# Top 50 Recruiting Angel Investors in India in June 2026

## Samir Khosla
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: B2B, PaaS, SaaS

Samir is an entrepreneur who has built and led five successful ventures across four continents over the last two decades. While his entrepreneurial journey started in software technology, his follow-on ventures spanned multiple industries including construction, oil & gas, and human resources. While he has studied engineering, management, andfinance, he is a technologist at heart. Samir serves as a board member on select TNF investee companies.

## Francisco Arcilla
- Type: Angel
- Location: Geneva, Geneve, Switzerland
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, B2B, PaaS

Francisco is a finance and investment professional with over 25 years' experience, who brings deep knowledge of capital markets and alternative investments to TNF.
Francisco has led teams of investors and advisors across multiple locations, most recently as a management board member for a leading global Asset Management firm.

## Phanindra Sama
- Type: Angel
- Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
- Relevant deals: 2
- 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.

## Bhupen Shah
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco Bay Area, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Angel, Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Big Data, Recruiting

Bhupen Shah holds a Masters of Science degree in Computer Science and Electrical Engineering from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. He brings with him a great deal of expertise and experience.Bhupen Shah has over twenty-five years of experience in technology development, product development and engineering management in embedded digitalmedia and communication solutions at Sling Media, Emuzed, Dazzle, RealChip, Philips Semiconductors, IBM and other such heavyweights. Bhupen successfully built cost-effective India-based development organizations. He co-founded Sling Media, and as COO & VP Engineering, was instrumental in bringing award winning Slingbox products into the retail market. Sling Media was acquired by Echostar in 2007 and Bhupen currently plays the role of CTO at the same. Prior to Sling Media, Bhupen co-founded Emuzed, Inc., initially serving as COO and EVP of Engineering. His team delivered PC and embedded digital media products to worldwide tier-1 OEMs. Emuzed was then acquired by Flextronics. Bhupen was also a key contributor and VP of Software at Dazzle, the first company to deliver video capture devices to the consumer market. Dazzle was acquired by SCM Microsystems.

## Anand Chandrasekaran
- Type: Angel
- Location: Gurgaon, Haryana, India
- Relevant deals: 2
- 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.

## Monish Darda
- Type: Angel
- Location: Pune, Maharashtra, India
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, B2B

Monish has more than 20 years of experience in application and systems software development and the architecting of enterprise distributed systems.Monish is the CTO of Icertis Inc. A leading provider of enterprise solutions in the Microsoft Cloud.

## Pallav Nadhani
- Type: Angel
- Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: SaaS, Software, Internet

Pallav Nadhani is the Managing Partner at Seeders Venture Capital.

## Aneesh Reddy
- Type: Angel
- Location: Bangalore, Karnataka, India
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A
- Focus: Information Technology, E-Commerce, SaaS

Aneesh Reddy is based out of Bengaluru, Karnataka and is the Founder & CEO of Capillary Technologies.Aneesh Reddy attended Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur

