Sayan Ghosh

ex-IFC/WBG, ex-Avendus IB, Loves building companies (2x), helping founders (24x7), playing chess (8x8) and investing to deliver 10x returns

📍 India🔄 Updated September 2026💼 18 investments📅 7 years investing🗓 Last invested Apr 2023
VC🌍 India
18
Total investments
6
Early stage
3
Mid stage
5
Late stage
7y
Years active

Portfolio

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Angel Investor
Apr 2023
We, at Praxia, understand that purchasing new equipment outright can be expensive, which is why we provide affordable leasing options to meet your business needs. Our leasing plans are flexible, and we work with you to create a plan that fits your budget and requirements. With our financial products-Conserve & Infuse, we assist customers in new asset leasing as well as sale and lease back of existing assets.
Angel Investor
Jun 2022
Amnic is a cloud cost observability platform, helping businesses measure and rightsize their cloud costs. Amnic delivers a deeper visibility into cloud bills by breaking costs down across a billing, technical and benchmarking lens. Organizations leverage Amnic’s algorithmic recommendations to optimize and lower cloud costs to build a lean cloud infrastructure. Amnic delivers a wide range of features including K8s visibility, cost analyzer, alerts and custom reporting, anomaly detection, budgeting, forecasting and smart tagging. DevOps and SRE teams rely on Amnic to deliver a simplified view into their cloud costs, allowing them to maintain governance and build a culture of cost optimization. Setup in 5-minutes and get 30-days of free trial. Visit www.amnic.com to get started. (hello[at]amnic.com)
Angel Investor
Mar 2022
ZippMat is your ultimate one-stop solution for supplies, focused on streamlining material procurement with speed, reliability, and efficiency.
Angel Investor
Dec 2021
SPRY Therapeutics, Inc. is the inventor of SPRY EMR, an integrated practice management solution that enables rehab therapy professionals to succeed in practice and in business—from the front desk to clinical operations to the back office. Built on a future-focused architecture, the SPRY platform adapts to the changing clinical and business needs of physical therapists, occupational therapists, and speech language pathologists. Since 2021, SPRY has earned a reputation for flexible workflow customizations, short migration times, and high-velocity claims processing—in one single platform, at one simple price.
Angel Investor
Sep 2021
Businesses like ChargeBee, Turing, Airbnb, CRED, and more trust SpotDraft to help: - Their in-house legal team automate repetitive, mind-numbing aspects of contracting and free up time so they can focus on high-leverage work. - Their business teams close more contracts on their own without depending on legal for every small edit and review. - Bring more speed, visibility, efficiency & structure to the entire contracting process, and more. Founded by a Harvard Law School lawyer and two Carnegie Mellon computer scientists, SpotDraft is the perfect co-pilot for your legal team that democratizes legal paperwork and speeds up the contract lifecycle.
Investor (Limited Partner)
Jun 2021
We are an early-stage fund, focused on startups that not only need seed capital but also require mentoring to catapult them to the phase where they are ready for a large venture investment. We are almost always the first institutional investor in a startup. We believe in getting deeply involved with the companies we invest in. We give our time, money and energy to the best in the business and invest in 3-5 companies in a year. We understand that entrepreneurship is a long and lonely journey and having multiple people spending sleepless nights on your business dramatically increases the chance of its success. All the partners at Prime Venture Partners are serial entrepreneurs with strong relationships in the Silicon Valley ecosystem. Their combined experience makes Prime Venture Partners a natural destination for the startups targeting global markets such as the US, Europe, Asia and Africa. Some of the exciting companies weve backed over the years include Ezetap, Happay, KredX, Moneytap, Niyo, HackerEarth, Synup, MyGate, WheelsEye and MFine. Our recent investments include: Perpule, SurveySparrow, Recko and OTOCapital. The Managing Partners, Shripati Acharya, Sanjay Swamy, and Amit Somani all have distinguished careers and bring deep experience in entrepreneurship and early stage investing. If you are an entrepreneur, we’d love to hear from you! More information - at www.primevp.in
Angel Investor
Jun 2021
We are Indias 1st brand that provides completely chemical-free beauty services at home. Our Process: We make fresh hair & skin products in our kitchen, under the guidance of Ayurvedic doctors. Our trained beauticians deliver services at home (like Facial & Hair Spa) using our freshly made products. Why is fresh important? Like fresh food is better for health, fresh beauty products are better for our hair & skin. Each time we use any product, our skin absorbs some of it. So it is safest to use fresh products, that contain no chemicals. Our grandmothers used pastes of herbs like reetha, shikaka, amla, besan, haldi, chandan right? One big reason why they had great hair & skin is because of pure, fresh products they used. Try our services done with our own fresh, safe products & see the difference for yourself!
