# Rakesh Jhunjhunwala

> Rakesh Jhunjhunwala is a funding round investor at Aptech backing Software and Manufacturing. See 14 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Aptech](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aptech-limited)
- Location: Mumbai, India
- Total investments: 14
- Last investment: Dec 2021
- Lead investor: 43%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rakesh-jhunjhunwala-32837276

Rakesh Jhunjhunwala is a funding round investor at Aptech in Mumbai focused on Software and Manufacturing. Rakesh Jhunjhunwala is one of India’s better-known equity investors. A qualified Chartered Accountant (CA), he is a partner in his asset management firm, Rare Enterprises. He has been a keen and active participant in Indian capital markets since 1985.In 1998, Mr. Jhunjhunwala was profiled by Business India magazine as one of India’s five bestinvestors. His views are constantly sought-after by the media and he regularly interacts and shares his opinions with the investing community.Mr. Jhunjhunwala is also on the Board of Bilcare Limited, Concord Biotech Limited, Geojit Financial Services Limited, Innovasynth Technologies (I) Limited, Mid Day Multimedia Limited, Nagarjuna Construction Company Limited, Praj Industries Limited, Prime Focus Limited, Provogue India Limited, Viceroy Hotels Limited & Tops Security Limited, among others.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Series A | $3.6M–$6.7M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 2 | 14% |
| Manufacturing | 2 | 14% |
| Gaming | 1 | 7% |
| Mobile | 1 | 7% |
| Retail | 1 | 7% |

29 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Funding Round | 5 | 36% |
| Series A | 2 | 14% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2 | 14% |
| Angel | 1 | 7% |
| Series B | 1 | 7% |

