INVESTOR NOTES / 001ANGEL INVESTOR / , India
Chakradhar Gade
KNOW THE INVESTOR. SHARPEN THE PITCH.

Angel investor · India

Chakradhar Gade.

Recorded investments.
A clearer sense of fit.

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THE ENTRY PATTERN2020–2026
94%

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

First investment stage across 16 companies14 Seed, 1 Angel and 1 other-stage entries. Each dot represents one company.
Seed 14Angel 1Other 1

One dot = one company at first recorded investment.

16 companies · 20 recorded equity rounds
Dataset’s latest round 22 May 2026/Latest recorded investment 14 Mar 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

Chakradhar Gade has dated investments in 16 companies. 15 first entries were at Angel, Pre-Seed or Seed (93.8%). 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 4 in the preceding window. The latest recorded investment is 2025-03-14. 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 15 companies with a full 24-month observation window raised another equity round. This investor backed 3 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

B2C E-Commerce 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 7 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
$271K–$2.4M

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 4 in the preceding 24 months.

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03 — NEXT FINANCING
80%

Another equity round within 24 months

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

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04 — REPEAT BACKING
20%

This investor invested again within 24 months

3 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.

16matching companies
$734Kmedian first round (16 disclosed)
1first backed in last 24 months

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

Seed

Freakins ↗

Chains providing denim apparel and fashion clothing

$4.0M total first round
Series A

Rigi ↗

Platform offering to create & sell online courses

$12M 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
B2C E-Commerce3
Alcoholic Beverage Products3
Agri Tech2
AgriTech2
B2B AgriTech2
Crop Tech2
Apparel Brands2
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
Angel1 disclosed
$568K$568K–$568K
Seed14 disclosed
$645K$236K–$2.1M
Series A1 disclosed
$12M$12M–$12M
$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
80%
12 of 15 companies

Backed again by this investor

A subset of the companies above
20%
3 of 15 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
Angel11 / 11 / 1
Seed1310 / 131 / 13
Series A11 / 11 / 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.

02
FIRM

LetsVenture

4 shared rounds · 3 companies

Latest shared round Jan 2022
03
FIRM

Orios Venture Partners

4 shared rounds · 4 companies

Latest shared round Nov 2021
04
FIRM

QED Innovation Labs

3 shared rounds · 3 companies

Latest shared round Jun 2023
06
FIRM

Elevation Capital

2 shared rounds · 2 companies

Latest shared round Jan 2023

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.

16 dated companies
Complete dated portfolio, ordered by first investment, newest first.
CompanyFirst backedEntry stageTotal entry roundSame investor again?
Mar 2025Seed$344KNo later round recorded
Apr 2023Seed$4.0MNo later round recorded
Rigi ↗Bengaluru
Jan 2023Series A$12MYes · Jun 2023
Sep 2022Seed$289KNo later round recorded
May 2022Seed$218KNo later round recorded
Mar 2022Seed$900KNo later round recorded
Fitelo ↗Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar
Feb 2022Seed$1.5MNo later round recorded
NxtWave ↗Hyderabad
Nov 2021Seed$2.8MNo later round recorded
BlissClub ↗Bengaluru
Apr 2021Seed$2.3MNo later round recorded
Apr 2021Seed$1.7MNo later round recorded
Feb 2021Seed$41KYes · Aug 2023
Feb 2021Seed$138KYes · Jan 2022
Feb 2021Seed$83KNo later round recorded
Krishify ↗Gurugram
Feb 2021Seed$2.7MNo later round recorded
Multipl ↗Bengaluru
Dec 2020Angel$568KYes · Apr 2021
F5 ↗Delhi
Feb 2020Seed$390KNo later round recorded
0 more companies have undated investments

Kept in the 16-company portfolio; excluded from entry-timing calculations.

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