## Satya D Sinha
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: SaaS, Delivery, Software

Satya D Sinha

## Atul Singh
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Big Data, Software, Analytics

Atul Singh is Group President, Asia  Pacific, The Coca-Cola Company,  with oversight over the operations of 5 Business units: Greater China and Korea BU (GC&K), India & Southwest Asia (INSWA) and Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), Japan & South Pacific.  He supervises operations in 36 markets, which include China, Korea,Taiwan, Mongolia, Hong Kong, Macau, India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal and Maldives, Indonesia, Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam, Singapore, Japan, American Samoa, Australia, Fiji, French Polynesia, Nauru, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Northern Mariana Islands, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga & Vanuatu.Atul joined The Coca-Cola Company in 1998 as Vice President, Operations of Coca-Cola, India Division. He led the Franchise Operations and Key Accounts group of the India Division from 1998 to 2001. He then moved to China and served as the President of the East, Central and South China Division. Under his leadership, mainland China operations were among the fastest growing Coca-Cola businesses. In September, 2005, Atul took over as the President of Coca-Cola India and South West Asia Business Unit. Under his stewardship, Coca-Cola’s business in India made strides in all facets of its operations, emerging amongst top 7 businesses in the Coca-Cola System Worldwide and delivering 32 consecutive quarters of growth.Prior to joining Coca-Cola, Atul worked with The Colgate Palmolive Company for 10 years and held several key positions including Country General Manager, Nigeria (1995-1998), Finance Director and then Country General Manager, Romania (1992-1995) and Finance Manager, Body Care Division, USA (1990-1992).  Before joining Colgate, Atul worked as an Auditor with Price Waterhouse in New York.Atul is an independent Director on the Board of Compass Ltd (BATA international Board) and was also independent Director on the Board of Bata India Ltd for 3 years.   He has been past Chairman of AMCHAM India on two occasions. In the last 8 years, Atul has chaired several committees on Environment, Water, Sports, Rural Development & CSR in India’s  apex chambers of commerce,   Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI),   and Confederation of Indian Industry (CII). Atul is a member of the Advisory Board of AIESEC in India, the world’s largest student organization and a member of the Young Presidents’ Organization, a global body dedicated to creating ‘Better Leaders through Education and Idea Exchange’. He is also on the advisory board of Catalyst in India, a leading global non-profit membership organization founded in 1962, focused on expanding opportunities for women and business.Atul is an alumnus of the prestigious St. Xavier’s College of Kolkata, India from where he majored in Commerce (Honors). Atul holds an MBA degree from Texas Christian University, USA. He has lived and worked in the four continents of Asia, Africa, Europe and North America.

## Archana Kumari
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Catering, Recruiting, Food Delivery

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## Nihal Mehta
- Type: Angel
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Mobile, SaaS

Nihal Mehta is a Co-Founder at Eniac Ventures. He was an Angel Investor at Uber. He attended the University of Pennsylvania.

## Rajan Anandan
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A
- Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Artificial Intelligence

As part of the leadership team at Sequoia Capital India, Rajan is focusing on developing its early-stage program Surge, into the world's top scale-up program for startups by acting as an investment advisor and mentor to the programme's founders. Surge aims to engineer rapid early progress for startups, by enabling disproportionateaccess to capital, talent, network and decades of company-building knowledge. Rajan's deep understanding of technology, operating expertise and a track record of growing tech businesses across the region will help Surge's founders scale and build the businesses of tomorrow.Prior to Sequoia, as Head of Google India and Southeast Asia, Rajan played a key role in expanding the regions internet ecosystem while accelerating Google's innovation and growth units. He is also a prolific angel investor who has backed a large number of successful startups at very early stages. Rajan also led Microsoft and Dell in India and was earlier a Partner at McKinsey & Company in Chicago.

## Niraj Bajaj
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: E-Learning, Recruiting, Communities

Niraj Bajaj’s career spans more than 35 years. Born on 10 October 1954, he did his B.Com., from Sydenham College of Commerce & Economics, Mumbai. He acquired his Masters in Business Administration from Harvard Business School, Boston, U.S.A.Niraj Bajaj is one of the Promoter - Directors of the Bajaj Group. The Bajaj Group has about 50,000employees and the market capitalization of the Group is appx 3,25,000 crores.Niraj Bajaj is on the Board of Directors of Bajaj Auto Ltd., Bajaj Allianz Life and General Insurance Co Ltd., and is Chairman of Bachhraj & Company, Jamnalal Sons and various other Bajaj Group Companies. He is also Chairman & Managing Director of Mukand Limited.Niraj Bajaj was the President of the Indian Merchants’ Chamber, ten years back when it was celebrating its Centenary Year. He was also President of the Alloy Steel Producer’s Association and Indian Stainless Steel Development Association.He represented India in table tennis for 7 years between 1970-77, of which last 4 years was as the Captain. He has been three-times All-India Table Tennis Champion and ranked India No.1, four times. He is the Recipient of: Arjuna Award, India’s highest Sport’s honour, Shiv Chhatrapati Award, Maharashtra’s highest Sport’s honour and Awarded the Maharashtra Gaurav Puraskar.