8 stages tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Tata Motors | Tata Motors manufactures and sells a range of vehicles and mobility solutions. It produces passenger cars and SUVs featuring human-centric design and safety features. The company also offers commercial vehicles such as light, medium, and heavy trucks, tippers, buses, and vans tailored for varied transport needs.The Tata Motors Group's over60,000 employees are guided by the mission "to be passionate in anticipating and providing the best vehicles and experiences that excite our customers globally."Established in 1945, Tata Motors has a presence that spans the entire country. Over 8 million Tata vehicles ply on Indian roads, since the first rolled out in 1954. The company's manufacturing base in India is spread across Jamshedpur (Jharkhand), Pune (Maharashtra), Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh), Pantnagar (Uttarakhand), Sanand (Gujarat), and Dharwad (Karnataka). Following a strategic alliance with Fiat in 2005, it has set up an industrial joint venture with Fiat Group Automobiles at Ranjangaon (Maharashtra) to produce both Fiat and Tata cars and Fiat powertrains. The company's dealership, sales, services, and spare parts network comprises over 6,600 touchpoints.Tata Motors, also listed in the New York Stock Exchange (September 2004), has emerged as an international automobile company. Through subsidiaries and associate companies, Tata Motors has operations in the UK, South Korea, Thailand, South Africa, and Indonesia. Among them is Jaguar Land Rover, acquired in 2008. In 2004, it acquired the Daewoo Commercial Vehicles Company, South Korea's second-largest truck maker. The rechristened Tata Daewoo Commercial Vehicles Company has launched several new products in the Korean market, while also exporting these products to several international markets. Today, two-thirds of heavy commercial vehicle exports out of South Korea are from Tata Daewoo. In 2006, Tata Motors formed a 51:49 joint venture with the Brazil-based Marcopolo, a global leader in body-building for buses and coaches to manufacture fully-built buses and coaches for India - the plant is located in Dharwad. In 2006, Tata Motors entered into a joint venture with Thonburi Automotive Assembly Plant Company of Thailand to manufacture and market the company's pickup vehicles in Thailand, and entered the market in 2008. Tata Motors (SA) (Proprietary) Ltd., Tata Motors' joint venture with Tata Africa Holding (Pty) Ltd., set up in 2011, has an assembly plant in Rosslyn, north of Pretoria. The plant can assemble semi knocked down (SKD) kits, light, medium, and heavy commercial vehicles ranging from 4 tonnes to 50 tonnes.Tata Motors is also expanding its international footprint, established through exports since 1961. The company's commercial and passenger vehicles are already being marketed in several countries in Europe, Africa, the Middle East, South East Asia, South Asia, South America, CIS and Russia. It has franchisee/joint venture assembly operations in Bangladesh, Ukraine, and Senegal.The foundation of the company's growth over the last 68 years is a deep understanding of economic stimuli and customer needs, and the ability to translate them into customer-desired offerings through leading edge R&D. With over 4,500 engineers, scientists and technicians the company's Engineering Research Centre, established in 1966, has enabled pioneering technologies and products. The company today has R&D centres in Pune, Jamshedpur, Lucknow, Dharwad in India, and in South Korea, Italy, Spain, and the UK.It was Tata Motors, that launched the first indigenously developed Light Commercial Vehicle in 1986. In 2005, Tata Motors created a new segment by launching the Tata Ace, India's first indigenously developed mini-truck. In 2009, the company launched its globally benchmarked Prima range of trucks and in 2012 the Ultra range of international standard light commercial vehicles. In their power, speed, carrying capacity, operating economy and trims, they will introduce new benchmarks in India and match the best in the world in performance at a lower life-cycle cost.Tata Motors also introduced India's first Sports Utility Vehicle in 1991 and, in 1998, the Tata Indica, India's first fully indigenous passenger car.In January 2008, Tata Motors unveiled its People's Car, the Tata Nano. The Tata Nano has been subsequently launched, as planned, in India in March 2009, and subsequently in 2011 in Nepal and Sri Lanka. A development, which signifies a first for the global automobile industry, the Nano brings the joy of a car within the reach of thousands of families.Tata Motors is equally focussed on environment-friendly technologies in emissions and alternative fuels. It has developed electric and hybrid vehicles both for personal and public transportation. It has also been implementing several environment-friendly technologies in manufacturing processes, significantly enhancing resource conservation.Through its subsidiaries, the company is engaged in engineering and automotive solutions, automotive vehicle components manufacturing and supply chain activities, vehicle financing, and machine tools and factory automation solutions.Tata Motors is committed to improving the quality of life of communities by working on four thrust areas - employability, education, health and environment. The activities touch the lives of more than a million citizens. The company's support on education and employability is focused on youth and women. They range from schools to technical education institutes to actual facilitation of income generation. In health, the company's intervention is in both preventive and curative health care. The goal of environment protection is achieved through tree plantation, conserving water and creating new water bodies and, last but not the least, by introducing appropriate technologies in vehicles and operations for constantly enhancing environment care. |  | Post-IPO Equity | Dec 31, 2021 |  |
| Fullife Healthcare | Fullife - a young company with Innovation in its DNA comprises of passionate Individuals who brings in Fresh Perspective to the Business. They focus on Novel Pharmaceuticals, Nutraceuticals, Medical Devices and Diagnostics that help people Live Life to the Fullest. Since their genesis in 2009, they have established an alliance driven businesscreating values for ourselves and their partners in International as well as Domestic Geographies. | $22M | Series C | Dec 13, 2021 |  |
| Arrivae | Arrivae is a furniture and interior design solution company. | $9.9M | Series B | Dec 13, 2021 |  |
| Arrivae | Arrivae is a furniture and interior design solution company. | $6.7M | Series A | Oct 14, 2021 |  |
| Syska | Syska offers a wide range of international quality LED lighting solutions. |  |  | Aug 31, 2021 |  |
| Akasa Air | Akasa Air, a brand of SNV Aviation Private Limited, operates as an Indian low-cost airline. The company offers online flight booking services, providing affordable fares and reliable operations to a growing network of destinations across India. Akasa Air places a strong emphasis on inclusion, genuineness, and mutual respect, aiming to buildIndia's most trusted airline. The company also provides customer care support via email, chat, or call, addressing any queries and concerns of its customers. | $35M | Venture - Series Unknown | Jul 28, 2021 |  |
| Fullife Healthcare | Fullife - a young company with Innovation in its DNA comprises of passionate Individuals who brings in Fresh Perspective to the Business. They focus on Novel Pharmaceuticals, Nutraceuticals, Medical Devices and Diagnostics that help people Live Life to the Fullest. Since their genesis in 2009, they have established an alliance driven businesscreating values for ourselves and their partners in International as well as Domestic Geographies. | $6M |  | Jun 25, 2020 |  |
| Fullife Healthcare | Fullife - a young company with Innovation in its DNA comprises of passionate Individuals who brings in Fresh Perspective to the Business. They focus on Novel Pharmaceuticals, Nutraceuticals, Medical Devices and Diagnostics that help people Live Life to the Fullest. Since their genesis in 2009, they have established an alliance driven businesscreating values for ourselves and their partners in International as well as Domestic Geographies. | $6.6M | Venture - Series Unknown | Jun 25, 2020 |  |
| Barbeque Nation Hospitality | Barbeque Nation Hospitality is an Indian food service company that introduced the concept of live grilling of Kebabs to the market. It owns and operates 138 Barbeque Nation brand of casual dining restaurants that offer over-the-table barbeque live grills for diners in 73 cities across India.The company was in 2006 and is headquartered inBengaluru, Karnataka. | $9.5M | Private Equity | Jul 25, 2018 |  |
| Nazara Technologies | Nazara Technologies develops mobile content in India. The company offers games, multimedia, themes, and wallpapers. It also provides solutions for the development, deployment, targeting, and tracking of promotional campaigns on mobile platforms; and wireless solutions that integrate the content of media companies, marketing messages, and theconsumer reach of wireless carriers. Nazara Technologies was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Mumbai, India. |  |  | Feb 22, 2018 |  |

