ANGEL INVESTING NETWORKS IN INDIA
data as on September 26, 2007
Sr No. Network name
1 Chennai Fund
2 Indian Angels Network Padmaja Ruparel
3 Mumbai Angels
4 TiE Entrepreneurship
Acceleration Program
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Contact Person Contact Details Services offered
Raghu Rajagopal www.chennai.tie.org Seed Funding for start ups in Tamil Nadu
raghu.rajagopal@energeate.com Promoters include R. Ramaraj and others.
IAN Consultancy Services Pvt. Ltd. India’s first Angel network with successful
entrepreneurs and high profile CEOs
B 8, Shopping Arcade interested in investing in early stage
Hotel Surya Crowne Plaza businesses across India.
New Friends Colony
New Delhi 110 065
info@indianangelnetwork.com
Phone - +91 11 4162 8566
Fax - +91 11 4162 9708
Vimmla vimmla@mumbaiangels.com Platform to start up and very early stage
www.mumbaiangels.com companies; helps in bringing them face to
face with investors, mentoring, inputs on
strategy.
Arindam Basu, Associate Director 3rd Floor, A wing, Divyasree Chambers, Ecosystem of Angels, Investors and VCs to
provide Series A round of financing for Start
# 11, O'Shaugnessy Road, ups.
Bangalore, KA - 560 025
Phone : (080) 41474567/68/69
http://www.bangalore.tie.org/chapterHome/progra
ms/EAPEntrepreneualAccelerationProgram2007
09039634682699/EAPHome2007090335801587
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Email: eap-program@tiebangalore.org
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ANGEL INVESTORS IN INDIA
data as on September 26, 2007
Sr no. Angel Investor Profile Contact Details Companies they fund/funded
1 Anil Godhwani Co Founder India Community Center, CA Avendus Advisors Indian Companies with strategic growth
and Simply Hired.com advantage; IT Services, IT Enabled Services,
Investor, Avendus IL&FS Financial Centre, Pharmaceuticals and Healthcare, Media and
West Quadrant - 2nd Floor, Consumer Products and Services.
Bandra-Kurla Complex, Bandra (East)
Mumbai - 400 051
Phone: 91-22-6648-0050
Fax: 91-22-6648-0040
mumbai@avendus.com

2 Arun Seth Chairman, British Telecom BT Limited

Advisor, Seed Fund Gesco Corporate Centre
70 Nehru Place
New Delhi 110019
www.bt.com
Phone: +91 11 5211 9900
Fax:+91 11 5211 9901
arun@gmail.com

3 Ashish Gupta Managing Director and Investment Advisor, Helion Ventures Pvt Ltd Technology and Services; Daksh, Naukri.com,
Helion Tavant Technologies
First Floor, Pine Valley
Embassy Golflinks Business Park
Koramangala Intermediate Ring Road
Bangalore 560 071
Phone: +91 80 4018 3333
Fax: +91 80 4018 3456
www.helionvc.com
contact@helionvc.com

4 Ashok Narasimhan First CEO of Wipro
Founder,Graycell
Chairman & CEO, July Systems
July Systems & Technologies Pvt. Ltd.
No 17/4C, 17/9C
4th Floor Maruthi Chambers
Roopena Agrahara, Hosur Road
Bangalore 560068
Phone: +91-80-4110-JULY
Fax: +91-80-4110-1210
www.julysystems.com

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Sr no. Angel Investor Profile Contact Details Companies they fund/funded
5 B V Jagdeesh Venture Advisor, Gabriel Venture Partners Gabriel Venture Partners Software, Systems, Technology, Internet,
Group VP, Citrix Inc 350 Marine Parkway, Suite 200 Mobile, Digital Media, Disruptive Technologies
Co- Founder, CTO Exodus Redwood Shores, CA 94065
CEO, NetScaler Phone:650.551.5000
Fax: 650.551.5001
Webinfo@GabrielVP.com

Investor, Seed Fund Seed Advisors Pvt. Ltd.

