Jul 2023 – Present · 2 yrs 8 mos

• A private members' community for the top 10% of Indian tech founders and CEOs.
• Members (co-founders): Zomato, Noise, Shiprocket, CoinDCX, Ultrahuman, Ola Cabs, Country Delight, InsuranceDekho, Boult Audio, Rebel Foods, The Whole Truth, Blue Tokai Coffee, Bizongo and more.
• Backers (co-founders): Razorpay, Groww, BharatPe, Park+, Polygon, Mosaic Wellness, M2P, GoKwik, Tanmay Bhat, TechBurner, DeVC, Better Capital and more.

Feb 2022 – Present · 4 yrs 1 mo

• Where Indian founders get their first $1M fund to invest.

Sep 2020 – Nov 2020 · 2 mos

• ODA will help accelerate founders and experienced operators along the path to becoming successful angel investors, helping them build a co-investor network, hone their skills, and broaden their knowledge of trends and markets.

Aug 2020 – Dec 2021 · 1 yr 4 mos

• Southeast Asia's first micro-fund backed by top global founders. Investing in Singapore, Indonesia, Vietnam, Philippines, Thailand.

Jun 2020 – Mar 2022 · 1 yr 9 mos

• Advising Indian investments for Village Global - an early stage venture capital firm backed by Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg, and many more of the world's most successful entrepreneurs.

May 2020 – Present · 5 yrs 10 mos

• India's first micro-fund backed by top global founders and investors.
• Fund I: GoKwik, Privado, Velocity, Even, Enterpret, RocketLane + 30 more.
• Fund II: Rattle, Ultrahuman, Vetic, Park+, AppsForBharat, M2P + 30 more.

Jun 2018 – Feb 2022 · 3 yrs 8 mos

• Orchid - Keeping internet free from surveillance and censorship
• Dfinity - Unbounded and self-governing blockchain computer
• Origin - Protocol for sharing economy marketplaces
• Bitcoin - Decentralized digital currency
• Blockstack - Decentralized computing network and app ecosystem
• Terra - Price-stable cryptocurrency designed for mass adoption
• Dirt - Protocol for trusted data
• Conflux - Scalable consensus protocol
• nCent - Incentive market protocol for solving hard problems
• Chia - Energy saving proof-of-space protocol

May 2018 – Dec 2019 · 1 yr 7 mos

• CoinDCX is India's largest cryptocurrency exchange and is backed by investors such as Polychain Capital, Coinbase Ventures, Bain Capital Ventures, and BitMEX.

Jan 2018 – Jul 2023 · 5 yrs 6 mos

• World's largest startup platform — now in India — angellistindia.com

Mar 2017 – Jun 2018 · 1 yr 3 mos

Aug 2016 – Jul 2023 · 6 yrs 11 mos

• AngelList is the world's largest marketplace for startup investing and jobs. Time to bring it to India.

Jan 2015 – Jul 2016 · 1 yr 6 mos · New Delhi Area, India

• Let’sVenture enables startups looking to raise seed / angel money to create investment ready profiles online, and connect to accredited Investors. Backed by some prominent names in the industry like Ratan Tata, Mohandas Pai, Nandan Nilekeni, Kunal Bahl & Rohit Bansal, Rishad Premji, Accel Partners to name a few.
• Here to drive outreach to investors and startups alike by being the single point of contact for anything related to early stage fund-raising for startups and investor relations.

Sep 2014 – Jul 2020 · 5 yrs 10 mos

• Testbook is committed to bring one stop personalized learning experience to students around the world through its innovative software and quality content. Currently providing courses for engineering and banking entrance exams like GATE, SBI PO, SBI Clerk, CAT etc.
• Lead investor - providing advice on strategic direction while overseeing progress on milestone completion.
• Introducing company founders to potential investors, business partners, or discussing alliances.
• Interface between other angel investors and the company to tap onto investor base for strategic advice and guidance.

