INVESTOR NOTES / 001ANGEL INVESTOR / Bengaluru, India
Saurabh Garg
KNOW THE INVESTOR. SHARPEN THE PITCH.

Angel investor · Bengaluru, India

Saurabh Garg.

Recorded investments.
A clearer sense of fit.

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THE ENTRY PATTERN2019–2026
88%

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

First investment stage across 17 companies15 Seed, 0 Angel and 2 other-stage entries. Each dot represents one company.
Seed 15Angel 0Other 2

One dot = one company at first recorded investment.

17 companies · 21 recorded equity rounds
Dataset’s latest round 22 May 2026/Latest recorded investment 18 Jan 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

Saurabh Garg has dated investments in 17 companies. 15 first entries were at Angel, Pre-Seed or Seed (88.2%). 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 2024-01-18. This describes observed activity through 2026-05-22; it does not establish current availability.

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03

Plan the next financing step

10 of 17 companies with a full 24-month observation window raised another equity round. This investor backed 3 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. 0 first entries carry a recorded lead flag and the median first-round syndicate includes 19 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
$507K–$2.0M

The middle half of entry rounds

25th–75th percentile across 16 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
59%

Another equity round within 24 months

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

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04 — REPEAT BACKING
18%

This investor invested again within 24 months

3 of the same 17 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.

17matching companies
$906Kmedian first round (16 disclosed)
0first backed in last 24 months

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

Seed

Floryo ↗

Internet first brand offering milled grains

$726K total first round
Seed

KNOT ↗

Online platform offering fashion delivery and try-before-you-buy services

$1.6M total first round
Seed

GetWork ↗

Provider of a platform connecting freshers with companies for hiring

$845K 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.
SectorSeedSeries AAll stages
B2C E-Commerce6
FinTech4
Retail Tech3
CFO Stack3
Finance & Accounting Tech3
Internet First Brands2
HRTech2
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
Seed14 disclosed
$856K$341K–$1.4M
Series A2 disclosed
$4.2M$3.7M–$4.7M
$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.

17
companies with 24 months
of observable history

Raised another equity round

Any investor · within 24 months
58.8%
10 of 17 companies

Backed again by this investor

A subset of the companies above
17.6%
3 of 17 companies
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Includes first investments on or before 22 May 2024. 0 newer companies and 1 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
Seed159 / 152 / 15
Series A21 / 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
ANGEL

Amit Kumar ↗

8 shared rounds · 6 companies

Latest shared round Jan 2024
02
ANGEL

Akhil Gupta ↗

5 shared rounds · 4 companies

Latest shared round Mar 2022
03
FIRM

QED Innovation Labs

5 shared rounds · 4 companies

Latest shared round Jul 2022
05
ANGEL

Amrish Rau ↗

3 shared rounds · 2 companies

Latest shared round Jan 2023
06
FIRM

Angel List

3 shared rounds · 3 companies

Latest shared round May 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.

17 dated companies
Complete dated portfolio, ordered by first investment, newest first.
CompanyFirst backedEntry stageTotal entry roundSame investor again?
Floryo ↗Bengaluru
Jan 2024Seed$726KNo later round recorded
KNOT ↗Bengaluru
May 2023Seed$1.6MNo later round recorded
GetWork ↗Gurugram
Feb 2023Seed$845KNo later round recorded
Binocs ↗Bengaluru
Aug 2022Seed$4.0MNo later round recorded
GetSupp ↗Bengaluru
Jul 2022Seed$1.2MNo later round recorded
Refrens ↗Bengaluru
Mar 2022Seed$867KNo later round recorded
ALYF ↗Mumbai
Mar 2022Seed$1.5MNo later round recorded
Jan 2022Series A$3.2MNo later round recorded
Dec 2021Seed$202KNo later round recorded
Sep 2021Seed$4.0MNo later round recorded
H3 Mart ↗Bengaluru
Jul 2021Seed$590KNo later round recorded
Jun 2021Seed$945KYes · Jan 2023
Masai ↗Bengaluru
Mar 2021Series A$5.2MYes · Oct 2021
Jan 2021SeedUndisclosedNo later round recorded
Oct 2020Seed$205KNo later round recorded
ToolBox ↗Bengaluru
Aug 2020Seed$231KNo later round recorded
Nov 2019Seed$258KYes · Jun 2021
1 more companies have undated investments

Kept in the 17-company portfolio; excluded from entry-timing calculations.

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