Indian Angel Network

The Indian Angel Network (IAN), established in April 2006, is a prominent platform that connects successful entrepreneurs and CEOs who seek to invest in early-stage ventures with high growth potential. It aims to revolutionize angel investing in India by providing not only capital but also valuable mentoring and strategic insights to startups. The network leverages the expertise of its members, who are well-equipped to evaluate the potential and risks associated with early-stage investments. In addition to its core activities, IAN manages the IAN Fund, which focuses on seed and early-stage investments across various sectors, including healthcare, artificial intelligence, fintech, and more. This fund targets investments ranging from approximately INR 2.5 million to INR 500 million, reflecting a commitment to nurturing innovative businesses in India's rapidly evolving market landscape.

Sudipta Gautam

Managing Partner

Sharad Junghare

Angel Investor

Abhishek Kakkar

Vice President

Rajnish Kapur

Managing Partner ( IAN Fund )

Nymisha Puvvada

Associate Vice President

Padmaja Ruparel

Founding Partner

Padmaja Ruparel

Co-Founder

Saurabh Srivastava

Co-Founder and Chairman

Past deals in EdTech

QwikSkills

Seed Round in 2022
Developer of an online learning platform designed to help professionals with the cloud and other tech certifications. The company's platform provides exam preparation content including all questions and practice tests that are original, providing clients with quality and engaging practice tests to prepare for the exams.

Fyllo

Seed Round in 2022
Developer of an agricultural device designed to harness the potential of technology to make agriculture profitable and sustainable. The company's device uses IoT to capture the environmental factors of a piece of agricultural land, enabling farmers with accurate and timely information for irrigation, fertigation, harvesting, soil composition, infestation risks of diseases and pests, and weather forecasts for the farm.

Language Curry

Seed Round in 2021
Developer of a language learning platform designed to assist users in learning various Indian languages. The company's platform offers a curriculum designed by empaneled language experts where the user is exposed to a superior pedagogy and interactive gamified interface, resulting in consummate user engagement along with promoting curated ebooks on India and its culture, enabling customers to know more about Indian languages and its culture.

L4o

Seed Round in 2021
L4o is an ed-tech platform ensuring employability and enabling learners to become job-ready in the global world.

Braingroom

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Braingroom is an online learning and jobs ecosystem focused on educational and skill development. The company operates a multilingual platform that provides high-quality, engaging, and accessible video-based education. Braingroom's AI-driven platform offers customized learning courses covering topics such as Python, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, AWS, Linux, Big Data, and Hadoop. In addition to these courses, the platform facilitates hands-on projects and internships, allowing individual students to receive a personalized learning experience tailored to their specific needs and career goals.

Oliveboard

Seed Round in 2021
Oliveboard Comptech Pvt Ltd., founded in 2012 and based in Bengaluru, India, is an online learning platform designed to assist students in preparing for various competitive exams, including MBA entrance exams and banking tests. The platform provides a comprehensive suite of resources, including video lessons, topic tests, mock tests, and practice questions. Additionally, Oliveboard features adaptive tests and group study games to enhance the learning experience. By offering a structured approach to exam preparation, Oliveboard aims to support students in achieving their academic and career goals.

Fyllo

Seed Round in 2021
Developer of an agricultural device designed to harness the potential of technology to make agriculture profitable and sustainable. The company's device uses IoT to capture the environmental factors of a piece of agricultural land, enabling farmers with accurate and timely information for irrigation, fertigation, harvesting, soil composition, infestation risks of diseases and pests, and weather forecasts for the farm.

Mentoria

Seed Round in 2021
Mentoria is a holistic career discovery platform which enables students to discover themselves and the careers they will enjoy and excel at.

Ingenium Education

Seed Round in 2021
Ingenium Education offers a full-stack platform, which institutes could use to go online and scale. It also provides adaptive assessment, in-depth academic analysis, and real-time teacher-student-parent interaction capabilities to create a complete digital learning experience for teachers and students.

ExtraaEdge

Seed Round in 2021
ExtraaEdge Technology Solutions Pvt. Ltd. develops sales and marketing automation software for admission counselors and institute owners. It provides products, which includes customer relationship management and marketing automation, chatbot, and application form. It offers ExtraaEdge software that enables counselors to integrate lead sources for instant follow-ups; identify prospects from data; communicate messages to convince students and parents; and analyze admissions data in real time to take decisions. The company’s ExtraaEdge uses data science and analytics to increase student admissions, as well as to capture students searching for various courses. The company was founded in 2014 and is based in Pune, India with additional offices in Bengalaru, Mumbai, and Noida, India.

ixamBee

Seed Round in 2021
ixamBee creates enhanced learning for preparation of competitive exams by using technology. They provide excellent solutions to those who are preparing for Bank, SSC, Railways and other competitive exams. ixamBee aims to provide best online learning experience for preparation of competitive exams for government jobs.

ExtraaEdge

Seed Round in 2020
ExtraaEdge Technology Solutions Pvt. Ltd. develops sales and marketing automation software for admission counselors and institute owners. It provides products, which includes customer relationship management and marketing automation, chatbot, and application form. It offers ExtraaEdge software that enables counselors to integrate lead sources for instant follow-ups; identify prospects from data; communicate messages to convince students and parents; and analyze admissions data in real time to take decisions. The company’s ExtraaEdge uses data science and analytics to increase student admissions, as well as to capture students searching for various courses. The company was founded in 2014 and is based in Pune, India with additional offices in Bengalaru, Mumbai, and Noida, India.

