more accessible but also elevate your kitchen environment to a place where you will truly enjoy being.

Kunal is a technology entrepreneur and investor.

Investment focus

Internet, E-Commerce, Software
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
India, United States, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

Bluelearn — Find co-founders & teammates, apply to gigs, learn new skills, and meet passionate people.
Legistify — Discover unparalleled legal management with our AI-powered platform, all-in-one solution for enterprise-level matter management, IPR, notices, and contracts
Stable Money — Steady returns, untapped opportunities, and excellent long-term performance to aid your journey of wealth creation!

KRS Jamwal is Executive Director, Tata Industries, and is responsible for the incubation of new ventures, as well as investments made by Tata Industries in new businesses and start-ups. Mr Jamwal is on the board of three other Tata companies – Advinus Therapeutics, where he serves as chairman of the board, Tata Advanced Materials, and TataUniStore. He is also a member on the board of Flisom AG and Apex Investments (Mauritius) Holding.

Investment focus

Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology, Software
Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
India

Portfolio highlights

Dr. Paws — Dr. Paws is a brand specializing in premium pet care products. It offers solutions designed to enhance the health and well-being of pets.
IntelloSync — IntelloSync offers bespoke solutions to address the particular difficulties of B2B organizations. With Intellosync in place, you can leverage the power of data analytics and AI to eliminate repetitive tasks, human errors, and security risks.
Scandalous Foods — Scandalous Foods offers food preparation services such as 6-month preservative-free sweets in single-serve sizes.

Sagar Ratilal Bavarva is the Director and Researcher of Aasan Group of Companies. He previously worked at the World Economic Forum as a Digital Associate - Remote. Sagar Ratilal Bavarva attended Harvard Business School.

Investment focus

Renewable Energy, Solar, Energy
Private Equity, Funding Round, Pre-Seed
India, The Netherlands, Germany

Portfolio highlights

Notte Group — A family run venture organization mainly focused over investment management and project planning within areas of energy, renewables, farming, agritech!
AASAN Consultancy — AASAN Consultancy is a management consulting firm providing energy management and engineering services.Its primary focus is on cost reduction, energy consumption analysis, and evaluation, as well as future-oriented planning for the cost-saving strategies for the energy supply. The firm identifies the possibilities to reduce current energy billswithout any impact on the consumer's current quality, volumes, or safety standards.Ratilal M. Bavarva founded the firm in 2018 with its headquarters in Rajkot, Gujarat.
Habaple Solar Technology Limited — An intertwine solar technology company with a next generation of 2.1 MW powerhouse grid base module system with an annual source of electricity generation. The project will be under the guideline of Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE), Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH (GIZ), Ministry of Power.

Rohit Bansal - Co-Founder @ Snapdeal

Investment focus

Internet, Software, E-Commerce
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
India, United States, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

Bluelearn — Find co-founders & teammates, apply to gigs, learn new skills, and meet passionate people.
Stable Money — Steady returns, untapped opportunities, and excellent long-term performance to aid your journey of wealth creation!
Equal Identity — Equal Identity operates as an ID-sharing platform.

Ramakant plays a central role in driving all technological innovations that form the backbone of Livspace while also leading our operations team. Before founding Livspace, Ramakant was a core team member and Vice President of Engineering at Myntra, a leading fashion eCommerce startup in India (acquired by Flipkart). Ramakant, graduated from IITKanpur, and holds an MBA from Indian School of Business, Hyderabad.

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

Doodhvale — Doodhvale is a brand owned by Sanjeevani Dairy Farms Private Limited (Formerly known as Sanjeevani Dairy Farms LLP). Doodhvale is recognized as a startup by Department for the promotion of industry and internal trade, Minister of Commerce & Industry, Government of India. Doodhvale allows a customer to walk away from the doodhiya’s un-reliable& poor quality milk and also from the stale and processed milk of big dairy companies.Doodhvale not only delivers the high quality of fresh & pure cow milk but their innovative technology platform i.e. mobile app welcome an easy relaxed way of pausing milk supply for the day so or change quantity of milk required at any time etc. Customers can manage the entire milk calendar just in few seconds through doodhvale.com mobile app and track its milk delivery boy.The company currently operates in Delhi & NCR and has dairy products like Cow Milk, Buffalo Milk, Cow Ghee, Buffalo Ghee, Brown Bread, Taaza Dahi, etc. More than 10000 satisfied customers in Delhi, Noida, Gurgaon, Sonipat and Ghaziabad enjoying Doodhvale’s product every day and striding towards the chemical-free life.
Truva — Truva is a proptech company that specializes in home buying and selling. We have deep expertise in Powai and provide an unparallel customer experience when it comes to buying apartments that are up for resale. We have multiple properties in Hiranandani, Lake Homes, Nahar and Raheja Vihar
Beyond Appliances — Beyond Appliances want to create appliances that not only make your culinary adventures more accessible but also elevate your kitchen environment to a place where you will truly enjoy being.

