INVESTOR NOTES / 001ANGEL INVESTOR / Bengaluru, India
Raveen Sastry
KNOW THE INVESTOR. SHARPEN THE PITCH.

Angel investor · Bengaluru, India

Raveen Sastry.

Recorded investments.
A clearer sense of fit.

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THE ENTRY PATTERN2014–2026
89%

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

First investment stage across 28 companies21 Seed, 4 Angel and 3 other-stage entries. Each dot represents one company.
Seed 21Angel 4Other 3

One dot = one company at first recorded investment.

28 companies · 35 recorded equity rounds
Dataset’s latest round 22 May 2026/Latest recorded investment 05 Jan 2026
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

Raveen Sastry has dated investments in 28 companies. 25 first entries were at Angel, Pre-Seed or Seed (89.3%). 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

7 first company relationships appear in the latest 24 months, compared with 1 in the preceding window. The latest recorded investment is 2026-01-05. This describes observed activity through 2026-05-22; it does not establish current availability.

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03

Plan the next financing step

17 of 21 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

B2C E-Commerce is the largest displayed sector by company count, appearing in 6 portfolio companies; sector tags overlap. 1 first entries carry a recorded lead flag and the median first-round syndicate includes 8 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
$212K–$1.3M

The middle half of entry rounds

25th–75th percentile across 27 disclosed first rounds. Total round size; the investor’s own cheque is undisclosed.

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02 — NEW RELATIONSHIPS
7companies

First investments in the last 24 months

22 May 2024–22 May 2026, versus 1 in the preceding 24 months.

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03 — NEXT FINANCING
81%

Another equity round within 24 months

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

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04 — REPEAT BACKING
10%

This investor invested again within 24 months

2 of the same 21 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.

28matching companies
$296Kmedian first round (27 disclosed)
7first backed in last 24 months

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

Seed

Circle ↗

Circle Store

$384K total first round
Seed

Cautio ↗

Provider of AI-powered dash cam and operating system solutions for fleet operators and vehicle owners

$1.8M 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
Retail Tech6
EdTech3
FinTech3
B2C Fashion E-Commerce3
Fashion Tech3
Internet First Brands3
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
$250K$237K–$265K
Seed21 disclosed
$296K$181K–$1.1M
Series A1 disclosed
$3.5M$3.5M–$3.5M
$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.

21
companies with 24 months
of observable history

Raised another equity round

Any investor · within 24 months
81%
17 of 21 companies

Backed again by this investor

A subset of the companies above
9.5%
2 of 21 companies
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Includes first investments on or before 22 May 2024. 7 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
Seed1513 / 152 / 15
Series A11 / 10 / 1
Series D22 / 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
FIRM

Wellfound

6 shared rounds · 6 companies

Latest shared round Jul 2021
02
FIRM

Better Capital

4 shared rounds · 4 companies

Latest shared round Jul 2020
03
FIRM

Angel List

3 shared rounds · 3 companies

Latest shared round Jul 2020
04
ANGEL

Gaurav Arora ↗

3 shared rounds · 1 companies

Latest shared round Jan 2021
05
FIRM

Icebreaker Tech

3 shared rounds · 2 companies

Latest shared round Jul 2024

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.

28 dated companies
Complete dated portfolio, ordered by first investment, newest first.
CompanyFirst backedEntry stageTotal entry roundSame investor again?
Jan 2026Seed$1.1MNo later round recorded
Circle ↗Bengaluru
Nov 2025Seed$384KNo later round recorded
Cautio ↗Bengaluru
Aug 2025Seed$1.8MNo later round recorded
Inamo ↗Mumbai
Jan 2025Seed$3.0MNo later round recorded
OSSO ↗Gurugram
Nov 2024Seed$296KYes · Sep 2025
Billion Hearts Software Technologies
Sep 2024Angel$250KNo later round recorded
Sep 2024Seed$250KNo later round recorded
Indkal ↗Bengaluru
Jan 2023Seed$117KNo later round recorded
Stoa ↗Bengaluru
Jul 2020Seed$167KNo later round recorded
BitClass ↗Bengaluru
Jul 2020Seed$263KNo later round recorded
Walrus ↗Oakland
Mar 2020Seed$270KNo later round recorded
CUSMAT ↗Bengaluru
Feb 2020Seed$200KYes · Mar 2020
Dec 2019Seed$102KNo later round recorded
Locale ↗Palo Alto
Sep 2019Seed$119KNo later round recorded
Aug 2019Series A$3.5MNo later round recorded
Cult.fit ↗Bengaluru
May 2019Series D$120MNo later round recorded
BlueStone ↗Bengaluru
Apr 2019Series D$5.0MNo later round recorded
Rapawalk ↗Bengaluru
Apr 2019Seed$374KNo later round recorded
PiggyRide ↗Bengaluru
Mar 2019Seed$1.1MNo later round recorded
URturms ↗Bengaluru
Jan 2019Angel$280KNo later round recorded
Lo! Foods ↗Bengaluru
Dec 2018Seed$500KYes · Aug 2019
Aug 2018Seed$181KNo later round recorded
Neuu Labs ↗Bengaluru
Apr 2018Angel$224KNo later round recorded
Mfine ↗Bengaluru
Aug 2017Seed$1.5MNo later round recorded
Nov 2015AngelUndisclosedNo later round recorded
Apr 2015Seed$162KNo later round recorded
Mad Street Den ↗Redwood City
Jan 2015Seed$1.4MNo later round recorded
Sports365 ↗Bengaluru
Mar 2014Seed$392KNo later round recorded
0 more companies have undated investments

Kept in the 28-company portfolio; excluded from entry-timing calculations.

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