# Top 50 Hardware Startup Investors in India in May 2026

## Indian Angel Network
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: New Delhi, Delhi, India
- Relevant deals: 15
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A
- Focus: Software, Education, E-Commerce

Started in April 2006, the Indian Angel Network is a unique concept which brings together highly successful entrepreneurs and CEOs from India and around the world who are interested in investing in startup / early stage ventures which have the potential of creating disproportionate value.The Network, in addition to money, provide constantaccess to high quality mentoring, vast networks and inputs on strategy as well as execution. The Network members, because of their background are better able to assess the potential and risks at the early stage.

## Blume Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- Relevant deals: 13
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Financial Services

Blume Ventures provides pre-series A and early stage funding to tech-focused/tech-enabled ventures. They are typically the first institutional investors in their portfolio companies and invest for about 8-10 years. They are proponents of a collaborative approach and like to co-invest with like-minded angels and seed funds. They then providefollow-on investments to their stellar portfolio companies.

## Inflection Point Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Gurgaon, Haryana, India
- Relevant deals: 12
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel
- Focus: Artificial Intelligence, E-Commerce, Health Care

Inflection Point Ventures, with over 3300 CXOs and professionals, HNIs and Family Offices, is India’s leading angel network investing in early-to-mid stage startups. IPV supports new-age entrepreneurs with not just capital but also uses its wide network of investors to provide startups with access to new markets, customers, guidance and mentorship.Inflection Point Ventures is democratizing angel investing with low membership fee, lowest investment ticket size (per investor), transparent investment process and extensive upfront due-diligence led by industry experts. IPV is industry agnostic, with a focus on committed and competent founders.

## Artha Group
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- Relevant deals: 11
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Information Technology, Internet, E-Commerce

Artha India Ventures' league of member Angel Investors mentor and invest in nascent ventures with business ideas that create value by participating in the entrepreneurial process. AIV have invested in more than 47 start-ups and has diversified portfolio ranging from last minute hotel bookings (HotelsAroundYou.com), to classes aggregators(FindUrClass.com), cosmetic ecommerce (Purplle.com) and at home salon services (The Home Salon). From microfinance credit rating platforms (Inventure) to online interview platforms (Talview), electronic repair & insurance companies (PickMeIndia.com), Cloud Telephone (Exotel.com) and Cab Aggregators (BookMyCab.com) the portfolio has it all.

## LetsVenture
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore
- Relevant deals: 11
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel
- Focus: E-Commerce, Software, Health Care

Connect with 10,000 plus angel investors. Raise funding seamlessly. Find startups to invest in. Easy to use & seamless technology platform for startup investing & funding.

## YourNest Venture Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Gurgaon, Haryana, India
- Relevant deals: 11
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Software, Machine Learning

Early-stage, DeepTech, Enterprise, Startup Funding, B2B, AI, ML, IoT, VR, AR, Blockchain, Tech-enabled, Nurture Capital, Venture Capital

## The Chennai Angels
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
- Relevant deals: 10
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: E-Commerce, Software, Education

The Chennai Angels is an Angel Investment Group in India with over 140 individual, corporate and institutional members. The Chennai Angels invests in early stage startups and also provide mentorship for their portfolio companies.

## Mumbai Angels
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- Relevant deals: 10
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: E-Commerce, Software, Food and Beverage

Mumbai Angels Network is a sector-agnostic, new age, early-stage, venture investment platform with a diverse membership base, spanning the globe. Today, the network is 600+ members strong, across 70 locations all over the world. They have a 170+ strong portfolio with over 70 exits and next rounds of investments.

## 3one4 Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Bangalore, Karnataka, India
- Relevant deals: 9
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, Financial Services, Information Technology

At 3one4, we are biased towards action and channel the relevant resources to support generational innovation engines out of India. We partner with early-stage companies that are mission-oriented and are setting new standards for inclusive value creation and sustainable growth.

