Saurabh Khetrapal

PROFESSION: Angel Investment/Venture Capital/Private Equity; PASSIONS & PURPOSE: Wildlife Conservation/Photographic Safaris/Poverty Alleviation

📍 Austin, Texas Metropolitan Area, United States🔄 Updated September 2026💼 24 investments📅 25 years investing🗓 Last invested Apr 2023𝕏 @upgrade_to_unlock
VC🌍 United States20+ investments
24
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5
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25y
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Portfolio

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Apr 2023
https://tsochinese.com Tso Chinese Takeout & Delivery is an Austin-based modern take on the traditional Chinese restaurant and food delivery industry. We are a technology-based, online-only scratch kitchen Chinese delivery and takeout restaurant - all customer orders are placed on a custom e-commerce solution, then prepared and delivered from a local central kitchen. What sets us apart? 🚗 Free Delivery - Our in-house written codebase creates our efficiency so we can do deliveries for free 😮 No Tipping - We dont accept tips. Our W2 employees are paid living wages 🔥 Food should always be fresh. We only start working on it from scratch at the moment you place your order. The Tso Platform: Our custom built front-end and back-end software platform is designed to handle everything from the customers e-commerce experience, to the cooks kitchen logistics, to the delivery tracking. It allows for simple, scalable multi-location expansion, and is configurable to adapt to dynamically changing menus.
Investor
Apr 2022
Sonoma County wine brand that specializes in premium single serve wines. We have sold 5 million+ bottles of wine into hotels, mass retail, tasting rooms, grocery stores and our own DTC channels making us the 187ml bottle category leader. Proud to be backed by Goat Rodeo Capital, Springdale Ventures, JAM Fund, Terpsi Capital, Bridge Investments amongst others.
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Dec 2021
The largest platform connecting consumers with local labs. Partners include The Mount Sinai Health System, Kaiser Permanente, Michigan Medicine, Franciscan Health, Yale New Haven Hospital, SimonMed, and hundreds of large and mid-size healthcare providers nationwide. We make consumer health tests easy to access and navigate. Consumers can find a test in seconds and access Fitnescitys personalized analytics platform to track results. Join us in building the largest platform of wellness tests!
Investor
Aug 2021
Ceresa is the first truly inclusive leadership platform, designed from the ground up to serve all rising leaders. We help you keep — and grow — the incredible humans you’ve worked so hard to recruit.
Founding Committee of Beam Angel Network
Aug 2020
The woman entrepreneur is the center of our story. We know that when women succeed, everyone succeeds. Families prosper. Communities grow. We all win. Founded in 2014, Beam (formerly known as Women@Austin) was created after several of Austin’s most experienced female entrepreneurs and executives came together and decided they wanted to do something proactive to increase the ratio in women-led and founded Austin businesses with the goal to make Austin the most accessible, nurturing place for women-led businesses in the country. Whether it’s battling the funding gap (of the $100 billion in venture funding that goes to entrepreneurs in America, less than 3% goes to women founders) - or encouraging resilience, self-confidence, and conviction, Beam supports women entrepreneurs through a variety of resources. Beam builds a foundation of knowledge for women through ideas, expertise and resources, and assists their trajectory of business growth with access to effective programming. Our programming is varied and includes roundtables, workshops, and networking dinners with potential funders. The fundamental tenet of Beam is to create a sense of belonging, regardless of affluence, race or success level. Our networks are more brilliant through diversity and inclusivity. Beam empowers women to be remarkable catalysts and contributors to their families, communities and the broader economy. Beam is an initiative of Notley. The Notley team creates and supports ecosystems of knowledge, capital and collaboration to enable the purpose-driven people and organizations to scale impact and change the world.
Investor
Sep 2019
Golfinity's purpose-built, technology-driven performance, and development center create a one-of-a-kind golf experience that is changing the way the game is learned, practiced, and played. Through our world-class instruction and skill development experience (SDX), golfers of all ages embark on a journey to discover their passion for the game. The Golfinity Performance Club- home to 22 state-of-the-art golf simulator bays, a first of its kind super max dome theater, luxury membership lounge, open-air outdoor putting green, and more - opens early 2021.
Board Member
Oct 2018
