# Top 50 Publishing Angel Investors in India in June 2026

## Ratan Tata
- Type: Angel
- Location: Houston, Texas, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: E-Commerce, Internet, Health Care

Ratan Tata is the Founder and Managing Director of RNT Associates.

## Ranjan Pai
- Type: Angel
- Location: Bangalore, Karnataka, India
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Internet, Mobile Apps, Financial Services

Ranjan Pai is a Co-Founder and serves as Partner at Aarin Capital Partners.

## Nitesh Kumar
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: Music, Retail, Publishing

Nitesh Kumar - Owner @ Desi Beats

## Videt Jaiswal
- Type: Angel
- Location: Delhi, Delhi, India
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel, Series B
- Focus: Travel, Internet, Publishing

Founder at Airblack, ex-VC

## Dhaval Gupta
- Type: Angel
- Location: New Delhi, Delhi, India
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: News, Sports, Publishing

Dhaval Gupta - Executive Director @ Cyber Media Group

## Saurabh Garg
- Type: Angel
- Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Internet, Apps, FinTech

Saurabh Garg is the Entrepreneur, Founder and CBO of NoBroker.com.

## Manoj Kumar
- Type: Angel
- Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Fashion, News, Shoes

Manoj Kumar - Co-Founder & Managing Director @ Malgharia Capital Advisors

## Shubham Rangra
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: Music, Retail, Publishing

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.

## Leon Seynave
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Seed
- Focus: B2B, SEM, SEO

Léon has over 30 years of experience in the specialty retail sector. He was a co-founder of Mitiska, formerly a listed holding company in Brussels with stakes in several retail companies such as Carpetland, Brantano, AS adventure and Fun.In addition, he holds directorships in De Persgroep (B), Vente-Exclusive.com (B), Audley Capital (UK) andthe Stanhope Capital Group.Previously, Léon worked as an investment banker at White, Weld & Co., New York and Crédit Suisse First Boston in London.Léon holds a degree in Commercial Engineering from the University of Leuven, Belgium and an M.B.A. from the Wharton School of Commerce and Finance of the University of Pennsylvania.

## Dharti Desai
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Publishing, Advertising, Social Media

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.

## Phanindra Sama
- Type: Angel
- Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Internet, SaaS, Software

Phanindra Sama is the Advisor of WestBridge Capital. He previously worked at redBus as a Founder and CEO. Phanindra Sama attended Stanford University.

## Klub Works
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: EdTech, Education, Publishing

Klub Works

## Ashish Toshniwal
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Apps, Machine Learning

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. Prior to that, he was a Manager at eBay. Ashish attended Purdue University.

## Aneil Mahajan
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: News, Sports, Publishing

Aneil Mahajan

## Vikash Rajput
- Type: Angel
- Location: Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh, India
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: Music, Retail, Publishing

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.

## Rohit Chennamaneni
- Type: Angel
- Location: Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Film, News, SaaS

Rohit Chennamaneni co-founded Darwinbox and is currently its head of operations.Darwinbox is a technology company that provides cloud-based workforce management and analytics application for businesses. Before co-founding Darwinbox, Rohit worked as a strategy consultant at McKinsey in their India, U.S.A. and Africa offices. He worked acrossfunctional areas like sales, operations, human resource and leadership development. He completed his M.B.A. from the Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow. Prior to his M.B.A. he was working with Google.

## Sriharsha Majety
- Type: Angel
- Location: Bangalore, Karnataka, India
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Financial Services, Information Services, Information Technology

Sriharsha Majety is based out of Bengaluru, Karnataka and is the Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Swiggy. Sriharsha previously worked at Nomura International as a Associate. Sriharsha Majety attended the Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani.

## Lakshmi Obul
- Type: Angel
- Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Health Care, Software, Information Technology

Lakshmi Nandan Reddy Obul is based out of Bengaluru, Karnataka and is the Co-Founder of Swiggy. Lakshmi previously worked at Galla as a Founder. Lakshmi Nandan Reddy Obul attended the Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani.

