# Top 50 Community Angel Investors in India in October 2023 ## Kunal Shah - Type: Angel - Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India - Relevant deals: 15 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Internet Kunal Shah ## Vijay Shekhar Sharma - Type: Angel - Location: New Delhi, Delhi, India - Relevant deals: 10 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Internet, News, Software 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. ## Rajan Anandan - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 8 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology 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. ## Anupam Mittal - Type: Angel - Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India - Relevant deals: 7 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel - Focus: E-Commerce, Internet, Financial Services 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. ## Aprameya Radhakrishna - Type: Angel - Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India - Relevant deals: 6 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: Internet, Software, Apps 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! ## Ramakant Sharma - Type: Angel - Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India - Relevant deals: 6 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Financial Services, Software, E-Commerce 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. ## Binny Bansal - Type: Angel - Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Internet, Apps 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. ## Kishore Ganji - Type: Angel - Location: Marlboro, New Jersey, United States - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: E-Commerce, Software, Health Care Kishore Ganji is the Angel Investor & Mentor at Astir Ventures. ## Mekin Maheshwari - Type: Angel - Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Series D - Focus: Apps, Education, Food Delivery Mekin Maheshwari - Advisor @ Mentr ## Nandan Nilekani - Type: Angel - Location: Bangalore, Karnataka, India - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Series B, Series A - Focus: Tourism, Health Care, B2B Nandan Nilekani was the chairman of Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), author of _Imagining India_, philanthropist, and former entrepreneur and co-founder of Infosys. ## Alok Mittal - Type: Angel - Location: Gurgaon, Haryana, India - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Internet, Marketplace, E-Commerce Alok is Co-founder and CEO of Indifi, India's leading full-stack platform for enabling debt financing for small businesses. Alok is also an active angel investor, co-founder of Indian Angel Network, and on the board of TiE (The Indus Entrepreneurs) Delhi. Prior to starting Indifi, Alok setup and ran Canaan Partners' venture investmentbusiness. Earlier, Alok co-founded JobsAhead.com, a leading web-based recruitment business in India.Alok earned a BE in computer science and engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi and a MS in computer science from UC Berkeley. ## Maninder Gulati - Type: Angel - Location: Gurgaon, Haryana, India - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Internet, E-Commerce, Software Maninder Gulati joined Lightspeed Advisory Services India in 2012. He brings over eight years of operating, business building, entrepreneurship and consulting experience to the firm.Prior to Lightpseed, Maninder was an Associate at McKinsey & Company. At McKinsey, Maninder worked on several growth strategy and implementation engagementsacross various sectors including financial services, organized retail, digital music, data centers and building security/automation.Before McKinsey, Maninder co-founded a voice based life-streaming platform – lifeinlines.com, which allowed users to create a digital diary of their life. Prior to this entrepreneurial venture, Maninder worked at ITC Limited, India’s largest FMCG company. At ITC, Maninder was a part of the core team that launched ITC’s personal care business and he spearheaded key organization transformation initiatives such as Six-sigma for the tobacco business.Maninder graduated with a Dual degree (B.Tech and M.Tech) in Chemical Engineering from IIT Bombay, where he held key leadership positions including that of Head of ‘The Entrepreneurship Cell’. He holds an MBA from ISB, Hyderabad, where he was a part of the Dean and Merit list. ## Jitendra Gupta - Type: Angel - Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel - Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Payments Jitendra Gupta is the Founder of Jupiter. ## Kunal Bahl - Type: Angel - Location: New Delhi, Delhi, India - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Internet, E-Commerce, Software Kunal is the co-founder and CEO of Snapdeal Private Limited, India's largest no-frills, value focused marketplace. Previously, he