Angel investors are essential to the success of startups. Angel investors are individuals who desire to invest in early-stage enterprises. Angel investors, also known as private investors, seed investors, or angel funders, are rich individuals who invest in small businesses or entrepreneurs in exchange for a part of the company’s ownership. These incredibly wealthy individuals contribute financing for meritorious but needy business startups in exchange for convertible debt or ownership equity. 

Angel networks are forming to combine their capital and provide guidance to portfolio companies. Some angel investors pool their capital through online crowdfunding platforms or by joining angel investor networks. So, in this post, we will know about the world’s top angel investors as well as those in India. Let’s get started.

List Of The World’s Top 12 Angel Investors

Alexander Chesterman

Mr. Alexander Chesterman is the Founder, Chief Executive Officer, and Board Member at  Cazoo. 43 investments have been made thus far. He is also the Founder and a Board Member of Zoopla. He was previously the Chief Executive Officer of Zoopla. Earlier, he co-founded LoveFilm, which was acquired by Amazon in 2010. He is also one of the UK’s most active angel investors, having invested in dozens of firms in a wide range of industries, including software and app development, media, and entertainment. In 1990, he received a BS in Economics from the University of London.

Alexander Chesterman’s most recent investments-

Alexis Kerry Ohanian

Alexis Kerry Ohanian born on April 24,1983. He is an internet entrepreneur and investor from the United States. He co-founded the social news website Reddit with Steve Huffman and Aaron Swartz, which revolutionized the way the internet opened up a conversation and shared information. He was a co-founder of Hipmunk, an online storage service that was purchased by SoundCloud for $1.2 billion in 2016. Prior to setting up shop at Reddit in October 2005, Alexis was the lead developer on Tumblr. In addition, he co-created the early-stage venture capital firm Initialized Capital, assisted in the launch of the travel search website Hipmunk, and founded the social enterprise Breadpig. He was also a Y Combinator partner.

Andy Greenberg of Forbes magazine dubbed him “Mayor of the Internet” in 2012. Ohanian resides in Florida with his wife, professional tennis player Serena Williams, 23-time grand slam champion and four-time Olympic gold medalist, and their daughter, Alexis Olympia Ohanian. 

Alexis Kerry Ohanian recent investments-

Amos Ben-Meir

Amos is enthusiastic about technology, business, and the entrepreneurial environment, particularly in the context of start-ups, venture capital, and angel investing. His startup investment portfolio has increased to more than 200 companies since 2012. Amos has over 20 years of expertise in the Semiconductor, Systems, and EDA industries. Amos works for TeleSoft Partners as a Semiconductor Industry Executive. He most recently worked as the Director of Engineering at Agami Systems Inc, a Network Attached Storage company. Amos formerly served as Interim Vice President of Engineering at Xambala, a Semantic Processing startup that creates semiconductors and associated subsystems. He was Redback Networks’ Director of ASIC Engineering. Amos directed the ASIC Design Group at Redback/Siara. 

This Group was in charge of developing and deploying high-performance processor and communication devices. Amos was the Director of the K6 Product Line at AMD (by way of NexGen Microsystems acquisition) prior to joining Redback/Siara. Amos assisted AMD/NexGen in leading the K6 endeavor from idea to first manufacturing, and subsequently through its derivative product cycle. Prior to joining AMD/NexGen, Amos worked at National Semiconductor, LSI Logic, and Tera Microsystems in different Processor Design and Development roles. Amos formerly served on the Advisory Boards of Aarhoi Networks (before it was acquired by Emulex) and VxTel (prior to its acquisition by Intel). 

Amos Ben-Meir’s recent investments-

Dr. Ritesh Malik

Dr. Ritesh Malik is a Medical Graduate who left conventional medicine to pursue his entrepreneurial passion. In 2016, he founded Innov8-a platform that connects communities of freelancers, entrepreneurs, corporates, tech innovators, and investors under one roof and in a social environment. Dr. Ritesh Malik is widely regarded as India’s leading angel investor, with a long track record of investing in tech startups and long-term business models. 

He enjoys meeting new people and has a big heart. He was named to the Forbes 30 under 30 list. Dr. Ritesh Malik has always made an effort to be available to everyone. He constantly assisted startup founders and their families with personal, physical, and financial challenges. He is well-known for being a professional who genuinely cares about others around him. During difficult times, his entire family is noted for providing sacrificial care. 