## Shuchi Kothari
- Type: Angel
- Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Internet, FinTech, Education

Shuchi Kothari is a director at Health & Glow and DSP Group Family Officer.

## Ranjan Pai
- Type: Angel
- Location: Bangalore, Karnataka, India
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Internet, Financial Services, Mobile Apps

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

## Sharad Sharma
- Type: Angel
- Location: Bangalore, Karnataka, India
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: FinTech, Finance, Artificial Intelligence

Sharad Sharma is the Co-Founder of the iSPIRT Foundation. He attended Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University.

## Pramit Jhaveri
- Type: Angel
- Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: E-Learning, Recruiting, Communities

Pramit Jhaveri is the CEO of Citi India, responsible for all of Citi's businesses in the country. Citi India offers consumers including Non Resident Indians, corporates and financial institutions, a comprehensive range of financial products and services. These include retail banking, mortgage finance, credit cards, personal loans, corporateand investment banking, foreign exchange, securities brokerage, transaction services and wealth management. The employer of choice for more than 11,300 professionals, Citi India operates 44 retail branches in 28 cities and serves more than 2.3 million customers ranging from India's top corporate houses, multinationals operating in India, SME's, self-employed entrepreneurs, households and individuals. Citi India has leading market shares in a number of areas in India's banking industry, including credit cards, distribution of mutual funds, e-commerce banking, investment banking and foreign exchange.Under Pramit's leadership, Citi India has won a number of awards. Among the awards received in 2014 are Best Bank, Best Foreign Investment Bank and Best Equity House from The Asset, Best Bank and Best Investment Bank from Euromoney, Best Foreign Investment Bank and Best Foreign Commercial Bank from Finance Asia, Best Consumer Internet Bank from Global Finance, Best Sub-Custodian Services from Global Custodian, Best Retail Bank Brand Initiative from The Asian Banker.Pramit joined Citi India in 1987 and his 27 years of banking experience spans across multiple areas of the industry. Prior to becoming CEO in 2010, Pramit was Head of Global Banking and Vice Chairman of Asia Investment Banking, responsible for Citi's Global Banking business in India. He successfully set up and built Citi's Investment Banking business in India, and took Citi to its current leadership position, having led numerous landmark global M&A, equity and fixed income transactions. Pramit is a member of Citi's Asia Pacific Executive Committee.Pramit is on the Managing Committee of the Indian Banks Association and a Director on the Board of the Pratham Education Foundation. He is also on the IndiaBuilds Advisory Committee of Habitat for Humanity, the India Advisory Council of American India Foundation, the Advisory Board of Catalyst India and the Board of Trustees of India Foundation for the Arts.Pramit holds a Bachelor of Commerce from Sydenham College, Mumbai, and an MBA in Finance and Economics from the Simon School of Business, University of Rochester, USA.

## Justin Caldbeck
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: E-Commerce, Mobile, Transportation

Justin Caldbeck is a Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Binary Capital since July 2014. In June 2017, Justin announced an indefinite leave of absence from Binary Capital.Previously, Justin was a Managing Director at Lightspeed Venture Partners from January 2011 to June 2014. Justin invested primarily in the Internet and mobile sectors with afocus on social media, e-commerce and enterprise software. Justin’s past investments include Bloomreach, GrubHub, PetFlow and TaskRabbit. Justin has also been a Board Member or Board Observer for numerous successful companies including TheFind, INRIX, Adready, Magazine Radar, Oyster.com and DNA Games. Before joining Lightspeed, Justin was a Partner at Bain Capital Ventures and was responsible for launching the firm’s West Coast office. Justin was both a Member of the Board of Directors and Board Observer for a wide variety of consumer internet, enterprise software, and business services companies, including BloomReach, TheFind, Adready, INRIX, DNA Games, Oyster.com, and Magazine Radar. Before Bain Capital Ventures, Justin was at McKinsey and Co. where he served consumer and media companies in a wide range of capacities. Justin holds a B.A. in Economics from Duke University and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

## Nandan Reddy
- Type: Angel
- Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed
- Focus: Health Care, Fitness, Software

Nandan Reddy MSc Physics (Hons.) from BITS Pilani with a penchant for great food and operational efficiency.