Peyush Bansal is the Co-Founder, Chief Executive, and People Officer of Lenskart. He attended McGill University.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Artificial Intelligence, Food and Beverage
Seed, Angel, Funding Round
India, United States, France

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.
FarmDidi — On a mission to provide 100% natural, healthy pickles & chutneys while empowering 1 million rural women. Buy Homemade achars & chutneys at Didi's store.
Unikon.ai — Unikon.ai has solved the issue of access on this open-source platform. Every user has a personal profile that they can modify to include different prices for direct messaging, video calls, and audio calls."Unikon" means "you and I connect."

Heading the Tata Group since 1991, Ratan Tata is the Chairman of Tata Sons, holding company of the Tata Group and major Group companies including Tata Motors, Tata Steel, Tata Consultancy Services, Tata Power and more. He is also Chairman of two of the largest private sector promoted philanthropic trusts in India. During his tenure, the Group hasfurther expanded its global reach, with its revenues growing over eleven-fold to around USD$70 billion, after the most recent acquisition of Jaguar Land Rover. Tata joined the Tata Group in December 1962. After serving in various companies, he was appointed the Director-in-Charge of the National Radio & Electronics Company Limited (Nelco) in 1971. In 1981, he was named Chairman of Tata Industries, the Group's other holding company, which he was responsible for transforming into the Group's strategy think-tank and a promoter of new ventures in high-technology businesses. He is associated with many organizations in India and abroad in varying capacities, some of which are the government of India’s Investment Commission, the Prime Minister’s Council on Trade and Industry, South Africa’s International Investment Council, several prestigious universities and several philanthropies. Tata received a Bachelor of Science degree in architecture from Cornell University in 1962, and completed the Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School in 1975.The government of India honored Tata with one of its highest civilian awards, the Padma Vibhushan, this year.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Internet, Health Care
Funding Round, Seed, Series A
India, United States, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

GOQii — GOQii is headquartered in California with offices in Mumbai and Shenzhen. It is dedicated to enabling a permanent shift to a healthier lifestyle with the combination of advanced wearable technology, the world's leading experts, coaches and karma. GOQii focuses on sustained engagement & goal reinforcement and offers a complete ecosystem asa single integrated solution, which is a powerful combination of technology and human connection. GOQii is a collaboration of some of the world's leading experts and an amazing management team who are driven by a passion for healthy sustainable living, and who believe that all of us contain boundless potential. GOQii's goal is to enable millions of people across the world to "be the force" by helping them unleash their untapped potential.
Repos energy — Repos energy is a e-commerce of Fuel to move towards a carbon neutral future.
Goodfellows — Goodfellows aims to offer companionship to lonely senior citizens.

Gaurav Juneja is Head - Digitisation at Google. He attended the Indian Institute of Management.

Investment focus

Electric Vehicle, Logistics, Sustainability
Seed, Angel, Funding Round
India, United States

Portfolio highlights

Commaful — Commaful short stories bring fanfiction, thrillers, romance, comedy, poetry, and emotions to life with stunning visuals. Stories take minutes to create, allowing you to share your ideas easily.
Oben Electric — Oben Electric, The top e bike manufacturer in India has combined safety along with performance.
Evify — India's first carbon negative EV fleet

Arjun Vaidya is the Founder of Verinvest Corporation. Attended Brown University.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Food and Beverage, Internet
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
India, United States

Portfolio highlights

Flent — Flent offers fully furnished designer homes.
Mitra — Mitra aims to be a comprehensive platform for daily necessities. Mitra focus on specific categories like groceries, household items, or services.
SkinInspired — SkinInspired is the operator of a luxury skincare company that offers products tailored to each individual's skin type and issues. The company's products are vegan and include no parabens, alcohol, or sulphates.

Ankit Bhati heads the technical aspects of Olacabs, ensuring a quick, convenient and instinctive experience for our customers and partners. He joined IIT Bombay in 2004 for Btech in Mechanical Engg and MTech in CAD and Automation. By 2009 he had already worked on several freelance projects & startups like Wilcom (http://wilcom.co.in),QED42 etc. and finally decided to give up his nomadic professional life for a start-up of his own. He joined the Olacabs journey in November 2010.

Investment focus

Food and Beverage, Wellness, EdTech
Seed, Angel, Series A
India, United States

Portfolio highlights

TableSprint — TableSprint is the world's first free app builder with zero fees and onboarding in a day using an intuitive, Excel-like interface.
Billion Hearts — Did you sign-up for our beta launch?
LaundryMate — LaundryMate provides laundry services which allows people to spend their time doing activities that people enjoy rather than worrying about washing.

Mohit Sadaani is the co-founder of The Moms Co.

Investment focus

Delivery, Logistics, Manufacturing
Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
India

Portfolio highlights

Basil — Lunch has never been so fun! India's first stainless steel & leakproof bento lunch boxes and insulated water bottles! Designed for today's kids and the child in you!
DigitalPaani — DigitalPaani builds cutting-edge IoT and digital management tools that redesign wastewater operations.
Felicity Games — Felicity Games place our users at the core of our gaming experience, believing that maximizing user satisfaction will in turn maximize lifetime value in the long term.

Revant Bhate is Chief Executive Officer at Mosaic Wellness.