Dr. Ritesh Malik’s recent investments-

Auren Hoffman

Auren Hoffman is the CEO of LiveRamp and one of the world’s largest angel investors. Acxiom acquired LiveRamp for $310 million in 2014. Rapleaf was the previous name of LiveRamp. LiveRamp is currently a public company (NYSE:RAMP). He is the General Partner at Flex Capital. Auren has invested in over 120 technological companies as an angel investor. He graduated from UC, Berkeleywith a B.S.E. in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research. A few of Hoffman’s investments are including: Aardvark (search engine) (sold to Google), BackTweets by Backtype (sold to Twitter), Blip.tv, BrightRoll,Chomp (search engine) (sold to Apple), CrowdFlower, Flowtown (sold to Demandforce, which was sold to Intuit), Founders Fund, LabPixies (sold to Google), Meebo (sold to Google), MerchantCircle (sold to Reply.com), mob.ly (sold to GroupOn), Pingboard, Scopely, Thumbtack (website), Zoom Systems.

Auren Hoffman recent investments-

Aydin

Aydin is the Founder and Managing Partner of Felicis Ventures. He was listed on Forbes’ Midas Lists in 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, and 2021. In 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2019, he was named one of the New York Times’ Top 20 Venture Capital investors. Adyen, Shopify, Pluralsight, Credit Karma, Fitbit, Rovio, Meraki, Guardant Health, and Soundhound are just a few of the firms Aydin has invested in. 

Prior to founding Felicis Ventures, he was Google’s first Product Manager. HR, security, longevity, mental health, and AI-powered vertical solutions are some of the more recent focus areas. He enjoys flying, skiing, and playing tennis. Aydin worked at SGI as the Product Manager for the Data Visualization and Data Mining software MineSet prior to joining Google. He graduated with honors from Boston University with a bachelor’s degree in business administration. He also has an MBA in Marketing from the Wharton School and a master’s degree in International Studies from the University of Pennsylvania.

Aydin’s recent investments-

Dave McClure

Dave McClure is a San Francisco Bay Area-based entrepreneur and angel investor who launched the business accelerator 500 Startups (presently 500 Global). McClure was born in West Virginia and grew up there. In Silicon Valley, he has been an active investor. For more than 25 years. He earned a Bachelor of Science in Mathematical Sciences Engineering from Johns Hopkins University in 1988. In 2016 and 2017 (Forbes Midas List), Forbes ranked him one of the top VCs in the world. Dave previously worked at Founders Fund and PayPal before entering 500 Startups. Dave has invested in hundreds of firms around the world, along with more than 15 unicorns and 5 IPOs. 

Dave McCrlure’s recent investments-

Naval Ravikant

He is an American entrepreneur and investor. Ravikant was born in 1974 in New Delhi, India. When he was nine years old, he moved to New York with his mother and brother, Kamal. He is AngelList’s CEO and co-founder. He was an early investor in Facebook and co-founded the investing firm Epinions before that. He has also invested in over 200 firms, including Uber, FourSquare, Twitter, Wish.com, Poshmark, Postmates, Thumbtack, Notion, SnapLogic, Opendoor, Clubhouse, Stack Overflow,OpenDNS, Yammer, and Clearview AI, with over 70 total exits and more than ten Unicorn companies. 

Naval Ravikant recent investments-

Mark Cuban

Mark Cuban, born July 31, 1958, is an American billionaire entrepreneur, television personality, and media proprietor with an estimated net worth of $4.7 billion, according to Forbes. He is rated No. 177 on the 2020 Forbes 400 list. He is the owner of the NBA’s Dallas Mavericks and the co-owner of 2929 Entertainment. He is also a major “shark” investor on the ABC reality show Shark Tank. With a net worth of $3 billion, he is one of the world’s most successful businessmen. Cuban has made investments in over 100 companies, including FUBU, Planet Hollywood, ITT, and Landry’s. Horizons Ventures is a billion-dollar venture capital fund. It focuses on early-stage technologies in five industry sectors: consumer items, vertical technology, linear technology, health care, and media/entertainment. 

Mark Cuban recent investments-

Simon Murdoch

Simon Murdoch is a UK-based entrepreneur, early-stage tech investor, and author who focuses on software-driven businesses in their early stages. His investments are concentrated in the mobile app development, enterprise software, and SaaS areas. He began his business with the online bookstore ‘Bookpages.’ But, the company was later purchased by Amazon.

