# Top 50 Software Angel Investors in India in May 2026

## Kunal Shah
- Type: Angel
- Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
- Relevant deals: 38
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Internet

Kunal Shah

## Rajan Anandan
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 27
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A
- Focus: Software, E-Commerce, SaaS

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.

## Kunal Bahl
- Type: Angel
- Location: New Delhi, Delhi, India
- Relevant deals: 19
- 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.

## Anupam Mittal
- Type: Angel
- Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- Relevant deals: 18
- 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.

## Anand Chandrasekaran
- Type: Angel
- Location: Gurgaon, Haryana, India
- Relevant deals: 18
- 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.

## Ramakant Sharma
- Type: Angel
- Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
- Relevant deals: 18
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Financial Services, Software, E-Commerce

Ramakant plays a central role in driving all technological innovations that form the backbone of Livspace while also leading our operations team. Before founding Livspace, Ramakant was a core team member and Vice President of Engineering at Myntra, a leading fashion eCommerce startup in India (acquired by Flipkart). Ramakant, graduated from IITKanpur, and holds an MBA from Indian School of Business, Hyderabad.

## Gaurav Munjal
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 18
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Health Care, Internet, Apps

Gaurav Munjal is the Co-Founder and CEO at Unacademy.

## Amrish Rau
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 17
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Payments

Amrish Rau is the CEO of Pine Labs.

## Jitendra Gupta
- Type: Angel
- Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- Relevant deals: 16
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel
- Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Payments

Jitendra Gupta is the Founder of Jupiter.

## Rajesh Sawhney
- Type: Angel
- Location: Gurgaon, Haryana, India
- Relevant deals: 16
- 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.

## Binny Bansal
- Type: Angel
- Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
- Relevant deals: 16
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Internet, Apps

Binny Bansal is an Indian software engineer and Internet entrepreneur. In 2007 he co-founded the e-commerce platform Flipkart with Sachin Bansal (not related) and was serving as the Chief Operating Officer until 11 January 2016 and was promoted to Chief Executive Officer. In January 2017 he was promoted to Group CEO of Flipkart. Binny is fromChandigarh and graduated from the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi with a degree in Computer Science and Engineering.

## Aprameya Radhakrishna
- Type: Angel
- Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
- Relevant deals: 15
- 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!

## Rohit Bansal
- Type: Angel
- Location: Gurgaon, Haryana, India
- Relevant deals: 14
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Internet, E-Commerce, SaaS

Rohit Bansal - Co-Founder @ Snapdeal

## Vijay Shekhar Sharma
- Type: Angel
- Location: New Delhi, Delhi, India
- Relevant deals: 14
- 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.

## Dr Ritesh Malik
- Type: Angel
- Location: Delhi, Delhi, India
- Relevant deals: 13
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Education

Doctor turned Entrepreneur, Investor, Speaker & Philanthropist.

## Utsav Somani
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 13
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Apps, Software, Financial Services

Looking for - Passionate founders looking to target a market with tremendous future potential and stands to be disrupted by a new entrant. Crucial that the product / service is not easily replicable and the domain expertise of the company is a deterrent to fresh entrants.Keen interest in - Clean Technology, Consumer Internet, EnterpriseSoftware, Health Care, Mobile, SaaSSkills - Angel Investing, Financial Modelling & Valuation, Information Technology, Portfolio Management, Risk Management

## Dinesh Agarwal
- Type: Angel
- Location: Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India
- Relevant deals: 12
- 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

## Varun Alagh
- Type: Angel
- Location: Gurgaon, Haryana, India
- Relevant deals: 12
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: E-Commerce, Education, Health Care

Varun Alagh is the Founder, Chief Dad, and Get Stuff Done Officer at Mamaearth.

## Girish Mathrubootham
- Type: Angel
- Location: Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
- Relevant deals: 11
- 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.

## Kris Gopalakrishnan
- Type: Angel
- Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
- Relevant deals: 11
- 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.

## Roman Saini
- Type: Angel
- Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
- Relevant deals: 10
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Internet, Health Care, Apps

Roman Saini is Co Founder at Unacademy.


