# Sohil Chand

> Sohil Chand is a seed investor at Norwest (Mumbai) backing FinTech and Health Care. See 18 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Norwest](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/norwest-venture-partners)
- Location: Mumbai, India
- Total investments: 18
- Last investment: Jan 2026
- Lead investor: 67%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://in.linkedin.com/pub/sohil-chand/0/335/15b

Sohil Chand is a seed investor at Norwest in Mumbai focused on FinTech and Health Care. Sohil brings to NVP India more than 13 years of financial, investment banking and private equity investment experience from leading global financial institutions. Based in NVP India's Mumbai office, Sohil serves as an advisor on growth equity investments in Indian companies across a wide range of sectors, including telecom, technology,financial services, infrastructure and manufacturing. Sohil advised Norwest Venture Partners' investments in Asian Genco Pte Ltd. (AGPL), NSE (National Stock Exchange of India, Ltd.), Nueclear Healthcare Limited, Sadbhav, Snowman Logistics, and Thyrocare. Sohil is also a board observer for NationWide Primary Healthcare Services.Prior to joining NVP, Sohil was an Executive Director in Goldman Sachs' Asian Special Situations Group, a balance sheet investing group with over $4 billion under management. Sohil was the first executive recruited for the group's India business in 2006 and became part of a five-member team in Mumbai tasked with building and running the India business. In this role with Goldman Sachs, Sohil was involved in making over $300 million of private equity and PIPE investments in India.Prior to this role, Sohil was an Executive Director in the Investment Banking Division of Goldman Sachs, where he gained extensive transaction experience in a range of industries, and advised both corporate and private equity funds on major acquisitions. Significant transactions included advising on the creation of TNK-BP, the first and only Western / Russian joint venture in the Russian oil industry, valued at over $18 billion at the time of the transaction, and advising Thames Water, a UK water utility, on the divestiture of its international assets valued at over $2 billion.Earlier in his career, Sohil served as a Consultant in the Tax, Regulatory & Business Advisory Group at Arthur Andersen in India.Sohil obtained his masters in business administration with high honors from the University of Chicago. He also holds a master of science in international accounting & finance from the London School of Economics & Political Science. Sohil is a fellow member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| FinTech | 3 | 17% |
| Health Care | 3 | 17% |
| Financial Services | 3 | 17% |
| Banking | 2 | 11% |
| Finance | 2 | 11% |

33 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 6 | 33% |
| Series A | 4 | 22% |
| Funding Round | 3 | 17% |
| Series B | 2 | 11% |
| Convertible Note | 1 | 6% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| India | 12 | 67% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 6% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| PumPumPum | Pumpumpum is an asset-light fintech mobility platform. We are empowering pre-owned car users with an IoT-enabled smart car subscription model. Users can select a pre-owned car of their choice, without worrying about the price, financing, warranty, quality & depreciation of the car. We are building a risk-free & high-quality pre-owned carportfolio for our financial partners via the B2B2C approach. | $2M | Seed | Jan 07, 2026 |  |
| Bimapay | Bimapay is a financing platform that offers health, motor, and house insurance services. | $2M | Seed | May 14, 2024 |  |
| Namdev Finvest | Namdev Finvest operates a non-banking finance platform that provides loans to rural and semi-urban agriculture, as well as the priority sector. | $14.9M | Series B | Jan 22, 2024 |  |
| Namdev Finvest | Namdev Finvest operates a non-banking finance platform that provides loans to rural and semi-urban agriculture, as well as the priority sector. | $14.9M | Series B | Jan 22, 2024 |  |
| RevFin | RevFin is a digital lending company. | $13.8M | Series B | Dec 26, 2023 |  |
| Fitspire | Fitspire is an endeavor to grant it’s pre-eminent in the field of health, fitness, activeness, agility, and well-being. We enable us to develop a wide range especially suited for all age groups and their needs while being globally competitive in authenticity, safety, and performance. We are very determined to make Fitspire the most respected andIndia’s leading health wellness brand by providing a stronger & healthier environment to the nation. |  | Seed | Aug 08, 2023 |  |
| Updraft | Updraft is a part lending, part credit report, and part financial planning app for millennials. Available on iPhone, Updraft turns borrowers into savers by automating the day to day decisions involved in managing money and mainstream borrowings. Through innovation in lending product design, behavioral science, and data science to help users withtheir finances. | $9.7M | Series A | Dec 16, 2022 |  |
| RevFin | RevFin is a digital lending company. | $9.7M | Series A | Oct 20, 2022 |  |
| NONA Lifestyle | NONA Lifestyle is a Business-to-business (B2B) textile supplier. NONA Lifestyle ensures an agile process between customers, designers, merchandisers and production base. Real time inventory and capacity mapping leads to hassle free procurement of apparels and linens at the customer end. | $14M | Seed | Oct 10, 2022 |  |
| Credit Fair | Credit Fair operates as a consumer lending fintech startup that aims to build a credit ladder for 550 million underserved Indians. It offers lending solutions to both businesses and private individuals. | $10.1M | Seed | Aug 03, 2022 |  |

10 of 18 investments shown.

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## About Norwest

VC Fund · Palo Alto, United States

Norwest is a venture capital and growth equity investment firm that specializes in venture and growth equity companies. Since its inception, it has invested in more than 600 companies and partnered with over 140 active companies across our venture and growth equity portfolio. The firm invests in early to late-stage companies across a wide range ofsectors with a focus on consumer, enterprise, and healthcare. It offers a deep network of connections, operating experience, and a wide range of impactful services to help CEOs and founders scale their businesses.

5 contacts available at Norwest.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Brian Matesic | Principal | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brian-matesic-85fa |
| Dave Zilberman | General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/david-zilberman |
| David Su | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/david-su-2 |
| Dror Nahumi | General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dror-nahumi |
| Edward Yip | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/edward-yip |

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## FAQ

### What does Sohil Chand invest in?

Sohil Chand invests primarily in FinTech, Health Care and Financial Services startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 18 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in India. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Sohil Chand last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Sohil Chand closed in Jan 2026. Shizune tracks 18 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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