# Devesh Rakhecha

> Devesh Rakhecha is a pre-seed investor at Marwari Catalysts backing Education. See 6 investments, round sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Marwari Catalysts](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/marwari-catalysts-ventures)
- Total investments: 6
- Last investment: Oct 2021
- Lead investor: 33%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deveshrakhecha/
- Website: http://www.marwaricatalysts.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/devesh.rakhecha

Devesh Rakhecha is a pre-seed investor at Marwari Catalysts focused on Education and SaaS. A Chartered Accountant by accidental choice and a new age entrepreneur, Mr. Devesh Rakhecha, is the the Founder & COO of Marwari Catalysts Ventures, which is inturn Rajasthan’s leading startup accelerator with a focus of strengthening startup ecosystem in Tier II and Tier III cities of India. With an exposure of finance, technology andbusiness development he has a great hand in transforming business into sustainable value enterprise. He brings unique integration of numbers with deep understanding of teamwork and startup culture.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Education | 3 | 50% |
| SaaS | 2 | 33% |
| EdTech | 2 | 33% |
| B2B | 1 | 17% |
| B2C | 1 | 17% |

18 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Pre-Seed | 3 | 50% |
| Non-equity Assistance | 2 | 33% |
| Seed | 1 | 17% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Round size | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| AskLaser | AskLaser is a one-stop solution for all your laser-related queries. | $100K | Pre-Seed | Oct 07, 2021 | https://asklaser.com/ |
| Yearbook canvas | India based Yearbook Canvas provides end to end solution from creating digital yearbooks, alumni books and corporate memory books with maximum efficiency using their mobile application and online portal, to publishing and delivering the same. They also deal in personalized merchandising. Any user from a batch/corporate who is willing tovolunteer (called "Admin") can create a book by providing information at the time of book and merchandise creation. Users with edit access can write testimonials, add and vote for polls, upload photos etc. Editors can also review the content and decide on what is to be printed in the final book. Yearbook Canvas has 75% repeat customers and have validated with all top institutes including IIMs, IITs, FMS Delhi, ISB Hyderabad and AIIMS. They have ventured into corporate memory books with Royal Canin and Capgemini. Their seed round was raised in 2019 led by a Cat 1 VC fund. |  | Non-equity Assistance | Apr 15, 2021 | https://www.yearbookcanvas.com/yearbook/ |
| Tyutee | Tyutee is the Next Gen SaaS-based peer-to-peer student learning, networking, and reskilling platform. |  | Non-equity Assistance | Apr 15, 2021 | https://tyutee.com/ |
| Marwari Catalysts | Marwari Catalysts primarily focuses on creating, nurturing, and fostering startups to accelerate their journey from a startup to a unicorn. We have a backward integration with incubators and front-end integration with the AIF, Family Offices and Angel Networks.Marwari Catalysts is a founder & investor-friendly company with like mindedprofessionals and industry experts passionate about entrepreneurship.We conduct a Startup Acceleration program: 'Thrive'; India's most exhilarating and value-based cohort accelerator program for early-stage startups.Thrive is a 12-week rigorous program that enables a particular startup to accelerate and helps them become investment-ready by providing: a skillset, expertise, and guidance from mentors via the program. The most successful Startup Founders & Top Industry Leaders will accompany you as mentors; to pilot your startup success to reach the sky.It is the only accelerator program with Skin-in-the-game providing signal funding to all the chosen startups.We already have companies from sectors, such as D2C, B2B, Edu Tech, FinTech, Fashion, Lifestyle Products, Community Building, to name a few and are currently working on Supply Chain Management and Climate Change. Marwari Catalysts is India's fastest growing Startup Accelerator. Our People: We are a closed knit group of successful startup founders, professionals and industrialists with strong professional and academic credentials.100+ Co-founders Club, 60+ Startups Portfolio, 35% Female Founders, 70% Startups funded, $10Mn Portfolio Valuation, 7 Startups Exit (full and part) Marwari Catalysts strongly supports the fact that their partnerships with startups are about discovery as well as execution and believes in value creation.An inclusive model which supports startups at various stages in their life-cycle, whether incubation, funding, acceleration, PR or business development support. | $2.5M | Seed | Jan 01, 2021 | http://www.marwaricatalysts.com/ |
| Noesis learning | Noesis learning is an ed-tech startup that enables a digital learning environment and brings technology into the space of career to course mapping. |  | Pre-Seed | May 04, 2020 | https://noesislearnings.com/ |
| Freshwoof | Freshwoof is a 100% plant-based vet-approved wet dog food made with high quality human-grade ingredients with no preservatives, chemicals, by-products & artificial ingredients. All Freshwoof meals exceed the nutritional guidelines of the American Association of Feed Control (AAFCO) for Adult Dog maintenance; contain all the nutrients your dogneeds to be healthy and happy. Freshwoof is a sustainable and ethical dog food that produces 90% less greenhouse gas emissions, consumes 75% less land and 65% less water as compared to a meat-based dog food. | $100K | Pre-Seed | Mar 16, 2019 | https://freshwoof.com |

6 of 6 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Marwari Catalysts](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/marwari-catalysts-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Marwari Catalysts

VC Fund · Jodhpur, India

Marwari Catalysts primarily focuses on creating, nurturing, and fostering startups to accelerate their journey from a startup to a unicorn. We have a backward integration with incubators and front-end integration with the AIF, Family Offices and Angel Networks.Marwari Catalysts is a founder & investor-friendly company with like mindedprofessionals and industry experts passionate about entrepreneurship.We conduct a Startup Acceleration program: 'Thrive'; India's most exhilarating and value-based cohort accelerator program for early-stage startups.Thrive is a 12-week rigorous program that enables a particular startup to accelerate and helps them become investment-ready by providing: a skillset, expertise, and guidance from mentors via the program. The most successful Startup Founders & Top Industry Leaders will accompany you as mentors; to pilot your startup success to reach the sky.It is the only accelerator program with Skin-in-the-game providing signal funding to all the chosen startups.We already have companies from sectors, such as D2C, B2B, Edu Tech, FinTech, Fashion, Lifestyle Products, Community Building, to name a few and are currently working on Supply Chain Management and Climate Change. Marwari Catalysts is India's fastest growing Startup Accelerator. Our People: We are a closed knit group of successful startup founders, professionals and industrialists with strong professional and academic credentials.100+ Co-founders Club, 60+ Startups Portfolio, 35% Female Founders, 70% Startups funded, $10Mn Portfolio Valuation, 7 Startups Exit (full and part) Marwari Catalysts strongly supports the fact that their partnerships with startups are about discovery as well as execution and believes in value creation.An inclusive model which supports startups at various stages in their life-cycle, whether incubation, funding, acceleration, PR or business development support.

2 contacts available at Marwari Catalysts.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Dharamveer Singh Chauhan | mentor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dharamveer-chauhan |
| Sushil Sharma | Founder and CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sushil-sharma |

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## FAQ

### What does Devesh Rakhecha invest in?

Devesh Rakhecha invests primarily in Education, SaaS and EdTech startups, most often at Pre-Seed and Non-equity Assistance stage. Most of the 6 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in India. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

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### When did Devesh Rakhecha last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Devesh Rakhecha closed in Oct 2021. Shizune tracks 6 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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