The Complete List of Top Venture Capital Firms In India

Oliphans Capital

Established in 2012, Oliphans Capital is one of the venture capital firms specialising in early-stage investments across various sectors. The firm seeks to invest between $0.5 million and $3 million.

Some companies invested: XSTOK, Prothom Industries, Grab

Get in touch: www.oliphans.com

Email: ideas@oliphans.com

YourNest Angel Fund

YourNest Angel Fund specialises in incubation, angel, seed, early, and startup stage investments including angel and pre-series A investments. It invests in Indian companies in the sectors of technology, financial services, consumer staples, energy, industrials, materials, and utilities.

Get in touch: www.yournest.in

Email: investor.relations@yournest.in

Infuse Ventures

Established in 2007, Infuse Ventures is a venture catalyst that specialises in investments in incubation, seed, startup, and early-stage companies. It seeks to take stakes between 25% to 30% in portfolio companies.

Get in touch: www.infuseventures.in

Email: admin@infuseventures.in

Ascent Capital

Ascent Capital is a leading India-focused independent private equity firm specialising in startup, early-stage, and growth investments in small medium enterprises, agribusiness companies. It usually takes a controlling and majority stake or between 25% and 40% shareholding in its portfolio companies.

Get in touch: www.ascentcapital.in

Email: info@ascentcapital.in

Nirvana Venture Advisors

Nirvana Venture Advisors is a private equity and venture capital firm specialising in startups, early-stage, later stage, and early growth investments. This Mumbai-based firm prefers to be the first institutional investor.

Some companies invested: Fantom Foundation, Unbxd, CartRocket, TranServ, Zopper, UrbanPro, YourNextLeap

Get in touch: www.nirvanaventures.in

Email: info@nirvanaventures.in

Prime Venture Partners

Prime Venture Partners, formerly known as Angel Prime, is one of the venture capital firms specialising in the incubation stage, early-stage, seed, and startup investments in the middle. The firm seeks to hold a board seat in its portfolio companies.

Some companies invested: Ezetap, SmartOwner, Synup, HackerEarth, happay, Vidgyor, Maya, KredX, MoneyTap & NiYO

Get in touch: www.primevp.in

Email: info@primevp.in

Infina Finance

Infina Finance is an investment company whose investments are proprietary in nature. It is an investment company jointly owned by Kotak Mahindra Bank and the Kotak Family. Established in 1996, Infina only funds Indian companies.

Some companies invested: eShakti.com, Creditas Solution

Get in touch: www.infina.co.in

Email: info@infina.in

Bitkemy Ventures

Bitkemy Ventures Pvt Ltd is an incubator and a venture capital firm specialising in seed stage, startup investments. The firm prefers to invest in technology companies.

Some companies invested: Ekincare, Celerix Technologies, Shotang, MartMobi Technologies

Get in touch: www.bitkemy.com

Email: info@bitkemy.com

Broadbean Capital

Broadbean Capital is a leading early-stage seed & pre-series A venture firm based out of Mumba since 2015, dedicated to helping entrepreneurs.

Some companies invested: WheelStreet, AHA Taxis

Get in touch: www.broadbean.in

Email: info@broadbean.in

Lok Capital

Lok Capital Group is a private equity and venture capital arm of Lok Foundation specialising in growth, seed, startup, early venture, emerging growth, mezzanine, bottom-of-pyramid customer segment investments in the Fintech sector

Some companies invested: Ummeed Housing Finance Private Limited, Affordplan, Mintifi, Veritas Finance, Osam Dairy

Get in touch: www.lokcapital.com

IIFL

Mumbai-based India Infoline Limited is a leading financial services company in India. IIFL provides various financial products and services to retail and corporate clients in India.

Some companies invested: HealthKart, Fynd, NowFloat, Bluestone.com

Get in touch: www.indiainfoline.com

Email: cs@indiainfoline.com

Outbox Ventures

The New Delhi based venture capital firm, Outbox Ventures specialises in seed funding and early-stage support for startups in India.

Some companies invested: Tripoto, ShaadiSaga, Wigzo Technologies, myHQ, Octo.ai

Get in touch: www.outbox.ventures

Email: partnerships@outbox.ventures

Ideaspring Capital

This firm in seed, early-stage, startup, and series A or pre-Series A and follow-on investments. The fund seeks to invest in product and technology companies in India only.

Some companies invested: Whodat, Spanugo, Karomu, Zapty, Lavelle

Get in touch: www.ideaspringcap.com

Email: info@ideaspringcap.com

Alteria Capital

Another one on the list of venture capital firms in India is Alteria. The firm offers a variety of debt financing products offered to early and growth-stage companies in India.

Some companies invested: Vogo Rentals, Dunzo, RAW Pressery, Toppr, Fingerlix

Get in touch: www.alteriacapital.com

Email: mail@alteriacapital.com

Kaizen Private Equity

Kaizen is a private equity firm that focuses on technology and education sectors. The team consists of entrepreneurial professionals who bring a combination of investment experience and operations expertise across sectors. It serves to clients worldwide.

Some companies invested: Varthana, Toppr, klay Schools, Edupristine, WizIQ, Ace Creative

Get in touch: www.kaizenpe.com

Powered Accelerator

Mumbai-based Powered Accelerator is 1st of its kind accelerator program. The firm only supports women entrepreneurs in the energy access business.

Some companies invested: Kumudini Enterprises, Taru Naturals, Loans4SME, SG Foundation

Get in touch: www.powered.org.in

Email: powered@zonestartups.com

Eight Roads Capital India

Founded in 2007, the Indian arm of Eight Roads Capital is a venture capital and private equity firm. It specialises in early-stage and growth capital investments in mid-sized companies. The firm seeks to invest between $10 million and $50 million. Not only this, but it also takes a minority stake in its portfolio companies.

Some companies invested: Netmagic, Yebhi, PharmEasy

Get in touch: www.eightroads.com

Epiphany Ventures

This Mumbai-based sector-agnostic venture capital firm specialises in investments in growth capital and early-stage. Epiphany Ventures has raised $25 million to invest in various businesses. The firm also co-invests in larger deals, by collaborating with other funds from its network.

Some companies invested: Cartrade, Vserv, Ipreo Private Capital Markets, Brattle

Get in touch: www.epiphanyventures.in

Email: contact@epiphanyventures.in

Idein Ventures

Founded by Ashwin Shrivastav in Mumbai, Idein Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm focused on the growth of startup companies. Idein prefers in investing in Indian startups only. The last investment made by Idein was in 2017, Oxa Medical.

Some companies invested: Infurnia Furnishings, Qriyo, BuildTraders, Oxa Medical, ZoEasy Solutions, REstate Solutions

Get in touch: www.ideinventures.com

Katabole Technology Venture

This Mumbai-based technology company is much more than a venture firm. It invests in at all stages of development from early-stage to companies seeking to expand. Katabole invests across a wide range of sectors across the globe.

