Connecting Founders with Investors from India’s Leading Institutions

IITM Angel Investor Network is an alumni-led startup and angel investing community that connects exceptional founders with experienced investors, entrepreneurs, mentors, and industry leaders from India's leading institutions.

Founded with roots in the IIT Madras ecosystem, the network is expanding to bring together members from IITs, NITs, IIITs, IIMs, IISc, BITS, ISB, and other leading institutions across India.

Our mission is to create a trusted community where great founders can access capital, mentorship, strategic connections, customers, talent, and future investors - while investors can discover and support promising early-stage companies.

One Network. Leading Institutions. Exceptional Founders.

Building a Connected Startup Ecosystem Across India

We’re building a cross-institutional community connecting founders, investors, entrepreneurs, mentors, and alumni from India’s leading institutions to support the next generation of startups.

Get Access to a Community of Investors

Startups founded by students, alumni, faculty, researchers, and members of eligible leading institutions can apply to join our curated startup pipeline.

Selected startups are presented to relevant members of our investor community through a structured startup brief.

No pitch events. No application fees.

Apply → Review → Evaluation → Curated Startup Brief → Founder–Investor Introductions → Investor Due Diligence → Investment Decision

Discover the Next Generation of Founders

Join a growing community of alumni, entrepreneurs, founders, executives, professionals, and angel investors from India's leading institutions.

Members can discover curated startups, connect directly with founders, collaborate with fellow investors, and participate in investment opportunities.

Investment decisions are made independently by participating investors.

Investment Philosophy

Founder-First. Institution-Connected.

We primarily focus on Pre-Seed and Seed stage startups. Institutional affiliation helps create the network connection, but it is not the sole basis for evaluating a startup. We evaluate founder quality, market opportunity, product innovation, scalability, business model, traction, technology, and execution capability. The network is sector-agnostic and evaluates startups based on their individual opportunity and potential.