Top 40 Publishing Angel Investors in India in October 2024
A list of 40 angel investors that invest in Publishing startups based in India. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Publishing companies from India. We update this investor list every month.Top 40 Publishing Angel Investors in India in October 2024
Investor | Publishing India investments |
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Ranjan Pai | 2 |
Ratan Tata | 2 |
Dharti Desai | 1 |
Brennan Loh | 1 |
Videt Jaiswal | 1 |
Prateek Sharma | 1 |
Mohandas Pai | 1 |
Piyush Goel | 1 |
Aneil Mahajan | 1 |
Harpreet Singh | 1 |
Bhuvan Gupta | 1 |
Leon Seynave | 1 |
Dhruvil Sanghvi | 1 |
Zishaan Hayath | 1 |
Vikash Rajput | 1 |
Anupam Mittal | 1 |
Sandeep Agarwal | 1 |
Ashish Toshniwal | 1 |
Harsh Mani Tripathi | 1 |
Neeraj Gupta | 1 |
Sushil Sharma | 1 |
Neeraj Arora | 1 |
Anand Chandrasekaran | 1 |
Dhaval Gupta | 1 |
Ajeet Khurana | 1 |
Saurabh Garg | 1 |
Gayatri Nikkam | 1 |
Rahul Maroli | 1 |
Manoj Kumar | 1 |
Abhay Raj Solanki | 1 |
Klub Works | 1 |
Nitesh Kumar | 1 |
Syed Firdous Hussain | 1 |
Vikram Chopra | 1 |
Dr Ritesh Malik | 1 |
Abhijit Kane | 1 |
Apurva Chamaria | 1 |
Nikhil Vora | 1 |
Rahul Chaudhary | 1 |
Shubham Rangra | 1 |
Ranjan Pai is a Co-Founder and serves as Partner at Aarin Capital Partners.
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Investment focus
- Internet, Mobile Apps, Finance
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- India
Portfolio highlights
- InCred — InCred Finance a new-age tech and analytics-driven NBFC. It offers Personal loans, Education Loans and Business.
- HerKey (formerly JobsForHer) — HerKey (formerly JobsForHer) is India’s largest career engagement platform that unlocks opportunities, learning, and communities for women in India by connecting them with career champions.HerKey has been at the forefront of developing scalable solutions to increase women's participation in the Indian workforce. Incepted in 2015, HerKey(formerly JobsForHer) works with over 10,000 companies across India that prioritize diversity and inclusion and has assisted them in engaging with and recruiting women. HerKey is dedicated to promoting the professional development of women in their careers. The platform connects women with the right jobs across levels, provides learning opportunities to enable them to upskill and reskill, and provides mentorship to women wanting to start, restart, or advance in their professions. The company's vision is to enable women to realize their full potential by connecting them with the right opportunities, learning, and communities.HerKey has grown to service over 3.5 million women across India and plans to scale to power 30 million women’s careers in India.HerKey seeks to be the dependable companion for every woman on her career journey, enabling her growth, opening up opportunities, creating meaningful engagement, and facilitating her career journey – onwards & upwards.HerKey - Your Career Companion at Every Phase of Life Because we understand that a woman’s career journey traverses through life phases. Opportunities | Learning | Communities
- NewSpace — NewSpace is a Aerospace Research and Technologies Industry, It designs and develops Persistent Drones for Earth Observation and Communications.
Heading the Tata Group since 1991, Ratan Tata is the Chairman of Tata Sons, holding company of the Tata Group and major Group companies including Tata Motors, Tata Steel, Tata Consultancy Services, Tata Power and more. He is also Chairman of two of the largest private sector promoted philanthropic trusts in India. During his tenure, the Group hasfurther expanded its global reach, with its revenues growing over eleven-fold to around USD$70 billion, after the most recent acquisition of Jaguar Land Rover. Tata joined the Tata Group in December 1962. After serving in various companies, he was appointed the Director-in-Charge of the National Radio & Electronics Company Limited (Nelco) in 1971. In 1981, he was named Chairman of Tata Industries, the Group's other holding company, which he was responsible for transforming into the Group's strategy think-tank and a promoter of new ventures in high-technology businesses. He is associated with many organizations in India and abroad in varying capacities, some of which are the government of India’s Investment Commission, the Prime Minister’s Council on Trade and Industry, South Africa’s International Investment Council, several prestigious universities and several philanthropies. Tata received a Bachelor of Science degree in architecture from Cornell University in 1962, and completed the Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School in 1975.The government of India honored Tata with one of its highest civilian awards, the Padma Vibhushan, this year.
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Investment focus
- E-Commerce, Internet, Health Care
- Funding Round, Seed, Series A
- India, United States, Singapore
Portfolio highlights
- GOQii — GOQii is headquartered in California with offices in Mumbai and Shenzhen. It is dedicated to enabling a permanent shift to a healthier lifestyle with the combination of advanced wearable technology, the world's leading experts, coaches and karma. GOQii focuses on sustained engagement & goal reinforcement and offers a complete ecosystem asa single integrated solution, which is a powerful combination of technology and human connection. GOQii is a collaboration of some of the world's leading experts and an amazing management team who are driven by a passion for healthy sustainable living, and who believe that all of us contain boundless potential. GOQii's goal is to enable millions of people across the world to "be the force" by helping them unleash their untapped potential.
