Anuj Golecha

Co-Founder at Venture Catalysts, 9Unicorns, Beams, Elev8 and Spyre. Partner at Banshi Jain & Associates, Owner of Samyakth Group. 100+ Successful Startup Investments. Member of EO Mumbai and YPO Mumbai Connect

📍 Mumbai, Maharashtra, India🔄 Updated September 2026💼 8 investments📅 14 years investing🗓 Last invested Sep 2018
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Angel Investor
Oct 2017
Koinex is Indias most advanced digital assets exchange. Buy, sell and trade in the worlds fastest growing assets: cryprocurrencies and tokens. Koinexs mission is to fuel blockchain powered internet in India.
Angel Investor
Aug 2017
Supr Daily is a daily delivery service pioneering the grocery revolution in India. We deliver eggs, bread, fruits, veggies, cooking essentials, baby care, pet needs and more to your doorstep by 7 am, daily. Our service is currently available in Mumbai, Pune, Bengaluru, Delhi, Noida, Gurgaon, Chennai & Hyderabad. Supr Daily, now a part of the Swiggy family, shares Swiggys mission to not only offer unparalleled convenience to our customers but also a productive and fulfilling experience for our employees. However, Supr daily continues to operate as an independent app that can be used for ordering groceries which will be delivered by 7am daily. Swiggy is different from Supr Daily and will continue to be so. We take pride in the 1.5 million+ happy households who count on Supr Daily to deliver their grocery needs fresh & daily by 7 am. Our everyday motto of “Do more, with less”, is a belief that Supr Daily ensures you have less to worry about, and more time to spend doing the things you love. We at Supr Daily, are constantly innovating and working endlessly to help our customers experience a fresh & stress-free start to their day, one delivery at a time. Want to join the journey and become a part of the Supr family? Get in touch at careers@suprdaily.com.
Angel Investor
Nov 2016
Fynd is Indias largest omnichannel ecosystem and multi-platform tech company. Headquartered in Mumbai and founded by Farooq Adam, Harsh Shah, and Sreeraman MG in 2012. We have modernized retail strategies for more than 1000 brands & created a rich suite of tech products. Rooted in technology & innovation, we have products in applied machine learning, big data, gaming+crypto, image editing, and learning space. Our constant innovation and expertise in technology has been noticed worldwide. Fynd made it to Fast Companys list of Top 10 most innovative Asia-Pacific companies of 2022. We are a fast growing team of 1000+ fun, skilled and ambitious people. We explore the unexplored, innovate unafraid, and have the time of our life while we do. Be a part of the new. Join us. For more information about our products, visit us at www.fynd.com
Angel Investor
Sep 2016
E-commerce in India is growing but its only benefiting big retailers and brands. What about small businesses and offline stores? Thats why we exist, CoutLoot is Indias largest offline to online (O2O) social commerce platform which lets anyone sell online across the country directly to buyers who can simply bargain and shop online from the sellers! Were helping the real Bharat do commerce online just exactly how its been happening offline!
Angel Investor
Aug 2016
Have you ever wondered why greatness comes so naturally to the bearded? Why every kickass, creative, awesome man you know sports some form of a beard or the other? Or why history's most awesome personalities were bearded? We did too. Then we decided to sprout our own. While we went through the motions of growing our beards, we tried looking for products that would help us maintain and groom our beards. Beardo was born out of the lack of options for the discerning urban male, who likes to grow and maintain his beard, but has no alternative other than using ordinary oils or incompatible products. At Beardo we use the choicest ingredients and quality controlled manufacturing processes to give the bearded man, the products he needs to ensure that his face mane, is pampered, soft, shiny and smells impeccable.