has also worked at companies such as Deloitte Consulting and Microsoft in the US. Kunal is an engineer from the University of Pennsylvania and holds a business degree from The Wharton School. He loves backpackingthrough remote parts of the world, savoring unique cuisines and studying development politics in India. ## Sweta Rau - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B - Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, Women's Sweta Rau, founder of White Ventures ## Anirudh A Damani - Type: Angel - Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A - Focus: Internet, E-Commerce, Software Anirudh Damani is an Investment Professional at Artha India Ventures. Anirudh Damani owns Artha Energy Resources and he is Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer at Artha Group of Companies. He has set up a consultancy firm for facilitating investments into power projects across geographies and asset classes like wind, solar, hydro andbio-power. Anirudh Damani is an active angel investor at 25 startups. He serves as a Member of Advisory Board at Venture Catalysts. He has over 18 years of energy experience and procuring energy customers. Anirudh Damani holds a double major in economics and business administration from Austin College. ## Girish Mathrubootham - Type: Angel - Location: Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel - Focus: Software, SaaS, Information Technology Girish Mathrubootham is the CEO and Founder at Freshworks. Girish Mathrubootham attended University of Madras. ## Rahul Mehta - Type: Angel - Location: Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series C - Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Payments Rahul Mehta is a Co-Founder at DST Global. ## Rahul Maroli - Type: Angel - Location: Delhi, Delhi, India - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Education, Food and Beverage, News Rahul Maroli is a business leader with demonstrated ability of building businesses for profit, growth and scale. For over a decade and a half, he has been steering market-leading companies in the automotive services, e-commerce & start-up businesses. His expertise includes driving shareholder returns, business strategy, Operations, Sales &Marketing. Rahul heads Ola’s Rental, Shuttle (Mass Mobility) and Corporate Distribution businesses, apart from strategic supply programs. Earlier, he envisioned, started and led Ola's cab leasing business through a wholly owned subsidiary Ola Fleet Technologies, making Ola the world’s first ride-sharing company to have a successful fleet business.Prior to Ola, he led Sales, Marketing and Operations for LeasePlan India, a leading player in the business mobility industry.Rahul advises early stage start-up and is an active angel investor. His investments include PeeSafe, EdgeFx, Dibz, ShadiSaga, Coutloot, ASADEL Technologies, Digiora & KakCho. ## Rajesh Mane - Type: Angel - Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Internet, Mobile, Fashion An active investor in early stage startups across technology & CPG. ## Vineeta Singh - Type: Angel - Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A - Focus: News, E-Commerce, Food and Beverage Vineeta Singh is the Co-founder & CEO of SUGAR Cosmetics, India's fastest growing beauty brand which has clocked in 100+ Crores revenue in just its 5th fiscal year, with a distribution network of 2500+ branded retail outlets in more than 130 cities. She is a TEDx Speaker and alumnus of IIT Madras and IIM Ahmedabad. She is also a triathleteand ultramarathoner. ## Tej Kapoor - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Angel - Focus: Supply Chain Management, Logistics, E-Commerce Platforms 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. ## Mohandas Pai - Type: Angel - Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: E-Commerce, Education, Information Technology Mohandas Pai - Co-Founder and Chairman @ Aarin Capital ## Qasar Younis - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Transportation, Artificial Intelligence Mr. Qasar Younis is the Founder of Talkbin. Mr. Younis serves as a Partner and Chief Operating Officer of Y Combinator. He is responsible to manage all Y Combinator events, operations, finance and legal functions, as well as advise startups. Previously, he served as a Part-Time Partner at the firm. ## Ananth Narayanan - Type: Angel - Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: E-Learning, Education, Apps Ananth Narayanan - Founder @ Mensa Brands ## Zishaan Hayath - Type: Angel - Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: Internet, Apps, Real Estate Zishaan Hayath is the Co-founder of Toppr.com. He is the Angel Investor of Startups in India. Prior to this, he worked as VP Product at Futurebazaar.com. He was the Co-founder and VP Product of Chaupaati Bazaar. He served as Associate Consultant at Opera Solutions. He also served as Assistant