# Ramesh S. Damani

> Ramesh S. Damani is a seed investor at Aptech (Mumbai) backing FinTech and Manufacturing. See 13 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Aptech](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aptech-limited)
- Location: Mumbai, India
- Total investments: 13
- Last investment: Oct 2025
- Lead investor: 31%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ramesh-damani-b901284

Ramesh S. Damani is a seed investor at Aptech in Mumbai focused on FinTech and Manufacturing. Ramesh Damani is a Member of the Bombay Stock Exchange Limited and is one of the well-known faces of the stock broking community in India. He has been a Broker for over 16 years.Mr. Damani holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Commerce from HR College in Mumbai and has a Master’s Degree in Business Administration from California State University,Northridge, US.He was the well-known host of the TV show ‘Wizards of Dalal Street’ on CNBC TV18 and is frequently invited to comment on financial issues on business channels such as CNBC & NDTV. He also hosts a weekly chat show on Moneycontrol.com.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $6k–$1.1M |
| Series A | $6M–$6.5M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| FinTech | 3 | 23% |
| Manufacturing | 3 | 23% |
| Financial Services | 3 | 23% |
| Analytics | 2 | 15% |
| Food and Beverage | 2 | 15% |

28 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 3 | 23% |
| Series A | 2 | 15% |
| Post-IPO Equity | 2 | 15% |
| Series B | 1 | 8% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 8% |

8 stages tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Raise Financial Services | Raise Financial Services offers financial services across financing, insurance, investments, payments, and wealth. |  | Secondary Market | Oct 05, 2025 |  |
| Raise Financial Services | Raise Financial Services offers financial services across financing, insurance, investments, payments, and wealth. | $120M | Series B | Oct 05, 2025 |  |
| Prime Focus | Prime Focus provides a complete spectrum of innovative creative and technical services to the Film, Broadcast, Advertising and Media industries. Our end-to-end offering ranges from pre-production to final delivery, including visual effects, creative 3D conversion, animation, video and audio post-production, digital content management anddistribution, Digital Intermediate, versioning and adaptation, and equipment rental. | $16.6M | Post-IPO Secondary | Sep 05, 2025 |  |
| Medusa Beverages | Medusa Beverages is a beer brand noted for producing high-quality and innovative brews. It provides beers of different tastes. | $6.5M | Series A | Jan 24, 2025 |  |
| Curry it | Curry it is a food manufacturing company that offers ready-to-cook curries, pastes, and mixes for vegetarian and non-vegetarian recipes. | $535.7K | Seed | Aug 05, 2024 |  |
| Jana Small Finance Bank | Janalakshmi Financial Services is a for-profit NBFC serving the urban underserved, with the promoter stake held in the not-for-profit entity Janalakshmi Social Services. This is the only NBFC in India structured in such a manner, with the deliberate intent of keeping the social spirit intact.Janalakshmi Financial Services' market-basedapproach to financial inclusion is defined by three distinct characteristics: first, an exclusive focus on servicing the needs of the urban poor; second, a strong customer-value driven approach in designing financial products and services; third, the centrality of technology and processes as the foundation of a scalable enterprise. | $68.3M | Private Equity | Jun 28, 2023 |  |
| Goldiam International | Goldiam International is an exquisite global exporter of luxurious diamond jewelry. |  | Post-IPO Equity | Dec 31, 2022 |  |
| Panama Petrochem | Panama Petrochem It produces and exports petroleum-related specialty products. Its goods include drilling fluids, petroleum jelly, transformer oil, rubber processing oil, white oil, liquid paraffin oil, and others. The products are used in power, cables, inks and resins, textiles, rubber, cosmetics, medicines, and other industrial applications. |  | Post-IPO Equity | Sep 01, 2022 |  |
| Panama Petrochem | Panama Petrochem It produces and exports petroleum-related specialty products. Its goods include drilling fluids, petroleum jelly, transformer oil, rubber processing oil, white oil, liquid paraffin oil, and others. The products are used in power, cables, inks and resins, textiles, rubber, cosmetics, medicines, and other industrial applications. |  | Post-IPO Equity | Jan 05, 2022 |  |
| Arrivae | Arrivae is a furniture and interior design solution company. | $6.7M | Series A | Oct 14, 2021 |  |

10 of 13 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [BEENEXT](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bee-next) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [DSP Family Office](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dsp-family-office) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Hornbill Capital Advisers](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hornbill-orchid-india-fund) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [JM Financial Family Office](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jm-financial-family-office) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mitsubishi-ufj-financial-group) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Amansa Holdings](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/amansa-holdings-9382) — 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 Ramesh S. Damani invest in?

Ramesh S. Damani invests primarily in FinTech, Manufacturing and Financial Services startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 13 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in India. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Ramesh S. Damani's check size?

Ramesh S. Damani typically joins rounds of $6k–$1.1M at Seed and $6M–$6.5M 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 Ramesh S. Damani participates in.

### When did Ramesh S. Damani last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Ramesh S. Damani closed in Oct 2025. Shizune tracks 13 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?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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