Simon Murdoch recent investments-

Esther Dyson

Esther Dyson is a Swiss-born American entrepreneur. She is a philanthropist, investor, journalist, author, and commentator. Dyson is the chairman of ED Venture Holdings and the Executive Founder of Wellville, a non-profit project that has been running for a decade to demonstrate the value of investing in health. Dyson has made significant investments in early-stage companies since amassing a net worth of more than $1 billion, and she has the second-largest endowment of any female entrepreneur in America, trailing only Oprah Winfrey. 

Her investments vary from $10 million to $100 million, with high-profile purchases in more than ten countries throughout the world. But, the majority of her portfolios are geared toward early-stage enterprises with an eye toward exits.

Esther Dyson recent investments-

Joe Caruso

Joe is an American business mentor and investor. He has also served as interim CEO for organizations that required a strategy shift. He is well-known for his advisory roles on the boards of ACT Medical, Acumenta, Adhesive Technologies, Boston Restaurant Associates, Boston University’s Photonics Center (advisory director), Coffee Connection, and Colonial Mills, where he represents materials science, including photonics applications in telecommunications and television broadcasting and production. He formerly worked for Delano Inc., one of California’s leading retail stores, and Bread Marketing, Inc.

Joe recent investments-

Top 50 Angel Investors With 20 Or More Investments

Rank	Angel Investor Name	Number of Investments	Number of Exits	Exit Rate
1	Marc Andreessen	37	27	73.0%
2	Roger Ehrenberg	22	14	63.6%
3	Keith Rabois	57	35	61.4%
4	Mark Goines	23	14	60.9%
5	Kevin Rose	23	14	60.9%
6	Chris Sacca	34	20	58.8%
7	Ronald Conway	95	55	57.9%
8	Pejman Nozad	21	12	57.1%
9	Bob Pasker	31	17	54.8%
10	Kim Perell	22	12	54.5%
11	Ali Partovi	35	19	54.3%
12	Reid Hoffman	63	34	54.0%
13	Dave Morin	58	30	51.7%
14	Hadi Partovi	41	21	51.2%
15	Mitchell Kapor	53	27	50.9%
16	Gary Vaynerchuk	55	28	50.9%
17	David Tisch	87	44	50.6%
18	Allen Morgan	20	10	50.0%
19	Richard Chen	20	10	50.0%
20	Dave McClure	53	26	49.1%
21	Ullas Naik	42	20	47.6%
22	Timothy Ferriss	28	13	46.4%
23	Shervin Pishevar	33	15	45.5%
24	Adeyemi Ajao	32	14	43.8%
25	Matt Ocko	23	10	43.5%
26	Geoff Ralston	30	13	43.3%
27	Joshua Schachter	65	28	43.1%
28	John Maloney	31	13	41.9%
29	Auren Hoffman	72	30	41.7%
30	Don Dodge	24	10	41.7%
31	Josh James	24	10	41.7%
32	Andy Rankin	22	9	40.9%
33	Don Hutchison	22	9	40.9%
34	Raymond Tonsing	49	20	40.8%
35	Chris Dixon	27	11	40.7%
36	Erik Blachford	25	10	40.0%
37	Haroon Mokhtarzada	20	8	40.0%
38	Farzad (Zod) Nazem	63	25	39.7%
39	Dharmesh Shah	51	20	39.2%
40	Arjun Sethi	51	20	39.2%
41	Ram Shriram	23	9	39.1%
42	Matt Mullenweg	41	16	39.0%
43	Jeff Kearl	31	12	38.7%
44	Jeff Bezos	26	10	38.5%
45	Paul Sethi	34	13	38.2%
46	Thomas Lehrman	34	13	38.2%
47	Benjamin Ling	71	27	38.0%
48	Fritz Lanman	29	11	37.9%
49	Caterina Fake	24	9	37.5%
50	Ben Narasin	24	9	37.5%

The Most Active Angels Have Mediocre Exit Rates

Angels that have made more than a hundred investments tend to cluster near the bottom of the list, as shown below:

