# Vinod Sood > Vinod Sood is a seed investor at Hughes Systique (Delhi) backing Hotel and Fashion. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026. - Type: Angel Investor - Fund: [Hughes Systique](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hughes-systique) - Location: Delhi, India - Total investments: 2 - Last investment: Sep 2021 - Lead investor: 0% - Last updated: Aug 2026 - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vinod-sood-2131012 - Website: https://x.com/vinodsood Vinod Sood is a seed investor at Hughes Systique in Delhi focused on Hotel and Fashion. Vinod Sood is the Co-Founder and Managing Director at Hughes Systique. He was a Member Board Of Directors at Hughes Communications. ## Investment focus ### Industry | Industry | Investments | Share | | --- | --- | --- | | Hotel | 1 | 50% | | Fashion | 1 | 50% | | Shopping | 1 | 50% | | Coworking | 1 | 50% | | E-Commerce | 1 | 50% | 12 industries tracked in total. ### Stage | Stage | Investments | Share | | --- | --- | --- | | Seed | 1 | 50% | | Angel | 1 | 50% | ## Investments | Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | BookBySlot | BookBySlot is a startup which provides online platform to book hotel rooms on slot basis (4/8/11 hours) on the go for travelers who need hotel rooms while travelling. Travelers can book hotels only for the duration they need the hotel room for and also pay for only those numbers of hours and not for the full day’s tariff. Hotels get tomonetize their unused inventory of rooms by selling the same room multiple times a day and increase the Rev Par and Average Room Rent (ARR). | | Angel | Sep 01, 2021 | | | Tryndbuy | Try & Buy is a deep tech company in the area of computer vision and artificial intelligence and has developed applications such as virtual try –on of dresses, face recognition based surveillance and face recognition based payment. Try & Buy's technology is protected by its more than 70 International Patents , out of which 9 Patentsare granted in US. Try & Buy is the winner of Amazon's Innovator of the Year 2020 Award for making World's Most Advanced Virtual Trial Room. The company has developed proprietary software which offers virtual try-on solutions to be implemented at fashion e-commerce platforms and offline stores. Through the plug-ins, shoppers can try-on clothes virtually while browsing online . At offline stores , users can interface with Try & Buy’s virtual try on screens. | $1M | Seed | Sep 15, 2018 | | 2 of 2 investments shown. ## About Hughes Systique VC Fund 2 contacts available at Hughes Systique. | Name | Title | Profile | | --- | --- | --- | | Pradeep Kaul | Pres and CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/pradeep-kaul | | Vinod Sood | Managing Director and Co-Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/vinod-sood | ## Similar investors ### Similar industry - [Antler](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/antler-be9c) — VC Fund - [FJ Labs](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fj-labs) — VC Fund - [SOSV](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sosv) — VC Fund ### Similar stage - [Antler](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/antler-be9c) — VC Fund - [Alumni Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alumni-ventures-group) — VC Fund - [Right Side Capital Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/right-side-capital-management) — VC Fund ### Similar country - [Titan Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/titan-capital) — VC Fund - [Inflection Point Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/inflection-point-ventures-d275) — VC Fund - [Blume Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/blume-ventures) — VC Fund ## Featured in investor lists - [Proptech Angel Investors in India](https://shizune.co/investors/proptech-angel-investors-india) - [Restaurants Investors in India](https://shizune.co/investors/restaurants-investors-india) - [Restaurants Angel Investors in India](https://shizune.co/investors/restaurants-angel-investors-india) - [Hospitality Investors in India](https://shizune.co/investors/hospitality-investors-india) ## FAQ ### What does Vinod Sood invest in? Vinod Sood invests primarily in Hotel, Fashion and Shopping startups, most often at Seed and Angel 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 Vinod Sood last invest? The most recent investment recorded for Vinod Sood closed in Sep 2021. 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? 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. # About Shizune Shizune.co is an investor database. 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