# Top 50 Manufacturing Angel Investors in India in June 2026

## Aman Gupta
- Type: Angel
- Location: New Delhi, Delhi, India
- Relevant deals: 11
- Stages: Angel, Seed
- Focus: E-Commerce, Food and Beverage, Manufacturing

Aman Gupta is based out of Delhi and is the Co-Founder and Director of boAt. Aman previously worked at HARMAN International as a Director of Sales. Aman Gupta attended the Indian School of Business. Aman Gupta has received the National Creator Award 2024.

## Namita Thapar
- Type: Angel
- Location: Pune, Maharashtra, India
- Relevant deals: 8
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Food and Beverage, E-Commerce, Retail

Namita Thapar is an Executive Director at Emcure Pharmaceuticals. She previously worked as a senior manager at Abbott. She attended Duke University's Fuqua School of Business.

## Ramakant Sharma
- Type: Angel
- Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
- Relevant deals: 6
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Financial Services, Software, E-Commerce

Ramakant Sharma is the Founder and CEO of Livspace. He previously worked at Jungle Ventures as an Operating Partner. Ramakant attended the Indian School of Business, where he earned a Master of Business Administration (MBA), and the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, where he completed a Bachelor of Technology (BTech).

## Anupam Mittal
- Type: Angel
- Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- Relevant deals: 6
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: E-Commerce, Food and Beverage, Internet

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.

## Vel Kanniappan
- Type: Angel
- Location: Bangalore, Karnataka, India
- Relevant deals: 5
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Manufacturing, Payments, Software

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.

## Lakshmi Narayanan
- Type: Angel
- Location: Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
- Relevant deals: 5
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Manufacturing, Artificial Intelligence, Sports

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

## Peyush Bansal
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 5
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: E-Commerce, Food and Beverage, Internet

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

## Kris Gopalakrishnan
- Type: Angel
- Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: E-Commerce, Artificial Intelligence, Software

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.

## Abhishek Goyal
- Type: Angel
- Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Retail, E-Commerce, Fashion

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

## Vineeta Singh
- Type: Angel
- Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Angel, Seed, Debt Financing
- Focus: Food and Beverage, E-Commerce, Food Processing

Vineeta Singh is the Co-founder and CEO of SUGAR Cosmetics. She previously worked at Quetzal Verify Private Limited as Director. Vineeta attended the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, where she took a Master of Business Administration (MBA). She also attended the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, where she took a B.Tech in ElectricalEngineering.

## Amit Lakhotia
- Type: Angel
- Location: Delhi, Delhi, India
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Financial Services, Information Technology, Internet

Amit Lakhotia is the GM Paytm Wallet at Paytm.

## Vijay Kedia
- Type: Angel
- Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Post-IPO Equity
- Focus: Manufacturing, Robotics, Logistics

Vijay Kedia is a Director at Kedia Securities Pvt Ltd.

## KRS Jamwal
- Type: Angel
- Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Focus: Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS

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.

## Saurabh Jain
- Type: Angel
- Location: Bangalore, Karnataka, India
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Series A, Seed
- Focus: Manufacturing, Retail, Fashion

Saurabh Jain is based out of Bangalore, Karnataka and was the Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of India Operations of Livspace. Saurabh Jain attended the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi.

## Apurva Salarpuria
- Type: Angel
- Location: Kolkata, West Bengal, India
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Coffee, Fashion, Lifestyle

Apurva Salarpuria - Owner @ Sattva Group

## Peter Norwood
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Energy, Computer, Software

Peter Norwood is the Chief Product Officer at Pratexo. He attended The University of Texas at Austin.

## Himanshu Aggarwal
- Type: Angel
- Location: New Delhi, Delhi, India
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Focus: Fitness, SaaS, Internet

Himanshu Aggarwal is the Chief Strategy Officer of SHL. He attended Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi.

## Mohit Tandon
- Type: Angel
- Location: Delhi, Delhi, India
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Manufacturing, Renewable Energy, Water

Mohit Tandon is the CSO & Co-Founder at Delhivery.

## Manish Gandhi
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Energy, Medical, Manufacturing

Manish Gandhi

## Meghna Agarwal
- Type: Angel
- Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Manufacturing, Retail, Fashion

Meghna Agarwal is based out of Bengaluru, Karnataka and is the Co Founder of HirePro & IndiQube. Meghna previously worked at Kanoria Chemicals Ltd as a Corporate Finance - Executive. Meghna Agarwal attended the Institute of Company Secretaries of India. Meghna Agarwal received the Woman Entrepreneur of the Year Award.

## Nikhil Jaisinghani
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Hospital, Health Care, Manufacturing

Nikhil Jaisinghani is the executive director of Polycab

## Kunal Bahl
- Type: Angel
- Location: New Delhi, Delhi, India
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Internet, E-Commerce

Kunal Bahl is based out of Delhi and is the Co-Founder of AceVector. Kunal Bahl attended the University of Pennsylvania.

## Shashank Randev
- Type: Angel
- Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Angel, Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: FinTech, SaaS, CleanTech

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

## Vijay Sharma
- Type: Angel
- Location: New Delhi, Delhi, India
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Internet, News, Software

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.

## Uday Kumar Bangalore Shivaraman
- Type: Angel
- Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series B, Equity Crowdfunding
- Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, E-Commerce

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

## Srinath Ramakkrushnan
- Type: Angel
- Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: E-Commerce, Marketplace, Manufacturing

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.

