Angel Investor

Tyagi’s untimely passing at around 50 years old follows a series of tragic losses in the startup community over the last year

Anand Chandrasekaran becomes top angel investor 3rd time in a row, Kunal Bahl a close second: Hurun India

Major soonicorns in his portfolio include SaaS Labs, MoEngage, Safe Security, and InVideo.

Not going to Plan: Gurugram fintech faces charges of violating laws to raise money

Planify's parent sold 4,53,530 shares to subsidiary Planify Enterprises, which runs the crowdfunding platform, and raised about Rs 3,89,53,017 from 76 investors, contravening several provisions of the Companies Act, according to a notice from the RoC

Rajan Anandan, not Sam Altman, holds the answer to his question

Until a culture of risk-reward equation — which OpenAI CEO Sam Altman probably referred to when quizzed by former Google CEO and angel investor Rajan Anandan — percolates into the Indian startup ecosystem, breakthrough ideas will continue to remain underfunded.

Indian Angel Network launches Rs 1,000 crore venture capital fund

The new fund is looking to invest in cleantech and environment, healthtech, agritech, edtech, fintech, and emerging sectors like industry 4.0, spacetech, web 3, and robotics.

B2B unicorn Zetwerk to induct ITC veteran Sanjiv Rangrass to its board

The B2B unicorn said that Sanjiv Rangrass, who is the former chief executive officer (CEO) of ITC Ltd Agribusiness division, will be instrumental in shaping the company’s culture and policies.

The Shah pulls back: Kunal Shah is a more cautious angel investor after last year’s frenzy

Shah’s investments have dropped sharply in 2022 with the overall funding to India’s startup ecosystem, which is currently the world’s third-largest, slowing amid a correction in global financial markets. According to data shared by data analytics firm Tracxn Technologies, Shah has closed only 26 rounds so far this year.

Kunal Shah, Vijay Shekhar Sharma, Amrish Rau among 21 angel investors in Masai School

Masai School is aiming to expand to 20 smaller cities by March 2022 and expects to double its monthly revenue rate to $1 million by January

'He is his own ecosystem': Inside Kunal Shah's unique angel investing frenzy

The CRED founder is disrupting how entrepreneurs part with money. Kunal Shah often invests after receiving pitches on a WhatsApp message. He has an astonishing count of angel investments—200 and counting. The unconventional style has raised eyebrows, but tells you a lot about Shah. Moneycontrol profiles the man and brings out previously unreported details on his investing style

23 startups and two funds: Bharat Pe founder Ashneer Grover is an avid investor

As a compulsive investor, he is willing to talk to any startup founder and offer solutions using his own experience in a similar situation. Above all, as master of scaling up, he is keen to offer expertise, without any strings attached and minus an agenda

Reporter's Take | Amidst good revenue, Snapdeal founders create investment firm Titan Capital

In this episode of Reporter’s Take, Sakshi Batra gets in conversation with Priyanka Sahay to give us an exclusive on Titan Capital and future plans of both founders.

Comment | New angel tax norms are in the right direction

The latest notification has kept most of the startups out of the angel tax net, but there are riders that could hurt the ecosystem.

Laundry start-up UClean raises Rs 4 cr from angel investor

The company, has forayed into premium dry cleaning service with the launch of its first UClean Select store in Delhi.

Young Turks @ Let's Ignite 2017

Young Turks partnered with the third edition of Let's Ignite 2017 in Bengaluru, ran by Let's Venture which is a platform for Angel Investors to find and discover startup investments. The theme for Let's Ignite this year was exits.

Budget 2017: Tax breaks for PEs, VCs, angel investors and hedge funds?

Tax pass-through for hedge funds or Category III alternate investment funds (AIFs) being considered; government examining recommendations of Narayana Murthy panel on AIFs

Young Turks in conversation with Jonathan Medved on his journey

A serial entrepreneur and one of Israel‘s leading high-tech venture capitalist, Jonathan Medved is the founder and CEO of OurCrowd. Young Turks talks to Jonathan Medved about his journey here and the way forward.

Prez pitches for new-age financing to drive start-ups

Noting that every start-up has to face a 'valley of death' as returns from innovation processes are skewed, President Pranab Mukherjee today said new-age financing options like angel investors, venture capitalists and crowd funding can meet the special needs of such projects in the formative stages.

Why Is It Tough for Entrepreneurs to Assess the Business

Be it business plan competitions or pitches to angel investors, I keep coming across several innovative products and service offerings...

Are angel investors getting less angelic?

Indian angels have come dangerously close to mimicking VCs and need to regain their halos to boost the spirit of enterprise

Angel Investing diving in entrepreneurial sea

If there is anything after entrepreneurship that is a test of instinct, risk taking ability and patience. It is perhaps Angel Investing. Putting money on businesses that are just ideas or at best eight slide PowerPoint presentations is about your gut and faith.

Meet Padmaja Ruparel: Midwife to rising Indian startups

In this edition of CNBC-TV18's Young Turks, it's time now to turn attention to India's domestic angel investor community which is slowly coming of age. Meet Padmaja Ruparel, president, Indian Angel Network, who has been investing in start-ups for over two decades.