001, Turf Estate, Shakti Mills Lane,
Off. Dr. E. Moses Road, Mahalaxmi,
Mumbai 400011. India.
Phone:+91 22 24902201 – 04
Fax:+91 22 24902205
www.seedfund.in

6 K B Chandrasekar CEO, Jam Cracker Jamcracker Software Technologies Research and Development Ventures in US
Pvt. Ltd and India
Co-Founder, Exodus Maruthi Chambers, e4e Towers - 1st Floor
Co-Founder, e4e 17/09 C, 17/4C. Rupena Agrahara, Hosur Road
Chairman, Aztech Software Bangalore 560 068 India
Investor, Seedfund Phone: +91 (0)80 66171717
Fax: +91 (0)80 66171723
www.jamcracker.com
info@jamcracker.com

7 Kanwal Rekhi Founder, Inventus Inventus Capital Partners Early stage technology companies; Hotmail,
Co-founder and President - TiE Global 3000 Sand Hill Road, Exodus, Kaboodle, Apptivity, CyberMedia.
Founder, Excelan Menlo Park, CA 94025 Mediaway, Zietnet, Sierra Atlantic, and
Executive VP, Novell Inc Versata.Ensim, Instantis, 123SignUp, and
Investor, Seed Fund Seed Advisors Pvt. Ltd. Paramark
001, Turf Estate, Shakti Mills Lane,
Off. Dr. E. Moses Road, Mahalaxmi,
Mumbai 400011. India.
Phone:+91 22 24902201 – 04
Fax:+91 22 24902205

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Sr no. Angel Investor Profile
8 Kumar Malavalli Co-Founder Brocade Communications
Fibre Channel Architect, HP
Contact Details Companies they fund/funded
Brocade Communications Systems Private Storage Networking Start Ups -Alpine
Limited (India) technologies, Clover Leaf Communications,
Level 2, Raheja Centre Point Intersan Inc, Karthika
294 CST Road, Near Mumbai University
Off Bandra-Kurla Complex, Kalina,
Santacruz (East)
Mumbai - 400098
India
Tel: +91 22 6707 8605 / +91 22 6707
8606
Fax: +91 22 6707 8711
E-mail: apac-info@brocade.com

9 Dr R Chenraj Jain Chairman, Jain Group of Institutions Jain Group of Institutions

No. 91/2, Dr A N KrishnaRao Road,
V V Puram, Banaglore - 560 004.
Phone: 080 26615246
info@jaingroup.info
www.jgi.ac.in

10 N S Raghavan Founder, Nadathur Holding and InvestmentsNadathur Holdings and Investments
Pvt. Ltd.,
# 278/23, 3rd Floor, 10th Main,
T.Mariappa Road, 2nd Block,
Jayanagar, Bangalore 560 011.
Phone: 91 80 41204336/37/38
Fax: 91 80 41204339
info@nadathur.com
Knowledge based and innovation driven
Indian ventures : Cades Digitech, Careers
India, CoOptions, Mediassist, Paladion,
Resolvity, Stump Vison, Metaheliz, Spice
Group

11 Rajesh Jain Managing Director & CEO, Net Core SolutionNetcore Solutions Pvt. Ltd. Mobile, Broad band and emerging technolgies
402, Peninsula Chambers, Netcore, India World
Peninsula Corporate Park,
Ganpat Rao Kadam Marg,
Lower Parel (West),
Mumbai 400 013. India.
Phone: +91 (22) 6662 8000
www.emergic.com, www.emergic.org
rajeshjain@netcore.co.in
<rajeshjain@netcore.co.in>

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Sr no. Angel Investor Profile Contact Details Companies they fund/funded
12 Sanjeev Agarwal MD and Investment Advisor, Helion Helion Ventures Pvt Ltd Kirusa, Mindworks, Zmanda, Anantara, Komli,
Gridstone, makemytrip.com
Founder, CEO of Daksh First Floor, Pine Valley
Embassy Golflinks Business Park
Koramangala Intermediate Ring Road
Bangalore 560 071
Phone: +91 80 4018 3333
Fax: +91 80 4018 3456
www.helionvc.com

contact@helionvc.com
<contact@helionvc.com>

13 Sridhar Mitta MD and Chief Technology Officer of e4e e4e India Corporate Office iCelerate, Vinciti, Aztec Software and iSeva
formed e4e
Former, CTO & Global R&D Head, Wipro Divyashree Chambers, 3rd Floor
Langford Road
Bangalore 560025
Phone: +91 80 2212 0009
Fax: +91 80 2207 2186
www.e4e.com

14 Vani Kola MD -India, NEA-IndoUS Ventures NEA- IndoUS ventures Early stage funding to new Indian ventures
Founder and CEO of Certus and Rightworks Ground Floor, Navigator
15 Vinod Dham Executive MD, NEA- Indo-US Ventures ITPB, Whitefield main road
Founder, New Path Ventures Bangalore - 560066
CEO, Silicon Spice Ventures Phone : 080 6616 9503
16 Tripat Preet Singh Senior Associate, NEA-Indo-US Ventures Fax: 080 6616 9506
neaiuvinfo@neaiuv.com
www.neaiuv.com

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