Konglo Ventures

Konglo Ventures is an angel investment network and consulting firm founded in 2013 in Kochi, Kerala, India by Vinod Jose and Vineet Mohan, NIT Calicut alumni. The firm is the leading angel network from Kerala, with a global community of 80 to 150 investors drawn primarily from the Indian diaspora across 15-plus countries. Vinod Jose brings over 15 years of international strategy consulting experience and is US-based; Vineet Mohan brings 14 years of international banking experience at HSBC and is India-based. Vaisakh Shankar, a former McKinsey consultant, serves as Partner. The firm also operates offices in Dubai and New York. Konglo has syndicated over $7 million into 24-plus companies, with typical seed-stage round sizes of approximately $532,000. The network has secured four exits with a realized IRR exceeding 31 percent. The first angel cheque went to CareStack, a US dental practice management SaaS, which returned approximately 13x for early investors. The broader portfolio includes one unicorn (as of January 2026) and named companies such as Seekho, JUST Egg, Aisle, BuildNext, Cookd, and Woolly, spanning SaaS, e-commerce, healthtech, food, and edtech sectors. Beyond investment syndication, Konglo operates a consulting vertical that supports companies across the 0-to-1, 1-to-10, and 10-to-100 stages of growth. Vinod Jose has co-founded Callapina Capital, which has invested $9 million across 30-plus India-US startups overall. The firm's combination of diaspora capital, cross-border networks, and operational consulting gives it a differentiated position in the Kerala and broader Indian startup ecosystem.