# Rakesh Yadav

> Rakesh Yadav is a seed investor at Koinex backing Information Technology. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: Koinex
- Location: Mumbai, India
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: Jul 2022
- Lead investor: 33%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/iitdrakesh/

Rakesh Yadav is a seed investor at Koinex in Mumbai focused on Information Technology and Software. Rakesh Yadav is the co-founder and CTO at Koinex.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1.1M–$2M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Information Technology | 2 | 67% |
| Software | 1 | 33% |
| Livestock | 1 | 33% |
| Blockchain | 1 | 33% |
| E-Commerce | 1 | 33% |

9 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 67% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 33% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| vidyo.ai | vidyo.ai is an AI powered video repurposing software which helps you maximize your video content. Trusted & used by 650K+ creators globally. | $1.1M | Seed | Jul 11, 2022 |  |
| Krypto | Krypto aims to disrupt the crypto trading industry by making the buy/sell/send process swift, easy, and risk- free. | $2M | Seed | Oct 04, 2021 |  |
| Animall | Animall is a platform for buying and selling dairy and cattle online. Animall builds efficiencies in the dairy ecosystem in India using technology, data science, and design. It was started in 2019 and is headquartered in Bangalore, India. |  | Pre-Seed | Jan 01, 2020 |  |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Upsparks](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/upsparks) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Elevation Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/elevation-capital-6e8a) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Entrepreneurs First](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/entrepreneur-first) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Entrepreneurs First](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/entrepreneurs-first) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Flucas Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/flucas-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Hauz Khas Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hauz-khas-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Koinex

VC Fund · Mumbai, India

Koinex is a multi-cryptocurrency exchange and trading platform that fuels Blockchain-powered internet. Its platform facilitates the real-time trading of multiple cryptocurrencies on a single platform, based on a peer-to-peer exchange model that enable potential buyers to place their bids and sellers to set 'asks' for the cryptocurrencythey want to trade-in.Koinex was established in 2017 and is headquartered in Mumbai, Maharashtra.

3 contacts available at Koinex.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Rakesh Yadav | Co-Founder and CTO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rakesh-yadav-2d8f |
| Aditya Naik | Co-Founder | — |
| Rahul Raj | Co-Founder & CEO | — |

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## FAQ

### What does Rakesh Yadav invest in?

Rakesh Yadav invests primarily in Information Technology, Software and Livestock startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 3 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 Yadav's check size?

Rakesh Yadav typically joins rounds of $1.1M–$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 Rakesh Yadav participates in.

### How do I contact Rakesh Yadav?

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### When did Rakesh Yadav last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Rakesh Yadav closed in Jul 2022. Shizune tracks 3 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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