# Top 35 Publishing Angel Investors in India in May 2026

## Ratan Tata
- Type: Angel
- Location: Houston, Texas, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- 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.

## Mohandas Pai
- Type: Angel
- Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: E-Commerce, Education, Information Technology

Mohandas Pai - Co-Founder and Chairman @ Aarin Capital

## Brennan Loh
- Type: Angel
- Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Angel
- Focus: Apps, Publishing, Food and Beverage

Brennan Loh is the Director of Brand at Shopify

## Vikash Rajput
- Type: Angel
- Location: Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh, India
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: Music, Retail, Publishing

He started his career in 2021, and his age is only 21 years. He is the youngest best Artist of Chhattisgarh Music Industry who has succeeded in achieving success at a very young age and has set a precedent for the youth.When a person is deeply passionate about doing something, the result is always positive. Something like this has also happenedwith singer Vikash Rajput. From his childhood, Vikash Rajput has grown up listening to a lot of Lo-Fi Beats and learned it and decided to venture into the singing industry. Today, he’s well-known and considered as one of the best talents. But his journey was not a smooth one.Dreams always come true for people who take lots of effort and appreciate every small or big opportunity that comes their way. Some people go their solo way to make their dreams come true. Vikash Rajput from Bilaspur Chhattisgarh, is an independent musician and Singer who is all set to entertain his fans with a new songChhattisgarh Artist Vikash Rajput is busy promoting his upcoming video. Vikash Rajput is constantly sharing information about it on social media. Vikash Rajput is giving a story about his new music video by putting a story on his Instagram. Vikash Rajput told that he gave many songs he had sung to big companies early in his career Vikash Rajput is famous with his Artistic Stage Name ‘Vikash Rajput’, who is succeeded in achieving success at a very young age and has set a precedent for the youth. It has been very loyal and passionate about its work, which is the only means of reaching success. He earned fame in the society.Anyone can enjoy His Amazing Lo-Fi, Slowed and Reverb by Vikash Rajput across various platforms like Gaana, Spotify, Apple Music, Instagram Music, Tidel, Deezer, Jio Savan , Soundcloud and also YouTube.

## Saurabh Garg
- Type: Angel
- Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Internet, Apps, Pharmaceutical

Saurabh Garg - Co-founder and CBO @ NoBroker

## Manoj Kumar
- Type: Angel
- Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Fashion, News, Shoes

Manoj Kumar - Co-Founder & Managing Director @ Malgharia Capital Advisors

## Harsh Mani Tripathi
- Type: Angel
- Location: Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel, Seed
- Focus: News, Sports, Fitness

Harsh Mani Tripathi is the chief product and strategy officer at Vatsana Technologies.

## Apurva Chamaria
- Type: Angel
- Location: Delhi, Delhi, India
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: News, E-Commerce, Information Technology

Apurva Chamaria

## Ajeet Khurana
- Type: Angel
- Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Focus: Blockchain, Internet, Information Technology

Ajeet Khurana is a leading name in the cryptocurrency industry. He is the former head of the Blockchain and Cryptocurrency Committee, which as part of IAMAI is India's foremost industry body for cryptocurrency.Presently, as an advisor to several crypto projects, he is seen as a specialist in:
* Tokenomics: pools, structure, architecture,flow, utility, value
* Market Mechanisms: market making, liquidity, listing, volume
In addition he helps with increasing adoption, communication, evangelizing, ambassador programs, and digital outreach. Some crypto founders regard Ajeet as their personal friend, philosopher, and guide.Earlier, in his role as CEO of Zebpay (India’s largest cryptocurrency exchange at that time), he took it from being a one-country exchange to a global exchange. As CEO of the business incubator at IIT Bombay (India’s premier engineering school), he helped commercialise several ideas from concept stage. As an advisor to Venture Capital firms in India, China, US, and Canada, he has an eye for promising founders.Still earlier, Ajeet has authored several books with McGrawHill Education, been an entrepreneur twice, and taught at the University of Texas at Austin.Here is how he characterizes himself:WHAT I HAVE ACHIEVED REPEATEDLY IN MY CAREER
Customer focus. Speed. Attracting and empowering the right people. Making hard decisions. Managing chaos and conflict. Smoothly navigating regulations & compliances. High governance standards. Cultivating relationships. Converting markets to communities. Negotiating deals. Continuous process and product improvement.WHAT I AM LOOKING FOR
A mandate that requires rapid growth and evolution. A role that requires backbone and heart. A non-bureaucratic system that expects a strong bias for action. An opportunity to learn, and create strong cultural underpinning.HOW I BUILD AND MANAGE TEAMS
Single minded focus on the customer. Choose people based on cultural fit and alignment of passion. Impart purpose. Select for potential, but advance for performance. Empower people to work. No busy work. No unending meetings. Don’t be hierarchy-minded. Encourage learning.

