Subrat Pani
About Subrat Pani
Subrat Pani is a co-founder of OneAssist, a consumer protection and insurtech company based in Mumbai. He started it in 2011 with Gagan Maini. It sells device protection, wallet protection and related digital risk plans.
Before OneAssist he worked in retail banking and consumer goods. Crunchbase lists Godrej-GE, Arvind Mills, SBI-GE, ICICI Bank and Kotak Mahindra Bank. He was Head of Marketing at ICICI Bank. He holds an MBA from IIM Calcutta, and Crunchbase also lists NIT Rourkela.
He also mentors early-stage founders. His NIT Rourkela distinguished alumni profile says he has mentored at the IIM Calcutta Innovation Park incubator since 2016. It also lists Catapult, the Mahindra Logistics startup incubator, and Conquest, the BITS Pilani startup accelerator. A 2025 Onmanorama profile says he advises founders on go-to-market strategy, fundraising and product-market fit.
Public databases list a small number of personal investments. Crunchbase records an angel round in Turms Intelligent Apparels in October 2018 and a seed round in Upswing Financial Technologies in February 2022. PitchBook shows four investments: EasyRewardz (2017), Turms (2018), Wesense.ai (2019) and Upswing (2022). It also records one exit, Wesense.ai.
The databases disagree on dates and counts, and they do not publish his check sizes. His list may be incomplete.
His AI investment in public sources is Sortmyprep, a Mumbai-based vertical AI platform for school exam preparation. The company raised about $350,000 in pre-seed funding in July 2026. Pani was named among the angels, alongside Boman Irani, Sameer Mehta, Rohini Kasturi and Ranjit Pawar. The company's earlier institutional backer was PIEDS, the BITS Pilani incubator.
Sortmyprep's product, Sorty, is a curriculum-aligned conversational AI tutor with personalised study plans and doubt resolution. Funding will go toward its AI infrastructure, curriculum coverage and growth in India and abroad.
Pani was also announced as a speaker on a panel called AI in Everyday Life at Techspectations 2025.
Public records show early-stage investing: angel, seed and pre-seed rounds. The companies are Indian, and the sectors include apparel technology, fintech software, productivity software and AI edtech. Pani has not publicly stated a check size, a target stage range or a thesis, so none is given here. His mentoring work centres on go-to-market, fundraising and product-market fit.
- Sortmyprep: AI exam-prep tutor for school students, with a $350,000 pre-seed round in July 2026.
- Upswing Financial Technologies: financial software company, seed round in 2022 (Crunchbase and PitchBook).
- Turms Intelligent Apparels: apparel company, angel round in October 2018 (Crunchbase and PitchBook).
- Wesense.ai: business software company, listed by PitchBook as a 2019 investment and an exit.
- EasyRewardz: business software company, listed by PitchBook as a 2017 later-stage round.
- crunchbase.com/person/subrat-pani
- pitchbook.com/profiles/investor/235087-12
- alum.nitrkl.ac.in/Home/DistinguishedAlumniAwardDetails/245
- onmanorama.com/news/business/2025/02/01/subrat-pani-oneassist-founder-
- finsmes.com/2026/07/sortmyprep-raises-approx-350k-in-pre-seed-funding.
- app.dealroom.co/news/note/sortmyprep-raises-350k-pre-seed-for-its-ai-e
- linkedin.com/in/subrat-pani-5118704
Investing activity
Subrat Pani appears in 1 AI deal tracked by the Lounge deals desk. The rounds are mostly Pre-seed, with a median round size of $350K. The most recent is Sortmyprep (Pre-seed, $350,000, Jul 2026).
Subrat Pani most often invests alongside Rohini Kasturi, Rustomjee International School, Boman Irani and Sameer Mehta, and the companies they back on Lounge are mostly in AI.
Deals
Frequently asked questions about Subrat Pani
Who is Subrat Pani?
He is a co-founder of OneAssist, which he started in 2011, and an angel investor based in Mumbai. He previously worked in banking at SBI Card, ICICI Bank and Kotak Mahindra Bank, and he has an MBA from IIM Calcutta.
What AI startups has Subrat Pani invested in?
The AI investment found in public sources is Sortmyprep, an AI exam-prep tutor. It raised about $350,000 in pre-seed funding in July 2026, and he was named among the angels.
What stage does Subrat Pani invest in?
His public investments are angel, seed and pre-seed rounds. He has not published a formal stage focus.
What is Subrat Pani's check size?
His check size is not public. Databases list his investments without his individual amounts.
Does Subrat Pani mentor founders?
Yes. His alumni profile lists mentoring roles at the IIM Calcutta Innovation Park incubator, Catapult and Conquest, and a 2025 profile says he advises on go-to-market, fundraising and product-market fit.
How can founders contact Subrat Pani?
His public professional profile is on LinkedIn. No personal website or X account was found.
Is Subrat Pani an angel investor?
Yes. Subrat Pani invests personally as an angel.
What AI companies has Subrat Pani invested in?
Subrat Pani's AI investments include Sortmyprep. The 1 round on Lounge are listed on this page with amounts, dates and co-investors.
What stage does Subrat Pani invest at?
In the rounds tracked on Lounge, Subrat Pani has invested at Pre-seed, with a median round of $350K.
Who does Subrat Pani co-invest with?
Subrat Pani's most frequent co-investors on Lounge are Rohini Kasturi (1 deal), Rustomjee International School (1 deal), Boman Irani (1 deal), Sameer Mehta (1 deal) and Ranjit Pawar (1 deal).