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2. Disclaimer – We do not claim that this information is complete in all aspects. We
may have inadvertently missed some of active investors or the information of
some may be incomplete. We retained the currency as preferably stated by the
investors (INR Lacs, INR Cr or USD mn). For corrections please write to –
yournest@yournest.in or nitin@tienewdelhi.org.
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3. Dear Entrepreneur,
Welcome to SmashUp 2014.
Hope you get to bond in an informal, open, interactive manner at the event.
The enablers of start-up ecosystem should help you build your business
venture as you share, collaborate, learn from each other.
We at Smash-up understood your challenge in identifying the right investor
for your venture during its initial phase. To enable this, we have compiled
this Handbook on “Investors in Start-ups” containing relevant info on the
investors active in various categories of Venture Capital. The categories
include – Angel Networks, Incubators, Accelerators, Social/Impact Funds,
Early Stage VCs, Series-A to Growth VCs, and Early to Growth VCs.
We acknowledge with thanks the initiative of YourNest Angel Fund, an early
stage domestic venture capital fund for compiling this handbook.
Best Regards
Team Smash-up
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4. Incubator
4
Incubator
Website/
Where to submit proposal
Key Personnel Focus area Ticket size
Amity Innovation
Incubator
www.amity.edu/aii
info@aii.amity.edu
obabber@aii.amity.edu
Aseem Chauhan
Ojasvi Babber
Rural Innovation and Social
Entrepreneurship, Information and
communication Technologies (to
include Social media and ecommerce,
Mobile computing and technologies,
Analytics, Cloud computing and Big
Data), Education and Education
Technologies, Food and allied
Technologies, Biotechnology and Life
Sciences, Nanotechnology and Material
Sciences
Upto INR 1 Cr
CIIE IIMA
www.ciieindia.org
ciie@iimahd.ernet.in
Kunal Upadhyay
Information Communication
Technology, Cleantech and Social
Sectors
INR 20 lacs
IAN Incubator
www.indianangelnetwork.com
Incubator@indianangelnetwork.com
Sanjay Verma Sector agnostic Sweat Equity
Seedfund Incubator
www.seedfund.in
Submit on web portal
Paula Mariwala
Shailesh Vikram Singh
Consumer Internet, e-commerce, sports-
education, Healthcare, Financial
services, Analytics, Services, Online
ticketing
$0.2mn to
$0.5mn
Startup Village
www.startupvillage.in
Submit on web portal
Sanjay Vijayakumar Technology product start-ups -

5. 5
Accelerator
Accelerator
Website/
Where to submit proposal
Key Personnel Focus area Ticket size
500 Start-ups
www.500.co
Submit on web portal
Pankaj Jain
Internet start-ups on search, social, &
mobile platforms
upto $250k
91SpringBoard
www.91springboard.com
info@91springboard.com
Anand Vemuri
Pranay Gupta
Technology start-ups Sweat Equity
GSF
www.gsfindia.com
pingus@gsfindia.com
Rajesh Sawhney
Product-oriented technology start-ups
in the areas of mobile, social, local and
cloud
INR 15 lacs
iAccelerator, IIMA
www.iaccelerator.org
Submit on web portal
Tanvi Rangwala Internet and Mobile INR 5-10 lacs
Microsoft Ventures
Accelerator
www.microsoftventures.com
Submit on web portal or
indiaaccelerator@microsoft.com
Mukund Mohan
Focus on Cloud, Internet and Mobile.
However, open to consider Ecom,
mobile, Media, Social Applications,
Gaming, Education, Healthcare, big
data, telecom and other that leverage
use of technology
avg $115k
The Startup Centre
www.thestartupcentre.com
hello@thestartupcentre.com
Vijay Anand
Support technology entrepreneurs that
can build global start-ups by leveraging
technology to solve real world problems
INR 10-25
lacs
TLabs
www.tlabs.in
Submit on web portal
Abhishek Gupta Internet and mobile technology INR 10 lacs
Venture Nursery
www.venturenursery.com
growmyidea@venturenursery.com
Shravan Shroff
Ravi Kiran
Media & Entertainment, Retail, e-
Commerce, Consumer Technology,
Education and CleanTech
Upto INR 25
lacs

