# Top 50 Education Angel Investors in India in May 2026 ## Kunal Shah - Type: Angel - Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India - Relevant deals: 15 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Internet Kunal Shah ## Gaurav Munjal - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 8 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Health Care, Internet, Apps Gaurav Munjal is the Co-Founder and CEO at Unacademy. ## Ramakant Sharma - Type: Angel - Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India - Relevant deals: 7 - 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. ## Anupam Mittal - Type: Angel - Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India - Relevant deals: 6 - 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. ## Sushil Sharma - Type: Angel - Location: Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India - Relevant deals: 6 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Education, Consulting, EdTech MCats, Startup Accelerator, Startup Eco System , Tier 2 , Investor ## Mohandas Pai - Type: Angel - Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: E-Commerce, Education, Information Technology Mohandas Pai - Co-Founder and Chairman @ Aarin Capital ## Sujeet Kumar - Type: Angel - Location: New Delhi, Delhi, India - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Internet, E-Commerce, Health Care Sujeet Kumar - Co- Founder @ Udaan ## Vaibhav Domkundwar - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Education, Information Technology Vaibhav Domkundwar - CEO @ Better Capital ## Alvin Tse - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Internet, Education, E-Commerce Alvin Tse is the current General Manager of Xiaomi India. He previously worked at Xiaomi as a Head of Marketing, Xiaomi Europe. Alvin Tse attended Stanford University. ## Varun Alagh - Type: Angel - Location: Gurgaon, Haryana, India - Relevant deals: 5 - 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. ## Phanindra Sama - Type: Angel - Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: Internet, SaaS, Software Co-Founder of Redbus. ## Anand Chandrasekaran - Type: Angel - Location: Gurgaon, Haryana, India - Relevant deals: 5 - 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. ## Ankit Bhati - Type: Angel - Location: Bangalore, Karnataka, India - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel - Focus: Food and Beverage, Education, EdTech Ankit Bhati heads the technical aspects of Olacabs, ensuring a quick, convenient and instinctive experience for our customers and partners. He joined IIT Bombay in 2004 for Btech in Mechanical Engg and MTech in CAD and Automation. By 2009 he had already worked on several freelance projects & startups like Wilcom (http://wilcom.co.in),QED42 etc. and finally decided to give up his nomadic professional life for a start-up of his own. He joined the Olacabs journey in November 2010. ## Maninder Gulati - Type: Angel - Location: Gurgaon, Haryana, India - Relevant deals: 5 - 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. ## Vidit Aatrey - Type: Angel - Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Education, Internet, E-Commerce 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. ## Dr Ritesh Malik - Type: Angel - Location: Delhi, Delhi, India - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, SaaS, Education Doctor turned Entrepreneur, Investor, Speaker & Philanthropist. ## 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. ## Binny Bansal - Type: Angel - Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India - Relevant deals: 4 - 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. ## Haresh Chawla - Type: Angel - Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A - Focus: Internet, Software, Education Haresh Chawla - Partner @ True North ## 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. ## Aprameya Radhakrishna - Type: Angel - Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India - Relevant deals: 4 - 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! ## Ankur Nagpal - Type: Angel - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Apps, Education Ankur Nagpal Founder of Fedora and Co-Founder of Vibe VC. He attended University of California, Berkeley in 2006. ## Shashank Randev - Type: Angel - Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Angel, Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: FinTech, CleanTech, Education 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 ## Abhinav Sinha - Type: Angel - Location: Gurgaon, Haryana, India - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Education, Software, Manufacturing Abhinav looks after operations at OYO. He is a chemical engineer from IIT Kharagpur and an MBA from Harvard. Abhinav has more than a decade of experience working with product and services companies. Prior to OYO, he was a Principal with Boston Consulting Group in Dallas, US. ## Arihant Patni - Type: Angel - Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Apps, 