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Lead Angels Network (now Lead Invest)

Pre-IPO / Late stage · IT / SaaS / Enterprise Software · Mumbai

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At a glance

Stage focus: Pre-IPO / Late stage
Primary sector: IT / SaaS / Enterprise Software
City: Mumbai
HQ / office: 1st Floor, A 102, Neelam Centre, SK Ahire Marg, Worli, Mumbai, Maharashtra 400030, India
Fund registered: 2014
Investments on record: 8
Corpus (as reported): Not publicly disclosed as a single AUM figure. Operates a SEBI-registered Cat-1 AIF (Lead Angels Fund, IN/AIF1/21-22/0936, managed by SVAAS Management Services Pvt. Ltd.). ~100 portfolio companies; reported historical IRR ~34% (2025).
Website: leadinvest.in (formerly leadangels.in)
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About

Lead Angels (rebranded to "Lead Invest" on 28 Feb 2025) is described as one of India's first privately owned angel networks, founded circa 2014-15 by a team originally from IIT Bombay. It is led by Founder and CEO Sushanto Mitra (first CEO of SINE, IIT Bombay's incubator). It runs angel deals plus a SEBI-registered Cat-1 AIF (Lead Invest nxtgen, managed by SVAAS Management Services Pvt. Ltd.) and a pre-IPO/unlisted-share vertical (Lead Pre-IPO), with chapters in Mumbai, Delhi, Ahmedabad, Bangalore and Hyderabad.

Investment focus

Seed / early-to-growth stage angel investing plus pre-IPO unlisted shares; diversified sectors incl. enterprise tech, fintech, e-commerce, consumer services, travel tech, spacetech.

SEBI registration

Not a SEBI AIF / offshore — reported as “Angel network”

SIDBI Fund of Funds

None found

Notable portfolio

Dhruva Space; PlanetSpark; ShopKirana; Skye Air Mobility; Supr Daily; Go Desi; Snapmint; Ockypocky

Team & organisation

Approx 44 employees on LinkedIn (company size band 11-50); core leadership incl. Sushanto Mitra (CEO), Sunil Gupta, Faisal Farooqui, Mohit Gupta

Lead Angels Fund — SEBI Category I AIF (Angel Fund, reg. IN/AIF1/21-22/0936), managed by SVAAS Management Services Pvt Ltd; angel network with chapters in Mumbai, Delhi, Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Hyderabad

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About this record

⚑ REBRAND: "Lead Angels Network" rebranded to "Lead Invest" (28 Feb 2025); current official site is leadinvest.in (old leadangels.in domain largely superseded). Firm has expanded beyond pure angel/early-stage into pre-IPO/unlisted shares and a Cat-1 AIF (partly later-stage, but core remains early-stage angel). Private firm (not government/DFI). No fraud or name-collision concerns identified. Minor: founding year cited variously as 2014 vs ~2015 in firm's own materials.

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://leadinvest.in; https://in.linkedin.com/company/leadangels