# Naresh Kumra

> Naresh Kumra is a seed investor backing Consumer and Hardware. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Oct 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Oct 2017
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Oct 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/nareshkumra

Naresh Kumra is a seed investor focused on Consumer and Hardware. Naresh joined JMATEK in 2013 through a management buy-in. Previously, Naresh spent 6 years with McKinsey & Company in New York area. Naresh started his career with Schlumberger’s electronics business, and held several positions in France and India over 6 years. Naresh has a B.Tech. in Computer Science from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)Delhi and an MBA from Darden Business School at University of Virginia (UVa).

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Consumer | 1 | 50% |
| Hardware | 1 | 50% |
| Manufacturing | 1 | 50% |
| Food Processing | 1 | 50% |
| Food and Beverage | 1 | 50% |

6 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 1 | 50% |
| Angel | 1 | 50% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 50% |
| United States | 1 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Lecker Labs Limited | Lecker Labs created fully automatic yogurt maker Yomee. Yomee from Lecker Labs is like Kuerig - it makes personalized yogurt at home. | $350K | Angel | Oct 06, 2017 | https://yomeeyogurt.com/ |
| Jmatek | JMATEK is a Hong Kong based multi-national company offering market-leading home comfort and energy efficiency products that are innovative and appealing in style to the modern day consumers. The company was founded by Oriental American Jaima, an international business group established in 1928. Since its founding in 2007, JMATEK has made greatprogress. The Group is now a globally-recognized leader in Evaporative Air Coolers and Portable Air Conditioners. In recent years, the Group has launched many new innovative products including Dehumidifiers and Electrical Accessories.JMATEK is proud to be an Exclusive Global Authorized Licensee of Honeywell for several product categories, and markets its products under the Honeywell brand. Honeywell is a Fortune 100 company that invents and manufactures technologies to address some of the world’s toughest challenges linked to global macro trends such as energy efficiency, clean energy generation, safety and security, globalization and customer productivity. Honeywell has approximately 132,000 employees worldwide, including more than 22,000 engineers and scientists. Honeywell has a global capitalization of USD 40 Billion in 2014.JMATEK Group has marketing & sales offices in Hong Kong, USA, Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, UK, Dubai, Poland, India; and engineering and operational functions in Hong Kong, Mainland China and India. JMATEK’s Global Leadership Team (GLT) aspires to become a leading global player in its niche categories and has a growth strategy to build upon its successes to-date. | $1K | Seed | Dec 01, 2015 | https://jmatek.com |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Food-X](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/food-x) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [SOSV](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sosv) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Naresh Kumra invest in?

Naresh Kumra invests primarily in Consumer, Hardware and Manufacturing startups, most often at Seed and Angel stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Hong Kong. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Naresh Kumra?

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### When did Naresh Kumra last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Naresh Kumra closed in Oct 2017. 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.

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