- Repos energy — Repos energy is a e-commerce of Fuel to move towards a carbon neutral future.
- Goodfellows — Goodfellows aims to offer companionship to lonely senior citizens.
Dharti Desai is an Entrepreneur with more than 20 years of success - spanning wine, printing, packaging and the lifestyle industry. Leveraging extensive experience in innovative marketing and global leadership, Dharti provides expert advice to US and Asian-based B2C companies on Go To Market strategy, global expansion and/or CRM strategy.Areas of expertise include data profiling, marketing strategy and enhancement, branding, digital communications, imports and Asian markets.Dharti is the Founder and CEO of FineWinesnMore, a Mumbai-based fine wine retailing and marketing company. Since its launch in 2007, she has played an integral role in the development and implementation of the company’s strategic communications platform, which serves as an interactive and educational platform for wine consumers of all types. She is also responsible for FWM’s direct marketing strategies and pioneered a direct-to-consumer channel of sales and marketing. The company has over 25,000 customers and an exclusive partnership with American Express. Dharti is also the Founder and CEO of MOS India Pvt. Ltd., a state-of-the-art print production company with clients in over 10 countries.As a graduate of Mumbai University, Dharti holds a BA in Sociology. She is the author of DM in India Guidebook and is a member of the Direct Marketing Association, USA, the International Council of the DMA, the Direct Marketing Ideas Club of NY, Asian Women in Business, New York and is a Charter Member of TiE New York. For two consecutive years, she was featured as one of the Top 10 Women of Wine in India by the Indian Wine Academy. Dharti is also a Founder Ambassador of the non-profit family trust Animedh Charitable Trust (ACT) fueling the cause for women’s economic empowerment and for girl child education in India. Dharti sits on the board of Crave.social – a social media marketing agency and is on advisory boards of companies in the digital marketing and Not for profit sectors. Further, she is an investor in fashion, Fin-tech, hospitality and healthcare companies.Dharti is currently mentoring women entrepreneurs of AIRSWEEE 2.0 (All India Road Show for Women’s Economic Empowerment through Entrepreneurship) - TiE Global program funded by the US Mission to India.
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Investment focus
- Publishing, Advertising, Social Media
- Seed
- India
Portfolio highlights
- At Social — At is organising the social media industry, they’ve broken down what it takes to create quality content and made it affordable so that every business no matter how small can find their place on social media.
Brennan Loh is the Director of Brand at Shopify
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Investment focus
- Apps, Publishing, Food and Beverage
- Series A, Seed, Angel
- India
Portfolio highlights
- BlissClub — BlissClub is the community's first women's activewear brand.
- Skillbee — Explore the latest abroad job opportunities for freshers & experienced candidates.
- SolarSquare Energy — Visit Solarsquare, India's only UL-certified solar installation company for hassle-free commercial & residential solar panel installation at 0 cost EMI & PPA options.
Founder at Airblack, ex-VC
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Investment focus
- Travel, Internet, Publishing
- Angel, Series B
- India
Portfolio highlights
- Airblack — Learn makeup, beauty and culinary skills from India's top experts and get professionally certified. Join a student community of 35,000+ students.
- SocialBoat — #1 Menstrual wellness app for PCOS. We provide online treatment for PCOS, Thyroid with medicine, diet & exercise. All Programs are expert led and curated by AI
Prateek is an Entrepreneur, Angel Investor, and Product leader.
Prateek is an investor in Groww (Investment platform for india), Jiny (Assistive UX platform), Forbidden Foods and more. He co-founded mygola (acq by Makemytrip).
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Investment focus
- Internet, Publishing
- Seed, Angel
- India
Portfolio highlights
- Sahicoin — Sahicoin is a secure platform to acquire financial knowledge & get latest market updates. Invest with people from your own social circle to create your personal wealth.
- SocialBoat — #1 Menstrual wellness app for PCOS. We provide online treatment for PCOS, Thyroid with medicine, diet & exercise. All Programs are expert led and curated by AI
Mohandas Pai - Co-Founder and Chairman @ Aarin Capital
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Investment focus
- E-Commerce, Education, Information Technology
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- India, United States, Singapore
Portfolio highlights
- ToneTag — Discover our world-class soundwave-based Merchant Payment Solution, Toll Plaza Payment Solution, Contactless Payment Solution, IVR Payment Solution to transform your business.
- Zoomcar — Zoomcar offers the best car rental options for stress-free travel. Explore our top-quality vehicles and book your ride today.
- Invact Metaversity — Invact high-quality, virtually immersive learning experiences for everyone, delivered at the best price to them wherever they are.
Piyush brings more than 15 years of leadership, business development, and marketing experience to BeyondKey. As the CEO of the company, he makes sure that we deliver solution of high value and customer focus and adopting latest technology is his main focus area, he is responsible for driving BeyondKey’s global growth initiatives.
