Raman Roy
Angel Investor @ IAN Group
New Delhi, India
Raman Roy is a seed investor at IAN Group in New Delhi focused on SaaS and Software. Raman Roy is the Chairman and Managing Director of Quatrro. He is a former Chairman at NASSCOM. He attended Shri Ram College of Commerce.Raman is widely regarded as the pioneer and “guru” of the BPO industry (also called the ‘IT Enabled Services’ industry) in India. He has played a pivotal role over the last 14 years in promoting Indian BPO andproving that India can be a preferred location for Remote Processing. Raman is a pioneer four times over, having successfully led the captive/third party BPO initiatives of American Express, GE Capital (now Genpact), and Spectramind (now Wipro BPO) out of India before starting Quatrro mid-2006, which is launched to focus on high-end BPO services.Raman is a Chartered Accountant and a Chartered Management Accountant with a doctorate in Management Accountancy. In his career spanning 30+ years, Raman has a very hands-on approach to business and has first-hand experience and rare insights into servicing markets as diverse as North America, Europe, Japan, Asia Pacific, and Australia. As a tribute to his contribution to the BPO industry, he was awarded the Dataquest Pathbreaker Award in 2002 for directly creating 35,000+ jobs in India and indirectly enabling the employment of over 410,000 people by creating the BPO industry.
- Total investments:
- 17
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 53%
Last updated:
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Industries Raman Roy invests in
Stages Raman Roy invests in
Countries Raman Roy invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
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Round size
- Seed
- $298k–$1.6M
- Series A
- $3M–$5.1M
Investment Focus
Industry
- SaaS 3 (18%)
- Software 3 (18%)
- E-Commerce 3 (18%)
- FinTech 2 (12%)
- Shopping 2 (12%)
Stage
- Seed 9 (53%)
- Series A 3 (18%)
- Angel 2 (12%)
- Funding Round 1 (6%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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| Workie offers co-working space, enterprise offices, private meeting spaces, virtual offices, events, and enterprise solutions. | $1.5M / Jan 21, 2025 | ||
| Indium Finance is a Fintech NBFC platform for Distribution Finance and ‘Buy Now Pay Later’ solutions for SMEs. | $563.5K / Seed / Aug 23, 2022 | ||
| SP Robotic Works is India's #1 Edutainment Company that bundles Learning Robotics, Coding & other New age technologies with fun! Digital Learning Platform(AI assisted) coupled with Hands-on Kits helps students learn various Technologies like Robotics, Coding, Internet Of Things(IoT), Drones, Android App Building, Virtual Reality and manymore!! They deliver courses both on Online & Offline Smart classes mode via SP Robotics Maker Labs spread across 83 dedicated centres in 32 cities and 13 states. | $3M / Series A / Jul 30, 2021 | ||
| HireACamp is an online marketplace that lets travelers easily Search and book camps with local camp owners. | Seed / Apr 15, 2021 | ||
| Zerone Microsystems is a bleeding-edge payment fintech firm. Zerone Microsystems is the inventor of ZUP (Zerone Unified Payment) Technology, a cross-platform mobile app for frictionless payment between smartphones. ZUP Technology has enabled the smartphone to smartphone payments. We convert cheapest of smartphones into a POS machine using our ZUPproximity payment technology, with no additional hardware and no need for NFC. Replacing the entire POS Infrastructure through a VPOS on cheapest of Smartphones. | $1.3M / Seed / Jan 05, 2021 | ||
| Vernacular.ai is an AI-first SaaS business driven with the mission to end bad call center experiences. We help enterprises in enhancing customer experience through intelligent voice conversations by automating call center queries.VIVA (Vernacular Intelligent Voice Assistant) is our Voice AI-powered call center automation platform that helpsenterprises streamline contact center operations and enhance customer experience & engagement.Empowered by our speech recognition engine and natural language understanding technology, you can now hold human-like conversations every time and Increase your self-service effectiveness. | $5.1M / Series A / May 06, 2020 | ||
| Max Wholesale.in is India's first online B2B platform for sourcing all inventory needs for local General Store merchants.The FMCG supply chain as they know it is in dire need of technology infusion. Less than 0.1% of retailers of India - who they identify as Kirana stores - use POS terminals. With 8 million stores, India surpasses evencountries like China, and the demand that originates from these stores is highly fragmented. They are individually small but collectively very largeWith their data science driven approach they are changing the way business is done at these stores. Their friends - the moms and pops at these stores - need a hint of the right technology and tools which could help them increase efficiency and return-on-effort.At MaxWholesale, Their proprietary algorithms help you predict your demand, procure better, larger variety and more reliably, reduce wastage, and enable you with the right working capital based on your payment history. | $3M / Series A / Feb 18, 2020 | ||
| Wizikey is a SaaS PR tool for business to discover, identify, and connect with the relevant media journalists & social influencers. It helps businesses identify relevant journalists and create meaningful relationships with them and grow their business.Wizikey’s mission is to organize the communications industry by providing a global standardwith the most cutting edge technology and enable meaningful relationships. Wizikey was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Gurgaon, Haryana, India. | $298K / Seed / May 07, 2019 | ||
| Mirrar is a Augmented Reality (AR) SaaS platform from Styledotme which is the world's first Real time AR platform for Jewellery shopping. | Seed / May 05, 2019 | ||
| Clensta is a biotechnology start-up to improve the National Hygiene condition whilst addressing the aspect of water conservation. Clensta is an Indian startup and in association with IIT Delhi, works to create innovative healthcare solutions to make hygiene accessible for anyone, anytime, and anywhere. Driven by their aim to create products thatpromote complete cleaning solutions without water. | Seed / Oct 25, 2018 | ||
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Co-Investors
About IAN Group
Started in April 2006, the Indian Angel Network is a unique concept which brings together highly successful entrepreneurs and CEOs from India and around the world who are interested in investing in startup / early stage ventures which have the potential of creating disproportionate value.The Network, in addition to money, provide constantaccess to high quality mentoring, vast networks and inputs on strategy as well as execution. The Network members, because of their background are better able to assess the potential and risks at the early stage.
IAN Group Contacts
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Mohit Goyal
Founding member and Director
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Rajnish Kapur
Managing Partner ( IAN Fund )
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Ajay Gupta
Investor
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Chintan Thakkar
Group CEO
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Dave Banerjee
Director
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FAQ
What does Raman Roy invest in?
Raman Roy invests primarily in SaaS, Software and E-Commerce startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 17 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in India. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What round sizes does Raman Roy invest in?
Raman Roy typically joins rounds of $298k–$1.6M at Seed and $3M–$5.1M at Series A. These are whole funding-round sizes, not Raman Roy's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds Raman Roy took part in.
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When did Raman Roy last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Raman Roy closed in Jan 2025. Shizune tracks 17 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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