For Investors: IAN's Well-Honed Curation, but Your Investment Choice.
IAN Angel Fund is the Group's Evergreen Fund, providing the investor with the opportunity to leverage IAN's curation process and insights built over 2 decades, while retaining the decision to invest and build one's portfolio. However, in reality, almost 72% of IAN's curated deal flow has been oversubscribed in an average time of about 17 hours. This demonstrates the trust and confidence that IAN investors have in the team's curation and diligence.
It is no mean feat, as the IAN Angel portfolio has been continuously investing in "Best of the Next" companies across sectors, across India and Bharat, and across business models, be it revenue/profitability or IP portfolio. This necessitates the team to keep researching, curating, diligencing, and leveraging its domain and expert base of investors to guide the curation of investible startups. The IAN Angel fund is extremely active: Every alternate week, an investment opportunity is presented – these are not only well researched and diligenced, but also bring endorsement from India's most experienced angels. All of this is available at a click on the IAN App – which enables promoter- and peer-based investment!
Investment surely is not the end. The IAN team stays engaged with the company and its founders, helping them set up operational processes and governance frameworks, and ensuring regular communication. Regular engagement for investors with their investee companies is enabled: lead angels engage regularly at a deep level with the startups, while other investors have access to quarterly updates and biannual interactions with founders. IAN continues to represent the investors during next-round or exit negotiations.
For Entrepreneurs: Support Beyond Capital.
For entrepreneurs, being backed by IAN is more than a funding event. It is a signal that carries the credibility of two decades of institutional investing, opening doors to future investors, enterprise customers and top talent who recognize what the IAN name stands for. The IAN engagement is built on the 3Ms: Money, Mentoring and Market Access.
Money is not just the first cheque. IAN actively supports entrepreneurs through the full fundraising journey, from subsequent raises to non-dilutive capital pathways through their deep connections in the ecosystem, ensuring founders are not just equity-dependent.
Mentoring goes well beyond advice. IAN’s 500+ investors are operators, founders and CEOs who have built and scaled world class businesses themselves both in India and overseas, bringing domain-specific guidance through lead investors who stays deeply engaged, with the broader network accessible for specific needs.
Market Access is where the network truly comes alive, with warm introductions to potential customers, strategic partners, talent and global markets across 12 countries and 20 sectors.
What IAN focuses on as output is equally intentional: the 3Gs of Governance, Genuine Technology & Innovation, and Growth. From helping entrepreneurs build institutional-grade processes and practices early, to championing companies building innovative solutions, be it deep tech, AI-led innovations or IP-driven business models, the focus is always on companies that are sustainable and scalable, not just fundable.
IAN helps entrepreneurs during subsequent funding rounds, making strategic introductions and remaining an active partner through every inflection point. Beyond this, IAN-backed entrepreneurs become part of a community of 260+ portfolio companies across 20 sectors, a peer network of founders who have navigated similar journeys, and one that no term sheet can quantify.
The journey of support and guidance continues till IAN investors exit, and sometimes beyond!
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