# Nitesh Kripalani

> Nitesh Kripalani is a seed investor in Mumbai backing Lifestyle and E-Commerce. See 4 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Location: Mumbai, India
- Total investments: 4
- Last investment: May 2021
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/niteshkripalani

Nitesh Kripalani is an Advisor and Mentor at Qoruz.He was Executive Vice-President: New Media, Business Development & Digital/Syndication at Sony and built Sony’s New Media and Digital business from scratch; the revenue stream in 3 years is a multi-million dollar business. Sony has been the leader amongst Indian broadcasters to launchtwo Premium Video-on-Demand service – Sony LIV in January 2013 and then LIV Sports in June 2014. He also conceptualised and led the launch of Sony’s 1st ever Sports Channel – SIX in April 2012. Including business plan, Sports federations and agency relationships, team hiring and launch. He led multiple rights bids including – BCCI Cricket rights, English Premier League, West Indies, IPL International and New Media rights, NBA, UFC and others. He joined Sony in 2009, where his primary role was to assist the CXOs in turning around the business from a loss-making unit to a sustainable profit-making unit. He has strong International experience in New Media, Telecom/Tech and Strategy across start-ups and corporations. He has previously worked with British Telecom in London, A.T. Kearney in Singapore and Outsourcing startups - OfficeTiger and Ajuba Solutions.Nitesh is an opinion leader in the Digital/New media industry, widely interviewed/consulted. More recently he has been recognized in the IMPACT Digital Power 100 list for 2013 and also, one of the Business Today’s “Top 40 under 40” 2014 list of high performing executives.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $500k–$2M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Lifestyle | 2 | 50% |
| E-Commerce | 2 | 50% |
| Tea | 1 | 25% |
| Apps | 1 | 25% |
| Coffee | 1 | 25% |

17 industries tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| India | 3 | 75% |
| Singapore | 1 | 25% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Fewcents | We help online publishers monetise premium content with cross-border micropayments and zero fixed fees. Few¢ents Wallet is easy to integrate and drives incremental revenue from global audiences. | $1.6M | Seed | May 03, 2021 |  |
| Bonhomia | Bonhomia serves gourmet tea or coffee that is made from the finest beans and leaves; customized for connoisseurs of both taste and technology to homes, offices, or studios in India. Bonhomia comes in by providing artisan coffees in capsule format. Its capsules are well-preserved and brewed to ensure the rich aroma and flavors of coffee and fineteas. | $2M | Seed | Apr 09, 2015 |  |
| Klip.in | Klip is a product discovery tool for interesting and off beat lifestyle products. It is for people who like things on and around them to reveal more of who they are.If you like standing out in the way you dress, if you like doing up your desk or home with things that have an edge about them or like to collect fun and quirky knick knacks orsimply have a taste for creative stuff that’s not main stream, then Klip is the perfect tool for you. It helps you find and create a virtual collection of these far out and quirky products. | $500K | Seed | Feb 20, 2015 |  |
| Timesaverz.com | Timesaverz.com is a mobile first marketplace connecting home service seekers with home service providers. This online platform is led by a group of angel investors, including Neville Taraporewalla and Rajesh Sawhney. The other investors of Timesaverz.com are Ashish Jhalani , Nitesh Kripalani, Dinesh Agarwal, and Nish Bhutani. When acustomer books a service on Timesaverz, it uses its proprietary algorithms to assign the right service provider to complete the task from its network of over 500 service providers. Timesaverz.com currently offers handyman and cleaning services and appliances repair. Mumbai-based Timesaverz was founded by Debadutta Upadhyaya and Lovnish Bhatia in 2013. |  | Seed | Oct 14, 2014 |  |

4 of 4 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [M Venture Partners (MVP)](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/3t-venture-capital-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Black Kite Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/black-kite-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Calcutta Angels](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/calcutta-angels) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [GSF](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gsf) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Hustle Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hustle-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Mission Holdings](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mission-holdings) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Nitesh Kripalani invest in?

Nitesh Kripalani invests primarily in Lifestyle, E-Commerce and Tea startups, most often at 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.

### What is Nitesh Kripalani's check size?

Nitesh Kripalani typically joins rounds of $500k–$2M at Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Nitesh Kripalani participates in.

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### When did Nitesh Kripalani last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Nitesh Kripalani closed in May 2021. 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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