# Top 50 Social Media Angel Investors in India in May 2026 ## Kunal Shah - Type: Angel - Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Internet Kunal Shah ## 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 ## Vijay Shekhar Sharma - Type: Angel - Location: New Delhi, Delhi, India - Relevant deals: 4 - 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. ## Rajan Anandan - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology 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. ## Anupam Mittal - Type: Angel - Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India - Relevant deals: 3 - 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. ## Gaurav Munjal - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Health Care, Internet, Apps Gaurav Munjal is the Co-Founder and CEO at Unacademy. ## Rajul Garg - Type: Angel - Location: New Delhi, Delhi, India - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel - Focus: E-Commerce, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology Rajul co-founded GlobalLogic, sold for $420M in 2013 to Apax partners in the largest deal of the year in India. Rajul built the operation ground up in India and then expanded through global acquisitions, until 2008. Rajul then consulted with top tier venture capital firms such as Sequoia Capital and Aavishkaar, where he got exposed to the educationsector.Earlier, right out of college, Rajul founded Pine Labs, a leader in the Indian market in credit card transactions.Rajul serves on several Boards, including publicly traded S Mobility, a leader in digital mobility. He is an active mentor to several startups, a sought after angel investor and a participant in several industry bodies such as TiE, NASSCOM, IIT Mentors and othersRajul is a graduate from IIT Delhi. ## Mukul Singhal - Type: Angel - Location: Delhi, Delhi, India - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: E-Commerce, Food and Beverage, Social Media Mukul Singhal - Co-founder & Partner @ Pravega Ventures ## Rohit Bansal - Type: Angel - Location: Gurgaon, Haryana, India - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Internet, E-Commerce, SaaS Rohit Bansal - Co-Founder @ Snapdeal ## Jaynti Kanani - Type: Angel - Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Internet Jaynti Kanani - Co-Founder @ Polygon ## Maninder Gulati - Type: Angel - Location: Gurgaon, Haryana, India - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Internet, E-Commerce, Software Maninder Gulati joined Lightspeed Advisory Services India in 2012. He brings over eight years of operating, business building, entrepreneurship and consulting experience to the firm.Prior to Lightpseed, Maninder was an Associate at McKinsey & Company. At McKinsey, Maninder worked on several growth strategy and implementation engagementsacross various sectors including financial services, organized retail, digital music, data centers and building security/automation.Before McKinsey, Maninder co-founded a voice based life-streaming platform – lifeinlines.com, which allowed users to create a digital diary of their life. Prior to this entrepreneurial venture, Maninder worked at ITC Limited, India’s largest FMCG company. At ITC, Maninder was a part of the core team that launched ITC’s personal care business and he spearheaded key organization transformation initiatives such as Six-sigma for the tobacco business.Maninder graduated with a Dual degree (B.Tech and M.Tech) in Chemical Engineering from IIT Bombay, where he held key leadership positions including that of Head of ‘The Entrepreneurship Cell’. He holds an MBA from ISB, Hyderabad, where he was a part of the Dean and Merit list. ## Girish Mathrubootham - Type: Angel - Location: Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India - Relevant deals: 2 - 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. ## Kunal Bahl - Type: Angel - Location: New Delhi, Delhi, India - Relevant deals: 2 - 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. ## Sharad Sharma - Type: Angel - Location: Bangalore, Karnataka, India - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: FinTech, Finance, Artificial Intelligence Sharad Sharma is the Co-Founder of the iSPIRT Foundation. He attended Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University. ## Hemesh Singh - Type: Angel - Location: Bangalore, Karnataka, India - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Apps, Social Media, Health Care Hemesh Singh is a co-founder and CTO of Unacademy.com. ## Roman Saini - Type: Angel - Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Internet, Health Care, Apps Roman Saini is Co Founder at Unacademy. ## Pranav Pai - Type: Angel - Location: Bangalore, Karnataka, India - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Financial Services, SaaS, Information Services Pranav is the Founding Partner at 3one4 Capital - an early-stage venture capital fund that is based in Bangalore. As part of the 3one4 team, he is deeply involved with the startup ecosystem in India and he leads the fund's partnerships and co-investments in the San Francisco Bay-Area as well. Through 3one4, Pranav has invested in over 80companies in India and the US, having led rounds across sectors such as fintech, SaaS, consumer, deep tech, and digital media.Previously, he was the Sr. Product Manager at EdCast, an ed-tech startup in the Bay Area. He graduated with a Master's in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University. Pranav serves on the boards of and as an advisor to several of