# Jacob Mathew

> Jacob Mathew is a seed investor at MAPE Advisory Group backing Snack Food and Hospitality. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [MAPE Advisory Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mape-advisory-group)
- Location: Bengaluru, India
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Nov 2015
- Lead investor: 50%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jacob-mathew-a48278/

Jacob Mathew is a seed investor at MAPE Advisory Group in Bengaluru focused on Snack Food and Hospitality. Jacob is a seasoned investment banker with 20+ years of rich experience of driving M&A transactions. Jacob started his career with Price Waterhouse where he was instrumental in setting up their corporate finance practice. While at Price Waterhouse, he worked with a host of international majors for strategizing their India entry plans. Clientshe has worked with include SAP AG, Qualcomm, British Telecom, Amway etc. Subsequently, Jacob was Vice President (M&A) at DSP Merrill Lynch where he has driven landmark deals including acquisition of Coats Viyella's garment business by AV Birla Group, sale of Burnol & Coldarin brand assets, Dr Reddy's buy-out of American Remedies etc. At MAPE, Jacob has closed deals for major corporates including Tata Sons, Dr Reddys, Wipro, Godrej, Mahindras, Cafe Coffee Day etc.Jacob has a first degree in Engineering and an MBA from IIM Calcutta.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Snack Food | 1 | 50% |
| Hospitality | 1 | 50% |
| Mobile Apps | 1 | 50% |
| Food Delivery | 1 | 50% |
| Food and Beverage | 1 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Delight Foods | Delight Foods provides an online platform designed to cater people with authentic Indian cuisines. The company's platform retails more than 600 food products across categories such as sweets, savories, masalas or mixes, papads or pickles and biscuits online, enabling consumers to order branded Indian food online. | $604.7K | Seed | Nov 12, 2015 |  |
| Delight Foods | Delight Foods provides an online platform designed to cater people with authentic Indian cuisines. The company's platform retails more than 600 food products across categories such as sweets, savories, masalas or mixes, papads or pickles and biscuits online, enabling consumers to order branded Indian food online. | $119K | Seed | Jul 27, 2015 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Fireside Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fireside-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [HNI Corporation](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hni-corporation) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [RB Investments Pte. Ltd.](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rb-investments) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About MAPE Advisory Group

VC Fund · Bangalore, India

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.

2 contacts available at MAPE Advisory Group.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Jacob Mathew | Co-founder & Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jacob-mathew |
| Mathrubutham Ramprasad | Chairman and Co-founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mathrubutham-ramprasad |

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## FAQ

### What does Jacob Mathew invest in?

Jacob Mathew invests primarily in Snack Food, Hospitality and Mobile Apps startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in India. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Jacob Mathew last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Jacob Mathew closed in Nov 2015. Shizune tracks 2 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?

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