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. ## Sandeep Tandon - Type: Angel - Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel - Focus: Financial Services, E-Commerce, Internet Sandeep Tandon Co-founded Accelyst Solutions Pvt. Ltd. in 2010 and has been its Chief Business Officer since September 1, 2015. Sandeep Tandon serves as Managing Director at Tandon Technology Ventures (Tandon Group).He serves as Managing Director and Chairman of the Board at Infinx Services Private Limited. Sandeep Tandon serves as the Chairman andManaging Director at Infinx Healthcare. He oversees the strategy and operations of all group companies. He has been involved in the technology industry for over 20 years. During this time he has contributed significantly to the growth of Information Technology exports from India. He was co-founder and a former director of IQBackOffice - a leading Accounts Payable Processing company. He was also a co-founder and Director at Freecharge.com - among India’s fastest growing internet commerce ventures. He is active in the Angel Investor community and serves as a mentor to various technology start-ups. He served as Chairman of the Electronics Computer Software Export Promotion Council (ESC) and is a member of Young President Organization (Mumbai Chapter). Sandeep Tandon completed his Bachelor’s and Master’s in Electrical Engineering from the University of Southern California. ## Nikhil Vora - Type: Angel - Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: Food and Beverage, E-Commerce, Health Care Nikhil Vora is the Founder and CEO of Sixth Sense Ventures; India's first consumer centric domestic venture fund. Nikhil was earlier the Managing Director / Head of Research at IDFC Securities, and has been regarded as one of the strongest analytical minds in the country. The core of Sixth Sense lies in the belief that the next big waveof dysfunctional growth will be led by players who are going to be driven by completely different skill sets / capabilities and not necessarily capital. Sixth Sense vision is to identify and invest a ‘smart ass’ team with a ‘kick ass’ product in a ‘big ass’ market! Nikhil has been invited by the “Nestle Global Consumer Board” and the “Regional CFO forum” to give a presentation on the potential roadmap for Nestle India. He has also evolved a strategic road-map for Unilever, Aditya Birla Group, Marico, Godrej, NIIT, Navneet etc. His research has been accredited by some of the largest global funds like Capital, Fidelity, Alliance Bernstein, Putnam, Schroder’s etc. In the Asia Money polls 2012, Nikhil was voted as India’s No.1 analyst. He also has the rare distinction of being voted Asia’s Best Analyst by the Wall Street Journal in the same year. Along with advising clients, he also has been a venture capital investor and on the board of a few of his investee companies. Some of the earlier Venture Investments made by Nikhil Vora includes – One97 (PayTm), Vini Cosmetics (Fogg), Parag Milk (Go), Kangaroo Kids Education, BVG India, Technology Frontiers, Mannash Lifestyle (www.purplle.com), Infinite Analytics, Reznext Solutions, Intellisys Technologies, Rainmaker Legal, RoomsTonight etc. ## Dhruv Agarwala - Type: Angel - Location: Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A - Focus: Education, SaaS, EdTech Dhruv Agarwala is the Chief Executive Officer of REA India, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of PropTiger, and a Group CEO of Makaan. ## Harpreet Singh Grover - Type: Angel - Location: Gurgaon, Haryana, India - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Education, Internet, Water Harpreet Singh Grover is a My home at Entrepreneur In Residence. Harpreet previously worked at CoCubes.com as a Co-Founder & CEO. He attended Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay.Harpreet believes that the future of online assessments belongs to 'continuous evaluation' leading to a selection filter - till then quick and easytesting using rejection filters is a good tool. He previously worked with Inductis, a data analytics firm in the financial services domain. Harpreet graduated from IIT Bombay with a dual degree. Beyond work he is a published photographer, poet and an amateur mountaineer and follows the mantra - one life to live. ## 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 ## Ronnie Screwvala - Type: Angel - Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Education, E-Commerce, E-Learning Ronnie Screwvala is the Founder at Swades Foundation. Ronnie attended Sydenham College of Commerce and Economics. ## KRS Jamwal - Type: Angel - Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel - Focus: Software, Food and Beverage, Information Technology KRS Jamwal is Executive Director, Tata Industries, and is responsible for the incubation of new ventures, as well as investments made by Tata Industries in new businesses and start-ups. Mr Jamwal is on the board of three other Tata companies – Advinus Therapeutics, where he serves as chairman of the board, Tata