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

Sriharsha Majety is the Co-Founder and CEO at Swiggy. He is a former Co-Founder of Bundl and Associate at Nomura International.

Mr. Majety graduated received a B.E. in Electrical and Electronics and an M.Sc. in Physics at Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani.

## Arun Duggal
- Type: Angel
- Location: New Delhi, Delhi, India
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: Recruiting, Human Resources

Arun Duggal (68), joined the ITC Board as an Independent Director on September 15, 2014.Duggal, a Mechanical Engineer from the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, and an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Ahmedabad, is an international banker with global experience in financial strategy, M&A and capital raising. Hisprofessional career includes 26 years with Bank of America (BoA), primarily in the USA, Hong Kong and Japan, with his last assignment as Chief Executive with BoA, India, from 1998 to 2001. He was the Chief Financial Officer of HCL Technologies Limited, India, from 2001 to 2003. He has also been the Chairman of the American Chamber of Commerce, India, and on the Board of Governors of the National Institute of Bank Management. Duggal is presently Chairman of FICCI's Centre for Corporate Governance, a visiting faculty at IIM, Ahmedabad, and a Senior Advisor, Asia Pacific for Transparency International, Berlin. He is involved in several initiatives in social and educational sectors.Duggal is the Chairman of ICRA Limited and International Asset & Reconstruction Company. He is also Director on the Boards of Dish TV India Limited, Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Limited and Sanlam Limited, South Africa, among others.

## Prahlad Rao
- Type: Angel
- Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel
- Focus: Internet, Recruiting, Social Recruiting

Prahlad Rao is a Founder Director at Thomas Assessments Pvt Ltd. He attended the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore.

## Atul Kumar
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Recruiting, Enterprise Software

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## Mohit Saxena
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Apps, E-Learning

Mohit Saxena is the Founder and Group CTO at InMobi Group. He oversees all CTO's leading the tech at various InMobi Group Companies.Prior to InMobi InMobi, Mohit managed technology operations at Virgin Mobile, designing and deploying their post-paid billing system and their pre-paid revenue recognition system. Mohit earlier worked at AT&Tand has contributed to many patents filed in the telecommunications area.Fascinated by small ideas that turned into global powerhouses, and innovation, simplicity, and the potential of technology have always been his passions. InMobi is a both a passion and a dream come true for him.Mohit has a bachelor’s degree in Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee.Mohit’s passion for technology doesn’t stop at work and is always on the look-out for ways that he can use it to make his life easier.

## Krishna Mehra
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Analytics, Software

Krishna Mehra Is the AI Partner of Elevation Capital. Krishna Mehra attended the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur.

## Sujal Shah
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Apps, Recruiting, Human Resources

Sujal Shah is the former CEO and co-founder of Freecultr.

## Shailesh Vickarm Singh
- Type: Angel
- Location: New Delhi, Delhi, India
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Travel, Tourism, Recruiting

Shailesh Vickram Singh has over 15 years of experience in investing in private equity / venture capital investing, and in business operations and entrepreneurship.Shailesh brings a strong entrepreneurial and operations perspective to investments having co-founded one startup in community space in early 2000 from where the team made asuccessful exit in 2003 and helped create another startup in agricultural commodities spaces which was acquired by a media conglomerate in 2005.He has worked with 2i Capital ( A mid market Private Equity Growth Fund), Unit Trust of India ( the largest investment manager in India) and Gujarat Venture Finance Limited ( investors include CDC and World Bank) and was involved with investments in logistics, technology, telecommunications, media, and internet companies. Prior to his MBA, Shailesh had worked for four years in manufacturing (Heavy Engineering and Machining) with Tata Motors and ATV.Shailesh is a B.Tech in Production Engineering from G.B. Pant University, Nainital, and holds an MBA degree from Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow. He is on the advisory board of MICA’s (Mudra Institute of Communication, Ahmedabad) Com-Cubator program.

