# Top 40 Wine And Spirits Startup Investors in India in May 2026

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

We are a technology company that is here to innovate and transform the restaurant industry by providing real-time access to the entire restaurant ecosystem. We have built the largest data-enabled integrated platform that provides open access to every restaurant and enterprise on earth, as well as the partners that connect and grow the industry.Present across 5 countries, Skayle has engaged over 25.3+ Million Diners

## Kirin Holdings
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Corporate Round, Series A
- Focus: Food and Beverage, Health Care, SaaS

Kirin Holdings manufactures and sells alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages, and pharmaceuticals, and bio-chemicals in Japan and internationally. It operates through four segments: Japan Integrated Beverages Business, Oceania Integrated Beverages Business, Other Overseas Integrated Beverages Business, and Pharmaceuticals and Bio-Chemicals Business.Kirin Holdings' products include beer, happo-shu, wine, whiskey, spirits, soft drinks, dairy products, fruit juices, and other products. It also produces and sells pharmaceutical products, biochemical products, and other products. Moreover, Kirin Holdings engages in the livestock feed and theme park businesses; and management and operation of a chain of Kirin City beer pubs; manufacture and sale of amino acids and nucleic acids for pharmaceutical and industrial use bulk pharmaceuticals, as well as margarine, jams, and honey. Further, it is involved in the manufacture and sale of Coca-Cola products and other soft drinks, as well as sake; and manufacture and supply of Four Roses bourbon. Kirin Holdings has a strategic collaboration with Mitsui and Onegevity Health for launching a testing system in Japan, as well as to develop nutritional products. Kirin Brewery began operation in 1907 became Kirin Holdings in July 2007, with its headquarters in Tokyo in Japan.

## ah! Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Software, EdTech, Education

ah! Ventures is India’s only curated, sector agnostic and the largest fundraising platform for early stage startups raising funds up to 10 MN USD. Very strong network of 3000+ Investors including 2000+ angel investors and 1000+ institutional investors & fund/family houses, Robust deal pipeline of more than 600 business plans/monthand Well-established brand as one of India’s premier aggregators with a cornucopia of offerings to catalyze startup growth.

## Anicut Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Debt Financing, Series A
- Focus: Food and Beverage, Health Care, E-Commerce

Anicut Capital is a leading alternative investment firm based in India, dedicated to powering the growth of the country's burgeoning startup & SME ecosystem. With a dynamic team of seasoned professionals, Anicut excels in bridging the gap between ambition and success, providing strategic insights, industry knowledge, and crucial funding. At Anicut, every investment is more than just capital; it's a partnership for the future.

## Prabhtej Singh Bhatia
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Brewing, Wine And Spirits, Food and Beverage

Prabhtej Singh Bhatia

## Kunal Bahl
- Type: Angel
- Location: New Delhi, Delhi, India
- Relevant deals: 1
- 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.

## Saama Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Bangalore, Karnataka, India
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: E-Commerce, Software, Food and Beverage

Saama Capital II, is an India focused venture capital fund and is the independent successor fund to SVB India Capital Partners, I (“SICP”). SICP has been successfully investing in Indian companies since 2006 following a collaborative partner driven approach with diversification across stage and sector. Saama Capital is the same team, with the samestrategy as SICP, but under a new identity.

## Ashish Dhawan
- Type: Angel
- Location: New Delhi, Delhi, India
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B
- Focus: Food and Beverage, Snack Food, Banking

Ashish Dhawan is the Founder and Chairman of Central Square Foundation (CSF).He worked for twenty years in the investment management business and ran one of India’s leading private equity funds, ChrysCapital. In June 2012, he left his full time role at ChrysCapital to start CSF. Ashish is an MBA with distinction from Harvard University and adual bachelor’s (BS/BA) holder with Magna Cum Laude honours from Yale University. He is on the India Advisory Board of Harvard and a member of Yale’s Development Council.Ashish serves on the board of several non-profits including Akanksha Foundation, 3.2.1 Education Foundation, Teach For India, Centre for Civil Society, Janaagraha, India School Leadership Institute and Bharti Foundation.

