# Vinay Subramanian

> Vinay Subramanian is a pre-seed investor at Stakeboat Capital backing Dating. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Stakeboat Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/stakeboat-capital)
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Oct 2018
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026

Vinay Subramanian is a pre-seed investor at Stakeboat Capital focused on Dating and Consumer Applications. Vinay is Managing Director of Boson Ventures, a large long-term focused Technology Fund based out of Dubai and backed by sponsors such as H.E. Mohamed Alabbar, Chairman of Emaar. Vinay comes with several years of experience in investments, M&A and operations across U.S., Europe and India.Before Boson, he was Director of M&A andInvestments at Flipkart, the largest E-Commerce player in India. At Flipkart, he drove numerous early stage investments and acquisitions across Ad Tech, Mobile Tech, Financial Services, E-commerce and Logistics. Prior to Flipkart, Vinay was Vice-president at Peepul Capital, a growth equity firm with $700MM assets under management. He executed investments and managed a portfolio spanning Retail, Logistics and Healthcare sectors. Vinay has also held responsibilities as an Investment Banker at Goldman Sachs in New York and in Oil & Gas operations at Schlumberger based out of Paris and Houston.Vinay has degrees from Indian Institute of Technology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and University of Maryland. Vinay is also actively involved in the start-up ecosystem including the Stanford Alumni Angels Network.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Dating | 1 | 100% |
| Consumer Applications | 1 | 100% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Betterhalf | Uniquely positioned as a new age matrimony platform, Betterhalf envisions to build a super app of Indian matrimony and full stack wedding services as company's growth pillars. Founded by Pawan Gupta and Rahul Namdev, Betterhalf recently raised Series A backed by FinSight Ventures (Ex Bumble investor) & other marquee investors includingMike Krieger, Co-founder of Instagram; Arash Ferdowsi, Co-Founder of Dropbox and many others. | $1M | Pre-Seed | Oct 01, 2018 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## About Stakeboat Capital

VC Fund · Bengaluru, India

Stakeboat Capital is a private equity fund founded by experienced professionals who have invested in growth stage companies.

2 contacts available at Stakeboat Capital.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Chandrasekar Kandasamy | Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chandrasekar-kandasamy-b53a |
| Vinay Subramanian | Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/vinay-subramanian |

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## FAQ

### What does Vinay Subramanian invest in?

Vinay Subramanian invests primarily in Dating, Consumer Applications and Artificial Intelligence startups, most often at Pre-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.

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### When did Vinay Subramanian last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Vinay Subramanian closed in Oct 2018. 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.

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