# Top 45 Legal Startup Investors in India in May 2026

## WaterBridge Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: New Delhi, Delhi, India
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: E-Commerce, Education, Internet

We help entrepreneurs build generational companies.

## Singapore Angel Network
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore
- Relevant deals: 2
- 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.

## Info Edge
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India
- Relevant deals: 2
- 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.

## LetsVenture
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore
- Relevant deals: 2
- 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.

## Mandeep singh
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Legal, Software, Consulting

Mandeep singh

## Department of Science and Technology
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: New Delhi, Delhi, India
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Grant, Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Health Care, Artificial Intelligence, Electronics

Department of Science and Technology promotes new areas of science and technology and plays the role of a department for organizing, coordinating, and promoting science and technology activities in India.
Department of Science and Technology was founded in 1971 and is based in New Delhi, India.

## Peeyush Ranjan
- Type: Angel
- Location: Palo Alto, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series B
- Focus: SaaS, Internet, Software

Peeyush Ranjan is the GM and VP of Google Pay, Fintech, and Next Billion Users at Google. He attended the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur.

## Sailesh Tulshan
- Type: Angel
- Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series B
- Focus: SaaS, Computer, Internet

Sailesh Tulshan is the Founder of 021 Capital.

## Indus Khaitan
- Type: Angel
- Location: Dublin, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: SaaS, Legal, Computer

Indus Khaitan is the CEO and Founder of Quolum and the CMO of SirionLabs. He graduated from Birla Institute of Technology in Mesra.

## Ajay Relan
- Type: Angel
- Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Retail, SaaS, Legal

Ajay Relan is a Partner at Slauson & Co. He attended UC Santa Barbara from 2002 to 2006.

## Kalaari Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Bangalore, Karnataka, India
- Relevant deals: 1
- 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.

## Silverneedle Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Convertible Note
- Focus: SaaS, Legal, Events

SilverNeedle Hospitality Pte. Ltd. provides hospitality services. The Company designs and manages hotels and shared working spaces. SilverNeedle Hospitality also creates virtual reality experiences for travel, real estate, and luxury brands. SilverNeedle Hospitality serves customers worldwide.

## Campus Fund
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Apps, Software, Automotive

India's very own fund for Student Led Startups. Your own Campus Fund - Supporting Student Entrepreneurs.

## Soma Somasegar
- Type: Angel
- Location: Seattle, Washington, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Series B
- Focus: SaaS, Software, Enterprise Software

Soma Somasegar is a Board of Directors at Fauna. He joined Madrona in November 2015 and is a Managing Director at Madrona. Prior to Madrona, Soma had a successful twenty-seven-year career at Microsoft Corporation including being the Senior Vice President of the Developer Division. Soma has long been an angel investor with investments across a widerange of technology areas both in the U.S. and internationally. At Madrona, he is focusing on Machine Learning/Artificial Intelligence, Intelligent Applications, developer-centric next-generation cloud platforms and tools, and the emergence of new technologies such as VR/AR. He has authored several pieces outlining Madrona’s thinking about how these technologies will evolve.Under Soma’s leadership, the Microsoft Developer Division, which supports over six million .NET developers worldwide, expanded its mission to deliver developer tools and services for mobile development and cloud development across a variety of platforms and programming technologies through the Visual Studio and .NET family of products.Additionally, Soma was also the executive sponsor for global development at Microsoft and oversaw Microsoft’s Global Development Centers in China, India, and Israel.

## Titan Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Gurgaon, Haryana, India
- Relevant deals: 1
- 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

## Mitesh Shah
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A
- Focus: E-Commerce, Software, Internet

Mitesh began his career with Mandhana Industries Limited, an apparel manufacturing company in 2001, where he handled various projects including the company’s IPO in 2010 and its exclusive global licensing deal with Salman Khan’s Being Human brand.
He joined Ola as CFO in December 2013 and played a pivotal role in the evolution of one of the biggeststart-up stories of India. Then came Bookmyshow, where he spearheaded the finance department and played an active role in strategic business management. With his vast experience in the start-up world, Mitesh is now a mentor to many young entrepreneurs guiding their startup journey apart from helping them with angel Investment.

## Pontaq
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Artificial Intelligence, FinTech, Finance

Pontaq is a Cross Border Innovation Fund investing in early-stage technology businesses across the UK, India, USA and Canada. Pontaq specializes in the cross-pollination of technology between these geographies and beyond, unlocking significant value for both its investee companies and its investors. Pontaq is headquartered in the UK and has been operational since 2015.

## Pandu Sjahrir
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B
- Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Apps, Hospitality

Active investor with a focus on growth companies and companies in turnaround situations. Deep experience in leadership development and active involvement in business development. Strong knowledge in enhancing companies' capital structures.

## OperatorVC
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Health Care, Financial Services, Software

Hyderabads top bao restaurant that serves tasty, fluffy and endlessly versatile food. Century old chinese street food custom made for todays grab-n-go world

## Kunal Chhabaria
- Type: Angel
- Location: Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Legal, Education, Marketing

Kunal Chhabaria is the Vice President Sales Marketing at Smart Block. Kunal Chhabaria attended Institute of Management Technology, Ghaziabad.

