Vatsal Kanakiya

Vatsal Kanakiya is a Principal at 100X.VC based in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, where he leads deal sourcing and evaluation for pre-seed and seed-stage startups. Before joining the venture capital firm, he co-founded the tech media platform Inc42, scaling its audience to over one million monthly readers between 2016 and 2022, and previously held content roles at YourStory. At 100X.VC, Kanakiya has been personally involved in over 100 transactions, including leading 50 investments in 2024 across AI tools and consumer technology. He also operates as an active syndicate investor on AngelList India, recently backing 10 climate tech startups in early 2026, and spoke at TechSparks 2025 about India's pre-seed boom. Equipped with an engineering degree from Mumbai University, Kanakiya centers his career on funding early-stage Indian technology ventures while leveraging his extensive background in startup media.