# Top 50 Energy Angel Investors in India in May 2026

## Kris Gopalakrishnan
- Type: Angel
- Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: E-Commerce, Artificial Intelligence, Software

Gopalakrishnan (Kris to his colleagues) is one of the founders of Infosys Technologies Limited. As Chief Executive Officer, he plays a key role in defining the company strategy and using technology and innovation continuously to maintain its leadership in the industry.On June 22, 2007, Kris took over from Nandan M. Nilekani as the CEO andManaging Director of Infosys Technologies Limited. Kris previously served as Chief Operating Officer (since April 2002), and as the President and Joint Managing Director (since August 2006). His responsibilities included customer services, technology, investments and acquisitions.Kris' initial responsibilities at Infosys included management of design, development, implementation and support of information systems for clients in the consumer products industry in the U.S. Between 1987 and 1994, he headed the technical operations of KSA/Infosys (a joint venture between Infosys and KSA at Atlanta, U.S.) as Vice President (Technical). In 1994, Kris returned to India and was appointed Deputy Managing Director of the company.Kris is currently the Chairman of the Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management (IIITM), Kerala, and Vice Chairman of the Board for Information Technology Education Standards (BITES) set up by the Government of Karnataka. Kris is the Vice Chairman of the Confederation of Indian Industries(CII) Southern Regional Council. He is also a member of ACM, IEEE and IEEE Computer Society.Kris holds a master's degree in Physics and Computer Science from the Indian Institute of Technology Madras.

## Sagar Ratilal Bavarva
- Type: Angel
- Location: Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Private Equity, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Renewable Energy, Clean Energy, Solar

Sagar is a 6th Gen. young social researcher, sustainable explorer & energy investment partner from Netherlands & India Sub.Studied M.S (Associate - Executive Degree) in Business & Data Science with Specialization in Energy & Sustainable Technologies at Harvard University, an M.S (Executive) in Finance & Negotiation at YaleUniversity & M.Sc. degree in Management of Technology with Specialization in Entrepreneurship & Emerging Breakthrough Innovation at TU Delft, and Bachelors in Chemical & Biochemical Engineering.Previously he had been worked at Shell, Netherlands & London, Microsoft - Netherlands and Deloitte - the Edge Amsterdam. His recent association was with World Economic Forum, Netherlands, and Switzerland Sub as a Young Digital Associate. Currently he manages and work as a Joint Managing Director / Industrial Researcher at AASAN Group of companies - a family-owned business group of companies since 1988. Primarily focused over Large scale Industrial Management and Energy Audit, providing expertise over new renewable energy investments, sustainability and innovation tech solutions. As of now his current venture project is to create a next generation renewable energy park of 100 MW to create a sustainable fossil free energy living source for the Indian Subcontinent. Over global scenario he has achieved many Awards/Accomplishments listed below:Finalist as Entrepreneur / Startup leader at Outstanding Leadership Awards 2022 - Australia
Nomine: Dutch Intrapreneur Award 2021 - Netherlands
UN ECOSOC Youth Leader 2021 - New York
Positive Change Ambassador - Erasmus Rotterdam University - April 2021
Wall of Changemakers 2030 - Catalyst London
Antler's Copenhagen Founder's Program Feb Cohort 2022
Shortlisted @ World Startup Factory Scholarship Program 2021 | Rotterdam
Speaker @ World Sustainable Development Teach In Day - Hamburg
Winners @ Futurepreneurs Dutch Open 2020
Recognized as one of top 25 AI based Innovators @ Rockstart Accelerator AI 2019 - Netherlands
Finalist of Global Biomimicry Design Challenge 2018-19 - Minneapolis, USA
Winner of the worlds biggest Blockchain & AI Hackathon - Odyssey 2019 At present he also creating a global level smart and intelligent sustainable farmhouse. A digital solution of exploration and people's life storyline through building up to tomorrow's food for today's future! A brief storyline of creating a fossil-free sustainable living for the dutch sub. - BDF 1.0He also associated within other portfolio family run ventures such as: Habaple Partners, B'onwterp Labs, Spark Renewables LLP, Solwave Group of Companies.

## Naveen Kshatriya
- Type: Angel
- Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Solar, Energy, Finance

Naveen Kshatriya - Managing Partner, Founder @ Kshatriya ventures

## Kishore Ganji
- Type: Angel
- Location: Marlboro, New Jersey, United States
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: E-Commerce, Software, Health Care

Kishore Ganji is the Angel Investor & Mentor at Astir Ventures.

