Top 50 Social Network Angel Investors in India in October 2024

Investor	Social Network India investments
Sujeet Kumar	3
Shrishti Sahu	3
Nimesh Kampani	2
Rohit Bansal	2
Aprameya Radhakrishna	2
Anupam Mittal	2
Hesham Zreik	2
Tej Kapoor	2
Ramakant Sharma	2
Binny Bansal	2
Jitendra Gupta	2
Roman Saini	2
Anand Chandrasekaran	2
Kunal Bahl	2
Rohit Choudhary	1
Vidit Aatrey	1
Faiz Mayalakkara	1
Lloyd Mathias	1
Sanjeev Barnwal	1
Rajan Anandan	1
Manpreet Singh	1
Harsh Shah	1
Srinivas Anumolu	1
Bashar Hamood	1
Sundi Natarajan	1
Sumit Jain	1
Deepak Kumar Tiwari	1
Deep Kalra	1
Subramanya S.V.	1
Pierre Omidyar	1
Krishna Vinjamuri	1
Sargun Gulati	1
Mohit Gulati	1
Anas Rahman Junaid	1
Shalin Shah	1
Jayan Ramankutty	1
Sambhav Mehrotra	1
Rishi Mukherjee	1
Rajan Anandan	1
Ravi Machani	1
Sridhar Subramanian	1
Vinod Jose	1
Pankaj Jain	1
Harish Bahl	1
Radhika Ghai	1
Parag Bhide	1
Richard Kim	1
Uday Sodhi	1
Dinesh Godara	1
Vijay Shekhar Sharma	1

Sujeet Kumar - Co- Founder @ Udaan

Investment focus

Internet, E-Commerce, Software
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
India, Singapore, Kenya

Portfolio highlights

Vidyut — Vidyut offers end-to-end solutions for purchase and financing to resale which provide superior economics on electric vehicles compared to petrol & diesel vehicles.
Pizza Wings — Pizza Wings is a pizza brand, known for fresh, high-quality pizzas and more, available for dine-in, takeout, or delivery.
Third Wave Coffee — Third wave coffee is a manufacturer and distributor of easy coffee bags that help to make barista-quality coffee anytime without any equipment. The third wave roasts coffees in small batches and introduce specialty cofee.

entrepreneur and investor in tech start-ups, crypto and public markets. Founded a fintech company, and was a part of the Investment Team of Lumis Partners (PeopleStrong, TalentEdge, Sheroes etc). Headed Startup Programs for Facebook for South Asia & India. Early backer of companies like Plum (health insurance for SME employees), Clickpost(logistics tech), Rupifi (credit for SMEs), WorkApps (Enterprise Collaboration), Chingari (Social Video), Kutumb (social communities for Bharat), DelightChat (customer support for D2C brands), 10Club (D2C e-commerce), UrbanYogi (mental health)

Investment focus

Internet, FinTech, Apps
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
India, Singapore, South Korea

Portfolio highlights

OnFinance AI — OnFinance.ai is committed to harnessing the power of Generative AI for the betterment of the banking, wealth management, and insurance landscapes. Every Generative AI solution they develop is anchored in safety, efficiency, and the intricate nuances of their industry.NeoGPT, their in-house LLM (Large Language Model), and their flagship offering,embodies their belief in Generative AI's potential to redefine the financial sector. They provide secure AI Copilots, powered by NeoGPT, designed for internal teams at these institutions, boosting the efficiency of research, relationship management, sales, and customer support functions.
Thermoflyde — Refractory
leap.club — we are a powerful and private network of women leaders.

Nimesh is the Founding Partner at 108 Capital, a Growth-stage venture fund partnering with founders building digital-first, scalable and sustainable businesses. Prior, Nimesh was the cofounder at trica, a full-stack technology platform for growth-stage investments and equity management. He has been an avid Investor in private markets and is alsofounding venture partner for India’s first $100Mn revenue based financing fund N+1 Capital and also advisor & Board member of Campus Fund – 1st dorm fund in India

Investment focus

Financial Services, E-Commerce, Artificial Intelligence
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
India, United States, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

Seekho — Seekho is a membership-based career accelerator platform. Start your 30-day trial and get unlimited access to Live Workshops, Courses, Certifications, Community to build your career in Product Management, Consulting, Finance, Analytics, Digital Marketing.
Koinbasket — KoinBasket lets you invest in diversified cryptocurrency portfolios and indexes with Bitcoin, Ethereum, Altcoins and DeFi tokens on Binance, Coinbase and Huobi.
Intents Mobi — Mobile analytics, Logistics, Transportation, Fleet Management, Data Analytics

Rohit Bansal - Co-Founder @ Snapdeal

Investment focus

Internet, Software, E-Commerce
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
India, United States, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

TyrePlex — Buy car and bike tyres. Best tyre price, features, reviews. Find right tyre size and tyre dealer details
Bluelearn — Find co-founders & teammates, apply to gigs, learn new skills, and meet passionate people.
Stable Money — Steady returns, untapped opportunities, and excellent long-term performance to aid your journey of wealth creation!

Aprameya loves singing romantic songs and is the quintessential dreamer who doesn’t fear to experiment. He used to be the Head of Business Development for PDS at Jones Lang LaSalle India where he spent almost 3 years post his graduation from IIM Ahmedabad. He has worked at Infosys and has an Electronics engineering degree from NITK Surthkal andif all this has made you think he’s a geek, ask his close friends and they would say otherwise!