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

Bidso — Bidso is a tech enabled contract manufacturer for outdoor toys. We make it easy & reliable for brands to source from Indian manufacturers.
ofScale — ofScale operates as a distribution-as-a-service platform.
Dil Foods — Dil Foods is a creator of a platform for food services aimed at small- to medium-sized independent restaurants and food enterprises. The company's business offers an authentic regional cuisine experience to a variety of different Indian palates as well as training, packaging, and marketing services to privately owned small restaurants, givingcustomers a remarkable dining experience while also empowering local food enterprises.

Jalaj Dani is the Chairman at Addverb Technologies Private Limited and co-promoter of Asian Paints.

Investment focus

Aerospace, Manufacturing, Drones
Seed, Pre-Seed
India

Portfolio highlights

EndureAir — Connect with top Indian drone manufacturers, specializing in military drones. Explore cutting-edge technology and innovation. Find out more!
YardDrone — YardDrone is largest and the best Drone store in India. Checkout our products SkyDroneSpray, SkyDroneSeed, SkyDroneVaccine, SkyDroneDelivery, SkyDroneFarmMapping.

Srinath Ramakkrushnan is the Founder of Zetwerk. He previously worked at BlackBuck (Zinka Logistics Solutions Pvt. Ltd.) as a Business Head - Supply. Srinath Ramakkrushnan attended the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Marketplace, Manufacturing
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
India

Portfolio highlights

Procol — Best Procurement Software in 2024. AI-powered procurement system built for efficiency and cost savings. Procurement analytics to streamline the purchasing process.
Boxs — Custom Interior Product Manufacturer
General Autonomy — General Autonomy is a robotics firm on the cutting edge of manufacturing and automation for the future.

Amit Lakhotia is the GM Paytm Wallet at Paytm.

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

ELIVAAS — Discover exclusive Luxury Villas for short rentals. Find the perfect vacation homes or weekend homes. Book your dream homestay with us today!
Kredmint — Explore Kredmint's financial solutions, including business loans, Working capital loans, term loan, Embedded Finance,supply chain finance, trade finance and invoice discounting. We offer tailored funding options to support your business growth.
HealthCred — HealthCred offers financial solutions tailored to the needs of India's healthcare ecosystem. The company specializes in providing working capital to healthcare stakeholders such as hospitals, medical device manufacturers, drug manufacturers, distributors, and importers. HealthCred's services are designed to stabilize cash flows withoutrequiring equity dilution, ensuring that healthcare providers can continue their operations smoothly. With a process that promises capital availability within 72 hours, HealthCred addresses the urgent financial needs of its clients efficiently.

Anupam started his entrepreneurial journey by founding People Group - A New Media & Entertainment group, which includes businesses such as Shaadi.com, Makaan.com, Mauj Mobile, and People Pictures. Today the group is recognized as one of the most innovative enterprises in the country. Besides his operational roles, Anupam is also one ofIndia's most active angel investors.He attended Boston College.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Internet, Financial Services
Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
India, United States, France

Portfolio highlights

Meragi — Meragi is an end to end wedding decor service taking care of all decor requirements from deisgn to execution, all at a great price
Nasher Miles — Shop Good Quality Premium Luggage Bags, Suitcases & Laptop Backpacks online on Nasher Miles. Wide Range of Small & Medium Cabin Bags, Travel Luggage Bags Sets in different Colours & Designs.
ReFit Global — Discover top-quality, certified refurbished phones at Refit Global. Enjoy premium devices at unbeatable prices with reliable performance.

Angel / Sophisticated Investor and Trader (Ex London Stock Exchange(LSE), Deutsche Bank, London Clearing House(LCH) ) , Invested in 60+ Startups / 4 successful exits (with Avg 20x) and counting more. (Web3 -> udaybs.ETH )Invested in following asset classes from past 2 decades across UK / India / US / Europe / -Private Equity (Seed / Growth / VC/ Acquisition / Merger) - Equity Markets - Real Estate - FX - Commodity - Bonds - Fintech, Blockchain, Crypto Market, Web3 , DeFi, NFT - Derivative Markets / Hedging / F&O / CFDGrowing Wealth in bumpy economic rides - There is no secret formula. Investment is an art. Being vigilant, dynamic, connecting dots, evaluating risk with constant change, loads of patience and visualising medium to long term.Private Equity Investments across globe in following domains / categories: - Energy - EV / Carbon Footprint - Blockchain / FinTech / AI / ML / Web3 / DeFi - D2C / B2C - Food & Beverages - Pharma - Media & Entertainment

Investment focus

FinTech, Financial Services, E-Commerce
Seed, Series B, Equity Crowdfunding
United Kingdom, India, United States

Portfolio highlights

Agnikul — Agnikul is a space tech startup that designs, manufactures, tests, and launch orbital-class rockets for micro and nanosatellites. They currently work out of the National Center for Combustion R&D at IIT-Madras. Rocket scientists, engineers, ex-bankers and space lawyers are a part of their team. This unique blend of people is one of theirbiggest strengths. The company was founded in 2017 and is based in Chennai, Tamil Nadu.
Log 9 Materials — The spirit of innovation remains the cornerstone of every mission here at Log9. We have failed numerous times in this mission of ours, only to learn from them
Toffee Ride - Learning App for Classes I - IV — Toffee Ride is a learning App that is singularly focused on helping your child develop a thorough understanding of fundamental concepts.

