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Rahul Chandra

CEO

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India31 yrs 11 mos experience
Highly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Led investments in multiple successful tech startups.
  • Co-founded a $600M venture fund in India.
  • Expert in technology investing and venture capital.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Venture Capital expert with a focus on technology investments in India and Silicon Valley.

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Skills

Core Skills

Venture CapitalTechnology Investing

Other Skills

Business DevelopmentBusiness StrategyCorporate DevelopmentE-commerceEntrepreneurshipFinancial ModelingInvestment BankingInvestmentsMergers & AcquisitionsPrivate EquityStart-ups

About

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

Experience

Penguin random house

2 roles

Author Tightrope to the Moon

Sep 2024Present · 1 yr 6 mos

Author "The Moonshot Game" http://bit.ly/moonshotgame

Oct 2019Present · 6 yrs 5 mos

  • The Moonshot Games gives readers an insight into the secret world of VCs, with unguarded stories involving large bets and big mistakes, and tales of how one juggles several investments at the same time.

Jar

Member Board of Directors

Jun 2021Present · 4 yrs 9 mos · Greater Bengaluru Area · On-site

Jai kisan

Member Board of Directors

Sep 2020Present · 5 yrs 6 mos · Mumbai Metropolitan Region

  • Jaikisan is rewiring the $350B agri supply chain finance market.

Arkam ventures

Managing Director

Jun 2018Present · 7 yrs 9 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Venture CapitalTechnology InvestingBusiness Strategy

Moengage inc.

Board Member

Jan 2015Present · 11 yrs 2 mos

Toppr

Board Member

Jan 2014Jun 2020 · 6 yrs 5 mos

Seclore

Member of Board

Jan 2012Present · 14 yrs 2 mos

Helion ventures

2 roles

Managing Director

Promoted

Jan 2011Jan 2020 · 9 yrs

Director

Jun 2006Jan 2011 · 4 yrs 7 mos

  • Helion Ventures Partners is a $600 Million India-focused, stage independent venture fund, investing in technology-powered and consumer service businesses in sectors like Outsourcing, Consumer Internet, Mobility, eCommerce and SaaS.
Venture CapitalTechnology Investing

Shubham housing development finance company

Member of Board

Jan 2011Present · 15 yrs 2 mos · Gurgaon, India

Unitedlex corporation

Member of Board

Jan 2009Jan 2019 · 10 yrs

E4e

e4e Inc., Corporate Development

Jan 2004Mar 2006 · 2 yrs 2 mos

  • Rahul headed the M&A function at e4e - a Bay Area based business process outsourcing company (BPO). His responsibility was to reposition the company and fill gaps in their service offering through acquisitions.

Walden international

Investment Manager

Mar 1997Dec 2003 · 6 yrs 9 mos

  • Key member of the investment team managing investments in India out of Walden's India fund between 1997-2000. Member of the investment team based in Palo Alto, CA for investments in IT in Silicon Valley and India.

Quantum advisors

Analyst

Jan 1996Jan 1998 · 2 yrs · Mumbai Area, India

Lazard

Associate

Jan 1995Jan 1996 · 1 yr

Sebi

Management Traineee

Jan 1993Jan 1994 · 1 yr

Education

University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business

MBA

Aug 2002May 2005

Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani

MMS — Business

Jan 1990Dec 1993

St. Josephs Academy

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