Investment focus

Internet, Software, Apps
Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
India, Croatia, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

GoodGudi — GoodGudi is a Lifestyle retail shopping destination. Our Stores sell Travel Accessories, Fashion Accessories, Home Improvement products, Toys and Cosmetics
Basil — Lunch has never been so fun! India's first stainless steel & leakproof bento lunch boxes and insulated water bottles! Designed for today's kids and the child in you!
Evolved Foods — Want create site? Find Free WordPress Themes and plugins. Did you find apk for android? You can find new Free Android Games and apps.

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.

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.

Hesham Zreik is the Founder and CEO of FasterCapital, an online accelerator and incubator. He has co-founded over 100 startups as a technical co-founder and invested in them as an angel investor. Under his leadership, FasterCapital has expanded its network to include over 1,000 regional partners, 1,000 mentors, and 200 partnerships with incubators,accelerators, and venture funds. The organization has helped over 300 startups raise more than $1 billion.Zreik began programming in 1989 with Basic, transitioning to QBasic in 1992. He ranked 7th in the Baccalaureate exams and earned an engineering degree at HIAST, followed by a DBA at Edinburgh Business School and a Master’s in Computer Information Science from AABFS.In 2018, Forbes ranked him #39 among the top 50 investors based on his investment activity and successful exits. He has invested in over 100 startups, co-founded more than 40, and has served as a mentor and board member for various companies. Zreik's investment interests include AI, fintech, blockchain, e-commerce, IoT, HR, and B2B startups.His portfolio includes companies such as Twitter, Zomato, and SpaceX. In 2002, he founded ZGroup Mobile, growing it to a valuation of $2.5–$3.25 million by 2005. The company was a candidate for acquisition by Incagold plc.

Investment focus

Information Technology, Software, E-Commerce
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
United States, India, Nigeria

Portfolio highlights

Tikkno — Tikkno is a dynamic and innovative company offering an extensive portfolio of 100 high-quality services across key sectors such as technology, marketing, education, training, management, and design. Our mission is to empower businesses and individuals by providing cutting-edge solutions tailored to their unique needs.In technology, Tikknodelivers comprehensive IT services that streamline operations, boost efficiency, and enhance digital transformation. From software development to cybersecurity, our solutions are built to keep businesses ahead in the rapidly evolving tech landscape.In marketing, we craft data-driven strategies designed to maximize brand visibility, engagement, and growth. Our team excels in digital marketing, SEO, social media management, and advertising, helping businesses connect with their target audiences effectively.Our education and training services focus on upskilling teams and individuals through tailored programs that combine industry-leading knowledge with practical application. We offer specialized training to ensure that clients stay competitive in today’s fast-paced environment.Management and design services from Tikkno ensure that businesses operate efficiently while presenting a strong visual identity. Our management consulting aids in optimizing workflows and strategic planning, while our design services deliver creative, visually compelling solutions that resonate with audiences.Investing in Tikkno means investing in a forward-thinking company that is dedicated to delivering measurable value, innovative solutions, and long-term growth. With a commitment to excellence and a proven track record of success, Tikkno is positioned to become a key player in driving business success across various industries.
Accel Growth — Accel Growth has created an amazing super oxygenation machine that uses a radical technique to supersaturate water with oxygen by forming new chemical interactions with the minerals in the water.
Intech Research Group — Welcome to the world of TROT FTRs. Empowering the world like never before. Opens up many new business opportunities. And opportunities for the businesses. The opportunities you can’t afford to miss. An ideal for investors. TROT FTRs enjoy huge potential to become a trillion-dollar business. Once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Robust, sustained revenuestreams. Saves on future inflation for the global households. Year after year, Plan your budget without worrying. Hedge your costs or sell the rights for a good profit. Save big on your vacation, buying a home, children's education, healthcare. And many more. Why not earn while hedging? Good returns. Anytime liquidity, High Safety. Buy, sell, redeem, gift – all from your home comfort. No brokers. FTRs sold by vetted, reputed businesses. Blockchain registered. Legally compliant. Many Govt. corporations may soon offer their FTRs. Tourism, healthcare, agriculture, real estate, education, lifestyle, and many others. Freely tradable on TROT Exchange. ideal investment for households and businesses alike. FTRs for HNIs as the Market Makers. Multiply your returns. Minimal risk. One platform to weave the world's largest and the best network of all the participants – from businesses to households to the service providers An ideal solution for businesses. Meet all your finance needs. No ownership sharing. Think big. Plus, a huge marketing boost. Market Maker support as the up-front buyers.

Tej Kapoor is the Managing Partner and Managing Director of IvyCap Ventures. He previously worked at Fosun as a Fosun Global Partner, Co- Executive President Fosun RZ Capital (India & SEA). Tej Kapoor attended The Wharton School.

Investment focus

Supply Chain Management, Logistics, E-Commerce Platforms
Series A, Seed, Angel
India

Portfolio highlights

ByteLearn — ByteLearn is an AI-powered assistant for math teachers and students in managing curriculum. ByteLearn offers personalized, one on one attention by leveraging artificial intelligence technology and guides students when they get stuck on math problems, enabling them to connect with teachers, and grasp concepts better.
Supertails — Shop for pet food, accessories, grooming essentials and more. Book online vet consultation and online training for your pets. Shop for all your pet needs at supertails.com
Glamyo Health — Glamyo health is multi-speciality healthcare solution delivering Hassle free experience for all elective surgeries and cosmetic procedures with personalized care.