Ashneer Grover is the CEO and Co-Founder of BharatPe. He previously worked at PC Jeweller Ltd as a Head Of New Business. Ashneer Grover attended Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi.

Investment focus

Financial Services, FinTech, Internet
Seed, Funding Round, Series A
India, France, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

earKART — earKART is a group of professionals and industry stalwarts who work towards increasing awareness about hearing loss and making the hearing aid selection process transparent, consistent and fair every time.
TigerPay — TigerPay allows card payments instantly from your smartphone and is reshaping payment solutions for Small and Medium Enterprises.
Zippee — ZFW Dark Stores enables 30 Min, 2 Hour, & Same-Day deliveries for E-commerce brands through next-gen fulfillment, network of dark stores, & last-mile infrastructure across India. This capital-light approach is helping brands like Epigamia, Unilever, Rage Coffee, NOTO, and Baskin Robbins expand without upfront capital, overheads, &headaches.Our platform integrates seamlessly with all industry platforms to provide brands with complete visibility into supply-chain ops & customers: significantly improving customer loyalty, RTOs, & costs.E-commerce is becoming increasingly competitive with shifting brand loyalties. Stay ahead of the curve & be closer to your customers by offering them super-fast deliveries.If you're a D2C brand in India that wants to boost profitability & customer experiences- reach out & say hi!

Naveen Kshatriya - Managing Partner, Founder @ Kshatriya ventures

Investment focus

Solar, Energy, Finance
Seed, Angel
India

Portfolio highlights

Peppermint — Cleaning robots from Peppermint are safer for employees, more efficient, and more eco-friendly than traditional machines.
Banyan Environmental Innovations — Banyan Environmental Innovations provides free finance for solar energy.

Milan Modi

Investment focus

EdTech, Tutoring, Education
Seed
India

Portfolio highlights

Oben Electric — Oben Electric, The top e bike manufacturer in India has combined safety along with performance.
OLL — Online Live Learning is an online marketplace for passionate teachers and aspiring learners. On our platform, teachers get the chance to extend their expertise and learners get the opportunity to expand their knowledge bank. If you’re someone who does not believe in a cookie-cutter teaching approach and are looking for real-time help, this platformis the right choice for you. To sum it up, we’re your one-stop solution for all things learning. OLL works around the clock to make amazing experiences for our customers, with that we get the appreciation through your Reviews and Feedbacks.

Mr. CK Ranganathan, the Founder Chairman of CavinKare, was born in the small coastal town of Cuddalore, Tamil Nadu, to parents with a primary interest in education. After obtaining his Bachelor’s Degree in Chemistry and a brief stint in the family business, he set out to carve his own path in business.After a challenging start, he finally set upChik India in 1983 with an initial investment of Rs. 15,000 and Chik Shampoo as his introductory product. The company was renamed as Beauty Cosmetics Pvt. Ltd. in 1990 and was subsequently rechristened as CavinKare Pvt. Ltd. in 1998.A pioneer of innovation, Mr. CK Ranganathan has shaped the company to create innovative products by combining the best of nature and technology to improve the lifestyle of consumers. Under his inspiring leadership, the company while expanding into Personal Care, also diversified into Food, Beverages, Dairy and Snacks categories, both in domestic and international markets.Under Mr. CK Ranganathan’s guidance, Trends in Vogue has pioneered the concept of ‘family salons’ in India and is the first to channel this industry into an organized salon chain sector with its specialist brands – Limelite and Green Trends. Trends in Vogue has a clear-cut focus of providing grooming and personal styling solutions to men, women and children. Mr. CK Ranganathan was conferred the prestigious, Entrepreneur of the Year Award by the Economic Times in 2004. He was also the Winner of 2018 “ICIS World Surfactants Awards” for an outstanding contribution to the Surfactant Industry Globally.He was the Chairman of Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), Tamil Nadu State Council for the year 2009-10. He is the former president of the Madras Management Association.Mr. CK Ranganathan is one of the founding members of the Ability Foundation – an NGO working towards the rehabilitation of the physically challenged. He also instituted the CavinKare Ability Awards in 2003 to celebrate the exemplary spirit of individuals who have risen above their physical limitations to display great achievements in life.In order to encourage the spirit of entrepreneurship, Mr. CK Ranganathan has instituted the Chinnikrishnan Innovation Awards in 2011 in memory of his father, the late Shri. R. Chinnikrishnan. The award seeks to identify and promote entrepreneurs running small businesses built on innovative ideas.Mr. CK Ranganathan’s endeavour of philanthropy and giving back to society has also extended to the field of education. CavinKare patronizes a few public charitable trusts that run schools and colleges. Notable among them, the CK School of Practical Knowledge, a one-of-a-kind school in India that offers practical education to students from classes pre-kg to the 12th standard; the CK College of Engineering & Technology and an MBA institute in Cuddalore, both with the aim of providing world class professional education to people in the rural and coastal regions of Tamil Nadu.Management

Investment focus

Retail, Manufacturing, Shopping
Seed, Angel, Series A
India

Portfolio highlights

Fipola — Fipola is a direct-to-consumer meat and seafood retail brand that provides meat products and best-in-class customer service in a clean and convenient shopping environment. Fipola's product line includes chicken and goat, as well as exotic seafood.
Yotuh Energy — Yotuh Energy is designed, developed and built Formula Style electric race cars, competing in international competitions like Formula Student Germany, FSAE Italy, and Formula Bharat.
D'Moksha Homes — D’Moksha Homes is a textile company that focuses on retailing hand-made fabrics like linen, hemp, and lyocell.

