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Calcutta Angels Network
Seed · Fintech · Kolkata
At a glance
- Stage focus
- Seed
- Primary sector
- Fintech
- City
- Kolkata
- HQ / office
- Ideal Plaza, 4th Floor, South Block, 11/1 Sarat Bose Road, Kolkata, West Bengal 700020, India (MCA registered office)
- Fund registered
- 2013
- Investments on record
- 19
- Corpus (as reported)
- Not disclosed (angel network; deals syndicated among member investors — no pooled fund/AUM publicly reported)
- Profile ↗
About
Calcutta Angels Network (CAN) is a Kolkata-based angel investor network founded in 2013 by Kumar Patodia, Pradyumna Dalmia and Raghav Kanoria, positioning itself as Eastern India's first/premier platform connecting veteran angel investors and mentors with early- and growth-stage entrepreneurs. It is registered with MCA (CIN U93000WB2013NPL193974, RoC-Kolkata) as a not-for-profit network company that syndicates angel deals among its members rather than running a pooled fund; in 2018 it partnered with Mumbai Angels. Reported portfolio of roughly 17-21 startups including IIMjobs, MCaffeine and LetsMD (these three independently confirmed across Tracxn, Crunchbase, CB Insights and Inc42). The network's founders later launched the Neoleap accelerator in Kolkata.
Investment focus
Seed / early-stage angel investing; stage- and sector-agnostic with reported activity in fintech, edtech, e-commerce, enterprise tech, healthtech and consumer brands; primarily Eastern India / pan-India startups
Cheque size
~USD 337K average seed round size (network co-investment; not a fixed fund cheque)
As compiled from public sources — verify with the investor.
SEBI registration
Not a SEBI AIF / offshore — reported as “Angel network”
SIDBI Fund of Funds
None found — operates as a private angel network; no SIDBI/government/DFI LP relationship found (and not structured as a fund-of-funds recipient)
Notable portfolio
IIMjobs (acquired by Info Edge, 2019); MCaffeine; LetsMD; iKure; Logic Roots; Xcode Life; CoHo; Catapooolt
Team & organisation
Small core; key principals Rahul Kayan, Pradyumna Dalmia, Raghav Kanoria (directors)
Angel network / platform — incorporated as Section 8 company (CIN U93000WB2013NPL193974, est. 2013), Kolkata; NOT a SEBI-registered AIF. Note: official domain calcutta-angels.com is parked/for-sale (defunct)
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Frequently asked
- What does Calcutta Angels Network invest in?
- Seed / early-stage angel investing; stage- and sector-agnostic with reported activity in fintech, edtech, e-commerce, enterprise tech, healthtech and consumer brands; primarily Eastern India / pan-India startups
- What cheque size does Calcutta Angels Network write?
- As compiled from public sources: ~USD 337K average seed round size (network co-investment; not a fixed fund cheque)
- How do I pitch Calcutta Angels Network through iHub India?
- Create a free startup account, open a funding round, and send a structured pitch from this profile. If the investor accepts, contact details are shared and the conversation moves into a tracked deal room.
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About this record
- ⚑ DEAD WEBSITE: hinted domain calcutta-angels.com returns HTTP 307 redirect to forsale.godaddy.com — domain is parked/for-sale; the firm has NO functioning official website. EMAIL UNVERIFIABLE: emails found (info@ / [contact on file]) sit on the dead domain and only appear on third-party scraper sites — blanked, not output. ACTIVITY/STATUS WARNING: appears largely dormant — Inc42 shows 0 recent investments; no public activity in recent years; verify the entity is still operational before engaging. Registered as a not-for-profit network company (CIN suffix NPL) but it is a PRIVATE, member-run angel network — NOT a government/DFI/public-university vehicle. NAME-COLLISION CAUTION: a separate "IIM Calcutta Angels Network (IIM-CAN)" entity exists in some databases — distinct from this firm; do not conflate. No fraud found, but proceed with caution given dead web presence.
Compiled from public sources as of 2026-07. iHub India lists investors neutrally and does not endorse, rank, or verify investment terms — confirm all details directly with the investor before transacting.
Sources: https://www.zaubacorp.com/CALCUTTA-ANGELS-NETWORK-U93000WB2013NPL193974; https://in.linkedin.com/company/calcutta-angels-network