# Vikas Taneja

> Vikas Taneja is a seed investor at The Boston Consulting Group backing Software and Music. See 13 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [The Boston Consulting Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/boston-consulting-group)
- Location: Boston, United States
- Total investments: 13
- Last investment: Nov 2024
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/vikas-taneja/0/475/14
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/v_taneja
- Website: https://x.com/v_taneja

Vikas Taneja is an advisor to and investor in technology companies. He is a Partner & Managing Director with the Boston Consulting Group and a leader in BCG's Technology, Media, and Telecommunication practice. Vikas' investments with HT ventures include imedix, webchutney, Blip.tv, Quorus, Mashery, mobitrans, refinery29, 8tracks, andothers. Vikas received his MBA with Honors in Economics & Finance from the University of Chicago and a Bachelor of Arts and Sciences in Computer Systems Engineering and Economic Development from Stanford University. Vikas is also on the Executive Committee of Pratham, an India-based organization that has helped over 2 million children achieve literacy and basic mathematics skills.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $300k–$1.2M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 4 | 31% |
| Music | 2 | 15% |
| Mobile | 2 | 15% |
| Internet of Things | 2 | 15% |
| TV | 1 | 8% |

33 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 7 | 54% |
| Angel | 2 | 15% |
| Pre-Seed | 2 | 15% |
| Convertible Note | 1 | 8% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 6 | 46% |
| India | 5 | 38% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Kirana Pro | Kirana Pro provides them with the necessary tools and software solutions to streamline their operations and compete. | $166.5K | Pre-Seed | Nov 02, 2024 |  |
| Praan | Praan creates hyperlocal clean air zones within open areas on corporate campuses, schools, universities, hotels, hospitals, residential complexes, malls and industrial areas through a low-cost, filterless and artificially intelligent outdoor air purification technology, enabling individuals to breathe clean, healthy, fresh and safe air. |  | Convertible Note | Jun 15, 2024 |  |
| Praan | Praan creates hyperlocal clean air zones within open areas on corporate campuses, schools, universities, hotels, hospitals, residential complexes, malls and industrial areas through a low-cost, filterless and artificially intelligent outdoor air purification technology, enabling individuals to breathe clean, healthy, fresh and safe air. | $1.1M | Seed | Jun 15, 2024 |  |
| Teamble | Teamble dramatically improves how managers coach their people and how employees learn and up-skill. Teamble uniquely combines continuous feedback, performance, employee engagement, and learning & development in one AI-based platform, built to drive higher performance. |  | Pre-Seed | Aug 16, 2021 |  |
| Jugnoo | Founded in November 2014, Jugnoo is India's largest technology driven on-demand auto rickshaw aggregator, which connects riders with safe, reliable, convenient auto rickshaw just in few clicks across 40+ cities in India. Jugnoo comes at a time when people need it the most. Started by a small group of individuals with a vision to embark on thehyperlocal marketplace, Jugnoo has grown to more than a 200 team strength. With a fleet of 15,000+ auto rickshaws, Jugnoo aims to achieve optimum utilisation of the available resources while making transportation easy, efficient, cheaper and convenient. Jugnoo raised $16 million in venture funding in three rounds from 7 investors including Paytm, Snow Leopard ventures, Kunal Bahl among others. Since 2017, Jugnoo also provides technology solutions to ride sharing players across the world with major players using Jugnoo platform to run their tech stack.Downloading Jugnoo app is free and available on Android playstore (version 4 and above), Apple appstore and Windows Store. While users can also book Jugnoo rides using Jugnoo's Facebook bot. | $1M | Seed | Apr 20, 2015 |  |
| Dashbell | Dashbell provides independent lodgings with a SaaS platform that allows them to both manage their reservations and availability as well as distribute through their global partners. |  | Angel | Jan 15, 2014 |  |
| voxapp | voxapp is a platform where enterprises or consumers can create surveys for distribution exclusively on mobile devices globally. The platform will leverage the advances in cloud telephony, mass platforms on mobile and the changing mobile landscape in terms of mobile internet capabilities to launch a global P2P mobile surveys platform. Currentproduct consists of website to create surveys, create respondent acquisition campaigns, validate data authenticity, data analytics. The surveys are distributed via mobile (web/sms) and native apps. |  | Angel | Aug 26, 2013 |  |
| Crude Area | Crude Area is not an art sweat shop. These are prints that are curated by us with a very strong focus on what appeals to the cosmopolitan, urban Indian, whether they live in Mumbai, Vadodara, Delhi or Chennai. We believe the Indian market is ready for beautiful graphic art whether as prints for their home or as art related merchandise that weexpect to introduce sometime after launch. (Stay tuned on that front!) |  | Seed | Aug 01, 2013 |  |
| Dashbell | Dashbell provides independent lodgings with a SaaS platform that allows them to both manage their reservations and availability as well as distribute through their global partners. | $222.5K | Angel | Jan 15, 2013 |  |
| Fitocracy | Fitocracy is a social network that empowers and motivates anyone to reach their fitness goals through gamification, community, and personal guidance.. Whether you've never exercised a day in your life or you're an advanced athlete, Fitocracy can take you to your next level of fitness. | $1.2M | Seed | May 31, 2012 |  |

10 of 13 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Blume Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/blume-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Snow Leopard Technology Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/snow-leopard-technology-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Paradigm Shift Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/paradigm-shift-2) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [a16z Scout Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/a16z-scout-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [CRV](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/crvvc) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Founder Friendly Labs](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ffl) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About The Boston Consulting Group

VC Fund · Boston, United States

The Boston Consulting Group is a global management consulting firm and an advisor on business strategy. The firm partners with clients in all sectors and regions to identify their opportunities, address their critical challenges, and transform their businesses.The Boston Consulting Group was founded in July 1963 by Bruce Henderson and isheadquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. It has 82 offices in 46 countries.

5 contacts available at The Boston Consulting Group.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Aliza Knox | Senior Advisor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aliza-knox |
| Christopher Freese | Senior Partner & Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/christopher-freese |
| Dimitri Panayotopoulos | Senior Member of the Board of Advisors | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dimitri-panayotopoulos |
| Elizabeth Kopp | Business Management Director, San Diego | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/elizabeth-kopp |
| Evan Silberhorn | Principal and General Manager | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/evan-silberhorn |

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## FAQ

### What does Vikas Taneja invest in?

Vikas Taneja invests primarily in Software, Music and Mobile startups, most often at Seed and Angel stage. Most of the 13 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

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

Vikas Taneja typically joins rounds of $300k–$1.2M 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 Taneja participates in.

### When did Vikas Taneja last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Vikas Taneja closed in Nov 2024. Shizune tracks 13 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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