Angel investors in india

profiles of angel investors in india
Prepared by : - raj negi

Who are the angel investors
 An angel Investor is a wealthy individual willing to invest in a
company at its earlier stages in exchange for an ownership stake,
often in the form of preferred stock or convertible debt.
 Whether you decide to seek an angel investment depends on
your personal management style and the long-term plans for
your company. Unlike a bank loan or other types of debt
financing, equity capital (whether it’s an angel investment or
venture capital) gives someone else an ownership interest in your
company.
 Many angels are successful entrepreneurs who have cashed out
and now want to help others just starting out. While their
expertise may be welcome, you need to ask yourself—especially
if you’re used to being in control—whether you want someone
looking over your shoulder and making decisions for your
company.

Sunil kalra
 Sunil Kalra started his career in exports and later set up a leather
apparel manufacturing unit which succeeded and gave him an
opportunity to work with global designers. He is now a member
on 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.
 Educational Qualification: Graduated from University Of
Texas at Austin in Marketing and International Trade(1984-1986)
 Startups Invested In: Targeting Mantra, Instamojo, Culture
Alley, Aurality, AdPushup, Frrole, Mobilewalla, Druva, Jigsee,
Innoveda, Airwoot, Hash Cube, Sapience, Wishberry, Crayon
Data
 Industries: Sector Agnostic

sharad sharma
 Sharad was the CEO of Yahoo! India R&D before founding
Brand Sigma and was responsible for emerging markets
engineering and several key global products. Sharad is an
evangelist for developing technology product businesses in
India and leads in efforts to nurture the ecosystem. He was
the chair of the NASSCOM Product Forum and is the co-
founder of the iSpirt think-tank. He actively mentors
startups, and speaks frequently on industry issues.
 Educational Qualification: Graduated from Delhi
College Of Engineering in Electronic Engineering (1982-
1986)
 Startups Invested In: Frrole, Mobilewalla, HashCube,
Druva Software, Kwench Library Solution, Vayavya Labs,
Unbxd, Consure Medical, Aurus Network Infotech Pvt. Ltd
 Industries: Consumer Internet, Mobile and SaaS

rajan anandan
 Rajan Anandan has invested in a large number of startups.
The Google India MD’s previous experiences include being a
Managing Director at Microsoft India for 2 years and working
for Dell India from 2006 to 2008. In 2014, he invested in more
than 14 startups.
 Educational Qualification: MSc. in Manufacturing Systems
Engineering From Stanford University(1991-1992) and BSc.
from Massachusetts Institute Of Technology(1987-1991)
 Startups Invested In: Step Out, Capillary Technologies,
Sourceeasy, 24/7 Techies,TargetingMantra, Instamojo,
CultureAlley, Social Cops,MissMalini.com, Socialblood.org,
Mobilewalla, POPxo.com
 Industries: Internet, Mobile and Saas based startups

krishnan ganesh
 Krishnan Ganesh is a business executive who is the Chief
Executive Officer of TutorVista, an online tutoring company.
He and his wife Meena Ganesh invest in around five startups a
year and put in $25-250K in each of the startups.
 Educational Qualifications: Graduated from Delhi College
of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering(1977-1982) and did
Post graduation from IIM-Calcutta in Management(1983-1985)
 Startups Invested In: Must SeeIndia,SilverPush, HackerEarth,
Oximity, Overcart, Browntape, delyver.com,Onlineprasad.com.
 Industries: Consumer Internet, Healthcare, Education and
Tech Companies

meena ganesh
 Meena Ganesh is an entrepreneur and CEO of Portea
Medical which is a provider of home healthcare services in
India. The husband-wife duo has a midas touch which is
evident in the four startups where they invested and then
successfully exited as well as their angel investments which
went on to raise subsequent VC rounds.
 Educational Qualifications: Graduated from Women’s
Christian College in Physics Hons.(1980-1983) and Post
Graduated from IIM-Calcutta (1983-1985)
 Startups Invested In: Must See India, Silver
Push, HackerEarth, Oximity, Overcart, Browntape,
delyver.com, onlineprasad.com.
 Industries: Consumer Internet, Healthcare and SaaS

