# Top 50 Media (entertainment) Angel Investors in India in June 2026 ## Kunal Shah - Type: Angel - Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India - Relevant deals: 18 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Internet Kunal Shah ## Vijay Sharma - Type: Angel - Location: New Delhi, Delhi, India - Relevant deals: 11 - 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. ## Rajan Anandan - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 11 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A - Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology As part of the leadership team at Sequoia Capital India, Rajan is focusing on developing its early-stage program Surge, into the world's top scale-up program for startups by acting as an investment advisor and mentor to the programme's founders. Surge aims to engineer rapid early progress for startups, by enabling disproportionateaccess to capital, talent, network and decades of company-building knowledge. Rajan's deep understanding of technology, operating expertise and a track record of growing tech businesses across the region will help Surge's founders scale and build the businesses of tomorrow.Prior to Sequoia, as Head of Google India and Southeast Asia, Rajan played a key role in expanding the regions internet ecosystem while accelerating Google's innovation and growth units. He is also a prolific angel investor who has backed a large number of successful startups at very early stages. Rajan also led Microsoft and Dell in India and was earlier a Partner at McKinsey & Company in Chicago. ## Vijay Shekhar Sharma - Type: Angel - Location: New Delhi, Delhi, India - Relevant deals: 11 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Internet, News, Social Media 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. ## Anupam Mittal - Type: Angel - Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India - Relevant deals: 9 - 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. ## Sujeet Kumar - Type: Angel - Location: New Delhi, Delhi, India - Relevant deals: 8 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Internet, Software, E-Commerce Sujeet Kumar - Co- Founder @ Udaan ## Rajesh Sawhney - Type: Angel - Location: Gurgaon, Haryana, India - Relevant deals: 8 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Internet Rajesh is the co-founder and CEO of InnerChef and Super Angels. He holds a bachelor's degree in electronic engineering from Delhi University, and a master's degree in management from Mumbai University. He has also done a fellowship in 'Globalisation and Leadership' from the London School of Economics and Social Sciences. ## Gaurav Munjal - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 8 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Internet, Health Care, Apps Gaurav Munjal is the Co-Founder and CEO at Unacademy. ## Binny Bansal - Type: Angel - Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India - Relevant deals: 7 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Internet, E-Commerce Binny Bansal is an Indian software engineer and Internet entrepreneur. In 2007 he co-founded the e-commerce platform Flipkart with Sachin Bansal (not related) and was serving as the Chief Operating Officer until 11 January 2016 and was promoted to Chief Executive Officer. In January 2017 he was promoted to Group CEO of Flipkart. Binny is fromChandigarh and graduated from the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi with a degree in Computer Science and Engineering. ## Girish Mathrubootham - Type: Angel - Location: Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India - Relevant deals: 7 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A - Focus: Software, SaaS, Information Technology Girish Mathrubootham is based out of Burlingame and is the Co -Founder of Hotline. Girish previously worked at Zoho Corporation as a Vice President - Product Management. Girish Mathrubootham attended University of Madras. ## Shrishti Sahu - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 7 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Internet, FinTech, Apps entrepreneur and investor in tech start-ups, crypto and public markets. Founded a fintech company, and was a part of the Investment Team of Lumis Partners (PeopleStrong, TalentEdge, Sheroes etc). Headed Startup Programs for Facebook for South Asia & India. Early backer of companies like Plum (health insurance for SME employees), Clickpost(logistics tech), Rupifi (credit for SMEs), WorkApps (Enterprise Collaboration), Chingari (Social Video), Kutumb (social communities for Bharat), DelightChat (customer support for D2C brands), 10Club (D2C e-commerce), UrbanYogi (mental health) ## Rohit Chanana - Type: Angel - Location: Gurgaon, Haryana, India - Relevant deals: 6 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: Health Care, Wellness, E-Commerce Rohit Chanana - Founder and Managing Partner @ Sarcha Advisors ## Aman Gupta - Type: Angel - Location: New Delhi, Delhi, India - Relevant deals: 6 - 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. ## Roman Saini - Type: Angel - Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India - Relevant deals: 6 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Health Care, Apps, Internet Roman Saini is Co Founder at Unacademy. ## Phanindra Sama - Type: Angel - Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India - Relevant deals: 6 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: Internet, SaaS, Software Phanindra Sama is the Advisor of WestBridge Capital. He previously worked at redBus as a Founder and CEO. Phanindra Sama attended Stanford University. ## Aakrit Vaish - Type: Angel - Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A - Focus: Internet, E-Commerce, SaaS Aakrit Vaish is based out of Mumbai, Maharashtra and was the Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer of Haptik. Aakrit previously worked at peercheque as a Managing Partner. Aakrit Vaish attended the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. . ## Ritesh Agarwal - Type: Angel - Location: New Delhi, Delhi, India - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Food and Beverage, E-Commerce, Retail Ritesh Agarwal is the Founder and Group