Top 50 Social Network Angel Investors in India in February 2025

Investor	Social Network India investments
Sujeet Kumar	3
Shrishti Sahu	3
Kunal Bahl	2
Tej Kapoor	2
Jitendra Gupta	2
Hesham Zreik	2
Roman Saini	2
Nimesh Kampani	2
Binny Bansal	2
Aprameya Radhakrishna	2
Ramakant Sharma	2
Anand Chandrasekaran	2
Anupam Mittal	2
Rohit Bansal	2
Kunal Shah	1
Raju Reddy	1
Bashar Hamood	1
Deep Kalra	1
Karan Bajwa	1
Harish Bahl	1
Rajan Anandan	1
Sundi Natarajan	1
Rajan Anandan	1
Ravindra Yadav	1
Vidit Aatrey	1
Amrish Rau	1
Faiz Mayalakkara	1
Rohit Choudhary	1
Deepak Kumar Tiwari	1
Tarun Sharma	1
Neeraj Tyagi	1
Sumit Jain	1
Mohit Gulati	1
Daman Soni	1
Nitin Gupta	1
Ravi Machani	1
Vinod Jose	1
Richard Kim	1
Mekin Maheshwari	1
Rahul Seth	1
Hitesh Gupta	1
Sargun Gulati	1
Sanjeev Barnwal	1
Krishna Vinjamuri	1
Anas Rahman Junaid	1
Shalin Shah	1
Jayan Ramankutty	1
Sambhav Mehrotra	1
Venk Krishnan	1
Farooq Adam	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 — AI Agents to simplify, streamline, and strengthen your regulatory processes. We currently support regulators like SEBI, RBI, SEC, FINRA, FCA, SAMA, MAS, AMFI.
Thermoflyde — Refractory
leap.club — we are a powerful and private network of women leaders.

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!

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

Medbikri — Medbikri provides a free pharmacy app for managing inventory and repeat orders. The company was founded in 2021 and is headquartered in Bangalore, Karnataka.
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.
Glamyo Health — Glamyo health is multi-speciality healthcare solution delivering Hassle free experience for all elective surgeries and cosmetic procedures with personalized care.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.
FirstClub — FirstClub's mission is to become a rapid commerce-first omnichannel retailer that uses offline experience stores to promote the quality of its items. FirstClub's goal is to create a platform that serves customers and offers brands a unique opportunity to connect with affluent homes.
Alltius — Alltius is an AI-driven platform for conversational assistance in software products primarily to help and guide users in their product journeys.

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 — Evolved Foods is a sustainable eatery manufacturing company that designs and delivers plant based proteins and edible nutritional products.

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, Software
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
India, United States, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

Doodhvale — Doodhvale is a brand owned by Sanjeevani Dairy Farms Private Limited (Formerly known as Sanjeevani Dairy Farms LLP). Doodhvale is recognized as a startup by Department for the promotion of industry and internal trade, Minister of Commerce & Industry, Government of India. Doodhvale allows a customer to walk away from the doodhiya’s un-reliable& poor quality milk and also from the stale and processed milk of big dairy companies.Doodhvale not only delivers the high quality of fresh & pure cow milk but their innovative technology platform i.e. mobile app welcome an easy relaxed way of pausing milk supply for the day so or change quantity of milk required at any time etc. Customers can manage the entire milk calendar just in few seconds through doodhvale.com mobile app and track its milk delivery boy.The company currently operates in Delhi & NCR and has dairy products like Cow Milk, Buffalo Milk, Cow Ghee, Buffalo Ghee, Brown Bread, Taaza Dahi, etc. More than 10000 satisfied customers in Delhi, Noida, Gurgaon, Sonipat and Ghaziabad enjoying Doodhvale’s product every day and striding towards the chemical-free life.
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
Beyond Appliances — Beyond Appliances want to create appliances that not only make your culinary adventures more accessible but also elevate your kitchen environment to a place where you will truly enjoy being.

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

Investment focus

Software, E-Commerce, SaaS
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

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
Dorje Teas — Dorje Teas sells only whole leaf Darjeeling Tea which has been plucked, packed and dispatched directly from certified Organic Selim Hill Tea Estate. We prepare the tea in small batches. It is our effort to revive and consolidate the beauty and romance of Darjeeling.
Gabru Di Chaap — Gabru Di Chaap offers premium soya chaap brand.

Rohit Bansal - Co-Founder @ Snapdeal

Investment focus

Software, Internet, E-Commerce
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.
Stable Money — Steady returns, untapped opportunities, and excellent long-term performance to aid your journey of wealth creation!
Equal Identity — Equal Identity operates as an ID-sharing platform.

