# Sunny Rao

> Sunny Rao is a seed investor at Lightbox (Mumbai) backing Internet and E-Commerce. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Lightbox](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lightbox-ventures)
- Location: Mumbai, India
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Nov 2007
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sunnybalijepalli

Sunny Rao is a seed investor at Lightbox in Mumbai focused on Internet and E-Commerce. Sunny Rao is Partner at Lightbox

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Internet | 1 | 100% |
| E-Commerce | 1 | 100% |
| Photography | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Zoomin | ZoomIn, India's #1 online photo service, is about connecting people and their moments of magic. | $850K | Seed | Nov 01, 2007 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [First Round Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/first-round-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Sherpalo Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sherpalo-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Lightbox

VC Fund · Mumbai, India

Lightbox is an early-stage VC firm partnering with ambitious entrepreneurs who are addressing unique challenges and opportunities in India's rapidly evolving consumer landscape with technology-led insights. The Lightbox team pairs operational expertise and an understanding of product and brand building, to help build differentiated companies.Representative investments include: Inmobi, InfoEdge, Cleartrip, Embibe, Furlenco, Rebel Foods (formerly Faasos), Melorra and Droom.

4 contacts available at Lightbox.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Siddharth Talwar | Co-Founder & Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/siddharth-talwar |
| Jeremy Wenokur | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jeremy-wenokur |
| Sandeep Murthy | Co-Founder & Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sandeep-murthy |
| Sunny Rao | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sunny-rao |

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## FAQ

### What does Sunny Rao invest in?

Sunny Rao invests primarily in Internet, E-Commerce and Photography startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in India. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Sunny Rao last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Sunny Rao closed in Nov 2007. Shizune tracks 1 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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