Chief Executive Officer of OYO and Anchor Board Member of the Texas Hotel & Lodging Association. ## Rajesh Mane - Type: Angel - Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Internet, Mobile, Fashion An active investor in early stage startups across technology & CPG. ## Kalyan Krishnamurthy - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Corporate Round - Focus: Internet, Fashion, E-Commerce Kalyan Krishnamurthy is based out of Singapore and serves as the CEO of Flipkart. Kalyan previously worked at Tiger Global Management as Managing Director. Kalyan Krishnamurthy attended Asian Institute of Management. ## Rahul Maroli - Type: Angel - Location: Delhi, Delhi, India - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Education, Food and Beverage, News Rahul Maroli is a business leader with demonstrated ability of building businesses for profit, growth and scale. For over a decade and a half, he has been steering market-leading companies in the automotive services, e-commerce & start-up businesses. His expertise includes driving shareholder returns, business strategy, Operations, Sales &Marketing. Rahul heads Ola’s Rental, Shuttle (Mass Mobility) and Corporate Distribution businesses, apart from strategic supply programs. Earlier, he envisioned, started and led Ola's cab leasing business through a wholly owned subsidiary Ola Fleet Technologies, making Ola the world’s first ride-sharing company to have a successful fleet business.Prior to Ola, he led Sales, Marketing and Operations for LeasePlan India, a leading player in the business mobility industry.Rahul advises early stage start-up and is an active angel investor. His investments include PeeSafe, EdgeFx, Dibz, ShadiSaga, Coutloot, ASADEL Technologies, Digiora & KakCho. ## Ramakant Sharma - Type: Angel - Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Financial Services, Internet, E-Commerce 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. ## Raghunandan G - Type: Angel - Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel - Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Apps Raghu is the Founder of Zolve. He is an avid reader and an encyclopedia in his own rights. After a successful 3-year stint with Feedback Ventures as a Consultant, he decided to follow his heart which craved for him to become an entrepreneur. He has degrees from IIM Ahmedabad and NITK Surathkal and hasn’t lost touch with the technical prowess fromhis days back in Texas Instruments. ## Hemesh Singh - Type: Angel - Location: Bangalore, Karnataka, India - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Apps, Social Media, Health Care Hemesh Singh is a co-founder and CTO of Unacademy.com. ## Vaibhav Domkundwar - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco Bay Area, California, United States - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Education, Information Technology Vaibhav Domkundwar - CEO @ Better Capital ## Arjun Vaidya - Type: Angel - Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: E-Commerce, Food and Beverage, Retail Arjun Vaidya is the Founder of Verinvest Corporation. Attended Brown University. ## Alvin Tse - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Internet, Education, E-Commerce Alvin Tse is the current General Manager of Xiaomi India. He previously worked at Xiaomi as a Head of Marketing, Xiaomi Europe. Alvin Tse attended Stanford University. ## Sachin Bhatia - Type: Angel - Location: Delhi, Delhi, India - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: Travel, Tourism, E-Commerce Sachin Bhatia - CEO & Co-founder @ Bulbulshop ## Ashneer Grover - Type: Angel - Location: Delhi, Delhi, India - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Internet 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. ## Roshan Abbas - Type: Angel - Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: Internet, Media and Entertainment, Food and Beverage Roshan is founder of Encompass Events Pvt. Ltd. ## Mohandas Pai - Type: Angel - Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: E-Commerce, Education, Information Technology Mohandas Pai - Co-Founder and Chairman @ Aarin Capital ## Jaynti Kanani - Type: Angel - Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Internet Jaynti Kanani - Co-Founder @ Polygon ## Vishal Maheshwari - Type: Angel - Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Apps, SaaS Vishal Maheshwari is a Member of the Investment Committee at 9Unicorns. He attended Chetana's R. K. Institute of Management & Research. ## Utsav Somani - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Apps, Software, Financial Services Looking for - Passionate founders looking to target a market with tremendous future potential and stands to be disrupted by a new entrant. Crucial that the product / service is not easily replicable and the domain expertise of the company is a deterrent to fresh entrants.Keen interest in - Clean Technology, Consumer Internet, EnterpriseSoftware, Health Care, Mobile, SaaSSkills - Angel Investing, Financial Modelling & Valuation, Information Technology, Portfolio Management, Risk Management ## Aprameya Radhakrishna - Type: Angel - Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: Internet, Software, Retail Aprameya loves singing romantic songs and is the quintessential dreamer who doesn’t fear to experiment. He used to be the Head of Business Development for PDS at Jones Lang LaSalle India where he spent almost 3 years post his graduation from IIM Ahmedabad. He has worked at Infosys and has an Electronics engineering degree from NITK Surthkal andif all this has made you think he’s a geek, ask his close friends and they would say otherwise! ## Jitendra Gupta - Type: Angel - Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel - Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Payments Jitendra Gupta is the Founder of Jupiter. ## V Balakrishnan - Type: Angel - Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Security, Software, Enterprise Software Mr. V. Balakrishnan, also known as Bala, is the Founder & Chairman of Exfinity, a Private Equity Fund focused on investing in the Technology space. Mr. Balakrishnan served as Head of BPO, Finacle & India Business Unit at Infosys Ltd. He served as the Chief Financial Officer of