# Syed Safawi

> Syed Safawi is a seed investor at Optiwize Consulting (Gurgaon) backing Fitness and Wellness. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Optiwize Consulting](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/optiwize-consulting)
- Location: Gurgaon, India
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Nov 2020
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/safawi

Syed Safawi is a seed investor at Optiwize Consulting in Gurgaon focused on Fitness and Wellness. Syed Safawi is the Founder of Optiwize Consulting, Padup Ventures, Zefmo, and Elina Investments.Syed is passionate about impacting the industry as it undergoes a fundamental transformation. In a career that spans almost three decades, Syed has been recognized as a global leader whose expertise spans a range of businesses across consumer goods,health and wellness, technology, telecom, and infrastructure sectors.Mr. Safawi attended The Wharton School.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Fitness | 1 | 50% |
| Wellness | 1 | 50% |
| Health Care | 1 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Raskik | Raskik is a fusion beverages startup. | $1M | Seed | Nov 30, 2020 |  |
| Aadar | Aadar is an Ayurveda Healthcare company building in-house natural and effective products. Ayurveda is a rich tradition that goes back to thousands of years. We all have witnessed the miracles of ayurveda in our juvenile age when our elders used various natural ingredients from their backyard to safeguard us from various lifestyle problems. Thestory of AADAR goes back to three decades when a grandmother (also a vaidya) devised few ayurveda formulations using all natural herbs to tackle issues such as indigestion, blood sugar etc. in the family. | $250K | Seed | Jan 11, 2020 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [LVX Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/letsventure) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Sprout Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sprout-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Venture Catalysts](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/venturecatalysts) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Optiwize Consulting

VC Fund



1 contacts available at Optiwize Consulting.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Syed Safawi | Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/syed-safawi |

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## FAQ

### What does Syed Safawi invest in?

Syed Safawi invests primarily in Fitness, Wellness and Health Care startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in India. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Syed Safawi last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Syed Safawi closed in Nov 2020. Shizune tracks 2 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?

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