Ritesh malik
 Ritesh Malik is a doctor by profession but an investor, an
Entrepreneur, an Angel Capitalist, a photographer…. you
name it. He is driven by his zeal which made him venture
into different sectors of business world. After working for
10 months at Ganga Ram hospital, he has not stopped till
date. He founded Woodapple Hospitality and ThinkPot,
and co-founded AdStuck Consulting and Harvin Academy.
In 2014, he invested in about 8 startups.
 Educational Qualifications: Did his MBBS from M.G.R.
Medical University(2007-2012)
 Startups Invested In: RHlvision, Mashinga, Asimov
Robotics, SectorQube Technolabs, Bisko Labs, Inc42
 Industries: Technology, Hardware

Nikunj jain
 This young fellow claims to understand consumer internet
which is advocated by his two much talked about startups
frankly.me and inoXapps. Frankly.me is a platform where
questions from celebrates can be asked and they will reply
via video. His first startup inoxapps develops games and
apps for Android and has managed to rake in a large
number of downloads. He invested in about 7 startups in
2014 alone.
 Educational Qualifications: IIT-Delhi dropout in Textile
Technology(2006-2010)
 Startups Invested In: Gingr, Piquor, Agatsa,
workouttrends.com, Inc42

Anupam mittal
 Anupam Mittal is the founder and CEO of People Group
which owns businesses such as online matrimonial
service Shaadi.com, real-estate portal Makaan.com, mobile
content and applications company Mauj Mobile and People
Pictures. Known for his business acumen and an eye for
detail, Mittal is an active angel investor with over 20
investments to date. In 2014 alone he invested in around 8-10
startups.
 Educational Qualifications: Graduated from Boston
College(1994-1997).
 Startups Invested In: Tushky.com, Olacabs, PrettySecrets,
Sapience, Druva Software, Zepo, Peelworks, Taxspanner, Cafe
Zoe, Interactive Avenues
 Industries: Clean Technology, Consumer Internet, Mobile,
Healthcare and SaaS

Kunal bahl
 Kunal Bahl is the co-founder and CEO of Snapdeal.com,
which is among India’s leading online marketplaces. He
started at Jasper Infotech Ltd in 2007 with a seed amount
of INR 40 lakh. After tweaking the business model half a
dozen times, he came up with the marketplace model for
Snapdeal.com and success followed.
 Educational Qualifications: Graduated from Wharton
School of Pennsylvania
 Startups
Invested: Tripoto, TinyOwl, Bewakoof, Gigstart, Olacabs,
and Unicommerce
 Industries: Ecommerce and related sectors

sachin bansal
 Sachin Bansal is the co-founder and CEO of Flipkart.com.
He founded the company in 2007 which started as a
humble online book store and later ventured into other
product categories that proved to be a huge success in our
developing country. Earlier, he used to work as a senior
software engineer at Amazon, now the archrival of flipkart.
Before this, he had worked at techspan as an associate for 5
months.
 Educational Qualifications: Graduated From IIT-Delhi
in Computer Science(2000-2005)
 Startups Invested In: Ather, TouchTalent, Roposo,
NewsInShorts, MadRat Games, Spoonjoy
 Industries: Technology

Naveen tiwari
 Naveen Tewari started mKhoj, a local mobile search firm
but later pivoted to a mobile advertising network with a
global model which is well known as InMobi. He is also the
founder and chairman of India SchoolHouse Fund, a
nonprofit enterprise that works to ensure effective delivery
of education in poor rural areas of India. He didn’t stop at
this and now he uses his spare time to mentor
entrepreneurs and invest in startups.
 Educational Qualifications: Graduated from I.I.T.
Kanpur in Mechanical Engineering(1996-2000) and did his
MBA from Harvard Business School in General
Management(2003-2005)
 StartupsInvestedIn: tushky, moneysights, Mettland Let
sVenture
 Industries: Internet and Mobile Businesses

