CA Ankur Surana

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๐Ÿ“ India๐Ÿ”„ Updated September 2026๐Ÿ’ผ 5 investments๐Ÿ“… 7 years investing๐Ÿ—“ Last invested Nov 2024
VC๐ŸŒ India
5
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1
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3
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Nov 2024
Sagar Defence Engineering Pvt. LTD. Is a highly skilled start-up, founded with an aim to provide new innovations and complete Unmanned Marine Vehicles solutions in Commercial, Defence, & Scientific sector. Our organisation is striving to meet the never-ending needs of technological competency in the Maritime sector, as even the smallest problem in water becomes very large and expensive to solve. A suite of self-tuning command controls has been developed and has undergone trials at sea on a range of vehicle modes. A dedicated command control board has been developed and used for remote control of surface vehicles. This offers heading, speed, depth, height and attitude control, together with dynamic positioning and hovering. Sagar Defence Engineering has become a pioneer by launching the first unmanned marine surface vehicle for Indian armed force. The companyโ€™s aimโ€™s to build systems and applications which caters for broad range of technology and innovative solutions for the Unmanned Marine, Submarine and Airborne industries relating to various commercial sectors like Oil & Gas, Inland waterways, Oceanography, Disaster Management and scientific research community at large as well Indian Navy, Coast Guard & Border Security forces. As a team, we have a firm belief that Unmanned system technology will not only save Time, Money but also Human lives in time to come.
late stageManufacturing
Angel Investor
Aug 2022
๐—จ๐—ป๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฃ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—”๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐—น๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ: ๐—•๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐˜€, ๐—•๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—™๐˜‚๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ At BetterSeeds, we believe the key to feeding a growing population lies in ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ผ๐—น๐˜‚๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜‡๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐˜€. Our innovative approach combines: โ€ข ๐—˜๐——๐—š๐—˜, ๐—ฎ ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—–๐—ฅ๐—œ๐—ฆ๐—ฃ๐—ฅ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—บ: This proprietary technology unlocks the true potential of CRISPR, allowing for precise gene editing in crops. โ€ข ๐—”๐—œ-๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—น๐˜€: We leverage artificial intelligence to design targeted edits, creating new traits that wouldnt be possible with traditional methods. โ€ข ๐—–๐—น๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ-๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฝ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜: Our focus is on crops that thrive in challenging conditions, requiring fewer resources and minimizing environmental impact. ๐—ฆ๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—™๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ ๐—•๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ง๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜„ BetterSeeds promotes practices that benefit everyone: โ€ข ๐—™๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€: Our crops are designed to be more productive and require less labor, empowering farmers. โ€ข ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—š๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—™๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฑ ๐—ฆ๐˜‚๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—น๐˜†: We aim to increase food security by developing robust crops that can withstand changing climates. โ€ข ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—˜๐—ป๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜: Climate-resilient crops and sustainable practices lead to reduced carbon emissions. ๐—๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜‚๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐—น๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ! Contact us today to learn more about BetterSeeds and how were building a more sustainable food system
mid stageFarming
Angel Investor
Jun 2022
Deyor is a lifestyle community for millennials who love engaging with each other through unique online experiences and tailored experiential trips. #Lifestyle #India #SoutheastAsia
Angel Investor
Oct 2021
An IIT Bombay based Product R&D start-up developing products around MEMS and Nanotechnology for Security & Surveillance, Hazard Detection, POC Medical Diagnosis and applied research areas. VISION & MISSION: NanoSniffs focus is to develop products around MEMS and NEMS devices, including fabrication of Micro-Sensors, Micro-Actuators and Smart Electronics through Innovative Product Design. HISTORY: NanoSniff Technologiesโ€‹ is a start-up incubated at SINE, IIT Bombays Business Incubator, and wasโ€‹ founded byโ€‹ Prof. Ramgopal Raoโ€‹ and Prof. Soumyo Mukherjiโ€‹, in 2011. โ€‹It was formed as a commercial spin-off from the Center of Excellence in Nanoelectronics (CEN) at IIT Bombay, and was formed to productize various technologies developed as a part of research work conducted at CEN. VERTICALS: To develop โ€‹MEMSโ€‹ and Nanotechnologyโ€‹ based products for applications in, โ€‹Sโ€‹ecurity and โ€‹Surveillance Hโ€‹azard โ€‹Dโ€‹etection Point of Care Medical โ€‹Dโ€‹iagnosis Education in Nanotechnology and MEMS Experimentation Applied research areas.
Angel Investor
Aug 2019
With the global temperatures rising everyday, our mission is to help adapt to sustainable solutions and reduce dependency on fossil fuels. In pursuit of our mission, we provide retrofitting solutions by making one of the most powerful electric power-trains on a scooter. To make affordability meet performance will always remain our primary mission.
