INVESTOR NOTES / 001ANGEL INVESTOR / San Jose, United States
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Angel investor · San Jose, United States

Neeraj Sagar.

Recorded investments.
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THE ENTRY PATTERN2010–2026
96%

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

First investment stage across 26 companies20 Seed, 5 Angel and 1 other-stage entries. Each dot represents one company.
Seed 20Angel 5Other 1

One dot = one company at first recorded investment.

26 companies · 36 recorded equity rounds
Dataset’s latest round 22 May 2026/Latest recorded investment 15 Jan 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

Neeraj Sagar has dated investments in 26 companies. 25 first entries were at Angel, Pre-Seed or Seed (96.2%). 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 2025-01-15. This describes observed activity through 2026-05-22; it does not establish current availability.

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03

Plan the next financing step

21 of 25 companies with a full 24-month observation window raised another equity round. This investor backed 7 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 6 portfolio companies; sector tags overlap. 3 first entries carry a recorded lead flag and the median first-round syndicate includes 12 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
$276K–$1.5M

The middle half of entry rounds

25th–75th percentile across 26 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
84%

Another equity round within 24 months

21 of 25 companies with a full observation window. The next round can include any investor.

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04 — REPEAT BACKING
28%

This investor invested again within 24 months

7 of the same 25 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.

26matching companies
$565Kmedian first round (26 disclosed)
1first backed in last 24 months

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

Seed

Sukoon Unlimited ↗

Online platform to connect and engage senior citizens through conversation based activities

$430K total first round
Seed

Sarvam ↗

Provider of a platform for developing and deploying language-based artificial intelligence

$13M total first round
Seed

Mannjal ↗

Platform offering lending solutions

$1.1M 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.
SectorAngelSeedSeries AAll stages
B2C E-Commerce6
IoT4
EdTech4
HealthTech3
Alternative Lending3
FinTech3
Retail Tech3
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
Angel5 disclosed
$149K$81K–$550K
Seed20 disclosed
$593K$405K–$2.1M
Series A1 disclosed
$1.4M$1.4M–$1.4M
$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.

25
companies with 24 months
of observable history

Raised another equity round

Any investor · within 24 months
84%
21 of 25 companies

Backed again by this investor

A subset of the companies above
28%
7 of 25 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
Angel54 / 52 / 5
Seed1916 / 195 / 19
Series A11 / 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.

02
FIRM

Cortex Ventures

6 shared rounds · 2 companies

Latest shared round Apr 2022
04
FIRM

Blume Ventures

5 shared rounds · 3 companies

Latest shared round Apr 2021
06
ANGEL

Alpa Kapadia

4 shared rounds · 2 companies

Latest shared round Dec 2016

Shared rounds establish recorded co-investment. They do not establish a personal connection, introduction route, or current willingness to invest.

07 / THE EVIDENCE

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First investment comes first.
Amounts refer to that entry round.

26 dated companies
Complete dated portfolio, ordered by first investment, newest first.
CompanyFirst backedEntry stageTotal entry roundSame investor again?
Jan 2025Seed$430KNo later round recorded
Sarvam ↗Bengaluru
Aug 2023Seed$13MNo later round recorded
Mannjal ↗Bengaluru
May 2023Seed$1.1MNo later round recorded
Apr 2023Seed$330KNo later round recorded
Jul 2022Series A$1.4MNo later round recorded
SALT ↗Bengaluru
Jul 2021Seed$2.5MNo later round recorded
Apr 2021Seed$2.4MNo later round recorded
May 2020Seed$1.5MNo later round recorded
May 2019Seed$438KYes · Apr 2021
May 2019Seed$436KYes · Apr 2021
Kopykitab ↗Bengaluru
Mar 2019Seed$581KNo later round recorded
Nov 2018Angel$65KNo later round recorded
Jul 2018Seed$176KNo later round recorded
TapChief ↗Bengaluru
Jul 2018Seed$606KNo later round recorded
Yulu ↗Bengaluru
Dec 2017Seed$2.6MYes · Jul 2018
Sep 2017Seed$209KNo later round recorded
Jul 2017Angel$1.6MNo later round recorded
1Bridge ↗Bengaluru
Jan 2017Seed$15KYes · Apr 2017
Unacademy ↗Bengaluru
Aug 2016Seed$1.0MYes · Jan 2017
Jun 2016Angel$149KNo later round recorded
Mar 2016Angel$81KYes · Apr 2016
Mar 2016Seed$526KNo later round recorded
Aug 2015Seed$2.1MNo later round recorded
Dec 2014Seed$2.1MNo later round recorded
Dec 2010Angel$550KYes · Mar 2012
Aug 2010Seed$257KNo later round recorded
0 more companies have undated investments

Kept in the 26-company portfolio; excluded from entry-timing calculations.

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