## Dhruvil Sanghvi
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Retail Technology, B2B, Freight Service

Dhruvil is one of the co-founders LogiNext. He has worked with elite organizations like Deloitte,Ernst & Young and Tata Group and studies at Carnegie Mellon and Nirma University.

## Ashish Toshniwal
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Apps, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence

Ashish Toshniwal is CEO and co-founder of Y Media Labs, an investor in numerous mobile-first technology companies, and a frequent speaker on the future of mobile, emerging technologies and business transformation in the digital age. At a time when mobile was just taking off, Ashish and co-founder Sumit Mehra moved to Silicon Valley to start YMedia Labs. Carving a niche as an agency that could deliver both excellent design as well as the creative technology to successfully execute transformational experiences, they caught the attention of Steve Jobs and several top-tier companies around the world.Y Media Labs has since grown to a 250+ size global agency and has helped dozens of Fortune 500 companies successfully transition to the digital landscape. Recently partnered with MDC, Y Media Labs was selected by Forbes as one of the most promising companies in 2015. Other recent acknowledgements include Most Forward Thinking Company from Entrepreneur and Top 10 Fastest Growing Company in Silicon Valley by Business Journal.Ashish's greatest strength as a CEO is building strong teams and empowering them to succeed. He truly enjoys mentoring employees and other bright minds in the mobile space and is always looking to connect with other in the community."I believe that anyone can build a successful company if they believe in themselves, put the work in and invest in their own future." - Ashish Toshniwal

## Rahul Maroli
- Type: Angel
- Location: Delhi, Delhi, India
- Relevant deals: 1
- 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.

## Anupam Mittal
- Type: Angel
- Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- Relevant deals: 1
- 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.

## Harpreet Singh
- Type: Angel
- Location: Gurgaon, Haryana, India
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Apps, Internet, Training

Harpreet is the co-founder and CIO of Alternative Path, a technology and business intelligence startup. His areas of expertise include building and implementing automation tools and solutions, bringing efficiencies in teams using technology, process optimization, testing transformation, and program management.In his previous role, he served asthe Director of Quality Assurance and Head of the QA Automation practice at ThoughtFocus - Centre of Excellence for the largest alternative asset management firm in the world. He spearheaded the creation of a comprehensive suite of automation framework and tools which were implemented across the organization. His team was instrumental in building state of the art automated solutions for complex In-house applications as well as third party Implementations.Before joining ThoughtFocus in 2012, Harpreet served as a Quality Assurance Manager in the Technology team at S&P Global (Formerly S&P Capital IQ). He managed multiple QA teams and delivered many successful products. He headed the test team for the migration of TheMarkets.com platform to Capital IQ, when it was acquired by Capital IQ in 2011.Harpreet is a certified Project Manager from the Project Management Institute and holds many certifications in the Quality Assurance field. He likes to keep himself updated with current trends in the Software Testing arena and understands the pulse of the industry. He is an expert at New Generation Testing practices and tools.

