# Top 15 Sporting Goods Startup Investors in India in June 2026 ## YourNest Venture Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Gurgaon, Haryana, India - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Software, Machine Learning YourNest Venture Capital is a SEBI-registered early-stage venture capital fund that invests in deep technology, ‘Pre-Series A’ Start-Ups. Its first fund, YourNest Angel Fund which was established in 2012, has raised INR 90 cr. Fund I is fully deployed and has invested in 16 startups. Its second fund, YourNest India VC Fund II was launched in 2016.It is raising a corpus of INR 450 cr. The fund invests in the new, connected economy and Deep-Tech start-ups represented by the Internet of Things (IoT), Robotics, Electronic System Design, Enterprise SaaS comprising Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Blockchain, among others, with start-ups having a B2B business model being the prime focus. YourNest believes in being a ‘Nurture Capital’ where its team of partners work as ‘enablers’ for investee companies in diverse fields across technology, marketing, global reach and leadership development. ## Marwah Sports - Type: VC Fund - Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Sports, News, Toys Growing India's Thriving Sports Ecosystem ## Sharrp Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Seed - Focus: E-Commerce, Health Care, Wellness Sharrp Ventures invest in early stage and growth stage companies. Sharrp Ventures preference is for companies that have already demonstrated some level of business traction.Sharrp Ventures are sector agnostic, though with some bias for consumer and consumption related ideas. Sharrp Ventures are a small team with access to a wide ecosystem of theMarico Group.Sharrp Ventures can tap into this network to facilitate connections and input on a pull-basis from companies invest in. ## Anupam Mittal - Type: Angel - Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Angel, Seed - Focus: E-Commerce, Apparel, Fashion Anupam Mittal is the Founder & CEO at People Group, Tech & D2C Builder & Investor @Shark Tank India. He is also the CEO of Shaadi.com. ## Vineeta Singh - Type: Angel - Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Angel, Seed, Debt Financing - Focus: Food and Beverage, E-Commerce, Food Processing Vineeta Singh is the Co-founder and CEO of SUGAR Cosmetics. She previously worked at Quetzal Verify Private Limited as Director. Vineeta attended the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, where she took a Master of Business Administration (MBA). She also attended the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, where she took a B.Tech in ElectricalEngineering. ## Sauce.vc - Type: VC Fund - Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series B, Series A - Focus: Retail, E-Commerce, Health Care Sauce is a Early stage consumer VC fund with a high engagement model supported by a deep service partner network working across key support areas for scaling a brand in India. ## Khalid Qazi - Type: Angel - Location: Gurgaon, Haryana, India - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B - Focus: SaaS, AgTech, Events Khalid Qazi is a founders of Dineout ## GetVantage - Type: VC Fund - Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Debt Financing - Focus: E-Commerce, Food and Beverage, SaaS GetVantage is a revenue based finance platform provides alternative financing solutions for startups & digital brands to drive sales and increase revenue. ## FiNC Technologies - Type: VC Fund - Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series B - Focus: Mobile, Fitness, Software FiNC combines data analysis, rich content, and social elements to help users log, understand, manage, and improve their health and wellness. ## Inflection Point Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Gurgaon, Haryana, India - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Artificial Intelligence, E-Commerce, Health Care Inflection Point Ventures, with over 3300 CXOs and professionals, HNIs and Family Offices, is India’s leading angel network investing in early-to-mid stage startups. IPV supports new-age entrepreneurs with not just capital but also uses its wide network of investors to provide startups with access to new markets, customers, guidance and mentorship.Inflection Point Ventures is democratizing angel investing with low membership fee, lowest investment ticket size (per investor), transparent investment process and extensive upfront due-diligence led by industry experts. IPV is industry agnostic, with a focus on committed and competent founders. ## Sahil Jain - Type: Angel - Location: Delhi, Delhi, India - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B - Focus: Gaming, Apps, AgTech Sahil is an alumnus of B.M.E College of Engineering, with a strong foundation in Engineering. He further went to IIM Kozhikode to study MBA in finance, strategy, and marketing. He has enjoyed a fruitful career of over 13 years in information technology and data analytics space. Focusing especially on building innovative and scalable techproducts, Sahil is spearheading the product development and growth retention strategies at Dineout. Sahil, along with the other 3 Co-founders, has successfully led Dineout to India’s largest dining out and restaurant tech platform which seats over 3.5 million diners every month and has 45,000 restaurants on its platform. Before Co-founding Dineout, Sahil served as a senior marketing analyst for NexTag and was settled in Chicago. He has also worked with globally recognized data analytics firm Mu Sigma as a senior business analyst and managed a team responsible for revenue management. ## Dream Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A - Focus: Health Care, Sports, Fitness Dream Capital is a corporate venture capital and M&A arm of Dream Sports. ## Ankit Mehrotra - Type: Angel - Location: Delhi, Delhi, India - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series B - Focus: SaaS, Gaming, Food Processing Ankit Mehrotra is the CEO & one of the four Co-founders of Dineout, India’s largest dining out and restaurant tech solutions platform in B2C and B2B front offering the most comprehensive suite of F&B tech products. An engineer by a degree and a technology lover at heart, Ankit started Dineout with his friends in 2012 to change thelandscape of the dining industry in India. Before turning into a passionate entrepreneur, Ankit lived in London for 10 years and worked for 7 years with BNP Paribas in London in various divisions including Investment Banking & Wealth Management, managing a portfolio of UHNWI while also studying for the CFA charter, which he got in 2011. He has enjoyed a fruitful career of over 10 years in the internet product space, including e-commerce marketplaces, online payments, operations and trade logistics.Ankit’s work has led him to be a winner of the 2016 Education UK Alumni Awards, Entrepreneur of the Year award 2016, and Young Entrepreneur of the year award in the year 2012. ## Kalaari Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Bangalore, Karnataka, India - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Internet Kalaari is a $160 million venture capital fund with a strong advisory team in Bangalore investing in early-stage, technology-oriented companies in India.Kalaari Capital invests in the unknown Indian entrepreneur who is poised to become tomorrow’s global leader. They are India’s leading investor in early-stage businesses, nurturing them throughevery aspect of growth on the transformative journey toward success. ## Arpit Bhardwaj - Type: Angel - Location: Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Shopping, E-Commerce, Online Games Arpit Bhardwaj