Some companies invested: PurpleHealth

Get in touch: www.katabole.com

Email: afes@katabole.com

Orios Venture Partners

This venture investment firm based in Mumbai primarily invests in fintech, software and technology-enabled startups. It prefers in making investments in early-stage, seed, and startup companies in the country.

Some companies invested: Zo Rooms, Ola, Unbxd, Sapience Analysis, Ziffi, Yumist, ePoise, Taskbob

Get in touch: www.oriosvp.com

Email: contact@oriosvp.com

SeedFund

This Mumbai-based venture capital firm specialises in seed, startups, and early-stage investments. SeedFund invests in healthcare, education, rural marketing, e-commerce, internet, media, mobile, telecommunications, retail, technology, and consumer sectors in India.

Some companies invested: Chumbak, Browntape, Heckyl, AxisRooms, Voonik.com, Carwale, Mydentist

Get in touch: www.seedfund.in

Tuscan Ventures

This private equity firm specialises in providing growth equity to Indian companies only. Tuscan is interested in investing in shipping, logistics, and supply chain sector. It invests between $4 million and $10 million.

Some companies invested: Coldstar, VelvetCase, Paragon partners, LoanTap

Get in touch: www.tuscanventures.com

Email: info@tuscanventures.com

Aspada Investment

This one is a venture capital firm specialising in series A, growth capital, and early-stage. The firm makes both equity and debt-like self-liquidating investments. The advisers here at Aspada provide investment advice and portfolio oversight to the SONG Fund.

Some companies invested: Neogrowth, Dunzo, Waycool, Capital Float, Lawrencedale Agroprocessing

Get in touch: www.aspada.com

Forum Synergies PE Fund

It is a Bengaluru-based venture capital and private equity firm offering growth and expansion stage investments. Forum Synergies targets investing between $2 million and $10 million in firms.

Some companies invested: Zomato, Ola, Quikr, TaxiForSure, Commonfloor, Freecharge, Attero, Amero

Get in touch: www.forumsynergies.com

Email: hemu@forumsynergies.com

Native Angel Network

NAN is an angel investment firm focusing on Tier 2 and 3 regions in India. The firm provides complete start-to-end mentorship, guidance and investment to startups in these regions. Currently, there are about 35 investors from different parts of the country in this group.

Get in touch: www.nativeangelsnetwork.com

Helix Investments

This one isn’t a venture capital firm. It is a private equity funding firm that provides growth capital to small and mid-sized Indian companies. The firm invests in both private and public equity.

Some companies invested: Learning Mate, MT Educare, Network Intelligence India, Calorie Care, Netscribes

Get in touch: www.helix-investments.com

Email: porus@helix-investments.com

Avendus Finance

Avendus is a leading provider of financial services that relies on extensive experience, in-depth domain understanding and knowledge of the regulatory environment.

Some companies invested: KKR & Co., Gaja Capital, MT Educare

Get in touch: www.avendus.com

Email: mumbai@avendus.com

Intellecap Impact Investment Network

I3 is India’s first angel investment network focused on funding early-stage impact enterprises. This network is a unique platform for investors who are willing to support daring young entrepreneurs with cutting-edge solutions.

Some companies invested: ZunRoof, The Better India

Get in touch: www.intellecap.com

Utthishta

Hyderabad-based Utthishta is majorly a seed fund for startups focused on B2B software, web, mobile, and cloud computing space. It is another one of the venture capital firms specialising in startup, very early-stage startups, and early-stage companies. Moreover, it also provides legal, accounting, and company setup advice to its portfolio firms.

Some companies invested: Vaava, Scanova, SmarterSMB, Rapport

Get in touch: www.utthishta.com

Peesh Venture Capital

Based in Bengaluru, Peesh is an early-stage and startup investment firm cum startup accelerator. It is based in the United States with additional offices in Bengaluru and New Delhi.

Some companies invested: EasyEducation, Imagination Learning Systems, Transtutors

Get in touch: www.peeshvc.com

Email: info@peeshvc.com

India Internet Fund

This VC firm specialises in tech-based incubation, seed, startups and early-stage investments. This Indian arm invests in internet, mobile, and mobile technology sectors in India only.

Some companies invested: Saavn, Ketto, AppVirality, SnapLion, Findable.in, Tala, TokiTaki, Tripvillas

Get in touch: www.indiainternetfund.com

Email: partners@indiainternetfund.com

AdvantEdge

The next name on the list of venture capital firms in India specialises in angel, seed, series A, startup, incubation, and early-stage investments. It prefers investing in mobile-first technology and fintech sector.

Some companies invested: GamingMonk, IndiaLends, Rapido, Smartivity, Tripoto

Get in touch: www.advantedge.vc

Email: incubator@advantedge.vc

Redclays Capital

This one is a venture capital and private equity firm based in Bengaluru. This firm specialises in investing in early-stage to expansion companies. Redclays also invests in reverse merger and secondaries.

Get in touch: www.redclays.com

Email: info@redclays.com

IDFC-Parampara Capital

This venture capital firm provides growth financing as well as mentorship to startups operating in the technology, operational management, financial, and business strategy sectors in India.

Some companies invested: Entropik Technologies, Chakr Innovations, Play Shifu

Get in touch: www.paramparas.com

Email: ideas@paramparas.com

Spark Capital Advisors (India)

Spark is not one of the venture capital firms but is an equity research firm. It specialises in complete funding and investment sector and provides services like investment banking, stock broking, asset management, corporate banking, project finance, consulting and auditing. The firm caters to institutional investors.

Some companies invested: ilabs, shadowfax, Wildcraft

Get in touch: www.sparkcapital.in

Email: info@sparkcapital.in

TVS Capital Funds

Based in Chennai, TVS Capital Funds is an arm of TV Sundram Iyengar and Sons Limited. This firm is a private equity and venture capital firm. It specialises in early growth to late-stage. The firm prefers to take majority and minority stake in its portfolio companies.

Some companies invested: MedPlus, Nykaa, Prabhat Fresh

Get in touch: www.tvscapital.in

Email: careers@tvscapital.in

MAPE Advisory Group

This Chennai-based advisory is a merger and acquisition-consulting firm. It is a leading Indian investment bank focused exclusively on M&A and private equity advisory.

Some companies invested: VDeliver, TinMen, Delight Foods, bounty app, AdWyze

Get in touch: www.mapegroup.com

Email: jacob@mapegroup.com

GVFL

Gujarat Venture Finance provides seed and early-stage funding and growth capital to small- and medium-sized companies in India. Founded in 1990, it is the venture capital arm of Government of Gujarat specialising in investments.

Some companies invested: Sequretek, Ecotrail Personal Care, Chajjhed, Vidooly, Varmora, Schedulers, Mantis Technologies

Get in touch: www.gvfl.com

Email: info@gvfl.com

Equanimity Investments

Mumbai-based, Equanimity Investments is a venture capital firm specialising in early-stage startups at the seed and pre-Series A stages. It prefers working closely with businesses that can leverage on technology to build world-class products and offer best in class services.