Angel Investor
Jul 2016
We build beautiful offices and coworking spaces for businesses in India. Innov8 is a workspace and community startup based in India. Indias Most Loved workspaces and coworking spaces. Innov8 Coworking is the first of its kind Thought space in India. We encourage community engagement of like-minded individuals from any space, whether they are founders, investors, freelancers, creators or just want to work in a highly productive zone. Innov8 boasts of the most premium work culture, ergonomically and innovatively. We currently have centers across India - Delhi, Noida, Gurgaon, Mumbai, Navi Mumbai, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Chennai and Pune
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2012
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Co- Founder and IC member
Jan 2024
Spyre VC, Indias 1st Proptech fund, is slated to have a $50Mn corpus along with a green shoe of $50Mn. Focused on nurturing startups in the Indian landscape, beyond investors, we are strategic partners to foster innovation across the real estate space and its ancillaries. The fund is backed by Venture Catalysts, Indias 1st Multistage VC Fundhouse, with an exclusive partnership with CREDAI for this initiative. Some of our prominent anchor investors include Neovon and leading real estate developers.
2023
Co- Founder and IC member
Jan 2023
Elev8 VP is an India-Focused $200Mn Technology Growth Stage Fund. Elev8 will focus on Series B and C rounds of financing in Hyper Growth companies. The Fund backs teams that aim to create high growth yet sustainable businesses. Elev8 is also Indias first Pro Rata fund which has access to oversubscribed rounds of India’s top technology companies by investing alongside top-tier growth funds.
2021
Co-Founder
Jul 2021
Beams Fintech Fund is the First Fintech Focused Growth Capital fund for India offering Ecosystem, Value Add & Capital to support the Fintech founders of tomorrow. Beams Fintech Fund is backed by Venture Catalysts, it’s a first sector focused Growth Capital Fund by the Group & second fund from their platform after 9 Unicorns Accelerator Fund Beams Fintech Fund is Co-Founded by Sagar Agarvwal, Dr Apoorva Sharma, Anuj Golecha, Anil Jain and Gaurav Jain,. Sagar has held Senior positions & built Investment Management firms over the last 15 years covering Emerging markets of India, Asia, Middle East & Africa. Founders have huge experience in the asset management space having built investment management firms over the last 20 years covering Emerging markets of India, Asia, Middle East & Africa. Founders have advised on more than $700 Mn+ of invested capital across 250+ investments, 50+ exits & liquidity events, $4 Bn in portfolio value creation. Founders have backed 30+ Fintech/FS Companies in India till date, created $3 Bn in portfolio value, returns ranging from 1.3x to 197x Our key focus areas are Embedded Finance, SAAS Products or Technologies for the Incumbents & Disrupting the Incumbents, Global Enterprises SAAS, Open Banking & Digital Financial Inclusion We have built an Alliance network of Banks, Fintechs, NBFCs, Fintech Founders, Mentors, Advisors & Portfolio Support Group from the Financial Services & Fintech Industry to provide maximum value add to the Fund’s portfolio companies Founders key current & past Fintech/FS investments include BharatPe, Dukaan, Flobiz, Esskay Fincorp, Suryoday, Centrum Forex, MFS Africa, GetVantage, Sarva, Impact Guru, Creditwise, OTO, Liquiloans, Lenden, Junio etc Venture Catalysts is the largest incubator & accelerator in India & third largest in the world. They have backed more than 200+ start-ups in India, syndicated $250+ Mn of invested capital, created two of the largest Unicorns in India, has a network of 500+ Founders
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Jan 2019
100Unicorns - is India’s Largest Accelerator VC. The fund will operate uniquely as an accelerator & invest in very early-stage startups. It aims to disrupt idea stage funding in India by backing founders with early access to capital with mentorship. 100Unicorns has funded 145 startups & fuelled category leaders such as ShipRocket, VideoVerse, Zypp Electric, Renee Cosmetics, Assiduus, IGP - Join Ventures, Homeville, Alo Fruit, TruNativ, Rezolv.AI, OTO Capital, Klub, Wiom, BluSmart, DrinkPrime, LeverageEdu, Prescinto & Rooter among others.
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