## Videt Jaiswal
- Type: Angel
- Location: Delhi, Delhi, India
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel
- Focus: Internet, Publishing

Founder at Airblack, ex-VC

## Anand Chandrasekaran
- Type: Angel
- Location: Gurgaon, Haryana, India
- Relevant deals: 1
- 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.

## Neeraj Gupta
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco Bay Area, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A
- Focus: Software, CRM, Loyalty Programs

Neeraj Gupta is Managing Director of Cervin Ventures. Most recently, Neeraj was a member of the executive team at Patni, a publicly listed IT services company where he led global sales and marketing with top line responsibility for ~$700M. Prior to that, he was a General Manager with responsibility for telecom, media, and growth industries. Neerajfounded Cymbal Corporation, an IT services company focused on telecom operators which he led as CEO from its inception to successful exit to PatniComputers (NYSE: PTI). In his earlier career, he held engineering and product management positions at Octel (acquired by Lucent) and Genesys (acquired by Alcatel). Neeraj has had significant global experience including stints in UK and India. Neeraj has a Bachelors in Electronics and Electrical Engineering from Punjab University in India and a Masters in Electrical Engineering from the University of Alabama.

## Vikram Chopra
- Type: Angel
- Location: Gurgaon, Haryana, India
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Internet, Training, Apps

Vikram Chopra is the Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of CARS24. He is a former Co-FOunder of FabFurnish and Investment Analyst of Sequoia Capital and was Business Analyst at McKinsey & Company.Mr. Chopra received a BTech and MTech in Engineering at Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, and earned an MBA in Finance at the Universityof Pennsylvania - The Wharton School.

## Zishaan Hayath
- Type: Angel
- Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Internet, Apps, Real Estate

Zishaan Hayath is the Co-founder of Toppr.com. He is the Angel Investor of Startups in India. Prior to this, he worked as VP Product at Futurebazaar.com. He was the Co-founder and VP Product of Chaupaati Bazaar. He served as Associate Consultant at Opera Solutions. He also served as Assistant Manager at ITC Limited.

## 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.

## Bhuvan Gupta
- Type: Angel
- Location: Gurgaon, Haryana, India
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Information Technology, B2B, Crowdsourcing

Bhuvan Gupta is the Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer of OfBusiness. He previously worked at Snapdeal as a Vice President of Engineering. Bhuvan Gupta attended Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani.

## Piyush Goel
- Type: Angel
- Location: Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Apps, News, Music

Piyush brings more than 15 years of leadership, business development, and marketing experience to BeyondKey. As the CEO of the company, he makes sure that we deliver solution of high value and customer focus and adopting latest technology is his main focus area, he is responsible for driving BeyondKey’s global growth initiatives.

## Gayatri Nikkam
- Type: Angel
- Location: Bangalore, Karnataka, India
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Internet, Marketing, Publishing

Currently entrenched and leading as a Managing Director for INDIANA Corporation in the flooring world.In my 22+ years’ progressive career, I have worked across Building Materials, Flooring & Import & Export domains. I offer specialised skills in Operational Strategy design & implementation, Business Storytelling, Customer ExperienceModels, Social Listening and strategic potential investment for Digital Innovation, combining exposure in leading large business and consulting projects and strategic, transformation & innovation programs.I have a strong belief that one needs to go beyond conventional and traditional boundaries to enrich one's learning and explore others, following which I have attained a proven track record in transforming business models through business growth, innovation enablement, knowledge management & marketing strategies leveraging my insights on Analytics and Visualisation.You can count on me to excel at augmenting scope of business by building long standing relations with executive leaders & key players in the Industry, leading & mentoring global teams for scale and seeding next generation of leaders for the company, industry and startup ecosystem towards achieving organisational goals.Got any Queries, Questions or Business Idea:
Email me at: gayatri@indiana.co.in