Some companies invested: Sqrrl Fintech

Get in touch: www.equanimityinvestments.com

Email: contact@equanimity.vc

Canbank Venture

Another one on the list of venture capital firms in India is Canbank Venture Capital Fund. This private equity and venture capital arm of Canara Bank Limited specialises in growth and expansion financing in startup, early venture, and later stage companies. It expects a target return of 30% in a period of five to seven years from the companies it invests in.

Some companies invested: Bioneeds, StartupXseed Ventures, ESDS Software

Get in touch: www.canbank.vc

Email: info@canbankventure.com

KITVEN

Karnataka Information Technology Venture Capital Fund is a venture capital fund backed by state & central government financial institutions operating in Karnataka. It specialises in investing in early-stage companies. KITVEN provides investments for a period of three to five years only.

Some companies invested: SenseGiz, Pandorum Technologies, Avekshaa, Theramyte, Semtronics, VIDTEQ, Sloka Telecom

Get in touch: www.kitven.com

Email: info@kitven.com

IndiaCo Ventures Limited

Founded in 1983, IndiaCo is a venture capital and private equity firm in Pune. It invests in the small and medium enterprises. IndiaCo invests between $7.57 million and $50 million. It prefers to invest in companies where it can acquire control 51%. Apart from funding, it provides strategic, financial, technological and operational help.

Some companies invested: Travel Appeal, Bendit

Get in touch: www.indiaco.com

Rajasthan Venture Capital Fund

RVCF is Rajasthan’s first and biggest venture capital firm. The last investment made by RVCF was in August 2018. Talking about the sectors, RVCF invests in IT, education, retail, health care, agriculture products, and auto components industries.

Some companies invested: Yatra, Wholesalebox. Mosambee, Direct Create, Aujas Network, SoftTech Engineers

Get in touch: www.rvcf.org

Email: ravi@rvcf.org

VentureNursery

Founded in 2012, VentureNursery is India’s first angel-backed startup accelerator. It runs a 13-week acceleration program and a parallel track program. It specialises in entertainment, technology, and education sectors.

Some companies invested: Klip.ai, The Home Salon, Arya.ai, OYO, Talview, Interview Master

Get in touch: www.venturenursery.com

Email: info@venturenursery.com

Contrarian Drishti Partners / Contrarian Vriddhi Fund

This investment firm specialises in early-stage and seed startups in India. It only invests in under-penetrated Indian markets with a focus on Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Orissa and the states in the North East states. The firm seeks to exit its investments in 5 to 7 years.

Some companies invested: Joybynature, Wholesalebox, Online Tyari

Get in touch: www.contrariandrishti.com

Email: team@contrariancapindia.com

Sabre Partners

Founded in 2002, Sabre Partners is a private equity firm specialises in middle market investments. It prefers investing in the financial services, healthcare, and infrastructure sector. Sabre also has a branch in Singapore. But the Indian arm caters to Indian companies only.

Some companies invested: Portea Medical, HungerBox, Vyome Biosciences, CoinTribe Technologies

Get in touch: www.sabre-partners.com

Email: info@sabre-partners.com

Villgro

Headquartered in Chennai, Villgro is one of the venture capital firms specialised in incubation, seed, and early-stage social startups. It seeks to incubate enterprises in healthcare, education, agri-business and energy sectors. Villgro has an additional office in Bengaluru.

Some companies invested: KrishiHub, Nayam Innovations, Artoo, Ecozen, OneBreath,

BempuHealth, Adiuvo Diagnostics

Get in touch: www.villgro.org

Email: info@villgro.org

TLabs

The investment arm of Times Internet Ltd, TLabs is an accelerator specialising in seed, startup, early-stage, mid venture, late venture and growth stage funding. It is meant for investing in the internet and mobile technology startups in India.

Some companies invested: HopOn, HomeTriangle, Superdoc, Prokure, SPOYL, Pyck, Medaino, Digichorus Technologies, Peersome

Get in touch: www.tlabs.in

Email: tlabs@tlabs.in

Augment Ventures

This Kolkata-based venture capital firm specialises in early-stage and seed investments. Augment Venture’s last investment was in 2017. It focuses on investing only in India.

Some companies invested: EvaBot Inc, Karma, Purple Style Labs, Innov8, Insense

Get in touch: www.augmentventures.in

Milestone Capital Advisors

Mumbai-based Milestone Capital is a private equity advisory firm specialising in real estate investment only. The firm seeks to invest through structured debt and equity. It focuses on investing in NCR, Chennai, Mumbai, Pune and Bengaluru only.

Some companies invested: HopOn, HomeTriangle, Superdoc, Prokure, SPOYL, Pyck, Medaino, Digichorus Technologies, Peersome

Get in touch: www.milestonecapital.in

Email: info@milestonecapital.in

Kedaara Capital

Founded in 2011, Kedaara Capital is an operationally-focused private equity firm. It is advised by a Mumbai-based investment advisory and operating team led by senior private equity professionals

Some companies invested: Spandana Sphoorty

Get in touch: www.kedaara.com

Naspers India

This one is a venture capital arm of Naspers Limited specialising in early to mid-stage transactions. Naspers is a blend of venture capital and operating company that funds, acquires, builds and scales technology businesses. It combines venture capital investing with operational experience in the Americas, Asia, Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

Some companies invested: Swiggy

Get in touch: www.naspers.com

Email: investorrelations@naspers.com

Ojas Venture Partners

This is yet another one of the venture capital firms specialising in early-stage, seed and scale stage investments. It also considers investment in the pure idea stage or pre-prototype stage. The firm is typically the first institutional investor into the company and seeks to lead the investment round.

Some companies invested: Mobisy Technologies, Lemnisk, Unnati Silks, Tyfone, TELiBrahma, Amagi Media, Arigami

Get in touch: www.ojasventures.com

Email: pingus@ojasventures.com

Trifecta Capital

Gurgaon-based Trifecta Capital is a venture debt firm specialising in seed startups and already raised Series A or B rounds of funding. It prefers investing in companies from various sectors except for real estate and infrastructure. Trifecta has additional offices in Mumbai, Bengaluru, and Delhi.

Some companies invested: Bow8, cure.fit, FabAlley, Cuemath, Furlenco, Cashify, BigBasket, CarDekho

Get in touch: www.trifectacapital.in

Email: info@trifectacapital.in

Tracxn Labs

Tracxn Labs operates a platform that provides information for startups in venture capital, private equity, and corporate development. This Bengaluru-based venture capital firm invests in India, Europe, South East Asia, and China.

Some companies invested: Fynd, inFeedo, Unacademy, iimjobs.com, OnlineTyari, DailyNinja, Bharat Bazar, Twigly

Get in touch: www.tracxn.com

Email: pr@tracxn.com

Carpediem Advisors

This capital company is a private equity firm specialising in buyouts, investments in small and medium-sized businesses in India. The firm invests a minimum amount of $10 million per transaction. Carpediem is based out in Mumbai and Gurgaon.

