# Neeraj Tyagi

> Neeraj Tyagi (1974-2025) was the Bengaluru-based co-founder and former CEO of We Founder Circle, and a co-founder of Invstt, EvolveX and Avinya Ventures. His career connected media entrepreneurship, global angel-investor networks and founder-led early-stage investing, with a particular interest in expanding participation beyond India’s established startup hubs.

- **Role:** Former Co-founder and CEO at We Founder Circle (died in 2025)
- **Organizations:** We Founder Circle, Invstt, EvolveX Accelerator, Avinya Ventures, Venture Catalysts
- **Education:** Executive education, MIT Sloan Executive Education, Master of Business Administration (MBA), Graduate School of Business Administration, Greater Noida
- **Known for:** Helped build We Founder Circle’s founder-led early-stage investing community., Helped expand Venture Catalysts’ angel network to Dubai, Singapore and London., Created a CXO angel network involving 150 corporate executives, according to his W3 Summit biography.

## Career timeline

- **Before 2020** — Ran a content production business with corporate clients including Microsoft, Google, Network18 and Whirlpool; later served as managing partner and head of global alliances at Venture Catalysts.
- **2017** — Completed MIT Sloan executive education, as listed on his LinkedIn profile.
- **2020** — Co-founded We Founder Circle.
- **2022** — WFC closed 71 deals across 53 startups during the year; its expansion included smaller Indian cities.
- **2023** — WFC reported 103 deals across 82 startups. EvolveX offered pre-seed and seed-stage support.
- **2024** — Co-founded Avinya Ventures, according to Entrepreneur’s retrospective.
- **2025** — Discussed WFC’s community and portfolio at SaaS.Connect; later died in August 2025.

## Achievements

- Helped build We Founder Circle’s founder-led early-stage investing community.
- Helped expand Venture Catalysts’ angel network to Dubai, Singapore and London.
- Created a CXO angel network involving 150 corporate executives, according to his W3 Summit biography.
- WFC reported 71 deals in 53 startups in 2022 and 103 deals in 82 startups in 2023.
- Celebrated WFC’s Best Angel Investor recognition from Entrepreneur Media in a 2025 LinkedIn post.

## Latest updates

- **2025-08** — We Founder Circle announced his death and commemorated his community-building and mentorship.
- **2025-07** — The Economic Times published a video of his participation in the ET Soonicorns Summit 2024 funding and IPO panel.

## Links

- Website: https://linktr.ee/neerajwfc
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/neeraj-angel/
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/NeerajEmotion

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