TiE Boston Angels is a group of accredited investors who provide funding and support for early-stage US companies. Beyond funding, we leverage the TiE global network to provide mentoring, networking and company scale-up support to help companies succeed.
For fund raising, we introduce entrepreneurs to investors through business plan presentations at our Investor Forum meetings held approximately 5 times a year. We syndicate deals with other TiE Chapter Angels and other investors groups.
Showcasing investment opportunities at Investor Forum meetings is by invitation only. Guidelines for applying can be found by clicking “Apply to Present”.
$22M +
invested in 68 companies
80 +
Investors
9
Deals in 2022
& 2 in 2023
CURRENT PORTFOLIO
TiE Boston Angels Leadership Team
Have questions? Get in touch with the TiE Angels team at tieangels@boston.tie.org
Alok Prasad
Chair, TBA Leadership Team
Alok leads TiE Boston Angels. He brings 25+ years of experience in founding, building and investing in software, digital infrastructure, and energy companies. He has built and scaled operations to hundreds of millions in revenues, supported the growth and operational improvement of private and public companies, and has helped and taken companies to exit and IPO. He managed the high return Beacon Photonics Venture Fund, a VC fund started with BU and Globalvest . Alok received his MBA from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and a B.Tech. from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India.
Satish Bhat
Member, TBA Leadership Team
Satish has over 25 years of global experience in strategy, operations, and organizational leadership with major consulting and software firms. Satish is currently VP of Portfolio and Services Growth of Jeavio, a venture services company.
Satish is an active angel investor and a Charter Member of The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE). He is part of the leadership team of the TiE Boston ScaleUp Accelerator. He has been an advisor to many startups in the Boston area.
Satish has an M.S. in Industrial Engineering from Louisiana State, and an M.B.A. from the Booth School of Business.
Anand Krishnamurthy PhD
Member, TBA Leadership Team
Venky Venkataramani
Member, TBA Leadership Team
Venky Venkataramani is a senior investment leader with 25+ years of experience. He managed fixed income research teams at Fidelity Investments for 15 years. He headed the FI Index strategy portfolio management team that managed $400+ Billions at State Street Global Advisors. He has been an active angel investor for many years. Venky is a member of Launchpad Venture Group and a CFA charter holder.
Joseph Falcao
Member, TBA Leadership Team
Joseph Falcao is a Global Finance Executive has 25 years of experience in a wide diversity of Industries and stages of growth. Three highlights: (i) Thrasio got the Unicorn status in 2 years along with Series C. (ii) Gabriel Software (SAAS) successful exit. And (iii) Stage Dunkin Brands IPO. He has held ex-pat roles in Brazil, Belgium, and Malaysia; Conducted business in Japan, China, The Netherlands, UK, and Spain.
Yash Shah
Member, TBA Leadership Team
Yash Shah is a serial entrepreneur, angel investor, product advisor and business executive with over 25 years of IT and software industry experience. He is the current President of TiE Boston. Yash’s most recent company, Jeavio, is a venture services firm. Yash has been a driving force from its inception, playing a critical leadership role in establishing Jeavio’s vision and strategy. Yash is also the Chief Technology Officer of SevOne, recently acquired by IBM. Prior to Jeavio, Yash sold the company he co-founded, InteQ Corporation, to CA Technologies. He is an active member of TiE Boston Angels with over 15 investments, and a TiE ScaleUp Mentor.
Myank Jain
Member, TBA Leadership Team
Myank is an experienced founder and entrepreneur having built the iQuest Analytics, Inc. Myank has held leadership positions at Boston-area companies that led to their high growth prior to founding Breeze. Myank holds a MS in Computer Science and is deeply involved in the MA tech innovation community. Myank is a recipient of the Internationally acclaimed Rotary Foundation Fellowship Award.
Ashish Singh
US-India Initiative Co-Chair
Ashish Singh was a Senior Partner at Bain & Company for 30 years, and is now an Advisory Partner at Bain. He served two terms on Bain’s global Board of Directors and led Bain’s global Healthcare & Life Sciences practice from 2012 to 2019. Ashish was also the Founder, CEO and Chairman of Bain India and led Bain India from 2004 through 2015. He built the foundation for India to become Bain’s largest office in APAC today. Ashish received his BA (Honors) from Harvard College, and his MBA (Distinction) from Harvard Business School
TiE Boston Angels US-India Initiative
Beyond seeking to invest in early-stage US companies, our new initiative explores co-investment opportunities in Indian companies registered in the US or India that are VC funded (ideally Seed or Series A) and looking to address US market needs and where TiE can be of value.
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