# Amit Ranjan

> Amit Ranjan is a seed investor at Government of India Department of Electronics and Information Technology backing Information Technology. See 21…

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Government of India Department of Electronics and Information Technology](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/government-of-india-department-of-electronics-and-information-technology)
- Location: New Delhi, India
- Total investments: 21
- Last investment: Jun 2026
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/amitranjanprofile
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/amitranjan
- Website: http://www.webyantra.net/

Amit Ranjan is a seed investor at Government of India Department of Electronics and Information Technology in New Delhi focused on Information Technology and Artificial Intelligence. 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.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $306k–$2.9M |
| Pre-Seed | $125k–$3.1M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Information Technology | 4 | 19% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 4 | 19% |
| Financial Services | 3 | 14% |
| SaaS | 2 | 10% |
| EdTech | 2 | 10% |

63 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 16 | 76% |
| Pre-Seed | 3 | 14% |
| Angel | 1 | 5% |
| Series A | 1 | 5% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| India | 15 | 71% |
| United States | 5 | 24% |
| Singapore | 1 | 5% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CREST | CREST Capital is a private investment firm that partners with founders, families, and institutions to build, manage, and preserve wealth with discipline, alignment, and foresight. | $3.1M | Pre-Seed | Jun 16, 2026 |  |
| Novatr | Novatr is an online education and professional upskilling company focused on the architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) industry. | $1.2M | Seed | May 02, 2023 |  |
| Oneistox | Oneistox offers online cohort-based courses for designers, architects to advance their professional growth. Its team is focused on building tech-backed systems meant to learn design through two-way interaction and feedback unique to design learning. The company was founded in 2019 and is headquartered in New Delhi, India. | $1.2M | Seed | Apr 12, 2023 |  |
| Seekho | Seekho is an AI-driven, upskilling platform that takes you from dreaming about a job, to your dream job. We believe that formal education doesn't always prepare students for the real world, and we're here to help you get ahead. Seekho bridges the gap between your resume and your job description.We help you maximize your career growth.Get coaching from the industry best through extensive yet simplified learning courses and enjoy lucrative job offers based on your new growth.In addition, Seekho also goes the extra mile by connecting you to job opportunities, internships, and corporate projects. We have tie-ups with the best corporates in the industry, giving you access to a wide range of opportunities to jumpstart your careerSeekho believes that every person has the potential to be a future-maker. We are committed to equipping the country’s future-makers with the right tools to help them own their tomorrow and maximize their earning potential.Simply put, Seekho jo kaam aaye. | $3M | Seed | Mar 29, 2022 |  |
| Minko | Minko is a retail fintech platform that provides credit facilities to small shop and retail shop owners. Minko is a smart credit product that now allows retailers to access low-cost instant short-term loans to grow business. | $1.5M | Seed | Dec 22, 2021 |  |
| Hiration | Hiration is an AI-powered recruitment marketplace helping job seekers in each step of their job search process. The platform enables users to create, optimize, and manage their professional identities. The company was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, California. | $2.9M | Seed | Aug 18, 2021 |  |
| SalaryBox | SalaryBox is a mobile application to track salary and attendance for business owners and employees. | $125K | Pre-Seed | May 26, 2021 |  |
| CITYDATA.ai | CITYDATA.ai simulates the presence and movement of people across 9000 cities around the world. Our geospatial AI builds mobility digital replicas to quantify "how many people" and "what are the movement patterns". Our citizen apps and chatbots engage residents with contextual data for their city.CITYDATA's platformincludes these products:* CITYCOUNT.ai* CITYPARKS.ai* CITYFLOW.ai* CITYSIM.ai* CITYOPS.ai* CITYSURVEY.ai* CITYCHAT.ai* CITYSDK.ai | $2.2M | Seed | Oct 15, 2020 |  |
| Lal10 | Lal10 enables creative manufacturing MSMEs to easily digitize, manage and sell their inventories for cross-border wholesale. Lal10 is Shopify + Alibaba for Indian MSMEs. Small manufacturers use Lal10’s Karigar application to digitize physical inventories which are available for RFQs on our global wholesale platform. We are creating a maker’srevolution by digitizing micro and small manufacturers to take their creative products to global markets. India has over 1.2mn such MSMEs involved in the manufacturing of apparel, home furnishings, decor products. We have digitized 30k SKUs to date and are the largest vertical platform for MSMEs for cross-border wholesale in India. Post pandemic layers of middlemen/ export houses and traditional channels of sales like exhibitions have been disrupted. We have created an efficient alternative with innovative technology-led solutions catering to these large and untapped supplies. We are seeing strong organic adoption of technology for quick market access by local manufacturers and pandemic has only accelerated its requirement. We believe that the future of retail is local. We are targeting small & medium-sized buyers in the US, UK, and Middle east using efficient data analytics and aggressive marketing. We provide them the benefits of a big-box retailer, i.e. affordable sourcing, contemporary design curation & assortment of products. These buyers are resellers on Amazon, Etsy, or Mom & Pop shops, Private labels, and have traditionally been only dependent tradeshows. | $1.1M | Seed | Mar 13, 2020 |  |
| Pepper Content | Pepper Content is a content-mediation platform that connects talented writers to organizations that require content. Pepper offers customized content solutions by mediating content from the best talent pool of writers across the nation. | $306.1K | Seed | Feb 25, 2020 |  |

10 of 21 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Y Combinator](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/y-combinator) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [LVX Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/letsventure) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [AngelList India](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/angellist-india) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Soma Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/soma-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Titan Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/titan-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [8i Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/8i-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Government of India Department of Electronics and Information Technology

VC Fund · New Delhi, India

Government of India Department of Electronics and Information Technology works to promote e-governance to empower citizens; promote the inclusive and sustainable growth of the electronics, IT, and ITeS industries; enhance India’s role in internet governance; adopt a multipronged approach that includes development of human resources; promote R&Dand innovation; enhance efficiency through digital services; and ensure a secure cyber space.Government of India Department of Electronics and Information Technology is headquartered in New Delhi, India.

1 contacts available at Government of India Department of Electronics and Information Technology.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Amit Ranjan | Product Architect | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/amit-ranjan |

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## FAQ

### What does Amit Ranjan invest in?

Amit Ranjan invests primarily in Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence and Financial Services startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 21 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in India. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Amit Ranjan's check size?

Amit Ranjan typically joins rounds of $306k–$2.9M at Seed and $125k–$3.1M at Pre-Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Amit Ranjan participates in.

### When did Amit Ranjan last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Amit Ranjan closed in Jun 2026. Shizune tracks 21 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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