INVESTOR NOTES / 001ANGEL INVESTOR / Mumbai, India
Aakrit Vaish
KNOW THE INVESTOR. SHARPEN THE PITCH.

Angel investor · Mumbai, India

Aakrit Vaish.

Recorded investments.
A clearer sense of fit.

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THE ENTRY PATTERN2013–2026
80%

of dated first investments
were at Angel, Pre-Seed or Seed

First investment stage across 30 companies22 Seed, 2 Angel and 6 other-stage entries. Each dot represents one company.
Seed 22Angel 2Other 6

One dot = one company at first recorded investment.

30 companies · 31 recorded equity rounds
Dataset’s latest round 22 May 2026/Latest recorded investment 09 Dec 2025
THE FOUNDER’S BRIEF

Read the pattern before the pitch.

Written insights from the recorded portfolio, with the evidence linked below.

01

Start with the first entry

Aakrit Vaish has dated investments in 30 companies. 24 first entries were at Angel, Pre-Seed or Seed (80.0%). An early-stage founder can use the sector and stage filters to find comparable companies before approaching the investor.

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02

Separate activity from reputation

1 first company relationships appear in the latest 24 months, compared with 9 in the preceding window. The latest recorded investment is 2025-12-09. This describes observed activity through 2026-05-22; it does not establish current availability.

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03

Plan the next financing step

17 of 29 companies with a full 24-month observation window raised another equity round. This investor backed 1 of those companies again within that window. The difference is a reason to research the wider syndicate, rather than assume the same investor will fund the next round.

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04

Use a specific point of relevance

Retail Tech is the largest displayed sector by company count, appearing in 6 portfolio companies; sector tags overlap. 0 first entries carry a recorded lead flag and the median first-round syndicate includes 12.5 other named backers. Shared rounds are evidence of co-investment, not evidence of an introduction route.

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01 / THE READOUT

Four signals before you pitch.

Start with observed behavior.
Every rate has a defined denominator.

01 — ROUND CONTEXT
$504K–$4.1M

The middle half of entry rounds

25th–75th percentile across 28 disclosed first rounds. Total round size; the investor’s own cheque is undisclosed.

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02 — NEW RELATIONSHIPS
1companies

First investments in the last 24 months

22 May 2024–22 May 2026, versus 9 in the preceding 24 months.

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03 — NEXT FINANCING
59%

Another equity round within 24 months

17 of 29 companies with a full observation window. The next round can include any investor.

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04 — REPEAT BACKING
3%

This investor invested again within 24 months

1 of the same 29 companies. Build a financing plan around the wider investor market.

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02 / FIND YOUR FIT

Where does your company sit?

Choose your sector and stage to find
companies he first backed in that space.

YOUR COMPANY

A match means a recorded investment in this category. It does not establish current interest or availability.

30matching companies
$1.6Mmedian first round (28 disclosed)
1first backed in last 24 months

All sectors · All entry stages. Round amounts are total financing, in USD.

Series A

Truva ↗

Provider of renovated homes for sale and purchase transactions

$7.3M total first round
Seed

Swirl ↗

$1.1M total first round
Seed

Swirl ↗

Platform offering AI powered solutions for enhancing ecommerce product pages

$1.1M total first round
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The sector × stage map

First investments · companies can appear in more than one sector
Number of first investments by sector and entry stage. Select a cell to explore companies.
SectorAngelSeedSeries AAll stages
Retail Tech6
EdTech5
FinTech5
Commerce Enablers4
E-Commerce Enablers4
Online Courses4
MarketingTech4
03 / ROUND DESIGN

The round around the investor.

Use stage-specific financing ranges
to frame the size of your syndicate.

First-round size, by entry stage

USD · middle 50% and median
Angel0 disclosed
UndisclosedUndisclosed–Undisclosed
Seed22 disclosed
$921K$496K–$1.8M
Series A5 disclosed
$7.3M$7.2M–$23M
$10K$100K$1M$10M

Logarithmic scale. A dot marks the median; the band spans the 25th–75th percentiles. These are entire rounds, not individual cheques.

04 / WHAT HAPPENS NEXT

One investment. Two different paths.

A subsequent round and repeat backing
answer different fundraising questions.

