# Vikas Malpani

> Vikas Malpani is a seed investor at Leher App backing EdTech and Events. See 5 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: Leher App
- Location: Bengaluru, India
- Total investments: 5
- Last investment: Jun 2022
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/vikasmalpani
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/vikasmalpani
- Website: https://x.com/vikasmalpani

Vikas Malpani is a seed investor at Leher App in Bengaluru focused on EdTech and Events. Vikas Malpani is the CEO and Co-Founder of Leher App, an Indian live streaming platform for Video Discussions. Vikas co-founded CommonFloor.com in 2007 which was acquired by Quikr.com in 2016. He used to lead the “Apartment Management Software” (Referred to as CommonFloor Groups) division at CommonFloor. Prior to his current stint, Vikasworked with SAP Labs India.He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from VTU, Belgaum. Vikas was awarded MIT Technology Review's 35 Innovators Under 35 in 2012.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1M–$3M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| EdTech | 2 | 40% |
| Events | 2 | 40% |
| Software | 2 | 40% |
| Training | 2 | 40% |
| Education | 2 | 40% |

13 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 3 | 60% |
| Angel | 1 | 20% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 20% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Seek | Connect with brands you love, people you admire and things you seek. Seek brings you personalized offers and deals while earning you real rewards for using the products and services you already love. |  | Pre-Seed | Jun 04, 2022 |  |
| NxtWave | NxtWave is an upskilling platform that offers training programs and helps learners secure jobs. With NxtWave's Continuous Career Building Programs 4.0 (CCBP 4.0), anyone can build 4.0 skills and get high-paid jobs centered around 4.0 technologies like AI, ML, full-stack development, cybersecurity, IoT, VR/AR, blockchain, and more. Byaccelerating the development of people's business-relevant abilities, the company hopes to close the gap between industry and academics. | $2.8M | Seed | Dec 01, 2021 |  |
| Airmeet | Airmeet serves as an all-in-one virtual events platform for event organizers, marketers, community builders, and enterprises. With a core focus on creating the interactive and immersive virtual events platform for knowledge professionals, Airmeet’s scalable platform supports a variety of event formats including fairs, expos, meetups, workshops,summits, town halls, and more, virtually.The company was founded in 2019 and headquartered in Bengaluru, Karnataka. | $3M | Seed | Mar 08, 2020 |  |
| Unacademy | Unacademy is a learning platform that provides content for major competitive examinations as well as offers short lectures in the form of videos on different subjects which can be accessed for free. It allows aspiring students to better prepare for their competitive examinations and promote self-learning.Unacademy was originally created in 2010via YouTube channel and was officially launched in 2015. The company is based in Bangalore, India. | $1M | Seed | Aug 24, 2016 |  |
| Evibe Technologies | Evibe is an online platform that enables individuals to find vendors necessary to host children’s parties. It enables users to discover professionals in their community who provide specialised party-related services, their experience, profile, users reviews, pricing, and more.Evibe Technologies was founded in 2014 and is based in BangaloreCity, India. |  | Angel | Jan 15, 2016 |  |

5 of 5 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Orios Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/orios-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Accel](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/accel-india) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [BetterCapital AngelList syndicate](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bettercapital-angellist-syndicate) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Better Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/better-capital-e839) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Cloud Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cloud-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Cloud Capital Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cloud-capital-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Leher App

VC Fund · Bengaluru, India

Leher enables you to join or start free flowing conversations around your interests in exclusive clubs over audio or video. Leher helps you create a network for sharing thoughts, experiences and get recognised for it.

4 contacts available at Leher App.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vikas Malpani | CEO & Co-Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/vikas-malpani |
| Atul Jaju | CTO & Co-Founder | — |
| Giridhar Malpani | Evangelist | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/giridhar-malpani |
| Siddharth Jaiswal | Growth | — |

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## FAQ

### What does Vikas Malpani invest in?

Vikas Malpani invests primarily in EdTech, Events and Software startups, most often at Seed and Angel stage. Most of the 5 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in India. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Vikas Malpani's check size?

Vikas Malpani typically joins rounds of $1M–$3M at Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Vikas Malpani participates in.

### How do I contact Vikas Malpani?

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### When did Vikas Malpani last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Vikas Malpani closed in Jun 2022. Shizune tracks 5 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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