6. 6
Angel Network
Angel Network
Website/
Where to submit proposal
Key Personnel Focus area Ticket size
Chennai Angels
www.thechennaiangels.com
Submit on web portal
- Sector agnostic
INR 50 lacs to
INR 3 Cr
Hyderabad Angels
www.hyderabadangels.in
bplan@hyderabadangels.in
Sasidhar Nandigam Sector agnostic -
IAN
www.indianangelnetwork.com
info@indianangelnetwork.com
padmaja@indianangelnetwork.com
Padmaja Ruparel Sector agnostic Upto $1mn
Mumbai Angels
www.mumbaiangels.com
payal@mumbaiangels.com
Ashpi Gupta
Ashish Dave
Shruti Reddy
Ankit Solanki
Sector agnostic
INR 50 lacs to
INR 3 Cr
Rajasthan Angel
Investor Network
www.rainjaipur.co.in
Submit on web portal
Mahavir Pratap
Sharma
Scalable businesses driven by
technology or services
Upto INR 2 Cr

7. 7
Venture Capital
Early Stage
Website/
Where to submit proposal
Key Personnel Focus area Ticket size
5Ideas
www.5ideas.in
Submit on web portal
Pearl Uppal
Gaurav Kachru
Niche ecommerce, B2B/SME focused
SAAS, intersection of mobile & geo,
education, urban parenting, big data, ad
tech
Sub $1mn
BedRock Ventures
www.bedrockventures.in
info@bedrockventures.in
Vivek Bihani
Clean Energy, Education, Infrastructure
Management Services
INR 1-5 Cr
Blume Ventures
www.blumeventures.com
Connect over LinkedIn
Kartik Reddy
Sanjay Nath
Software — mobile, enterprise, or
cloud, and emerging sectors like clean
tech, life sciences, brands, media etc
Sub $0.25mn
Fulcrum Ventures
India
www.fulcrumventureindia.com
Submit on web portal
Krishna Ramanathan
Pharma, Healthcare, Health & Wellness,
Real Estate, IT Solutions
INR 5-15 Cr
India Innovation Fund
www.indiainnovationfund.in
Submit on web portal or
ashwin@ikpimc.in
Ashwin Raguraman
Innovation led enterprises in
information and Communication
Technology, Life Science or Medical
device space
INR 1-5 Cr
India Internet Group
www.indiainternetgroup.com
anirudh@indiainternetfund.com
Anirudh Suri
Early stage Internet and Mobile
technology start-ups
$50-200k
Kae Capital
www.kae-capital.com
Submit on web portal
Sasha Mirchandani
Healthcare, Education, Mobile,
Technology, Ecommerce, Services
Sub $1mn

8. 8
Venture Capital
Early Stage
Website/
Where to submit proposal
Key Personnel Focus area Ticket size
Nirvana Ventures
www.nirvanaventures.in
info@nirvanaventures.in
Amit Patni
Rajan Mehra
E-Commerce, Online Travel, Online
Advertising & Marketing, Mobile and
Digital Content, Electronic Payments
and other interesting areas that
leverage internet for scale, distribution
or low cost customer acquisition
Upto $5mn
Ojas Ventures
www.ojasventures.com
pingus@ojasventures.com
Rajesh Srivathsa
Technology based businesses in Mobile
technology, Telecom, SaaS, Embedded
Software, Low capex semiconductor,
web applications/services, Consumer
Internet
$0.25mn to
$1.5 mn
One97 Mobility Fund
www.one97mobilityfund.com
kiran@one97mobilityfund.com
Vijay Shekhar Sharma
Companies around mobile space. It
could be in 3G, Video, Content, device
applications, Mobile Marketing &
Advertising, Location based services
$0.5mn to $5
mn
Rajasthan VC
www.rvcf.org
ravi@rvcf.org
Girish Gupta
Information Technology, Bio-
Technology, Retail, Auto, Agri-Tech,
Health Care, Tourism, Entertainment,
Logistics, Packaging and technology
driven projects
INR 5-15 Cr
Rocket Internet
www.rocket-internet.de
info@rocket-internet.com
Heavent Malhotra
Transaction-based business models in
the online and mobile space
-

