INVESTOR NOTES / 001ANGEL INVESTOR / Bengaluru, India
Phanindra Sama
KNOW THE INVESTOR. SHARPEN THE PITCH.

Angel investor · Bengaluru, India

Phanindra Sama.

Recorded investments.
A clearer sense of fit.

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THE ENTRY PATTERN2014–2026
91%

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

First investment stage across 33 companies25 Seed, 5 Angel and 3 other-stage entries. Each dot represents one company.
Seed 25Angel 5Other 3

One dot = one company at first recorded investment.

33 companies · 35 recorded equity rounds
Dataset’s latest round 22 May 2026/Latest recorded investment 09 Jul 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

Phanindra Sama has dated investments in 33 companies. 30 first entries were at Angel, Pre-Seed or Seed (90.9%). 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

5 first company relationships appear in the latest 24 months, compared with 4 in the preceding window. The latest recorded investment is 2025-07-09. This describes observed activity through 2026-05-22; it does not establish current availability.

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03

Plan the next financing step

19 of 28 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

Artificial Intelligence is the largest displayed sector by company count, appearing in 5 portfolio companies; sector tags overlap. 0 first entries carry a recorded lead flag and the median first-round syndicate includes 10 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
$500K–$3.0M

The middle half of entry rounds

25th–75th percentile across 29 disclosed first rounds. Total round size; the investor’s own cheque is undisclosed.

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02 — NEW RELATIONSHIPS
5companies

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
68%

Another equity round within 24 months

19 of 28 companies with a full observation window. The next round can include any investor.

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04 — REPEAT BACKING
7%

This investor invested again within 24 months

2 of the same 28 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.

33matching companies
$1.1Mmedian first round (29 disclosed)
5first backed in last 24 months

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

Seed

ChaiBisket ↗

Media studio engaged in producing and publishing multi format content

$5.0M total first round
Seed

Kraftshala ↗

Online courses in sales and marketing for graduates and professionals

Undisclosed 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
Artificial Intelligence5
HRTech5
Future of Work4
HealthTech4
Cross Border4
EdTech3
Online Courses3
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
$350K$259K–$381K
Seed21 disclosed
$1.5M$529K–$3.0M
Series A3 disclosed
$4.0M$2.7M–$4.5M
$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.

28
companies with 24 months
of observable history

Raised another equity round

Any investor · within 24 months
67.9%
19 of 28 companies

Backed again by this investor

A subset of the companies above
7.1%
2 of 28 companies
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Includes first investments on or before 22 May 2024. 5 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
Angel43 / 41 / 4
Seed2114 / 211 / 21
Series A32 / 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.

01
ANGEL

Kunal Shah ↗

6 shared rounds · 6 companies

Latest shared round Jan 2025
02
FIRM

Better Capital

5 shared rounds · 5 companies

Latest shared round May 2022
04
ANGEL

Sujeet Kumar ↗

5 shared rounds · 4 companies

Latest shared round Jul 2021

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.

33 dated companies
Complete dated portfolio, ordered by first investment, newest first.
CompanyFirst backedEntry stageTotal entry roundSame investor again?
Jul 2025Seed$5.0MNo later round recorded
Mar 2025SeedUndisclosedNo later round recorded
Jan 2025Seed$3.0MNo later round recorded
Billion Hearts Software Technologies
Sep 2024Angel$250KNo later round recorded
Sep 2024Seed$250KNo later round recorded
Bitsila ↗Bengaluru
Dec 2023SeedUndisclosedNo later round recorded
Dec 2022Seed$1.7MNo later round recorded
BBETTER ↗Hyderabad
Aug 2022SeedUndisclosedNo later round recorded
Jovian ↗Bengaluru
May 2022Seed$1.5MNo later round recorded
Bytebeam ↗Bengaluru
May 2022Seed$3.0MNo later round recorded
Mar 2022Angel$1.0MNo later round recorded
Eka Care ↗Bengaluru
Jul 2021Seed$4.5MNo later round recorded
Kaagaz ↗Gurugram
Nov 2020Seed$582KNo later round recorded
TREAD ↗Bengaluru
Oct 2020Seed$1.1MNo later round recorded
QuestBook ↗Palo Alto
Oct 2020Seed$500KNo later round recorded
FireCompass ↗Wilmington
Jun 2020Seed$1.9MNo later round recorded
Mar 2020Seed$3.0MNo later round recorded
Rheo ↗Bengaluru
Apr 2019Seed$3.0MNo later round recorded
Yellow.ai ↗San Mateo
Mar 2019Series A$4.0MNo later round recorded
Fyle ↗Newark
Jun 2016Seed$400KNo later round recorded
My Ally ↗Palo Alto
Mar 2016SeedUndisclosedNo later round recorded
Gamezop ↗Gurugram
Feb 2016Seed$350KNo later round recorded
Jan 2016Series A$1.3MNo later round recorded
Unacademy ↗Bengaluru
Dec 2015Seed$586KYes · Aug 2016
YourDost ↗Bengaluru
Nov 2015Angel$381KYes · Jun 2016
Sep 2015Seed$1.7MNo later round recorded
Aug 2015Seed$500KNo later round recorded
Drivezy ↗Bengaluru
Jul 2015Seed$790KNo later round recorded
Belong ↗Bengaluru
Jun 2015Series A$5.0MNo later round recorded
Innovaccer ↗San Francisco
May 2015Seed$3.0MNo later round recorded
Goodera ↗San Mateo
Apr 2015Seed$529KNo later round recorded
Skillenza ↗Bengaluru
Feb 2015Angel$259KNo later round recorded
Oct 2014Angel$350KNo later round recorded
0 more companies have undated investments

Kept in the 33-company portfolio; excluded from entry-timing calculations.

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