INVESTOR NOTES / 001ANGEL INVESTOR / Chennai, India
Sameer Mehta
KNOW THE INVESTOR. SHARPEN THE PITCH.

Angel investor · Chennai, India

Sameer Mehta.

Recorded investments.
A clearer sense of fit.

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THE ENTRY PATTERN2011–2026
88%

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

First investment stage across 48 companies39 Seed, 3 Angel and 6 other-stage entries. Each dot represents one company.
Seed 39Angel 3Other 6

One dot = one company at first recorded investment.

48 companies · 57 recorded equity rounds
Dataset’s latest round 22 May 2026/Latest recorded investment 16 Feb 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

Sameer Mehta has dated investments in 48 companies. 42 first entries were at Angel, Pre-Seed or Seed (87.5%). 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 2024-02-16. This describes observed activity through 2026-05-22; it does not establish current availability.

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03

Plan the next financing step

27 of 48 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

B2C E-Commerce is the largest displayed sector by company count, appearing in 14 portfolio companies; sector tags overlap. 1 first entries carry a recorded lead flag and the median first-round syndicate includes 25 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
$339K–$1.1M

The middle half of entry rounds

25th–75th percentile across 48 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
56%

Another equity round within 24 months

27 of 48 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

5 of the same 48 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.

48matching companies
$600Kmedian first round (48 disclosed)
0first backed in last 24 months

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

Seed

Ecoil ↗

Provides tech based solutions for recycling used cooking oil

$265K total first round
Seed

Proost ↗

Brand of beer and spirits

$1.6M total first round
Seed

Samaaro ↗

Provider of event management software and marketing solutions for businesses

$486K 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-Commerce14
Internet First Brands12
Retail Tech11
Auto Tech7
Food & Beverage Products6
B2C Grocery Delivery5
Food Tech5
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
$74K$71K–$141K
Seed39 disclosed
$575K$345K–$968K
Series A4 disclosed
$3.5M$1.7M–$6.3M
$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.

48
companies with 24 months
of observable history

Raised another equity round

Any investor · within 24 months
56.2%
27 of 48 companies

Backed again by this investor

A subset of the companies above
10.4%
5 of 48 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
Angel32 / 30 / 3
Seed3922 / 394 / 39
Series A41 / 40 / 4
Series E+22 / 21 / 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

The Chennai Angels

18 shared rounds · 17 companies

Latest shared round Oct 2022
02
ANGEL

Aman Gupta ↗

14 shared rounds · 12 companies

Latest shared round Mar 2022
04
FIRM

Anjana Software Solutions

12 shared rounds · 11 companies

Latest shared round Jun 2021
05
ANGEL

Chandu Nair ↗

12 shared rounds · 11 companies

Latest shared round Feb 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.

48 dated companies
Complete dated portfolio, ordered by first investment, newest first.
CompanyFirst backedEntry stageTotal entry roundSame investor again?
Ecoil ↗Jaipur
Feb 2024Seed$265KNo later round recorded
Proost ↗Gurugram
Mar 2023Seed$1.6MYes · Nov 2023
Samaaro ↗Bengaluru
Oct 2022Seed$486KNo later round recorded
Oct 2022Seed$423KNo later round recorded
TurboHire ↗Hyderabad
Aug 2022Seed$2.0MNo later round recorded
May 2022Seed$609KNo later round recorded
Floryo ↗Bengaluru
Mar 2022Seed$1.6MNo later round recorded
Licious ↗Bengaluru
Feb 2022Series E+$1.2MYes · Mar 2022
Altor ↗Kolkata
Feb 2022Seed$67KNo later round recorded
Feb 2022Seed$200KNo later round recorded
Jidoka ↗Chennai
Jan 2022Seed$860KNo later round recorded
Jan 2022Seed$365KNo later round recorded
Jan 2022Angel$74KNo later round recorded
Jan 2022Seed$1.1MNo later round recorded
Dec 2021Series A$10MNo later round recorded
Dec 2021Series E+$160MNo later round recorded
AiSteth ↗Bengaluru
Nov 2021Seed$431KNo later round recorded
Cultyvate ↗Bengaluru
Nov 2021Seed$723KNo later round recorded
Oct 2021Seed$575KNo later round recorded
Sep 2021Angel$68KNo later round recorded
Sep 2021Seed$2.5MYes · Feb 2022
Aug 2021Series A$5.0MNo later round recorded
Jul 2021Seed$342KNo later round recorded
Perfora ↗Gurugram
Jul 2021Seed$121KNo later round recorded
May 2021Seed$426KNo later round recorded
May 2021Seed$387KNo later round recorded
Apr 2021Seed$130KYes · Apr 2023
Auntfloh ↗Bengaluru
Jan 2021Seed$38KNo later round recorded
Jan 2021Seed$1.5MNo later round recorded
May 2020Seed$200KNo later round recorded
Apr 2020Seed$2.3MNo later round recorded
Feb 2020Seed$347KYes · Jun 2021
Jan 2020Seed$812KNo later round recorded
Dec 2019Seed$690KNo later round recorded
SwitchOn ↗Bengaluru
Jun 2019Seed$1.1MNo later round recorded
Jan 2019Seed$600KNo later round recorded
Jan 2019Seed$600KNo later round recorded
Nojoto ↗Gurugram
Dec 2018Seed$569KNo later round recorded
May 2018Seed$600KNo later round recorded
Jan 2017Seed$858KNo later round recorded
Dec 2016Seed$1.1MNo later round recorded
Sep 2015Series A$2.0MNo later round recorded
Ketto ↗Mumbai
Jul 2015Series A$700KNo later round recorded
Syona ↗Chennai
Jun 2015Seed$330KYes · Jun 2016
Nov 2014Seed$1.1MNo later round recorded
Jan 2014Seed$239KYes · Mar 2016
Mar 2012Seed$535KYes · May 2017
Yojaka ↗Mangaluru
Mar 2011Angel$208KNo later round recorded
0 more companies have undated investments

Kept in the 48-company portfolio; excluded from entry-timing calculations.

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