Mr. Honish Zaveri is a successful IT professional who started his journey in Angel Investing in the year 2021-22 post Covid. He was and still is an avid reader about the Start-up ecosystem in India. He started with doing small investments in promising early-stage startups to understand Angel Investing process.

Over just 3 years, he has built a portfolio of 10 Startups in sectors like Drones, AI/ML, Quantum Computing, and Consumer Tech. Coming from a technology background, his investment thesis is more focused on Tech B2B startups.

But just investing in startups as a passive investor was not enough for him, and he started thinking about how he could contribute more to the startup ecosystem. He first became a Venture Partner to prominent Angel Funds and Syndicates, scouting startups looking for funding, and successfully helped a Protech startup based in Pune to raise funds. At that time, he started with the idea of starting his own Angel Investor community/syndicate. So, in January 2024, with just 4 family members to begin with, he started a WhatsApp group named Kiani Ventures. Over 1 year, Kiani Ventures has become a thriving community of 500+ members. Kiani Ventures is now a registered LLP firm and has also received the Startup India Certificate. We have successfully raised funds for Fluttr, a multilingual dating app built for Bharat, and many more success stories are in the pipeline. He is well-connected with the Investor ecosystem in India and regularly connects startups looking for funding with VC funds, Family Offices, and other Institutional Investors.

He is also a visiting faculty at Entrelogy Business School, teaching the subjects of Design Thinking and Angel Investing to the students. He has also successfully diversified Kiani Ventures in offering Pre IPO/ Unlisted Shares to its community members and has facilitated transactions worth more than 1 CR+ within the community.

He is not the person to rest on his laurels. He now plans to connect with Family Offices to help them invest in AIF funds. He is also planning to open an Angel Syndicate in US very soon. Also, he plans to diversify in other asset classes to offer to his Investor community which will help Kiani Ventures to become a full fledge wealth Management Firm.

His inspiring journey exemplifies determination, expertise, and sheer commitment to make India the Startup hub of the world. At IAF, we proudly celebrate him as a visionary leader who is contributing to India’s Startup ecosystem in a big way.