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Investment focus
- Apps, News, Music
- Seed, Pre-Seed
- India
Portfolio highlights
- WittyFeed — Since its inception in 2014, WittyFeed has been the leading digital content platform that serves trending content the way you like it. Right from entertainment, politics, tech, to culture, sports, lifestyle, and even health, we got you covered. In 2016, WittyFeed became the world's second-largest viral content company and since then, there hasbeen no turning back. Want to stay updated? Download our app today and don't forget to check out our exclusive coverage on the Pro-Kabaddi League too.
- STAGE — STAGE is an Indian language content platform for artist-led entertainment.
Aneil Mahajan
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Investment focus
- News, Sports, Publishing
- Seed
- India
Portfolio highlights
- WittyFeed — Since its inception in 2014, WittyFeed has been the leading digital content platform that serves trending content the way you like it. Right from entertainment, politics, tech, to culture, sports, lifestyle, and even health, we got you covered. In 2016, WittyFeed became the world's second-largest viral content company and since then, there hasbeen no turning back. Want to stay updated? Download our app today and don't forget to check out our exclusive coverage on the Pro-Kabaddi League too.
Harpreet is the co-founder and CIO of Alternative Path, a technology and business intelligence startup. His areas of expertise include building and implementing automation tools and solutions, bringing efficiencies in teams using technology, process optimization, testing transformation, and program management.In his previous role, he served asthe Director of Quality Assurance and Head of the QA Automation practice at ThoughtFocus - Centre of Excellence for the largest alternative asset management firm in the world. He spearheaded the creation of a comprehensive suite of automation framework and tools which were implemented across the organization. His team was instrumental in building state of the art automated solutions for complex In-house applications as well as third party Implementations.Before joining ThoughtFocus in 2012, Harpreet served as a Quality Assurance Manager in the Technology team at S&P Global (Formerly S&P Capital IQ). He managed multiple QA teams and delivered many successful products. He headed the test team for the migration of TheMarkets.com platform to Capital IQ, when it was acquired by Capital IQ in 2011.Harpreet is a certified Project Manager from the Project Management Institute and holds many certifications in the Quality Assurance field. He likes to keep himself updated with current trends in the Software Testing arena and understands the pulse of the industry. He is an expert at New Generation Testing practices and tools.
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Investment focus
- Apps, Internet, Training
- Seed
- India
Portfolio highlights
- Skillbee — Explore the latest abroad job opportunities for freshers & experienced candidates.
Bhuvan Gupta is the Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer of OfBusiness. He previously worked at Snapdeal as a Vice President of Engineering. Bhuvan Gupta attended Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani.
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Investment focus
- Information Technology, B2B, Crowdsourcing
- Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- India, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Atica Global Inc — Atica is a last-mile sales & revenue management company. It leverages proprietary lead generation & CRM tool to maximise revenue from proactive sales. Hands-on Revenue Management and Reactive sales (including RFPs) management lead to maximum revenue from brand & 3rd party websites.
- SocialBoat — #1 Menstrual wellness app for PCOS. We provide online treatment for PCOS, Thyroid with medicine, diet & exercise. All Programs are expert led and curated by AI
- Narrato — Narrato Workspace is an AI content creation, collaboration and workflow management tool built for content and marketing teams and creators.
Dhruvil is one of the co-founders LogiNext. He has worked with elite organizations like Deloitte,Ernst & Young and Tata Group and studies at Carnegie Mellon and Nirma University.
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Investment focus
- Financial Services, Retail Technology, B2B
- Seed, Series A
- India, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Xeno — Xeno is a one-stop solution for any brand to build a deep customer understanding and create relevant marketing campaigns across SMS, email, Facebook and Instagram, Whatsapp.
- Recur Club — We are a trading platform for recurring revenue companies to trade their contracts/subscriptions & get upfront capital instantly without diluting equity or taking restrictive debt. Recur is a new asset class - Recurring Revenue (across industries like SaaS, D2C Brands, IT Services, Furniture Leasing, co-working spaces, and many more). Our AI/ML underwriting platform unlocks trading limit within 48 hours by connecting financial & billing data on Zoho, Quickbooks, Stripe, Razorpay, Tally, etc.
- Vested Finance — Invest in alternative assets such as US Stocks, P2P Lending, Indian bonds & solar panels on Vested. Diversify your portfolio with alternative investments.
Zishaan Hayath is the Co-founder of Toppr.com. He is the Angel Investor of Startups in India. Prior to this, he worked as VP Product at Futurebazaar.com. He was the Co-founder and VP Product of Chaupaati Bazaar. He served as Associate Consultant at Opera Solutions. He also served as Assistant Manager at ITC Limited.
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Investment focus
- Internet, Apps, Real Estate
- Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- India, United States
Portfolio highlights
- OneCare — OneCare helped thousands of patients achieve lower blood sugar, while reducing the need for medications, including insulin.
- ASQI Advisors — ASQI stands for Advanced Statistical and Quantitative Intelligence It was founded in early 2019 as a carve-out from a global quant hedge fund. Our focus is to build a world-class technology platform that offers advisory, access and markets across equity, debt, multi-asset and alternate assets. We use quantitative analysis, artificial intelligenceand blockchain technology to achieve that.