Aug 2014 – Mar 2016 · 1 yr 7 mos

• - Mumbai Angels is a unique forum where its members interact and exchange ideas and knowledge. The Mumbai Angels provides a unique platform to start up and very early stage companies by bringing them face to face with successful entrepreneurs, professionals and executives who are interested in and have the funds available to invest in start up companies.

May 2014 – Jan 2023 · 8 yrs 8 mos

• Pristyn Care (follow-on: Tiger Global, Sequoia, Greenoaks, Hummingbird) - Asset-light elective surgeries
• BharatPe (follow-on: Tiger Global, Dragoneer, Sequoia, Coatue, Beenext, Insight, Ribbit, Steadview) - UPI-based QR code payments for merchants
• CoinDCX (follow-on: B Capital, Bain Capital, Polychain, BitMEX, Coinbase) - India's largest crypto exchange
• Jupiter (follow-on: Sequoia, Matrix, 3one4, Bedrock, Nubank) - India's best neobank
• Park+ (follow-on: Sequoia, Matrix, Epiq) - Super-app for car owners
• Mosaic Wellness (follow-on: Elevation, Sequoia, Matrix) - Fulfilling your wellness needs
• Onsurity (follow-on: Nexus, Quona) - Employee healthcare benefits
• Arata (follow-on: DSG Consumer) - 100% plant-based personal care
• Sleepy Owl (follow-on: DSG Consumer, Rukam) - D2C coffee brand
• Sugar (follow-on: Elevation, A91) - Online cosmetics brand
• BukuKas (follow-on: Tiger Global, CapitalG, Sequoia India) - Tech stack for Indonesian MSMEs
• LogiNext (exit: Tiger Global, Steadview, PayTM) - Big Data for Logistics
• Betaout (exit: Bluecore) - Behavioural marketing personalisation for e-commerce
• Innov8 (exit: OYO) - Coworking spaces for developing markets
• Testbook (exit: Classplus) - One-stop online test preparation
• AdPushup (exit: Geniee) - Ad revenue optimization for web publishers
• Updated portfolio at angel.co/p/utsav-somani & utsavsomani.com/portfolio

May 2014 – Jul 2016 · 2 yrs 2 mos

• - Indian Angel Network is India’s first & largest business angel group which brings together highly successful entrepreneurs and CEOs from India and around the world who are interested in investing in startup / early stage ventures which have the potential of creating disproportionate value.

Jan 2012 – Jan 2016 · 4 yrs

• Family business holding company since 1994 with interests in various verticals like healthcare (300 bed modern tertiary care hospital in Lucknow), agro-processing projects in the African continent, garment manufacturing & commercial real-estate leasing.
• Supplying turn-key projects in agro-processing industry to West & East African clients; like paper production using cotton and plant waste, starch production from cassava, tomato processing, producing ethanol from starch, Kraft paper and corrugation line setup, setting up a chicken hatchery with German collaboration etc.
• Visited Rwanda, Guinea-Conakry, Ghana, Ethiopia to hold client meetings and further company's interests by doing local market techno-feasibility study and managing execution of agro-industry based projects.

Sep 2009 – Feb 2010 · 5 mos

• Converted client requirements into investment policy statements.
• Assisted on-shore portfolio managers in ad-hoc requests.
• Prepared and executed client presentations comparing performance against various benchmarks using tools like Bloomberg, Reuters Knowledge and FactSet.
• Recognised as Star Employee of the Month (MetroAtlantic Team).

May 2007 – Jul 2007 · 2 mos

• Restructured existing business process models and prepared technical documentation/manual.
• Received a Gold Award Certificate from university (recommended by supervisor at HCL) for excellent performance during the internship.

May 2006 – Jul 2006 · 2 mos

• Researched the performance of new financial instruments.
• Prepared portfolio statements and aid advisory services based on market expectations & movements.
• Revised the risk appetite documentation of clients.