Ravi gururaj
 Ravi Gururaj is a member of the NASSCOM executive council.
He recently launched a startup incubator called Frictionless
Ventures which is an idea experimentation lab that picks up and
incubates ‘ideas’ and ‘concepts’ in the cloud computing, mobility
and big data space. He is a top executive at software firm Citrix
Systems and also co-founded Harvard Business School Alumni
Angels. He invested in about 8 startups in 2014.
 Educational Qualifications: Graduated from University of
Pennsylvania in Economics and Computer Science
Engineering(1984-1989) and did his MBA from Harvard Business
School(1998-1999)
 Startups Invested In: GrexIt, Tookitaki, Socialblood.org,
Graymatics, PrettySecrets, Gridcentric, Explara, Core Mobile,
SyncUsUp, VMLogix, Aurus
 Industries: Consumer Internet, Enterprise Software, Social
Media, Cloud Computing and SaaS

vijay shekhar sharma
Vijay Shekhar Sharma is the founder of One97
Communications. He made mobile payments familiar to
every Indian because of its ease of use and security.
Coming from a small town and a Hindi medium
background, he never let his problems stop him from
innovating. He used to live on streets with less than 15
bucks in his pockets and had dreams worth millions which
he certainly fulfilled. His energy, knowledge and passion
made him bring revolution in telecom infrastructure.
 Educational Qualifications: Graduated from Delhi
College of Engineering in Electronics &
Communications(1994-1998)
 Startups Invested In: Sourceeasy, SilverPush, tushky.com,
GrexIt, EduKart, Milaap Social Ventures, iimjobs,Dexetra,
AirStream, Wishberg Inc, Signals

samir bangera
 Samir Bangara is the CEO and Co-founder of Qyuki.com which
is a platform for artists to create content, connect with like-
minded people and monetize their creations. He started his
career in venture capital with IL&FS Venture corporation and
moved on to being an investment banker with Ernst & Young. He
joined India games in 2005 as Chief Operating Officer and grew
the company which led the sale of the company to The Walt
Disney. He led the Disney group in India as Managing Director
and left it to join Qyuki.com in 2013
Mumbai in Bachelor of Commerce and Finance (1993-1995)
 Startups Invested In: tushky.com, Overcart, ZAPR, Pokkt,
Playblazer, Thrill
 Industries: Consumer Internet, Social Games and Development
Platforms

Matrix partners india
 Abhishek Rungta is founder and CEO at Indus Net Technologies,
a web development and digital marketing company. He started
this company with 50 bucks and now has an annual turnover of
INR 40 Cr. Started at a very young age of 19, this commerce
student had an interest in technology which made him a
frequent visitor of tech expos where he rented a stall and his
journey started from there. He has never looked back since then.
 Educational Qualifications: Graduated from St. Xavier’s
College in Bachelor of Commerce(1996-1999) and did his post
graduation from University of Bath in Multimedia
Technology(1999-2000)
 Startups Invested In: Plivo, iimjobs, Azoi Inc., iDubba,
Secpanel, Shopo.in, Letsventure, Eduora, CapricornGifting,
CarSingh
 Industries: Consumer Internet, Enterprise Software, Digital
Media, Advertising and SaaS

pallav nadhani
 Pallav Nadhani is the co-founder and CEO of Fusion Charts and
RazorFlow and CEO at Collabion, seemingly a serial multitasker.
He started this company in 2001 at the age of 16 from his
bedroom as he found himself dissatisfied with Microsoft Excel’s
charting capability while completing his high school
assignments. The company is a service provider of data
visualization products and owing to its success it was included in
NASSCOM EMERGE 50 leaders in 2009.
Calcutta in Bachelor of Commerce(2002-2005) and Post
Graduated from University of Edinburgh in Computer
Science(2007-2008)
 Startups Invested In: Plivo, Azoi Inc., iDubba, Shopo.in,
Eduora, CarSingh, CapricornGifting, Cropex, Eduora
Technologies.
 Industries: Consumer Internet, Enterprise Software, Cloud
Computing and Ecommerce