Manager at ITC Limited. ## Niraj Singh - Type: Angel - Location: New Delhi, Delhi, India - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Transportation, Travel, Apps Niraj Singh - Founder & CEO @ Spinny ## Justin Kan - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, SaaS, Financial Services Justin Kan is the Co-Founder of Fractal. He attended Yale University. ## Sushil Sharma - Type: Angel - Location: Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Education, Consulting, EdTech MCats, Startup Accelerator, Startup Eco System , Tier 2 , Investor ## Sanjay Mehta - Type: Angel - Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: Artificial Intelligence, FinTech, Information Technology Sanjay Mehta is Member of the Board of Advisors at LogiNext Solution. ## Shrishti Sahu - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Internet, Apps, Financial Services 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) ## Rohit Bansal - Type: Angel - Location: Gurgaon, Haryana, India - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Internet, E-Commerce, SaaS Rohit Bansal - Co-Founder @ Snapdeal ## Apurva Salarpuria - Type: Angel - Location: Kolkata, West Bengal, India - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Restaurants, Coffee, Lifestyle Apurva Salarpuria - Owner @ Salarpuria Sattva Group ## Anand Chandrasekaran - Type: Angel - Location: Gurgaon, Haryana, India - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, SaaS, E-Commerce Anand Chandrasekaran is a Partner at General Catalyst. He previously worked at Facebook and attended Stanford University. ## Amrish Rau - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Payments Amrish Rau is the CEO of Pine Labs. ## Gaurav Munjal - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Health Care, Internet, Apps Gaurav Munjal is the Co-Founder and CEO at Unacademy. ## Abhijeet Pai - Type: Angel - Location: Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Food and Beverage, E-Commerce, Health Care Abhijeet Pai is founder of Gruhas Proptech. ## Shreya Ghorawat - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Events, Software, IT Shreya Ghorawat Manager, Strategy & Program Delivery - S&SA at Philip Morris International. ## Devesh Rakhecha - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed - Focus: Other, Education, Software A Chartered Accountant by accidental choice and a new age entrepreneur, Mr. Devesh Rakhecha, is the the Founder & COO of Marwari Catalysts Ventures, which is inturn Rajasthan’s leading startup accelerator with a focus of strengthening startup ecosystem in Tier II and Tier III cities of India. With an exposure of finance, technology andbusiness development he has a great hand in transforming business into sustainable value enterprise. He brings unique integration of numbers with deep understanding of teamwork and startup culture. ## Prashant Pitti - Type: Angel - Location: New Delhi, Delhi, India - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Drones, Virtual World, Artificial Intelligence Prashant Pitti is co-founder of EaseMyTrip. He has a brilliant aptitude for various sectors of commerce and is identified for his exceptional marketing skills and creative ideas. Mr. Prashant is a B.Tech from IIT Madras. Prashant Pitti has 3 years of working experience in US and he has also contributed as assistant vice president in Risk Departmentof HSBC, Chicago. Under his surveillance, EaseMyTrip.com has created a niche for itself. Prashant firmly believes that technology, qualified manpower and advanced management team can lead any company towards peak of success. ## Arjun Purkayastha - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: E-Commerce, Information Technology, Health Care Arjun Purkayastha is a purpose driven leader with extensive global experience managing diverse businesses and multi-cultural teams at FTSE Top 10 and Fortune 100 companies - Reckitt and P&G. He has a strong track record of building outperforming teams, iconic brands & innovative business models across 60+ countries having lived & workedin the UK, Singapore, South Korea. ## Ajay Gupta - Type: Angel - Location: New Delhi, Delhi, India - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Fashion, E-Commerce Ajay Gupta - Vice President and Head of Strategy and Marketing @ Ericsson ## Rajeev Misra - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Messaging, SMS, Social Network Rajeev Misra serves as Chief Executive Officer and Head of Strategic Finance at SoftBank Vision Fund. Rajeev Misra serves as the Chief Executive Officer and Head at SoftBank Investment Advisers. He is a Director of Uber Technologies, Inc. Rajeev Misra served as Head of Strategic Finance at SoftBank Group Corp. and served as its Head of SoftbankVision Fund. Rajeev Misra joined SoftBank. In this role, he works with SoftBank Group and SoftBank Internet and Media Inc. to optimize