# Top 50 Food and Beverage Angel Investors in India in May 2026 ## Alok Mittal - Type: Angel - Location: Gurgaon, Haryana, India - Relevant deals: 7 - 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. ## KRS Jamwal - Type: Angel - Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India - Relevant deals: 6 - 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. ## Kunal Shah - Type: Angel - Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India - Relevant deals: 6 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Internet Kunal Shah ## 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. ## Vaibhav Kapoor - Type: Angel - Location: Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, Finance Vaibhav Kapoor ## Ashvin Chadha - Type: Angel - Location: Delhi, Delhi, India - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel - Focus: Food and Beverage, E-Commerce, Retail Mr. Ashvin Chadha has spent over a decade working in the financial services industry both in India and the United States. He started his professional career as an investment banker with Morgan Stanley in New York. He then joined General Atlantic LLC, a worldwide private equity firm, where he was based in the New York City and Greenwich offices.Ashvin moved to India in 2006 to join the core team to set up the Mumbai office for India Equity Partners (IEP), a $350mm India focussed Private Equity Fund.In 2011, Ashvin moved to Delhi to set up his own family office to invest in debt securities of mid market Indian companies. He has successfully invested over INR 100cr of proprietary capital in debt securities across 20 companies in the last 5 years.Ashvin has served on the Board of Directors of several financial services companies including Manappuram Finance (until 2010) and Netafim Agricultural Finance Agency Private Limited (since 2012). He also serves as an advisor and Investment committee member for SEBI registered VC funds including Fulcrum Venture India LLP and Carpediem Capital Partners.Ashvin completed his education from Wesleyan University and The London School of Economics. ## Abhishek Goyal - Type: Angel - Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Food Delivery, SaaS Abhishek Goyal is the Founder at Tracxn. ## Nitin Singhal - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology Nitin Singhal is the Founder and Managing Partner of Fresco Global. Nitin has an MBA from London Business School and a BTech from Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi and he is based in London, UK ## Kanwaljit Singh - Type: Angel - Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Series A, Seed - Focus: E-Commerce, Food and Beverage, Health Care Kanwal Singh is a co-founder of Helion and has over 23 years of experience in the areas of venture investing, marketing and business development across multiple sectors in India. In addition to his role at Helion, he serves on the boards of NGPay, Hurix, Amba Research, HummingBird, YLG Salons, Qwikcilver, Mast Kalandar, Yepme, Attano and LifeCell.Prior to Helion, Kanwal spent four years as a director and co-head of The Carlyle Group's India venture operations. Before this, he worked as Head of Marketing for Intel South Asia. He joined Intel from Hindustan Unilever Ltd. where he spent over 10 years in various functions including sales, marketing and product innovation.Kanwal has a Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering from Punjab University and an MBA in marketing and finance from the Faculty of Management Studies, New Delhi. ## 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. ## 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. ## Ashish Gupta - Type: Angel - Location: Gurgaon, Haryana, India - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Angel, Seed - Focus: Food and Beverage, Food Delivery, Food Processing Ashish Gupta is the Founder of Benori Ventures. Previously, he co-founded and served as the Chief Operating Officer and Global Business Unit Head of Financial Services at Evalueserve until April 2016. He started his career with McKinsey where he served as an Engagement Manager and spent about five years with them. He received his MBA from TheCarnegie Mellon University and B. Tech. in Mechanical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi. He recently graduated from the senior executive leadership program at Harvard Business School. He is one of the founders and trustees of Ashoka University and also serves on the board of TiE Delhi. ## Sujeet Kumar - Type: Angel - Location: New Delhi, Delhi, India - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Internet, E-Commerce, Health Care Sujeet Kumar - Co- Founder @ Udaan ## Vidur Talwar - Type: Angel - Location: Delhi, Delhi, India - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Convertible Note - Focus: Consumer Goods, Food and Beverage Vidur Talwar is a Managing Director at Mercedes Benz T & T Motors Ltd. ## Aman Gupta - Type: Angel - Location: New Delhi, Delhi, India - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: E-Commerce, Food and Beverage, Health Care Aman Gupta - Co Founder & CMO @ boAt ## 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! ## Asish Mohapatra - Type: Angel - Location: Gurgaon, Haryana, India - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: E-Commerce, B2B, Automotive Asish Mohapatra is the Co-Founder and Head of Sales of OfBusiness. He previously worked at Matrix Partners as a Healthcare Investments Lead. Asish Mohapatra attended the Indian School of Business. ## Sukhbir Singh - Type: Angel - Location: Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel - Focus: Health Care, Food and Beverage, Mobile Apps Sukhbir Singh ## Ashutosh Valani - Type: Angel - Location: Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B - Focus: E-Commerce, Food and Beverage, Delivery Ashutosh Valani is the founder at Renee Cosmetics. ## Priyank Shah - Type: Angel - Location: Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B - Focus: E-Commerce, Food and Beverage, Health Care Priyank Shah is the Founder at Renee Cosmetics. He attended IBS Ahmedabad in 2009. ## Manish Choksi - Type: Angel - Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: Food and Beverage, Software, Information Technology Manish Choksi ## Rahul Maroli - Type: Angel - Location: Delhi, Delhi, India - Relevant deals: 4 - 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. ## Anirudh Somani - Type: Angel - Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Convertible Note - Focus: Consumer Goods, Food and Beverage Anirudh Somani is a Vice President at CLSA. ## Arjun Vaidya - Type: Angel - Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: E-Commerce, Internet, Food and Beverage Arjun Vaidya is the Founder of Verinvest Corporation. Attended Brown University. ## Sanjiv Rangrass - Type: Angel - Location: Gurgaon, Haryana, India - Relevant deals: 4 - 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. ## 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. ## Anand Ladsariya - Type: Angel - Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: FinTech, Food and Beverage, Internet Mr. Anand Ladsariya is the CEO and promoter director of Everest Flavours Ltd., a privately owned company, manufacturer and exporter of Menthol, Peppermint Oil, flavours and fragrances. He is a Graduate, topper and gold medalist from Bombay University and Post Graduate MBA from IIM, Ahmedabad. He is also involved in various social activities. He isex-Chairman of CHEMEXCIL, a premium export promotion organisation established by Ministry of Commerce, Govt. of India, for promotion of exports.He looks forward to risk adjusted investments keeping in mind capital preservation, sound returns and growth possibilities. He has investments in equity, equity mutual funds, real estate, real estate mutual funds, corporate loans, debt and liquid funds. Other options are viewed regularly on an ongoing fashion.He is an active Angel Investor with both Mumbai Angels and Indian Angel Network. He has invested in over 35 start-ups till date and actively mentors and guides the promoters to reach the next level. He is also part of the Planning Commission’s “Committee on Angel Investment and Early Stage Venture Capital” which is guided by the Vice Chairman of Planning Commission. ## Roshan Abbas - Type: Angel - Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: Food and Beverage, Internet, Gaming Roshan is founder of Encompass Events Pvt. Ltd. ## Shaival Desai - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Baby, Fitness, Wellness Shaival Desai is an entrepreneur and investor. ## Dharamveer Chauhan - Type: Angel - Location: Calcutta, West Bengal, India - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Food Processing, Food and Beverage Dharamveer Singh Chouhan is the co-founder and CEO of Zo World. He attended the Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta. ## Ruchi Kalra - Type: Angel - Location: Gurgaon, Haryana, India - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: E-Commerce, B2B, Health Care Ruchi Kalra is the Co-Founder and Head of Credit and Payments of OfBusiness. She previously worked at McKinsey & Company as a Partner. Ruchi Kalra attended the Indian School of Business. ## 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. ## Narendra Sankar - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: AgTech, Food Processing, Food and Beverage Narendra Sankar ## Sunil Mishra - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: AgTech, Food Processing, Food and Beverage Sunil Mishra ## Pankaj Chaddah - Type: Angel - Location: Gurgaon, Haryana, India - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Debt Financing - Focus: E-Commerce, Food and Beverage, Health Care Pankaj Chaddah is the Co-Founder of Shyft. Pankaj graduated with a degree in mechanical engineering from IIT Delhi in 2007. ## 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. ## Ajay Kaul - Type: Angel - Location: Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A - Focus: Education, Association, Food and Beverage Ajay Kaul - CEO Domino's Pizza India @ Domino's Pizza ## Ashneer Grover - Type: Angel - Location: Delhi, Delhi, India - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Internet Ashneer Grover is the CEO and Co-Founder of BharatPe. Attended Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi. ## 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 ## Vijay Shekhar Sharma - Type: Angel - Location: New Delhi, Delhi, India - Relevant deals: 3 - 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. ## Ratan Tata - Type: Angel - Location: Houston, Texas, United States - Relevant deals: 3 - 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. ## Vishesh Khurana - Type: Angel - Location: New Delhi, Delhi, India - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series B, Pre-Seed - Focus: Food and Beverage, Software, AgTech Vishesh Khurana is the Co-Founder at Shiprocket. ## Keki M Mistry - Type: Angel - Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Accounting, Consulting, Consumer Goods Keki M Mistry - Vice Chairman & Chief Executive Officer of HDFC @ HDFC ERGO General Insurance Company Limited ## Dhruv Toshniwal - Type: Angel - Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Food Processing, Food and Beverage Dhruv Toshniwal is a Co-founder at The Pant Project. ## Abhijeet Pai - Type: Angel - Location: Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Food and Beverage, E-Commerce, Health Care Abhijeet Pai is founder of Gruhas Proptech. ## Revant Bhate - Type: Angel - Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Health Care, E-Commerce, Retail Revant Bhate is Chief Executive Officer at Mosaic Wellness. ## 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. ## Mekin Maheshwari - Type: Angel - Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Series D - Focus: Apps, Education, Food Delivery Mekin Maheshwari - Advisor @ Mentr ## Dheeraj Jain - Type: Angel - Location: Delhi, Delhi, India - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: E-Commerce, Marketplace, Food and Beverage Dheeraj Jain is working as Director at Redciffe Capital based in London and Delhi/Gurgaon. He is also value partner at Nine River Capital, PE fund focused towards India and hedge fund manager at Numia Capital. In last 3 years, he was lead mandate holder towards structuring and financing numerous cross border acquisitions in the mining, metal,technology, security services, manufacturing, shipping, oil, renewable power sectors coving India, USA, UK, Africa. He himself is seasoned investor and have network of investors, banks and other financial institutes supporting on investment banking transaction done on his acumen of risk/reward and ability to stitching deal pieces together. ## Ramakant Sharma - Type: Angel - Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India - Relevant deals: 3 - 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. # 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