Investor
Jun 2021
upGrad - started in 2015, is a pioneer in the online education revolution, focused on powering career success for a global workforce of over 1.3 billion. It is one of the few Integrated LifeLongLearning Tech Companies in the world, spanning the college learner to the working professional from the age group of 18 to 55+ years and across undergrad courses, campus & job-linked programs, studying abroad, short form to executive programs to Degrees, Masters and Doctoral, with a learner base of over 3 million across 100+ countries and over 300 university partners and robust enterprise business with a client base of 1000 companies worldwide. upGrad’s Global Learning Engine rests on four pillars: (a) its large repository of original & owned content and IP, (b) its own best-in-class proprietary tech platform, (c) its high-touch human-led delivery service backed by coaches & mentors, and (d) an 85% course completion track record, backed by a further 80% career outcomes guaranteed performance. Already termed Asia’s higher EdTech leader it has offices in the UK, U.S., Middle East, India, Singapore & Vietnam, and a presence in many more countries
Angel Investor
Apr 2021
Grip Invest is a one-stop destination for fixed returns. You can start your investment with just Rs. 1,000 and earn up to 8-12.5% fixed returns. SEBI Registration No.: INZ000312836, NSE Member Code: 90319 Our Offerings Include: - Bonds - SDIs (Securitised Debt Instruments): LoanX, InvoiceX - High Yield FDs The platform is trusted by a community of 6 Lakh+ investors, and has enabled investments worth ₹2,500 Crore (as on Nov25) since our inception in 2020. All opportunities available on Grip Invest are carefully selected by our in-house investment team and also receive credit-rating from independent rating agencies like CRISIL, ICRA, CARE etc. Grip Invest is backed by marquee investors like Venture Highway, Stride Ventures, LC Nueva, Anicut Capital, AdvantEdge, ITI Capital Limited, and Multiply Ventures. Key Milestones: - Listed the first-ever SDI on NSE in October 2022 - Launched 24X7 investing option for Indian debt market via AMO (After Market Order) feature - Launched Indias 1st privately-placed ₹10,000 face value investment-grade bond - Featured in leading publications such as Fortune, Forbes India, Business Standard, CNBC TV18, ET, Business Today, and Inc42 - Launched Sell Anytime to enable flexibility for retail investors - Was awarded the ‘ET NOW Top 100 BFSI Leaders 2025’ - Launched ‘Marketplace’ to enable liquidity for retail investors, where investors can buy bonds that others are selling - Launched SDI at just ₹10,000 under SEBIs new SDI regulations Why Choose Grip Invest: - SEBI-regulated platform - Earn high returns of up to 12.5% - Credit-rated investment instruments - Non-market linked assets - Rigorous due diligence
Investor
Aug 2020
Chaldal.com is an online shop based in Dhaka, Bangladesh. It is a service rooted on the idea that shopping for necessities should not be a burden. At Chaldal, we believe that time is valuable to our fellow Dhaka residents, and that they should not have to waste hours in traffic, brave the weather and wait in line just to buy some eggs – which is why we deliver everything you need right at your door-step and at no additional cost! Chaldal is a work in progress, and we hope to get better over time. We are firm believers in using technology to improve Bangladesh, and we will continue to invest all our effort in pushing the boundaries of technology in this country.