Rank	Angel Investor Name	Number of Investments	Number of Exits	Exit Rate
54	Paul Buchheit	159	57	35.8%
56	Scott Banister	134	47	35.1%
68	Naval Ravikant	159	51	32.1%
104	Fabrice Grinda	242	62	25.6%
105	Alexis Ohanian	137	35	25.5%
112	Esther Dyson	104	26	25.0%
142	Marc Benioff	143	29	20.3%
156	Daniel Curran	135	25	18.5%
173	Mark Cuban	150	23	15.3%
181	Louis Beryl	104	15	14.4%
193	Wei Guo	151	17	11.3%
200	Charlie Songhurst	119	12	10.1%
202	Jason Calacanis	372	36	9.7%
214	Edward Lando	116	8	6.9%

Top 20 Angel Investors With 10 to 20 Investments

We also looked at angel investors who had made 10 to 20 investments to discover who had the highest investment rate. The problem here is that the investors on the following list have relatively few investments, thus the correlation is probably more shaky.

Rank	Angel Investor Name	Number of Investments	Number of Exits	Exit Rate
1	Eric Hahn	11	8	72.7%
2	Alfred Lin	10	7	70.0%
3	Chris Yeh	13	8	61.5%
4	Kenny Van Zant	13	8	61.5%
5	Jack Abraham	13	8	61.5%
6	Jeff Clavier	18	11	61.1%
7	Konstantin Othmer	10	6	60.0%
8	Brad Garlinghouse	17	10	58.8%
9	Andy Liu	12	7	58.3%
10	Christopher Michel	12	7	58.3%
11	Josh Spear	12	7	58.3%
12	Yee Lee	14	8	57.1%
13	Matt Brezina	11	6	54.5%
14	David Arcara	11	6	54.5%
15	Joe Kraus	11	6	54.5%
16	Shawn Fanning	11	6	54.5%
17	Amitt Mahajan	13	7	53.8%
18	Aaron Iba	13	7	53.8%
19	Mike Hennessey	15	8	53.3%
20	Jared Kopf	17	9	52.9%

Top 50 Angel Investors For Diverse Founders And Women

Rank	Angel Investor Name	Number of Investments	Number of Diversity Investments	Diversity Investment Rate	Exit Rate
1	Joanne Wilson	67	43	64.2%	13.4%
2	Jonathan Keidan	27	14	51.9%	18.5%
3	Marissa Mayer	26	13	50.0%	30.8%
4	Rick Webb	20	9	45.0%	35.0%
5	Kevin Hale	30	13	43.3%	13.3%
6	Andy Dunn	24	10	41.7%	16.7%
7	Ullas Naik	42	17	40.5%	47.6%
8	Eric Schmidt	36	14	38.9%	19.4%
9	Ellen Levy	26	10	38.5%	15.4%
10	Caterina Fake	24	8	33.3%	37.5%
11	Erik Moore	24	8	33.3%	33.3%
12	Michael Seibel	27	9	33.3%	22.2%
13	Charlie Cheever	39	13	33.3%	20.5%
14	Baron Davis	22	7	31.8%	22.7%
15	Mark Leslie	22	7	31.8%	18.2%
16	Clark Landry	77	24	31.2%	24.7%
17	Kal Vepuri	29	9	31.0%	24.1%
18	Wayne Chang	55	17	30.9%	23.6%
19	Jack Dorsey	23	7	30.4%	26.1%
20	Matthew Luckett	23	7	30.4%	26.1%
21	Alex Pattis	23	7	30.4%	4.3%
22	Asian Cowboy	79	24	30.4%	13.9%
23	Greg Castle	20	6	30.0%	25.0%
24	Ron Suber	20	6	30.0%	15.0%
25	Joi Ito	27	8	29.6%	33.3%
26	Paige Craig	44	13	29.5%	31.8%
27	Dave Morin	58	17	29.3%	51.7%
28	David Wu	24	7	29.2%	25.0%
29	Brian Lee	31	9	29.0%	25.8%
30	Howard Lindzon	28	8	28.6%	28.6%
31	Paul Graham	28	8	28.6%	28.6%
32	Julia Popowitz	21	6	28.6%	23.8%
33	Dave McClure	53	15	28.3%	49.1%
34	Elad Gil	78	22	28.2%	19.2%
35	Erik Blachford	25	7	28.0%	40.0%
36	Drew Houston	25	7	28.0%	16.0%
37	Kevin Lin	40	11	27.5%	2.5%
38	Immad Akhund	22	6	27.3%	9.1%
39	Andrew Mitchell	26	7	26.9%	30.8%
40	Semyon Dukach	26	7	26.9%	15.4%
41	Nasir Jones	30	8	26.7%	16.7%
42	Paul Sethi	34	9	26.5%	38.2%
43	Kevin Moore	84	22	26.2%	14.3%
44	Ram Shriram	23	6	26.1%	39.1%
45	Bradley C. Harrison	50	13	26.0%	32.0%
46	Nicolas Berggruen	27	7	25.9%	7.4%
47	Jason Finger	35	9	25.7%	22.9%
48	Eric Ries	43	11	25.6%	32.6%
49	Spencer Rascoff	47	12	25.5%	14.9%
50	Kevin Hartz	59	15	25.4%	30.5%

