INVESTOR NOTES / 001ANGEL INVESTOR / Chennai, India
Ram Shriram
KNOW THE INVESTOR. SHARPEN THE PITCH.

Angel investor · Chennai, India

Ram Shriram.

Recorded investments.
A clearer sense of fit.

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THE ENTRY PATTERN1998–2026
53%

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

First investment stage across 34 companies14 Seed, 4 Angel and 16 other-stage entries. Each dot represents one company.
Seed 14Angel 4Other 16

One dot = one company at first recorded investment.

34 companies · 39 recorded equity rounds
Dataset’s latest round 22 May 2026/Latest recorded investment 25 Sep 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

Ram Shriram has dated investments in 34 companies. 18 first entries were at Angel, Pre-Seed or Seed (52.9%). 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

2 first company relationships appear in the latest 24 months, compared with 5 in the preceding window. The latest recorded investment is 2025-09-25. 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 32 companies with a full 24-month observation window raised another equity round. This investor backed 4 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 7 portfolio companies; sector tags overlap. 5 first entries carry a recorded lead flag and the median first-round syndicate includes 5 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
$3.1M–$17M

The middle half of entry rounds

25th–75th percentile across 31 disclosed first rounds. Total round size; the investor’s own cheque is undisclosed.

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02 — NEW RELATIONSHIPS
2companies

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
66%

Another equity round within 24 months

21 of 32 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

4 of the same 32 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.

34matching companies
$8.0Mmedian first round (31 disclosed)
2first backed in last 24 months

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

Seed

Cosmoserve Space ↗

Developer of active debris removal technology and provider of ADR services

$3.2M total first round
Seed

GridCARE ↗

Provider of AI data center power solutions leveraging existing grid infrastructure

$14M total first round
Series A

Entri ↗

Provider of app-based resources for public exam preparation

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
FinTech7
HRTech5
Artificial Intelligence4
Investment Tech3
Open Source3
AI as a Service3
Future of Work3
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
Angel4 disclosed
$9.7M$1.2M–$18M
Seed13 disclosed
$3.3M$2.5M–$5.3M
Series A9 disclosed
$11M$9.4M–$21M
$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.

32
companies with 24 months
of observable history

Raised another equity round

Any investor · within 24 months
65.6%
21 of 32 companies

Backed again by this investor

A subset of the companies above
12.5%
4 of 32 companies
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Includes first investments on or before 22 May 2024. 2 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
Angel44 / 40 / 4
Seed127 / 121 / 12
Series A116 / 112 / 11
Series B43 / 41 / 4
Unattributed11 / 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.

01
ANGEL

Elad Gil ↗

5 shared rounds · 5 companies

Latest shared round Mar 2022
02
ANGEL

Aydin Senkut ↗

4 shared rounds · 4 companies

Latest shared round Jul 2019
03
FIRM

First Round Capital

4 shared rounds · 3 companies

Latest shared round Aug 2022
04
FIRM

Khosla Ventures

4 shared rounds · 3 companies

Latest shared round Feb 2023
05
FIRM

OSS Capital

4 shared rounds · 4 companies

Latest shared round Oct 2022
06
FIRM

Sherpalo Ventures

4 shared rounds · 4 companies

Latest shared round May 2025

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.

34 dated companies
Complete dated portfolio, ordered by first investment, newest first.
CompanyFirst backedEntry stageTotal entry roundSame investor again?
Sep 2025Seed$3.2MNo later round recorded
GridCARE ↗Redwood City
May 2025Seed$14MNo later round recorded
Dec 2023Series AUndisclosedNo later round recorded
Moonhub ↗San Francisco
Feb 2023Series A$9.4MNo later round recorded
Arta Finance ↗Mountain View
Nov 2022Series A$90MNo later round recorded
NocoDB ↗San Francisco
Oct 2022Series A$11MNo later round recorded
Zamp ↗San Francisco
May 2022Seed$25MNo later round recorded
Mar 2022Seed$8.5MNo later round recorded
Clockwork ↗Palo Alto
Mar 2022Series A$21MNo later round recorded
Merit ↗Millbrae
Jan 2022Series B$50MNo later round recorded
Dec 2021Seed$4.5MNo later round recorded
Remix ↗San Francisco
Oct 2021Seed$3.0MNo later round recorded
Bright ↗San Francisco
Sep 2021Series A$31MNo later round recorded
Meltano ↗San Francisco
Jun 2021Seed$4.2MNo later round recorded
May 2021Series A$6.7MYes · Feb 2022
Pachama ↗Sausalito
Apr 2021Series B$15MYes · May 2022
Aisera ↗Santa Clara
Feb 2020Series B$20MYes · Aug 2022
Jul 2019Angel$18MNo later round recorded
Notion ↗San Francisco
Jul 2019Angel$18MNo later round recorded
Abacus.AI ↗San Francisco
Jun 2019Seed$5.3MYes · Jul 2020
Evie ↗Belgium
Jun 2016Series A$11MNo later round recorded
Apr 2016SeedUndisclosedNo later round recorded
Razorpay ↗Bengaluru
Oct 2015Seed$2.5MNo later round recorded
ClipMine ↗Mountain View
Jul 2015Seed$2.3MNo later round recorded
Mixmax ↗San Francisco
Apr 2015Seed$1.5MNo later round recorded
Heap ↗San Francisco
Aug 2013Seed$2.0MNo later round recorded
Bluebox ↗San Francisco
Jun 2012Series A$9.5MNo later round recorded
Exec ↗San Francisco
May 2012Seed$3.3MNo later round recorded
Nebula ↗Palo Alto
Jul 2011Series AUndisclosedYes · Sep 2012
Optimizely ↗San Francisco
Nov 2010Angel$1.2MNo later round recorded
Inkling ↗San Francisco
Jan 2010Angel$1.0MNo later round recorded
Mint ↗Mountain View
Oct 2007Series A$4.7MNo later round recorded
Cleartrip ↗Bengaluru
Dec 2006Series B$8.0MNo later round recorded
Google ↗Mountain View
Sep 1998Unattributed$1.0MNo later round recorded
0 more companies have undated investments

Kept in the 34-company portfolio; excluded from entry-timing calculations.

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