## Alakh Pandey
- Type: Angel
- Location: Delhi, Delhi, India
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Film, News, Children

Alakh Pandey is the Co-Founder and CEO of Physics Wallah. He attended Harcourt Butler Technical University.

## Aravind Sanka
- Type: Angel
- Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Internet, Apps, Film

Aravind Sanka is based out of Bengaluru, Karnataka and is the Co Founder of Rapido. Aravind previously worked at theKarrier as a Co-Founder. Aravind Sanka attended the Indian Institute of Technology, Bhubaneswar. Aravind Sanka has received Startup of the Year 2021, 30 Under 30 and Young Entrepreneur Award.

## Prateek Maheshwari
- Type: Angel
- Location: Delhi, Delhi, India
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Health Care, Artificial Intelligence, B2C

Prateek Maheshwari is the Co-Founder of Physics Wallah. He previously worked at Night Panda as a Founder. He attended the Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University), Varanasi.

## Mohandas Pai
- Type: Angel
- Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: E-Commerce, Education, Information Technology

Mohandas Pai - Co-Founder and Chairman @ Aarin Capital

## Nikhil Vora
- Type: Angel
- Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Seed
- Focus: Food and Beverage, E-Commerce, Health Care

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.

## Rahul Chaudhary
- Type: Angel
- Location: Bangalore, Karnataka, India
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Apps, Information Technology, B2B

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.

## Vikram Chopra
- Type: Angel
- Location: Gurgaon, Haryana, India
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series B
- Focus: Internet, Fashion, Training

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.

## Sushil Sharma
- Type: Angel
- Location: Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Education, Retail, E-Commerce

Sushil Sharma is the Founder and CEO of Marwari Catalysts Ventures. He previously worked at DreamTeam Technologies as a DIRECTOR.

## Gayatri Nikkam
- Type: Angel
- Location: Bangalore, Karnataka, India
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Internet, Marketing, Publishing

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

## Harpreet Singh
- Type: Angel
- Location: Gurgaon, Haryana, India
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Apps, Internet, Training

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.

## Zishaan Hayath
- Type: Angel
- Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Internet, Apps, Real Estate

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.

## Prateek Sharma
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Internet, Publishing

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).

## Neeraj Arora
- Type: Angel
- Location: Mountain View, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series B, Series A
- Focus: Apps, FinTech, Financial Services

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.

## Nikunj Jain
- Type: Angel
- Location: Delhi, Delhi, India
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence

Nikunj Jain is the Founder of Listed. He previously worked at Nash Ventures as a CEO and Co-founder. Nikunj Jain attended the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi.

## Syed Firdous Hussain
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Internet, Marketing, Publishing

"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

## Abhijit Kane
- Type: Angel
- Location: Delhi, Delhi, India
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel
- Focus: Internet, Publishing

Abhijit Kane is the Co-Founder at Postman.

## Anupam Mittal
- Type: Angel
- Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: E-Commerce, Food and Beverage, Internet

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.

## Bhuvan Gupta
- Type: Angel
- Location: Gurgaon, Haryana, India
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Information Technology, B2B, Legal

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.

## Rahul Maroli
- Type: Angel
- Location: Delhi, Delhi, India
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Education, Food and Beverage, News

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.

## Piyush Goel
- Type: Angel
- Location: Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Apps, News, Music

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.

## Dr Ritesh Malik
- Type: Angel
- Location: Delhi, Delhi, India
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce

Doctor turned Entrepreneur, Investor, Speaker & Philanthropist.

