# Maninder Gulati

> Maninder Gulati is a seed investor at OYO (Gurgaon) backing Internet and E-Commerce. See 45 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [OYO](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/oyo-rooms)
- Location: Gurgaon, India
- Total investments: 45
- Last investment: Aug 2025
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/pub/maninder-gulati/2/b11/a93
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/rockwithvinny

Maninder Gulati is a seed investor at OYO in Gurgaon focused on Internet and E-Commerce. Maninder Gulati joined Lightspeed Advisory Services India in 2012. He brings over eight years of operating, business building, entrepreneurship and consulting experience to the firm.Prior to Lightpseed, Maninder was an Associate at McKinsey & Company. At McKinsey, Maninder worked on several growth strategy and implementation engagementsacross various sectors including financial services, organized retail, digital music, data centers and building security/automation.Before McKinsey, Maninder co-founded a voice based life-streaming platform – lifeinlines.com, which allowed users to create a digital diary of their life. Prior to this entrepreneurial venture, Maninder worked at ITC Limited, India’s largest FMCG company. At ITC, Maninder was a part of the core team that launched ITC’s personal care business and he spearheaded key organization transformation initiatives such as Six-sigma for the tobacco business.Maninder graduated with a Dual degree (B.Tech and M.Tech) in Chemical Engineering from IIT Bombay, where he held key leadership positions including that of Head of ‘The Entrepreneurship Cell’. He holds an MBA from ISB, Hyderabad, where he was a part of the Dean and Merit list.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $650k–$4M |
| Pre-Seed | $332k–$1.3M |
| Series A | $5M–$20M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Internet | 7 | 16% |
| E-Commerce | 7 | 16% |
| FinTech | 5 | 11% |
| Software | 5 | 11% |
| Financial Services | 5 | 11% |

70 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 25 | 56% |
| Pre-Seed | 9 | 20% |
| Series A | 4 | 9% |
| Angel | 3 | 7% |
| Series B | 2 | 4% |

6 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| India | 36 | 80% |
| United States | 2 | 4% |
| Singapore | 1 | 2% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Peeko | Peeko is a quick commerce platform that specializes in baby care products and accessories, promising 60-minute delivery. | $3.2M | Seed | Aug 26, 2025 |  |
| Bachatt | Bachatt is a daily savings led financial services platform. Bachatt aims to address a critical need for over 30 crore self-employed individuals in India. while self-employed individuals earn daily, their expenses often require large, infrequent payments, creating a major cash flow challenge. This, coupled with the inherent variability in dailyearnings, makes managing finances extremely difficult.Our vision is to become their trusted daily savings partner, helping them establish financial discipline. This strong foundation will then unlock access to a suite of financial products (loans, high-yield instruments, insurance, etc.) at more favorable terms. | $4M | Seed | Apr 24, 2025 |  |
| Dodo Payments | Dodo Payments is a FinTech company providing international payment solutions for businesses. It acts as a merchant of record, managing payments, taxes, compliance, subscriptions, and churn. The platform supports over 300 local payment methods in more than 100 currencies across 150+ countries. | $1.1M | Pre-Seed | Feb 25, 2025 |  |
| Fabrito | Fabrito is a B2B fabric marketplace that simplifies fabric sourcing for brands and garment manufacturers seeking reduced turnaround times (TAT), lower minimum order quantities (MOQs), and improved pricing. Fabrito provides a diverse range of readily available fabrics that can be quickly replenished. |  | Pre-Seed | Jul 04, 2024 |  |
| Jodaro | Jodaro operates as an intermediary for trade that links customers and manufacturers directly. | $750K | Seed | Nov 22, 2023 |  |
| altM | altM is an alternate Materials company. We are currently prototyping and will manufacture scalable biomaterials to help large industries reduce carbon footprints across their value chains. We use lignocellulosic agricultural residues to develop a family of advanced input raw materials to replace the current unsustainable incumbents across ourproduct partner industries in CPG/FMCG, apparel, industrial chemicals, and packaging. Materials of interest: Sustainable Chemicals, Biomaterials (including Composites), and Fuels | $3.5M | Seed | Sep 07, 2023 |  |
| Finsire | Finsire builds lending enablement services by permitting digital assets to be taken as collateral. | $1.3M | Seed | Mar 15, 2023 |  |
| Finsire | Finsire builds lending enablement services by permitting digital assets to be taken as collateral. | $1.3M | Seed | Mar 15, 2023 |  |
| Vetic | Vetic is a network of cutting-edge clinics with an emphasis on providing comprehensive pet health care. | $3.7M | Seed | Nov 30, 2022 |  |
| Driffle | Driffle is a digital goods marketplace that connects gamers with sellers all over the world. The platform sells games, digital gift cards, and gaming points for gamers. Driffle was founded in 2021 by Chetan Bhardwaj, Gaurav Kumar Jha, Mayank Chawla, and Abhishek Kumar with the goal of making online gaming accessible, affordable, and safer forgamers worldwide. | $3.4M | Seed | Nov 08, 2022 |  |

10 of 45 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Titan Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/titan-capital) — VC Fund, 8 deals together
- [Better Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/better-capital-e839) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [First Cheque](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/first-cheque) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [iSeed](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/iseed-fund) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Lightspeed India Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lightspeed-venture-partners-india) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Elevation Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/elevation-capital-6e8a) — VC Fund, 3 deals together

## About OYO

VC Fund · Gurgaon, India

OYO is a global platform that empowers entrepreneurs and small businesses with hotels and homes by providing full-stack technology that increases earnings and eases operations; bringing affordable and trusted accommodation that guests can book instantly.

5 contacts available at OYO.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Abhinav Sinha | COO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/abhinav-sinha-3 |
| Abhishek Gupta | Chief Financial Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/abhishek-gupta-13 |
| Mary Naomi Gail Malones | Corporate Sales Manager | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mary-naomi-gail-malones |
| Ritesh Agarwal | Founder & Group CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ritesh-agarwal |
| Ankit Mathuria | CTO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ankit-mathuria |

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## FAQ

### What does Maninder Gulati invest in?

Maninder Gulati invests primarily in Internet, E-Commerce and FinTech startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 45 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in India. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Maninder Gulati's check size?

Maninder Gulati typically joins rounds of $650k–$4M at Seed, $332k–$1.3M at Pre-Seed and $5M–$20M 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 Maninder Gulati participates in.

### When did Maninder Gulati last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Maninder Gulati closed in Aug 2025. Shizune tracks 45 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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