Advanced Materials, and TataUniStore. He is also a member on the board of Flisom AG and Apex Investments (Mauritius) Holding. ## Rajan Anandan - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A - Focus: Software, E-Commerce, SaaS 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. ## Vivekananda Hallekere - Type: Angel - Location: Bangalore, Karnataka, India - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel - Focus: Internet, Financial Services, Education Vivekananda Hallekere is the CEO and co-founder of Bounce. Prior to that, he was a partner at Suchindra and Vivekananda and executive at B S R & Co ( Kpmg). ## Pras Hanuma - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel - Focus: Software, Internet, Artificial Intelligence CEO & President. An Advisor & Strategic Partner. Cross functional Director, CEO & a high Influencer with well planned Strategic Enterprise Management. ## Shashank Kumar - Type: Angel - Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, SaaS, Financial Services Shashank Kumar, founder of Razorpay, an online payments gateway. Razorpay hopes to dominate the online payments market by focusing on merchants and business to business (B2B) entities, as compared to digital wallets, which are more consumer-focused. ## Raveen Sastry - Type: Angel - Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel - Focus: Education, Internet, E-Learning Raveen Sastry is a co-founder of Previously, Sastry co-founded Myntraand served the company as head of B2B and indirect sales. ## Roman Saini - Type: Angel - Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Internet, Health Care, Apps Roman Saini is Co Founder at Unacademy. ## Hemesh Singh - Type: Angel - Location: Bangalore, Karnataka, India - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Apps, Social Media, Health Care Hemesh Singh is a co-founder and CTO of Unacademy.com. ## Sumit Jain - Type: Angel - Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: Mobile Apps, Internet, Information Technology 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. ## Anand Mahindra - Type: Angel - Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A - Focus: Social Media, Education, Local Graduate, Harvard Univ. and Harvard Business School. Chairman and Managing Director, Mahindra Group. Thought leader in Indian business. Serves on many industry confederations. Initiated the Nanhi Kali programme to provide free education to economically underprivileged girls in India. Co-Founder, Naandi Danone, India's largest safe drinkingwater provider to rural areas. Life Trustee, Board of Naandi Foundation, which provides meals to 1.3 million children daily. Co-Chair, World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2009. Named among World’s 50 Greatest Leaders, Fortune Magazine (2014); named one of the top 25 most powerful business people in Asia, Fortune Magazine (2011). ## 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 ## Nithin Kamath - Type: Angel - Location: Bangalore, Karnataka, India - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Food and Beverage Nithin Kamath is an entrepreneur and trader who is the founder and CEO at Zerodha, a large Indian broking house. He is also the CEO of Rainmatter Capital. ## 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. ## Rachit Poddar - Type: Angel - Location: Surat, Gujarat, India - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Education, EdTech, B2C Rachit Poddar Co-Founder @ Marwari Catalysts Ventures ## Saurabh Garg - Type: Angel - Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Internet, Apps, Pharmaceutical Saurabh Garg - Co-founder and CBO @ NoBroker ## Varsha Rao - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Health Care, E-Commerce, Software Varsha Rao is the Executive Partner at Flare Capital Partners.Rao received her BS/BA in Economics/Math from the University of Pennsylvania. For two years following graduation, she worked at the Wasserstein Perella financial consulting firm, where she advised clients on private and public investment strategies. She then returned toschool to obtain an MBA from Harvard Business School.As a strong believer in the power of education, she contributes to various educational initiatives for underprivileged children and youth. Among them is Breakthrough, a program that works to motivate and empower K12 students to continue to higher education and excel academically and professionally. ## Brennan Loh - Type: Angel - Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Angel - Focus: Apps, Publishing, Food and Beverage Brennan Loh is the Director of Brand at Shopify ## Narendra Shyamsukha - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Internet, Education, E-Learning Narendra Shyamsukha ## Mekin Maheshwari - Type: Angel - Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Series D - Focus: Apps, Education, Food Delivery Mekin Maheshwari - Advisor @ Mentr # About Shizune Shizune.co is an investor database. 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