## Sachin Bhatia
- Type: Angel
- Location: Delhi, Delhi, India
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Travel, Tourism, E-Commerce

Sachin Bhatia - CEO & Co-founder @ Bulbulshop

## Romi Mahajan
- Type: Angel
- Location: Bellevue, Washington, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Advertising Platforms, Travel, Tourism

Romi has had quite a successful career in various executive positions and brings a wealth of experience to TimeXtender, including his active role as a senior advisor and director on more than 10 corporate boards. He has written two books, which have been published, hundreds of articles in various trade and business magazines, and obtained hisSeries 7 and Series 63 licenses while being a full-time stockbroker.“I was drawn to TimeXtender for many reasons,” added Mahajan. “The company is headed by an amazing CEO. The market domains that the company is in, data warehouse automation and corporate performance management, are burgeoning fields. And the organization operates with clear ambition, an incredible product set, and a great staff top to bottom.“I feel as though I have a global DNA and an eclectic outlook for working with people and companies in international markets.  I’ve lived and have run businesses in India and have extensive experience in Europe. Having this background will definitely help as we look to move TimeXtender to the next level.”Romi received his Bachelor of Arts Degree from the University of California, Berkeley.

## Ajeet Khurana
- Type: Angel
- Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Focus: Blockchain, Internet, E-Commerce

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.

## Brennan Loh
- Type: Angel
- Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Angel
- Focus: Apps, SaaS, Retail

Brennan Loh is the Director of Brand at Shopify

## Neeraj Gupta
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco Bay Area, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Big Data

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.

## Dhruvil Sanghvi
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Information Technology, SaaS, Software

Dhruvil is the founder of LogiNext. As the founder of LogiNext, I have been leading a global SaaS company that provides logistics and supply chain technology platform to enterprises across various industries. Since 2015, we have grown to serve over 200 large clients live in 50 countries, being supported by our offices in the US, India, UAE, andMalaysia. We have also raised over $50 million in funding from marquee investors, and have been recognized by Forbes, Entrepreneur, and Deloitte as one of the fastest-growing and most innovative companies in our domain.My passion for entrepreneurship, technology, and social impact drives me to create products that solve real-world problems and create value for our customers and stakeholders. I have also been actively involved in the start-up ecosystem as a CEO, early-stage angel investor, mentor and co-founder of various initiatives that support and empower aspiring entrepreneurs, especially in US, UAE and India. I have invested in over 50 start-ups across sectors such as SaaS, fintech, edtech, healthtech, e-commerce, and media, and have mentored hundreds of founders and management teams through various platforms and programs.

## Anand Chandrasekaran
- Type: Angel
- Location: Gurgaon, Haryana, India
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, SaaS, E-Commerce

Anand Chandrasekaran is based out of San Francisco, California and is the President of Crescendo. Anand previously worked at General Catalyst as Partner and Venture Advisor. Anand Chandrasekaran attended the Stanford University and PSG College of Technology, India. Anand Chandrasekaran has been awarded Young Global Leader by the World EconomicForum and was recognized as the #1 seed investor focused on the India – U.S. corridor by the HURUN India Report in their career.

## Apurva Chamaria
- Type: Angel
- Location: Delhi, Delhi, India
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: News, E-Commerce, Food and Beverage

Apurva Chamaria is based out of Haryana, Haryana, and is the Chief Business Officer of Nucleus Software. Apurva previously worked at Google as a Global Head of Venture Capital & Startup Partnerships. Nucleus Software attended the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi. Apurva Chamaria has been certified as a Innovation of Products and Services:MIT's Approach to Design Thinking.

## Sandeep Agarwal
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: News, Sports, Internet

Sandeep Agarwal

## Abhay Raj Solanki
- Type: Angel
- Location: Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: Publishing

Abhay Raj Solanki, a 16-year-old who founded The Suman Publication, an organization that publishes, prints, and distributes books globally.

## Harsh Mani Tripathi
- Type: Angel
- Location: Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel, Seed
- Focus: News, Sports, Fitness

Harsh Mani Tripathi is the chief product and strategy officer at Vatsana Technologies.

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