# Top 35 Oil and Gas Startup Investors in India in June 2026 ## Kris Gopalakrishnan - Type: Angel - Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India - Relevant deals: 2 - 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. ## MEMG Family Office - Type: VC Fund - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Hotel, Internet, Robotics MEMG Family Office. ## The Chennai Angels - Type: VC Fund - Location: Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: E-Commerce, Software, Internet The Chennai Angels is an Angel Investment Group in India with over 140 individual, corporate and institutional members. The Chennai Angels invests in early stage startups and also provide mentorship for their portfolio companies. ## Keiretsu Forum - Type: VC Fund - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Health Care, Software, Biotechnology Keiretsu Forum is a global angel investor network with more than 2,500 accredited investor members throughout 47 chapters on 3 continents. ## Inflection Point Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Gurgaon, Haryana, India - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Artificial Intelligence, E-Commerce, Health Care Inflection Point Ventures, with over 3300 CXOs and professionals, HNIs and Family Offices, is India’s leading angel network investing in early-to-mid stage startups. IPV supports new-age entrepreneurs with not just capital but also uses its wide network of investors to provide startups with access to new markets, customers, guidance and mentorship.Inflection Point Ventures is democratizing angel investing with low membership fee, lowest investment ticket size (per investor), transparent investment process and extensive upfront due-diligence led by industry experts. IPV is industry agnostic, with a focus on committed and competent founders. ## LVX Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel - Focus: E-Commerce, Internet, Software Connect with 10,000 plus angel investors. Raise funding seamlessly. Find startups to invest in. Easy to use & seamless technology platform for startup investing & funding. ## Jindal Power - Type: VC Fund - Location: New Delhi, Delhi, India - Relevant deals: 1 - Focus: Apps, Fuel, Delivery Jindal Power delivers sustainable, innovative and reliable thermal and solar power solutions across India and Botswana, with 5,000+ MW of generation capacity. ## Himalaya Finance & Investment Company - Type: VC Fund - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Robotics, Oil and Gas, Manufacturing Himalaya Finance & Investment Company operates as an investment firm. ## Nilesh Ved - Type: Angel - Location: Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Apps, Fuel, Delivery Nilesh Ved is the Co-founder and Chairman at Apparel Group. He graduated from Boston University with a Bachelor’s degree in Science Business Administration. ## Pi Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Bangalore, Karnataka, India - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Software, Machine Learning pi Ventures is an early stage fund focused on investing on disruptive ideas leveraging machine learning, AI and IoT. ## Oil and Natural Gas Corporation - Type: VC Fund - Location: New Delhi, Delhi, India - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Private Equity, Pre-Seed - Focus: Information Technology, Big Data, Hardware ONGC has a unique distinction of being a company with in-house service capabilities in all areas of Exploration and Production of oil and gas and related oil-field services. ## Momentum Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Delaware, Ohio, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Biotechnology, Manufacturing, Sustainability Momentum Capital invests in climate, health & cross-border startups at pre-seed & seed stage. ## Fundalogical Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Logistics, Oil and Gas, Warehousing Fundalogical Ventures operates as an early growth investment fund. ## Ashish Kacholia - Type: Angel - Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Post-IPO Equity - Focus: Manufacturing, Medical, Robotics Ashish Kacholia ## Shell Oil Company - Type: VC Fund - Location: Houston, Texas, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series B, Seed - Focus: Renewable Energy, Fuel, Energy Shell is a global group of energy and petrochemical companies. Learn more about Shell on our global website. ## Antler - Type: VC Fund - Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology Build your next company with Antler, a global day zero investor enabling exceptional founders to start great companies, from the very beginning. Apply now! ## Actis - Type: VC Fund - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Private Equity, Post-IPO Equity - Focus: Manufacturing, Financial Services, Energy We focus on sustainable infrastructure, investing globally in: Energy Infrastructure, Long Life Infrastructure and Digital Infrastructure ## Ratan Tata - Type: Angel - Location: Houston, Texas, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: E-Commerce, Internet, Health Care Ratan Tata is the Founder and Managing Director of RNT Associates. ## ICICI Venture - Type: VC Fund - Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Private Equity, Series B - Focus: Health Care, Manufacturing, Sales Site will be available soon. Thank you for your patience! ## SiriusOne Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series B - Focus: AgTech, Agriculture, SaaS SiriusOne Capital is a venture capital fund, focused on investing into promising entrepreneurs solving big problems. ## Lead Angels Network - Type: VC Fund - Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology Lead Angels is India's