## Sanjiv Rangrass
- Type: Angel
- Location: Gurgaon, Haryana, India
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel
- Focus: AgTech, Food Processing, Farming

Sanjiv Rangrass is the Venture Partner of Unitus Ventures. He previously worked at ITC Limited as a Group Head - R&D, Sustainability & Projects. Sanjiv Rangrass attended Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur.

## Gaurav Juneja
- Type: Angel
- Location: Gurgaon, Haryana, India
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Electric Vehicle, Sustainability, News

Gaurav Juneja is Head - Digitisation at Google. He attended the Indian Institute of Management.

## Akshay Singhal
- Type: Angel
- Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed
- Focus: Battery, Hardware, CleanTech

Akshay Singhal is the Co-Founder and CEO at Log 9 Materials a sub-organization of Log 9 Spill Containment.

## Ramakant Sharma
- Type: Angel
- Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
- Relevant deals: 2
- 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.

## Shashank Randev
- Type: Angel
- Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- Relevant deals: 2
- 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

## Raaj Kumar
- Type: Angel
- Location: Bangalore, Karnataka, India
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: GreenTech, Automotive, Electric Vehicle

Former CEO at GMR Energy Ltd
Former Joint MD & CEO at JSW Energy Ltd
Former MD at Jindal Praxair Ltd
Former CEO at Asian Paints

## Milan Modi
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: EdTech, Tutoring, Education

Milan Modi

## Rajan Anandan
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- 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.

## Ratilal M. Bavarva
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Private Equity
- Focus: Energy, Renewable Energy, Clean Energy

Ratilal M. Bavarva is the Founding Member and Investor at Aasan Group of companies. He attended Lukhdhirji Engineering College, Morbi graduated with a degree in electrical engineering.

## Namita Thapar
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Health Care, Food and Beverage, Medical

Namita Thapar

## 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.

## Anshuman Bapna
- Type: Angel
- Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: CleanTech, Fashion, Medical

Anshuman Bapna is Founder at Terra.do.

## Arjun Seth
- Type: Angel
- Location: Delhi, Delhi, India
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Electric Vehicle, Same Day Delivery, Delivery Service

Arjun Seth is a Member of the Indian Angel Network.

## Gajendra chandel
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Energy, Automotive

Gajendra chandel

## Gaurav Gupta
- Type: Angel
- Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Angel
- Focus: Solar, Energy, CleanTech

Gaurav Gupta

## Michael Gryseels
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Energy, Mobile

Dr. Michael Gryseels is the President of True Digital Group, the innovation unit set up by True Corporation, part of the Charoen Pokphand (CP) Group. True Digital was set up to capture new growth opportunities from digital, analytics, IoT, robotics, and related technologies. True Digital is headquartered in Thailand but has subsidiaries inIndonesia, Vietnam, and the Philippines, and investments in China, Myanmar, and Cambodia. Michael is also the Group Chief Digital Officer and a member of the Executive Committee of True's parent shareholder Charoen Pokphand (CP) Group, Thailand's largest private corporation and one of the largest conglomerates globally, operating across 13 industries and 20+ countries, employing over 300,000 people.

## Harish Narayanan
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: Organic, Consumer Goods

Harish Narayanan is the Co-Founder at Edgefolio. Harish Narayanan attended University of Michigan.

## Ramesh Srinivasan
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series D
- Focus: FinTech, Finance, Aerospace

Ramesh is the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Prizm Payments.Before joining Prizm Payments‚ Ramesh was the CFO of Optimus Global Services (subsidiary of Polaris Software) where he set-up the finance function for the Company.Ramesh has over 15 years of experience in the Banking & Financial Services Industry (BFSI) segment having workedwith reputed organizations such as AT&T‚ NCR and Optimus. Ramesh's expertise is to bring financial processes into early stage organisations, which he does with elan, having the experience of being a founding member in all of his previous ventures.Ramesh is an Chartered Accountant and Cost Accountant by education.

## Satyen V Kothari
- Type: Angel
- Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel
- Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Recruiting

Satyen V Kothari is the Founder and CEO of Cube.

## Chetan Mehra
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Water, Robotics, Industrial

Chetan Mehra

## Binny Bansal
- Type: Angel
- Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
- Relevant deals: 1
- 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.

## Jyoti Sagar
- Type: Angel
- Location: Gurgaon, Haryana, India
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: Energy, Sustainability

Jyoti Sagar

## Shraddha Kapoor
- Type: Angel
- Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Apps, Energy, Mobile

Shraddha Kapoor is an Indian actress and singer who works in Hindi-language films.