Top Angel Investors For Diverse Founders With An Exit Rate Of At Least 30%

It’s also worth noting which investors had a high proclivity for investing in diverse founders as well as a high proportion of portfolio businesses that exited. The top 20 angel investors with at least 30% of their firms exiting are shown below, organized by their diversity investment rate.

Rank	Angel Investor Name	Number of Investments	Number of Diversity Investments	Diversity Investment Rate	Exit Rate
1	Marissa Mayer	26	13	50.0%	30.8%
2	Ullas Naik	42	17	40.5%	47.6%
3	Caterina Fake	24	8	33.3%	37.5%
4	Erik Moore	24	8	33.3%	33.3%
5	Rick Webb	20	9	45.0%	35.0%
6	Joi Ito	27	8	29.6%	33.3%
7	Paige Craig	44	13	29.5%	31.8%
8	Dave Morin	58	17	29.3%	51.7%
9	Dave McClure	53	15	28.3%	49.1%
10	Erik Blachford	25	7	28.0%	40.0%
11	Andrew Mitchell	26	7	26.9%	30.8%
12	Paul Sethi	34	9	26.5%	38.2%
13	Ram Shriram	23	6	26.1%	39.1%
14	Bradley C. Harrison	50	13	26.0%	32.0%
15	Eric Ries	43	11	25.6%	32.6%
16	Kevin Hartz	59	15	25.4%	30.5%
17	Reid Hoffman	63	16	25.4%	54.0%
18	Tikhon Bernstam	32	8	25.0%	34.4%
19	Mitchell Kapor	53	13	24.5%	50.9%
20	Georges Harik	37	9	24.3%	35.1%

Top Angel Investors With 10-20 Investments For Diverse Founders

Rank	Angel Investor Name	Number of Investments	Number of Diversity Investments	Diversity Investment Rate	Exit Rate
1	Terra Han	12	12	100.0%	0.0%
2	Anne Wojcicki	14	10	71.4%	0.0%
3	Paul Appelbaum	12	8	66.7%	16.7%
4	Julie McDermott	11	7	63.6%	9.1%
5	Jay Batson	10	6	60.0%	30.0%
6	Wendi Murdoch	15	9	60.0%	26.7%
7	Jessica Livingston	11	6	54.5%	27.3%
8	Halle Tecco	11	6	54.5%	9.1%
9	Shan-Lyn Ma	11	6	54.5%	0.0%
10	Christine Tsai	15	8	53.3%	26.7%
11	Steve Case	17	9	52.9%	29.4%
12	Terrence Rohan	19	10	52.6%	5.3%
13	Justin Rosenstein	10	5	50.0%	20.0%
14	Michael Antonov	10	5	50.0%	20.0%
15	Don Katz	10	5	50.0%	20.0%
16	Cliff Holekamp	16	8	50.0%	18.8%
17	Nick Green	10	5	50.0%	0.0%
18	Matt Caspari	10	5	50.0%	0.0%
19	Chris M. Willliams	17	8	47.1%	11.8%
20	Sky Dayton	15	7	46.7%	20.0%

Most Active Angel Investors Tend Not To Have A High Diversity Investment Rate

Rank	Angel Investor Name	Number of Investments	Number of Diversity Investments	Diversity Investment Rate	Exit Rate
165	Louis Beryl	104	24	23.1%	14.4%
171	Daniel Curran	135	31	23.0%	18.5%
218	Mark Cuban	150	31	20.7%	15.3%
219	Wei Guo	151	31	20.5%	11.3%
224	Edward Lando	116	23	19.8%	6.9%
231	Jason Calacanis	372	72	19.4%	9.7%
238	Marc Benioff	143	27	18.9%	20.3%
266	Alexis Ohanian	137	23	16.8%	25.5%
283	Paul Buchheit	159	26	16.4%	35.8%
284	Esther Dyson	104	17	16.3%	25.0%
310	Scott Banister	134	20	14.9%	35.1%
349	Fabrice Grinda	242	32	13.2%	25.6%
364	Charlie Songhurst	119	14	11.8%	10.1%
429	Naval Ravikant	159	12	7.5%	32.1%

