# Top 50 Hospitality Angel Investors in India in May 2026

## Rahul Maroli
- Type: Angel
- Location: Delhi, Delhi, India
- Relevant deals: 2
- 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.

## Vikas Bagaria
- Type: Angel
- Location: New Delhi, Delhi, India
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Fashion, Education, E-Commerce

Vikas Bagaria is the Founder and CEO at Pee Safe.

## Anubhav Agarwal
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Angel
- Focus: Hotel, Coworking, Hospitality

Anubhav Agarwal

## Nitish Mittersain
- Type: Angel
- Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Internet, Financial Services, Blockchain

Nitish Mittersain is CEO & Founder of Nazara - a leading mobile games developer and publisher focused on the large mobile consumer base in India and emerging markets including the Middle East and Africa. In addition to developing a range of branded and original mobile games, Nazara operates unique services such as "Games Club" andalso serves as an exclusive distributor for key game developers such as Electronic Arts. Its customers include mobile carriers as well as handset manufacturers. Nazara also owns "Playcaso" - an iOs and Android developer/publisher brand, "nzLabs" - a work-for-hire apps studio & "gCity" - a social gaming platform.Nitish is also served as the Chairman of the Mobile Value Added Services Committee of the Indian Merchants Chambers - India's oldest business organization and has been widely recognized in the media for his contributions to the gaming and mobile vas industries in India

## Anand Ladsariya
- Type: Angel
- Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- Relevant deals: 2
- 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.

## Venkat Vardhan
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Corporate Round
- Focus: Travel, Hotel, Tourism

T. Venkat Vardhan commenced his career in the late 1980’s with a pioneering vision to conduct large scale live events akin to those in overseas markets, this gradually paved way for all that the company he founded DNA Entertainment Networks Pvt. Ltd in the field of Event Management stands for today, Enterprise, Excellence and Innovation. Bornand educated between Kolar Gold Fields & Bangalore he went on to do his Mechanical Engineering. An avid sportsman, has played Shuttle Badminton, at the University, State and National Level, is now a keen Golf Player. Presently his company DNA Networks is responsible of over 90 percent of all large live format events that takes place in India that encompass in the area of Live Music & Sports. Commencing in 1988 with the historic Live concert of Europe to Bryan Adams in 1994. YANNI in 1997 at Taj Mahal, to Rolling Stones, Metallica, Shakira, Roger Waters, Sir Elton John, AEROSMITH, BLACK EYED PEAS, Beyonce, Enrique Iglesias, Iron Maiden, Deep Purple, Mark Knopfler, Carlos Santana and a host of others in Live Music across various cities in India.

## Sanjay Mehta
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: B2B, SaaS, Retail

Sanjay Mehta

## Rajiv Lunkad
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: SaaS, Hotel, Internet

Rajiv Lunkad

## Lashit Sanghvi
- Type: Angel
- Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Hotel, Travel, FinTech

Lashit Sanghvi - Co-Founder & Whole-Time Director @ Alchemy Capital Management

## Rohit Shankar
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel
- Focus: Tea, Travel, Hospitality

Rohit Shankar (rohit.shankar@Dimdim.com) is co-founder and Director of Engineering of Dimdim, Inc. Based out of Hyderabad Rohit leads the engineering organization at Dimdim. Prior to Dimdim, Rohit was Manager Development at CA where he lead the Development of Wireless Site Management r11 Suite. Earlier in his career, he worked as technologyconsultant, and co-founded a Mobile/Wireless Technologies startup. Rohit holds a Bachelors Degree in Electronic and Communication from R.E.C. Allahabad, India.

## Amanpreet Bajaj
- Type: Angel
- Location: Gurgaon, Haryana, India
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: EdTech, Delivery, Internet

General Manager of Airbnb.

## Rahul Jain
- Type: Angel
- Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed
- Focus: E-Commerce, Delivery, AgTech

Founding Partner and Chief Operating Officer at Drums Food International (Epigamia Greek Yogurt).

## Nittin Passi
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Travel, Tourism, Big Data

Nittin Passi

## Alok Mittal
- Type: Angel
- Location: Gurgaon, Haryana, India
- Relevant deals: 1
- 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.