Ramakant plays a central role in driving all technological innovations that form the backbone of Livspace while also leading our operations team. Before founding Livspace, Ramakant was a core team member and Vice President of Engineering at Myntra, a leading fashion eCommerce startup in India (acquired by Flipkart). Ramakant, graduated from IITKanpur, and holds an MBA from Indian School of Business, Hyderabad.

Investment focus

Financial Services, Internet, E-Commerce
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
India, United States, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

Juleo — Juleo is a good model of a respectful and high-achieving society. They are a caring meritocracy, or sports team with a heart, where success is determined by teamwork and results.
Jugyah — Jugyah is a technology company transforming how the next billion urban Indians rent their homes.Our pioneering, fin-tech powered business model is radically changing the long term home rental market.We believe there is a better place (”jugyah”) out there for both renters and property owners where they feel like they belong. Our goal is to takethem there.Backed by the largest real estate developers in the country and some of the top tier angels and VCs, we are currently in beta.
Truva — Truva is a proptech company that specializes in home buying and selling. We have deep expertise in Powai and provide an unparallel customer experience when it comes to buying apartments that are up for resale. We have multiple properties in Hiranandani, Lake Homes, Nahar and Raheja Vihar

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.

Investment focus

Software, Internet, E-Commerce
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
India, United States, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

OppDoor — Launch your Amazon Brand into Thriving International Markets. OppDoor is a Growth Partner for Amazon Brands.
Leela Life — Timeless Indian wellbeing secrets for peaceful and joyful living
Alltius — Alltius is an AI-driven platform for conversational assistance in software products primarily to help and guide users in their product journeys.

Jitendra Gupta is the Founder of Jupiter.

Investment focus

Financial Services, FinTech, Payments
Seed, Series A, Angel
India, Singapore, United States

Portfolio highlights

SiPay — Sipay is a next-generation financial technology company offering a comprehensive all-in-one financial services platform. It enables B2B, B2C, and Sipay as a Service (Embedded Finance) customers to address all their banking and financial needs without requiring any other partners.
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!
CoinCRED Global — CoinCRED is a crypto exchange platform which has hundreds plus cryptocurrencies where traders can easily sell, buy, deposit and withdraw cryptocurrencies. It is a platform which gives more priority to safe and secure transactions with privacy. CoinCRED has been here for years for its known features like high speed low transaction fees P2P KYC24/7 customer support with such features, it is also known as a crypto investment platform where users can easily trade and earn profits through their user-friendly interface. From beginners to experienced, any investor or trader can begin their crypto journey with the most trusted platform, CoinCRED.

Roman Saini is Co Founder at Unacademy.

Investment focus

Internet, Health Care, Apps
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
India, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

Turnip — Empowering online communities to run, discover and join interactive experiences.
Up — Up was founded by IIT Bombay alumni, Mahek Mody, ex-Chief of Staff at Ather Energy and Mohit Sharma, ex-head of engineering at Chaayos. React is at the forefront of transforming modern Indian households. As India’s first D2C, smart home appliance brand, their maiden product the R1 has been designed to change the way we cook and expand ourrepertoire of food. The smart cooking appliance offers 10 inbuilt functions - chop, stir, sauté, whisk, blend, boil, steam, cook, knead & self-clean, along with an integrated smart weighing scale. The onboard 8” touchscreen offers consumers a guided cooking experience, with access to hundreds of recipes from across the world. React’s CookClub.ai will also allow users tocreate and share their own recipes and give them access to thousands more as they are built. React will begin deliveries of the R1 in June, 2022.
Meme Chat Private Limited — Make memes, trends and money. All under one hood.

Anand Chandrasekaran is a Partner at General Catalyst. He previously worked at Facebook and attended Stanford University.

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

Kunal is a technology entrepreneur and investor.

Investment focus

Internet, E-Commerce, Software
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
India, United States, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

Bluelearn — Find co-founders & teammates, apply to gigs, learn new skills, and meet passionate people.
Legistify — Discover unparalleled legal management with our AI-powered platform, all-in-one solution for enterprise-level matter management, IPR, notices, and contracts
Stable Money — Steady returns, untapped opportunities, and excellent long-term performance to aid your journey of wealth creation!

Rohit Choudhary

Investment focus

Internet, Social Network
Angel
India

Portfolio highlights

Parentlane — Parentlane App has been awesomely designed to easily capture, share & store every moment of your favorite child's development in a dedicated album through photos or notes and engage with a trusted community of friends, family or experts in all stages of the child's development timeline. It not only allows every member of the communityto create or endorse posts, tips on parenting, baby care & overall child development, but also enables you to recommend variety of food recipes and activities that works best for children directly on the app as well. First of it's kind in India, Parentlane's mission is to deeply learn every unique child by applying Data Science & Machine Intelligence and deliver personalized, timely assistance to new age parents resulting in a future of healthy, smart and happy kids! Parentlane is Incubated at Accel Partners Startup Pad, Bangalore and have raised Angel round of funding from Prominent Entrepreneurs

Vidit Aatrey is Founder and CEO at Meesho. He previously worked at InMobi as a Strategy. Vidit Aatrey attended the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi.

