Invests in
Stages:
Sectors:
Locations:
Min Investment:
$50,000.00Max Investment:
$500,000.00Target Investment:
$150,000.00
Skills
Education
(1998 - 2005)
Lists including Utsav
Investments
Alt Carbon
Total Funding: $550K
Supply6
Total Funding: $1.1M
OTPless
Total Funding: $3M
Slick App
Total Funding: $2.5M
BosonQ Psi
Total Funding: $460K
Chronicle
Total Funding: $7M
Vetic
Total Funding: $4M
M2P Fintech
Total Funding: $110M
GroMo
Total Funding: $12M
KoinX
Total Funding: $2M
Work Experience
2023
Founder
2023
A private members' community for the top 10% of Indian tech founders and CEOs. Members (co-founders): Zomato, Noise, Shiprocket, CoinDCX, Ultrahuman, Ola Cabs, Country Delight, InsuranceDekho, Boult Audio, Rebel Foods, The Whole Truth, Blue Tokai Coffee, Bizongo and more. Backers (co-founders): Razorpay, Groww, BharatPe, Park+, Polygon, Mosaic Wellness, M2P, GoKwik, Tanmay Bhat, TechBurner, DeVC, Better Capital and more.
2020
Partner
2020
India's first micro-fund backed by top global founders and investors. Fund I: GoKwik, Privado, Velocity, Even, Pepper, RocketLane + 30 more. Fund II: Rattle, Ultrahuman, Vetic, Park+, AppsForBharat, M2P + 30 more.
2022
Partner
2022
Where Indian founders get their first $1M fund to invest.
2018 - 2023
Partner
2018 - 2023
World's largest startup platform — now in India — angellistindia.com
2016 - 2023
India
2016 - 2023
AngelList is the world's largest marketplace for startup investing and jobs. Time to bring it to India.
2014 - 2023
Portfolio
2014 - 2023
Pristyn Care (follow-on: Tiger Global, Sequoia, Greenoaks, Hummingbird) - Asset-light elective surgeries BharatPe (follow-on: Tiger Global, Dragoneer, Sequoia, Coatue, Beenext, Insight, Ribbit, Steadview) - UPI-based QR code payments for merchants CoinDCX (follow-on: B Capital, Bain Capital, Polychain, BitMEX, Coinbase) - India's largest crypto exchange Jupiter (follow-on: Sequoia, Matrix, 3one4, Bedrock, Nubank) - India's best neobank Park+ (follow-on: Sequoia, Matrix, Epiq) - Super-app for car owners Mosaic Wellness (follow-on: Elevation, Sequoia, Matrix) - Fulfilling your wellness needs Onsurity (follow-on: Nexus, Quona) - Employee healthcare benefits Arata (follow-on: DSG Consumer) - 100% plant-based personal care Sleepy Owl (follow-on: DSG Consumer, Rukam) - D2C coffee brand Sugar (follow-on: Elevation, A91) - Online cosmetics brand BukuKas (follow-on: Tiger Global, CapitalG, Sequoia India) - Tech stack for Indonesian MSMEs LogiNext (exit: Tiger Global, Steadview, PayTM) - Big Data for Logistics Betaout (exit: Bluecore) - Behavioural marketing personalisation for e-commerce Innov8 (exit: OYO) - Coworking spaces for developing markets Testbook (exit: Classplus) - One-stop online test preparation AdPushup (exit: Geniee) - Ad revenue optimization for web publishers Updated portfolio at angel.co/p/utsav-somani & utsavsomani.com/portfolio
2020 - 2022
Network Leader
2020 - 2022
Advising Indian investments for Village Global - an early stage venture capital firm backed by Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg, and many more of the world's most successful entrepreneurs.
2018 - 2022
Partner
2018 - 2022
Orchid - Keeping internet free from surveillance and censorship Dfinity - Unbounded and self-governing blockchain computer Origin - Protocol for sharing economy marketplaces Bitcoin - Decentralized digital currency Blockstack - Decentralized computing network and app ecosystem Terra - Price-stable cryptocurrency designed for mass adoption Dirt - Protocol for trusted data Conflux - Scalable consensus protocol nCent - Incentive market protocol for solving hard problems Chia - Energy saving proof-of-space protocol
2020 - 2021
Advisor
2020 - 2021
Southeast Asia's first micro-fund backed by top global founders. Investing in Singapore, Indonesia, Vietnam, Philippines, Thailand.
2020 - 2020
Angel Fellowship ODA1
2020 - 2020
ODA will help accelerate founders and experienced operators along the path to becoming successful angel investors, helping them build a co-investor network, hone their skills, and broaden their knowledge of trends and markets.