Tushar Lunkad

Investor & Mentor

📍 India🔄 Updated October 2026💼 6 investments📅 5 years investing🗓 Last invested Oct 2023
Angel investor🌍 India
6
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Oct 2023
OnFinance AI is building the future of regulatory intelligence with domain-tuned Generative AI for the financial sector. We develop explainable, secure, and regulation-aligned AI agents for internal teams at banks, asset managers, stock exchanges, and insurers. Our proprietary vertical LLM - NeoGPT, Indias first BFSI-focused language model, powers over 70+ on-premises AI agents across 40+ regulator and governance domains (SEBI, RBI, NSE, BSE, FINRA, SEC, FCA, SAMA, MAS, NPCI, RBA, IRDAI, TRAI, FDIC, NSE Clearing Limited, AMFI, OSFI, FCAC, Financial Services Commission (FSC), Mauritius Revenue Authority (MRA), Registrar of Companies (ROC), Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA), Registrar of Companies (DIFC), Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (IRAS), Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority (ACRA), Cayman Islands Monetary Authority (CIMA), Department for International Tax). These agents cover: 1.) Compliance Automation: Including Circular Management, AML, KYC, broker/MFD/adviser compliance, Cybersecurity, employee trade surveillance, and more. 2.) Audit Intelligence: Clause-level assessments, control checks, internal audit readiness. 3.) Market & Conduct Risk Monitoring: Real-time tools for insider trading, market manipulation, and social media surveillance. 4.) Research Automation: For DRHP, ESG-BRSR, annual reports, earnings calls, and more. 5.) Credit Underwriting AI: Risk scoring and automated credit memos. Founded by BITS Pilani alumni and ex-HSBC, Barclays, WorldQuant, Nutanix professionals, we are backed by top investors like Silverneedle Ventures, IAN, LV Fund, Kunal Shah (CRED) and have been incubated by JioGenNext, T-Hub, PayU, IFSCA, and ICICI Bank. Milestones: - Featured in Forbes Asia 30 Under 30 (2024) - Recognized by Microsoft as an “AI First Mover” - Listed in Inc42’s Top 30 Hottest Startups - ISO 27001 & SOC 2 Type II Certified The Reinforced Podcast: https://thereinforcedpodcast.onfinance.ai/
Investor
Nov 2022
At Kredily we are building the next generation platform to serve Indias 45 million strong SMB segment. Our freemium model makes HR and Payroll accessible to everyone. The employee-first approach is the core of our disruptive monetisation model of offering financial products to the employees. By providing free HR and Payroll solution to the companies we want to democratise HR Tech and Fintech for Digital India. We are backed by a top VC fund, and have 18000+ companies registered on our platform in a short span of two years. We are a startup that offers an exciting opportunity to build a product that impacts the lives of millions of Indians.
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Jun 2022
Celcius is India’s first and only asset-light cold chain marketplace with a web and app-based SaaS platform that brings the entire cold chain network online. Whether it’s matching a consignor with a transporter, optimising reefer trucking infrastructure, or allocating cold storage resources across India, we aim to seamlessly connect transporters and manufacturers of perishable products. Our platform serves key sectors such as dairy, pharmaceuticals, fresh agro produce, and frozen products, enabling users to book reefer vehicle loads and cold storage space anywhere in India while providing complete network monitoring via desktop or mobile. With the launch of our online platform, we have seen an overwhelming response from the cold chain industry. Within the first few months, we have registered hundreds of transporters and consignees, building a robust network of over 3,500 reefer trucks and 100+ cold storage facilities with load allocations across India.
Investor
Feb 2022
Driving Global AI Innovation with Advanced, Future-Ready Solutions. InfoBay.AI empowers enterprises and AI visionaries to design, refine, and scale the next generation of intelligent systems. By uniting cutting-edge research with real-world execution, we accelerate breakthroughs in AI reasoning, problem-solving, and complex programming capabilities. Our expertise spans robust data infrastructure, human-in-the-loop pipelines, and sophisticated post-training optimization—enabling AI labs and businesses worldwide to strengthen their models, enhance performance, and stay ahead in an increasingly competitive innovation landscape.
Angel Investor
Dec 2021
Finding gaming tournaments isn’t enough for gamers. They’re constantly looking for new players, challenges, content, and games—something that most social media platforms, chat groups, and game developers struggle to deliver. EsportsXO goes beyond discovery. We empower gamers to find, compete, get rewarded, and build their own communities—all in one place. For game developers, we accelerate game and content distribution using our proprietary data-driven technology, which predicts user behavior to optimize user acquisition and engagement for developers and brands.
