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Angel / Individual

Gaurav Munjal

Back passionate founders with disruptive ideas in early-stage technology, drawing on edtech and consumer-internet operating experience to mentor on product and scaling.

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Ticket size$50K – $200K
StagesPre-Seed
Sectors4 focus areas
01 — Snapshot

At a glance

Key signals founders use to decide if this investor is worth a conversation.

Ticket size
$50K – $200K
Stages
Pre-Seed
Sectors
4 focus areas
Themes
13 mapped
02 — Focus

Where they invest

Stages and sectors this investor typically backs.

Sector focus

SaaS / EnterpriseConsumer / D2CEdtechGaming / Media
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Lead / invest stages

Pre-Seed
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03 — Thesis

Investment thesis

Themes this investor is mapped to across the VC Dekho directory.

Back passionate founders with disruptive ideas in early-stage technology, drawing on edtech and consumer-internet operating experience to mentor on product and scaling.

Early-stage buildersFounder-led / operator capitalTech-first / product companiesIndia-first / BharatDeep science / hard techSaaS / B2B softwarePre-seed / day-zeroEdtech / skillingBootstrapped / profitability-firstGaming / mediaConsumer / D2C brandsAngel syndicates / networksMicro-VC / small cheque
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04 — Portfolio

Portfolio companies

30 companies mapped to this fund.

C
CA Intermediate
C
CBSE
Class 10
Edtech
Class 11
Edtech
Class 12
Edtech
Class 6
Edtech
Class 7
Edtech
Class 8
Edtech
Class 9
Edtech
D
Daily live classes
E
Educators
E
Exam categories
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ICSE
IIT JEE
Edtech
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IITJEE/NEET Foundation & NTSE - dormant
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Interact with Top Educators
L
Learn anytime, anywhere
M
Mins. watched
N
NCLEX RN
NEET UG
Edtech
N
NTA-UGC-NET & SET Exams
P
Practice and revise
SSC Exams
Edtech
T
Take Live Mock Tests
05 — Story

About Gaurav Munjal

Background and context for founders evaluating this investor.

Gaurav Munjal is the co-founder and CEO of Unacademy, one of India's largest online learning platforms, and an active early-stage angel investor. He began as a technologist and entrepreneur, founding the student-accommodation app Flatchat (acquired by CommonFloor in 2014) before building Unacademy — which started as a YouTube channel in 2010 and was formally founded in 2015 with Roman Saini, Hemesh Singh and Sumit Jain. Under his leadership Unacademy grew into an edtech unicorn, reaching a peak valuation of roughly $3.4 billion after a 2020 SoftBank-led round, and he has since steered it toward profitability while also launching ventures like Graphy and Airlearn. As an angel, Munjal has backed somewhere between 48 and 63 startups across India and the US, spanning edtech, consumer technology, SaaS, media and entertainment, enterprise software and gaming. His portfolio includes Pine Labs, Pratilipi, Ultrahuman, Rheo TV, TapChief, Lissun and Gully Labs. He typically invests at pre-seed and seed and is known for backing founders with strong conviction and product clarity, offering mentorship on scaling consumer products in emerging markets. As one of India's most prominent edtech founders and a vocal advocate for its startup ecosystem, his backing carries meaningful signalling value for early-stage founders.

He began as a technologist and entrepreneur, founding the student-accommodation app Flatchat (acquired by CommonFloor in 2014) before building Unacademy — which started as a YouTube channel in 2010 and was formally founded in 2015 with Roman Saini, Hemesh Singh and Sumit Jain.

Notes

Co-founder & CEO of Unacademy (founded 2015, edtech unicorn, peaked ~$3.4B). Earlier founded Flatchat (acq. CommonFloor 2014); also Graphy, Airlearn. Angel in ~48–63 startups across India & US. Portfolio: Pine Labs, Pratilipi, Ultrahuman, Rheo TV, TapChief, Lissun, Gully Labs. Ticket researched: typical first cheque $50K–$200K (Pipeseed).

Data confidence: Verified (web sources, 2024–26)

06 — Investors

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Early-stage buildersFounder-led / operator capitalTech-first / product companiesIndia-first / BharatDeep science / hard techSaaS / B2B softwarePre-seed / day-zeroEdtech / skilling
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