## SucSEED Indovation
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India
- Relevant deals: 1
- 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.

## AngelList
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Internet, E-Commerce

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## Inflection Point Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Gurgaon, Haryana, India
- Relevant deals: 1
- 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.

## Pentathlon Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Pune, Maharashtra, India
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Artificial Intelligence

A seed stage venture fund based in Pune, investing in B2B SaaS companies from India. Our founder-friendly approach and focus on enterprise digital transformation make us a top choice for entrepreneurs.

## Nitin Singhal
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- 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

## Sujeet Kumar
- Type: Angel
- Location: New Delhi, Delhi, India
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Internet, E-Commerce, Health Care

Sujeet Kumar - Co- Founder @ Udaan

## Hunch Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: New Delhi, Delhi, India
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Information Technology, Food and Beverage, Software

A family office, Hunch has been backing visionary founders in various industries from Air Mobility, Fine Arts, Sustainable Food Supply Chains & Food Security, Ports & Logistics, Healthtech, F&B, Lifestyle Media, and several B2B SaaS platforms. It has investments in India, Canada, the US, Tanzania, Singapore, UAE and the United Kingdom and has now pivoted to environmentally conscious and sustainable businesses.

## 021 Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Bangalore, Karnataka, India
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, SaaS

021 Capital is an early-stage technology VC focused on SAAS, EdTech, Fintech, Tech enablement, and Retail tech among others.

## Spiral Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B
- Focus: E-Commerce, Internet, Information Technology

Our former entity “IMJ Investment Partners” was established in 2012 by IMJ Corporation (“IMJ”), a major digital marketing company, as an independent venture capital subsidiary in Japan. After IMJ was acquired by Culture Convenience Club (“CCC”) in 2013, we continued our investment activities independently, and eventually relocated our office toSingapore to change our strategy and start a venture capital fund for the Southeast Asia market. In 2015, we established the Japan office and started a venture capital fund for the Japanese market.In tandem with the expansion of our business, we left the CCC Group, changed our name to “Spiral Ventures” in 2017, and made a fresh start as an independent venture capital firm.taken from https://spiral-ventures.com/en/group-info/

## IndiaMART
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series B, Corporate Round
- Focus: Software, Logistics, Internet

IndiaMART is an online B2B marketplace, connecting buyers with suppliers. The online channel focuses on providing a platform to SMEs, large enterprises as well as individuals.
Founded in 1996, the company’s mission is ‘to make doing business easy’.5.98 Crore+ Buyers | 47 Lakh+ Suppliers | 5 Crore+ ProductsIndiaMART for Buyers
-	Convenience ofconnecting with sellers anytime, anywhere
-	Wider marketplace with a range of products and suppliers
-	One-stop-shop for all requirementsIndiaMART for Suppliers
-	Enhanced business visibility
-	Access to buyers from across the globe
-	Increased credibility for your brandIndiaMART has over 3600 employees located across 80+ offices in the country, and with customers spanning across 200 nations. Its existing investors include Intel Capital, Amadeus Capital, WestBridge Capital & Quona Capital.

## Indian Angel Network
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: New Delhi, Delhi, India
- Relevant deals: 1
- 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.

## Mumbai Angels
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- Relevant deals: 1
- 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.

## BoldCap
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Information Technology

We back passionate founders. Apart from capital, we help startups find product market fit and get access to early customers

## 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.

## Navneet Chugh
- Type: Angel
- Location: Greater Los Angeles Area, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: Legal, Internet, Software

Navneet Chugh -- chairman of Chugh LLP

## Karanpal Singh
- Type: Angel
- Location: Delhi, Delhi, India
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: SaaS, Legal, Fashion

Karanpal Singh is the founder of Hunch Ventures.

## Girish Mathrubootham
- Type: Angel
- Location: Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
- Relevant deals: 1
- 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.

## Almas Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Legal, Legal Tech

Almas Capital is a financial services company.

## Pradyumna Dalmia
- Type: Angel
- Location: Kolkata, West Bengal, India
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel, Seed
- Focus: Legal, Fashion, Internet

Pradyumna completed his MBA from London Business School (LBS) in 2012 and holds a BSc in Economics from the University of London. He is Managing Director, SSD Securities Pvt. Ltd, a leading stock-broking and financial services firm. The SSD group’s activities include proprietary trading (equity, derivatives, commodity and forex), PrincipalInvestments, financial advisory and real estate.Pradyumna is also past-President of the India Business Forum (IBF) and Family Business Club at LBS.

## Hardik Patel
- Type: Angel
- Location: Vadodara, Gujarat, India
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Legal, Education, Marketing

Entrepreneur & Angel Investor, Co-founder of Fluid Labs UK.

## Java Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Bangalore, Karnataka, India
- Relevant deals: 1
- 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

## Impanix Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Seed
- Focus: Health Care, Legal, FinTech

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## Rajiv Luthra
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: Legal, Internet, Software

Rajeev Luthra of Luthra and Luthra law firm

## Lead Angels Network
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- Relevant deals: 1
- 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

## Pras Hanuma
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- 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.

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