alok bajpai
 Alok Bajpai is the CEO and co-founder of ixigo.com which he
founded because of his love of travel, history and culture. He
started his career at Amadeus in Europe, where he was part of
the team that built the world’s first web-based travel agency
booking tools. He is a guy who loves to do everything and
travelling across the globe made him a big time foodie. His love
for Internet products and Croissants has never ebbed since then.
 Educational Qualifications: Graduated from IIT Kanpur in
Electrical Engineering (1997-2001) and did his MBA from
INSEAD (2004-2005)
 StartupsInvestedIn: Sourceeasy, SilverPush, HackerEarth, Ove
rcart, Little Eye Labs, iimjobs, Azoi Inc, Dogspot.in ,
PlayCez, Pokkt, Autowale, BlueGape,
 Industries: Consumer Internet, Enterprise Software, Mobile
and Ecommerce

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. Prior to Sling Media, he co-founded
Emuzed Inc. which was focused on mobile multimedia.
Furthermore, he was the VP of Product and Technology at
RealChip Communications. He also worked at Philips, IBM
among others.
 Educational Qualifications: Graduated from University
of Michigan in Computer Engineering (1979-1981)
 Startups Invested In: Sift, Doublie, Shoe Lovers, Giraffic,
CultureAlley, Woxi Media,Whodini, PowWow,
Hachi, Frrole, Vapore, Vuemix, Qikwell,Tydy,GoHachi.com,
Snap-Networks
 Industries: Invests in Online Startups

zishaan hayath
 Zishaan Hayath is a tech entrepreneur from Mumbai and
co-founder of Toppr.com. He also runs an angel investment
club called Powai Lake Ventures. Prior to this, he co-
founded Chaupaati, a phone commerce marketplace, that
was acquired by Future Bazaar. Earlier, he worked with
management consulting firm Opera Solutions in Delhi and
New York and FMCG major ITC Ltd in Bangalore.
 Educational Qualifications: Graduated from IIT Bombay
(2000-2004)
 Startups Invested
: Olacabs,AdPushup, Housing.com, SquadRun, Shopsense
 Industries: Ecommerce, Travel, Mobile, Real Estate and
Education

manish singhal
 Manish Singhal was the founding member at LetsVenture,
which is an online platform for startups to raise early stage
investment. 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. Before
starting LetsVenture, he spent years at Motorola as its
project manager. He joined Ittiam & Sling Media in their
initial stages and helped build world-class products.
 Educational Qualifications: Graduated from IIT Kanpur
in Electrical Engineering (1988-1992)
 Startups Invested In: AdPushup, Freshersworld,
Apartment Adda, Flip Class, AdSpark, Frrole, Ecosense
world, India College Search.
 Industries: Education, Consumer Internet and Enterprise
Software

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. This is Mehta’s third venture; his first
venture Bespoke Software Consultancy was a successful business
in software but later ventured into other areas when he realised
it was not scalable beyond a point. He also founded app
development firm Globalware System & Software Solutions and
steel trading exchange firm ispatudyog.com. He is an investor
member with Mumbai Angels and Venture Nursery.
 Educational Qualifications: Graduated from Shah & Anchor
in Electronics (1988-1993) and is an alumnus of Indian School of
Business
 Startups Invested In: OYO Rooms, PrettySecrets, Klip.in,
Talview, Unbxd, Orange Scape, Consure Medical, FabAlley,
EcoSense Sustainable Solutions, Poncho.in
 Industries: Clean Technology, Consumer Internet, Enterprise
Software and HealthCare