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2024
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Nov 2024
Sagar Defence Engineering Pvt. LTD. Is a highly skilled start-up, founded with an aim to provide new innovations and complete Unmanned Marine Vehicles solutions in Commercial, Defence, & Scientific sector. Our organisation is striving to meet the never-ending needs of technological competency in the Maritime sector, as even the smallest problem in water becomes very large and expensive to solve. A suite of self-tuning command controls has been developed and has undergone trials at sea on a range of vehicle modes. A dedicated command control board has been developed and used for remote control of surface vehicles. This offers heading, speed, depth, height and attitude control, together with dynamic positioning and hovering. Sagar Defence Engineering has become a pioneer by launching the first unmanned marine surface vehicle for Indian armed force. The companyโ€™s aimโ€™s to build systems and applications which caters for broad range of technology and innovative solutions for the Unmanned Marine, Submarine and Airborne industries relating to various commercial sectors like Oil & Gas, Inland waterways, Oceanography, Disaster Management and scientific research community at large as well Indian Navy, Coast Guard & Border Security forces. As a team, we have a firm belief that Unmanned system technology will not only save Time, Money but also Human lives in time to come.
late stageManufacturing
2022
Angel Investor
Aug 2022
๐—จ๐—ป๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฃ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—”๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐—น๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ: ๐—•๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐˜€, ๐—•๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—™๐˜‚๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ At BetterSeeds, we believe the key to feeding a growing population lies in ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ผ๐—น๐˜‚๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜‡๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐˜€. Our innovative approach combines: โ€ข ๐—˜๐——๐—š๐—˜, ๐—ฎ ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—–๐—ฅ๐—œ๐—ฆ๐—ฃ๐—ฅ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—บ: This proprietary technology unlocks the true potential of CRISPR, allowing for precise gene editing in crops. โ€ข ๐—”๐—œ-๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—น๐˜€: We leverage artificial intelligence to design targeted edits, creating new traits that wouldnt be possible with traditional methods. โ€ข ๐—–๐—น๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ-๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฝ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜: Our focus is on crops that thrive in challenging conditions, requiring fewer resources and minimizing environmental impact. ๐—ฆ๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—™๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ ๐—•๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ง๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜„ BetterSeeds promotes practices that benefit everyone: โ€ข ๐—™๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€: Our crops are designed to be more productive and require less labor, empowering farmers. โ€ข ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—š๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—™๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฑ ๐—ฆ๐˜‚๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—น๐˜†: We aim to increase food security by developing robust crops that can withstand changing climates. โ€ข ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—˜๐—ป๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜: Climate-resilient crops and sustainable practices lead to reduced carbon emissions. ๐—๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜‚๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐—น๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ! Contact us today to learn more about BetterSeeds and how were building a more sustainable food system
mid stageFarming
Angel Investor
Jun 2022
Deyor is a lifestyle community for millennials who love engaging with each other through unique online experiences and tailored experiential trips. #Lifestyle #India #SoutheastAsia
2021
Angel Investor
Oct 2021
An IIT Bombay based Product R&D start-up developing products around MEMS and Nanotechnology for Security & Surveillance, Hazard Detection, POC Medical Diagnosis and applied research areas. VISION & MISSION: NanoSniffs focus is to develop products around MEMS and NEMS devices, including fabrication of Micro-Sensors, Micro-Actuators and Smart Electronics through Innovative Product Design. HISTORY: NanoSniff Technologiesโ€‹ is a start-up incubated at SINE, IIT Bombays Business Incubator, and wasโ€‹ founded byโ€‹ Prof. Ramgopal Raoโ€‹ and Prof. Soumyo Mukherjiโ€‹, in 2011. โ€‹It was formed as a commercial spin-off from the Center of Excellence in Nanoelectronics (CEN) at IIT Bombay, and was formed to productize various technologies developed as a part of research work conducted at CEN. VERTICALS: To develop โ€‹MEMSโ€‹ and Nanotechnologyโ€‹ based products for applications in, โ€‹Sโ€‹ecurity and โ€‹Surveillance Hโ€‹azard โ€‹Dโ€‹etection Point of Care Medical โ€‹Dโ€‹iagnosis Education in Nanotechnology and MEMS Experimentation Applied research areas.
2019
Angel Investor
Aug 2019
With the global temperatures rising everyday, our mission is to help adapt to sustainable solutions and reduce dependency on fossil fuels. In pursuit of our mission, we provide retrofitting solutions by making one of the most powerful electric power-trains on a scooter. To make affordability meet performance will always remain our primary mission.
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