DebugsBunny

Angel Round in 2020
DebugsBunny is a platform to teach K12 students Coding. DebugsBunny will empower your kids to become problem solvers. We will help them solve life problems through coding. The kids will be learning a coding curriculum specially designed for students by IIT, IIM alumni, and Creators of SWAYAM Satellite.

Trezi

Series A in 2020
Trezi is India’s first a fully immersive virtual reality platform for the building industry that dramatically transforms design collaboration and communication experience, communication and collaboration by bringing together all project stakeholders to review, modify and experience in the design within an immersive environment - in real-time and at full scale and color - regardless of the users’ physical location. process to collaborate in real-time and at full scale. Trezi advances the understanding of spatial design for all users project stakeholders, and improves product search, discovery and selection. This results in reduced errors and costs, faster and better decision-making, and ultimately greater business impact and profitability.

PlanetSpark

Seed Round in 2020
PlanetSpark is an online education platform that offers a specialized English and Math program for pre-teens, designed to align with school curricula. The program utilizes a proprietary STEPS Methodology, which focuses on Spark, Think, Explain, Practice, and Share, ensuring a robust foundation for conceptual understanding. Developed by education experts from XLRI Jamshedpur, the curriculum incorporates principles from child cognitive psychology and learning pedagogy, delivering content in an engaging and gamified manner to foster a love for learning. PlanetSpark collaborates with qualified homemakers passionate about teaching, training them to become "Teach from Home" Mompreneurs. These educators establish home-based learning centers supported by PlanetSpark's comprehensive content, marketing, and technology resources, creating a unique blend of online and offline learning experiences.

ExtraaEdge

Seed Round in 2020
ExtraaEdge Technology Solutions Pvt. Ltd. develops sales and marketing automation software for admission counselors and institute owners. It provides products, which includes customer relationship management and marketing automation, chatbot, and application form. It offers ExtraaEdge software that enables counselors to integrate lead sources for instant follow-ups; identify prospects from data; communicate messages to convince students and parents; and analyze admissions data in real time to take decisions. The company’s ExtraaEdge uses data science and analytics to increase student admissions, as well as to capture students searching for various courses. The company was founded in 2014 and is based in Pune, India with additional offices in Bengalaru, Mumbai, and Noida, India.

Thinkerbell Labs

Seed Round in 2019
Thinkerbell Labs, which builds literacy devices for the visually impaired.

Propelld

Series A in 2019
Propelld is revolutionizing the way students pursue their education and shape their careers.It addresses the problem of students not getting access to financing from traditional financial Institutions due to low/non-existent credit or work history.

Propelld

Seed Round in 2018
Propelld is revolutionizing the way students pursue their education and shape their careers.It addresses the problem of students not getting access to financing from traditional financial Institutions due to low/non-existent credit or work history.

Trezi

Seed Round in 2018
Trezi is India’s first a fully immersive virtual reality platform for the building industry that dramatically transforms design collaboration and communication experience, communication and collaboration by bringing together all project stakeholders to review, modify and experience in the design within an immersive environment - in real-time and at full scale and color - regardless of the users’ physical location. process to collaborate in real-time and at full scale. Trezi advances the understanding of spatial design for all users project stakeholders, and improves product search, discovery and selection. This results in reduced errors and costs, faster and better decision-making, and ultimately greater business impact and profitability.

Knudge.me

Venture Round in 2018
Knudge Technology Private Limited operates Knudge.me, a mobile learning platform aimed at enhancing English language skills through artificial intelligence and gamification. Established in 2017 and headquartered in Bengaluru, India, the platform utilizes diverse teaching methodologies such as infographics, personalized adaptive content, and spaced learning to simplify the learning journey. It offers a range of interactive courses, including vocabulary building, idioms, phrasal verbs, and clarification of commonly confused words. By leveraging gamification, Knudge.me seeks to make the process of learning English both engaging and effective, ensuring accessibility for users seeking to improve their language skills.

Thinkerbell Labs

Angel Round in 2017
Thinkerbell Labs, which builds literacy devices for the visually impaired.

Trezi

Seed Round in 2016
Trezi is India’s first a fully immersive virtual reality platform for the building industry that dramatically transforms design collaboration and communication experience, communication and collaboration by bringing together all project stakeholders to review, modify and experience in the design within an immersive environment - in real-time and at full scale and color - regardless of the users’ physical location. process to collaborate in real-time and at full scale. Trezi advances the understanding of spatial design for all users project stakeholders, and improves product search, discovery and selection. This results in reduced errors and costs, faster and better decision-making, and ultimately greater business impact and profitability.

Vienova

Series A in 2007
Vienova is a rapidly growing education company. It currently has six operational schools around Delhi. The company goal is to provide scalable and affordable K-12 education directly to students in semi-urban areas. It operates in the affordable segment of the Indian education system. The company provides private state certified schooling for grades K -12 in semi urban areas in India. Most children are from families that are considered low income, with some from poor families that qualify for scholarships from the management company.
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