- This transformation aims and equips Lead Invest to better serve investors by widening its horizons
- Offering a broader spectrum of investment opportunities ranging from early-stage startups to high-potential pre-IPO companies
National, February 27, 2025: Lead Angels, India’s pioneering, pre-eminent angel investment network, has announced its rebranding to Lead Invest, marking its evolution into a comprehensive investment platform with holistic offerings in India’s unlisted equity space. This transformation reflects the firm’s expanded, ongoing focus on late-stage pre-IPO investments, syndications, and next-generation startup investing, as compared to the previous years where they majorly focused on narrow focussed angel investments only.
With nearly a decade of operations and a strong track record of 100+ investments till date, Lead Invest aims to double down on its impeccable reputation for transparency, credibility and governance in the near future. To that end, following this rebranding, the firm has ramped up capabilities to facilitate exclusive access to high-growth pre-IPO opportunities, helping investors participate in companies before they go public – a segment that has gained substantial traction in our country in the recent years with lucrative potential returns year-on-year. Besides, they have also innovated structured investment vehicles with built-in diversification and risk mitigation capabilities, in a bid to make high-growth opportunities ranging from Funding in early stage bright Start-Ups to pre-IPO companies accessible to their network of investors.
Commenting on the rebranding, Sushanto Mitra, Founder & CEO, Lead Invest said, “We at Lead Angels have evolved from a pure angel network to now become a more comprehensive investment solutions provider committed to empowering investors and strengthening India’s private market ecosystem. To reflect this transition, we have rebranded ourselves into Lead Invest nxtgen – aligning with our expanded focus and future-ready nxtgen solutions for startup investing. This repositioning also reflects our commitment to offering contemporary investors access to high-quality opportunities across the entire startup lifecycle spectrum, from early-stage to pre-IPO. Through our platform which allows us to aggregate and deploy capital efficiently, we will continue providing curated investment opportunities across these different growth stages”.
Hanuman Tripathi, Manging Partner – Fintech, for Lead Invest added, “The world of angel investment is transforming. We are observing the shift in Investor preferences, over the last few years of a dynamic stock market. Investors are seeing value in tapping the unlisted equity market with an eye on the future with early exits, listings etc”.
The startup eco system funding is also going through a sea change itself. We have lots of funding opportunities from Bright Start-Ups coming to us where founders have a VC backing them up and there is a definite time frame in which their funding round needs to be completed with our participation. These are the times for high growth for good companies and they need quick & sure Investor backup.
Further, we see that founders wish to work with Investors who can partner their growth & strategy and give them access to overseas markets, network and new client acquisition.
This is the whole construct of the newly rebranded Lead Angels to Lead Invest. We are not just angels now, but a partner in growth for our start-ups and offering complete investment options in unlisted space to our discerning investors.
In this repositioning of the brand and business model, Lead Invest has introduced the below-mentioned key verticals under the aegis of its integrated model-
- Lead Invest nxtgen: A flagship offering by Lead Invest in our Cat-1 AIF, enabling high net-worth individual investors to make institutional investments into promising start-ups which are having high customer adoption and have a VC backing them. This product suits investors who are busy and don’t have time to sit in evaluations each time for smaller ticket size exposure.
- Lead Pre-IPO: Provides investors with exclusive access to curated companies/startups preparing for public listing at relatively lower valuation entry points and perceived tohave strong upside potential.
- Lead Advisory: Under this vertical, Lead Invest provides comprehensive growth advisory offering, including consulting, fundraising support, and support and strategies for improved market access and scaling primarily to its portfolio startups.
So far, Lead Invest has nurtured a robust network of 500+ investors and successfully invested in close to 100 startups across diverse sectors, helping them scale and achieve business milestones. With a historic IRR of ~34% and investments made through a SEBI-registered CAT-1 AIF, Lead Invest is poised to become a trusted, full-cycle investment partner.
About Lead Invest
Lead Invest (formerly Lead Angels) is a premier investment platform specializing in startups, pre-IPO investments, advisory services and cap-table management. Since our inception, we have invested in nearly 100 startups, facilitating high-growth opportunities across diverse sectors. With the mission to bridge the gap between investors and high-potential startups through a structured, data-dnnriven investment approach, we offer strategic investment opportunities with superior returns. In the long run, we envision becoming India’s most trusted and growth-driven unlisted equity investment platform, enabling high-value wealth creation.
For more details, visit www.leadinvest.in