Investment focus

Internet, Education, E-Commerce
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
India, Kenya, Sweden

Portfolio highlights

Pep — Learn live & buy digital products with lifetime recording at affordable price
infinyte.club — A New World Of Wealth. Where access to new-age wealth-creation opportunities is not just for the ultra-wealthy
Teleport — Planning a trip? Say goodbye to visa hassles with Teleport! We've made applying for visas online super easy. Explore our site now to get started now!

Faiz Mayalakkara Director Investments, Emirates Investment Authority.

Investment focus

FinTech, Financial Services, B2B
Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
India, Panama, United States

Portfolio highlights

BharatX — BharatX is a Fin-Tech startup that enables any Consumer-facing app/website in India to offer Credit to their users by integrating its APIs. It can enable white-leballed journeys like of "Buy Now, Pay Later","Credit Line", "Try and Buy", "Pay in 3", "Postpaid", etc.
Fello — Fello is a savings and investment platform that helps to save, invest and earn higher returns than a traditional savings account.
Log 9 Materials — The spirit of innovation remains the cornerstone of every mission here at Log9. We have failed numerous times in this mission of ours, only to learn from them

Lloyd Mathias

Investment focus

Apps, Travel, Internet
Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel
India

Portfolio highlights

Com Olho — Technology solutions for building scalable Artificial Intelligence solutions. Startup India Recognised Startup with patented technology. www.comolho.com
Travel Buddy — Plan, Find, Book & Travel across the Globe. Visit exotic locations and experience diverse cultures. Enjoy the best cuisines the world has to offer. Make memories that will last a lifetime. #NeverFeelAlone
Language Curry — Learn Indian regional languages online for free by spending 5 mins daily at Language Curry - World's popular language learning app for India Languages. Learn Hindi, Sanskrit, Gujarati, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, Marathi and Bengali.

Sanjeev Barnwal is Founder and CTO at Meesho.

Investment focus

Internet, E-Commerce, Financial Services
Seed, Series A
India, Kenya, Vietnam

Portfolio highlights

Kapu — We are an online shopping community that helps you save even more on your everyday essentials when you buy together with your friends.
Pep — Learn live & buy digital products with lifetime recording at affordable price
Bluelearn — Find co-founders & teammates, apply to gigs, learn new skills, and meet passionate people.

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.

Investment focus

Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology
Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
India, United States, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

NAYAN — NAYAN visual AI monitors and identifies real-time road events. NAYAN AI supports businesses and authorities by offering actionable insights on visual events, to make the world a safer place.
Omnify — Automate your business and simplify your life with Omnify's all-in-one online booking system that streamlines your operations through one simple dashboard.
PlusPin Healthcare — Let us provide you with high-quality care!

Manpreet Singh is an Sikh Indian-American entrepreneur, philanthropist, asset manager, and one of the youngest people ever to receive the Chartered Financial Analyst designation in the United States and the world. He was named the "Most Ambitious" CFA Charterholder by the CFA Institute in 2006. He is frequently sought after as atechnology/investment expert by the media outlets, such as The Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, Bloomberg TV, Bloomberg.com, TheStreet.com, MarketWatch, and many others.

Investment focus

Video, Internet, Software
Angel, Pre-Seed
India, United States

Portfolio highlights

Incued — Incued
BolRealty.com — Short term financing makes it possible to acquire highly sought-after domains without the strain of upfront costs. Find your domain name today.

Harsh Shah co-founded Shopsense Retail Technologies Private Limited in 2012. Harsh Shah is a Co-founder of Nova Global. He is Head of Entrepreneurship Cell. Harsh Shah studied at IIT Bombay in 2010.

Investment focus

Information Technology, Health Care, Gaming
Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
India

Portfolio highlights

Podeum — Podeum helps to combine various pre- and post-game activities such as pre-match analysis, live-match commentary, online social media debates, and fantasy and prediction competitions into one platform.
Eekifoods — Eekifoods develops a unique and proprietary vegetable growing technology, which allows it to produce completely residue-free, Indian and exotic vegetables and sell them profitably at near-market prices.
Intugine Technologies — Intugine Technologies is a Bangalore based company pioneering in motion sensing and IoT technologies. On a mission to revolutionize the logistics sector in India, they aim to digitize and revamp the industry through their trailblazing technologies with dedicated team of experts.

Co-Founder of Growth Story.

Investment focus

Apps, Automotive, Food Processing
Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
India, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

ONWO — India's first digitally enabled food export platform
Podeum — Podeum helps to combine various pre- and post-game activities such as pre-match analysis, live-match commentary, online social media debates, and fantasy and prediction competitions into one platform.
Magma — India's Leading Procurrement Partner Factory service We develop Supply chain We Helped Hundrends of factories to global About Us Power & Sourcing Solutions

Bashar Hamood is a result oriented professional with versatile experience across diverse organizational domains. He is well versed in the development of marketing strategies, branding, direct marketing, new products/brands launches, analysis, reporting, and positioning.He is an entrepreneur and self-starter with expansive experience in brandawareness and development, community outreach.Bashar is a versatile business manager with proven competencies in optimizing team dynamics uniting diverse agenda to common goal and harnessing strategic and operational drivers to deliver results.He has a strong analytical mind with rigorous study for each case and the output of each variation for each parameter.Bashar loves to take risk and new challenges.