long-term capital structure and financing strategy. Rajeev Misra is the Founder at Clarent Capital Partners LLP. Previously, he served as a Senior Managing Director and Partner at Fortress Investment Group LLC which he joined in May 2014. Prior to that, Rajeev Misra spent 5 years at UBS as the Global Head of Credit and Head of Fixed Income, Currencies and Commodities in Europe, Middle East and Africa. While at the firm, in January 2010 he was appointed as the Joint Global Head and Global Head of Emerging Markets. Rajeev Misra served as the Head of Credit Derivatives and Chief of Global Credit Trading at Deutsche Bank AG. Prior to that, he was at Merrill Lynch for 7 years working in derivative marketing and trading. Rajeev Misra has spent over 10 years at various executive positions. He serves as a Member of the Board of Advisors of Aten Holdings Pte. Ltd. He has been Director of SoftBank Group Corp. Rajeev Misra served as an Independent Director at Eros International Plc . He served as a Board of Directors of Capital First Ltd, Securitization and Commodities; and MGT Capital Investments, Inc. Rajeev Misra holds BS in Mechanical Engineering and a Master’s degree in Computer Science from the University of Pennsylvania and an M.B.A. from the Sloan School of Management. He holds B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi. ## Shripad Nadkarni - Type: Angel - Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series B - Focus: Tea, Baby, Beauty Shripad Nadkarni - Director @ Maverix Platforms ## Revant Bhate - Type: Angel - Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Health Care, E-Commerce, Retail Revant Bhate is Chief Executive Officer at Mosaic Wellness. ## Abhay Hanjura - Type: Angel - Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: Health Care, Pet, Retail Abhay Hanjura is the Founder of Licious. He graduatedat the Insurance Institute of India. ## Vaibhav Domkundwar - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Education, Financial Vaibhav Domkundwar - CEO @ Better Capital ## Varun Alagh - Type: Angel - Location: Gurgaon, Haryana, India - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: E-Commerce, Education, Health Care Varun Alagh is the Founder, Chief Dad, and Get Stuff Done Officer at Mamaearth. ## Deepika Padukone - Type: Angel - Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A - Focus: Consumer, Consumer Goods, Health Care Deepika Padukone is an Indian film actress and producer. She is the highest-paid actress in India, her accolades include three Filmfare Awards. She has been modeling appearances in print and television advertising campaigns for Liril, Close-Up toothpaste and Limca. She received many prestigious modeling offers, including brand ambassadorship of theJewels of India, an annual jewelry exhibition. She hit the international scene when Maybelline made her their new international cover-girl face. ## Ratan Tata - Type: Angel - Location: Houston, Texas, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: E-Commerce, Internet, Health Care Heading the Tata Group since 1991, Ratan Tata is the Chairman of Tata Sons, holding company of the Tata Group and major Group companies including Tata Motors, Tata Steel, Tata Consultancy Services, Tata Power and more. He is also Chairman of two of the largest private sector promoted philanthropic trusts in India. During his tenure, the Group hasfurther expanded its global reach, with its revenues growing over eleven-fold to around USD$70 billion, after the most recent acquisition of Jaguar Land Rover. Tata joined the Tata Group in December 1962. After serving in various companies, he was appointed the Director-in-Charge of the National Radio & Electronics Company Limited (Nelco) in 1971. In 1981, he was named Chairman of Tata Industries, the Group's other holding company, which he was responsible for transforming into the Group's strategy think-tank and a promoter of new ventures in high-technology businesses. He is associated with many organizations in India and abroad in varying capacities, some of which are the government of India’s Investment Commission, the Prime Minister’s Council on Trade and Industry, South Africa’s International Investment Council, several prestigious universities and several philanthropies. Tata received a Bachelor of Science degree in architecture from Cornell University in 1962, and completed the Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School in 1975.The government of India honored Tata with one of its highest civilian awards, the Padma Vibhushan, this year. # About Shizune Shizune.co is an investor database. Core features: - 48,091 startup investors (angels, VCs, accelerators, and others) - Email, phone, LinkedIn (for intros), socials, and other contact data - Updated daily from public funding news - CSV and Excel export The User can access the full database FOR FREE after signing up: shizune.co