9. 9
Venture Capital
Early Stage
Website/
Where to submit proposal
Key Personnel Focus area Ticket size
SIDBI VC
www.sidbiventure.co.in
info@sidbiventure.co.in
Anant P Sarma
Infra, educational services, IT/ITES,
engineering, clean-tech, agro-based
industries, logistics
INR 5-15 Cr
YourNest Angel Fund
www.yournest.in
yournest@yournest.in
Sunil K Goyal
Girish Shivani
Invest in businesses built on vibrant &
new ideas enabled by path breaking use
of technology by first generation
entrepreneurs representing new
economy sectors such as Mobile,
internet, analytics, software and cloud
INR 1-5 Cr
Early to Series-A
Website/
Where to submit proposal
Key Personnel Focus area Ticket size
Seedfund
www.seedfund.in
Submit on web portal
Praveen Gandhi
Bharati Jacob
Mahesh Murthy
Consumer Internet, e-commerce, sports-
education, Healthcare, Financial
services, Analytics, Services, Online
ticketing
$1mn to
$5mn
Early to Growth
Website/
Where to submit proposal
Key Personnel Focus area Ticket size
Capvent
www.capvent.com
ra@capvent.com
sc@capvent.com
Varun Sood
FMCG, Health & Wellness, Education
services, Water/Energy Technology
$4-10mn
(primarily
growth)
ePlanet Ventures
www.eplanetcapital.com
hemant@eplanetcapital.com
Asad Jamal Telecoms, media and technology (TMT) Upto $15mn
Helion Ventures
www.helionvc.com
contact.helion@gmail.com
Ashish Gupta
Sanjeev Aggarwal
Outsourcing, Internet, Mobile,
Technology Products, Retail Services,
Healthcare, Education and Financial
Services
$1-25mn

10. 10
Venture Capital
Early to Growth
Website/
Where to submit proposal
Key Personnel Focus area Ticket size
IDG Ventures India
www.idgvcindia.com
bplan@idgvcindia.com
Sudhir Sethi
(a) Digital Consumer – Internet, Mobile,
Media and Technology Enabled
Consumer Services
(b) Enterprise Software – SaaS,
Software Products and Enterprise
services
(c) Engineering – Medical Devices, Clean-
tech and IP-led Businesses
$1-10mn
Intel Capital
www.intelcapital.com
Submit on web portal
Sudheer K Kuppam
Datacenter, Cloud Infrastructure,
Network Storage, Datacenter Software,
Internet, Digital Media, Education,
Manufacturing and Intel Labs, Wearable
devices, Security, Open Source,
Machine to Machine,
Smartphone/Tablets/Ultrabook,
Perceptual Computing
$0.25mn to
$250mn
IvyCap Ventures
www.ivycapventures.com
Submit on web portal
Vikram Gupta
Healthcare, Education, Food based
businesses, Technology, e/m-Commerce
and other innovation oriented
businesses
Sub $1mn to
$5mn
Lightspeed Venture
Partners
www.lightspeedvp.com
info-india@lsvp.com
Bejul Somaia
Dev Khare
High-growth technology businesses in
consumer internet, mobile enterprise
software, financial services, healthcare,
education and retail
$1mn to
$25mn
Matrix Partners India
www.matrixpartners.in
infoindia@matrixpartners.com
Avinash Bajaj
Consumer, Financial Services,
Healthcare, Education, Mobile, Internet
& Emerging areas
INR 1-75 Cr
(incl seed)

11. 11
Venture Capital
Early to Growth
Website/
Where to submit proposal
Key Personnel Focus area Ticket size
Omidyar Network
www.omidyar.com
info@omidyar.com
mcordeiro@omidyar.com
Dimple Sanghi
CV Madhukar
Anuradha
Ramachandran
Consumer Internet and Mobile,
Financial Services, Entrepreneurship,
Government Transparency
$1mn to
$5mn
Palaash Ventures
www.palaashventures.com
Submit on web portal or
info@palaashventures.com
Piyush Goyal Sector agnostic
INR 10 Lacs -
2.5 Cr
Qualcomm Ventures
www.qualcommventures.com
Submit on web portal
Karthee Madasamy
Mobile, Software, Hardware, Device &
Infra
-
Saama Capital
www.saamacapital.vc
contactus@saamacapital.vc
Ash Lilani
Suresh Shanmugham
Consumer Internet, IT, Telecom,
Financial Services, Retail, Infra,
Healthcare, F&B
$1-3 mn
SAIF
www.saifpartners.com
Submit on web portal
Ravi Adusumalli
Information Technology, Internet,
Mobile, Consumer Products and
Services, Healthcare, Education,
Financial Services and Manufacturing
$0.5mn &
above