Infosys Ltd., from May 1, 2006 to October 31, 2012. Mr.Balakrishnan has significant experience in leadership positions in the finance domain, with expertise in Corporate Finance, International Taxation, Risk Management and Mergers & Acquisitions. He served as Secretary and Senior Vice President - Finance of Infosys Ltd., from joining it in 2001 to April 2006. He served as Vice President - Finance of Infosys Ltd and also served in various capacities in Finance department. ## Apurva Chamaria - Type: Angel - Location: Delhi, Delhi, India - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: News, E-Commerce, Food and Beverage Apurva Chamaria is based out of Haryana, Haryana, and is the Chief Business Officer of Nucleus Software. Apurva previously worked at Google as a Global Head of Venture Capital & Startup Partnerships. Nucleus Software attended the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi. Apurva Chamaria has been certified as a Innovation of Products and Services:MIT's Approach to Design Thinking. ## Nitin Singhal - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence Nitin Singhal is the Founder and Managing Partner of Fresco Global. Nitin has an MBA from London Business School and a BTech from Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi and he is based in London, UK ## Nitish Mittersain - Type: Angel - Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Internet, Financial Services, E-Commerce Nitish Mittersain is based out of Mumbai, Maharashtra and is the Founder & Managing Director of Nazara Technologies. Nitish previously worked at MEF Mobile as a Board Director. Nitish Mittersain attended the Bennett University. Nitish Mittersain has been Awarded Honorary Doctorate for contributions to gaming industry in India. ## Anand Chandrasekaran - Type: Angel - Location: Gurgaon, Haryana, India - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, SaaS, E-Commerce Anand Chandrasekaran is based out of San Francisco, California and is the President of Crescendo. Anand previously worked at General Catalyst as Partner and Venture Advisor. Anand Chandrasekaran attended the Stanford University and PSG College of Technology, India. Anand Chandrasekaran has been awarded Young Global Leader by the World EconomicForum and was recognized as the #1 seed investor focused on the India – U.S. corridor by the HURUN India Report in their career. ## Ankur Mittal - Type: Angel - Location: New Delhi, Delhi, India - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel - Focus: E-Commerce, Financial Services, Information Technology Ankur Mittal is based out of New Delhi, Delhi and is the Co-Founder & Member of Board of Inflection Point Ventures. Ankur previously worked at Training The Street Investments as the Head of Asia and Middle East. Ankur Mittal attended the Georgetown University McDonough School of Business. ## Sidharth Rao - Type: Angel - Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: Internet, Art, SaaS Entrepreneur since 1998. Proud founder of a couple of really spectacular internet businesses in India. And then, at least 2x number of equally spectacular turkeys. The first bit taught me how to find great partners, choose great investors, build awesome teams, be great in sales, execute, execute and ruthlessly execute. ## Srinivas Anumolu - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Apps, Content, Internet Co-Founder of Growth Story. ## Pras Hanuma - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel - Focus: Software, Internet, Information Technology CEO & President. An Advisor & Strategic Partner. Cross functional Director, CEO & a high Influencer with well planned Strategic Enterprise Management. ## Vinay Bansal - Type: Angel - Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Health Care, E-Commerce, Internet Finance professional with 20+ years of global experience in Fortune 50 companies, Startups and Private Equity, Vinay comes with a plethora of experience in finance, having begun his career in HUL and subsequently climbing up the ladder to play a paramount role in leading one of the largest finance team in GE India. He also has hands on experiencein startups, having worked in wildcraft wherein he played a pivotal role in mentoring the team and turning it into a profitable venture. He continued on his journey as a turnaround specialist bringing to life various portfolio companies while in TPG Capital. ## Sanjay Mehta - Type: Angel - Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence Sanjay Mehta is Member of the Board of Advisors at LogiNext Solution. ## Sunil Kumar Singhvi - Type: Angel - Location: Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Health Care, Artificial Intelligence, Education SunilKumar Singhvi is the managing partner at Singhvi Heritage LLP. ## Sumit Jain - Type: Angel - Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: Mobile Apps, Internet, FinTech Sumit Jain is an Indian software engineer and Internet entrepreneur, He started online real-estate portal commonfloor.com for property seekers in 2007. Prior to that, he used to work with Oracle. As the co-founder and CEO, Sumit is responsible for driving the strategic direction for Commonfloor.com as well as delivering on company goals Hisresult-oriented approach ensures a constant and relentless focus on end-user satisfaction. Sumit Jain finds solace in a game of billiards. The game not only relaxes him, it also helps him catch up with friends or at times, make new acquaintances. ## Kishore Ganji - Type: Angel - Location: Marlboro, New Jersey, United States - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: E-Commerce, Health Care, Software Kishore Ganji is the Angel Investor & Mentor at Astir Ventures. ## Amit Ranjan - Type: Angel - Location: New Delhi, Delhi, India - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel - Focus: Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Enterprise Software Amit heads the team that is building SlideShare.Amit has a previous background in product marketing, sales & consumer research. His last job was with PepsiCo; prior to PepsiCo, he worked with Asian Paints & Godrej. He holds an MBA from the Faculty of Management Studies, Univ Of Delhi and a Mechanical Engineering degree fromREC/NIT, Jaipur.