Some companies invested: Adinath Agro, Yaantra, Nysaa Retail, Biryani Blues

Get in touch: www.carpediem-capital.com

Email: carpediem@carpediem-capital.com

HIVE India

Hive India operates as a subsidiary of The Hive. It is one of the venture capital firms specialising in investments in incubation, early-stage, and start- ups in big data space and data analytics companies. It typically invests between $2,00,000 and $20,00,000 in each portfolio company.

Some companies invested: Indus Insights

Get in touch: www.hivedata.com

IndiaNivesh Fund

Based in Mumbai, IndiaNivesh Fund Managers is a venture capital arm of IndiaNivesh Limited specialising in growth capital investments.

Some companies invested: LEAP India

Get in touch: www.indianiveshfund.com

Email: info@indianiveshfund.com

Menterra Venture Advisors

This Bengaluru-based venture capital firm specialises in early-stage and startup investments. Menterra seeks to invest in social enterprises working in the sectors of education, health, agriculture, and energy.

Some companies invested: Math Buddy, Biosense, Curiositi Learning Solutions

Get in touch: www.menterra.com

Email: info@menterra.com

Samriddhi Fund

Samridhi Fund provides capital to social enterprises that can deliver both financial and social returns. The Fund is currently interested in investing in growth stage companies with good order book, established business model, excellent promoter with an experienced management team, etc.

Some companies invested: Oriano solar, Gramco, Annapurna Microfinance, Capitaworld, Nature Land

Get in touch: www.samridhifund.com

Email: samridhi@sidbiventure.co.in

Evolvence India Fund

Evolvence is a leading India focused private equity platform for providing international investors with attractive returns within the private markets in India. It primarily focuses on small and mid-sized private equity firms.

Some companies invested: ESS KAY Fincorp, Faasos, Suryoday Small Finance, Zylog, RSB, Centurion

Get in touch: www.evolvenceindia.com

Email: sagaragarwal@evolvence.com

SEAF India Fund

This fund seeks to invest in small and medium enterprises in various Agribusinesses only in India. SEAF India Agribusiness Fund or SEAF India specialises in seed/startup, early, mid, and late venture stages, and mezzanine investments.

Get in touch: www.seaf.com

Email: vmankad@seaf.com

Sixth Sense Ventures

This venture capital firm specialises in growth capital investments. It invests in consumer ancillary, non-infrastructure, non-financial service ventures, and digital media sectors. Sixth Sense Ventures is India’s first domestic consumer-centric venture fund.

Some companies invested: SaffronStays, SMAAASH, AVG Logistics, Fullife Healthcare, Ephesus Learning

Get in touch: www.sixth-sense.in

Email: entrepreneur@sixth-sense.in

Avigo Capital Partners

This private equity firm specialises in growth capital, middle market, buyouts, and acquisition financing. The firm seeks equity investments in growth stage companies. It seeks to invest in small and medium enterprises. Avigo’s philosophy is to be the first institutional investor primarily providing growth capital to fast-growing SME companies in the industrial sector in India.

Some companies invested: Rinac India, Techfront, AMR India, NaftoGaz, Super Religare

Get in touch: www.avigocapital.com

APIDC Venture Capital

APIDC Venture Capital is the venture capital firm specialising in small and medium-sized companies in Andhra Pradesh only. It investments do not exceed $0.4m and its target return is 30% in a period of 5 to 7 years.

Some companies invested: Evolva

Get in touch: www.apidc.gov.in/newdefault.asp

Windrose Capital

Windrose Capital supports India’s economy through early and mid-stage investments in promising startups. These professionals are active investors, thoughtful advisors, and dedicated problem-solvers with a passion for technology and a deep belief in the transformative power

Some companies invested: Cleardekho

Get in touch: www.windrose.capital

Email: info@windrose.capital

Guild Capital

Originally based in Greater Miami, Guild Capital is a venture investment firm specialising in incubation, early-stage and growth stage investments. It is minority investors and targets 25-35% ownership. Guild has its branches in Mumbai, Pune, Chicago, and New York.

Some companies invested: Petal, Ruggable, The Catch Co, TechWeek, LunchSmarter

Get in touch: www.guildcap.com

Email: kavita@guildcap.com

Turtle Venture Consultants

This group of consultants specialises in providing consulting to startups on product, strategy, business plan and financials. It provides funding and consulting to startups to take them to their successful stage.

Get in touch: www.turtlevc.com

Email: ashutosh@turtlevc.com

ALCOR Fund

Alcor Capital and Asset Management Pvt. Ltd. provides investment banking and financial advisory services. It also offers corporate finance options such as venture capital, private equity, working capital bank, and short-term loans, promoter funding, debt restructuring, etc.

Some companies invested: Jhaveri Flexo, Bilcare, Privi Organics, Avik Polychem, Bal Pharma LTD.

Get in touch: www.alcorfund.com

True North Managers LLP

This LLP company is a private equity firm. True North invests and serves customers in India across different industries. Also known as Indian Value Fund, this firm was founded with a view towards investing in mid-sized, profitable, India-centric businesses.

Some companies invested: Meru, Inlogistics, Magma, FINCARE, Cloudnine, SeedWorks, Infinity

Get in touch: www.truenorth.co.in

Email: ir@truenorth.co.in

SeaLink Capital Partners

This Mumbai-based private equity firm specialises in growth capital. SeaLink Capital invests in small and medium-sized companies in the middle market. The firm typically invests between $15 million to $50 million in companies.

Some companies invested: NephroPlus, Surya Hospitals

Get in touch: www.sealinkcap.com

Email: info@sealinkcap.com

Centrum Capital

This capital firm, along with its subsidiaries, provides various financial services in India. Centrum Capital offers investment banking services, including equity and debt initial public offerings, mergers and acquisitions, private equity, venture funding, and a lot more.

Some companies invested: The Label Life

Get in touch: www.centrum.co.in

Email: info@centrum.co.in

Divitas Capital

Founded in 2006, Divitas is an investment banking firm that provides financial advisory services. The firm offers mergers and acquisitions, fundraising, and corporate advisory services.

Some companies invested: Eattreatonline

Get in touch: www.divitascapital.com

Email: info@divitascapital.com

Gaja Capital

Gaja is a mid-market private equity firm specialising in investments in the smaller-middle market. The firm provides Series C and growth capital. Additionally, it also invests in acquisitions and shareholder settlement and considers buy-outs, turnarounds, and pre-IPO deals.

Some companies invested: Chumbak, Kinara Capital, Avendus Finance, Massive Restaurants, Educational Initiatives

Get in touch: www.gajacapital.com

Email: info@gajacapital.com

ZDream Ventures

This a Y Combinator-like fund plus accelerator. ZDream Ventures specialises in technology, media and telecommunications investments in India.

Some companies invested: Cricnwin, Milkbasket

Get in touch: www.zdream.in

Email: admin@zhudao.in

Quarizon Consultancy

Another one on the list of venture capital firms is Quarizon. It is a venture capital and private equity firm specialising in startups, early-stage, and growth stage investments. It seeks to invest in technology-leveraged startups.