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

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

Ninecamp — Ninecamp is a food and beverage company. They anticipate creating new and unique brands with a strong emphasis on high-quality offerings in product, service, and design.
Liquid Diamonds — Liquid Diamonds is a B2B online exchange for certified diamonds; think Nasdaq for diamonds.
Circuit House Technologies — Circuit House Technologies is the next-gen Indian consumer tech company that provides cutting-edge home entertainment items that elicit excitement and joy.

Arjun Purkayastha is a purpose driven leader with extensive global experience managing diverse businesses and multi-cultural teams at FTSE Top 10 and Fortune 100 companies - Reckitt and P&G. He has a strong track record of building outperforming teams, iconic brands & innovative business models across 60+ countries having lived & workedin the UK, Singapore, South Korea.

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

Go Zero — Explore GoZero for guilt-free indulgence! Discover our range of delicious zero sugar, low-calorie High Protein vegan ice cream treats. Order now and enjoy the goodness guilt-free!
Moxie Beauty — Moxie Beauty offers the best hair care products. From shampoos to styling gels, find everything you need for perfect hair. Buy online now!
Tuco Intelligent — A natural personal care range for kids and teens with a vision to make this planet plastic free

Priyank Shah is the Founder at Renee Cosmetics. He attended IBS Ahmedabad in 2009.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Food and Beverage, Health Care
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B
India

Portfolio highlights

P-TAL — P-TAL aims at reviving the dying craft form of the indigenous Thathera community of Jandiala Guru, Amritsar, which has the distinction of practicing India’s only UNESCO-listed craft form. The Thatheras of Jandiala Guru are a community of skilled craftsmen who specialize in the traditional technique of hammering brass and copper sheets intotraditional utensils.
Slick App — Go Slick, and declare your true feelings like nobody's watching!
True Diamond — Exquisite SOLITAIRES - SAVE BIG | Lifetime Buyback & Exchange | FREE All-India delivery | FREE 1 year jewellery Insurance | Sustainable & conflict free Lab grown diamond jewellery made using Type IIa CVD diamonds | Designs from daily wear to bridal jewellery | IGI / GIA / SGL / BIS Hallmark Certifications available.

Vijay Shekhar Sharma is the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Paytm. He previously worked at India Today Group Online as a Tech head. Vijay Shekhar attended Delhi College of Engineering.

Investment focus

Internet, News, Social Media
Seed, Funding Round, Angel
India, United States, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

Vahan — Vahan's AI-Driven virtual assistant helps field sales teams and frontliners do better work at scale. A web-based dashboard allows employers to track usage data that can be used for business intelligence. Their virtual assistant is completely customizable to align with employers' support, training, communication, and reporting needs.
Vahan.ai — Vahan uses Artificial Intelligence to match job seekers with employers inside messaging apps
TechEagle Innovations — TechEagle is India's pioneer and lead manufacturer of long range, high Speed, heavy payload delivery Drone solutions. Founded in 2015 by IIT Kanpur alumni, It became one of the very first companies to receive approvals from DGCA, MoCA, AAI & MHA to conduct BVLOS trials for package delivery in India.

Ankit Kedia Founder at Capital-A.

Investment focus

Logistics, Supply Chain Management, Manufacturing
Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
India, United States

Portfolio highlights

hypergro — Hypergro provides the power of user-generated content, craft impactful UGC video ads designed to attract, engage, and convert.These video advertising act as a distinctive, tailored connection between the brand and potential clients, which boosts consumer traffic, app downloads, and revenue for your company.
InfinityBox — InfinityBox is a platform for reusable packaging for plastic bottles.
hypergro — Hypergro provides the power of user-generated content, craft impactful UGC video ads designed to attract, engage, and convert.These video advertising act as a distinctive, tailored connection between the brand and potential clients, which boosts consumer traffic, app downloads, and revenue for your company.

Rajeev Misra serves as Chief Executive Officer and Head of Strategic Finance at SoftBank Vision Fund. Rajeev Misra serves as the Chief Executive Officer and Head at SoftBank Investment Advisers. He is a Director of Uber Technologies, Inc. Rajeev Misra served as Head of Strategic Finance at SoftBank Group Corp. and served as its Head of SoftbankVision Fund. Rajeev Misra joined SoftBank. In this role, he works with SoftBank Group and SoftBank Internet and Media Inc. to optimize long-term capital structure and financing strategy. Rajeev Misra is the Founder at Clarent Capital Partners LLP. Previously, he served as a Senior Managing Director and Partner at Fortress Investment Group LLC which he joined in May 2014. Prior to that, Rajeev Misra spent 5 years at UBS as the Global Head of Credit and Head of Fixed Income, Currencies and Commodities in Europe, Middle East and Africa. While at the firm, in January 2010 he was appointed as the Joint Global Head and Global Head of Emerging Markets. Rajeev Misra served as the Head of Credit Derivatives and Chief of Global Credit Trading at Deutsche Bank AG. Prior to that, he was at Merrill Lynch for 7 years working in derivative marketing and trading. Rajeev Misra has spent over 10 years at various executive positions. He serves as a Member of the Board of Advisors of Aten Holdings Pte. Ltd. He has been Director of SoftBank Group Corp. Rajeev Misra served as an Independent Director at Eros International Plc . He served as a Board of Directors of Capital First Ltd, Securitization and Commodities; and MGT Capital Investments, Inc. Rajeev Misra holds BS in Mechanical Engineering and a Master’s degree in Computer Science from the University of Pennsylvania and an M.B.A. from the Sloan School of Management. He holds B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi.