the companies he works most closely with. He also volunteers on the advisory boards and steering committees of non-profits that work in areas he is passionate about. ## Alvin Tse - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Internet, Education, E-Commerce Alvin Tse is the current General Manager of Xiaomi India. He previously worked at Xiaomi as a Head of Marketing, Xiaomi Europe. Alvin Tse attended Stanford University. ## Kalyan Krishnamurthy - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Corporate Round - Focus: Internet, B2B, Food and Beverage Mr. Kalyan Krishnamurthy is the CEO of Flipkart. Prior to joining Flipkart, Mr. Krishnamurthy served as the Director of Finance and Portfolio Companies at Tiger Global Management. Prior to Tiger Global, Mr. Krishnamurthy held various senior positions such as Director of Financial Planning and Analysis at eBay Asia-Pacific and Country FinanceDirector (South-east Asia, Hong Kong) at eBay. He worked at Procter & Gamble. Mr. Krishnamurthy holds an MBA degree from Asian Institute of Management, the Philippines, and another MBA in Finance from UIUC College of Business, Illinois (US). ## V Balakrishnan - Type: Angel - Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Enterprise Software, Information Technology, Pet Mr. V. Balakrishnan, also known as Bala, is the Founder & Chairman of Exfinity, a Private Equity Fund focused on investing in the Technology space. Mr. Balakrishnan served as Head of BPO, Finacle & India Business Unit at Infosys Ltd. He served as the Chief Financial Officer of Infosys Ltd., from May 1, 2006 to October 31, 2012. Mr.Balakrishnan has significant experience in leadership positions in the finance domain, with expertise in Corporate Finance, International Taxation, Risk Management and Mergers & Acquisitions. He served as Secretary and Senior Vice President - Finance of Infosys Ltd., from joining it in 2001 to April 2006. He served as Vice President - Finance of Infosys Ltd and also served in various capacities in Finance department. ## Ashish Hemrajani - Type: Angel - Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A - Focus: Internet, Food and Beverage, Education Ashish Hemrajani is the CEO and Founder at BookMyShow. ## Pavan Ongole - Type: Angel - Location: Palo Alto, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Angel, Seed - Focus: Online Portals, News, Education Pavan Ongole ## Rajesh Sawhney - Type: Angel - Location: Gurgaon, Haryana, India - Relevant deals: 1 - 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. ## Aprameya Radhakrishna - Type: Angel - Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India - Relevant deals: 1 - 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! ## Anup Pai - Type: Angel - Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Banking, FinTech, Finance Fintellix is the start-up brainchild of Anup Pai who has a deep understanding of the Banking Industry's IT infrastructure and requirements. His extensive experience in implementing Core Banking systems across diverse geographies for more than a decade, and his understanding of the limitations of the Core Banking systems in the BusinessIntelligence space led to the creation Fintellix’ssuite of products and services. Anup is an alumnus of the National Institute of Technology Surathkal. ## Kris Gopalakrishnan - Type: Angel - Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India - Relevant deals: 1 - 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. ## Rohith Bhat - Type: Angel - Location: Udupi, Karnataka, India - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Apps, Mobile Apps, Social Media With humble beginnings and a big dream, Rohith Bhat founded Robosoft in 1996 as a 'Mac OS only' development company. His idea was to build an organization that creates world-class products in the spheres of web, mobile and technology.In 2007 and 2008, Robosoft started Global Delight and 99Games, which create productivity apps andgames for various web based, desktop and mobile-based platforms. He pioneered the transition from services to the services/products mix.Fond of movies, emerging technologies and gadgetry, Rohith loves traveling extensively and exploring cities all around the world ## Manpreet Singh - Type: Angel - Location: Chandigarh, Chandigarh, India - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Angel - Focus: Video, Internet, Real Estate Manpreet Singh is an Sikh Indian-American entrepreneur, philanthropist, asset manager, and one of the youngest people ever to receive the Chartered Financial Analyst designation in the United States and the world. He was named the "Most Ambitious" CFA Charterholder by the CFA Institute in 2006. He is frequently sought after as atechnology/investment expert by the media outlets, such as The Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, Bloomberg TV, Bloomberg.com, TheStreet.com, MarketWatch, and many others. ## Priyank Shah - Type: Angel - Location: Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India - Relevant deals: 1 - 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. ## Shivashish Chatterjee - Type: Angel - Location: Delhi, Delhi, India - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Financial Services, E-Commerce, B2B Shivashish Chatterjee is a Co-Founder of the DMI Group where he is a driving force behind the group’s vision and strategy.A 25-year veteran of international financial markets, Shiv brings a wealth of experience in Global Fixed-Income trading and analytics that complements and