## Unicorn India Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- Relevant deals: 9
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Convertible Note
- Focus: Software, Health Care, Information Technology

Unlock the Power of Innovation with Unicorn IVC - a leading venture capital firm committed to fueling innovation and transforming businesses. We are seed funding company for startups which visionary entrepreneurs pioneering innovations across sectors.

## Peak XV Partners
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
- Relevant deals: 9
- Stages: Series A, Series B, Seed
- Focus: Software, Financial Services, E-Commerce

We help the daring build legendary companies.

## Chiratae Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Bangalore, Karnataka, India
- Relevant deals: 9
- Stages: Series A, Series B, Seed
- Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Health Care

IDG Ventures India is a leading technology venture capital fund in India. The fund is part of IDG Ventures, a global network of technology venture funds with over $6 billion under management with over 220 investee companies and 10 offices across Asia and North America. IDG Ventures has been an investor in companies including Funzio, Ctrip, Tencent,Baidu, Netscape, BabyCenter, Sohu, Vancl and VinaGame. In India, IDG Ventures has invested in companies such as Flipkart, Myntra, Yatra, Newgen, Brainbees (FirstCry.com), Vserv, Manthan Software, Valyoo (Lenskart.com), Actoserba (Zivame.com), NestAway and Hiree. More information about IDG Ventures is available at www.idgvcindia.com

## Kalaari Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Bangalore, Karnataka, India
- Relevant deals: 8
- Stages: Series A, Series B, Seed
- Focus: E-Commerce, Internet, Software

Kalaari is a $160 million venture capital fund with a strong advisory team in Bangalore investing in early-stage, technology-oriented companies in India.Kalaari Capital invests in the unknown Indian entrepreneur who is poised to become tomorrow’s global leader. They are India’s leading investor in early-stage businesses, nurturing them throughevery aspect of growth on the transformative journey toward success.

## 100X.VC
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- Relevant deals: 8
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence

100X.VC, a venture capital firm created a new model for funding early stage startups in India. 100X.VC is a SEBI Registered AIF.

## Speciale Invest
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
- Relevant deals: 8
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Aerospace

Unlocking Future Technologies. We are excited by startups exploring science and engineering innovation.

## Infuse Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
- Relevant deals: 8
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Energy, Solar, Renewable Energy

Infuse is a venture catalyst. Housed at IIM Ahmedabad's Centre for Innovation Incubation and Entrepreneurship (CIIE), they partner with exceptional entrepreneurial teams in India to help create, build and scale new cleantech business. they provide entrepreneurs with hands-on business and mentoring support, a world-class ecosystem of Indian andglobal partners, and seed & early-stage capital.

## growX ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: New Delhi, Delhi, India
- Relevant deals: 7
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Financial Services, Software, Health Care

growX is a B2B and deep tech focused early-stage investment firm

## Anand Chandrasekaran
- Type: Angel
- Location: Gurgaon, Haryana, India
- Relevant deals: 7
- 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.

## GVFL
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
- Relevant deals: 7
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Manufacturing, Food and Beverage

Gujarat Venture Finance provides seed financing and early-stage and growth capital to small- and medium-sized companies based in India.

## ah! Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- Relevant deals: 6
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Software, EdTech, Education

ah! Ventures is India’s only curated, sector agnostic and the largest fundraising platform for early stage startups raising funds up to 10 MN USD. Very strong network of 3000+ Investors including 2000+ angel investors and 1000+ institutional investors & fund/family houses, Robust deal pipeline of more than 600 business plans/monthand Well-established brand as one of India’s premier aggregators with a cornucopia of offerings to catalyze startup growth.

## BEENEXT
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore
- Relevant deals: 6
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, E-Commerce, FinTech

BEENEXT is a Venture Capital fund managed by serial entrepreneurs that focuses on assisting founders with its operational experience, network, trust, unique perspectives, and the capital. The team invests in early-stage tech start-ups that are focused on building the new digital platforms driven by the data network. BEENEXT aims to establish aplatform of founders, by the founders and for the founders across the globe, primarily in South East Asia, India and Japan. Since its establishment in 2015, the team has
invested in over 180 companies globally.