Investment focus

Messaging, SMS, Online Portals
Series A, Funding Round, Seed
India, United States, Saudi Arabia

Portfolio highlights

Hike — Hike team is building the Rush Gaming Universe.
Yoho — Yoho manufactures orthopaedic lightweight footwear.
Neat Burger — we create flavour with local + seasonal vegetables: pickling, spicing, seasoning + slow-roasting. using protein packed, wholesome ingredients, better for the planet + better for you.

Neeraj Arora is responsible for “all things business at WhatsApp”. He is an IIT graduate as well as a management graduate from the Indian School of Business, gave up his high profile job managing global M&A at Google to join one of Silicon Valley’s hottest starts-ups. Arora served as the principal, corporate development, at Google and beforethat he was the chief manager at Times Internet Ltd.

Investment focus

Apps, FinTech, Financial Services
Seed, Series B, Angel
India, United States, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

Zipy — Traditional tools might throw a list of bugs at you, but Zipy tells you which ones matter through real time customer journeys.
OTPless — Explore top-notch authentication solutions like WhatsApp, SMS or email-based Numeric codes and Magic Link with OTPless. High conversion, flexible integrations, and robust security features await you!
PingSafe — PingSafe is an industry-leading Cloud Security platform with a comprehensive knowledge of the attackers’ modus operandi. Analyze critical vulnerabilities on Cloud and seal them before the attackers get a sniff.

Ashutosh Valani is the founder at Renee Cosmetics.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Food and Beverage, Delivery
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B
India

Portfolio highlights

P-TAL — P-TAL aims at reviving the dying craft form of the indigenous Thathera community of Jandiala Guru, Amritsar, which has the distinction of practicing India’s only UNESCO-listed craft form. The Thatheras of Jandiala Guru are a community of skilled craftsmen who specialize in the traditional technique of hammering brass and copper sheets intotraditional utensils.
Slick App — Go Slick, and declare your true feelings like nobody's watching!
True Diamond — Exquisite SOLITAIRES - SAVE BIG | Lifetime Buyback & Exchange | FREE All-India delivery | FREE 1 year jewellery Insurance | Sustainable & conflict free Lab grown diamond jewellery made using Type IIa CVD diamonds | Designs from daily wear to bridal jewellery | IGI / GIA / SGL / BIS Hallmark Certifications available.

Nitin Gupta is a Founder and CEO at Uni.

Investment focus

Financial Services, FinTech, Software
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
India, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

Nected — Automate your backend flows, logics & experiments quickly within minutes using Nected's Rule Engine, Workflow automation & Experimentation Engine. Accelerate your innovation & growth. Highly Scalable, performing and customizable to adapt to any business needs and scale.
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.
Finarkein Analytics — Finarkein Analytics offers no-code workflow orchestration and data analytics platform for digital platforms.

Nithin Kamath is an entrepreneur and trader who is the founder and CEO at Zerodha, a large Indian broking house. He is also the CEO of Rainmatter Capital.

Investment focus

Financial Services, Fitness, Health Care
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
India, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

Pee Safe — Discover Pee Safe, your go-to destination for top-quality hygiene products. Explore our extensive range of solutions in toilet hygiene, menstrual care, intimate care, grooming needs, and sexual wellness to ensure your comfort and well-being. Shop now for safe and effective hygiene essentials.
SatSure — SatSure is an innovative decision analytics company that leverages advances in satellites, machine learning, and big data analytics to help solve problems at the nexus of sustainability of food, water, and energy security.
The Whole Truth — Order online from The Whole Truth Foods with secure payment options and seamless online shopping experience.

Uday Sodhi

Investment focus

SaaS, Software, Information Technology
Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
India, United States

Portfolio highlights

pumpumpum — Pumpumpum is an asset-light fintech mobility platform. We are empowering pre-owned car users with an IoT-enabled smart car subscription model. Users can select a pre-owned car of their choice, without worrying about the price, financing, warranty, quality & depreciation of the car. We are building a risk-free & high-quality pre-owned carportfolio for our financial partners via the B2B2C approach.
ThinkMetal — ThinkMetal offers advanced metal 3D printing services for industrial applications. Discover our cutting-edge solutions for manufacturing high-quality metal parts.
ErlySign — ErlySign develops noninvasive home-based early detection test kits for fatal diseases like Oral cancer, Uterine cancer, Prostate cancer, Lung Cancer, Breast Cancer, Pancreatic Cancer and many more. With our next gen diagnostics solution we can identify the cancer even before a visible tumor or lesion appears.