- Skillbee — Explore the latest abroad job opportunities for freshers & experienced candidates.
He started his career in 2021, and his age is only 21 years. He is the youngest best Artist of Chhattisgarh Music Industry who has succeeded in achieving success at a very young age and has set a precedent for the youth.When a person is deeply passionate about doing something, the result is always positive. Something like this has also happenedwith singer Vikash Rajput. From his childhood, Vikash Rajput has grown up listening to a lot of Lo-Fi Beats and learned it and decided to venture into the singing industry. Today, he’s well-known and considered as one of the best talents. But his journey was not a smooth one.Dreams always come true for people who take lots of effort and appreciate every small or big opportunity that comes their way. Some people go their solo way to make their dreams come true. Vikash Rajput from Bilaspur Chhattisgarh, is an independent musician and Singer who is all set to entertain his fans with a new songChhattisgarh Artist Vikash Rajput is busy promoting his upcoming video. Vikash Rajput is constantly sharing information about it on social media. Vikash Rajput is giving a story about his new music video by putting a story on his Instagram. Vikash Rajput told that he gave many songs he had sung to big companies early in his career Vikash Rajput is famous with his Artistic Stage Name ‘Vikash Rajput’, who is succeeded in achieving success at a very young age and has set a precedent for the youth. It has been very loyal and passionate about its work, which is the only means of reaching success. He earned fame in the society.Anyone can enjoy His Amazing Lo-Fi, Slowed and Reverb by Vikash Rajput across various platforms like Gaana, Spotify, Apple Music, Instagram Music, Tidel, Deezer, Jio Savan , Soundcloud and also YouTube.
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Investment focus
- Music, Retail, Publishing
- Series A
- India
Portfolio highlights
- Desi Beats — Record Label
Anupam started his entrepreneurial journey by founding People Group - A New Media & Entertainment group, which includes businesses such as Shaadi.com, Makaan.com, Mauj Mobile, and People Pictures. Today the group is recognized as one of the most innovative enterprises in the country. Besides his operational roles, Anupam is also one ofIndia's most active angel investors.He attended Boston College.
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Investment focus
- E-Commerce, Internet, Financial Services
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- India, United States, France
Portfolio highlights
- Meragi — Meragi is an end to end wedding decor service taking care of all decor requirements from deisgn to execution, all at a great price
- Nasher Miles — Shop Good Quality Premium Luggage Bags, Suitcases & Laptop Backpacks online on Nasher Miles. Wide Range of Small & Medium Cabin Bags, Travel Luggage Bags Sets in different Colours & Designs.
- ReFit Global — Discover top-quality, certified refurbished phones at Refit Global. Enjoy premium devices at unbeatable prices with reliable performance.
Sandeep Agarwal
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Investment focus
- News, Sports, Internet
- Seed, Angel
- India
Portfolio highlights
- Nactus — Nactus is a unique platform for all who teach and all who learn. Nactus is an Internet-based smart phone application which focuses on improving overall learning experience by facilitating not only a discovery of the tutors nearby but also providing with other technological tools to make learning more organized and more efficient in a manner that itis beneficial to both tutors and students alike.
- WittyFeed — Since its inception in 2014, WittyFeed has been the leading digital content platform that serves trending content the way you like it. Right from entertainment, politics, tech, to culture, sports, lifestyle, and even health, we got you covered. In 2016, WittyFeed became the world's second-largest viral content company and since then, there hasbeen no turning back. Want to stay updated? Download our app today and don't forget to check out our exclusive coverage on the Pro-Kabaddi League too.
Ashish Toshniwal is CEO and co-founder of Y Media Labs, an investor in numerous mobile-first technology companies, and a frequent speaker on the future of mobile, emerging technologies and business transformation in the digital age. At a time when mobile was just taking off, Ashish and co-founder Sumit Mehra moved to Silicon Valley to start YMedia Labs. Carving a niche as an agency that could deliver both excellent design as well as the creative technology to successfully execute transformational experiences, they caught the attention of Steve Jobs and several top-tier companies around the world.Y Media Labs has since grown to a 250+ size global agency and has helped dozens of Fortune 500 companies successfully transition to the digital landscape. Recently partnered with MDC, Y Media Labs was selected by Forbes as one of the most promising companies in 2015. Other recent acknowledgements include Most Forward Thinking Company from Entrepreneur and Top 10 Fastest Growing Company in Silicon Valley by Business Journal.Ashish's greatest strength as a CEO is building strong teams and empowering them to succeed. He truly enjoys mentoring employees and other bright minds in the mobile space and is always looking to connect with other in the community."I believe that anyone can build a successful company if they believe in themselves, put the work in and invest in their own future." - Ashish Toshniwal
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Investment focus
- Apps, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence
- Seed, Series A
- United States, India
Portfolio highlights
- Codingal — Codingal offers kid-friendly programming and coding classes for kids and teens of all ages! Try a free coding class and start creating your own apps, websites, games, and much more.