Angel Investor
Sep 2021
GameEon is based in the sleepless city of Mumbai, India and deals mainly in game development. We are a game development based company and our products have been launched on PlayStore and iTunes AppStore. We also work closely with clients to develop games for them. Weve been making games since 2013.
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2023
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Oct 2023
OnFinance AI is building the future of regulatory intelligence with domain-tuned Generative AI for the financial sector. We develop explainable, secure, and regulation-aligned AI agents for internal teams at banks, asset managers, stock exchanges, and insurers. Our proprietary vertical LLM - NeoGPT, Indias first BFSI-focused language model, powers over 70+ on-premises AI agents across 40+ regulator and governance domains (SEBI, RBI, NSE, BSE, FINRA, SEC, FCA, SAMA, MAS, NPCI, RBA, IRDAI, TRAI, FDIC, NSE Clearing Limited, AMFI, OSFI, FCAC, Financial Services Commission (FSC), Mauritius Revenue Authority (MRA), Registrar of Companies (ROC), Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA), Registrar of Companies (DIFC), Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (IRAS), Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority (ACRA), Cayman Islands Monetary Authority (CIMA), Department for International Tax). These agents cover: 1.) Compliance Automation: Including Circular Management, AML, KYC, broker/MFD/adviser compliance, Cybersecurity, employee trade surveillance, and more. 2.) Audit Intelligence: Clause-level assessments, control checks, internal audit readiness. 3.) Market & Conduct Risk Monitoring: Real-time tools for insider trading, market manipulation, and social media surveillance. 4.) Research Automation: For DRHP, ESG-BRSR, annual reports, earnings calls, and more. 5.) Credit Underwriting AI: Risk scoring and automated credit memos. Founded by BITS Pilani alumni and ex-HSBC, Barclays, WorldQuant, Nutanix professionals, we are backed by top investors like Silverneedle Ventures, IAN, LV Fund, Kunal Shah (CRED) and have been incubated by JioGenNext, T-Hub, PayU, IFSCA, and ICICI Bank. Milestones: - Featured in Forbes Asia 30 Under 30 (2024) - Recognized by Microsoft as an “AI First Mover” - Listed in Inc42’s Top 30 Hottest Startups - ISO 27001 & SOC 2 Type II Certified The Reinforced Podcast: https://thereinforcedpodcast.onfinance.ai/
2022
Investor
Nov 2022
At Kredily we are building the next generation platform to serve Indias 45 million strong SMB segment. Our freemium model makes HR and Payroll accessible to everyone. The employee-first approach is the core of our disruptive monetisation model of offering financial products to the employees. By providing free HR and Payroll solution to the companies we want to democratise HR Tech and Fintech for Digital India. We are backed by a top VC fund, and have 18000+ companies registered on our platform in a short span of two years. We are a startup that offers an exciting opportunity to build a product that impacts the lives of millions of Indians.
Investor
Jun 2022
Celcius is India’s first and only asset-light cold chain marketplace with a web and app-based SaaS platform that brings the entire cold chain network online. Whether it’s matching a consignor with a transporter, optimising reefer trucking infrastructure, or allocating cold storage resources across India, we aim to seamlessly connect transporters and manufacturers of perishable products. Our platform serves key sectors such as dairy, pharmaceuticals, fresh agro produce, and frozen products, enabling users to book reefer vehicle loads and cold storage space anywhere in India while providing complete network monitoring via desktop or mobile. With the launch of our online platform, we have seen an overwhelming response from the cold chain industry. Within the first few months, we have registered hundreds of transporters and consignees, building a robust network of over 3,500 reefer trucks and 100+ cold storage facilities with load allocations across India.
Investor
Feb 2022
Driving Global AI Innovation with Advanced, Future-Ready Solutions. InfoBay.AI empowers enterprises and AI visionaries to design, refine, and scale the next generation of intelligent systems. By uniting cutting-edge research with real-world execution, we accelerate breakthroughs in AI reasoning, problem-solving, and complex programming capabilities. Our expertise spans robust data infrastructure, human-in-the-loop pipelines, and sophisticated post-training optimization—enabling AI labs and businesses worldwide to strengthen their models, enhance performance, and stay ahead in an increasingly competitive innovation landscape.
2021
Angel Investor
Dec 2021
Finding gaming tournaments isn’t enough for gamers. They’re constantly looking for new players, challenges, content, and games—something that most social media platforms, chat groups, and game developers struggle to deliver. EsportsXO goes beyond discovery. We empower gamers to find, compete, get rewarded, and build their own communities—all in one place. For game developers, we accelerate game and content distribution using our proprietary data-driven technology, which predicts user behavior to optimize user acquisition and engagement for developers and brands.
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