## Sachin Agrawal
- Type: Angel
- Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: FinTech, Hospitality, Consumer Goods

Sachin Agrawal is a Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer at Bizongo. Prior to Bizongo, he worked as a Risk Manager at Gravitas for over 2 years.

## Manoj Mehta
- Type: Angel
- Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Travel, Tourism, Hospitality

Angel Investor & Philanthropist

## Sashi Reddi
- Type: Angel
- Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Internet, Software, News

Sashi Reddi is a successful technology entrepreneur, business leader, and an active angel investor. Sashi runs a seed stage venture fund, SRI Capital, that is typically the first institutional investor in various technology and media start-ups. SRI currently has over 20 investments, spread evenly between India and the US. He is also a member of theinvestment team at Gabriel Investments.Previously, Sashi was the founder and CEO of AppLabs, the world’s largest independent software testing company with over 2,500 QA professionals in India, the US, and the UK. AppLabs was funded by Sequoia Capital India. CSC acquired AppLabs in September 2011. Series A investors in AppLabs received a 10X return on their investment in 6 years. Post the acquisition of AppLabs by CSC, Sashi served as the VP & GM, Big Data and Analytics at CSC, reporting directly to the CEO. A serial entrepreneur, Sashi has started three other companies prior to AppLabs. These were EZPower Systems (web content management pioneer acquired by DocuCorp, and eventually a part of Oracle), iCoop (group purchasing dotcom), and FXLabs (leading Indian game developer acquired by Foundation 9 Entertainment).Sashi received his BTech in Computer Science from the IIT Delhi, an MS in Computer Science from NYU, and later a PhD from The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.Sashi serves on the advisory board of Wharton Entrepreneurship, board of Ben Franklin Technology Partners, as well as on the board of T-Hub, India’s largest incubator for start-ups. He is a charter member of TiE Philadelphia and TiE Hyderabad. He also runs a charitable organization, SRI Trust, that supports the educational and overall development needs of 600 children in 3 schools in India.

## Vineet Saxena
- Type: Angel
- Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Hospitality, Consumer Goods

Vineet Saxena is the Co-Founder of Card91. He attended Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur.

## Jitendra Patel
- Type: Angel
- Location: Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel
- Focus: Medical, Health Care, Hospitality

Jitendra Patel

## Vinod Sood
- Type: Angel
- Location: Delhi, Delhi, India
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Hotel, Fashion, Shopping

Vinod Sood - MD Hughes Systique @ Eye-D

## Akash Gehani
- Type: Angel
- Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: EdTech, Mobile, Education

Akash Gehani is Co-founder at Instamojo.

## Mridul Karkara
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Health Care, Hospitality

Deloitte Managing Director, Mridul Karkara.

## Ravindra Krishnappa
- Type: Angel
- Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Rental, Smart Home, Hospitality

Ravindra Krishnappa is a Managing Partner at July Ventures. Ravindra attended Bangalore University.

## Apurva Parekh
- Type: Angel
- Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, B2B

Apurva Parekh is the Executive Director at Pidilite Industries Limited.

## Keshav Murugesh
- Type: Angel
- Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: B2B, SaaS, Robotics

Keshav Murugesh is the Chief Executive Officer at WNS (Holdings) Ltd. Keshav Murugesh attended The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India.

## Vivek Kumar
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Events, Software, Coworking

Vivek Kumar is the Co-Founder and CEO of Teamforce AI.
Vivek Kumar holds a bachelor of science degree in economics from the University of Pennsylvania.

## Ashish Gupta
- Type: Angel
- Location: Gurgaon, Haryana, India
- Relevant deals: 1
- 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.

## Uday Thakker
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: E-Commerce, Delivery, Retail

Uday Thakker is a Co-Founder & Director at DRUMS Food International Pvt Ltd.

## Abhishek Shah
- Type: Angel
- Location: Gurgaon, Haryana, India
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Health Care, Apps, Men's

Abhishek Shah is the Co-Founder and CEO of Almo. He was a former Co-Founder and CEO of Fetise.com.