Indus khaitan
 Indus Khaitan is a senior director at Oracle. He exited his co-
founded company Blitzer Mobile in late 2013. Previously he was a
part of the seed accelerator The Morpheus where he got hands-
on experience in starting companies, product development,
technology evangelism and marketing & sales. Prior to
Morpheus, he was the CTO of SezWho Inc., a social media
infrastructure tools startup. He has held senior management and
technology positions at Symantec, Outride (acquired by
Google), Guru Worldwide, Mindware/NEC and VeriFone.
 Educational Qualifications: Graduated from Birla Institute of
Technology in Computer Science(1992-1996)
 Startups Invested In: bounce.io, Cirro Secure, Interview
street, Sourceeasy, GrexIt, 99tests, Emo2, Practo, Sarga Eco-
Fabrics, Phitesla
 Industries: Mobile, Ecommerce, HealthCare, Information
Technology and SaaS

Anirudh dhamani
 Anirudh Damani 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. The company has successfully added over 2Bn
kWh worth of energy. He also co-founded Pioneer Energy
Resources and exited it in 2012.
 Educational Qualifications: Graduated from Austin
College in Economics and Business Administration (2001-
2005)
 Startups Invested In: InVenture, OYO Rooms,
Mobilewalla, Exotel, Rolocule Games, Klip.in, Paletly,
Carveniche Technologies,
Maximojo, purplle.com, NowFloats
 Industries: Clean Technology, Consumer Internet,
Enterprise Software and B2B

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. Earlier, he worked
with the Information Technology Group of McKinsey & Co
and as a venture capital associate with Arch Development
Corporation where he was involved in assessing and
funding early-stage organizations.
 Educational Qualifications: Did his MBA with Honors in
Economics and Finance from University of Chicago and
received his Bachelors from Stanford University in
Computer Systems Engineering.
 Startups Invested In: Rapportive, PubNub, Disconnect,
Founders Co-op, Coderbuddy, 500 Startups,
Modria, Mashery, Refinery29, Inside Social
 Industries: Analytics, Social Media, Information
Technology and Clean Technology

Warburg pincus
 Ajeet Khurana is the CEO of IIT Bombay’s SINE from past 5
months. He was a Member of the Board of Directors of Carve
Niche Technologies. An active member of Mumbai Angels and
also a lecturer at the University of Texas at Austin, he is known
for overcoming financial and operational challenges of running
education business networks and can wear the investor’s shoes as
well as the entrepreneur’s hat. He is known to invest about ten
thousand dollars in eight startups every year.
Mumbai in Computer Engineering(1987-1991) and did his MBA
from University of Texas at Austin in Business(1991-1993)
 Startups Invested In: Rolocule Games, ShepHertz, Avaz,
Carveniche Technologies, Maximojo, United Mobile Apps,
Karmic Lifesciences, Carve Niche Technologies Pvt. Ltd., PickMe
eSolutions
 Industries: Consumer Internet, Enterprise Software,
Ecommerce and Education

anand ladsariya
 Anand Ladsariya is the CEO of Everest Flavours Ltd. . He is also
involved in various social activities. He is ex-Chairman of CHEMEXCIL,
an export promotion organization established by Ministry of
Commerce. Being an active Angel Investor with both Mumbai Angels
and Indian Angel Network, he 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.
 Educational Qualifications: Graduated from Bombay University
and did his MBA from IIM, Ahmadabad.
 Startups Invested In: Traffline, Exclusively.in, Aurality, Dexl,
Speakwell, Framebench, Serial Innovation, Asiatic, Morpheus Tritya,
Mobiquest, Algorhythm
 Industries: Location Based Services, Customer Support Tools, Content
Discovery and Web Design

