Kunal Upadhyay Overview
- Investor Type
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Angel
- Investments
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5
- Portfolio
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4
- Exits
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1
Kunal Upadhyay General Information
Description
Mr. Kunal Upadhyay is a Co-Founder and serves as Managing Partner and Chief Executive Officer at Infuse Ventures. He is a Co-Founder of IIMA Ventures. He is a Co-Founder and serves as Managing Partner, Board Member and Investment Committee at Bharat Innovation Fund. He serves as Senior Investment Specialist at ADB Ventures. He serves as Mentor and Advisor at Altizon. He co-founded and served as Chief Financial Officer at Piramal Sarvajal. He joined CIIE in 2007 and co-founded CIIE's investment arm, raising over $10 million for seed funding of high-tech ventures. He set up the incubator and seed fund - leading the incubation of investment in over 120 seed-stage ventures across the technology sectors. He conceptualized many initiatives at CIIE including the iAccelerator, The Power of Ideas, MentorEdge, Renewable Energy Search, and Stay Hungry Stay Foolish. He was a Co-Founder at Sarvajal, focused on the drinking water market, and also bootstrapped a campus social network and recruitment start-up. Prior to joining CIIE, he worked across continents as an internal strategy and operation Consultant with Citigroup and American Express. He serves as a Board Observer at Aspiration Energy Private Limited. He serves as a Member of the Board of Directors at Green India Building Systems and Services Private Ltd. He has several years of incubation, investment, entrepreneurial and consulting experience. He has an M.B.A. from IIM Ahmedabad, a B.Tech in Material Science from IIT Madras.
Business Details
Primary Investor Type
Corporate Office
- C/o Centre for Innovation Incubation and Entrepreneurship (CIIE)
- Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, New Campus (Vastrapur)
- Ahmedabad, Gujarat 380015
- India
Kunal Upadhyay Investments (5)
Company Name | Deal Date | Deal Type | Deal Size | Industry | Company Stage | Lead Partner |
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AlmaConnect | 18-Feb-2016 | Later Stage VC | Social/Platform Software | Generating Revenue | ||
Thrillophilia | 26-Oct-2015 | Other Restaurants, Hotels and Leisure | Generating Revenue | |||
Forus Health | 23-Dec-2013 | Diagnostic Equipment | Generating Revenue | |||
HashCube | 17-Jul-2012 | Seed Round | Entertainment Software | Generating Revenue | ||
MangoReader | Angel (individual) | Educational Software | Out of Business |
Kunal Upadhyay Exits (1)
Company Name | Exit Date | Exit Type | Exit Size |
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MangoReader | 01-Jun-2018 |
Kunal Upadhyay Investments by Industry, Year, and Region
Kunal Upadhyay FAQs
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Who is Kunal Upadhyay?
Kunal Upadhyay is an angel Investor who has made 5 investments.
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What kind of investor is Kunal Upadhyay?
Kunal Upadhyay is an angel investor.
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What does Kunal Upadhyay do?
As an angel investor, Kunal Upadhyay invests personal money into promising companies, typically in exchange for equity.
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What has Kunal Upadhyay invested in?
Kunal Upadhyay has made numerous investments in companies like AlmaConnect, Thrillophilia, and Forus Health within the Social/Platform Software, Restaurants, Hotels and Leisure, and Diagnostic Equipment industries.
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What has Kunal Upadhyay invested in recently?
Kunal Upadhyay's latest investment was on 18-Feb-2016 in AlmaConnect, a company within the Social/Platform Software industry.
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