10 of 14 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Sixth Sense Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sixth-senseventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Amansa Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/amansa-holdings) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Emerge Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/emerge-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Enam Holdings](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/enam-holdings) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Havells India](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/havells-india) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [IL&FS Trust Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/il-fs-trust-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Aptech

VC Fund · Mumbai, India

Aptech Ltd. has been the pioneer in the education and training business for the past thirty years. Ever since it’s commencement in 1986 and with a current presence in more than 1300 centers, Aptech has effectively ventured into ten diverse sectors ranging from IT training to personal development. With a presence in 40 emerging countries, it hassuccessfully trained over 7 million students through its two main streams of business- Individual training and Enterprise business. Under Individual Training, Aptech offers career and professional training through its Aptech Computer Education, Arena Animation & Maya Academy of Advanced Cinematics (both in Animation & Multimedia), Lakme Academy Powered by Aptech, Aptech Banking & Finance Academy, Aptech Hardware & Networking Academy, Aptech Aviation & Hospitality Academy and Aptech English Learning Academy brands. Enterprise business includes Content Development (Aptech Learning Services), Training and Assessment Solutions for Corporates & Institutions (Aptech Training Solutions, Aptech Assessment & Testing Solutions).

5 contacts available at Aptech.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Ninad Karpe | Managing Director & CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ninad-karpe |
| Rakesh Jhunjhunwala | Chairman | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rakesh-jhunjhunwala |
| Ramesh S. Damani | Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ramesh-s-damani |
| Utpal Sheth | Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/utpal-sheth |
| Asit Koticha | Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/asit-koticha |

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## FAQ

### What does Rakesh Jhunjhunwala invest in?

Rakesh Jhunjhunwala invests primarily in Software, Manufacturing and Gaming startups, most often at Funding Round and Series A stage. Most of the 14 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in India. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Rakesh Jhunjhunwala's check size?

Rakesh Jhunjhunwala typically joins rounds of $3.6M–$6.7M 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 Rakesh Jhunjhunwala participates in.

### When did Rakesh Jhunjhunwala last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Rakesh Jhunjhunwala closed in Dec 2021. Shizune tracks 14 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?

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