# Akash Agarwal

> Akash Agarwal is a seed investor at SAP Mobile Business Unit backing Local and Music. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [SAP Mobile Business Unit](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sap-mobile-business-unit)
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Jan 2015
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/aagarwal
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/akash_agarwal

Akash Agarwal is a veteran business executive in high technology with over 20 years experience spanning general management, marketing, product development, strategy, and sales. Akash's experience is in the mobile, enterprise and consumer Internet, at both small and large companies. Akash has been an entrepreneur, founding and running severalventure-backed Internet startups, and in management at HP (via Mercury acquisition) and Oracle Corporation. He holds an M.B.A. from the Harvard Business School and a B.S. in Computer Science (with honors) from the University of Kent at Canterbury, England. Akash is also a Charter Member of TIE (The Indus Entrepreneur TiE).EducationMBA, Harvard Business School, General Management (1998)Bsc. Hons. Comp Science, University of Kent at Canterbury, UK (1990)

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Local | 1 | 100% |
| Music | 1 | 100% |
| Fitness | 1 | 100% |
| Internet | 1 | 100% |
| E-Commerce | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Near.in | Near.in is building an ecommerce for local services. It is standardizing services so that these can be sold as an SKU (Stock Keeping Unit) - giving users a consistent and seamless experience. It helps user get standardized services across home needs, skills (music and dance classes), events (birthday activities) and wellness (dietician, yoga). | $290K | Seed | Jan 06, 2015 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## About SAP Mobile Business Unit

VC Fund



1 contacts available at SAP Mobile Business Unit.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Akash Agarwal | GVP Head of Mobile | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/akash-agarwal |

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## FAQ

### What does Akash Agarwal invest in?

Akash Agarwal invests primarily in Local, Music and Fitness startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in India. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Akash Agarwal last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Akash Agarwal closed in Jan 2015. Shizune tracks 1 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

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