- Miles — Miles is a universal rewards app empowering anyone to earn miles automatically for all forms of travel and commute. You can then redeem your miles from retailers such as HP, Garmin, Shipt, Pandora, Chewy, Home Chef, and many more.Similar to a frequent flyer program, but for all forms of transportation, Miles delivers value for every miletraveled, across every mode of travel, anywhere in the world. Whether by car (as a driver, passenger or rideshare), plane, train, subway, bus, boat, bicycle, or on foot, the Miles app effortlessly awards users’ travel - regardless of where their journey takes them. Miles can be saved or redeemed at any time - with the value increasing every month as more merchants accept them as a form of payment. Download Miles today to start getting rewarded!
- Sparrosense — Silversparro is a tech startup, founded by entrepreneurs from IIT Delhi. The objective is to solve business problems by using Deep Learning Technology, the most rapidly advancing component of Artificial Intelligence. Our product, Sparrosense AI Supervisor is a SaaS tool that provides new data and insights to solve delays, optimize processes anddrive productivity leveraging AI-powered Video Analytics on the shop floor for USD 14 trillion global manufacturing industry. We work for manufacturing, healthcare, banking and consumer internet companies specializing in Computer Vision And Natural Language Processing, Image Detection and Classification
Harsh Mani Tripathi is the chief product and strategy officer at Vatsana Technologies.
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Investment focus
- News, Sports, Fitness
- Angel, Seed
- India
Portfolio highlights
- Pee Safe — Discover Pee Safe, your go-to destination for top-quality hygiene products. Explore our extensive range of solutions in toilet hygiene, menstrual care, intimate care, grooming needs, and sexual wellness to ensure your comfort and well-being. Shop now for safe and effective hygiene essentials.
- TapChief — Tapchief offers a cohesive platform to discover and schedule calls with experts to get advice across domains.We leverage technology to make the process of discovery seamless and provide end to end service in terms of scheduling and executing the phone calls.Tapchief is launching with a web interface with an intuitive interface to browse expertsand schedule the phone calls. The mobile applications are under constructions and will be launched in time when engagement strategies are in place.
- WittyFeed — Since its inception in 2014, WittyFeed has been the leading digital content platform that serves trending content the way you like it. Right from entertainment, politics, tech, to culture, sports, lifestyle, and even health, we got you covered. In 2016, WittyFeed became the world's second-largest viral content company and since then, there hasbeen no turning back. Want to stay updated? Download our app today and don't forget to check out our exclusive coverage on the Pro-Kabaddi League too.
Neeraj Gupta is Managing Director of Cervin Ventures. Most recently, Neeraj was a member of the executive team at Patni, a publicly listed IT services company where he led global sales and marketing with top line responsibility for ~$700M. Prior to that, he was a General Manager with responsibility for telecom, media, and growth industries. Neerajfounded Cymbal Corporation, an IT services company focused on telecom operators which he led as CEO from its inception to successful exit to PatniComputers (NYSE: PTI). In his earlier career, he held engineering and product management positions at Octel (acquired by Lucent) and Genesys (acquired by Alcatel). Neeraj has had significant global experience including stints in UK and India. Neeraj has a Bachelors in Electronics and Electrical Engineering from Punjab University in India and a Masters in Electrical Engineering from the University of Alabama.
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Investment focus
- Software, SaaS, Big Data
- Seed, Angel
- United States, India
Portfolio highlights
- Ampool — Maximize the value of your data with HPE Ezmeral open data and analytics software platform for cloud and non-cloud apps, built for data challenges.
- SocialBoat — #1 Menstrual wellness app for PCOS. We provide online treatment for PCOS, Thyroid with medicine, diet & exercise. All Programs are expert led and curated by AI
- LaunchDarkly — Maximize the value of every software feature through automation and feature management.
Sushil Sharma is the Founder and CEO of Marwari Catalysts Ventures. He previously worked at DreamTeam Technologies as a DIRECTOR.
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Investment focus
- Education, Consulting, E-Commerce
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
- India
Portfolio highlights
- RoyalPOS — Turn your any smart phone android to POS. Use any tablet, phone or android base POS machine to manage your sales, inventory, reports, raw material inventory, multiple locations.
- DOCO — Empower offline retail distributors by Data, ML/AI. We transform their network into a tech-enabled platform and unlock it for brands.
- HILO DESIGN — Discovering your style has never been so easy. Now get the curated premium and sophisticated styles, from everyday wear to ethnic wear. Our modern minimalistic designer clothing includes Shirts, Kurtas, Nehru Jackets, Indo-western, Sherwanis and accessories. Easy Returns, Perfect-Fit Guarantee and Expert Assistance.
Neeraj Arora is responsible for “all things business at WhatsApp”. He is an IIT graduate as well as a management graduate from the Indian School of Business, gave up his high profile job managing global M&A at Google to join one of Silicon Valley’s hottest starts-ups. Arora served as the principal, corporate development, at Google and beforethat he was the chief manager at Times Internet Ltd.