utsav somani
 Utsav is a young tech and startup enthusiast. He is
currently working in his family business and looking after
it’s African expansion. He is looking out for new
opportunities in Consumer Internet, Robotics, Fin & Edu-
tech, Pharma, FMCG & Hi-tech Manufacturing. Startups
with high-growth potential, driven by a dedicated team,
addressing under-captured market excite him.
 Educational Qualifications: Bachelors degree in
Information Systems Management from Singapore
Management University and a Masters in Innovation &
Entrepreneurship from ESADE Business School Barcelona.
 Startups Invested In: Testbook, AdpushUp, Zippr, FabBag
& Shephertz.
 Industries: Consumer Internet, Robotics, Fin & Edu-tech,
Pharma, FMCG & Hi-tech Manufacturing.

steven sule
 Steven Sule is currently a partner at Naste Advisors, a
Mumbai-based advisory firm. Prior to this, he worked as an
associate Vice President at Euromax Capital. He started his
career as an analyst at Yes Bank and went to London in 2011
where he worked in the same profile but at a larger scale.
 Educational Qualifications: Graduated from Franklin &
Marshall College in Finance(2000-2004) and did his post
graduation from Cass Business School in Banking &
International Finance(2010-2010)
 Startups Invested In: AdPushup, Kwench Library
Solution, POSist, Aureus Analytics
 Industries: Clean Technology, Consumer Internet &
Enterprise Software

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. Arun always had an eye for witnessing cataclysmic
events related to business which landed him first at Axis
Capital where he worked as an analyst. Later, he worked at
Lazard as an analyst in Mergers & Acquisitions which made
him realise his inner calling and he went on to join the
family business.
 Educational Qualifications: Graduated from Lancaster
University in Business Studies(2007-2010)
 Startups Invested In: Zoom, AdPushup, POSist, Aureus
Analytics, Yourbus, Ridgecrest Asia
 Industries: Consumer Internet, Health Care, SaaS and
Enterprise Software

sandeep goenka
 Sandeep Goenka is the co-founder and Jt-CEO of Zebpay, which
is a Bitcoin mobile wallet that enables bitcoin transactions using
mobile number without any hassles. He started the company
with the aim of making bitcoin transactions as easy as instant
messaging. He is also an active member of Indian Angel
Network. He also co-founded Blynk Systems. All his jobs
strengthened his inclination towards technology and software
which puts him in an apt position as to where he is now.
 Educational Qualifications: Graduated from NMIMS in
Commerce(1994-1996) and also has an Engineering Degree from
De Montfort University(1996-1998). He did his MBA from SP Jain
Institute of Management in Entrepreneurial Studies.
 Startups Invested In: Fab Bag, Wishberry, Aureus
Analytics, POSist
 Industries: Consumer Internet, Big Data and SaaS

Subhinder khurana
 Subhinder Khurana is the founder and CEO of Bank Smarts
Solutions, which enables banks to plan, manage and analyze
cash logistics for optimal cost and customer service.
 Previously, he started marketRx India, before it was acquired by
Cognizant in a $135Mn transaction in 2007. He served as VP at
Cognizant for 4 years. Before joining the VC industry, he was the
founder and CTO of EZPower systems, which was acquired in
1998 by Oracle.
 Educational Qualifications: Graduated from IIT Delhi in
Electrical Engineering(1983-1987) and did his MBA from A.B.
Freeman School of Business(1987-1989)
 Startups Invested In: He has advised/mentored several
startups including Druva Software, Just My Neighbour,
Authbridge, and Power2SME. He was also managing investments
for the first early stage fund in India, Infinity, which created
companies like IndiaBulls, India Games and Avendus.
 Industries: Consumer Internet

