# Top 25 Angel Investors in India in June 2026 ## Neeraj Goenka - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Local, Travel, Leisure Neeraj Goenka ## Arihant Patni - Type: Angel - Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Health Care, Artificial Intelligence Arihant is the Managing Director of Patni Financial Advisors, a wealth management company that advises high net worth families on a wide range of investment options. He is also Co-founder and Director at Nirvana venture Advisors. Arihant began his career at his family business, Patni Computer Systems, one of the leading Indian IT businesses of thetime, where he held positions in the computer software and human resources departments, as well as being a business development and marketing executive. Subsequently, Arihant worked as a Business Strategy Consultant for Fidelity Investments in Boston. ## Binny Bansal - Type: Angel - Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Internet, E-Commerce Binny Bansal is an Indian software engineer and Internet entrepreneur. In 2007 he co-founded the e-commerce platform Flipkart with Sachin Bansal (not related) and was serving as the Chief Operating Officer until 11 January 2016 and was promoted to Chief Executive Officer. In January 2017 he was promoted to Group CEO of Flipkart. Binny is fromChandigarh and graduated from the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi with a degree in Computer Science and Engineering. ## Mukesh Bansal - Type: Angel - Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Retail, Financial Services, Apps Mukesh Bansal is the Executive Chairman of Cult.fit. He previously worked at Myntra as a Founder. Mukesh Bansal attended the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur. ## Shashank Randev - Type: Angel - Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Angel, Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: FinTech, SaaS, CleanTech Shashank is Founder VC and Co-Founder of 100X.VC - India's first venture fund to invest in early-stage startups using iSAFE Notes. Portfolio: https://www.100x.vc/. Investments through Randev Ventures Family Office in early-stage startups across India, SEA & USA with a keen interest in B2B Emerging technology, Deeptech,SaaS, Cleantech, and Web3. Randev Ventures is the private investment body of Randev Family Office. He brings entrepreneurial and investment understanding with 15+ years of cross-functional expertise. Previously, he was the Founding member and Vice President of VCCEdge, the SaaS data platform by VCCircle (acquired by News Corporation in 2015). He launched the SaaS platform, led revenue, product development, and growth initiatives for close to seven years at VCCEdge. He has additionally worked with NIIT Ltd. and Zensar Technologies Ltd.He is also an Angel Investor and Advisor with a keen interest and portfolio investments in B2B Emerging technology, Deeptech, SaaS, Cleantech, and Web3 startups. Shashank holds an undergraduate degree in Bachelor of Engineering from Nagpur University, and an MBA from International Management Institute (IMI), New Delhi.Shashank’s professional ability in developing, launching and making the first move when it comes to products and solutions is reflected in the novel model of 100X.VC. As a Co-Founder of 100X.VC, he is part of the Investment Committee and works closely with portfolio companies on how to improve the chances of new products succeeding. And helping them raise followon capital from growth stage VCs, CVCs, and family offices.Specialties: Entrepreneurship, Scaling up Startups, Angel & Seed Investment & Venture Capital ## Arun Jain - Type: Angel - Location: Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Analytics, Venture Capital, Service Industry Arun Jain is the Chairman and Managing Director of Intellect Design Arena Limited. Intellect is a specialist in applying true Digital Technologies, the world's first full spectrum Banking and Insurance technology products company, across Global Consumer Banking (iGCB), Central Banking, Global Transaction Banking (iGTB), Risk, Treasury andMarkets (iRTM) and Insurance (Intellect SEEC). With revenues of USD 124 Mn and employee base of around 4000, Intellect powers over 200 leading Banks and Financial Institutions around the globe with its suite of Products.Arun commenced his entrepreneurial journey by setting up Nucleus Software Workshop in 1986. In 1993, he founded Polaris Software Lab, which recorded a CAGR of nearly 200% during the seven year period 1993-2000. This path of deep domain expertise, vision and planning began in 1993, with just $250 and a dream. His journey was guided by two strong beliefs - (1) ordinary people coming together to achieve extraordinary results, if the dreams are Big (2) the power of the organizational subconscious in realizing the vision. Intellect is his third venture, in pursuit of his vision to make India the IP Capital towards the next growth wave for the IT Industry. Arun's passion in creating a technology product power house from India made Intellect a reality.Arun is passionate about Design Thinking as a science to create biggest impact on Individual and organizational performance. He visualizes it as a platform for learning and applying, with a child like curiosity to ask questions, forming the foundation of the practice of Design Thinking. An avid practitioner, Arun also evangelizes Design Thinking through public workshops. FinTech 8012, the World's first Design Center dedicated to Financial Technology is a testimony of his commitment to Design Thinking. He architected the creation of this Center from Concept to Execution.Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) has conferred the Lifetime Achievement Award to Arun at the India's premier ICT Event, Connect 2016. He has received multiple awards including 'INDO ASEAN Business Initiative Award', 'ICICI Venture - CII Connect Entrepreneur Award', 'Visionary of India 2014-15', amongst others in recognition of his contribution to the Industry and the Society. His contribution was recognized by the Times Group, with an award and a feature in a book titled 'Pathfinders' that lauds the achievements of extraordinary personalities in the IT & ITES industry.He holds / has held positions in CII, MMA, STPI, National Institute of Electronics and Information Technology (NIELIT) and the Indo American Chamber of Commerce. He has been the Chairman of CII BANKing TECH Summit from 2014-2016, for three consecutive years.A social engineer by nature, Arun has been working towards creating a better community. Ullas Trust, founded in 1997, with the purpose of igniting young minds and guiding them to realizing their dreams, has since reached out to over 2,00,000 children from the economically challenged sections of Government, Municipal and Aided Schools.This brainchild of Arun provides vital professional skills to adolescent children across the country nurturing the "Can do" spirit among the young minds.Continuing his Social Connect initiatives, Arun has recently launched 'Project Samriddhi'. Samriddhi is dedicated to holistic human development in India, through the design and development of projects that are sustainable and capable of scale to positively impact the larger population. Through START-UP Nukkad, another unique initiative for Start-up Entrepreneurs, Arun conducts special workshops for them to understand their purpose and nurture and mentor their innovative thinking.Arun holds a degree in Electrical Engineering from the Delhi College of Engineering. ## Sujeet Kumar - Type: Angel - Location: New Delhi, Delhi, India - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Internet, Software, E-Commerce Sujeet Kumar - Co- Founder @ Udaan ## Ritesh Jain - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Series A, Seed - Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Internet Experienced Digital & technology leader, lead change in industries - financial services, Fin-tech, Shipping, Telecom and Government, currently building an enabling function to build bank of the future.Ritesh comes from an entrepreneurial background, he has experience in building & mentoring successful businesses – A Wealth ManagementCompany, corporate uniforms business, Investor & Mentor for start-ups, Ritesh holds non-executive with start-ups and corporates, and as a mentor offers technical expertise and advise to Parliamentary Digital Service in UK and Advisor for payment regulatory and other Governments. ## Utsav Somani - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Apps, Software, Financial Services Looking for - Passionate founders looking to target a market with tremendous future potential and stands to be disrupted by a new entrant. Crucial that the product / service is not easily replicable and the domain expertise of the company is a deterrent to fresh entrants.Keen interest in - Clean Technology, Consumer Internet, EnterpriseSoftware, Health Care, Mobile, SaaSSkills - Angel Investing, Financial Modelling & Valuation, Information Technology, Portfolio Management, Risk Management ## Vikram Gandhi - Type: Angel - Location: Delhi, Delhi, India - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: Financial Services, Finance, FinTech Vikram Gandhi is very renowned businessman and an investment banker. Vikram Gandhi is the founder & CEO of VSG Capital Advisors and also founded Asha Impact. Vikram Gandhi is an alumni & a faculty member at the Harvard Business School (HBS). He worked with Credit Suisse & Morgan Stanley etc. Know more about Vikram S Gandhi visit uswww.vsgcapital.com & ashaimpact.com ## Suhail Sameer - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: FinTech, E-Commerce, Fashion Suhail Sameer is based out of Delhi, India and is the Founder and Managing Partner of OTP Ventures. Suhail previously worked at BharatPe as a Chief Executive Officer. Suhail Sameer attended Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow. ## Sachin Bansal - Type: Angel - Location: Bangalore, Karnataka, India - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Debt Financing, Seed, Series A - Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Software After completion of his degree, Sachin Bansal joined Techspan company where he has served for few months. In 2006, he joined Amazon.com India as a Senior Software Engineer. Then he got Binny Bansal into Amazon.com and after 6 months they both decided to leave Amazon. They initially thought of starting a comparison search engine but realized thatthe market for E-commerce in India was very small. Hence, after leaving Amazon in 2007, they founded Flipkart as an E-commerce company.Sachin Bansal and his business partner Binny Bansal launched Flipkart from an apartment in Bangalore with 400,000 rupees ($6,500) cash. In 2007 during the early days of Flipkart Sachin Bansal and his business partner Binny Bansal used to deliver books across Bengaluru on their scooters and in October 2015 they showed up at the doorsteps of some customers, personally delivering goods in order to gain insights from the online buyers.And now, Sachin Bansal is the CEO of Chaitanya Rural Intermediation and Development Services. ## Lakshmi Narayanan - Type: Angel - Location: New Delhi, Delhi, India - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel - Focus: Manufacturing, Energy, Internet Lakshmi Narayanan is the Chief Executive Officer at Cognizant Technology Solutions. ## Rahul Mehta - Type: Angel - Location: Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series C - Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Software Rahul Mehta is a Co-Founder at DST Global. He is the Managing Partner at DST Global. ## Madan Padaki - Type: Angel - Location: Bangalore, Karnataka, India - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Apps, Software, Analytics Madan Padaki is the Co-Founder and CEO at 1BRIDGE. ## Amit Patni - Type: Angel - Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Travel, Artificial Intelligence, Local Amit is Co-founder & Chairman at Nirvana Venture Advisors and is a promoter shareholder of Patni Computers. Patni Computers Ltd. was a pioneer in Indian ITES. The promoter family stake in Patni Computers was divested in May 2011 in a sale to iGate Corporation at value of $1.5 billion. Amit has 22 years’ experience in technology, software andprojects. He has extensive experience in the computer hardware and components market in India and overseas. In his various roles, Amit has independently ensured implementation of Greenfield projects and launched new business operations.As a Whole time Director of PCS Technologies Ltd., a listed Indian company in the computer hardware and manufacturing space, Amit was responsible for setting-up the copper clad laminates business. Subsequently he was Managing Director of PCS International Pvt. Ltd. with the responsibility of expanding PCS Technologies hardware business in UAE and Africa. Thereafter, Amit developed Health Management Systems, a healthcare software product that was marketed by PCS Technologies Ltd.Amit is a Director of the Board of Patni Financial Advisors the family office of the Patni Family. Amit has done his BS in Accounting and Masters from Babson College, USA. ## Ratan Tata - Type: Angel - Location: Houston, Texas, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: E-Commerce, Internet, Health Care Ratan Tata is the Founder and Managing Director of RNT Associates. ## Shalini Chhabra - Type: Angel - Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Software, Analytics, Finance Shalini Chhabra is a Managing Partner at Incipia Advisors LL. ## Sanjay Nayar - Type: Angel - Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series B, Series A - Focus: Financial Services, Sales, Retail Sanjay Nayar is the CEO at Kohlberg Kravis Roberts. ## Prashanth Prakash - Type: Angel - Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: E-Commerce, Retail, Internet Prashanth Prakash is based out of Bengaluru, Karnataka and is the Co-Founder and Chairperson of UnboxingBLR Foundation and also serves as the Strategic Advisor for WTFund. Prashanth previously worked at Erasmic Venture Fund as a Partner. Prashanth Prakash attended the University of Delaware. ## Ankit Agarwal - Type: Angel - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Credit, FinTech, Finance Ankit Agarwal is a venture investor focused in early stage software companies. He has an operating background as a founder and sales & marketing leader at several different venture backed enterprise software companies. ## Ashish Kacholia - Type: Angel - Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Post-IPO Equity - Focus: Retail, Health Care, Manufacturing Ashish Kacholia is the founder and Director - Research at Lucky Investment Managers. ## Ritesh Agarwal - Type: Angel - Location: New Delhi, Delhi, India - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Food and Beverage, E-Commerce, Retail Ritesh Agarwal is the Founder and Group Chief Executive Officer of OYO and Anchor Board Member of the Texas Hotel & Lodging Association. ## Scott Shleifer - Type: Angel - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series D, Series C, Series A - Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, Internet Scott Shleifer is based out of New York, New York, and was the Head of Private Equity Investment of Tiger Global Management. ## Virendra Gupta - Type: Angel - Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Training, Education, Performing Arts Viru brings over 20 years of rich management experience in the Telecom industry including in companies like Bharti Airtel, Trilogy, OnMobile and BPL Mobile.In 2007, Viru is a Founder of VerSe Innovation Pvt Ltd which is now shaping India’s real Mobile Internet through Dailyhunt, iPayy & Operator Services. Verse is now a 500 strong team. Virubrings in the energy and drives product development and operations at Ver Se & it’s his passion to make information available to every Indian their own language & Dailyhunt, the flagship product strives to achieve just that. It is among the most downloaded app that offers array of offerings across Local News, eBooks, Magazine.Under his leadership, Ver Se won many accolades like –1. mBillionth 2013 Award for News & Journalism2. GSMA Global Mobile Awards 2013: Best Publishing Product or Service3. Opera App Awards 2012 :Newshunt has been chosen as Top Entertainment App in Java & Symbian App4. Android App Expo: Won Second place for Best App at Google Development App expo 20135. Nielsen top ten mobile consumed in India. Only one in News Category6. India Digital Awards 2012: Top Mobile App NewsHunt7. Navteq Global LBS Challenge, 2011, Grand Prize Winner8. NASSCOM Emerge AppFame, 2011: Top 7 Mobile Apps9. Mobile India: Winner, Mobile India Entrepreneur Demo Showcase, 201010. Best Mobile App, AppJam Bangalore, 2010Viru holds a Master’s Degree in Management from IIT Mumbai & enjoys brainstorming with his team and is always on the look - out for the new idea that will transform and further strengthen the bridge between technology and common man. He loves his junk food and chai and it’s not uncommon to see him catching up with his team with his favorite phrase – Kyon Bhai, Aur kya chal raha hai?.