Philanthropitch is a pioneering educational program that culminates in a social impact fast-pitch competition for innovative and scalable nonprofits. Philanthropitch was founded in 2013 as an internal, community engagement program at BuildASign, a startup in Austin, Texas. Philanthropitch has since launched into a national nonprofit platform, supporting 155 nonprofits and facilitating over $2.9 million in donations. We are proud to work alongside nonprofit organizations, corporations, foundations, and business leaders in Austin, San Antonio, Columbus, and Philadelphia to create sustainable and scalable impact. Philanthropitch’s signature pitch competition program provides nonprofit organizations with knowledge, collaboration, and capital to scale their impact. Competition finalists receive 1:1 coaching and educational workshops as part of Philanthropitch’s intensive training program. The Philanthropitch program culminates in a live pitch event where finalists have the opportunity to receive funding and exposure to new donors, supporters, and mentors that will support their impact efforts well beyond the competition. Past supporters have included Google, TD Bank, H-E-B, and Hulu.
Investor and Advisor
Mar 2018
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Investor
Mar 2018
Rocket Dollar makes it easy to unlock retirement savings. No longer trapped in traditional mutual funds, these savings can be used to fund a start-up, as a small business loan, peer-to-peer lending, buy real-estate, and invest in cryptocurrency. Founded in 2018, Rocket Dollar helps everyone access savings to follow their dreams. For more information, visit www.rocketdollar.com
Investor
Sep 2017
A podcast dedicated to sharing the stories of successful & inspiring women around the world, hosted by Melinda Garvey, owner of Austin Woman Magazine.
early stageMedia Production
Investor
May 2017
Parenting comes with a lot of questions. And with these questions comes doubt, anxiety, and sometimes even fear. Tot Squad is here to answer your pressing parenting questions by connecting you with our trained, caring parenting experts, from pregnancy through early childhood. Because every parent needs a squad.
Investor
May 2017
#BlazingSQL provides a #SQL interface to #ETL massive datasets directly into #GPU memory and the @RapidsAI ecosystem. Formerly @BlazingDB
Investor
Apr 2017
Since 2014, BlueCheck has produced a complete set of identity verification, age verification, online fraud detection, and ongoing Anti-Money Laundering monitoring modules that leading companies worldwide trust. We developed sophisticated Identity Verification Technologies and solutions like Lending KYC and KYB, automated digital verification, and deep fake analysis to address the growing necessities for regulatory compliance in digital commerce. With the launch of BlueCheck.ai, we will leverage our immense proprietary algorithms and prescriptive analytics to improve our client's financial and operational performance. Serving a wide variety of industries, our solutions are custom-tailored to the unique needs of our customers, including high-risk merchant payment processing, PACT Act, and eCommerce compliant offerings. - Ecommerce API and plugins for seamless, secure, instant online age verification - Personal record database navigation, - Remote photo ID verification - Custom verification solutions for various age-restricted industries Based in Austin, Texas, we are one of the fastest-growing software companies here, and we serve businesses all over the globe. We are always hiring great people!
Board Member
May 2016
For over six decades, Goodwill Central Texas has relentlessly focused on a single goal: Transforming generations by empowering people through education, career training, and work. We believe that education and work are the only true pathways out of poverty, and strive to provide opportunities for people in our community who face obstacles to sustainable employment: people who have disabilities, people lacking education, people with criminal backgrounds, people facing homelessness, and youth lacking opportunity.
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2023
Investor
Apr 2023
https://tsochinese.com Tso Chinese Takeout & Delivery is an Austin-based modern take on the traditional Chinese restaurant and food delivery industry. We are a technology-based, online-only scratch kitchen Chinese delivery and takeout restaurant - all customer orders are placed on a custom e-commerce solution, then prepared and delivered from a local central kitchen. What sets us apart? 🚗 Free Delivery - Our in-house written codebase creates our efficiency so we can do deliveries for free 😮 No Tipping - We dont accept tips. Our W2 employees are paid living wages 🔥 Food should always be fresh. We only start working on it from scratch at the moment you place your order. The Tso Platform: Our custom built front-end and back-end software platform is designed to handle everything from the customers e-commerce experience, to the cooks kitchen logistics, to the delivery tracking. It allows for simple, scalable multi-location expansion, and is configurable to adapt to dynamically changing menus.
2022
Investor
Apr 2022
Sonoma County wine brand that specializes in premium single serve wines. We have sold 5 million+ bottles of wine into hotels, mass retail, tasting rooms, grocery stores and our own DTC channels making us the 187ml bottle category leader. Proud to be backed by Goat Rodeo Capital, Springdale Ventures, JAM Fund, Terpsi Capital, Bridge Investments amongst others.
2021
Investor
Dec 2021
The largest platform connecting consumers with local labs. Partners include The Mount Sinai Health System, Kaiser Permanente, Michigan Medicine, Franciscan Health, Yale New Haven Hospital, SimonMed, and hundreds of large and mid-size healthcare providers nationwide. We make consumer health tests easy to access and navigate. Consumers can find a test in seconds and access Fitnescitys personalized analytics platform to track results. Join us in building the largest platform of wellness tests!
JobSiteCheck
Investor
Aug 2021
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