# Ritesh Agarwal

> Ritesh Agarwal is a seed investor at OYO (New Delhi) backing Food and Beverage and Education. See 63 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [OYO](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/oyo-rooms)
- Location: New Delhi, India
- Total investments: 63
- Last investment: Feb 2026
- Lead investor: 29%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/riteshagar/
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/riteshagar
- Website: https://x.com/riteshagar
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/riteshagarwall

Ritesh Agarwal is a seed investor at OYO in New Delhi focused on Food and Beverage and Education. Ritesh Agarwal is the Founder and Group Chief Executive Officer of OYO and Anchor Board Member of the Texas Hotel & Lodging Association.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $90k–$11M |
| Angel | $3k–$361k |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Food and Beverage | 10 | 16% |
| Education | 6 | 10% |
| E-Commerce | 6 | 10% |
| EdTech | 5 | 8% |
| Retail | 5 | 8% |

91 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 17 | 27% |
| Funding Round | 13 | 21% |
| Angel | 9 | 14% |
| Series A | 6 | 10% |
| Debt Financing | 5 | 8% |

13 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| India | 42 | 67% |
| Singapore | 3 | 5% |
| United States | 2 | 3% |
| Japan | 1 | 2% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Kreo | Kreo is a consumer electronics brand that unleashes content creators, gamers and dreamers passion for gaming. | $110.2K | Seed | Feb 17, 2026 |  |
| Kreo | Kreo is a consumer electronics brand that unleashes content creators, gamers and dreamers passion for gaming. | $110.2K | Debt Financing | Feb 17, 2026 |  |
| Nima Goos Goos | Nima Goos Goos is a startup that sells Tisanes, a type of herbal tea that comes in a variety of flavours. It encourages the use of natural herbs and crops grown in the Himalayan region. |  |  | Sep 23, 2025 |  |
| Venture Catalysts | Venture Catalysts is an early-stage investment platform for startups and investors. The company provides continuous capital and development support to its portfolio of companies. It also operates an exclusive community for investors to access the early-stage startup ecosystem. | $18M |  | Sep 08, 2025 |  |
| Nava | Kluisz.ai is an enterprise AI startup building an autonomous, AI-native private cloud platform designed to simplify and secure the operation of enterprise and AI workloads across hybrid, on-premise, edge, and sovereign cloud environments. | $9.6M | Seed | Jul 23, 2025 |  |
| Tribalveda | Tribalveda is a company that focuses on preserving the knowledge and wisdom of India's tribal community. The company's main product line revolves around the Jamun fruit, also known as Java Plum or Indian Blackberry. They offer a variety of products made from this fruit, including Jamun Seed Powder, Jamun Strips, Jamun Green Tea, and JamunVinegar. These products are organically grown and hand-processed by tribal women. In addition to individual products, Tribalveda also offers combo packs for a more comprehensive health solution. | $57.3K |  | Mar 03, 2025 |  |
| Trajectory Travel Accessories | We are India's leading manufacturers in sleeping bags, neck pillows, passport holders, air pillows and messenger bags category. We take all kinds of bulk order requests be it corporate gifting, exporting or reselling. Our travel products are loved by all our B2B clients.Moreover, Trajectory is the leading travel accessories brand on multipleonline marketplaces like Amazon, Flipkart etc. since 5 years serving close to 3.5 lakh customers across India. |  | Seed | Feb 28, 2025 |  |
| Trajectory Travel Accessories | We are India's leading manufacturers in sleeping bags, neck pillows, passport holders, air pillows and messenger bags category. We take all kinds of bulk order requests be it corporate gifting, exporting or reselling. Our travel products are loved by all our B2B clients.Moreover, Trajectory is the leading travel accessories brand on multipleonline marketplaces like Amazon, Flipkart etc. since 5 years serving close to 3.5 lakh customers across India. | $57.2K | Debt Financing | Feb 28, 2025 |  |
| Trajectory Travel Accessories | We are India's leading manufacturers in sleeping bags, neck pillows, passport holders, air pillows and messenger bags category. We take all kinds of bulk order requests be it corporate gifting, exporting or reselling. Our travel products are loved by all our B2B clients.Moreover, Trajectory is the leading travel accessories brand on multipleonline marketplaces like Amazon, Flipkart etc. since 5 years serving close to 3.5 lakh customers across India. | $57.2K | Angel | Feb 28, 2025 |  |
| COGRAD | A startup working in the field of education and providing consulting, management services and solutions to rural schools in India. | $57.3K | Debt Financing | Feb 27, 2025 |  |

10 of 63 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Lightspeed India Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lightspeed-venture-partners-india) — VC Fund, 9 deals together
- [Z47](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/matrix-partners-india) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [Lightspeed Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lightspeed-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [3one4 Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/3one4) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Aroa Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aroa-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Titan Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/titan-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together

## About OYO

VC Fund · Gurgaon, India

OYO is a global platform that empowers entrepreneurs and small businesses with hotels and homes by providing full-stack technology that increases earnings and eases operations; bringing affordable and trusted accommodation that guests can book instantly.

5 contacts available at OYO.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Abhinav Sinha | COO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/abhinav-sinha-3 |
| Abhishek Gupta | Chief Financial Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/abhishek-gupta-13 |
| Mary Naomi Gail Malones | Corporate Sales Manager | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mary-naomi-gail-malones |
| Ritesh Agarwal | Founder & Group CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ritesh-agarwal |
| Ankit Mathuria | CTO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ankit-mathuria |

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## FAQ

### What does Ritesh Agarwal invest in?

Ritesh Agarwal invests primarily in Food and Beverage, Education and E-Commerce startups, most often at Seed and Funding Round stage. Most of the 63 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in India. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Ritesh Agarwal's check size?

Ritesh Agarwal typically joins rounds of $90k–$11M at Seed and $3k–$361k at Angel. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Ritesh Agarwal participates in.

### When did Ritesh Agarwal last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Ritesh Agarwal closed in Feb 2026. Shizune tracks 63 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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