## First Cheque
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Focus: Software, Internet, Information Technology

First Cheque Built and Exited Founders, Product Leaders, Growth Leaders, and also angel investors. A lot of change They bring is in how to think- based on first principles, based on data, building a data driven organisation, setting up teams for performance et al. Most importantly, They will help you graduate to the next level of your journey.

## Bhavish Aggarwal
- Type: Angel
- Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Angel
- Focus: Apps, Food and Beverage, FinTech

Bhavish graduated with a B.Tech in Computer Science and Engineering from IIT Bombay in 2008 and worked at Microsoft Research for 2 years after that, filing 2 patents and publishing 3 papers in International Journals. Sensing the need to change the way transportation is consumed in India and create a choice of reliable personal transportation in acountry that's as unique as India, Bhavish quit his job in August 2010 to start Ola!
Within 3 years, Ola is India's largest network of personal transportation options and also the most popular app amongst customers and users in over 22 cities of its operations. Bhavish was featured as one of Hindustan Times’ 30 Achievers under 30 as well as in the Forbes India list of 30 under 30.

## Chandigarh Angels Network
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Chandigarh, Chandigarh, India
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Food and Beverage, Software, Information Technology

If you are Working on the Next Big Thing, let's build your success story together!     
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## Abhishek Goyal
- Type: Angel
- Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Food Delivery, SaaS

Abhishek Goyal is the Founder at Tracxn.

## Nitin Kaushal
- Type: Angel
- Location: Gurgaon, Haryana, India
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Apps, AgTech, Farming

Nitin Kaushal co-founded Country Delight in 2015. Prior to that, he was the Vice President of Corporate Banking at Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation.

## Roj Niyogi
- Type: Angel
- Location: Austin, Texas, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Education, Recruiting, Mobile Apps

Roj Niyogi - Founder/CEO @ HomeBit

## Mohit Srivastava
- Type: Angel
- Location: Seattle, Washington, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Distillery, Social Impact

Mohit Srivastava is the Head of Product Management, Developer Advocacy, and Open Source Developer Experience at Amazon Web Services.

## Anicut Angel Fund
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Financial Services, Logistics

Anicut Angel Fund is the angel investment platform of the Chennai-based asset management firm Anicut Capital.

## DotIn
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Convertible Note
- Focus: Brewing, Fitness, Wellness

DotIn is closed-door network of Investors, aiming to Partner with and invest in early-stage businesses.

## Soumya Kant
- Type: Angel
- Location: Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Brewing, Fitness, Wellness

Soumya Kant

## Japan Vyas
- Type: Angel
- Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel
- Focus: Financial Services, E-Commerce, Mobile

Japan Vyas is the Managing Partner and Founder of Roots Ventures.

## Rohan Mirchandani
- Type: Angel
- Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Beauty, Retail, Cosmetics

Rohan Mirchandani is the Co-Founder at Epigamia. He attended The Wharton School.

## BOLD Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Delhi, Delhi, India
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Angel
- Focus: Mobile Apps, E-Commerce, Food and Beverage

At BOLD Ventures we invest in early stage companies looking to change how business is done in Asia.We are building a platform to help talented founders build excellent products and services.

## 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.

## Abhijeet Pai
- Type: Angel
- Location: Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: E-Commerce, Food and Beverage, Real Estate

Abhijeet Pai is founder of Gruhas Proptech.

## Sameer Guglani
- Type: Angel
- Location: Puducherry, Puducherry, India
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Mobile Apps, SaaS, Information Technology

Serial entrepreneur with 10+ years of professional experience, out of which 9+ years have been spent with startups.He has a broad and varied set of experiences and expertise. At the age of 27, Sameer co-founded Madhouse Media in 2004, India's first online/offline movie rentals company and successfully exited with acquisition by Seventymmin 2007. Post acquisition he was Vice President – Corporate Strategy, Seventymm for one year. Before this he has worked startups like Sonim Inc, Telephia, moblf across India, US and Europe.Sameer is also an independent film maker with film festivals movies to his credit. He has a B.E. in Electrical Engineering from Thapar University, India. He loves meeting people, travelling and reading. Sameer is very bullish on Indian startups and believes that 5 years from now startups will contribute to a significant part of the Indian Economy