Kunal Shah

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

BiteSpeed — Drive 10% of your Shopify store's revenue from WhatsApp & FB Messenger. Recover abandoned carts, send promotional & shipping messages. Trusted by 1500+ brands!
FirstClub — FirstClub's mission is to become a rapid commerce-first omnichannel retailer that uses offline experience stores to promote the quality of its items. FirstClub's goal is to create a platform that serves customers and offers brands a unique opportunity to connect with affluent homes.
Presentation AI — Presentation AI provides photos, icons, charts, and more. everything design maker personal source to make all animation-like documents create stunning, on-point presentations within minutes our technology ensures that every single slide design is in coherence with the input text automagically is rendered device, instantly, more importantly, you getto share the presentation in the form of a simple link.

Flam is a Board Member of Flam. He attended the Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Big Data
Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
India, United States

Portfolio highlights

Budy — Budy is your AI Powered Sidekick for SaaS Professional Services
Homingos — Relive the special moments and surprise your loved ones with Flam. Why Create photos. Create Tangible Moments with FlamCard. Shop your FlamCard now!
Locus.sh — Locus is an intelligent logistics automation and decision-making platform that comes with in-built route planning and vehicle allocation engine which improves consistency and efficiency of operations.The platform helps companies and enterprises in e-commerce, food delivery, FMCG, and other verticals to automate and optimize their logistics. Theproduct suite comprises a route deviation engine, order dispatch automation, a field user app, route optimizations, scheduling, tracking for end-customer, and predictive analytics. Offering the entire technology stack, in the form of a platform as a service.

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.

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.

Karan Bajwa - Vice President, Asia Pacific, Google Cloud @ Google

Investment focus

Video, Social Network, Customer Service
Angel, Series A
India

Portfolio highlights

MitronTV — MitronTV is a free Short Video and Social Platform. It is designed for people to showcase their innovative videos inline with our theme of light humor.
FindYahan — Own this domain today. We make your shopping experience easy. Friendly and quick customer service.

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.

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!

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.

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, Artificial Intelligence
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.

Ravindra Yadav

Investment focus

Content, Internet, Mobile Apps
Seed
India

Portfolio highlights

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

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

Snabbit — Snabbit is a platform that connects people who want to help with housework. Snabbit provides an application for finding information on professionals in household duties, allowing users to acquire rapid and dependable domestic assistance in just a few minutes.
Bluelearn — Find co-founders & teammates, apply to gigs, learn new skills, and meet passionate people.
infinyte.club — The ultimate wealth product for intelligent investors: track your net worth, manage public and private market investments & grow wealth across traditional & new-age assets.

Amrish Rau is the CEO of Pine Labs.

Investment focus

Financial Services, FinTech, Payments
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
India, Singapore, Indonesia

Portfolio highlights

KUmar Pradeep — Cart Abandonment Rate is the percentage (%) of online visitors who add items to their shopping cart but then abandon it without making a purchase. It shows the rate at which your potential customers are leaving without buying.
OTPless — Experience the future of user authentication with OTPLESS. Our one-tap sign-in solution eliminates the need for passwords and OTPs, offering a secure, convenient, and user-friendly alternative.
CoinCRED — CoinCRED allows users to buy, sell, and trade cryptocurrencies.

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

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

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.

Tarun joined NEA's India office in 2009 and is a Director of New Enterprise Associates (India) Pvt. Ltd. (NEA India) based in Mumbai. Tarun brings more than twelve years of experience in various roles in private equity investing and equity research. He serves as Director on the board of Nova Medical Centers, Air Works Engineering and InfinitasRenewable Energy Solutions and and as Board Observer on the boards of inTarvo Technologies and Intellisys Technologies. Prior to joining NEA, Tarun was with Peepul Capital Private Equity, where he evaluated investment opportunities across sectors including consumer products and services, education, manufacturing and media. He was involved in structuring and executing transactions and actively managed portfolio companies in consumer and media sectors. Previously, Tarun worked at Goldman Sachs International based out of their London offices, initially with the Equity Derivatives team, and then as part of the Global Macro Proprietary trading team. Tarun received an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Ahmedabad, India and earned his B.Tech. degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) at Delhi, India.

Investment focus

Apps, SaaS, Travel
Pre-Seed, Series C, Series D
India

Portfolio highlights

Qure AI — Qure ai is on a mission to provide accessible, affordable, & timely assistance to healthcare professionals
A4 Hospital — A4 Hospital is a premier tertiary maternity referral clinic that serves the healthcare needs of needy couples.
Travel Buddy — Discover the Best Travel Community & Membership Zone. Join the exclusive travel community for finding like minded buddies, getting unbeatable deals and sharing unforgettable experiences. Start your adventure today!

Neeraj Tyagi is a Founder of We Founder Circle. Neeraj Tyagi attended MIT Sloan School of Management.

Investment focus

SaaS, Software, Health Care
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
India, United States, United Arab Emirates

Portfolio highlights

NIKOL EV — NIKOL EV is a customer-focused and service-oriented firm that is a pioneer in the EV industry, supplying EV chargers and installing EV charging stations.
Deltafour — DeltafourTM has developed a novel patent-pending solution that eliminates inefficiencies and has an influence on important business indicators.
PrintBrix — PrintBrix offers re-designing brands while specializing in printing, designing, and fulfilling promotional items.

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.

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...

