Shailesh Kumar

Active Investor

Angel investor in Hyderabad

Hyderabad, Telangana

Shailesh Kumar, Angel investor in Hyderabad is an active investor based in Hyderabad, Telangana. This profile covers what Shailesh Kumar backs, at which stage, and how founders can reach out in 2026.

Dr. Shailesh Kumar serves as Chief Data Scientist, Center of Excellence in AI/ML at Jio. He is an Angel Investor. He served as Advisor at ZipLoan. He serves as Vice President at Ola Cabs. He was formerly the Vice President at Ola Cabs where he worked on several computer science, machine learning, artificial intelligence and optimization issues in fleet management. He was also the Chief Scientist and Co- Founder of Third Leap - an EdTech startup that uses AI to create personalized math guides. Prior to this, Dr. Kumar worked at Google on a variety of products at Google involving Information Retrieval, Enterprise Search, Legal E-Discovery, Natural Language Understanding (Phrase Discovery, Word Sense Disambiguation), Computer Vision, Knowledge Graph Mining, Conversation Modelling, and Deep Learning on Text and Vision.

Investor type
Angel
Stages
Early Stage Venture
Invests in
Consumer & RetailDeveloper Tools & DataEdTechMedia & ContentSports & FitnessMarketing & AdTechHR & Future of WorkImpact & Social Enterprise
Location
Hyderabad, Telangana
Typical check
$500K
Past investments
3

Notable investments

ZipLoanShortTokFICO®

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What does Shailesh Kumar invest in?

Shailesh Kumar invests in Consumer & Retail, Developer Tools & Data, EdTech and Media & Content, typically at Early Stage Venture. Match your sector and stage, then reach out with a personalized pitch.

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Shailesh Kumar typically invests at Early Stage Venture. Lead with traction that fits the stage when you reach out.

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Shailesh Kumar typically writes checks around $500K. Use it as a signal for whether your raise fits their stage.

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