INVESTOR NOTES / 001ANGEL INVESTOR / Delhi, India
Dilipkumar Khandelwal
KNOW THE INVESTOR. SHARPEN THE PITCH.

Angel investor · Delhi, India

Dilipkumar Khandelwal.

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 PATTERN2017–2026
56%

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

First investment stage across 9 companies5 Seed, 0 Angel and 4 other-stage entries. Each dot represents one company.
Seed 5Angel 0Other 4

One dot = one company at first recorded investment.

9 companies · 9 recorded equity rounds
Dataset’s latest round 22 May 2026/Latest recorded investment 28 Apr 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

Dilipkumar Khandelwal has dated investments in 9 companies. 5 first entries were at Angel, Pre-Seed or Seed (55.6%). 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 2025-04-28. This describes observed activity through 2026-05-22; it does not establish current availability.

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03

Plan the next financing step

5 of 8 companies with a full 24-month observation window raised another equity round. This investor backed 0 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 4 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
$968K–$3.6M

The middle half of entry rounds

25th–75th percentile across 9 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
63%

Another equity round within 24 months

5 of 8 companies with a full observation window. The next round can include any investor.

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04 — REPEAT BACKING
0%

This investor invested again within 24 months

0 of the same 8 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.

9matching companies
$2.9Mmedian first round (9 disclosed)
1first backed in last 24 months

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

Seed

ContraVault AI ↗

Provider of AI-powered platform for request for proposal (RFP) analysis

$599K total first round
Seed

Binocs ↗

Gen AI powered document analyzer and loan monitoring system

$4.0M total first round
Seed

BeepKart ↗

Platform for buying and selling second-hand motorcycles

$3.1M 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.
SectorSeedSeries AAll stages
B2C E-Commerce4
Internet First Brands3
Retail Tech3
Artificial Intelligence2
Banking Tech2
FinTech2
Food 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
Seed5 disclosed
$968K$599K–$3.1M
Series A4 disclosed
$3.3M$2.9M–$3.6M
$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.

8
companies with 24 months
of observable history

Raised another equity round

Any investor · within 24 months
62.5%
5 of 8 companies

Backed again by this investor

A subset of the companies above
0%
0 of 8 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
Seed43 / 40 / 4
Series A42 / 40 / 4
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

Stellaris Venture Partners

4 shared rounds · 4 companies

Latest shared round Sep 2021
02
FIRM

Angel List

3 shared rounds · 3 companies

Latest shared round Aug 2022
04
FIRM

Accel

2 shared rounds · 2 companies

Latest shared round Aug 2022
05
ANGEL

Anita Vaidya

2 shared rounds · 2 companies

Latest shared round Jun 2019
06
FIRM

Fireside Ventures

2 shared rounds · 2 companies

Latest shared round Jun 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.

9 dated companies
Complete dated portfolio, ordered by first investment, newest first.
CompanyFirst backedEntry stageTotal entry roundSame investor again?
Apr 2025Seed$599KNo later round recorded
Binocs ↗Bengaluru
Aug 2022Seed$4.0MNo later round recorded
BeepKart ↗Bengaluru
Sep 2021Seed$3.1MNo later round recorded
Mar 2021Seed$968KNo later round recorded
Vilcart ↗Bengaluru
Jun 2020Seed$526KNo later round recorded
Jun 2019Series A$2.9MNo later round recorded
FS Life ↗Gurugram
Jun 2019Series A$2.9MNo later round recorded
Nov 2018Series A$3.6MNo later round recorded
Whatfix ↗San Jose
Mar 2017Series A$3.7MNo later round recorded
0 more companies have undated investments

Kept in the 9-company portfolio; excluded from entry-timing calculations.

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