first angel network focused on IITs.Founded by a team of three originally from Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay including a retired professor, a recent graduate and an incubator manager.The network members provide time and money to disruptive startups across India. Its members are successful entrepreneursacross different sectors. ## Shalini Chhabra - Type: Angel - Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Software, Analytics, Finance Shalini Chhabra is a Managing Partner at Incipia Advisors LL. ## Drake Trade - Type: VC Fund - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: B2B, Delivery, Oil and Gas Drake Trade is an investment firm. ## Gruhas - Type: VC Fund - Location: Bangalore, Karnataka, India - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: E-Commerce, Real Estate, Manufacturing Gruhas is an India-focused Venture Capital fund which empowers entrepreneurs to build companies that matter in PropTech, CleanTech, Media Entertainment and Consumer Focused. ## Bootstrapped Debt Financing - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Apps Bootstrapped Debt Financing ## Aniruddha Malpani - Type: Angel - Location: Bangalore, Karnataka, India - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: Retail, Internet, Health Care Dr Aniruddha Malpani is an IVF specialist who passed out from Bombay University, winning over 20 gold medals during his academic career. His clinic at www.drmalpani.com attracts patients from all over the world. He also runs the world’s largest free patient education library, HELP , at www.healthlibrary.com. He has authored 4 books – How to Get theBest Medical Care ( www.thebestmedicalcare.com),Successful Medical Practise, How to Have a Baby and Using Information Therapy to Put Patients First. His passion is patient empowerment, and he believes that patients are the largest untapped healthcare resources, and we need to use patient power to heal our sick healthcare system. He has pioneered the use of innovative technology to educate infertile couples, using cartoon films, comic books and e-learning on his website- www.ivfindia.com. He is an investor in Plus91 ( www.plus91.in), an EMR and digital marketing provider, India’s market leader for creating digital media for patient education, and is on the Board of Inventurus Knowledge Solutions, a healthcare BPO which provides RCM solutions for the US market. ## Recur Club - Type: VC Fund - Location: New Delhi, Delhi, India - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Debt Financing - Focus: SaaS, Software, Information Technology We are a trading platform for recurring revenue companies to trade their contracts/subscriptions & get upfront capital instantly without diluting equity or taking restrictive debt. Recur is a new asset class - Recurring Revenue (across industries like SaaS, D2C Brands, IT Services, Furniture Leasing, co-working spaces, and many more). Our AI/ML underwriting platform unlocks trading limit within 48 hours by connecting financial & billing data on Zoho, Quickbooks, Stripe, Razorpay, Tally, etc. ## Golden Birch Investments - Type: VC Fund - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Robotics, Oil and Gas, Manufacturing Golden Birch Investments ## Krishna Defence - Type: VC Fund - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Robotics, Oil and Gas, Manufacturing Krishna Defence is one of India's few manufacturing houses with in-house capabilities for designing, developing, and producing equipment for Defence, Security, Dairy, and Mega Kitchen verticals. ## Puneet Gupta - Type: Angel - Location: Delhi, Delhi, India - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Robotics, Oil and Gas, Manufacturing Puneet Gupta is the Founder, CEO, and Managing Director at Planet E-Com Solutions(PECS). ## Fractal - Type: VC Fund - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Corporate Round, Pre-Seed - Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Software, Machine Learning Fractal Analytics is a globally recognized enterprise artificial intelligence (AI) company, with a vision to power human decisions in its clients' enterprises by leveraging AI. Fractal supports large global enterprises with its end-to-end AI solutions. ## SK Narvar - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Apps, Fuel, Delivery SK Narvar is a Chairman at Capital India Corp. ## MAPE Advisory Group - Type: VC Fund - Location: Bangalore, Karnataka, India - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Private Equity, Post-IPO Equity, Seed - Focus: Manufacturing, Financial Services, Health Care MAPE is a leading Indian investment bank focused exclusively on M&A and Private Equity advisory.MAPE has been consistently ranked among the top ten banks in India by Bloomberg in rankings for investment banks (number of transactions) for all years from 2001 to 2013.The team is led by seasoned investment bankers with bulge bracketexperience.They have done marquee deals for all leading Indian business houses and are strongly deal driven, closing one deal every month since inception. They are well known in the industry for closing "difficult" deals. ## Impact India Investments - Type: VC Fund - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Robotics, Oil and Gas, Manufacturing Impact Investors Council IIC is the industry body to strengthen Indian Impact Investing. Encourage private capital to bridge the social investment gap in India. ## Ravi Jaipuria Group - Type: VC Fund - Location: Gurgaon, Haryana, India - Relevant deals: 1 - Focus: Apps, Fuel, Delivery RJ Corp is a conglomerate with interests in food and beverage, healthcare, and education. Ravi Jaipuria, a billionaire businessman from India, founded the company.