INVESTOR NOTES / 001ANGEL INVESTOR / , India
Anand Chandrasekaran
KNOW THE INVESTOR. SHARPEN THE PITCH.

Angel investor · India

Anand Chandrasekaran.

Recorded investments.
A clearer sense of fit.

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THE ENTRY PATTERN2014–2026
86%

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

First investment stage across 49 companies33 Seed, 9 Angel and 7 other-stage entries. Each dot represents one company.
Seed 33Angel 9Other 7

One dot = one company at first recorded investment.

49 companies · 60 recorded equity rounds
Dataset’s latest round 22 May 2026/Latest recorded investment 17 Dec 2021
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

Anand Chandrasekaran has dated investments in 49 companies. 42 first entries were at Angel, Pre-Seed or Seed (85.7%). 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

0 first company relationships appear in the latest 24 months, compared with 0 in the preceding window. The latest recorded investment is 2021-12-17. This describes observed activity through 2026-05-22; it does not establish current availability.

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03

Plan the next financing step

34 of 49 companies with a full 24-month observation window raised another equity round. This investor backed 9 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 8 portfolio companies; sector tags overlap. 5 first entries carry a recorded lead flag and the median first-round syndicate includes 11 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
$303K–$2.6M

The middle half of entry rounds

25th–75th percentile across 43 disclosed first rounds. Total round size; the investor’s own cheque is undisclosed.

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02 — NEW RELATIONSHIPS
0companies

First investments in the last 24 months

22 May 2024–22 May 2026, versus 0 in the preceding 24 months.

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03 — NEXT FINANCING
69%

Another equity round within 24 months

34 of 49 companies with a full observation window. The next round can include any investor.

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04 — REPEAT BACKING
18%

This investor invested again within 24 months

9 of the same 49 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.

49matching companies
$803Kmedian first round (43 disclosed)
0first backed in last 24 months

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

Seed

ByteLearn ↗

Provider of an AI-powered math tutoring platform

$9.5M total first round
Seed

OpsLyft ↗

Platform offering cloud management software

$500K total first round
Seed

SalaryBox ↗

Mobile-first payroll management software for SMEs

$4.0M 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 Tech8
FinTech7
EdTech5
MarketingTech5
B2C E-Commerce5
Future of Work4
Artificial Intelligence4
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
Angel3 disclosed
$428K$259K–$1.5M
Seed33 disclosed
$496K$250K–$1.9M
Series A4 disclosed
$1.8M$1.6M–$2.2M
$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.

49
companies with 24 months
of observable history

Raised another equity round

Any investor · within 24 months
69.4%
34 of 49 companies

Backed again by this investor

A subset of the companies above
18.4%
9 of 49 companies
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Includes first investments on or before 22 May 2024. 0 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
Angel98 / 91 / 9
Seed3322 / 338 / 33
Series A43 / 40 / 4
Series B31 / 30 / 3
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.

05
ANGEL

Kunal Bahl ↗

7 shared rounds · 7 companies

Latest shared round Nov 2021
06
FIRM

LetsVenture

7 shared rounds · 7 companies

Latest shared round Nov 2021

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.

49 dated companies
Complete dated portfolio, ordered by first investment, newest first.
CompanyFirst backedEntry stageTotal entry roundSame investor again?
Dec 2021Seed$9.5MNo later round recorded
OpsLyft ↗San Francisco
Dec 2021Seed$500KNo later round recorded
Nov 2021Seed$4.0MNo later round recorded
SaaS Labs ↗San Francisco
Nov 2021Series B$42MNo later round recorded
Nov 2021Seed$803KNo later round recorded
Zenduty ↗Bengaluru
Oct 2021Seed$1.9MNo later round recorded
Oct 2021Seed$4.0MNo later round recorded
LocoNav ↗Wilmington
Jun 2021Series B$37MNo later round recorded
Venwiz ↗Bengaluru
Dec 2020Seed$3.1MNo later round recorded
Nektar AI ↗Singapore
Nov 2020Seed$2.2MNo later round recorded
Aug 2020Seed$700KNo later round recorded
SuperK ↗Visakhapatnam
May 2020Seed$496KYes · Nov 2021
EduRev ↗Gurugram
Mar 2020Seed$150KYes · May 2020
Mar 2020Seed$4.3MNo later round recorded
Invideo ↗San Francisco
Oct 2019Seed$2.5MNo later round recorded
Chqbook ↗Gurugram
May 2019Seed$1.0MYes · Oct 2019
Sep 2018Series A$1.9MNo later round recorded
Jun 2018Series A$1.5MNo later round recorded
Yulu ↗Bengaluru
Dec 2017Seed$2.6MYes · Jul 2018
Oct 2017Seed$185KNo later round recorded
Apr 2017Seed$375KNo later round recorded
Mar 2017Seed$240KYes · May 2018
Mar 2017Seed$224KYes · May 2018
Mar 2017AngelUndisclosedNo later round recorded
Feb 2017Seed$1.9MNo later round recorded
Wooplr ↗Bengaluru
Dec 2016AngelUndisclosedNo later round recorded
Dec 2016Seed$94KNo later round recorded
MoEngage ↗San Francisco
Nov 2016Angel$2.6MNo later round recorded
Truce ↗Mumbai
Oct 2016Seed$419KNo later round recorded
Aug 2016Seed$194KYes · Jan 2018
Makkajai ↗Bengaluru
Jul 2016Seed$250KNo later round recorded
Jul 2016Angel$428KYes · May 2017
Rupeek ↗Bengaluru
Jun 2016Seed$346KNo later round recorded
CrownIt ↗Gurugram
May 2016Series B$4.2MNo later round recorded
May 2016Seed$491KNo later round recorded
Mar 2016Seed$475KNo later round recorded
Gamezop ↗Gurugram
Feb 2016Seed$350KYes · Jan 2021
CREO Tech ↗Bengaluru
Jan 2016Series A$3.0MNo later round recorded
Aisle ↗Bengaluru
Jan 2016Seed$184KYes · Feb 2017
MagicX ↗Bengaluru
Dec 2015AngelUndisclosedNo later round recorded
Rentongo ↗Bengaluru
Nov 2015Angel$90KNo later round recorded
Fynd ↗Mumbai
Nov 2015Series A$1.7MYes · Mar 2018
Sep 2015Seed$1.7MNo later round recorded
Sep 2015Seed$1.1MNo later round recorded
Jul 2015AngelUndisclosedNo later round recorded
Jul 2015AngelUndisclosedNo later round recorded
Audeze ↗Costa Mesa
Jun 2015AngelUndisclosedNo later round recorded
Pluss ↗Gurugram
Dec 2014Seed$214KNo later round recorded
Sep 2014Seed$260KNo later round recorded
0 more companies have undated investments

Kept in the 49-company portfolio; excluded from entry-timing calculations.

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