# Anirudh A Damani

> Anirudh A Damani is a seed investor at Artha Group (Mumbai) backing E-Commerce and Software. See 99 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Artha Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/artha-india-ventures)
- Location: Mumbai, India
- Total investments: 99
- Last investment: Apr 2026
- Lead investor: 27%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/showmedamani
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/showmedamani
- Website: https://showmedamani.com

Anirudh A Damani is a seed investor at Artha Group in Mumbai focused on E-Commerce and Software. Anirudh Damani is an Investment Professional at Artha India Ventures. Anirudh Damani owns Artha Energy Resources and he is Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer at Artha Group of Companies. He has set up a consultancy firm for facilitating investments into power projects across geographies and asset classes like wind, solar, hydro andbio-power. Anirudh Damani is an active angel investor at 25 startups. He serves as a Member of Advisory Board at Venture Catalysts. He has over 18 years of energy experience and procuring energy customers. Anirudh Damani holds a double major in economics and business administration from Austin College.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $141k–$2.7M |
| Angel | $71k–$650k |
| Series A | $368k–$10M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| E-Commerce | 13 | 13% |
| Software | 12 | 12% |
| Internet | 10 | 10% |
| Information Technology | 10 | 10% |
| Mobile | 8 | 8% |

145 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 43 | 43% |
| Angel | 19 | 19% |
| Series A | 7 | 7% |
| Funding Round | 5 | 5% |
| Pre-Seed | 4 | 4% |

9 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| India | 67 | 68% |
| United States | 5 | 5% |
| Kenya | 2 | 2% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 1% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Clarity Labs | Clarity Labs is a skincare company focused on simplifying routines with functional soap bars. | $429.8K | Seed | Apr 20, 2026 |  |
| Cheerio AI | Cheerio AI provides agentic AI solutions tailored for enterprise revenue expansion and automated customer interactions. It offers no-code workflow tools spanning various channels, powered by 300+ AI models and more than 8,000 integrations. | $873.4K | Seed | Mar 05, 2026 |  |
| Raana Semiconductors | RSPL is a renowned and trusted brand in the semiconductor business, with an established track record of over ten years. | $3M | Seed | Jan 20, 2026 |  |
| Agnikul | Agnikul is a space tech startup that designs, manufactures, tests, and launch orbital-class rockets for micro and nanosatellites. They currently work out of the National Center for Combustion R&D at IIT-Madras. Rocket scientists, engineers, ex-bankers and space lawyers are a part of their team. This unique blend of people is one of theirbiggest strengths. The company was founded in 2017 and is based in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. | $17M | Venture - Series Unknown | Nov 22, 2025 |  |
| Tribe Stays | Tribe Stays provides student accommodation and co-living services. | $2.7M | Seed | Nov 17, 2025 |  |
| Calligo Technologies | Empower our customers with Emerging & Disruptive Technologies in High Performance Computing (HPC) & Big Data Analytics segments. | $1.1M | Seed | Apr 07, 2025 |  |
| Yatrikart | Yatrikart empowering last mile retailers at transit stations with the power of brand & technology. |  | Series A | Apr 02, 2025 |  |
| Atmosphere | Atmosphere provides with best technological capabilities that facilitate manufacturing of modern, ergonomic furniture solutions. | $590.4K | Seed | Dec 05, 2024 |  |
| InstaAstro | InstaAstro’s platform provides users with one-on-one Astrology consultations, layered with Daily Activity Tracks & Content to help users navigate problems such as relationships, career, health, & personal growth. IA is simplifying & transforming the wellness space with this unique remedy & action based approach that works across theearly range of the mental health continuum. | $2.3M | Seed | May 16, 2024 |  |
| Aliste Technologies | IOT Manufacturer that leverages cutting edge hardware and software technologies to produce Smart home solutions in a cost conscious manner. | $995.3K | Seed | Dec 12, 2023 |  |

10 of 99 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Venture Catalysts](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/venturecatalysts) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
- [LogX Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/logx-ventures) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Singularity Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/singularity-ventures-2) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Blume Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/blume-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Mumbai Angels](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mumbai-angels) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [VentureNursery](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/venturenursery) — VC Fund, 3 deals together

## About Artha Group

VC Fund · Mumbai, India

Artha India Ventures' league of member Angel Investors mentor and invest in nascent ventures with business ideas that create value by participating in the entrepreneurial process. AIV have invested in more than 47 start-ups and has diversified portfolio ranging from last minute hotel bookings (HotelsAroundYou.com), to classes aggregators(FindUrClass.com), cosmetic ecommerce (Purplle.com) and at home salon services (The Home Salon). From microfinance credit rating platforms (Inventure) to online interview platforms (Talview), electronic repair & insurance companies (PickMeIndia.com), Cloud Telephone (Exotel.com) and Cab Aggregators (BookMyCab.com) the portfolio has it all.

5 contacts available at Artha Group.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Anirudh A Damani | Managing Partner & Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/anirudh-damani |
| Aparna Pittie | Principal | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aparna-pittie |
| Apurva Damani | Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/apurva-damani |
| Dhiral Gogari | Associate | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dhiral-gogari |
| Ashok Kumar Damani | Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ashok-kumar-damani |

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## FAQ

### What does Anirudh A Damani invest in?

Anirudh A Damani invests primarily in E-Commerce, Software and Internet startups, most often at Seed and Angel stage. Most of the 99 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in India. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Anirudh A Damani's check size?

Anirudh A Damani typically joins rounds of $141k–$2.7M at Seed, $71k–$650k at Angel and $368k–$10M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Anirudh A Damani participates in.

### When did Anirudh A Damani last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Anirudh A Damani closed in Apr 2026. Shizune tracks 99 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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