Yatin is a Founder Director at IIFL Wealth and possesses more than 15 years of experience in equity research and private wealth management.As Executive Director, Yatin focuses on the domestic wealth advisory practice.Under Yatin's leadership, IIFL Wealth has emerged as a pre-eminent leader in the domestic private wealth managementspace, advising more than 8,000 ultra-high-net-worth families.He started his career in equity research with Khandwala Securities, after which he was associated with Kotak's wealth management division.Yatin did M.Sc. in Finance from Cass Business School, London.

Investment focus

News, Internet, Publishing
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
India

Portfolio highlights

Digantara — Ensure the safety of space operations with Digantara's sophisticated SSA infrastructure for space surveillance, collision avoidance, and space traffic management.
EtherealX — EtherealX designs develops, and manufactures next-generation launch vehicles and spacecraft.
FastJobs.io — FastJobs.io envisions a world in which job hunting is completely stress-free and convenient.

Anand Chandrasekaran is a Partner at General Catalyst. He previously worked at Facebook and attended Stanford University.

Investment focus

Software, SaaS, E-Commerce
Seed, Series A, Series B
India, United States, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

Jupiter — Jupiter is a grocery automation service that takes care of the shopping, delivery, and even meal-planning.
OpsLyft — The only cloud management platform that focuses on providing actionable insights for technology and financial leaders.
Fold Health — Crafting the building blocks of modern primary care

Sameer Mehta - Co-Founder & Chief product officer @ boAt

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Food and Beverage, Textiles
Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
India, Canada, United States

Portfolio highlights

Cultos — Our fully customizable white label solutions provides brands with a robust set of products to quickly launch a token-based loyalty program.
Floryo — Floryo asserts that it offers daily household essentials that are freshly made. The company currently offers more than 40 different types of freshly processed flour that have been tailored to fulfil functional nutrition standards.
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.

Shankar Narayanan is a Managing Director advising leading growth capital investments in India. He is based in Mumbai.Since joining Carlyle in 2004, Mr. Shankar Narayanan has led investments in Claris Lifesciences, Elitecore Technologies, Repco Home Finance, Tirumala Milk Products, Visen Industries, Value and Budget Housing Corporation,Edelweiss Financial Services, South Indian Bank and Infotech Enterprises. He was also actively involved in the managing and exit of Carlyle investments in Newgen Knowledge Works, Financial Software & Systems, Learning Mate Solutions, QuEST and Sharekhan.Prior to joining Carlyle, Mr. Shankar Narayanan spent six years at Hathway Investments in Mumbai and during that time served as Managing Director and CEO. He was also with Deutsche Bank Capital Partners, based in Hong Kong, as a Director covering South Asia and India. Mr. Narayanan has led or been associated with a number of prominent private equity investments in India, including Johnson Tiles, Exide Industries, Hathway Cable, Asianet Satellite Communications, Pushpa Polymers, Tata Infomedia, and AFL Limited. He had served on the Board of Directors of all these Companies. Prior to Hathway Investments, Mr. Shankar Narayanan worked at Citibank in Mumbai.He received a Post Graduate Diploma in management from XLRI Jamshedpur where he was a Gold Medalist and stood first in the graduating class in the area of finance and accounting, and a Bachelor of Technology degree in civil engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi.Mr. Narayanan is currently on the Boards of Elitecore Technologies, Cyberoam Technologies, Repco Home Finance, Visen Industries and Tirumala Milk Products Private Limited. Previously he served on the Boards of Claris Lifesciences, Value and Budget Housing Corporation, Financial Software & Systems, Learning Mate Solutions, QuEST, Newgen Knowledge Works & Sharekhan.

Investment focus

Health Care, Manufacturing, Wellness
Seed, Angel, Series A
India

Portfolio highlights

Sanfe — Sanfe is a female hygiene brand that creates products such as stand-and-pee devices, intimate care products, panty liners, organic sanitary pads, pain relief roll-ons, and menstrual cups. Sanfe's products are comfortable, rash-free, natural & organic, and safe for the body and the environment.Sanfe's mission is to build a betterworld for women.
SwitchOn — SwitchOn is developing Digital Twins for energy optimization and predictive maintenance.They leverage technologies such as Industrial IoT and Machine learning to digitize critical equipments for industries. Their Digital Twins help customers reduce unplanned downtime, improve operational efficiency and maximize asset utilization.
Dawaa Dost — Dawaa Dost specializes in the pharmacy retail chain of generic medicines in India. The company focuses on the availability of affordable generic medicines. Dawaa Dost was founded by Amit Choudhary and Yash Harlalka and is based in India.