## Vaibhav Domkundwar
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 10
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Education, Information Technology

Vaibhav Domkundwar - CEO @ Better Capital

## Phanindra Sama
- Type: Angel
- Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
- Relevant deals: 10
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Internet, SaaS, Software

Co-Founder of Redbus.

## Alok Mittal
- Type: Angel
- Location: Gurgaon, Haryana, India
- Relevant deals: 9
- 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.

## Pras Hanuma
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 9
- 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.

## Raghunandan G
- Type: Angel
- Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
- Relevant deals: 8
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel
- Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Apps

Raghu is the Founder of Zolve. He is an avid reader and an encyclopedia in his own rights. After a successful 3-year stint with Feedback Ventures as a Consultant, he decided to follow his heart which craved for him to become an entrepreneur. He has degrees from IIM Ahmedabad and NITK Surathkal and hasn’t lost touch with the technical prowess fromhis days back in Texas Instruments.

## Kishore Ganji
- Type: Angel
- Location: Marlboro, New Jersey, United States
- Relevant deals: 8
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: E-Commerce, Software, Health Care

Kishore Ganji is the Angel Investor & Mentor at Astir Ventures.

## Mitesh Shah
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 8
- 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.

## Sandeep Nailwal
- Type: Angel
- Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- Relevant deals: 8
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services

Sandeep Nailwal is the Co-Founder of Polygon. He is a former Co-Founder and CEO of Scopeweaver. He attended the National Institute of Industrial Engineering.

## Ganesh Krishnan
- Type: Angel
- Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
- Relevant deals: 8
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Internet, Information Technology, E-Commerce

Ganesh is a serial entrepreneur with four successful green field ventures and exits. Most recently, he founded and led TutorVista which was acquired by US and UK listed education leader Pearson for $ 213 MM in January 2011.He is a strategic investor / promoter of India based consumer Internet and ecommerce companies bluestone.com (onlinejewellery), Bigbasket.com (egrocery), MustseeIndia.com (travel packages and content), bookadda.com (academic focused online books) and delyver.com (hyper local delivery).Ganesh was also Chairman, Investor and Advisor in the data analytics BPO firm Marketics until March 2007, when the company was acquired by NYSE listed WNS for $ 63 MM. His earlier venture, CustomerAsset was started in mid 2000 and later acquired by ICICI (NYSE listed, India's largest bank) and is now publicly listed in India as First Source Solutions. In 1990, as his first entrepreneurial venture, he co-promoted IT&T. And as its Founder and CEO, he played a major role in making the company one of India's top multi-vendor IT service and support till the business was sold to iGate (a listed company) in 2003.He is also on the Board of Governors of Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta and has a post-graduate degree from the Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta, and has a degree in Mechanical Engineering from Delhi University.

## Rajul Garg
- Type: Angel
- Location: New Delhi, Delhi, India
- Relevant deals: 8
- 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.

## Haresh Chawla
- Type: Angel
- Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- Relevant deals: 8
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A
- Focus: Internet, Software, Education

Haresh Chawla - Partner @ True North

## Sujeet Kumar
- Type: Angel
- Location: New Delhi, Delhi, India
- Relevant deals: 8
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Internet, E-Commerce, Health Care

Sujeet Kumar - Co- Founder @ Udaan

## Miten Sampat
- Type: Angel
- Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- Relevant deals: 7
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A
- Focus: Health Care, Internet, SaaS

Miten Sampat - Building CRED @ CRED

## Srinivas Anumolu
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 7
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Apps, Automotive, Food Processing

Co-Founder of Growth Story.

## Arihant Patni
- Type: Angel
- Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- Relevant deals: 7
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Apps, Health Care, Artificial Intelligence

Arihant is the Managing Director of Patni Financial Advisors, a wealth management company that advises high net worth families on a wide range of investment options. He is also Co-founder and Director at Nirvana venture Advisors. Arihant began his career at his family business, Patni Computer Systems, one of the leading Indian IT businesses of thetime, where he held positions in the computer software and human resources departments, as well as being a business development and marketing executive. Subsequently, Arihant worked as a Business Strategy Consultant for Fidelity Investments in Boston.

