INVESTOR NOTES / 001ANGEL INVESTOR / Bengaluru, India
Ashish Agarwal
KNOW THE INVESTOR. SHARPEN THE PITCH.

Angel investor · Bengaluru, India

Ashish Agarwal.

Recorded investments.
A clearer sense of fit.

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THE ENTRY PATTERN2015–2026
87%

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

First investment stage across 15 companies13 Seed, 0 Angel and 2 other-stage entries. Each dot represents one company.
Seed 13Angel 0Other 2

One dot = one company at first recorded investment.

15 companies · 19 recorded equity rounds
Dataset’s latest round 22 May 2026/Latest recorded investment 23 Jun 2023
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

Ashish Agarwal has dated investments in 15 companies. 13 first entries were at Angel, Pre-Seed or Seed (86.7%). 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 4 in the preceding window. The latest recorded investment is 2023-06-23. This describes observed activity through 2026-05-22; it does not establish current availability.

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03

Plan the next financing step

10 of 15 companies with a full 24-month observation window raised another equity round. This investor backed 2 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

HealthTech is the largest displayed sector by company count, appearing in 3 portfolio companies; sector tags overlap. 0 first entries carry a recorded lead flag and the median first-round syndicate includes 15 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
$226K–$1.7M

The middle half of entry rounds

25th–75th percentile across 15 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 4 in the preceding 24 months.

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03 — NEXT FINANCING
67%

Another equity round within 24 months

10 of 15 companies with a full observation window. The next round can include any investor.

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04 — REPEAT BACKING
13%

This investor invested again within 24 months

2 of the same 15 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.

15matching companies
$419Kmedian first round (15 disclosed)
0first backed in last 24 months

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

Seed

MyCaptain ↗

Online platform offering multi-discplianery courses

$1.7M total first round
Seed

Mocero Health ↗

Provider of cloud-based hospital management, connected care, and patient engagement platforms

$176K total first round
Series A

Housr ↗

Provider of fully furnished, managed coliving spaces and serviced apartments

$2.5M 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.
SectorSeedSeries AAll stages
HealthTech3
EdTech2
Online Tutoring2
Passion Economy2
Healthcare IT2
Real Estate Tech2
Residential Real Estate Tech2
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
Seed13 disclosed
$396K$179K–$587K
Series A2 disclosed
$3.6M$3.1M–$4.2M
$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.

15
companies with 24 months
of observable history

Raised another equity round

Any investor · within 24 months
66.7%
10 of 15 companies

Backed again by this investor

A subset of the companies above
13.3%
2 of 15 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
Seed139 / 132 / 13
Series A21 / 20 / 2
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

Aniketh Jain ↗

5 shared rounds · 3 companies

Latest shared round Mar 2022
03
ANGEL

Vivek Gupta ↗

5 shared rounds · 3 companies

Latest shared round Mar 2022
04
FIRM

LetsVenture

4 shared rounds · 4 companies

Latest shared round Jul 2022
05
FIRM

3one4 Capital

3 shared rounds · 2 companies

Latest shared round Mar 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.

15 dated companies
Complete dated portfolio, ordered by first investment, newest first.
CompanyFirst backedEntry stageTotal entry roundSame investor again?
MyCaptain ↗Bengaluru
Jun 2023Seed$1.7MNo later round recorded
Sep 2022Seed$176KNo later round recorded
Housr ↗Gurugram
Jul 2022Series A$2.5MNo later round recorded
TartanHQ ↗Gurugram
Jun 2022Series A$4.8MNo later round recorded
Floryo ↗Bengaluru
Mar 2022Seed$1.6MNo later round recorded
Minttr ↗Bengaluru
Mar 2022Seed$587KNo later round recorded
Jul 2021Seed$322KNo later round recorded
May 2021Seed$2.2MNo later round recorded
Trukky ↗Gurugram
Jul 2020Seed$20KNo later round recorded
Vigocare ↗Hyderabad
May 2020Seed$419KNo later round recorded
Mar 2020Seed$396KYes · Apr 2021
Ripplr ↗Bengaluru
May 2019Seed$273KYes · Dec 2019
Carter ↗Bengaluru
Apr 2019Seed$464KNo later round recorded
StayAbode ↗Bengaluru
Feb 2017Seed$179KNo later round recorded
Sep 2015Seed$145KYes · Oct 2019
0 more companies have undated investments

Kept in the 15-company portfolio; excluded from entry-timing calculations.

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