29
companies with 24 months
of observable history

Raised another equity round

Any investor · within 24 months
58.6%
17 of 29 companies

Backed again by this investor

A subset of the companies above
3.4%
1 of 29 companies
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Includes first investments on or before 22 May 2024. 1 newer companies and 0 undated histories are excluded. Follow-up stops at the dataset’s latest round on 22 May 2026. These observations do not measure returns or predict a company’s outcome.

See the stage-by-stage denominators +
First stageEligible companiesNext round ≤24 moSame investor again ≤24 mo
Angel20 / 20 / 2
Seed2213 / 221 / 22
Series A43 / 40 / 4
Series D11 / 10 / 1
05 / INVESTMENT RHYTHM

New names. Returning relationships.

Separate first investments from later
rounds in companies already backed.

New companiesRepeat rounds

*2026 is partial, through 22 May. Bar height counts first investments + repeat rounds; earlier years are complete calendar periods in this dataset.

06 / THE CO-INVESTOR MAP

Who else belongs on your research list?

Frequent shared rounds suggest a place
to investigate sector and stage alignment.

01
ANGEL

Miten Sampat ↗

12 shared rounds · 11 companies

Latest shared round Dec 2025
02
FIRM

peercheque

9 shared rounds · 9 companies

Latest shared round Dec 2022
04
ANGEL

Kunal Shah ↗

7 shared rounds · 7 companies

Latest shared round Dec 2022
05
ANGEL

Sujeet Kumar ↗

6 shared rounds · 6 companies

Latest shared round Dec 2022
06
FIRM

Blume Ventures

5 shared rounds · 5 companies

Latest shared round Aug 2022

Shared rounds establish recorded co-investment. They do not establish a personal connection, introduction route, or current willingness to invest.

07 / THE EVIDENCE

Explore the portfolio.

First investment comes first.
Amounts refer to that entry round.

30 dated companies
Complete dated portfolio, ordered by first investment, newest first.
CompanyFirst backedEntry stageTotal entry roundSame investor again?
Truva ↗Mumbai
Dec 2025Series A$7.3MNo later round recorded
Feb 2024Seed$1.1MNo later round recorded
Swirl ↗Vadodara
Jan 2024Seed$1.1MNo later round recorded
Jun 2023Seed$1.8MNo later round recorded
Dec 2022Series A$7.2MNo later round recorded
Slick ↗Bengaluru
Aug 2022Seed$505KNo later round recorded
KNOT ↗Bengaluru
Aug 2022Seed$500KNo later round recorded
Jul 2022Seed$700KNo later round recorded
Jul 2022Seed$469KNo later round recorded
Jovian ↗Bengaluru
May 2022Seed$1.5MNo later round recorded
Bytebeam ↗Bengaluru
May 2022Seed$3.0MNo later round recorded
Boxhub ↗New York City
Apr 2022Seed$2.7MNo later round recorded
Mar 2022Seed$1.6MNo later round recorded
Smiles.ai ↗Bengaluru
Jan 2022Series A$23MNo later round recorded
Dezy ↗Bengaluru
Jan 2022Series A$23MNo later round recorded
Dec 2021Seed$4.0MNo later round recorded
hBits ↗Mumbai
Sep 2021Seed$743KNo later round recorded
Gumlet ↗Bengaluru
Jul 2021Seed$1.6MNo later round recorded
Eka Care ↗Bengaluru
Jul 2021Seed$4.5MNo later round recorded
OnSurity ↗Bengaluru
Apr 2021Seed$282KNo later round recorded
Feb 2021Seed$300KNo later round recorded
Jan 2021Seed$2.2MNo later round recorded
Sep 2020Seed$680KNo later round recorded
Sep 2020Series A$4.3MNo later round recorded
ZET ↗Bengaluru
Jul 2020Seed$495KYes · Jul 2021
Picxy ↗Bengaluru
Feb 2020Seed$250KNo later round recorded
Unacademy ↗Bengaluru
Jun 2019Series D$50MNo later round recorded
Ion-Energy
May 2017AngelUndisclosedNo later round recorded
DataWeave ↗Bengaluru
Apr 2013Seed$270KNo later round recorded
Bookadspace
Jan 2013AngelUndisclosedNo later round recorded
0 more companies have undated investments

Kept in the 30-company portfolio; excluded from entry-timing calculations.

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