## Sunil Kumar Singhvi
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 7
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Health Care, E-Commerce

Sunil Kumar Singhvi

## Abhishek Goyal
- Type: Angel
- Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
- Relevant deals: 7
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Food Delivery, SaaS

Abhishek Goyal is the Founder at Tracxn.

## Rajesh Mane
- Type: Angel
- Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- Relevant deals: 7
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Internet, Mobile, Fashion

An active investor in early stage startups across technology & CPG.

## Maninder Gulati
- Type: Angel
- Location: Gurgaon, Haryana, India
- Relevant deals: 7
- 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.

## Sanjay Mehta
- Type: Angel
- Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- Relevant deals: 7
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Artificial Intelligence, FinTech, Information Technology

Sanjay Mehta is Member of the Board of Advisors at LogiNext Solution.

## Shrishti Sahu
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 7
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Internet, Apps, Financial Services

entrepreneur and investor in tech start-ups, crypto and public markets. Founded a fintech company, and was a part of the Investment Team of Lumis Partners (PeopleStrong, TalentEdge, Sheroes etc). Headed Startup Programs for Facebook for South Asia & India. Early backer of companies like Plum (health insurance for SME employees), Clickpost(logistics tech), Rupifi (credit for SMEs), WorkApps (Enterprise Collaboration), Chingari (Social Video), Kutumb (social communities for Bharat), DelightChat (customer support for D2C brands), 10Club (D2C e-commerce), UrbanYogi (mental health)

## Arjun Vaidya
- Type: Angel
- Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- Relevant deals: 7
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: E-Commerce, Internet, Food and Beverage

Arjun Vaidya is the Founder of Verinvest Corporation. Attended Brown University.

## Sunil Kalra
- Type: Angel
- Location: New Delhi, Delhi, India
- Relevant deals: 7
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Series C
- Focus: Financial Services, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence

Sunil Kalra - Managing Director @ Via Projects

## Amit Singhal
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 6
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series C
- Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Software, Machine Learning

Amit Singhal is a senior vice president and software engineer at Google Inc., a Google Fellow, and the head of Google’s core ranking team. He has worked in the field of search for over fifteen years, first as an academic researcher and now as a Google engineer. His research interests include information retrieval, its application to web search, webgraph analysis, and user interfaces for search. Prior to joining Google in 2000, Amit was a senior member of technical staff at AT&T LabsSinghal is also the author of two publications: Efficient Multicast Algorithms for Switch based Irregular Heterogeneous Networks of Workstations and Terabit Switching: A survey of Techniques and Current Products.Singhal obtained his bachelor’s degree in computer science and engineering from IIT Roorkee, India, and his M.S. from the University of Minnesota. He also holds a Ph.D.in computer science from Cornell University.

## Saurabh Aggarwal
- Type: Angel
- Location: Gurgaon, Haryana, India
- Relevant deals: 6
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Focus: E-Commerce, Marketplace, E-Learning

Saurabh Aggarwal is the Co-founder at FITSO.

## KRS Jamwal
- Type: Angel
- Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- Relevant deals: 6
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Focus: Software, Food and Beverage, Information Technology

KRS Jamwal is Executive Director, Tata Industries, and is responsible for the incubation of new ventures, as well as investments made by Tata Industries in new businesses and start-ups. Mr Jamwal is on the board of three other Tata companies – Advinus Therapeutics, where he serves as chairman of the board, Tata Advanced Materials, and TataUniStore. He is also a member on the board of Flisom AG and Apex Investments (Mauritius) Holding.

## Rohit Chanana
- Type: Angel
- Location: Gurgaon, Haryana, India
- Relevant deals: 6
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Ride Sharing, Electric Vehicle, Media and Entertainment

Rohit Chanana - Founder and Managing Partner @ Sarcha Advisors

## Nitin Singhal
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 6
- 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

## Pallav Nadhani
- Type: Angel
- Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
- Relevant deals: 6
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: SaaS, Software, Information Technology

Pallav Nadhani is the Managing Partner at Seeders Venture Capital.

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