Investment focus

Information Technology, Software, Mobile Apps
Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
United States, India, United Arab Emirates

Portfolio highlights

BubbleFuse — BubbleFuse will provide a platform for users to create and share their own digital content and products.
GrowBots — GrowBots is a web-based platform that helps small and medium enterprises (SMEs).
DataVizion — DataVizion is an innovative data visualization platform that enables businesses to easily create real-time visualizations of their data.

Sundi Natarajan is the founder and CFO of Sparksoft. He previously worked at CometHR as a Board of Advisors. Sundi Natarajan attended the University of Mumbai.

Investment focus

Content, 3D Technology, Digital Media
Angel, Pre-Seed
India

Portfolio highlights

Homingos — Relive the special moments and surprise your loved ones with Flam. Why Create photos. Create Tangible Moments with FlamCard. Shop your FlamCard now!
Flam — Flam is an AI-powered mixed reality (MR) publishing platform.

Sumit Jain is an Indian software engineer and Internet entrepreneur, He started online real-estate portal commonfloor.com for property seekers in 2007. Prior to that, he used to work with Oracle. As the co-founder and CEO, Sumit is responsible for driving the strategic direction for Commonfloor.com as well as delivering on company goals Hisresult-oriented approach ensures a constant and relentless focus on end-user satisfaction. Sumit Jain finds solace in a game of billiards. The game not only relaxes him, it also helps him catch up with friends or at times, make new acquaintances.

Investment focus

Mobile Apps, Internet, Information Technology
Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
India, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

AdmitKard — Want to study abroad ? Get expert advice and information on colleges, courses, exams, admission, student visa, and application process to study overseas.
Fixcraft — Fixcraft is changing the way car owners get their car repair done. Its tech enabled startup which plans to bring "Quality Service at Fair Price" to every user. Currently, the market is ruled by Authorised workshops on one end which charge exorbitant amount in the name of brand on one end and local mechanics which is a sub-standard qualitywork at lower price.
All Is Well — All Is Well is a fitness platform powered by artificial intelligence.

Deepak Kumar Tiwari is an Engineer who has done Engineering from VTU Bangalore. He has finished his Engineering and started Selfieera. Professionally, He is an Android developer and having a good command over HTML, CSS and designing. He has invested Selfieera by himself and designed sans serifs "Bangalore Font" with his Selfieera Team.Selfieera is India's No.1 Social Networking and Most Innovative platform now where having around 200k+ users. Selfieera App has built by his team under his leadership where Selfieera claims that all coding API has done by Selfieera. Selfieera is using maximum technology which has built by in house team. Selfieera is famount in short videos and along with it, It provides digital Autograph and Radio features which are unique in the world and they have applied for copyright of Selfieera Digital Autograph, Radio and Selfieera Design.

Investment focus

SaaS, Content, Broadcasting
Seed
India

Portfolio highlights

Selfieera — Selfieera is an Indian social networking platform that provides radio broadcasting in the regional language of the user’s choice. Selfieera discovers the human interest very closely with every aspect of their lifestyle, which drives them to deliver B2C Global market.

Deep is the Founder and CEO of India's leading online travel company, MakeMyTrip.com. Launched in India in 2005, MakeMyTrip offered the convenience of online transactions coupled with great value prices, thus revolutionizing the way Indians research and purchase travel services. Under his stewardship, MakeMyTrip is today the largest e-commercebusiness in the country and the largest travel company in India and listed its shares on NASDAQ in August 2010.He also serves as a Board Member of TiE (The Indus Entrepreneurs) Delhi and is an active Angel Investor in the internet space. Deep is a founding member of “I am Gurgaon” - an NGO focused on improving the quality of life in Gurgaon.Prior to his entrepreneurial venture with MakeMyTrip, Deep has had corporate stints with GE Capital, AMF Bowling Inc. and ABN AMRO Bank. Deep holds an MBA (PGDM) degree from Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad and a Bachelor's degree in Economics from St. Stephen's College, Delhi. His interests include swimming, yoga, quizzing, adventure sports and, of course, travelling.

Investment focus

Travel, Apps, SaaS
Series A, Seed, Series B
India, United States

Portfolio highlights

Scripbox — Scripbox is India's most trusted digital wealth manager, where you can achieve your goals by investing right in personalised portfolios. You can stay invested right by automating a quarterly portfolio review and exit right by optimising your tax on withdrawals.
PlanetSpark — PlanetSpark platform leverages powerful technology to provide live online classes to K8 learners on Public Speaking and Creative Writing skills. PlanetSpark is on a journey to make the traditional and unorganized tuitions obsolete through its virtual classroom
Punt Partners — Punt Partners is a company that provides marketing technology services. It provides results through the use of proprietary data, technology, and services.