Most Active Angel Investors In India

Rajan Anandan

Rajan Anandan is an Indian businessman who previously served as the Vice President at Google India. In August 2011, he was appointed as Google’s Managing Director for India and Southeast Asia. Rajan was a co-founder of Sri Lanka’s first seed fund. He currently serves as the Managing Director of Sequoia Capital India. Prior to this, he had top positions at Microsoft and Dell, both well-known companies. As an Angel Investor, he also invests in early-stage companies. Big data, analytics, online health care, mobile commerce, consumer internet, and digital media are among the key domains in which he invests. Instamojo, Travelkhana, Explara, Social Cops, Letsventure, LBB, and PopXo are some of his previous investments. He has so far invested in and assisted about 80 startups. He intends to put $1.5 million into South Asian start-ups. 

Anupam Mittal

Anupam Mittal has established himself as a famous name in the angel investor network as a result of his extremely successful venture Shaadi.com. Anupam Mittal founded Shaadi.com in 1997 as Sagaai.com. Anupam began investing in Bollywood films in 1999 and is the producer of the films Flavors and99, as well as his commercial ventures. He is also a Shark in a business reality show on Sony LIV called Shark Tank India. Anupam is indeed a successful Angel Investor, a Founding Member and Previous Chairman of the Internet & Mobile Association of India (IAMAI), the Founding Co-chair of H2 India, and a member of the People Group. Anupam graduated from Boston College in the United States with a master’s degree in operations and strategic management. 

Anupam Mittal’s portfolio has grown by ten-old in the previous several years, now includes around 50 startups, including the very profitable Ola Cabs. His main investment areas include technology, consumer internet, mobile, healthcare, and SaaS. HackerEarth, Drivezy, Kae Capital, Letsventure, Ola Cabs, Truebil, and myHQ are some of his previous investments.

T.V. Mohandas Pai

T. V. Mohandas Pai is a Padma Shri Awardee and the current Chairman of Manipal Global Education. Mohandas Pai, a former Infosys CFO, is a prolific angel investor. His primary focus has been on investing in early-stage technology startups. His technique has been that of an opportunistic investor, with a purposeful choice to make relatively small investments. He is also a strong supporter of female entrepreneurs. His main investment areas are technology startups, consumer internet, and media. His past investments include Zoomcar, Zimmber, YourStory, FairCent, and Kaaryah.

Girish Mathrubootham

Girish Mathrubootham is the founder and CEO of FreshWorks, India’s most successful customer support software provider. Girish was previously the VP of Product Management at ManageEngine, a division of Zoho Corp, where he was responsible for global product strategy as well as product marketing, product management, and customer support. He has invested in over 60 startups and is a founding member of Asia’s largest community of founders and product builders impacting India’s SaaS market, SaaSBOOMi. His primary investment domains include SAAS, customer support, enterprise software, consumer internet, education, content and listing platforms. Whatfix, The Ken, Innov8, GoBumpr and iService, Unacademy, Factor Daily, Inkmonk, The Ken, Zarget are some of his previous investments.

Anand Chandrasekaran

He is an entrepreneur and angel investor. He is the executive vice president of product management at Five9. He was the former Snapdeal Product Head and is now a Director at Facebook. Among the notable companies he has worked with include Yahoo!, Bharti Airtel, and Wynk. He holds a Master of Science in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University and a Bachelor of Engineering from India’s PSG College of Technology. He attended Harvard University’s Global Leadership and Policy Program. 

Anand was named a World Economic Forum Young Global Leader in 2010 and one of Silicon Valley’s 40 rising stars in 2011. He has already made a total of 30 investments in the market, earning him credit and distinction as one of India’s most active angel investors.  His primary investment areas are consumer internet, business-to-business and peer-to-peer marketplaces, fintech, and SaaS. LetsVenture, Fynd, InnerChef, Instalively, NoBroker, and Wooplr are some of his past investments.