## Maninder Gulati
- Type: Angel
- Location: Gurgaon, Haryana, India
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Internet, E-Commerce, FinTech

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.

## Ratan Tata
- Type: Angel
- Location: Houston, Texas, United States
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: E-Commerce, Internet, Health Care

Ratan Tata is the Founder and Managing Director of RNT Associates.

## Sagar Ratilal Bavarva
- Type: Angel
- Location: Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Private Equity, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Renewable Energy, Solar, Energy

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.

## Milan Modi
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: EdTech, Tutoring, Education

Milan Modi

## Dr Ritesh Malik
- Type: Angel
- Location: Delhi, Delhi, India
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce

Doctor turned Entrepreneur, Investor, Speaker & Philanthropist.

## Neeraj Arora
- Type: Angel
- Location: Mountain View, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series B, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Apps, FinTech, Financial Services

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.

## Ratilal M. Bavarva
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Private Equity
- Focus: Energy, Renewable Energy, Clean Energy

Ratilal M. Bavarva is the Founding Member and Investor at Aasan Group of companies. He attended Lukhdhirji Engineering College, Morbi graduated with a degree in electrical engineering.

## Anand Mahindra
- Type: Angel
- Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A
- Focus: Education, Artificial Intelligence, Social Media

Graduate, Harvard Univ. and Harvard Business School. Chairman and Managing Director, Mahindra Group. Thought leader in Indian business. Serves on many industry confederations. Initiated the Nanhi Kali programme to provide free education to economically underprivileged girls in India. Co-Founder, Naandi Danone, India's largest safe drinkingwater provider to rural areas. Life Trustee, Board of Naandi Foundation, which provides meals to 1.3 million children daily. Co-Chair, World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2009. Named among World’s 50 Greatest Leaders, Fortune Magazine (2014); named one of the top 25 most powerful business people in Asia, Fortune Magazine (2011).

## Mohit Sadaani
- Type: Angel
- Location: Gurgaon, Haryana, India
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Focus: Delivery, Logistics, Manufacturing

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

## Sanjiv Rangrass
- Type: Angel
- Location: Gurgaon, Haryana, India
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel
- Focus: AgTech, Food Processing, Farming

Sanjiv Rangrass is the Venture Partner of Unitus Ventures. He previously worked at ITC Limited as a Group Head - R&D, Sustainability & Projects. Sanjiv Rangrass attended Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur.

## Revant Bhate
- Type: Angel
- Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: E-Commerce, Health Care, Retail

Revant Bhate is Chief Executive Officer at Mosaic Wellness.

## Jalaj Dani
- Type: Angel
- Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Aerospace, Manufacturing, Drones

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

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

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.

## Srikanth Iyengar
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Medical, Wellness, Health Care

Srikanth Iyengar is the Chief Executive Officer - Workforce Development of UpGrad. He previously worked at Conduent as a Group Chief Executive - Europe. Srikanth Iyengar attended
Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow.

## Rajeev Misra
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A, Seed
- Focus: Manufacturing, Online Portals, Location Based Services

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.

## Nitin Gupta
- Type: Angel
- Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Software

Nitin Gupta is a Founder and CEO at Uni.

## CK Ranganathan
- Type: Angel
- Location: Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A
- Focus: Retail, Manufacturing, Shopping

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

## Karan Bhagat
- Type: Angel
- Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Internet, Food and Beverage, Space Travel

Karan Bhagat is the founder and CEO of IIFL Wealth and has more than 15 years of experience in private wealth management. Prior to IIFL, he headed the Mumbai office of Kotak Wealth Management. His rich experience and established product structuring skills have been instrumental in making him one of the pioneers in implementing a family officeproposition in India. Under his leadership, IIFL Wealth evolved from a start-up to one of India's leading private wealth management and family office' outfits. Karan holds a PGDBM from IIM Bangalore and is a Bachelor of Commerce from St. Xavier's College, Kolkata.

## Ramesh S. Damani
- Type: Angel
- Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Post-IPO Equity
- Focus: Manufacturing, FinTech, Financial Services

Ramesh Damani is a Member of the Bombay Stock Exchange Limited and is one of the well-known faces of the stock broking community in India. He has been a Broker for over 16 years.Mr. Damani holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Commerce from HR College in Mumbai and has a Master’s Degree in Business Administration from California State University,Northridge, US.He was the well-known host of the TV show ‘Wizards of Dalal Street’ on CNBC TV18 and is frequently invited to comment on financial issues on business channels such as CNBC & NDTV. He also hosts a weekly chat show on Moneycontrol.com.

## Ravi Renganathan
- Type: Angel
- Location: Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Manufacturing, Electric Vehicle, Electronics

Ravi Renganathan

## Ankit Bhati
- Type: Angel
- Location: Bangalore, Karnataka, India
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A
- Focus: Food and Beverage, EdTech, Wellness

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.

## Vishal Lalani
- Type: Angel
- Location: Faridabad, Haryana, India
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Angel
- Focus: Manufacturing, Service Industry, Information Technology

Vishal Lalani - Managing director @ veethree

## Nimesh Kampani
- Type: Angel
- Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Financial Services, E-Commerce, Machine Learning

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

## Priyank Shah
- Type: Angel
- Location: Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B
- Focus: E-Commerce, Health Care, Food and Beverage

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

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