## Vishnu Bhat
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: SaaS, Hotel, Internet

Vishnu Bhat

## Apurva Salarpuria
- Type: Angel
- Location: Kolkata, West Bengal, India
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Restaurants, Coffee, Lifestyle

Apurva Salarpuria - Owner @ Salarpuria Sattva Group

## Srikant Sastri
- Type: Angel
- Location: New Delhi, Delhi, India
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Apps, Marketplace, Predictive Analytics

Srikant Sastri is a Co-founder of Crayon Data Pte Ltd. Mr. Sastri serves as the Managing Director of India at Publicis Chemistry. Mr. Sastri co-founded Solutions-Digitas Pvt. Ltd. in 1995 and has been its Managing Director since April 2008. He founded Team4U. He serves as the Chairman of India at VivaKi, Inc. Mr. Sastri leads VivaKi in one of theworld’s most important emerging economies. He previously worked for Unilever and McCann-Erickson.

## Simon Murdoch
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Seed
- Focus: E-Commerce, Software, Analytics

Simon set up online bookstore Bookpages in 1996 and sold it to Amazon in 1998. As VP Europe for Amazon, he managed huge growth from start-up through to multimillion turnover and hundreds of staff. As an Angel investor, he has invested in Shazam, been chairman of VideoIsland (now merged with and renamed LoveFilm, and purchased in Feb 2011 byAmazon.com), Zoopla! and Shutl (currently chairman).Simon founded and funded FriendsAbroad.com, a social network for developing language skills and contacts abroad which was successfully sold to Lesson Nine GmbH, operators of language learning site Babbel.com. Simon is currently CEO of StormForward, an e-commerce conversion consultancy which helpsonline retailers to increase their online salesand profits.

## Bharat Banka
- Type: Angel
- Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Travel, Internet, Hospitality

Bharat Banka - Independent IC Member @ Incofin Investment Management

## Sudhir Sethi
- Type: Angel
- Location: Bangalore, Karnataka, India
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B
- Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology, Biotechnology

Mr. Sudhir Sethi is Founder, Chairman & Managing Director of IDG Ventures India Advisors. IDG Ventures manages over US$6 Billion globally and has a portfolio of over 200 technology companies. Sudhir currently serves on the Board of Directors at Aujas Networks, ConnectM, iProf Learning Solutions, iViZ Techno Solutions, Manthan Software,Myntra.com and Perfint Healthcare. He has over 31 years of technology industry experience, including 11 years of venture investing experience.Earlier, as head of Walden International India, Sudhir was a seed investor in Mindtree Consulting and served on their board for the first four years. He also served on the Investment Committee of UTI Ventures for four years, on the Advisory Board of Westbridge Capital and on the Board of Advisors at N. S. Raghavan Center for Entrepreneurship, IIM Bangalore. Prior to Walden, Sudhir served at various leadership positions at Infotech Enterprises, Wipro Technologies and HCL.In addition to leading IDG Ventures India Advisors, Sudhir serves on the Executive Committee of Indian Venture Capital Association (IVCA), on the Board of Ascent Capital ($350 million PE fund) and the Nasscom Regional Council. He also serves on the Board of Emploi Globale, a global executive search firm.Sudhir holds a B.Tech in Engineering and an MBA Degree from FMS, Delhi.

## Vishal Sampat
- Type: Angel
- Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: FinTech, Finance, Fitness

Vishal Sampat is the founder and CEO of Convonix Inc., India’s first dedicated search engine optimization (SEO) firm, which has now matured into a cutting edge internet marketing firm offering search engine optimization, paid search marketing, social media marketing and conversion rate improvement services, guided by in-house Web Analytics andcampaign management programs. As the CEO, Vishal oversees the overall operations of the company and manages a team of over 120 trained individuals. Vishal began his career as an entrepreneur at an early age of 17, when he launched ‘Radio FM’ - an internet radio streaming platform – between the years 1999 and 2000. He was motivated to install a platform that could cater to the vast globally-placed Indian audience who wished to access Indian music with ease. After hitting a visitor count of six and a half million to the website, Vishal went on to launch another website by the name of ‘khopcha.com’ - a portal for teenagers which continues to be active even today. As a result of the research that was carried out to understand different ways of marketing these first two ventures on the internet, the idea for an SEO based firm took roots, and Convonix Inc. was subsequently founded. Vishal has received a Bachelor’s degree in Engineering from Mumbai University with a major in Information Technology. He is also on the advisory council of MICA- EDC, an initiative that fosters entrepreneurship in communications-driven projects as well as promoting corporate entrepreneurship in the communications industry. He regularly speaks at various conferences about internet marketing and entrepreneurship. Besides donning a professional avatar, Vishal enjoys photography, reading, listening to music and travelling. He is a self-confessed car aficionado and enjoys technology in all its avatars.