Subramanya (Subu) S.V., a managing director with BVP India in Bangalore, joined the firm in 2007. He currently focuses on investments in technology and consumer businesses. Subu was closely involved with the firm’s investments in Bharat Matrimony,Snapdeal, Nephroplus, Indiaproperty.com, IL&FS Transportation Networks, Palogix Infrastructure,Anantraj Industries and Riddhi Siddhi Gluco Biols among others.Prior to joining Bessemer, Subu worked with Avendus Capital, an Indian investment bank, where he advised companies on private equity transactions and mergers and acquisitions.Previously, he was a consultant with KPMG and started his career as a programmer with Wipro Technologies.Subu holds a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science and Engineering from Mysore University and an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad. A little known fact about Subu is that he is a trained singer in Indian classical music and makes it a point not to miss his weekend classes.

Investment focus

Internet, Apps, Mobile
Seed, Angel
India

Portfolio highlights

Eximpe — EximPe digitises workflows for exporters and importers to do cross border payments, compliances and access finance
Navanc — Navanc provides complete information about the property or assets under consideration and is intended to provide real time information on the goodwill of the property.
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.

Pierre Omidyar is the Founding Partner, Co-Founder, and Chairman of Emeritus at Omidyar Network, Founder and Chairman of eBay Inc., Co-Founder and CEO at Peer News LLC, and CEO, Publisher at Honolulu Civil Beat. Pierre Omidyar attended Tufts University.

Investment focus

Internet, Education, Mobile Apps
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
United States, India, Brazil

Portfolio highlights

Healofy — Healofy was created with a mission to help you experience special motherhood through its products and its inexhaustive and evergrowing babycare tips and more.
Holberton School — Holberton School is a computer science school founded in Silicon Valley to address the gap in the education system for aspiring software engineers. More than 25+ campuses globally.
WhiteHat Jr. — WhiteHat Jr is a Live online 1:1 platform that connects kids age 5-12 to top early childhood coding teachers, all from the comfort of your home. WhiteHat Jr teaches kids the fundamentals of coding logic, structure and algorithmic thinking to help kids generate creative outcomes. Your kids use code to build their own games, animation and apps,fundamentally changing their relationship to technology from consumer to creator. WhiteHat's curriculum is designed by IIT/ IIM alum. Our mission is to empower a whole generation to become creators versus consumers of technology.WhiteHat Jr now also offers classes on Math and Music to provide even more value to their students.

Evaluate new investment opportunities for Lightbox and works with portfolio companies, supporting them on their growth path.

Investment focus

Video, FinTech, Lifestyle
Seed
India

Portfolio highlights

Trell — Create videos in your own language across Fashion, Beauty, Personal Care, Recipes, Travel, Movies & TV Reviews, Gadgets and so many more amazing lifestyle categories! Watch videos and Shop from an exclusive range of Beauty, Personal Care and wellness products.
P10 Money — Join the P10 community of stock investors to discuss stocks with your friends, discover stocks and news through the community and make better returns

Sargun Gulati

Investment focus

Content, Internet, Mobile Apps
Seed
India

Portfolio highlights

Pep — Learn live & buy digital products with lifetime recording at affordable price

Mohit Gulati is the Chief Investment Officer at ITI Growth Opportunities Fund.

Investment focus

Health Care, E-Commerce, Retail
Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
India

Portfolio highlights

Medyseva — Medyseva is a healthcare startup focusing on Telemedicine in Rural India. It seeks to become the ultimate healthcare partner of all citizens such that they can get access to high-quality healthcare services with ease and at affordable prices.
Subtl AI — Subtl AI is a cognitive AI search platform that helps businesses find information in enormous amounts of text and documents.
Tarusaworld — Tarusa integrates Indian Hand crafting techniques with luxury products. Buy Customized Cushion Covers, Table Mats, Table Runners, Clutch Bags, Ethnic Potlis...

Anas Rahman Junaid

Investment focus

Software, SaaS, Dating
Seed, Pre-Seed
India, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

ZOKO — Zoko is an all-in-one system that leverages the WhatsApp API to help you do business, on WhatsApp. Go beyond chatting - reach customers, enable product discovery, collect payments, get feedback - all on WhatsApp.
Aisle — Aisle connects the new generation of single independent Indians from around the world looking for meaningful relationships.
PointOne Capital — PointOne Capital focuses on pre-seed and seed-stage technology-enabled startups in emerging sectors. Our is to plug the early stage liquidity gap in the pre-seed market and provide active sector-specific expertise until a Series A round.

Shalin Shah is the Co-Founder and Partner of Core91 Fund. He previously worked at Precision Therapeutics as a Product Development. Shalin attended Carnegie Mellon University.

Investment focus

FinTech, Payments, Mobile Apps
Seed
India

Portfolio highlights

Nodd — Start using this domain right away. Straightforward domain shopping experience. Quick access to your domain.
HomeCapital — HomeCapital blog series and podcasts provide you with the knowledge to make smart decisions about home buying. Subscribe & stay updated.

Jayan Ramankutty

Investment focus

Content, Robotics, Advertising
Pre-Seed, Angel, Series A
India, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

Homingos — Relive the special moments and surprise your loved ones with Flam. Why Create photos. Create Tangible Moments with FlamCard. Shop your FlamCard now!
Flam — Flam is an AI-powered mixed reality (MR) publishing platform.
Graymatics — Graymatics offers CCTV based Video Analytics Solutions, transforming CCTV images and videos into granular data.

Sambhav Mehrotra

Investment focus

Content, Internet, Mobile Apps
Seed
India

Portfolio highlights

Pep — Learn live & buy digital products with lifetime recording at affordable price

Rishi Mukherjee is the Founding engineer and Principal Mobile Engineer at Sezzle.