Nimesh is the Founding Partner at 108 Capital, a Growth-stage venture fund partnering with founders building digital-first, scalable and sustainable businesses. Prior, Nimesh was the cofounder at trica, a full-stack technology platform for growth-stage investments and equity management. He has been an avid Investor in private markets and is alsofounding venture partner for India’s first $100Mn revenue based financing fund N+1 Capital and also advisor & Board member of Campus Fund – 1st dorm fund in India

Investment focus

Financial Services, E-Commerce, Artificial Intelligence
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
India, United States, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

Seekho — Seekho is a membership-based career accelerator platform. Start your 30-day trial and get unlimited access to Live Workshops, Courses, Certifications, Community to build your career in Product Management, Consulting, Finance, Analytics, Digital Marketing.
Koinbasket — KoinBasket lets you invest in diversified cryptocurrency portfolios and indexes with Bitcoin, Ethereum, Altcoins and DeFi tokens on Binance, Coinbase and Huobi.
Intents Mobi — Mobile analytics, Logistics, Transportation, Fleet Management, Data Analytics

Doctor turned Entrepreneur, Investor, Speaker & Philanthropist.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, SaaS
Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
India, United States, Kenya

Portfolio highlights

BiteSpeed — Drive 10% of your Shopify store's revenue from WhatsApp & FB Messenger. Recover abandoned carts, send promotional & shipping messages. Trusted by 1500+ brands!
The Hive Hostels — The Hive Hostels offers PG & Hostel accommodations that provide its community with the best co-living accommodation for our residents.
First Coffee — First Coffee a specialty coffee brand, combines design, culture and a new customer experience, with premium coffee

Abhinav looks after operations at OYO. He is a chemical engineer from IIT Kharagpur and an MBA from Harvard. Abhinav has more than a decade of experience working with product and services companies. Prior to OYO, he was a Principal with Boston Consulting Group in Dallas, US.

Investment focus

Education, Software, Manufacturing
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
India, United States

Portfolio highlights

Zyod — ZYOD is the most trusted B2B apparel sourcing and clothing manufacturing platform, providing end-to-end design to deliver solutions to fashion brands.
Vetic — Vetic is a network of cutting-edge clinics with an emphasis on providing comprehensive pet health care.
Finsire — Finsire Modern finances to embrace your financial desires

Maninder Gulati joined Lightspeed Advisory Services India in 2012. He brings over eight years of operating, business building, entrepreneurship and consulting experience to the firm.Prior to Lightpseed, Maninder was an Associate at McKinsey & Company. At McKinsey, Maninder worked on several growth strategy and implementation engagementsacross various sectors including financial services, organized retail, digital music, data centers and building security/automation.Before McKinsey, Maninder co-founded a voice based life-streaming platform – lifeinlines.com, which allowed users to create a digital diary of their life. Prior to this entrepreneurial venture, Maninder worked at ITC Limited, India’s largest FMCG company. At ITC, Maninder was a part of the core team that launched ITC’s personal care business and he spearheaded key organization transformation initiatives such as Six-sigma for the tobacco business.Maninder graduated with a Dual degree (B.Tech and M.Tech) in Chemical Engineering from IIT Bombay, where he held key leadership positions including that of Head of ‘The Entrepreneurship Cell’. He holds an MBA from ISB, Hyderabad, where he was a part of the Dean and Merit list.

Investment focus

Internet, E-Commerce, Software
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
India, Singapore, United States

Portfolio highlights

altM — altM is an alternate materials company on a mission to develop the future of materials to reduce carbon footprint and improve circularity in their supply chain.
Jodaro — Jodaro operates as an intermediary for trade that links customers and manufacturers directly.
Finsire — Finsire Modern finances to embrace your financial desires

Vijay Kedia is a Director at Kedia Securities Pvt Ltd.

Investment focus

Robotics, Manufacturing, Industrial Automation
Seed, Series A, Post-IPO Equity
India

Portfolio highlights

Unbox Robotics — Unbox Robotics's 1st product is the World's 1st of its kind patent pending AI-powered parcel sorting robotic system that gets installed 10X faster, saves 50+% space and improves productivity by more than 5X. And the system needs 50% fewer robots than that of the competition!
Fabheads Automation — Fabheads is India's leading carbon fiber part manufacturers & developed Asia's first continuous carbon fiber 3D printers.
Elecon Engineering Company — Elecon Engineering Company Ltd. was established in the year 1951 as The Pioneers in the manufacturing of Industrial Geared motors and Reducers, Material Handling Equipment, Mining equipment, casting processes etc. Elecon is one of the largest manufacturers of Material Handling Equipments and Industrial Gears in Asia. Elecon's recentacquisition of Benzlers- Radicon Group belonging to the David Brown Gear Systems adds to the expertise in the manufacturing of custom made Gearboxes for Steel Mills, High Speed Turbines, Satellites for ISRO and also for the Naval Aircraft carries and many growth sector industries successfully.

Vineeta Singh is the Co-founder & CEO of SUGAR Cosmetics, India's fastest growing beauty brand which has clocked in 100+ Crores revenue in just its 5th fiscal year, with a distribution network of 2500+ branded retail outlets in more than 130 cities. She is a TEDx Speaker and alumnus of IIT Madras and IIM Ahmedabad. She is also a triathleteand ultramarathoner.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Food and Beverage, Consumer Goods
Seed, Angel, Series A
India

Portfolio highlights

FarmDidi — On a mission to provide 100% natural, healthy pickles & chutneys while empowering 1 million rural women. Buy Homemade achars & chutneys at Didi's store.
Push Sports — Push Sports is a sports company developing and operating world class sports arenas and professional training facilities.
ReFit Global — Discover top-quality, certified refurbished phones at Refit Global. Enjoy premium devices at unbeatable prices with reliable performance.

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