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Investment focus
- Apps, FinTech, Financial Services
- Seed, Series B, Angel
- India, United States, Singapore
Portfolio highlights
- Zipy — Traditional tools might throw a list of bugs at you, but Zipy tells you which ones matter through real time customer journeys.
- OTPless — Explore top-notch authentication solutions like WhatsApp, SMS or email-based Numeric codes and Magic Link with OTPless. High conversion, flexible integrations, and robust security features await you!
- PingSafe — PingSafe is an industry-leading Cloud Security platform with a comprehensive knowledge of the attackers’ modus operandi. Analyze critical vulnerabilities on Cloud and seal them before the attackers get a sniff.
Anand Chandrasekaran is a Partner at General Catalyst. He previously worked at Facebook and attended Stanford University.
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Investment focus
- Software, SaaS, E-Commerce
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- India, United States, Singapore
Portfolio highlights
- Jupiter — Jupiter is a grocery automation service that takes care of the shopping, delivery, and even meal-planning.
- OpsLyft — The only cloud management platform that focuses on providing actionable insights for technology and financial leaders.
- Fold Health — Crafting the building blocks of modern primary care
Dhaval Gupta - Executive Director @ Cyber Media Group
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Investment focus
- News, Sports, Publishing
- Seed
- India
Portfolio highlights
- WittyFeed — Since its inception in 2014, WittyFeed has been the leading digital content platform that serves trending content the way you like it. Right from entertainment, politics, tech, to culture, sports, lifestyle, and even health, we got you covered. In 2016, WittyFeed became the world's second-largest viral content company and since then, there hasbeen no turning back. Want to stay updated? Download our app today and don't forget to check out our exclusive coverage on the Pro-Kabaddi League too.
Ajeet Khurana is a leading name in the cryptocurrency industry. He is the former head of the Blockchain and Cryptocurrency Committee, which as part of IAMAI is India's foremost industry body for cryptocurrency.Presently, as an advisor to several crypto projects, he is seen as a specialist in:
* Tokenomics: pools, structure, architecture,flow, utility, value
* Market Mechanisms: market making, liquidity, listing, volume
In addition he helps with increasing adoption, communication, evangelizing, ambassador programs, and digital outreach. Some crypto founders regard Ajeet as their personal friend, philosopher, and guide.Earlier, in his role as CEO of Zebpay (India’s largest cryptocurrency exchange at that time), he took it from being a one-country exchange to a global exchange. As CEO of the business incubator at IIT Bombay (India’s premier engineering school), he helped commercialise several ideas from concept stage. As an advisor to Venture Capital firms in India, China, US, and Canada, he has an eye for promising founders.Still earlier, Ajeet has authored several books with McGrawHill Education, been an entrepreneur twice, and taught at the University of Texas at Austin.Here is how he characterizes himself:WHAT I HAVE ACHIEVED REPEATEDLY IN MY CAREER
Customer focus. Speed. Attracting and empowering the right people. Making hard decisions. Managing chaos and conflict. Smoothly navigating regulations & compliances. High governance standards. Cultivating relationships. Converting markets to communities. Negotiating deals. Continuous process and product improvement.WHAT I AM LOOKING FOR
A mandate that requires rapid growth and evolution. A role that requires backbone and heart. A non-bureaucratic system that expects a strong bias for action. An opportunity to learn, and create strong cultural underpinning.HOW I BUILD AND MANAGE TEAMS
Single minded focus on the customer. Choose people based on cultural fit and alignment of passion. Impart purpose. Select for potential, but advance for performance. Empower people to work. No busy work. No unending meetings. Don’t be hierarchy-minded. Encourage learning.
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Investment focus
- Blockchain, Internet, Information Technology
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- India, Singapore
Portfolio highlights
- Dapps — Join Dapps to discover and engage with digital communities that match your passions. Buy shares, and connect with like-minded individuals in a secure, decentralized platform that puts you in control.
- TaxNodes — TaxNodes is a platform for crypto tax computation and ITR filing with expert assistance.
- FastJobs.io — FastJobs.io envisions a world in which job hunting is completely stress-free and convenient.
Saurabh Garg - Co-founder and CBO @ NoBroker
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Investment focus
- Internet, Apps, Pharmaceutical
- Seed, Angel, Funding Round
- India
Portfolio highlights
- GetSupp — Shop for the best vitamins, ayurvedic, herbal & protein supplements online in India at best prices. We are India's most trusted online health supplement store. Shop Now!
- GetWork — Looking to hire top talent for your organization? GetWork is the platform for you! With a candidate pool of 1.9M+ job seekers, you can easily post your job and find the perfect candidate for your needs. Sign up today and start hiring with GetWork.
- Dawaa Dost — Dawaa Dost specializes in the pharmacy retail chain of generic medicines in India. The company focuses on the availability of affordable generic medicines. Dawaa Dost was founded by Amit Choudhary and Yash Harlalka and is based in India.
