INVESTOR NOTES / 001ANGEL INVESTOR / Delhi, India
Rahul Gupta
KNOW THE INVESTOR. SHARPEN THE PITCH.

Angel investor · Delhi, India

Rahul Gupta.

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 PATTERN2013–2026
68%

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

First investment stage across 22 companies14 Seed, 1 Angel and 7 other-stage entries. Each dot represents one company.
Seed 14Angel 1Other 7

One dot = one company at first recorded investment.

22 companies · 29 recorded equity rounds
Dataset’s latest round 22 May 2026/Latest recorded investment 18 Jul 2024
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

Rahul Gupta has dated investments in 22 companies. 15 first entries were at Angel, Pre-Seed or Seed (68.2%). 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

0 first company relationships appear in the latest 24 months, compared with 5 in the preceding window. The latest recorded investment is 2024-07-18. 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 22 companies with a full 24-month observation window raised another equity round. This investor backed 5 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

FinTech is the largest displayed sector by company count, appearing in 5 portfolio companies; sector tags overlap. 6 first entries carry a recorded lead flag and the median first-round syndicate includes 22 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
$524K–$2.8M

The middle half of entry rounds

25th–75th percentile across 22 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 5 in the preceding 24 months.

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03 — NEXT FINANCING
86%

Another equity round within 24 months

19 of 22 companies with a full observation window. The next round can include any investor.

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04 — REPEAT BACKING
23%

This investor invested again within 24 months

5 of the same 22 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.

22matching companies
$863Kmedian first round (22 disclosed)
0first backed in last 24 months

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

Series A

Solar 91 ↗

Provider of solar energy services for residential & commercial properties

$2.4M total first round
Seed

Floryo ↗

Internet first brand offering milled grains

$726K total first round
Seed

Pulse Energy ↗

Platform offering for electric vehicle charger management

$1.5M 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.
SectorAngelSeedSeries AAll stages
FinTech5
B2C E-Commerce3
Internet First Brands3
Retail Tech3
Alternative Lending3
Internet First Lenders3
NBFC Lenders3
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
$539K$539K–$539K
Seed14 disclosed
$692K$304K–$1.4M
Series A2 disclosed
$7.3M$4.8M–$9.7M
$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.

22
companies with 24 months
of observable history

Raised another equity round

Any investor · within 24 months
86.4%
19 of 22 companies

Backed again by this investor

A subset of the companies above
22.7%
5 of 22 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
Angel11 / 10 / 1
Seed1412 / 142 / 14
Series A22 / 20 / 2
Series B43 / 42 / 4
Unattributed11 / 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.

01
FIRM

LetsVenture

5 shared rounds · 3 companies

Latest shared round Jul 2024
02
ANGEL

Arun Khanna ↗

4 shared rounds · 2 companies

Latest shared round Dec 2018
04
ANGEL

Michael John Drake

4 shared rounds · 2 companies

Latest shared round Dec 2018
05
ANGEL

Richard Charles Helfer

4 shared rounds · 2 companies

Latest shared round Dec 2018
06
FIRM

Rising Straits

4 shared rounds · 2 companies

Latest shared round Dec 2018

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.

22 dated companies
Complete dated portfolio, ordered by first investment, newest first.
CompanyFirst backedEntry stageTotal entry roundSame investor again?
Solar 91 ↗Gurugram
May 2024Series A$2.4MNo later round recorded
Floryo ↗Bengaluru
Jan 2024Seed$726KNo later round recorded
Sep 2023Seed$1.5MNo later round recorded
GoodGudi ↗Bengaluru
Aug 2023Seed$695KNo later round recorded
Mar 2023Seed$53KNo later round recorded
Mar 2022Seed$3.0MNo later round recorded
Feb 2022Angel$539KNo later round recorded
Dec 2021Series B$12MNo later round recorded
Dec 2021Series A$12MNo later round recorded
Reap ↗Mumbai
Dec 2021Series B$12MNo later round recorded
EVeez ↗Gurugram
Dec 2021Seed$400KNo later round recorded
Flatheads ↗Bengaluru
Aug 2021Seed$1.0MNo later round recorded
Jul 2021Seed$1.7MYes · Jan 2023
Symbl ↗Bengaluru
Mar 2021Seed$579KNo later round recorded
Nov 2020Unattributed$519KYes · Feb 2022
MailModo ↗San Francisco
Sep 2020Seed$272KNo later round recorded
Kenyt ↗Hyderabad
Jul 2018Seed$229KYes · Jul 2020
Feb 2018Series B$16MYes · Dec 2018
Validus ↗Singapore
Feb 2018Series B$16MYes · Dec 2018
Sep 2016Seed$162KNo later round recorded
Aug 2016Seed$688KNo later round recorded
GDS ↗Vadodara
Oct 2013Seed$1.6MYes · Mar 2014
0 more companies have undated investments

Kept in the 22-company portfolio; excluded from entry-timing calculations.

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