## SucSEED Indovation
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India
- Relevant deals: 6
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: SaaS, Software, Information Technology

SucSEED Indovation offers access to capital for deep tech startups to scale and grow. SucSEED supports early-stage deep tech and tech-driven startups providing solutions to the large-scale needs of India and with the potential to serve global emerging market needs too.

## We Founder Circle
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- Relevant deals: 6
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Education, Software, Health Care

WeFounderCircle - Seed Fund by founders, for founders. Backed by a community of successful founders & strategic angels, we help raise seed funding of $100K-$150K to early-stage founders

## Veda VC
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Gurgaon, Haryana, India
- Relevant deals: 6
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Software, Machine Learning

Veda VC is an early stage Micro VC, with proven investments in SaaS, Consumer Internet and New Age Commerce.

## Dinesh Agarwal
- Type: Angel
- Location: Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India
- Relevant deals: 6
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B
- Focus: Software, Internet, Artificial Intelligence

The man behind establishment of India’s largest online marketplace in 1996, Dinesh is the chief driving force behind IndiaMART and has been the front runner in steering the growth of the company. Under his leadership, IndiaMART today is a 2800 strong talented pool of human resource, with customers spanning across 200 nations and 35 offices acrossthe country. A vigorous advocate of Indian SMEs, he has been undertaking numerous initiatives to promote technology in the Indian SME space.Dinesh is a member of The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE) and Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI).Dinesh pursued his B. Tech in Computer Science and Engineering from Harcourt Butler Technological Institute, Kanpur. When he does not have his working boots on, he loves to spend time with his family, travelling to exotic locations and experiencing different cultures

## Ankur Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- Relevant deals: 6
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Agriculture, AgTech, Farming

Ankur Capital is an early stage venture capital fund investing in startups with transformative technologies for next billion Indians. The fund invests in non-conventional opportunities across sectors such as agritech, consumer food, healthcare, vernacular tech, fintech, logisitics, edtech, retail tech, digital inclusion and deeptech in these markets.

## Nexus Venture Partners
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Menlo Park, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 6
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, SaaS

Nexus Venture Partners is a venture capital firm established by ex-entrepreneurs in enterprise technology and consumer internet. The firm was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in Menlo Park, California, United States.

## Venture Highway
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: New Delhi, Delhi, India
- Relevant deals: 5
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: SaaS, Information Technology, Software

Venture Highway teams up with the next generation of entrepreneurs by providing guidance and capital to early-stage nascent ideas in technology.We are looking to team up with founders who demonstrate a passion and ability to create world-class businesses. If you’ve got the ability, drive, desire, passion, perseverance, and all that ‘good’ (butreally really painful) stuff then you’ve reached the right place.

## Rohit Bansal
- Type: Angel
- Location: Gurgaon, Haryana, India
- Relevant deals: 5
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Internet, E-Commerce, SaaS

Rohit Bansal - Co-Founder @ Snapdeal

## Rajesh Sawhney
- Type: Angel
- Location: Gurgaon, Haryana, India
- Relevant deals: 5
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Internet

Rajesh is the co-founder and CEO of InnerChef and Super Angels.
He holds a bachelor's degree in electronic engineering from Delhi University, and a master's degree in management from Mumbai University.
He has also done a fellowship in 'Globalisation and Leadership' from the London School of Economics and Social Sciences.

## Athera Venture Partners
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Bangalore, Karnataka, India
- Relevant deals: 5
- Stages: Series A, Series B, Series C
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce

Early Stage Venture Capital Firm in India

## Whiteboard Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- Relevant deals: 5
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Health Care, Internet, Financial Services

Whiteboard Capital is Mumbai based early stage investment firm.

