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

Angel investor · India

Vaibhav 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 PATTERN2013–2026
75%

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

First investment stage across 12 companies5 Seed, 4 Angel and 3 other-stage entries. Each dot represents one company.
Seed 5Angel 4Other 3

One dot = one company at first recorded investment.

12 companies · 12 recorded equity rounds
Dataset’s latest round 22 May 2026/Latest recorded investment 28 Mar 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

Vaibhav Gupta has dated investments in 12 companies. 9 first entries were at Angel, Pre-Seed or Seed (75.0%). 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

1 first company relationships appear in the latest 24 months, compared with 2 in the preceding window. The latest recorded investment is 2025-03-28. 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 11 companies with a full 24-month observation window raised another equity round. This investor backed 0 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

Retail Tech is the largest displayed sector by company count, appearing in 5 portfolio companies; sector tags overlap. 0 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
$206K–$9.5M

The middle half of entry rounds

25th–75th percentile across 12 disclosed first rounds. Total round size; the investor’s own cheque is undisclosed.

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02 — NEW RELATIONSHIPS
1companies

First investments in the last 24 months

22 May 2024–22 May 2026, versus 2 in the preceding 24 months.

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03 — NEXT FINANCING
91%

Another equity round within 24 months

10 of 11 companies with a full observation window. The next round can include any investor.

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04 — REPEAT BACKING
0%

This investor invested again within 24 months

0 of the same 11 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.

12matching companies
$1.3Mmedian first round (12 disclosed)
1first backed in last 24 months

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

Seed

Fabrito ↗

Online platform for sourcing and purchasing fabrics

$234K total first round
Seed

OptIQ ↗

Provider of data protection and cloud security solution

$1.5M total first round
Seed

Scapia ↗

Provider of credit cards and a platform for travel bookings

$9.1M 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
Retail Tech5
B2B E-Commerce3
Fashion Tech2
Commerce Enablers2
In Store Retail Tech2
B2C E-Commerce2
Future of Work2
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
$108K$85K–$343K
Seed5 disclosed
$1.5M$580K–$9.1M
Series A1 disclosed
$5.7M$5.7M–$5.7M
$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.

11
companies with 24 months
of observable history

Raised another equity round

Any investor · within 24 months
90.9%
10 of 11 companies

Backed again by this investor

A subset of the companies above
0%
0 of 11 companies
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Includes first investments on or before 22 May 2024. 1 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
Seed43 / 40 / 4
Series A11 / 10 / 1
Series B11 / 10 / 1
Series C11 / 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

Amod Malviya ↗

4 shared rounds · 4 companies

Latest shared round Jun 2020
02
ANGEL

Sujeet Kumar ↗

4 shared rounds · 4 companies

Latest shared round Jun 2020
04
FIRM

Accel

2 shared rounds · 2 companies

Latest shared round Nov 2019
05
ANGEL

Ankit Nagori ↗

2 shared rounds · 2 companies

Latest shared round Jun 2022
06
FIRM

Peak XV Partners

2 shared rounds · 2 companies

Latest shared round Jun 2020

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.

12 dated companies
Complete dated portfolio, ordered by first investment, newest first.
CompanyFirst backedEntry stageTotal entry roundSame investor again?
Fabrito ↗Gurugram
Mar 2025Seed$234KNo later round recorded
OptIQ ↗Bengaluru
Oct 2022Seed$1.5MNo later round recorded
Scapia ↗Bengaluru
Jun 2022Seed$9.1MNo later round recorded
Ula ↗Jakarta
Jun 2020Seed$11MNo later round recorded
May 2020Seed$580KNo later round recorded
Zetwerk ↗Bengaluru
Nov 2019Series B$32MNo later round recorded
RapidBox ↗Bengaluru
Feb 2019Angel$63KNo later round recorded
Crio ↗Bengaluru
Jan 2019Angel$1.0MNo later round recorded
Liv.ai ↗Bengaluru
Jan 2017Angel$92KNo later round recorded
Goodera ↗San Mateo
Aug 2016Series A$5.7MNo later round recorded
Flipkart ↗Bengaluru
May 2014Series C$1.2BNo later round recorded
Dec 2013Angel$124KNo later round recorded
0 more companies have undated investments

Kept in the 12-company portfolio; excluded from entry-timing calculations.

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