Karan Tanna
Angel Investor
Mumbai, India
Karan Tanna is a seed investor in Mumbai focused on Fitness and E-Learning. Karan Tanna, Founder CEO of Yellow Tie Hospitality - India’s 1st scalable restaurant concept has worked with General Motors & Mckinsey. However, he was interested in the F&B industry & started his journey with ‘Kutchi King’ & played a key role to expand its business to 200 outlets – a landmark figure. Karan believed that F&Bfranchising in India is in its infancy as the country is yet to have a single sustainable local brand. This, to him, was an opportunity to change the scenario. Harnessing his understanding & experience of F&B franchise market he founded Yellow Tie Hospitality Management LLP in Dec 2015. Yellow Tie Hospitality today has a portfolio of over 12 brands more than 70 operational stores between International home grown & Incubated Brands. Karan was featured in prestigious Forbes 30 under 30 and Entrepreneur 35 under 35. He has also won many awards like Most Admired CEO in F&B Industry and Young Turks of Hospitality Award 2019 and Most Talented Food Industry Leader 2018 making Karan & Yellow Tie names to reckon with.
- Total investments:
- 4
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 0%
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Industries Karan Tanna invests in
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Investment Focus
Industry
- Fitness 1 (25%)
- E-Learning 1 (25%)
- Hospitality 1 (25%)
- Consumer Goods 1 (25%)
- Food and Beverage 1 (25%)
Stage
- Seed 3 (75%)
- Pre-Seed 1 (25%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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| Cheelizza is an authentic 100% Pure veg pizzeria based in Mumbai, India. With a keen market understanding, supreme quality, pocket-friendly prices and a passionate team, we’re a step ahead towards revolutionizing the Indian QSR Space curve. | $502.9K / Seed / Sep 27, 2022 | ||
| H3Mart is a supplier company of hospitality equipment. | $401.8K / Pre-Seed / Feb 07, 2022 | ||
| Language Curry is a language-learning application. The company offers services such as translations in various Indian languages. The company's app uses translation or script-based pedagogy to immerse users in the local culture through cultural tips and transliteration. | $600K / Seed / Oct 28, 2021 | ||
| Insane AI operates as an Artificial Intelligence (AI) powered fitness training app. | $873.8K / Seed / Jul 28, 2021 |
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What does Karan Tanna invest in?
Karan Tanna invests primarily in Fitness, E-Learning and Hospitality startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 4 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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The most recent investment recorded for Karan Tanna closed in Sep 2022. Shizune tracks 4 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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