Alagu Periyannan
Angel Investor
San Francisco, United States
Alagu Periyannan is a seed investor in San Francisco focused on Wellness and Health Care. Alagu has over 20 years of research, product development, and strategy experience bringing innovative networking and video products to market. Prior to founding Blue Jeans Network, he held the position of Chief Technology Officer at Blue Coat Systems, a leader in network security and WAN optimization appliances. During his tenure at Blue Coat heheld various senior R&D management positions and was part of the management team responsible for leading the company through its successful repositioning from CacheFlow, a maker of web and video caching appliances, to Blue Coat. He also led the team that was responsible for the company's entry into the WAN optimization market. Prior to CacheFlow, Alagu was an early member of the management team at Entera, an Internet content delivery startup. He built an R&D team from the ground up to deliver streaming video caching products for the Content Delivery Network (CDN) market, culminating in a successful sale of the company to CacheFlow in 2000.Before joining Entera, Alagu spent eight years at Apple and held various research and product development roles in networking and video over networks in the Advanced Technology Group (ATG) and then as a founding member of the QuickTime Streaming Group. Alagu holds a Masters in Computer Science from North Carolina State University, Raleigh and a Bachelors in Electrical Engineering from the Birla Institute of Technology & Science (BITS), Pilani, India.
- Total investments:
- 5
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 0%
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Industries Alagu Periyannan invests in
Stages Alagu Periyannan invests in
Countries Alagu Periyannan invests in
Round sizes
Round size
- Seed
- $1.6M–$2.6M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Wellness 2 (40%)
- Health Care 2 (40%)
- Apps 1 (20%)
- Music 1 (20%)
- Beauty 1 (20%)
Stage
- Seed 2 (40%)
- Pre-Seed 2 (40%)
- Funding Round 1 (20%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
mirrAR
|
MirrAR is a technology platform that enables online and in-store real-time virtual try-ons of jewelry, eyewear, and watches. | $1.6M / Seed / Nov 01, 2023 | |
Clinikally
|
Clinikally is India’s first integrated Telemedicine & E-Pharmacy for Dermatology. Clinikally allows its clients to connect with an expert doctor in under 30 minutes, and receive personalized treatment plans with RX-grade products at their doorstep. | $2.6M / Seed / Sep 29, 2023 | |
Plutus
|
Creator and Fan Games for Indian & SEA. Prediction Markets, Live game shows, communities and more. | $280K / Pre-Seed / Mar 28, 2023 | |
Humit
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Humit is a social media platform for bite-sized audio sharing and discovery. | Pre-Seed / Jun 28, 2021 | |
Visit
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Visit is an AI-driven chatbot to help diagnose your health condition within minutes. The chatbot helps users understand their medical condition, read further and then connects them (over video/phone/chat) to the right physician or specialist based on the condition for further prescriptions/counselling. It also tracks user activity,sleep and fitness data to help them reach their health goals with continuous reminders, insights and motivation. Now everyone has a personal health assistant to take care of their health 24X7. | Apr 23, 2018 |
Co-Investors
Campus Fund
2 deals together
Anikarth Ventures
1 deal together
Antler
1 deal together
IIMA Ventures
1 deal together
Diaspark
1 deal together
First Cheque
1 deal together
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FAQ
What does Alagu Periyannan invest in?
Alagu Periyannan invests primarily in Wellness, Health Care and Apps startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 5 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in India. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What is Alagu Periyannan's check size?
Alagu Periyannan typically joins rounds of $1.6M–$2.6M at Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Alagu Periyannan participates in.
When did Alagu Periyannan last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Alagu Periyannan closed in Nov 2023. Shizune tracks 5 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.
Is Shizune's investor data accurate?
Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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