Some companies invested: OiMedia, Chai Thela, Tripshelf, BeatRoute, Pictor Imaging, AsoCon Outsourcing

Get in touch: www.quarizon.com

Email: contact@quarizon.com

GHV Accelerator

Gurgaon-based GHV Accelerator is one of the venture capital firms that specialises in funding technology startups. It is an accelerator specialising in technology startups. Founded in 2014, this firm also runs a 12-month accelerator program for entrepreneurs.

Some companies invested: fitmeIn, Adurcup, PickMyLaundry, RoadGods

Get in touch: www.ghvaccelerator.com

Email: info@ghvaccelerator.com

Indiabulls Ventures

Indiabulls Ventures Limited is one of India’s leading capital market companies providing securities and derivative broking services. Founded in 1995, Indiabulls operates as a stock and share broker on the National Stock Exchange of India Limited and the BSE Limited. The company also offers mutual funds with SIP, systematic equity plans, IPOs, and online offer for sales.

Get in touch: www.indiabullsventures.com

Email: helpdesk@indiabulls.com

ICICI Venture Funds

The investment arm of ICICI Bank Ltd., ICICI Venture Funds is a private equity, venture capital, real estate, and mezzanine investments firm. ICICI VF provides the late stage, incubation, seed/startup, early venture, mid venture, late venture, and emerging growth investments.

Some companies invested: Go Colors, Theobroma, Star Health, BigBasket, India1 ATM, Anthea Aromatics

Get in touch: www.iciciventure.com

Email: info@iciciventure.com

Sprout Capital

Sprout is a venture capital arm of Sprout Capital Advisors LLP specialising in the early­ stage, seed and startup investments in India. This firm seeks to invest up to INR 5 crores ($.77 million) per firm.

Some companies invested: Healthfin, TRELL, Design Cafe, EAT Anytime

Get in touch: www.sproutvp.com

Email: contact@sproutvp.com

Athamus Ventures

Athamus is a private equity firm focusing on real estate business investments. It also specialises in funding real estate-related startups in India.

Some companies invested: Refabd

Get in touch: www.athamus.com

Email: information@athamus.com

Individual Investors

Sunil Kalra

Sunil is a member of the Indian Angel Network as an independent angel investor who has made quite significant investments in microfinance and analytics enterprise but has a bias towards internet startups. He invested in more than 12 startups in 2014 alone.

Some companies invested: Monsoon CreditTech, Carmesi, Lucideus, ZipLoan, AdPushup, Druva, Jigsee, Innoveda, Airwoot, HashCube, Sapience, Wishberry, Crayon Data

Get in touch: Sunil Kalra

Sharad Sharma

Sharad is an evangelist for developing technology product businesses in India and leads in efforts to nurture the ecosystem. He actively mentors startups and speaks frequently on industry issues.

Some companies invested: Frrole, Mobilewalla, HashCube, Druva Software, Kwench Library Solution, Vayavya Labs, Unbxd, Consure Medical

Get in touch: Sharad Sharma

Rajan Anandan

Rajan Anandan is an active angel investor in early-stage technology, internet, mobile and software startups in India. In 2014, he invested in more than 14 startups.

Some companies invested: StepOut, Capillary Technologies, Sourceeasy, 24/7 Techies, TargetingMantra, Instamojo, CultureAlley, Social Cops, MissMalini.com, Socialblood.org, Mobilewalla, POPxo.com

Get in touch: Rajan Anandan

Ganesh Krishnan

Ganesh is a serial entrepreneur with four successful greenfield ventures and exits. He and his wife Meena Ganesh invest in around five startups a year and put in $25-250K in each of the startups.

Some companies invested: Must See India, SilverPush, HackerEarth, Oximity, Overcart, Browntape, delyver.com, Onlineprasad.com

Get in touch: Ganesh Krishnan

Ritesh Malik

A medical doctor, who sold his startup Alive App to The Bennett and Coleman Group (Times of India) in 2013, has been instrumental in the building of the Make in India thought process. In 2014, he invested in about 8 startups.

Some companies invested: RHlvision, Mashinga, PumpKart, Asimov Robotics, WittyFeed, SectorQube Technolabs, Bisko Labs, Inc42

Get in touch: www.drriteshmalik.com

Nikunj Jain

Nikunj Jain is an Indian entrepreneur and venture capitalist. He had founded now-defunct video microblogging platform frankly.me. Nikunj had also co-founded Inoxapps, Zohem, Darwin labs and LedgerFund. He is also the investor in multiple startups.

Some companies invested: Gingr, Piquor, Agatsa, workouttrends.com, Inc42, Routofy

Get in touch: Nikunj Jain

Anupam Mittal

Known for his business acumen and an eye for detail, Mittal is an active angel investor with over 20 investments to date. He invested in around 8-10 startups in 2014.

Some companies invested: Tushky.com, Ola cabs, Pretty Secrets, Sapience, Druva Software, Zepo, Peel works, Tax spanner, Cafe Zoe and Interactive Avenues.

Get in touch: Anupam Mittal

Kunal Bahl

Kunal Bahl is the co-founder and CEO of Snapdeal.com and Jasper. Today, he is also an angel investor for seed startups in the e-commerce and related sectors.

Some companies invested: Tripoto, Tiny Owl, Bewakoof, Gigstart, Olacabs, and Unicommerce

Get in touch: Kunal Bahl

Sachin Bansal

Sachin Bansal is the co-founder and CEO of Flipkart.com. Today, he has invested in more than seven portfolio companies in the technology sector.

Some companies invested: Ather, TouchTalent, Roposo, NewsInShorts, MadRat Games, Spoonjoy

Get in touch: Sachin Bansal

Naveen Tewari

Naveen is the founder of InMobi. Today, he uses his spare time to mentor entrepreneurs and invests in startups in Internet and mobile niche.

Some companies invested: Wooplr, Springboard, tushky, moneysights, Mettl and LetsVenture

Get in touch: Naveen Tewari

Ravi Gururaj

Ravi co-founded Harvard Business School Alumni Angels and is interested in consumer Internet, enterprise software, social media, cloud computing and SaaS. He invested in about 8 startups in 2014.

Some companies invested: GrexIt, Tookitaki, Socialblood.org, Graymatics, PrettySecrets, Gridcentric, Explara, Core Mobile, SyncUsUp, VMLogix, Aurus

Get in touch: Ravi Gururaj

Vijay Shekhar Sharma

Vijay Shekhar Sharma is the founder of One97 Communications. Till March 2018, he made more than 21 investments in the agnostic sector.

Some companies invested: Sourceeasy, SilverPush, tushky.com, GrexIt, EduKart, Milaap Social Ventures, iimjobs, Dexetra, AirStream, Wishberg Inc, Signals

Get in touch: Vijay Shekhar Sharma

Samir Bangara

Mr Bangara successfully advised several cross-border and domestic transactions in the technology space significantly contributing to Ernst & Young’s leadership position as the top technology M&A advisory firm in the country. He invested in about 5 consumer internet, social games and development platforms.