## Java Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Bangalore, Karnataka, India
- Relevant deals: 5
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Financial Services, Internet, Software

Java capital is pre-seed/seed run by career Venture Capitalists and startup ecosystem enablers with over 20+ years of experience between them across pre-seed, seed, and early stage investments. P

## Kunal Bahl
- Type: Angel
- Location: New Delhi, Delhi, India
- Relevant deals: 5
- 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.

## Arali Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Bangalore, Karnataka, India
- Relevant deals: 5
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Software, Machine Learning

We are a seed fund focused on enterprise tech businesses out of India. We invest early, help build the venture with the promoter teams.

## Hyderabad Angels
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India
- Relevant deals: 5
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Artificial Intelligence

We are a network of leading entrepreneurs who have successfully built and run enterprises across several domains and industries and are keen to invest in the new stage businesses having the potential to create value for mankind. Meet our Angels.

## Kunal Shah
- Type: Angel
- Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
- Relevant deals: 5
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Internet

Kunal Shah

## Titan Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Gurgaon, Haryana, India
- Relevant deals: 5
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Internet, Health Care

Investing behind Founders who create a Better World Operator-led early stage capital RECENT INVESTMENTS NUMBERS Let's talk numbers? Our portfolio includes 200+ companies spread worldwide across consumer internet, direct to consumer brands, SaaS, and Fintech RAISED OVER $ Billion from 100+ institutional investors EMPLOYED 80 ,000 People all over the world SERVED OVER 135 Million

## Lead Angels Network
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: E-Commerce, Food and Beverage, Information Technology

Lead Angels is a platform for investing in professionally researched Indian startups and mentored for maximum value creation

## Rajan Anandan
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A
- Focus: Software, Commerce/Shopping, Internet

Managing Director @ Sequoia Capital India
Partner @ BOV Capital


## Prashant Pitti
- Type: Angel
- Location: New Delhi, Delhi, India
- Relevant deals: 4
- 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.

## Sunil Kumar Singhvi
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Health Care, E-Commerce

Sunil Kumar Singhvi

## AccelNest
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Hardware, Software, Manufacturing

AccelNest provides investors access to cherry-picked startups through demo days. Thus bridging the gap between high-quality startups and potential investors.

## Info Edge
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Corporate Round
- Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Internet

Info Edge provides online recruitment, matrimonial and real estate classifieds, and related services. The company's mission is to address the middle east job market and have launched a Gulf version of the recruitment site. The company also launched a career counseling and guidance site, a professional networking site, and an educationclassified site.It was founded in 2016 and headquartered in Uttar, Pradesh.

## IDFC-Parampara Fund
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology, Augmented Reality

IDFC-Parampara fund is an early-stage capital fund that personal equity investment experience will add a lot of value and assist.

## Alpha Wave Global
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Series B, Series A, Series C
- Focus: Financial Services, Artificial Intelligence, E-Commerce

Alpha Wave Global provides asset classes, themes, and geographies from venture capital to public markets to credit. It was founded in 2011 and is headquartered in New York, United States.

## Singapore Angel Network
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A
- Focus: E-Commerce, Software, Health Care

SGAN is an early stage VC anchored by the multi billion dollar Thakral Group of Companies and has investments across India, Singapore and the USA.

## Elevation Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Gurgaon, Haryana, India
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B
- Focus: Software, Financial Services, E-Commerce

Elevation Capital is an early-stage venture capital firm that focuses on consumers, enterprises, logistics, and B2B.

## Omidyar Network India
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Financial Services, SaaS, E-Commerce

We make equity investments in early stage enterprises and provide grants to non-profits in the areas of Digital Identity, Education, Emerging Tech, Financial Inclusion, Governance & Citizen Engagement, & Property Rights.

## Orios Venture Partners
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: E-Commerce, Software, FinTech

Orios Venture Partners is an early stage venture fund which primarily invests in software and technology enabled startups.

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