## Deepinder Goyal
- Type: Angel
- Location: New Delhi, Delhi, India
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series B, Pre-Seed
- Focus: SaaS, E-Commerce, Supply Chain Management

Deepinder Goyal, Founder & CEO, Zomato, is the Founder and CEO of Zomato. Prior to starting Zomato, Deepinder worked as a management consultant with Bain and Company in New Delhi. It was at Bain that Deepinder conceived the idea of an online restaurant information service after seeing the demand for menu cards among his colleagues. He left Bainin 2008 to start Zomato (then foodiebay) out of his apartment and has since overseen strategy and product development. Deepinder graduated with a Mathematics and Computing degree from IIT Delhi in 2005 and hails from Muktsar in Punjab.

## 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.

## Sprout Investments
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Palmerston, Northern Territory, Australia
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Health Care, Wine And Spirits, Food and Beverage

Sprout Investments is an investment firm.

## LetsVenture
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore
- Relevant deals: 1
- 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.

## Ankit Bhati
- Type: Angel
- Location: Bangalore, Karnataka, India
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel
- Focus: Food and Beverage, Education, EdTech

Ankit Bhati heads the technical aspects of Olacabs, ensuring a quick, convenient and instinctive experience for our customers and partners. He joined IIT Bombay in 2004 for Btech in Mechanical Engg and MTech in CAD and Automation. By 2009 he had already worked on several freelance projects & startups like Wilcom (http://wilcom.co.in),QED42 etc. and finally decided to give up his nomadic professional life for a start-up of his own. He joined the Olacabs journey in November 2010.

## HEM ANGELS
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel
- Focus: Education, Health Care, Financial Services

Hem Angels is a part of Hem Securities Limited, which holds experience of 4 decades in Financial Markets. Hem Angels as an angel investment platform intends to co-invest along with the lead investors. 

## Rohit Bansal
- Type: Angel
- Location: Gurgaon, Haryana, India
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Internet, E-Commerce, SaaS

Rohit Bansal - Co-Founder @ Snapdeal

## Srini Koppolu
- Type: Angel
- Location: Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: E-Commerce, Apps, Shopping

Srini Koppolu is the chairman of Setu Software and an angel investor based in Hyderabad, India. Prior to this, he was the Managing Director of Microsoft's India Development Center in Hyderabad and a Corporate Vice President at Microsoft.He joined Microsoft in 1989 as a software engineer and worked on various first generation products.In 1998, he moved to Hyderabad, India to start what eventually became Microsoft's largest development center outside. He left Microsoft on September 24, 2010 after working there for 21 years.

## Chakradhar Gade
- Type: Angel
- Location: Gurgaon, Haryana, India
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Fashion, Apps, AgTech

Chakradhar Gade co-founded Country Delight in 2015. He attended the Indian Institute of Management in Indore.

## Kae Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: E-Commerce, Software, Financial Services

Kae Capital is a pioneer of early-stage investing in India, focused on tech startups, and has been investing in India for 10+ years.

## Prashant Pansare
- Type: Angel
- Location: Bangalore, Karnataka, India
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Apps, Video, Mobile

Entrepreneur, 3x Founder Bootstrapping, Business Strategy, Growth and Customer Success runs in my veins.


## DSG Consumer Partners
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Food and Beverage, E-Commerce, Health Care

We are DSG Consumer Partners - India & Southeast Asia's leading consumer-only venture capital fund. We partner with founders in the region to build world-class consumer brands.

## Verlinvest
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Brussels, Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest, Belgium
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Series B
- Focus: E-Commerce, Health Care, Food and Beverage

Verlinvest is a family-owned investment holding company specialized in consumer revolutions.

## Supermorpheus
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Focus: Health Care, Education, Training

Supermorpheus is an investment firm.

## Eagle10 Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Bangalore, Karnataka, India
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A
- Focus: E-Commerce, Apps, Hospitality

Eagle10 Ventures 

## Rana Daggubati
- Type: Angel
- Location: Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Food and Beverage, Coffee, Wine And Spirits

Rana Daggubati is a Co-Founder at Social Swag India.

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