late stageRetail
Investor (Limited Partner)
Jun 2020
Endiya Partners is an early-stage VC fund focused on enterprise, industrial tech, healthcare and life sciences. We typically invest in Indian product startups with regional and global potential. Endiyas portfolio consists of category leaders such as Darwinbox, Cure.fit, Kissht, SigTuple, Zluri, Qapita, Eyestem, Sugar.fit, Mylo, Grip Invest and Scrut Automation. Our thematic approach to investing combined with our collective experience inbuilding and scaling companies enables us to catch long-term, market-creating trends ahead of others. We bring deep domain expertise, vast entrepreneurial experience, and a global rolodex to help realize our portfolio’s growth potential. Founded in 2015, Endiya Partners has $100M under management. For more information, visit: https://endiya.com/
Investor
Jun 2020
Founded in 2013, AgroStar is one of India’s foremost AgTech start-ups, working on the mission of Helping Farmers Win. AgroStar is an end-to-end solutions provider that is solving three major problems of farmers - limited access to good quality agri inputs, a gap in knowledge and information about scientific farming practices, and a lack of access to the best markets to sell their produce. Today, AgroStar serves millions of farmers across seven Indian states via an omnichannel approach. We have built India’s largest Agri Advisory Center, a highly engaged digital farmer network on the AgroStar app, with over 7.5 million users and a retail network of 7000+ stores (rapidly expanding). Through the acquisition of INI Farms, a leader in pomegranate, banana and fresh cuts exports from India, AgroStar is helping farmers sell their produce to some of the largest retail chains spread across 25+ countries in the world. Thus, building a full-stack model, solving for farmers’ problems end to end. Our platform, powered by data and technology, helps us to solve the problems faced by farmers at scale, thereby driving us closer to our mission of Helping Farmers Win.
Investor (Limited Partner)
Jan 2020
Its never too early to talk to us. Visit stellarisvp.com/team to get the conversation started! We are an early-stage, technology-focused, sector-agnostic investment firm. Established in 2016, we manage a corpus of over US$600M, and are currently investing out of a US$300M fund. We commit early, and are typically the first or second institutional investor that works with a startup. In our relatively short journey so far, we have partnered with 40+ businesses across a variety of sectors – SaaS, financial services, B2B commerce, consumer brands, social commerce, education, electric vehicles, healthcare, and more. We are already seeing market leaders emerge during this period – Mamaearth is India’s leading D2C personal care brand, Whatfix is one of the few category-creating SaaS companies from India. For more information on Stellaris Venture Partners, visit https://www.stellarisvp.com Twitter: @stellaris_VP
Investor
Dec 2019
Shadowfax is Indias Fastest Growing End-to-End fully integrated Logistics Provider. The only platform with capabilities to serve multiple categories- E-commerce & D2C, Hyperlocal & Quick commerce & Personal Courier. Building a better customer experience with a network of 2500+ cities & 18000 + pin codes, Shadowfax is a one-stop solution for merchants to deliver to customers. As Indias largest crowdsourced last-mile delivery platform, weve successfully shipped over 1 billion+ orders. Now experience Express Delivery from 1 hour to same-day and next-day services with the benefits of doorstep quality checks, instant refunds, and hassle-free returns at your fingertips with our optimized solutions. Our new identity Flash by Shadowfax(Personal Courier service)reflects the speed, reliability, and affordability that define our on-demand pickup and drop within the city delivery service. What truly defines us is our unwavering commitment to sustainability. Reducing carbon footprint with our Electric Vehicle Fleet, offering green solutions through eco-friendly scooters and vans, driven by our passionate executives. Join us at Shadowfax, where innovation meets reliability, and lets redefine the future of logistics together! 📦
Investor (exited)
Dec 2019