## Aneil Mahajan
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: News, Sports, Publishing

Aneil Mahajan

## Leon Seynave
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Seed
- Focus: B2B, Marketing, Artificial Intelligence

Léon has over 30 years of experience in the specialty retail sector. He was a co-founder of Mitiska, formerly a listed holding company in Brussels with stakes in several retail companies such as Carpetland, Brantano, AS adventure and Fun.In addition, he holds directorships in De Persgroep (B), Vente-Exclusive.com (B), Audley Capital (UK) andthe Stanhope Capital Group.Previously, Léon worked as an investment banker at White, Weld & Co., New York and Crédit Suisse First Boston in London.Léon holds a degree in Commercial Engineering from the University of Leuven, Belgium and an M.B.A. from the Wharton School of Commerce and Finance of the University of Pennsylvania.

## Klub Works
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: EdTech, Education, Publishing

Klub Works

## Rahul Chaudhary
- Type: Angel
- Location: Bangalore, Karnataka, India
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Apps, B2B, Artificial Intelligence

Rahul Chaudhary is Founder at Treebo. Before this, he worked at Myntra (now part of Flipkart) and McKinsey & Company.
Rahul studied at Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad and at Indian Institute of Technology -Roorkee.

## Nitesh Kumar
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: Music, Retail, Publishing

Nitesh Kumar - Owner @ Desi Beats

## Dhaval Gupta
- Type: Angel
- Location: New Delhi, Delhi, India
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: News, Sports, Publishing

Dhaval Gupta - Executive Director @ Cyber Media Group

## Abhijit Kane
- Type: Angel
- Location: Delhi, Delhi, India
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel
- Focus: Internet, Publishing

Abhijit Kane is the Co-Founder at Postman.

## Prateek Sharma
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed

Prateek is an Entrepreneur, Angel Investor, and Product leader. 

Prateek is an investor in Groww (Investment platform for india), Jiny (Assistive UX platform), Forbidden Foods and more. He co-founded mygola (acq by Makemytrip).

## Sandeep Agarwal
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: News, Sports, Internet

Sandeep Agarwal

## Syed Firdous Hussain
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Internet, Marketing, Publishing

"I help connecting the Dots of Design, Build, Interiors and Flooring. Where i prefer to stay comfortable outside the box, which is not just being creative.”Currently entrenched and leading as a Managing Director for INDIANA Corporation in the flooring world, with understanding its untapped scale of post Covid for businesses, leaders,consumers, society, you and me in everyday go."In my 22+ years’ progressive career, I have worked across Building Materials, Flooring & Import & Export domains. I offer specialised skills in Operational Strategy design & implementation, Business Storytelling, Customer Experience Models, Social Listening and strategic potential investment for Digital Innovation, combining exposure in leading large business and consulting projects and strategic, transformation & innovation programs.I have a strong belief that one needs to go beyond conventional and traditional boundaries to enrich one's learning and explore others, following which I have attained a proven track record in transforming business models through business growth, innovation enablement, knowledge management & marketing strategies leveraging my insights on Analytics and Visualisation.You can count on me to excel at augmenting scope of business by building long standing relations with executive leaders & key players in the Industry, leading & mentoring global teams for scale and seeding next generation of leaders for the company, industry and startup ecosystem towards achieving organisational goals.Got any Queries, Questions or Business Idea:
Email me at: Firdous@indiana.co.in

## Abhay Raj Solanki
- Type: Angel
- Location: Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: Publishing

Abhay Raj Solanki, a 16-year-old who founded The Suman Publication, an organization that publishes, prints, and distributes books globally.

## Shubham Rangra
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: Music, Retail, Publishing

Shubham Rangra He became a well known public figure in the country of Haryana after his tremendous success on YouTube, which led him to get verified on the video-sharing platform in 2021. Currently, he is verified on various streaming platforms like Spotify, Jiosaavn, Amazon Music, Apple Music, Soundcloud, and many other Platforms.

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