Some companies invested: tushky.com, Overcart, ZAPR, Pokkt, Playblazer, Thrill

Get in touch: Samir Bangara

Abhishek Rungta

Abhishek Rungta is founder and CEO at Indus Net Technologies, a web development and digital marketing company.

Some companies invested: Plivo, iimjobs, Azoi Inc., iDubba, Secpanel, Shopo.in, Letsventure, Eduora, CapricornGifting, CarSingh

Get in touch: Abhishek Rungta

Pallav Nadhani

Pallav Nadhani is the co-founder and CEO of Fusion Charts and RazorFlow and CEO at Collabion, seemingly a serial multi-tasker. By the end of 2017, he invested in about 11 seed startups.

Some companies invested: Plivo, Azoi Inc., iDubba, Shopo.in, Eduora, CarSingh, CapricornGifting, Cropex, Eduora Technologies

Get in touch: Pallav Nadhani

Aloke Bajpai

Aloke Bajpai is the CEO and co-founder of ixigo.com. He has successfully invested in 5 startups. He is interested in startups in the fields of consumer internet, enterprise software, mobile and e-commerce.

Some companies invested: Sourceeasy, SilverPush, HackerEarth, Overcart, Little Eye Labs, iimjobs, Azoi Inc., Autowale, PlayCez, BlueGape, Pokkt, Dogspot.in

Get in touch: Aloke Bajpai

Bhupen Shah

Bhupen Shah is the co-founder and CTO of Sling Media which is a technology company that develops place shifting and Smart TV solutions for consumers and set-top box manufacturers. He has invested in several startups to date. He is usually interested in investing in online startups.

Some companies invested: Sift, Doublie, Shoe Lovers, Giraffic, CultureAlley, Woxi Media, Whodini, PowWow, Hachi, Frrole, Vapore, Vuemix, Qikwell, Tydy, GoHachi.com, Snap-Networks

Get in touch: Bhupen Shah

Zishaan Hayath

ishaan Hayath is a tech entrepreneur from Mumbai and co-founder of Toppr.com. He also runs an angel investment club called Powai Lake Ventures. Through his venture, he has made about 11 investments.

Some companies invested: Olacabs, AdPushup, Housing.com, SquadRun, Shopsense

Get in touch: Zishaan Hayath

Manish Singhal

Manish Singhal was the founding member at LetsVenture, one of the venture capital firms mentioned above. He is a serial entrepreneur and an angel investor. He is also an active mentor on the CIIE Mentor Edge Panel, Startup Village and Venture Labs.

Some companies invested: AdPushup, Freshersworld, Apartment Adda, FlipClass, AdSpark, Frrole, Ecosenseworld, India College Search.

Get in touch: Manish Singhal

Sanjay Mehta

Sanjay Mehta is co-founder and CEO of MAIA which is a business intelligence firm and is a well-known name in entrepreneur circles. He is an investor member with Mumbai Angels and Venture Nursery. He has independently invested in about 13 firms.

Some companies invested: OYO Rooms, PrettySecrets, Klip.in, Talview, Unbxd, OrangeScape, Consure Medical, FabAlley, EcoSense Sustainable Solutions, Poncho.in

Get in touch: Sanjay Mehta

Indus Khaitan

Indus was a part of the seed accelerator The Morpheus where he got hands-on experience in starting companies. He has individually invested in a couple of firms in the mobile, e-commerce, healthcare, information technology and SaaS sectors.

Some companies invested: bounce.io, CirroSecure, Interviewstreet, Sourceeasy, GrexIt, 99tests, Emo2, Practo, Sarga Eco-Fabrics, Phitesla

Get in touch: Indus Khaitan

Anirudh Damani

Anirudh is the owner of Artha Energy Resources which is an advisory firm that is focused on bringing new investment into the renewable power generation industry in India. He has made about 11 investments to date.

Some companies invested: InVenture, OYO Rooms, Mobilewalla, Exotel, Rolocule Games, Klip.in, Paletly, Carveniche Technologies, Maximojo, purplle.com, NowFloats

Get in touch: www.showmedamani.com

Vikas Taneja

Vikas Taneja is a partner and managing director with Boston Consulting Group and a leader in BCG’s technology, media and telecommunications practice. He has independently invested in seven startups.

Some companies invested: Rapportive, PubNub, Disconnect, Founders Co-op, Coderbuddy, 500 Startups, Modria, Mashery, Refinery29, Inside Social

Get in touch: Vikas Taneja

Ajeet Khurana

An active member of Mumbai Angels and also a lecturer at the University of Texas at Austin, Ajeet is known for overcoming financial and operational challenges of running education business networks.

Some companies invested: Rolocule Games, ShepHertz, Avaz, Carveniche Technologies, Maximojo, United Mobile Apps, Karmic Lifesciences, Carve Niche Technologies Pvt. Ltd., PickMe eSolutions

Get in touch: Ajeet Khurana

Anand Ladsariya

Being an active Angel Investor with both Mumbai Angels and Indian Angel Network, Anand has invested in over 35 startups till date and actively mentors and guides the promoters to reach the next level. He is also a part of the “Committee on Angel Investment and Early-stage Venture Capital” which is guided by the Vice Chairman of Planning Commission.

Some companies invested: Traffline, Exclusively.in, Aurality, Dexl, Speakwell, Framebench, Serial Innovation, Asiatic, Morpheus Tritya, Mobiquest, Algorhythm

Get in touch: Anand Ladsariya

Utsav Somani

Young and ambitionist Utsav is interested in startups with high-growth potential, driven by a dedicated team, addressing the under-captured market.

Some companies invested: DoorMint, Tavaga

Get in touch: www.utsavsomani.com

Steven Sule

Steven Sule is currently a partner at Naste Advisors, a Mumbai-based advisory firm. He has always been very interested in venture/angel investing. His family too family over the years has had significant success in early-stage investments in India

Some companies invested: AdPushup, Kwench Library Solution, POSist, Aureus Analytics

Get in touch: Steven Sule

Arun Venkatachalam

Arun Venkatachalam is the head of strategy & business development at Murugappa Group, a business conglomerate which is owned and run by Murugappa family. He is also an angel investor interested in the tech sector.

Some companies invested: Zoom, AdPushup, POSist, Aureus Analytics, Yourbus, Ridgecrest Asia

Get in touch: Arun Venkatachalam

Sandeep Goenka

Sandeep Goenka is the co-founder and Jt-CEO of Zebpay, which is a Bitcoin mobile wallet that enables bitcoin transactions using a mobile number. He is also an active member of the Indian Angel Network and successfully co-founded Blynk Systems.

Some companies invested: Fab Bag, Wishberry, Aureus Analytics, POSist

Get in touch: Sandeep Goenka

Subinder Khurana

Subinder Khurana is the founder and CEO of Bank Smarts Solutions, which enables banks to plan, manage and analyze cash logistics. He was also managing investments for the first early-stage fund in India, Infinity, which created companies like IndiaBulls, India Games and Avendus.