Investment focus

Social Network
Pre-Seed
India

Portfolio highlights

Cheerio — Cheerio is a no code, extremely affordable CRM for digital entrepreneurs, MSME, e-commerce sellers and small businesses. Using Cheerio's CRM you can increase repeat purchases from your customers by upto 56%. Cheerio helps you convert your community of customers into highly engaged and loyal paying subscribers.

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.

Investment focus

Software, E-Commerce, Apps
Seed, Angel, Series A
India, United States, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

NAYAN — NAYAN visual AI monitors and identifies real-time road events. NAYAN AI supports businesses and authorities by offering actionable insights on visual events, to make the world a safer place.
Omnify — Automate your business and simplify your life with Omnify's all-in-one online booking system that streamlines your operations through one simple dashboard.
mirrAR — mirrAR your go to augmented reality company for ECommerce. Experience our platform, solutions & AR software. Transform shopping with augmented reality in E-commerce.

Ravi Machani is a third generation business owner. His experience is diverse. His current area of focus is Real Estate Development (www.machanigroup.com), Auto Components Manufacturing Industry with Stumpp, Schuele & Somappa (www.ssssprings.com) and MG Brothers Auto Dealerships (www.mgbrothers.in).With Mechanical Engineering from BangaloreUniversity and an MBA from Bradley University, USA, he has worked at Caterpillar as a Project Manager with Engine Division and at Delphi Corporation with the Global Competency Center in USA for 6 years. With plethora of rich experience from Corporate Finance, Overseas and Indian M&A, Turn Around Management, Operations and Strategy, He now leads the family business at helm of affairs in several business verticals. He is active in the auto industry association as the National Coordinator of Young Business Leader’s Forum (www.acmayblf.com), which is an national association of about 160 business owners less than 40 years of age and an Executive Committee Member of Auto Components Manufacturers Association - ACMA (www.acmainfo.com). He heads the Information Technology for Auto Industry as the Chairman Information Technology for ACMA (www.acmait.com), which comprises of over 600 companies and is an entrepreneur in software business with Sysfore Technologies (www.sysfore.com). He started a social enterprise in rural India called IndiVillage (www.indivillage.com). The Tamarind Tree (www.tamarindtree.co) is a heritage wedding venue managed by Ravi and his hospitality team.

Investment focus

Internet, Social Network
Angel
India

Portfolio highlights

Parentlane — Parentlane App has been awesomely designed to easily capture, share & store every moment of your favorite child's development in a dedicated album through photos or notes and engage with a trusted community of friends, family or experts in all stages of the child's development timeline. It not only allows every member of the communityto create or endorse posts, tips on parenting, baby care & overall child development, but also enables you to recommend variety of food recipes and activities that works best for children directly on the app as well. First of it's kind in India, Parentlane's mission is to deeply learn every unique child by applying Data Science & Machine Intelligence and deliver personalized, timely assistance to new age parents resulting in a future of healthy, smart and happy kids! Parentlane is Incubated at Accel Partners Startup Pad, Bangalore and have raised Angel round of funding from Prominent Entrepreneurs

Sridhar Subramanian

Investment focus

EdTech, Content, Internet
Seed, Series B
India

Portfolio highlights

Pep — Learn live & buy digital products with lifetime recording at affordable price
Virohan — Virohan is India's leading professional training partner of NSDC, providing paramedical diploma courses in MLT, OTT, HA, etc for 12th pass and graduates.

Vinod Jose - Founder @ Konglo Ventures

Investment focus

SaaS, Dating, Farming
Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
India

Portfolio highlights

Aisle — Aisle connects the new generation of single independent Indians from around the world looking for meaningful relationships.
Woolly — RedefiningHow you Eat.Grow.Live Naturally Why We Sow Our Seeds We live in a world where agriculture systems run on expedient,
CertifyMe — CertifyMe is one of the best digital credential platforms offering verifiable digital badges and digital certificates. Start your credentialing journey today.

Pankaj Jain is the Managing Partner at Saka Ventures. Previously, he was a Partner at 500 Startups, a California based seed fund and accelerator program. Pankaj focuses on investing in early stage startups across New York City, India, South Asia and has led investments in over fifty companies at 500 Startups across 6 countries.Pankaj spent over12 years in the Financial industry at firms such as JP Morgan, Long-Term Capital Management (LTCM) and GlobeOp Financial Services in various operational roles including enterprise mortgage risk management, application development, market data infrastructure, trade management, pricing infrastructure and customer service areas.In 2007, Pankaj’s adventures in India began, where he started a company building an on-demand, employment marketplace for the under-served. In 2008, Pankaj became a co-founder of the HeadStart Network Foundation and the led the efforts in Delhi. In late 2010, he began setting up Startup Weekend in India.

Investment focus

Analytics, SaaS, Mobile
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
United States, India, Jordan

Portfolio highlights

WhizAI — One of the augumented analytics platform used for consumers purpose. Attend a trained session on life sciences data and other patient analytics as a sole! Hurry up to take a weekly demo on the life science by the best expertise on this field.
Cypherock — Welcome to Cypherock, where we are dedicated to building the world's safest cold wallet to protect your crypto. Discover Cypherock X1 with cutting-edge technology and robust security features.
Paperstreet — Write beautiful company updates to engage your investors, advisors, and users.