informs DMI’s activities. Shiv spent the vast majority of his WallStreet days at Salomon Brothers, a storied fixed-income powerhouse that was eventually acquired by Citigroup Inc. One of the youngest-ever Managing Directors at Salomon Brothers and Citigroup Inc., Shiv held a wide variety of positions spanning core research in interest rate and prepayment modeling to trading a range of interest rate derivatives and mortgage-backed securities. He became Co-Head of all securitized products trading in North America in 2004 before leaving in 2008 to start DMI.He graduated from Harvard University in 1995 with a Bachelor of Arts degree, Magna Cum Laude in Applied Mathematics. He is very active in Harvard alumni activities in NY City including serving on the Schools Committee for the Greater NYC area. Shiv is very passionate about technology and is an active angel investor in technology startups ## Lovkesh Arora - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Social Media, Artificial Intelligence, Media and Entertainment Lovkesh Arora ## Shantanu Deshpande - Type: Angel - Location: Gurgaon, Haryana, India - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Internet, Hotel, Social Media Shantanu Deshpande is the Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder at Bombay Shaving Company. ## Yuvraja C Singh - Type: Angel - Location: Delhi, Delhi, India - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Apps, Social, Internet Yuvraja C. Singh is co-founder of the DMI Group, where he is jointly responsible for all aspects of the firm’s activities.Mr. Singh brings over two decades of experience in finance to his role, with an expertise in fixed income structuring, trading and risk management. He began his career in the risk management department at CommoditiesCorporation, a leading commodity and futures trading firm, now a part of Goldman Sachs. In 1995, he moved to Wall Street, trading mortgage-backed securities at Lehman Brothers and eventually running the firm’s mortgage derivatives desk. In 2000, he took on a new challenge and followed his entrepreneurial passion, becoming partner at Compro Technologies, a small software development firm in India. In 2003, Mr. Singh returned to Wall Street and joined the Fixed Income Department at Citigroup, where as a Managing Director he oversaw the agency CMO fixed rate and IO/PO trading Desks.Mr. Singh is a graduate from Princeton University’s class of 1994, with a B.A in Economics. He currently serves on the Board of Governors of The British School in New Delhi and on the Founders Council of the MS Chadha Center for Global India at Princeton University. He lives in New Delhi with his family ## Anurakt Jain - Type: Angel - Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Debt Financing, Seed - Focus: Fashion, Internet, Lifestyle Anurakt Jain is a Co-founder & CEO of Klub. Anurakt attended the University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School. ## Piyush Jain - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Social Media, Artificial Intelligence, Media and Entertainment Piyush Jain ## Vidit Aatrey - Type: Angel - Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Education, Internet, E-Commerce Vidit Aatrey is Founder and CEO at Meesho. He previously worked at InMobi as a Strategy. Vidit Aatrey attended the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi. ## Yogesh Chaudhary - Type: Angel - Location: Gurgaon, Haryana, India - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Internet, SaaS, Sales Designer & Creative-head at SURENDRI ## Ruchirans Jaipuria - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Apps, Retail, Banking Ruchirans Jaipuria - Managing Director @ Jaipuria Group ## Vivek Desai - Type: Angel - Location: Pune, Maharashtra, India - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Advertising, Social Media, Digital Marketing Vivek Desai is the CEO & Director of Systems Plus Transformations ## Nikhil Chinapa - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: File Sharing, Social Media, Personalization Nikhil Chinapa ## ARVIND JHA - Type: Angel - Location: Gurgaon, Haryana, India - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Content, Photography, Social Media ARVIND JHA ## Aadil Ebrahim - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series C - Focus: Beauty, Fashion, Lifestyle Aadil Ebrahim ## Ankit Agarwal - Type: Angel - Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Debt Financing, Seed, Angel - Focus: Pet, Marketplace, Recreational Vehicles Ankit Agarwal - Partner @ Alteria Capital ## Nirav Choksi - Type: Angel - Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: SaaS, Content, Photography Nirav Choksi - Non Executive Director @ Roll Mafia ## Rajeev Saraf - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Content, Photography, Social Media Rajeev Saraf ## Ekika Singh - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Angel - Focus: Content, Social Media Ekika Singh ## 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 ## Samuel Choi - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Apps, Social, Internet Samuel Choi ## 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 ## Jaspreet Bindra - Type: Angel - Location: Gurgaon, Haryana, India - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: E-Commerce, SaaS, Open Source Jaspreet Bindra is a SVP – Digital Innovation & ECommerce at Mahindra & Mahindra. # About Shizune Shizune.co is an investor database. 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