Currently entrenched and leading as a Managing Director for INDIANA Corporation in the flooring world.In my 22+ years’ progressive career, I have worked across Building Materials, Flooring & Import & Export domains. I offer specialised skills in Operational Strategy design & implementation, Business Storytelling, Customer ExperienceModels, Social Listening and strategic potential investment for Digital Innovation, combining exposure in leading large business and consulting projects and strategic, transformation & innovation programs.I have a strong belief that one needs to go beyond conventional and traditional boundaries to enrich one's learning and explore others, following which I have attained a proven track record in transforming business models through business growth, innovation enablement, knowledge management & marketing strategies leveraging my insights on Analytics and Visualisation.You can count on me to excel at augmenting scope of business by building long standing relations with executive leaders & key players in the Industry, leading & mentoring global teams for scale and seeding next generation of leaders for the company, industry and startup ecosystem towards achieving organisational goals.Got any Queries, Questions or Business Idea:
Email me at: gayatri@indiana.co.in
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- Internet, Marketing, Publishing
- Pre-Seed
- India
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- UPCRED — Join Upcred.ai which brings Influencers, Brands, and Fans on a single platform and enabled multiple avenues of learning, earning, networking and promotional opportunities which helps brands, fans and influencers .
Rahul Maroli is a business leader with demonstrated ability of building businesses for profit, growth and scale. For over a decade and a half, he has been steering market-leading companies in the automotive services, e-commerce & start-up businesses. His expertise includes driving shareholder returns, business strategy, Operations, Sales &Marketing. Rahul heads Ola’s Rental, Shuttle (Mass Mobility) and Corporate Distribution businesses, apart from strategic supply programs. Earlier, he envisioned, started and led Ola's cab leasing business through a wholly owned subsidiary Ola Fleet Technologies, making Ola the world’s first ride-sharing company to have a successful fleet business.Prior to Ola, he led Sales, Marketing and Operations for LeasePlan India, a leading player in the business mobility industry.Rahul advises early stage start-up and is an active angel investor. His investments include PeeSafe, EdgeFx, Dibz, ShadiSaga, Coutloot, ASADEL Technologies, Digiora & KakCho.
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- Education, Food and Beverage, News
- Seed, Angel, Funding Round
- India
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- Exprto Live — Exprto connects students directly with the IIT-JEE and NEET recent year toppers for personal guidance.
- Advantage Club — Enhance staff engagement with our cutting-edge platforms and tools. Boost team productivity and morale effortlessly. Explore now!
- Fashion is One — Fashion is One is a collaborative and community centric one-stop platform for fashion and design.
Manoj Kumar - Co-Founder & Managing Director @ Malgharia Capital Advisors
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- Fashion, News, Shoes
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- India
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- Civilsdaily — No. 1 UPSC IAS Platform for preparation
- Desi Hangover — Desi Hangover creates sustainable footwear using an age-old vegetable tanning process. Desi Hangover also uses an omnichannel method, driving product sales through diversified online channels and offline retail partners.
- CanvaLoop Fibre — Mainstreaming sustainability by creating alternative fibres.
Abhay Raj Solanki, a 16-year-old who founded The Suman Publication, an organization that publishes, prints, and distributes books globally.
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- Publishing
- Series A
- India
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- Suman Publication — Achieve your aspiration of becoming a published author through India's premier Self-Publishing Platform. Release your work in both paperback and eBook
Klub Works
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- EdTech, Education, Publishing
- Pre-Seed
- India
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- Invincible Publishers — Technology Based Book Publishing and Online Education Platform
Nitesh Kumar - Owner @ Desi Beats
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- Music, Retail, Publishing
- Series A
- India
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- Desi Beats — Record Label
"I help connecting the Dots of Design, Build, Interiors and Flooring. Where i prefer to stay comfortable outside the box, which is not just being creative.”Currently entrenched and leading as a Managing Director for INDIANA Corporation in the flooring world, with understanding its untapped scale of post Covid for businesses, leaders,consumers, society, you and me in everyday go."In my 22+ years’ progressive career, I have worked across Building Materials, Flooring & Import & Export domains. I offer specialised skills in Operational Strategy design & implementation, Business Storytelling, Customer Experience Models, Social Listening and strategic potential investment for Digital Innovation, combining exposure in leading large business and consulting projects and strategic, transformation & innovation programs.I have a strong belief that one needs to go beyond conventional and traditional boundaries to enrich one's learning and explore others, following which I have attained a proven track record in transforming business models through business growth, innovation enablement, knowledge management & marketing strategies leveraging my insights on Analytics and Visualisation.You can count on me to excel at augmenting scope of business by building long standing relations with executive leaders & key players in the Industry, leading & mentoring global teams for scale and seeding next generation of leaders for the company, industry and startup ecosystem towards achieving organisational goals.Got any Queries, Questions or Business Idea:
Email me at: Firdous@indiana.co.in
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- Internet, Marketing, Publishing
- Pre-Seed
- India
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- UPCRED — Join Upcred.ai which brings Influencers, Brands, and Fans on a single platform and enabled multiple avenues of learning, earning, networking and promotional opportunities which helps brands, fans and influencers .