## Radhika Apte
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Apps, Recruiting, Human Resources

Radhika Apte is an Actor.

## Mohit Saytanand
- Type: Angel
- Location: Delhi, Delhi, India
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Focus: Health Care, Wellness, News

Mohit Satyanand Chairman and founder at Teamwork Arts. He attended Delhi School of Economics 1975-1977.

## Derek Andersen
- Type: Angel
- Location: Palo Alto, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Apps, SaaS, Video

Derek Andersen is the founder of Startup Grind, a 50+ cities community designed to educate, inspire, and connect entrepreneurs. In 2013 Startup Grind will host 20,000 entrepreneurs at 300 events in 20 countries. After founding Vaporware Labs in 2009, he incubated many products (most of which failed spectacularly) including Startup Grind andprofessional social network Commonred. In 2012 Commonred was sold to Income.com.He is also Ex-Electronic Arts where he worked on games like Burnout, Mirror's Edge, The Sims, and Need For Speed. Having spent 8-years living outside the United States, he currently lives in Palo Alto California with his wife and two children.

## Ankur Nagpal
- Type: Angel
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, FinTech, Apps

Ankur Nagpal Founder of Fedora and Co-Founder of Vibe VC. He attended University of California, Berkeley in 2006.

## Binny Bansal
- Type: Angel
- Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Internet, E-Commerce

Binny Bansal is an Indian software engineer and Internet entrepreneur. In 2007 he co-founded the e-commerce platform Flipkart with Sachin Bansal (not related) and was serving as the Chief Operating Officer until 11 January 2016 and was promoted to Chief Executive Officer. In January 2017 he was promoted to Group CEO of Flipkart. Binny is fromChandigarh and graduated from the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi with a degree in Computer Science and Engineering.

## Jayesh Parekh
- Type: Angel
- Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel, Seed
- Focus: FinTech, Finance, Medical

Jayesh Parekh is the Founder & Managing Partner of Good Startup. He previously worked at Jungle Ventures as a Managing Partner. Jayesh Parekh attended The University of Texas at Austin.

## Girish Mathrubootham
- Type: Angel
- Location: Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Information Technology

Girish Mathrubootham is based out of Burlingame and is the Co -Founder of Hotline. Girish previously worked at Zoho Corporation as a Vice President - Product Management. Girish Mathrubootham attended University of Madras.

## Sunder Nookala
- Type: Angel
- Location: Thane, Maharashtra, India
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Analytics, Information Technology

Sunder Nookala Co-Founder & CEO at Huminos.

## Dhruv Agarwala
- Type: Angel
- Location: Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A
- Focus: Education, SaaS, EdTech

Dhruv Agarwala is the Chief Executive Officer of REA India, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of PropTiger, and a Group CEO of Makaan.

## Nirav Panchmatia
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Apps, EdTech, Education

Over the past decade I have had the opportunity to work in almost all areas of the Financial Services Sector in India starting with Financial Research, Investment Banking, Strategic M&As & Research & ending with Wealth Management & Financial Planning for HNIs in India. I have had the opportunity to work with some of the best namesin the industry like Citigroup, ICICI Bank, Quantum Group etc. Finally the ENTREPRENEURSHIP bug stuck me & hence I launched "AUM Financial Advisors", a Wealth Management & Financial Planning initiative that boasts of clientèle across the globe. I am also a Financial Trainer & a BLOGGER...Specialties: Wealth Management, Financial Planning & Mutual Funds Advisory for Global Indian Clientèle including NRIs. I am also a FINANCIAL TRAINER and regularly conduct financial training programme for various corporates, financial intermediaries like Life Insurance & Mutual Fund cos., b-schools, trade associations etc. with the objective of promoting financial literacy.

