Rahul Chandra — CEO
Rahul is Managing Director at Arkam Ventures (formerly known as Unitary Fund), a Pre-Series A to Series A tech VC fund. Arkam portfolio includes incredible companies like SmallCase, Jaikisan, Jar, KrazyBee, SpotDraft, BharatAgri, Signzy, KarKhana, Fyno and others. Rahul co-founded Helion Ventures - a $600M venture fund focused on early to mid stage opportunities in India. At Helion, Rahul led investments and played a board role in UnitedLex (Acqd), Seclore, Shubham Housing, SMS Gupshup (Exited), Spandana (IPO), EzeTap (Acqd), Equitas (IPO), MoEngage, CrownIT (Acqd), Toppr (Acqd) and RailYatri. At Walden International - a leading venture capital firm managing $2 billion in private equity, Rahul was involved in early stage investments in 12 high-tech start ups in the U.S. and additionally invested almost $35M in 17 early stage start ups in South Asia including Sierra Atlantic, Headstrong and Mindtree. Some of the companies that Rahul has invested in or has been closely involved with, include Ikanos, Infravio, Inquira, Velosel, Matisse Networks, Broadlogic Networks and e4e Inc. Specialties: Technology Investing, India Venture Capital, Silicon Valley Venture Capital
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Venture Capital expert with a focus on technology investments in India and Silicon Valley.
Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Experience: 31 yrs 11 mos
Skills
- Venture Capital
- Technology Investing
Career Highlights
- Led investments in multiple successful tech startups.
- Co-founded a $600M venture fund in India.
- Expert in technology investing and venture capital.
Work Experience
Penguin Random House
Author Tightrope to the Moon (1 yr 6 mos)
Author "The Moonshot Game" http://bit.ly/moonshotgame (6 yrs 5 mos)
Jar
Member Board of Directors (4 yrs 9 mos)
Jai Kisan
Member Board of Directors (5 yrs 6 mos)
Arkam Ventures
Managing Director (7 yrs 9 mos)
MoEngage Inc.
Board Member (11 yrs 2 mos)
Toppr
Board Member (6 yrs 5 mos)
Seclore
Member of Board (14 yrs 2 mos)
Helion Ventures
Managing Director (9 yrs)
Director (4 yrs 7 mos)
Shubham Housing Development Finance Company
Member of Board (15 yrs 2 mos)
UnitedLex Corporation
Member of Board (10 yrs)
e4e
e4e Inc., Corporate Development (2 yrs 2 mos)
Walden International
Investment Manager (6 yrs 9 mos)
Quantum Advisors
Analyst (2 yrs)
Lazard
Associate (1 yr)
SEBI
Management Traineee (1 yr)
Education
MBA at University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business
MMS at Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani
at St. Josephs Academy