Harish Bahl is a Founder and Chairman of Smile Group. He previously worked at Quasar Media Private as a Founder and CEO. Harish Bahl attended SDM College of Engineering and Technology.

Investment focus

Advertising, Internet, Apps
Seed, Funding Round, Series A
India, Hong Kong

Portfolio highlights

ProfitWheel — The consumer intelligence is at the heart of what we do. ProfitWheel provides you with 1st party insights of your best audiences to build effective, product and marketing strategies.
Punt Partners — Punt Partners is a company that provides marketing technology services. It provides results through the use of proprietary data, technology, and services.
Creative Galileo — Creative Galileo is an Edtech startup that focuses on the early learning of children, plans to use the funds for scaling, product development, and enhancement, creating new engaging content, forging partnerships with leading animation houses, and hiring talent.

Radhika Ghai Chief Business Officer ShopClues. He attended Washington University in St. Louis.

Investment focus

Shoes, Video, Retail
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
India

Portfolio highlights

UpScalio — We will partner with you to invest, grow and scale your e-commerce business to new heights. For and by Indian entrepreneurs and innovators.
Flatheads — Flatheads are the most comfortable casual sneakers for your work and beyond. These stylish shoes designed thoughtfully with innovative materials like bamboo and banana fiber for all day wear | Made in India casual shoes for women & men
The Eat Better Company — Delicious, vegan and gluten free snacks that improve your health & keep you energized all day.

Parag Bhide

Investment focus

Content, Internet, Mobile Apps
Seed
India

Portfolio highlights

Pep — Learn live & buy digital products with lifetime recording at affordable price

Richard K. Kim has been our senior vice president, clinical development and medical affairs, and chief medical officer since January 2014. He was previously our vice president of medical affairs from July 2013 to January 2014. From 2012 to 2013, Dr. Kim was vice president of clinical development and head of the multiple sclerosis therapeutic area,and from 2010 to 2012, he was senior director, clinical development at Elan Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Prior to that, from 2006 to 2010, Dr. Kim was global medical director, medical affairs at Biogen Idec Inc. From 2004 to 2006, he was medical director, clinical development for EMD Serono, Inc. Prior to that, he was associate medical director from 2002 to 2004 at Purdue Pharma L.P. Dr. Kim received a B.S. degree from University of California at Los Angeles and his M.D. from Tulane University. He completed his neurology residency training at Stanford University, and is currently a diplomat of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology.

Investment focus

Dating, Communities, Social Network
Angel
India

Portfolio highlights

Aisle — Aisle connects the new generation of single independent Indians from around the world looking for meaningful relationships.

Uday Sodhi

Investment focus

Software, SaaS, Information Technology
Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
India, United States

Portfolio highlights

pumpumpum — Pumpumpum is an asset-light fintech mobility platform. We are empowering pre-owned car users with an IoT-enabled smart car subscription model. Users can select a pre-owned car of their choice, without worrying about the price, financing, warranty, quality & depreciation of the car. We are building a risk-free & high-quality pre-owned carportfolio for our financial partners via the B2B2C approach.
ThinkMetal — ThinkMetal provides a compact metal 3D printer that prints metal parts at your desk faster than ever before.
ErlySign — ErlySign develops noninvasive home-based early detection test kits for fatal diseases like Oral cancer, Uterine cancer, Prostate cancer, Lung Cancer, Breast Cancer, Pancreatic Cancer and many more. With our next gen diagnostics solution we can identify the cancer even before a visible tumor or lesion appears.

Dinesh Godara is the Co-Founder of Stealth Startup. He is a former Founder and CEO of WiFiStudy. Dinesh Godara attended Rajasthan Technical University.

Investment focus

Finance, Internet, Social Network
Seed, Pre-Seed
India

Portfolio highlights

Kutumb — Kutumb is a private social network for communities (think Reddit for Bharat). India, especially Bharat thrives on communities. India has a vast number of communities based on culture, creed, beliefs, interests, professions, etc. For example, there are more than 20000 social groups in India, 1000s of spiritual, religious, or other non-government organisations, and 100s of unique professions. We are creating a social network for millions of members inside each of these communities.
BankSathi — Earn Money online with Banksathi. Become a financial advisor and make a regular monthly income from home by sharing demat, loans & credit card leads.

Vijay Shekhar Sharma is the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Paytm. He previously worked at India Today Group Online as a Tech head. Vijay Shekhar attended Delhi College of Engineering.

Investment focus

Internet, News, Social Media
Seed, Funding Round, Angel
India, United States, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

Vahan — Vahan's AI-Driven virtual assistant helps field sales teams and frontliners do better work at scale. A web-based dashboard allows employers to track usage data that can be used for business intelligence. Their virtual assistant is completely customizable to align with employers' support, training, communication, and reporting needs.
Vahan.ai — Vahan uses Artificial Intelligence to match job seekers with employers inside messaging apps
TechEagle Innovations — TechEagle is India's pioneer and lead manufacturer of long range, high Speed, heavy payload delivery Drone solutions. Founded in 2015 by IIT Kanpur alumni, It became one of the very first companies to receive approvals from DGCA, MoCA, AAI & MHA to conduct BVLOS trials for package delivery in India.