Anurag Goel

Active Investor

Co-Founder & Chairman at Cactus Communications

Mumbai, Maharashtra

Anurag Goel, Co-Founder & Chairman at Cactus Communications is an active investor based in Mumbai, Maharashtra. This profile covers what Anurag Goel backs, at which stage, and how founders can reach out in 2026.

Mr. Anurag Goel is a co-founder and serves as a Trustee at Plaksha University. Mr. Goel is the Co-Founder and serves as a General Partner at Cactus Venture Partners. He serves as a Board Member at Kapture and Scholarcy. He is a co-founder and executive chairman at Cactus. He co-founded and served as a Board Member, Chief Technology Officer, and Vice President of Software Development at Altierre. He also served as a Senior Advisor at Serendipity Capital. He has been the driving force in shaping the organization from a start-up to a global company with offices in Japan, the US, the UK, China, South Korea, Singapore, and India. Today, CACTUS is recognized for its benchmark people practices and was named India's Best Mid-sized Workplace by the Great Place to Work Institute in 2017. In the early days, he adopted a hands-on role by supervising delivery teams, defining quality standards, and directly managing top performers. Now, he focuses on strategy, business development, and grooming leaders to take CACTUS to the next level. Before establishing CACTUS, he worked for McKinsey & Co. from 1998 to 2001 (Amsterdam and India), where he handled projects in corporate finance and strategy for companies in diverse industries: logistics, metals and mining, steel, telecommunications, and financial services. He holds a bachelor's degree in economics from the Wharton School of Business and a BAS in computer science from the University of Pennsylvania. He is a graduate of the prestigious Jerome Fisher Dual Degree Program in Management and Technology. He also serves as a Board Member at Auric.

Investor type: Angel
Stages: Early Stage VenturePre SeedSeed
Invests in: Artificial IntelligenceHealthcare & BiotechBiotech & PharmaIoT & Connected DevicesEdTech
Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra
Typical check: $250K
Past investments: 6

Notable investments

Safe SecurityVarious StartupsMultibhashiHousenamaCelltheonMythik (Entertainment Software)

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