Ajay lavakare
 Ajay Lavakare serves as Managing Director of Risk
Management Solutions. He co founded RMSI Private
Limited in 1992 and served as its Chief Executive Officer
and Chairman of the Board. He also served as Senior Vice
President of RMS Data Solutions at Risk Management
Solutions Inc. Prior to co-founding RMSI, he worked for
two years as a software engineer with Kumagai Gumi Co.
Ltd., in the company’s Information Systems division and in
its Overseas Construction Contract Management division..
 Educational Qualifications: Graduation from IIT Delhi
in Civil Engineering(1983-1987) and has an MS from
Stanford University in Structural Engineering(1987-1989)
 Startups Invested In: InnovAccer
 Industries: Big Data Analytics

bhanu chopra
 Bhanu Chopra started his career at Deloitte Consulting
serving several Fortune 500 companies in Chicago. He is
currently the CEO of RateGain, a company he founded in
2004. Prior to setting up RateGain, he co-founded Riv
Consulting. He started RateGain in response to the
increasing popularity of Online travel agencies like Expedia
and Orbitz in the west, when he identified the business
need of these OTAs to compare rates across their
competitor websites.
 Educational Qualifications: Has a double bachelors
degree in Computer Science and Finance from Indiana
University
 Startups Invested In: Interview Master, Hotels Around
You, Mozio
 Industries: Travel Technology, Big Data Analytics and
Cloud Computing

girish mathrubootham
 Girish Mathrubootham is founder and CEO of Freshdesk
which is a cloud-based customer support platform that
enables companies to provide customer service. The
company was inspired from a comment on a Hacker News
Post in 2010 which made him leave his job at AdventNet
where he worked for 9 years.
 Educational Qualifications: Did his Engineering in
Electronics from Shanmugha Research Academy(1992-
1996) and MBA from University of Madras in
Marketing(1996-1998).
 Startups Invested In: Charge Bee, Kaalibi
Technologies, Turing Research, Shield Square and
Advises Niche Video Media, Niche
Trainings, germ.io, Flourish, Frilp
 Industries: Consumer Internet, Enterprise Software and
SaaS

amit somani
 Amit Somani is an Advisory Board Member and Chief
Products Officer for Make MyTrip, heading the online
product portfolio along with User Experience and Content.
He has worked with Google and IBM where he was the
head of Mobile Products for Google in Asia-Pacific region
and Director for the Enterprise Search and Discovery
business at IBM based out of California.
 Educational Qualifications: Graduated from IIT
Varanasi in Computer Science(1989-1993) Engineering and
did his MS in Computer Science from University of
Wisconsin(1993-1995)
 Startups Invested In: Advises Phone Warrior Inc, Qikwell
Technologies India, MindTickle, HotelTravel.com
and Ixigo.com
 Industries: Consumer Internet and Mobile Companies

Niraj singh
 Niraj is the founder of OutBox Ventures and an active
angel investor. In his previous role Niraj founded and
sold Locus Educational Pvt. Ltd.
 Educational Qualifications: IIT Delhi Pass out
(2007)
 Startups Invested In: ShaadiSaga, Tripoto, Grownout
and others
 Industries: Consumer Internet

vivek bihani
 Vivek Bihani is the CEO at Bedrock Ventures. Earlier, he worked
at ICICI Ventures which included generating deal flow,
evaluating business plans, structuring deals and making equity
investments; adding value to investments by helping investee
companies recruit senior executives. As an entrepreneur, he has
helped drive the growth at Magic Software Private Limited, an
eLearning company that helps global publishers build education
software products.
 Educational Qualifications: Graduated from Birla Institute of
Technology and Science in Chemical Engineering(1983-1987) and
did his MBA from IIM-Bangalore in Business Management(1990-
1992)
 Startups Invested In: My Refers, Nearify
 Industries: Mobile

ankur warikoo
 Ankur is the Head of Groupon India and an angel
Investor in Internet and Technology Startups. He was
also co-founder at Accentium Web (Gaadi.com
SecondShaadi.com)
 Educational Qualifications: MBA Graduate from
the Indian School of Business and Master’s of Science
from Michigan State University
 Startups Invested In: Targeting Mantra, Limetray
among others.
 Industries: Internet and Technology Startups

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