## Sumedha Khoche
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Health Care, Hospitality

Sumedha Khoche - CEO & Founder @ Social Weaver Pte Ltd

## Vivek Shah
- Type: Angel
- Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Health Care, Art, Casino

Vivek Shah is an MD, Investment Banking at Haitong.

## Shailesh Rao
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: E-Commerce, FinTech, Financial Services

Shailesh Rao

## Udit Goenka
- Type: Angel
- Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Health Care, Hospitality

Udit Goenka - Founder & CEO @ PitchGround

## Sorabh Agarwal
- Type: Angel
- Location: Gurgaon, Haryana, India
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel, Convertible Note
- Focus: Financial Services, Retail, Travel

Sorabh Agarwal is a Co-Founder at AngelBay. He Attended Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta.

## Anmol Jamwal
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Catering, Hospitality, Food Delivery

Anmol Jamwal is a powerhouse of talent! He's the Co-founder, and handling the President Operations for Feoster & Go Driver an online Tech Platform that makes luxury services accessible to everyone. As an Angel Investor, social media influencer, YouTuber, and young startup founder, Anmol is the driving force behind one of thefastest-growing startups in Tricity. With Feoster, he's revolutionizing how people experience luxury, making services like bodyguards, chauffeurs, nannies, and shareable seats in private jets available to people of all income levels.Anmol Jamwal is a great believer in the power of technology and believes that with the right technology, anything is possible. He is also a strong supporter of entrepreneurship and believes that the youth are the future of India. He is passionate about promoting the culture of innovation among young Indians and loves to mentor and guide startups. He has been featured in many publications such as Entrepreneur India, The Economic Times, YourStory, and more. He has been interviewed by leading publications, television channels, and radio channels across India to share his experiences and insights.

## Dr Ritesh Malik
- Type: Angel
- Location: Delhi, Delhi, India
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Education

Doctor turned Entrepreneur, Investor, Speaker & Philanthropist.

## Rohit Chanana
- Type: Angel
- Location: Gurgaon, Haryana, India
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Ride Sharing, Electric Vehicle, Media and Entertainment

Rohit Chanana - Founder and Managing Partner @ Sarcha Advisors

## Kavikrut ,.
- Type: Angel
- Location: Bangalore, Karnataka, India
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Robotics, Education, E-Learning

Kavikrut is a Chief Growth Officer at OYO.

## Anuj Rathi
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Hospitality, Consumer Goods

Anuj Rathi is the VP Product, Revenue and Growth at Swiggy. Attended Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur.

## Sujatha V Kumar
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Travel, Tourism, Nutrition

Sujatha V Kumar

## Paras Arora
- Type: Angel
- Location: New Delhi, Delhi, India
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Travel, Tourism, Hospitality

Paras Arora is Founder & CEO at Qdesq.

## Bhumi Pednekar
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel
- Focus: Hospitality

Bhumi Pednekar

## VP Rajesh
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Wellness, Health Care, Hospitality

Managing Partner & Portfolio Manager
V.P. has been in the capital markets since 1991, first as an IT consultant (at Citicorp Overseas Software) and then as an Investment Banker for over 10 years specializing in mergers and acquisitions. During his banking career with J.P. Morgan Chase, Deutsche Bank, Piper Jaffray and Thomas Weisel Partners inNew York and San Francisco, he focused on technology, media, telecom and healthcare sectors and completed transactions worth over $27 billion.V.P. relocated to India in July 2007 and started re-investing in the Indian stock market from March 2008 onward. He started Banyan Capital Advisors in New Delhi in November 2011 to manage outside capital using investment principles espoused by likes of Graham, Buffett, Munger, Klarman and Lynch. V.P. is an MBA from the University of Michigan’s Ross Business School with a distinction and has a B.E. (Hons.) degree from BITS, Pilani, India. He is also a Chartered Financial Analyst(CFA) from The CFA Institute, US.
Besides investing, he is passionate about wines and food, is an avid reader, and a regular squash player. Lately, he is practicing yoga to maintain his equilibrium.

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