## Subin Mitra
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Supply Chain Management, Apps, Solar

Subin Mitra

## Nirav Nanavati
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel
- Focus: Sustainability

Nirav Nanavati

## Venkat Nekkanti
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Energy Efficiency, Energy Management

Venkat Nekkanti

## Dr Kiran C Patel
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Energy, Health Care, Sustainability

Kiran C. Patel is an Indian-American philanthropist, cardiologist and businessman.

## Tiger Shroff
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Energy, Sustainability

Tiger Shroff is an Indian actor, martial artist, and dancer known for his work in Hindi films.

## Laksh Vaaman Sehgal
- Type: Angel
- Location: Delhi, Delhi, India
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel
- Focus: Sustainability, Natural Resources, Commerce/Shopping

Laksh Vaaman Sehgal is a Vice Chairman at Samvardhana Motherson International Ltd.

## Ursula Burns
- Type: Angel
- Location: Norwalk, Connecticut, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A

Ursula Burns is a Senior Advisor at Teneo Holdings. She is also Chairman of the Board at VEON, and director of Uber, American Express, ExxonMobil and Nestlé. She will join Diageo’s board in April 2018.Burns was previously the Chairman of the Board of the Xerox Corporation from 2010 to 2017 and Chief Executive Officer from 2009 to 2016.Shejoined Xerox as an intern in 1980 and during her career she held leadership posts spanning corporate services, manufacturing and product development. She was named president in 2007. During her tenure as chief executive officer, she helped the company transform from a global leader in document technology to the world’s most diversified business services company serving enterprises and governments of all sizes. Shortly after being named CEO in 2009, she spearheaded the largest acquisition in Xerox history, the $6.4 billion purchase of Affiliated Computer Services.In 2016, Burns led Xerox through a successful separation into two independent, publicly traded companies – Xerox Corporation, which is comprised of the company’s Document Technology and Document Outsourcing businesses, and Conduent Incorporated, a business process services company. The separation of the two businesses enhanced their competitive positions and created significant value creation opportunities.Burns, who regularly appears on Fortune’s and Forbes’ lists of the world’s most powerful women, is now a Senior Advisor to global CEO advisory firm Teneo. She is a board director of Uber, American Express, ExxonMobil, and Nestlé, and the chairman of VEON. She will join the board of Diageo in April 2018. U.S. President Barack Obama appointed her to help lead the White House national program on Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) from 2009-2016, and she served as chair of the President’s Export Council from 2015-2016 after service as vice chair 2010-2015.She also provides leadership counsel to several other community and non-profit organizations, including the Ford Foundation, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Corporation, Cornell Tech Board of Overseers, the New York City Ballet, and the Mayo Clinic. Burns is a member of the National Academy of Engineers and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Burns holds a master’s degree in mechanical engineering from Columbia University and a bachelor’s in mechanical engineering from Polytechnic Institute of New York University.

## Rishi Bagla
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Automotive, Electric Vehicle, Wealth Management

Rishi Bagla

## Anmol Jaggi
- Type: Angel
- Location: Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Energy, Mineral

Anmol Jaggi - Founder & CEO @ BluSmart Mobility

## Aditya Bandi
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Solar, Service Industry, Supply Chain Management

Aditya Bandi is a vice president at Groyyo.

## Shikha Gupta
- Type: Angel
- Location: Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Water, Food and Beverage

Shikha Gupta

## Vibhu Natarajan
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Other, Natural Resources

Vibhu Natarajan

## Kaushik Rajan
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel
- Focus: Energy, Software, Sustainability

Kaushik Rajan

## Priyavrata Mafatlal
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: Organic, Consumer Goods

Priyavrata Mafatlal

## Sachin Mehra
- Type: Angel
- Location: New City, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Battery, Renewable Energy

Sachin Mehra is a Chief Financial Officer at Mastercard.

## Prashant Pitti
- Type: Angel
- Location: New Delhi, Delhi, India
- Relevant deals: 1
- 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.

## Rajagopal S
- Type: Angel
- Location: Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Other, Natural Resources

Rajagopal S is the Chief Investment Officer at Entrust Family Office.

## Srinivas Anumolu
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Transportation, Internet

Co-Founder of Growth Story.

## Rohit Bansal
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Internet, Commerce/Shopping

Co-Founder @ Snapdeal
Co-founder @ Titan Capital


## Aakrit Vaish
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A
- Focus: Software, Sales/Marketing, Internet

Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer @ Haptik
Co-Founder & CEO of Haptik @ Times Internet


## Vikram Gandhi
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Series D
- Focus: Financial, Professional Services, Lending and Investments

Founder @ Asha Impact


## Siddharth Anand
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Sustainability, Apps

Vice President @ QA InfoTech


## Sumantra Roy
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: Design, Sustainability

Founder @ Learning Yogi


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