BYJU’S is a global ed-tech company, providing highly adaptive, engaging and effective learning solutions to more than 150 million students around the world. Founded in India in 2011, BYJU’S mission is to make high-quality learning accessible to students everywhere. The BYJU’S family of brands includes Disney-BYJU’S Early Learn, BYJU’S Future School, Epic!, Osmo, Tynker, Toppr and WhiteHat Jr, along with our beloved flagship product BYJU’S – The Learning App. Together, BYJU’S solutions support Pre-K – 12 education and a wide range of competitive exams. BYJU’S delivers a world-class learning experience with tools that sit at the cross-section of mobile, interactive content and personalized learning methodologies. BYJU’S geography-agnostic solutions and 12,000+ teachers make learning engaging, with visual and contextual programs that adapt to the unique learning style, skill level and pace of each student. In addition, we have innovative partnerships with some of the world’s leading companies, including Disney and Google, to drive engagement and help even more students become active and lifelong learners. BYJU’S is backed by blue-chip investors including the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, Sequoia Capital, Bond Capital, Silver Lake, BlackRock, Sands Capital Management, Alkeon Capital Management, Sofina, Verlinvest, Tencent, Prosus (previously Naspers Ventures), CPPIB, General Atlantic, Tiger Global, Qatar Investment Authority, Owl Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Times Internet, Aarin Capital and IFC. Since 2017, we have completed more than 15 acquisitions, including companies in the U.S., UK, Austria, India and Singapore. A 2021 Time 100 Most Influential Company, BYJU’S is headquartered in India, with operations in more than 21 countries globally and learning programs in multiple languages. For additional information, please visit www.byjus.com.
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2024
Co-Founder
Jan 2024
Ortella Global Capital (OG Capital) is a venture capital fund dedicated to co-building startups alongside founders. Focused on early and growth-stage investments in consumer and enterprise solutions, OG Capital provides funding and hands-on operational expertise to help businesses profitably hyper-scale to become the next unicorns. With a corpus of INR 300 Cr (US$ 36 Mn), the fund plans to invest in over 20 companies up to INR 15 Cr (US$ 2 Mn) each. OG Capital aims to deliver a 50%+ CAGR/IRR. Nothing herein constitutes an offer to sell, or a solicitation of an offer to buy, any security or product of Ortella Global or any Ortella Global-managed fund.
2023
Angel Investor
Apr 2023
We, at Praxia, understand that purchasing new equipment outright can be expensive, which is why we provide affordable leasing options to meet your business needs. Our leasing plans are flexible, and we work with you to create a plan that fits your budget and requirements. With our financial products-Conserve & Infuse, we assist customers in new asset leasing as well as sale and lease back of existing assets.
2022
Angel Investor
Jun 2022
Amnic is a cloud cost observability platform, helping businesses measure and rightsize their cloud costs. Amnic delivers a deeper visibility into cloud bills by breaking costs down across a billing, technical and benchmarking lens. Organizations leverage Amnic’s algorithmic recommendations to optimize and lower cloud costs to build a lean cloud infrastructure. Amnic delivers a wide range of features including K8s visibility, cost analyzer, alerts and custom reporting, anomaly detection, budgeting, forecasting and smart tagging. DevOps and SRE teams rely on Amnic to deliver a simplified view into their cloud costs, allowing them to maintain governance and build a culture of cost optimization. Setup in 5-minutes and get 30-days of free trial. Visit www.amnic.com to get started. (hello[at]amnic.com)
Angel Investor
Mar 2022
ZippMat is your ultimate one-stop solution for supplies, focused on streamlining material procurement with speed, reliability, and efficiency.
2021
Angel Investor
Dec 2021
SPRY Therapeutics, Inc. is the inventor of SPRY EMR, an integrated practice management solution that enables rehab therapy professionals to succeed in practice and in business—from the front desk to clinical operations to the back office. Built on a future-focused architecture, the SPRY platform adapts to the changing clinical and business needs of physical therapists, occupational therapists, and speech language pathologists. Since 2021, SPRY has earned a reputation for flexible workflow customizations, short migration times, and high-velocity claims processing—in one single platform, at one simple price.
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