Marketing and Growth Leader

Investment focus

iOS, Mobile, Social
Angel
India

Portfolio highlights

Zappka — Own this domain today. We make your shopping experience easy. Friendly and quick customer service.

Nitin Gupta is the CEO and Co-Founder at Mall91.

Investment focus

Video, Travel, 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.
Trainman — Find trains and predict availability OR know confirmation chances of your pnr.

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

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 — Woolly is a farming platform that combines urban potential with farming techniques to produce pesticide-less nutrition-rich fresh food.
CertifyMe — CertifyMe is one of the best digital credential platforms offering verifiable digital badges and digital certificates. Start your credentialing journey today.

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.

Mekin Maheshwari - Advisor @ Mentr

Investment focus

Apps, Education, Food Delivery
Seed, Angel, Series D
India, Croatia, United States

Portfolio highlights

ONWO — India's first digitally enabled food export platform
Virgio — Women's & Men's Clothing and Accessories | Shop Trendy Fashion Online
Leela Life — Timeless Indian wellbeing secrets for peaceful and joyful living

Rahul Seth is an Investor and Director at Antler.

Investment focus

Banking, Finance, Payments
Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
India, United States

Portfolio highlights

RevFin — RevFin is a digital lending company.
Homingos — Relive the special moments and surprise your loved ones with Flam. Why Create photos. Create Tangible Moments with FlamCard. Shop your FlamCard now!
Pixxel — Pixxel is a space technology startup that builds a constellation of advanced hyperspectral earth imaging small satellites. By capturing images in a 100s of hyperspectral bands, Pixxel is able to see things in 50x richer detail enabling organisations around the world to make better business discussions. Pixxel is leveraging the unique hyperspectralnature of satellite imagery to build a health monitor for the planet.

Hitesh Gupta - Founder @ vcBytes

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

Sargun Gulati

Investment focus

Content, Internet, Mobile Apps
Seed
India

Portfolio highlights

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

Sanjeev Barnwal is Founder and CTO at Meesho.

Investment focus

Internet, Apps, E-Commerce
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
India, Kenya, Vietnam

Portfolio highlights

Snabbit — Snabbit is a platform that connects people who want to help with housework. Snabbit provides an application for finding information on professionals in household duties, allowing users to acquire rapid and dependable domestic assistance in just a few minutes.
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.

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

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 — NODD is the world’s most effective and exclusive networking platform based on interest areas and targeted towards the top 150 million of the world. It that brings together people who are part of this exclusive group to expand their personal and professional alliances while fuelling their passion and hobbies. We don’t conduct events, we createexperiences - online introductions and offline meetings to help people get together, create, share, curate and explore new things that enrich their lives. Our aim? To connect outstanding achievers over their interest areas and beyond, and let them share their extraordinary experiences with each other. We also provide the opportunity to meet and interact with the who’s who from different walks of life and receive brilliant insights, stories and advice.
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

Venk Krishnan is the founder of NuWare. He is a leader who has rapidly grown NuWare by leveraging on market trends and focus on satisfying customer needs. Under the able leadership of Venk Krishnan, NuWare has gone from strength to strength. It listed on the Inc. 500 for two years in a row and ranked as a Fast 50 company by Deloitte and Touche.Prior to founding NuWare, Venk started GovXcel, a software company servicing the US local government sector which was acquired in 2003 by Mitchell Humphrey. Venk has worked in senior technical and managerial roles at Automated Securities (division of SunGard), Bell South Wireless Data, JP Morgan Chase, Merrill Lynch, Citigroup, Sybase and Wipro. An early angel investor, Venk has interests in Mu-Sigma (www.mu-sigma.com), Erasmic Venture Fund, one of India’s first early stage venture funds, K2, and Vedanta. He is also a charter member of the TIE, New York (TIE-A network fostering entrepreneurship globally). Venk is a graduate of BITS Pilani, India.

Investment focus

Apps, Mobile, Internet
Seed, Angel
India

Portfolio highlights

Kaarva — Kaarva is India's first flexible salary platform which is not a salary advance but gives employees control to access a part of their earned salaries on their own whenever they need, multiple times a month.
WealthApp — WealthApp, realizes the constraints of the working professional and is built so that they spend only the absolute necessary amount of time on the portal and continue on with their schedules. They know that you don’t have time to waste, so let’s get right to it.
DailyNinja — DailyNinja provides a hyper-local delivery platform intended to deliver daily needs right at the doorstep. The company's platform uses a booking platform, enabling users to subscribe and get their daily needs delivered to them on a monthly or week basis easily.

Farooq Adam - Co-founder @ Fynd

Investment focus

Personal Health, Advertising, Internet
Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
India

Portfolio highlights

Xeno — Xeno is a one-stop solution for any brand to build a deep customer understanding and create relevant marketing campaigns across SMS, email, Facebook and Instagram, Whatsapp.
Pep — Learn live & buy digital products with lifetime recording at affordable price
OneCare — OneCare helped thousands of patients achieve lower blood sugar, while reducing the need for medications, including insulin.