Mentored Companies: Druva Software, JustMyNeighbour, Authbridge, and Power2SME

Get in touch: Subhinder Khurana

Ajay Lavakare

Ajay Lavakare serves as Managing Director of Risk Management Solutions. Currently, he has invested in two technology-based firms.

Some companies invested: VideoKen, SmartVizX

Get in touch: Ajay Lavakare

Bhanu Chopra

New Delhi-based Bhanu Chopra started his career at Deloitte Consulting serving several Fortune 500 companies in Chicago. He also is currently the CEO of RateGain since 2004.

Some companies invested: Interview Master, HotelsAroundYou, Mozio

Get in touch: Bhanu Chopra

Girish Mathrubootham

Girish Mathrubootham is founder and CEO of Freshdesk which is a cloud-based customer support platform. By the end of the second quarter of 2018, he invested in about 20 portfolio companies.

Some companies invested: ChargeBee, Kaalibi Technologies, Turing Research, ShieldSquare

Get in touch: Girish Mathrubootham

Amit Somani

Somani is an Advisory Board Member and Chief Products Officer for MakeMyTrip. Amit has more than 20 years of experience in technology and internet industries and is also deeply engaged with the early-stage ecosystem in India.

Some companies invested: Advises Phone Warrior Inc, Qikwell Technologies India, MindTickle, HotelTravel.com and Ixigo.com

Get in touch: Amit Somani

Niraj Singh

Niraj is the founder of OutBox Ventures and an active angel investor. He has invested in a couple of consumer interest-based startups in India.

Some companies invested: ShaadiSaga, Tripoto, Grownout

Get in touch: Niraj Singh

Vivek Bihani

Vivek was part of one of first venture capital firms in the country – TDICI (now ICICI Ventures). As an entrepreneur, he has helped drive the growth at Magic Software Private Limited.

Some companies invested: MyRefers, Nearify

Get in touch: Vivek Bihani

Ankur Warikoo

Ankur is the Head of Groupon India and an angel Investor in Internet and Technology Startups. He has invested in a couple of startups.

Some companies invested: Targeting Mantra, Limetray, LetSearch

Get in touch: www.ankurwarikoo.com

Kris Gopalakrishnan

Kris Gopalakrishnan is the Executive Vice Chairman of Infosys, a global consulting and IT services company based in India. He was elected as the President of India’s apex industry chamber, the Confederation of Indian Industry for the year 2013-14.

Some companies invested: HungerBox, Planys Technologies, Crayon Data Unbxd, Acko General Insurance, Sigtuple, Verloop, FirstCry, GoCoop, Ampere, MagicX, LookUp, BuyHatke, FreshWorld

Get in touch: Kris Gopalakrishnan

Sandeep Tandon

Sandeep Tandon co-founded FreeCharge in 2010. He is active in the Angel Investor community and serves as a mentor to various technology startups. He has invested in about 15 startups in the technology sector.

Some companies invested: Spinny, Unacademy, PocketAces, Bharat Bazaar, Gold VIP, Shadisaga, Remitware, Flyrobe

Get in touch: Sandeep Tondon

Amit Gupta

Amit Gupta is the co-founder and CEO at Yulu and co-founder at InMobi. He has been helping several young entrepreneurs by advising them on every aspect of running a startup.

Some companies invested: Innov8, Healthifyme, Admission Table.

Get in touch: Amit Gupta

Ankush Gera

Mr Gera is famous as the founder and CEO of Junglee Games and founder and Chairman of Monsoon. Ankush is adept at strategy, data and finance and is an active angel investor in businesses from a vast sector.

Some companies invested: Airbnb, Junglee Games, Roomify, Cloudability, Back to the Roots, Sphere, 15five, Inc42 and DilMil.

Get in touch: Ankush Gera

Rakesh Jhunjhunwala

Rakesh Jhunjhunwala, the Chairman of Aptech Ltd., is one of India’s better-known equity investors. He has been a keen and active participant in Indian capital markets since 1985. Rakesh is known for investing ₹2.1 billion in Metropolitan Stock Exchange of India.

Some companies invested: Metropolitan Stock Exchange of India, Hungama, airpay

Get in touch: Rakesh Jhunjhunwala

Rajiv Khanna

Rajiv Khanna has been investing in small and mid-cap businesses in India. This Chennai-based investor is counted among the top individual investors on Dalal Street.

Some companies invested: Rain Industries Ltd., PPAP Automotive Ltd., Som Distilleries & Breweries Ltd., Associated Alcohols & Breweries Ltd.

Vijay Kedia

Vijay Kedia, the Director of TAC Security, is an Indian investor trader based out of Mumbai. He is involved in the market since he was 19. Kedia and his company – Kedia Securities Pvt. Ltd., are the largest shareholder in several listed companies.

Some companies invested: DheeYantra Research Labs, TAC Security, Everest Industries LTD.

Get in touch: mail@tacsecurity.co.in

Porinju Veliyath

Porinju Veliyath is an Indian investor and fund manager. He is the Founder, Chief Executive Officer, Managing Director, and Portfolio Manager at Equity Intelligence India Pvt. Ltd. He manages his own portfolio and the portfolios of investors in his fund management firm.

Some companies invested: BCL Industries Ltd., Sarda Plywood Industries Ltd., Raunaq EPC International Ltd, Ansal Buildwell Ltd., Vista Pharmaceuticals Ltd.

Get in touch: Porinju Veliyath

Sasha Mirchandani

Sasha Mirchandani is Managing Director and Founder of Kae Capital and Co-founder Mumbai Angels. He is known for being an individual angel investor in the seed-level companies.

Some companies invested: Porter, CultureAlley, Nudgespot, ShepHertz

Get in touch: Sasha Mirchandani

Varsha Tagare

Currently, Varsha is a Managing Director and Senior Director of India at QUALCOMM Ventures. She looks into the investments made in India and has independently invested in one organisation.

Some companies invested: Shadowfax Technologies

Get in touch: Varsha Tagare

Dr Anu Gupta

A trained physician turned angel investor and startup specialist, Dr Anu Gupta is the director of Techlixr e-Ventures Pvt. Ltd. She is also one of the top 22 Inspiring Women Investors in Indian startups.

Some companies invested: Imaginry, Edgefx, Hyderabad Angels, Kalaage

Get in touch: Dr Anu Gupta

Pranav Shandilya

He is a crowdfunding investor and advisor of different types of companies. Pranav is a serial entrepreneur running India’s biggest online marketplace for vaping products called Get My Vape. He is a part of the 500 Startups Family and Project 500 groups.

Some companies invested: Republic.co, The Healtth Factorry

Get in touch: Pranav Shandilya

Abhishek Kiran Gupta

Abhishek has immense experience in the real estate niche as he was a Marketing Strategist for a very long time. Currently, he specialises in mentoring and investing in real estate-related startups.

Some companies invested: CRE Matrix

Email: abhishek.gupta@ap.jll.com

Supreet Singh

The founder and CEO of Altor Executive Search, Supreet Singh is an independent angel investor. He is an early-stage investor for seed companies. Till date, he has invested in two companies on his own.