Sandeep Tandon

Sandeep is a technology entrepreneur, mentor, and investor. He is a co-founder of FreeCharge, which is India’s first mobile payment platform. He is also the Managing Director of Tandon Group, a technology catalyst that owns and invests in startups in India and North America. He has worked in the technology industry for over 20 years. He has a net worth of approximately Rs.11.5 crore as of September 30, 2020. In 2017, he made 23 investments, including ZipLoan, an online lending platform, and Fashalot, a fashion and store discovery platform. His primary investment areas include Internet Services, FinTech, Healthcare, and Education. Razorpay, Inc42, Tablehero, Unacademy, Fabelio, Remitware Payments, Pocket Aces, and Ziploan are some of his previous investments.

Ratan Tata

Tata is a businessman and philanthropist from India who served as the chairman of Tata Sons. From 1990 to 2012, he served as chairman of Tata Group, and he still oversees the company’s charitable trusts. Padma Vibhushan(2008) and Padma Bhushan(2009). (2000) are two of India’s highest civilian honors. He graduated from Cornell University’s College of Architecture in 1975 and the Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School in 1975. In addition, he is an active angel investor in India. He has mentored and profiled a number of startups, ventures, and businesses, providing them with investments, advice, and other services. 

He is regarded as a prominent figure in the angel investment community, having worked with companies such as Urban Clap, Xiaomi, Moglix, and Snapdeal. His main investment areas include technology, e-commerce, and the affiliate sectors etc. His previous investments include Xiaomi, Urban Ladderm NestAway, One97 Communication, Snapdeal, UrbanClap, YourStory, Tracxn, Abra, niki.ai, Moglix, Teabox, ClimaCell Inc., GOQii, Lybrate, Crayon Data, MadRat Games, Cashkaro, Qikpod, Bombay Hemp Company, DogSpot, Invictus Oncology, Bollant, MUrgency, Idea Chakki, Printline Media(ThePrint).   

Vijay Shekhar Sharma

Paytm founder and CEO Vijay Shekar Sharma has invested in over 37 startups. His expertise and resources have benefited companies such as Unacademy, sourceeasy, InnerChef, The Ken, and Milaap, and he is widely regarded as a top-tier counselor and investor in the sector. He graduated from Delhi College of Engineering with a degree in Electronics and Communications and knows everything there is to know about developing successful mobile firms. 

His expertise, industry knowledge, and resources can help your business scale with fresh ideas and funding backing. He comes highly recommended as an advisor and investor. In 2017, he was selected to Time Magazine’s list of the 100 Most Influential People in the World. He received the Yash Bharati award, Uttar Pradesh’s highest civilian honor. As per the Forbes, he was the 62nd richest person in India in 2020, with a net worth of $2.35 billion. His primary investment areas include consumer internet, fintech, and education technology. Unacademy, GOQii, Flyrobe, sourceeasy, InnerChef, The Ken, and Milaap are some of his previous investments.

Sanjay Mehta 

Sanjay Mehta, a technology investor and venture capitalist, has risen to notoriety in the investing world as a result of several notable successes he has witnessed over the course of his decade-long career. Sanjay Mehta, the founder of MAIA Intelligence, is a member of the Indian Angel Network, Venture Nursery, and Mumbai Angel Network groups. Sanjay works with his portfolio firms to help them interact with the CIO and CTO communities, as well as to advise them on advertising, PR, branding, and marketing. 

Sanjay’s areas of interest have included social, mobile, analytics, and cloud, owing to his expertise in technology. He confesses that he typically invests in startups for 5-7 years before searching for exits. His primary investment areas include clean technology, enterprise software, consumer internet, and healthcare. Loginext, Lawrato, OYO, Box8, Orange Scape, and FabAlley are some of his previous investments.

Gokul Rajaram

Gokul Rajaram, a former Facebook product director, is the founder of Chai Labs and Flight.vc. Gokul is a product and technology powerhouse who is currently a Caviar Lead at Square. He graduated from MIT, the University of Texas, and IIT Kanpur and has been investing in and advising early-stage technology startups since 2008. However, the team’s caliber and vision is the single most important determining element in his investments.

Gokul Rajaram is a DoorDash product and business helper, a Coinbase and Pinterest board member, and an investor and advisor to a number of firms. His primary investment areas include SaaS, Internet Services, Analytics & AI, and Media & Entertainment. LivSpace, Edu Fire, Daily.co, Buffer, Loop, Flipora, and Whatfix are some of his previous investments.