# Karan Tanna

> Karan Tanna is a seed investor in Mumbai backing Fitness and E-Learning. See 4 investments, round sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Oct 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Location: Mumbai, India
- Total investments: 4
- Last investment: Sep 2022
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Oct 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/karan-tanna-a9626044/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/Karan_Tanna
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/karan.tanna.520

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.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Fitness | 1 | 25% |
| E-Learning | 1 | 25% |
| Hospitality | 1 | 25% |
| Consumer Goods | 1 | 25% |
| Food and Beverage | 1 | 25% |

7 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 3 | 75% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 25% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Round size | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Cheelizza | 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 | https://www.cheelizza.com/ |
| H3Mart | H3Mart is a supplier company of hospitality equipment. | $401.8K | Pre-Seed | Feb 07, 2022 | https://h3mart.com |
| Language Curry | 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 | https://www.languagecurry.com/ |
| Insane AI | Insane AI operates as an Artificial Intelligence (AI) powered fitness training app. | $873.8K | Seed | Jul 28, 2021 | https://www.app.insane.ai/ |

4 of 4 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [IAN Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/indian-angel-network) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [LVX Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/letsventure) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Comdex](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/comdex) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Pi Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/pi-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [TDV Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tdv-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### 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.

### How do I contact Karan Tanna?

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### When did Karan Tanna last invest?

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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