Vikram Chopra is the Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of CARS24. He is a former Co-FOunder of FabFurnish and Investment Analyst of Sequoia Capital and was Business Analyst at McKinsey & Company.Mr. Chopra received a BTech and MTech in Engineering at Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, and earned an MBA in Finance at the Universityof Pennsylvania - The Wharton School.
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- Internet, Training, Apps
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- India
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- Ninecamp — Ninecamp is a food and beverage company. They anticipate creating new and unique brands with a strong emphasis on high-quality offerings in product, service, and design.
- Skillbee — Explore the latest abroad job opportunities for freshers & experienced candidates.
- Tractor Junction — India's Leading DIgital Marketplace for Tractors and Farm Equipments
Doctor turned Entrepreneur, Investor, Speaker & Philanthropist.
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- Software, Information Technology, SaaS
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
- India, United States, Kenya
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- Airblack — Learn makeup, beauty and culinary skills from India's top experts and get professionally certified. Join a student community of 35,000+ students.
- The Hive Hostels — The Hive Hostels offers PG & Hostel accommodations that provide its community with the best co-living accommodation for our residents.
- First Coffee — First Coffee a specialty coffee brand, combines design, culture and a new customer experience, with premium coffee
Abhijit Kane is the Co-Founder at Postman.
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- Internet, Publishing
- Angel
- India
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- SocialBoat — #1 Menstrual wellness app for PCOS. We provide online treatment for PCOS, Thyroid with medicine, diet & exercise. All Programs are expert led and curated by AI
Apurva Chamaria
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- News, E-Commerce, Information Technology
- Seed, Angel
- India
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- ProEves — Find the List of Best Preschool, Playschools & Creche near me for kids with contact information, Counsellor Chat, Timings & Reviews. Book Appointment Now at the center with exact Address & Phone Number.
- Josh Talks — By leveraging our expertise in research and storytelling, we create exclusive content in regional languages to help brands tell their story better and reach their target audience.
- 1DigitalStack.ai — Technology for brand growth on Ecommerce marketplaces We help brands dominate Ecommerce by leveraging marketplace data & AI-enabled media management Let's Connect
Nikhil Vora is the Founder and CEO of Sixth Sense Ventures; India's first consumer centric domestic venture fund. Nikhil was earlier the Managing Director / Head of Research at IDFC Securities, and has been regarded as one of the strongest analytical minds in the country. The core of Sixth Sense lies in the belief that the next big waveof dysfunctional growth will be led by players who are going to be driven by completely different skill sets / capabilities and not necessarily capital. Sixth Sense vision is to identify and invest a ‘smart ass’ team with a ‘kick ass’ product in a ‘big ass’ market! Nikhil has been invited by the “Nestle Global Consumer Board” and the “Regional CFO forum” to give a presentation on the potential roadmap for Nestle India. He has also evolved a strategic road-map for Unilever, Aditya Birla Group, Marico, Godrej, NIIT, Navneet etc. His research has been accredited by some of the largest global funds like Capital, Fidelity, Alliance Bernstein, Putnam, Schroder’s etc. In the Asia Money polls 2012, Nikhil was voted as India’s No.1 analyst. He also has the rare distinction of being voted Asia’s Best Analyst by the Wall Street Journal in the same year. Along with advising clients, he also has been a venture capital investor and on the board of a few of his investee companies. Some of the earlier Venture Investments made by Nikhil Vora includes – One97 (PayTm), Vini Cosmetics (Fogg), Parag Milk (Go), Kangaroo Kids Education, BVG India, Technology Frontiers, Mannash Lifestyle (www.purplle.com), Infinite Analytics, Reznext Solutions, Intellisys Technologies, Rainmaker Legal, RoomsTonight etc.
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- Food and Beverage, E-Commerce, Health Care
- Series A, Seed, Series B
- India, United States
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- Meolaa — The Meolaa platform will be powered by an innovative, experience-driven approach that will bridge the gap between sustainability and lifestyle.
- Go Zero — Explore GoZero for guilt-free indulgence! Discover our range of delicious zero sugar, low-calorie High Protein vegan ice cream treats. Order now and enjoy the goodness guilt-free!
- Ginglani Distillers — Ginglani Distillers operates as a whisky startup. Ginglani Distillers is the maker of Black Bow whisky.
Rahul Chaudhary is Founder at Treebo. Before this, he worked at Myntra (now part of Flipkart) and McKinsey & Company.
Rahul studied at Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad and at Indian Institute of Technology -Roorkee.
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- Apps, Information Technology, B2B
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- India, United States
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- Airblack — Learn makeup, beauty and culinary skills from India's top experts and get professionally certified. Join a student community of 35,000+ students.
- HardwareAI — AI PreCAD companion tool for Electrical Engineers
- Wishlink — Wishlink by promoting brands through its storefront enables social media content providers to monetise their influence.
Shubham Rangra He became a well known public figure in the country of Haryana after his tremendous success on YouTube, which led him to get verified on the video-sharing platform in 2021. Currently, he is verified on various streaming platforms like Spotify, Jiosaavn, Amazon Music, Apple Music, Soundcloud, and many other Platforms.
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- Music, Retail, Publishing
- Series A
- India
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- Desi Beats — Record Label
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