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

Angel investor · Delhi, India

Rajesh 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 PATTERN2014–2026
67%

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

First investment stage across 15 companies7 Seed, 3 Angel and 5 other-stage entries. Each dot represents one company.
Seed 7Angel 3Other 5

One dot = one company at first recorded investment.

15 companies · 19 recorded equity rounds
Dataset’s latest round 22 May 2026/Latest recorded investment 16 May 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

Rajesh Gupta has dated investments in 15 companies. 10 first entries were at Angel, Pre-Seed or Seed (66.7%). 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 6 in the preceding window. The latest recorded investment is 2024-05-16. This describes observed activity through 2026-05-22; it does not establish current availability.

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03

Plan the next financing step

7 of 15 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

Future of Work is the largest displayed sector by company count, appearing in 2 portfolio companies; sector tags overlap. 4 first entries carry a recorded lead flag and the median first-round syndicate includes 9 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
$257K–$8.7M

The middle half of entry rounds

25th–75th percentile across 15 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 6 in the preceding 24 months.

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03 — NEXT FINANCING
47%

Another equity round within 24 months

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

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04 — REPEAT BACKING
13%

This investor invested again within 24 months

2 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.

15matching companies
$433Kmedian first round (15 disclosed)
0first backed in last 24 months

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

Unattributed

Spray Engineering ↗

Manufacturer of process equipment and turnkey solutions for various industries

$8.6M total first round
Unattributed

Etrav ↗

Provider of B2B travel booking and API solutions for agents. It offers a platform for booking flights, hotels, buses, cruises, and holiday packages. The company also provides visa processing, travel insurance, and MICE services. Its API solutions allow travel agents to integrate these services into their own systems. A white-label option enables agents to offer travel services under their own branding. The platform aims to streamline travel management and increase profitability for travel agents.

$8.8M total first round
Seed

Barneys ↗

Brand of alcoholic beverages providing a refreshing alternative to traditional drinks

$350K 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
Future of Work2
EdTech2
Online Courses2
Online Travel1
Travel and Hospitality Tech1
Alcoholic Beverage Products1
HR Services1
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
Angel3 disclosed
$314K$240K–$384K
Seed7 disclosed
$350K$181K–$433K
Series A1 disclosed
$102M$102M–$102M
$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
46.7%
7 of 15 companies

Backed again by this investor

A subset of the companies above
13.3%
2 of 15 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
Angel31 / 30 / 3
Seed72 / 70 / 7
Series A11 / 11 / 1
Series B11 / 10 / 1
Series E+11 / 11 / 1
Unattributed21 / 20 / 2
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

Rajiv Goel ↗

4 shared rounds · 3 companies

Latest shared round Jun 2023
02
FIRM

Havells

3 shared rounds · 2 companies

Latest shared round Jun 2023
03
FIRM

Anamudi Real Estates

2 shared rounds · 1 companies

Latest shared round Dec 2023
04
FIRM

Arg Family Trust

2 shared rounds · 1 companies

Latest shared round Dec 2023
05
ANGEL

Arjun Shanker Bhartla

2 shared rounds · 1 companies

Latest shared round Jun 2023
06
ANGEL

Ashutosh Bihani

2 shared rounds · 1 companies

Latest shared round Jun 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.

15 dated companies
Complete dated portfolio, ordered by first investment, newest first.
CompanyFirst backedEntry stageTotal entry roundSame investor again?
Spray Engineering ↗Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar
May 2024Unattributed$8.6MNo later round recorded
Etrav ↗Mumbai
Nov 2023Unattributed$8.8MNo later round recorded
Jun 2023Seed$350KNo later round recorded
EREKRUT ↗Bengaluru
Nov 2022Seed$433KNo later round recorded
Jun 2022Series E+$15MYes · Jun 2023
Panacea eBiz Consulting Group
Jun 2022Seed$433KNo later round recorded
Nov 2021Series B$10MNo later round recorded
Oct 2021Series A$102MYes · Feb 2023
Jun 2021Seed$200KNo later round recorded
May 2021Seed$100KNo later round recorded
KidEx ↗Gurugram
Feb 2021Angel$455KNo later round recorded
May 2019Seed$646KNo later round recorded
Apr 2019Angel$314KNo later round recorded
Jul 2017Seed$163KNo later round recorded
Usha Yarns ↗Chandigarh
Mar 2014Angel$166KYes · Sep 2016
0 more companies have undated investments

Kept in the 15-company portfolio; excluded from entry-timing calculations.

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