12. 12
Venture Capital
Early to Growth
Website/
Where to submit proposal
Key Personnel Focus area Ticket size
Sequoia Capital India
www.sequoiacap.com/india
Connect over LinkedIn or email partners
Mohit Bhatnagar
Shailendra Singh
G. V. Ravishankar
Abhay Pande
V. T. Bharadwaj
Technology, consumer, healthcare
$0.2mn to
$100mn
Ventureast
www.ventureast.net
Submit on web portal or
info@ventureast.net
Sarath Naru
Technology (internet, mobile and
cloud), and Technology-enabled
(healthcare, education, financial
services and cleantech) sectors
Seed - $50K
Early - $2mn
to $5mn
Growth - up
to $10mn
Series-A to Growth
Website/
Where to submit proposal
Key Personnel Focus area Ticket size
Accel India www.accel.com
Mahendran
Balachandran
Infrastructure, Internet & Consumer
Services, Mobile, Software & Cloud-
Enabled Services
$0.5mn to
$25mn
Bessemer Venture
Partners
www.bvp.com
india@bvp.com
Aakash Goel
Abhijeet Muzumdar
Internet and mobile, Software Products,
Healthcare, Financial Services, Power
and Infrastructure
-
Canaan Partners
www.canaan.com
idea@canaan.com
Alok Mittal
Consumer Internet, Enterprise and
Managed Services, Mobility, Payments/
Financial Services, and Health IT sectors
$1mn to
$10mn
Inventus Capital
Partners
www.inventuscap.com
mangala@inventuscap.com
Kanwal Rekhi
Samir Kumar
Early stage companies with some
customer validation in Internet, Mobile,
Cloud/ Software, Services space
$1mn to
$10mn

13. 13
Venture Capital
Series-A to Growth
Website/
Where to submit proposal
Key Personnel Focus area Ticket size
Kalaari Capital
www.kalaari.com
info@kalaari.com
sumit@kalaari.com
Vani Kola
Technology-savvy companies in e-
commerce, mobile and telecom
services, education, healthcare, media,
and clean tech
$1mn to
$5mn
Mayfield www.mayfield.com/india
Navin Chaddha
Rajeev Batra
Consumer Services, Internet, Mobile,
Technology & Technology Enabled
Services, Logistics, and Agriculture-
related Businesses
-
Nexus Ventures
www.nexusvp.com
plans@nexusvp.com
Naren Gupta
Sandeep Singhal
Anup Gupta
Suvir Sujan
Internet/Media, Technology, Mobile,
Agri/Rural, Consumer, Business Services
Upto $10mn
Nokia Growth Partners
www.nokiagrowthpartners.com
ngpteam@nokiagrowthpartners.com
Upal Basu
Anupam Rastogi
Whole spectrum of mobile technologies
with particular interest in Mobile
Enterprise AdTech, Data & Analytics,
Embedded Systems, Mobile Consumer,
Local Commerce
$5mn to
$15mn when
leading, less
when co-
investing
Norwest
www.nvp.com
sjuneja@nvp.com
Sohil Chand
Sumer Juneja
Early Stage - technology, consumer,
internet, telecom, financial services and
education.
Growth Stage - technology, financial
services, infra, consumer, industrials,
manufacturing, media, telecom, retail
and healthcare
Early - $2mn
to $15mn
Growth -
$15mn to
$35mn

14. 14
Social / Impact Fund
Social / Impact Fund
Website/
Where to submit proposal
Key Personnel Focus area Ticket size
Aavishkaar
www.aavishkaar.in
funds@aavishkaar.org
Vineet Rai
P Pradeep
Social sector focused scalable
enterprises with significant social
impact. Agri, Dairy, Healthcare,
Education, Handicrafts, Water &
Sanitation, Energy and Microfinance
-
Acumen
www.acumen.org
Submit on web portal
Abhay Garg
Invest in companies, leaders, and ideas
that are changing the way the world
tackles poverty
$0.25mn to
$3 mn
Ghost Ventures
www.grayghostventures.com
sawasthi@grayghostventures.com
Arun Gore
Predominantly focused on the
Information, Communication and
Technologies (ICT)
-
Lok Capital www.lokcapital.com Rajiv B. Lall
Innovative ideas for serving the
BoP/lower income segment that can
make a social change
-
Omidyar Network
www.omidyar.com
info@omidyar.com
mcordeiro@omidyar.com
Dimple Sanghi
CV Madhukar
Anuradha
Ramachandran
Consumer Internet and Mobile,
Financial Services, Entrepreneurship,
Government Transparency
$1mn to
$5mn
Unitus Seed Fund
www.usf.vc
Submit on web portal
Srikrishna
Ramamoorthy
Start-ups that primarily serve the base
of the economic pyramid (“BoP”)
population in Education, Healthcare,
Agriculture, Necessities, Technology
INR 30 - 90
lacs

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