## Mrunal Jhaveri
- Type: Angel
- Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: E-Commerce, Apps, SaaS

Mrunal Jhaveri of Icebreaker Tech LLP

## Karan Garg
- Type: Angel
- Location: Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Apps, Recruiting

Karan Garg, MD, Samhit Ventures.

## Ryan Hoover
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence

Ryan Hoover is the founder of As a writer, Hoover has contributed to Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products by features for Hoover graduated from 

## Ravish Naresh
- Type: Angel
- Location: Bangalore, Karnataka, India
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Apps, Internet

Ravish Naresh is a serial entrepreneur and co-founder of Housing.com and Khatabook. Prior to that, he worked as a summer intern at Deloitte.
Naresh holds a bachelor’s degree from IIT Bombay.

## Mekin Maheshwari
- Type: Angel
- Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Apps, Internet

Mekin Maheshwari - Advisor @ Mentr

## 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.

## Vikram Chachra
- Type: Angel
- Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel
- Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, B2B

Vikram Chachra is the Founding Partner at 8i Ventures.

## Brendan Rogers
- Type: Angel
- Location: Greater Los Angeles Area, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed
- Focus: Internet, SaaS, Fitness

Brendan Rogers is currently the Co-Founder of Founder 2 a.m. [Ventures] an early-stage India Fund.Previously, Brendan Co-Founded Wag! the mobile dog walking app that disrupted the global pet service space. Wag! has raised over $360 million in venture capital, most recently $300 million from Softbank's Vision Fund.Brendan is an activeadvisor and mentors many companies, accelerators, and universities in the LA/Silicon Valley/South Korea. He is a frequent contributor to Forbes, a speaker at national conferences, and has appeared on some of the top podcasts in the industry.Before Wag!, Brendan co-founded a social discovery service to meet new people, which grew to over 50 million users in over 10 countries and was acquired by IAC in 2014.

## Hershel Mehta
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed
- Focus: SaaS, Fitness, Internet

Hershel Mehta

## Hemant Kanakia
- Type: Angel
- Location: New Delhi, Delhi, India
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series B, Series C, Series D
- Focus: Semiconductor, Wireless, Electronics

Hemant Kanakia is a Chairman at EtaCompute. Hemant previously worked at Columbia Capital as a Partner. He attended Stanford University.Kanakia has over 20 years of experience in the communications industry as an entrepreneur, executive, and most recently as an investor in early stage startups in India. Previously, Kanakia was a General Partnerwith Columbia Capital, a well-known U.S.-based venture capital firm. Kanakia has been on the Board of Directors of Enpirion, Teranetics, WiNetworks, and Tilera. He was previously founder and CEO of Torrent Networking Technology (acquired by Ericsson) and co-founder of Photuris (acquired by Meriton) and Gemplex, Inc. (acquired by Tata Telesystems). Prior to joining Columbia Capital, Hemant served on the Board of Directors of Photuris, Viagate, Price Hawk, Gemplex, and Torrent Networking Technology. Prior to founding Torrent, Hemant worked at AT&T Bell Laboratories and Tata Consultancy Services, India. Hemant received his B.Tech. degree from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, his M.S. degree from Case Western Reserve University, and his Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University. Kanakia is a member of the board of Trustees at Case Western Reserve University. He also has been a trustee at Virginia Polytechnic, and on several other non-profit boards in past.

## Neeraj Arora
- Type: Angel
- Location: Mountain View, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series B, Angel
- 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.

## Sanjay Jesrani
- Type: Angel
- Location: Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Health Care, Medical, Delivery

Sanjay Jesrani