Some companies invested: Belita, Altor

Get in touch: Supreet Singh

LD Sharma

The founder of Shoogloo Group, LD Sharma is also an angel investor. His personal investments include companies like Omnify Inc. Currently, he is the CEO of Shoogloo businesses such as Shoogloo Media.

Some companies invested: Omnify Inc, GSF Accelerator

Get in touch: LD Sharma

Nilesh Maheshwari

Indore-based Nilesh Maheshwari is a member and investor of the Indian Angel Network. He established a software services company, Emorphis Technologies dealing with global clients.

Some companies invested: Indian Angel Network

Get in touch: nilesh.maheshwari@gmail.com

Dhruv Gupta

Today, Dhruv Gupta is the Vice President of Practo, a famous online portal. He is also known as the founder of DesiMartini, GKB Online and FitHo. Dhruv is also an angel investor for early-stage Indian startups.

Some companies invested: DiroLabs, LocoNav

Get in touch: Dhruv Gupta

Sivachenduran B

Bengaluru-based Sivachenduran B is a renowned personality. He is not only an early-stage investor but also a business consultant and mentor. With about 12 years of experience in the financial and medical sectors, Sivachenduran has profound working knowledge.

Some companies invested: Fliniq, Maleshaa Inc, Dhanvantiri

Get in touch: sivachenduran@consultant.com

Tushar Patel

The founder and CEO of Shubhloans is also an angel investor himself. Tushar Patel most recently became the COO for Investment Management Division of Goldman Sachs in India. He has immense knowledge and experience in the fields of financial management and investment.

Some companies invested: Several early-stage companies

Get in touch: Tushar Patel

Suneel Aradhye

COO and co-founder of Ideas to Impact, Suneel is an investor member of CIO Angel Network. With over 30+ years of experience in the financial industry, he is an impeccable advisor for startups and companies alike.

Some companies invested: MavenVista Technologies Pvt Ltd

Get in touch: Suneel Aradhye

Srikant Sastri

This professional is not only an angel investor but also an advisor for tech-based startups. Srikant Sastri is a Co-founder of Crayon Data Pte Ltd. and also a part of Indian Angels Network. Not only this, but he also leads VivaKi in one of the world’s most important emerging economies.

Some companies invested: Chaska

Get in touch: Srikant Sastri

Abhishek Agarwal

Founder and CEO of Bold Kiln and Partner of OperatorVC, Abhishek is an early-stage and seed investor.

Some companies invested: Wealthy, 9Stacks, OperatorVC

Get in touch: Abhishek Agarwal

Mohan Kumar

The executive director of Northwest Venture Partners, India, Mohan Kumar is also an angel investor. He is also active in helping startup companies in the areas of mobile solutions, content and applications.

Some companies invested: CashKumar, TailsLife

Get in touch: Mohan Kumar

Ravi Soni

Founder of a digital marketing company called Obbserv, Ravi Soni is also an angel investor. He assists startups in every way so that they can grow and run their business successfully.

Some companies invested: Sattviko, Instafrsh

Get in touch: Ravi Soni

Swapnilsagar Vithlani

Along with being the managing partner of Cumulative Ventures LLP, Swapnilsagar is also an investment banker and angel investor. He provides thorough guidance and funding to businesses in their starting/seed stage.

Some companies invested: AVN Business Solution, GrabOnRent, BoxMySpace

Get in touch: Swapnilsagar Vithlani

Adit Parekh

CBO of Paycraft Solutions, Mr Adit Parekh has 10+ years of experience as an entrepreneur as well as an investor. He was the principal at Blume Ventures for more than six years.

Some companies invested: Runnr, 99 Retail Solutions, Turtlemint, SlicePay

Get in touch: Adit Parekh

Rajneesh Bhandari

Founder of NeuroEquilibrium Diagnostics and Cosmo Infra Solutions, Rajneesh is an IITian with profound knowledge on global startup ecosystem. Currently, he is the Chairman of RAIN, Rajasthan’s most active angel investors’ group.

Some companies invested: ZineOne, Boundary Capital, Organic Shop, Tootl, Capacita Connect, SRJNA

Get in touch: Rajneesh Bhandari

Hari Balasubramanian

Hari is an investor, advisor and mentor by profession. He provides strategic inputs and directions to entrepreneurs. Not only this, but Hari is also a key member of the Indian Angel Network.

Some companies invested: Alma Mater Stores, Ivy Cap Ventures, gamania, Jigsee, Vayavya Labs, Aureus

Get in touch: Hari Balasubramaniam

Gautam Shewakramani

The India Country Manager of Quora, Mr Gautam is also an occasional angel investor. He has helped several global startups to take their businesses towards success.

Some companies invested: Exotel, Hotelogix, Bevi, Tonbo, Navya Network, Multiply Labs, Vala Pay

Get in touch: Gautam Shewakramani touch: Gautam Shewakramani

Nidhi Saraf

She has been the first employee of Mumbai Angels and started her journey when the startup ecosystem was fairly new to India. Nidhi worked with leading Angel Networks in the country like Indian Angel Network and Intellecap Impact Investment Network.

Some companies invested: Asiatic Clinic Research, Quifers

Get in touch: Nidhi Saraf

Kunal Shah

The founder of FreeCharge is also an angel investor in India. He started his career as a junior programmer at a business process outsourcing startup. Kunal’s first startup venture was Paisaback that provided cash-back promotions for organised retailers.

Some companies invested: Zepo, Spinny, Bharat Bazaar, Innov8, Pocket Aces, Unacademy

Get in touch: Kunal Shah

Sandipan Chattopadhyay

The founder and CEO of Xelpmoc, Sandipan Chattopadhyay invests in seed startups in India. He is also the co-founder and director engineering of Mihup Communications currently.

Some companies invested: Nodd, Dunzo

Get in touch: Sandipan Chattopadhyay

Harsh Mariwala

The Chairman of Marico Limited is also an angel seed investor. Mr Harish began his career in 1971 with Bombay Oil Industries which was controlled by his family. He is also the founder of Kaya Limited. As of 2017, Mariwala was ranked as the 33rd wealthiest Indian by Forbes.

Some companies invested: Nykaa, LEAP India

Get in touch: Harsh Mariwala

Sunil Kant Munjal

The founder of famous Hero Enterprise, Mr Sunil is also an angel investor and investment partner in India. Mr Munjal is a member of the Board of Directors of Life Insurance Corporation of India and is also representing on the Board of DCM Shriram Consolidated Ltd. He has made quite a few investments in India.

Some companies invested: Nykaa, Pandorum Technologies, University Living, OYO, Corvi LED

Raman Roy

The Chairman and Managing Director of Quattro, Raman Roy is a Chartered Accountant and a Chartered Management Accountant. He specialises in seed and early-stage investments across different industries in India.

Some companies invested: Sattviko, Clensta, Picsdream

Get in touch: Raman Roy

So this was the consolidated list of venture capital firms and independent investors in India. Depending on what your business niche is or what your startup idea is, you can select a venture capital company and reach out to them.

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