INVESTOR NOTES / 001ANGEL INVESTOR / , India
Ajay Prabhu
KNOW THE INVESTOR. SHARPEN THE PITCH.

Angel investor · India

Ajay Prabhu.

Recorded investments.
A clearer sense of fit.

Find where your company fits, how rounds are assembled, and what happened after the first investment.

THE ENTRY PATTERN2016–2026
82%

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

First investment stage across 17 companies12 Seed, 2 Angel and 3 other-stage entries. Each dot represents one company.
Seed 12Angel 2Other 3

One dot = one company at first recorded investment.

17 companies · 24 recorded equity rounds
Dataset’s latest round 22 May 2026/Latest recorded investment 25 Jun 2024
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

Ajay Prabhu has dated investments in 17 companies. 14 first entries were at Angel, Pre-Seed or Seed (82.4%). 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 1 in the preceding window. The latest recorded investment is 2024-06-25. This describes observed activity through 2026-05-22; it does not establish current availability.

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03

Plan the next financing step

12 of 16 companies with a full 24-month observation window raised another equity round. This investor backed 5 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 3 portfolio companies; sector tags overlap. 1 first entries carry a recorded lead flag and the median first-round syndicate includes 22 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
$437K–$947K

The middle half of entry rounds

25th–75th percentile across 16 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 1 in the preceding 24 months.

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03 — NEXT FINANCING
75%

Another equity round within 24 months

12 of 16 companies with a full observation window. The next round can include any investor.

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04 — REPEAT BACKING
31%

This investor invested again within 24 months

5 of the same 16 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.

17matching companies
$599Kmedian first round (16 disclosed)
1first backed in last 24 months

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

Seed

FollowG ↗

B2B solutions for the mobile and electronics retail sector

Undisclosed total first round
Series E+

Rupeek ↗

Provider of secured loans using gold as collateral for individuals

$16M total first round
Seed

ImaginXP ↗

App-based platform offering user-interface design training

$255K 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 Tech3
EdTech3
HealthTech3
B2B E-Commerce2
FinTech2
Continued Learning2
Online Courses2
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
Angel2 disclosed
$69K$64K–$73K
Seed11 disclosed
$569K$444K–$732K
Series A2 disclosed
$1.5M$1.2M–$1.8M
$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.

16
companies with 24 months
of observable history

Raised another equity round

Any investor · within 24 months
75%
12 of 16 companies

Backed again by this investor

A subset of the companies above
31.2%
5 of 16 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
Angel22 / 21 / 2
Seed118 / 113 / 11
Series A21 / 21 / 2
Series E+11 / 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
FIRM

LetsVenture

5 shared rounds · 4 companies

Latest shared round Jun 2020
02
FIRM

Venture Catalysts

5 shared rounds · 4 companies

Latest shared round Feb 2021
04
FIRM

Haystack

3 shared rounds · 3 companies

Latest shared round Dec 2019
05
FIRM

India Quotient

3 shared rounds · 2 companies

Latest shared round Oct 2020
06
FIRM

Indian Angel Network

3 shared rounds · 3 companies

Latest shared round Dec 2019

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.

17 dated companies
Complete dated portfolio, ordered by first investment, newest first.
CompanyFirst backedEntry stageTotal entry roundSame investor again?
Jun 2024SeedUndisclosedNo later round recorded
Rupeek ↗Bengaluru
Jul 2022Series E+$16MNo later round recorded
Sep 2020Seed$255KYes · Feb 2021
CityMall ↗Gurugram
Jun 2020Seed$3.0MNo later round recorded
Nupay ↗Gurugram
Jan 2020Seed$429KYes · Oct 2020
Jan 2020Seed$629KNo later round recorded
Dec 2019Seed$449KNo later round recorded
May 2019Seed$1.1MNo later round recorded
May 2019Series A$908KNo later round recorded
Apr 2019Seed$712KYes · Oct 2020
HabitStrong ↗Thiruvananthapuram
Mar 2019Seed$439KNo later round recorded
Mar 2019Seed$507KNo later round recorded
Fleetx ↗Gurugram
Dec 2018Seed$752KNo later round recorded
Nojoto ↗Gurugram
Dec 2018Seed$569KNo later round recorded
Jul 2018Series A$2.1MYes · Apr 2019
Clinikk ↗Bengaluru
Jun 2017Angel$78KYes · Oct 2021
Feb 2016Angel$60KYes · Jun 2016
0 more companies have undated investments

Kept in the 17-company portfolio; excluded from entry-timing calculations.

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