# Anand Chandrasekaran

> Anand Chandrasekaran is a seed investor at HiOctave (Gurgaon) backing Software and E-Commerce. See 72 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [HiOctave](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hioctave)
- Location: Gurgaon, India
- Total investments: 72
- Last investment: Oct 2025
- Lead investor: 18%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/anandc
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/anandc
- Website: https://x.com/anandc
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/anandc

Anand Chandrasekaran is a seed investor at HiOctave in Gurgaon focused on Software and E-Commerce. Anand Chandrasekaran is based out of San Francisco, California and is the President of Crescendo. Anand previously worked at General Catalyst as Partner and Venture Advisor. Anand Chandrasekaran attended the Stanford University and PSG College of Technology, India. Anand Chandrasekaran has been awarded Young Global Leader by the World EconomicForum and was recognized as the #1 seed investor focused on the India – U.S. corridor by the HURUN India Report in their career.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $300k–$7M |
| Series A | $1.6M–$25M |
| Series B | $25M–$42M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 15 | 21% |
| E-Commerce | 12 | 17% |
| SaaS | 9 | 13% |
| Information Technology | 9 | 13% |
| Internet | 7 | 10% |

123 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 41 | 57% |
| Series A | 10 | 14% |
| Series B | 5 | 7% |
| Angel | 4 | 6% |
| Funding Round | 4 | 6% |

8 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| India | 41 | 57% |
| United States | 12 | 17% |
| Singapore | 4 | 6% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| HiOctave | HiOctave AI solution helps small and mid' sized businesses (SMBs) automate and personalize customer experiences. | $15M | Seed | Oct 08, 2025 |  |
| HiOctave | HiOctave AI solution helps small and mid' sized businesses (SMBs) automate and personalize customer experiences. | $15M | Seed | Oct 08, 2025 |  |
| JEH Aerospace | JEH Aerospace offers manufacturing, engineering, and supply chain management solutions to the global aerospace & defense industry. | $11M | Series A | Aug 04, 2025 |  |
| Stance Health | Stance Health, a healthtech startup focusing on musculoskeletal (MSK) care. | $1M | Pre-Seed | Apr 02, 2025 |  |
| Orange Health Labs | Orange Health is a health tech startup that allows doctors to deliver diagnostic lab services to patients remotely. Its vision is to make healthcare seamless for consumers in their homes by enabling doctors to treat their patients in real time. | $12M |  | Dec 06, 2024 |  |
| Crescendo | Crescendo developed the world’s first augmented-AI customer experience (CX) platform that combines advanced AI with a global service team to deliver outcome-driven results for fast-moving, digitally-native enterprises growing quickly. With its unique approach, Crescendo offers scalable solutions that optimize both frontline and back officeoperations, helping companies create meaningful, personalized customer experiences. | $50M | Series C | Oct 02, 2024 |  |
| Stan | Stan has built a platform that allows esports fans to collect, play and trade digital collectibles such as non-fungible tokens (NFTs) of their favorite esports players and content creators, through which they can win physical and virtual world perks and rewards such as getting a chance to meet their favorite players. | $2.7M | Seed | Jan 23, 2024 |  |
| JEH Aerospace | JEH Aerospace offers manufacturing, engineering, and supply chain management solutions to the global aerospace & defense industry. | $2.5M | Seed | Jan 18, 2024 |  |
| QuriousBit | QuriousBit is a gaming studio that develops casual puzzle games for mobile platforms. | $2M | Seed | Sep 27, 2023 |  |
| Magma | Magma platform partners with factories and raw materials suppliers to offer supply chain services from the supplier to the customer. | $2.8M | Seed | Feb 07, 2023 |  |

10 of 72 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Nexus Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nexus-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 8 deals together
- [GSF](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gsf) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
- [Titan Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/titan-capital) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
- [Surge](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/surge-ahead) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [Venture Catalysts](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/venturecatalysts) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [Y Combinator](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/y-combinator) — VC Fund, 5 deals together

## About HiOctave

VC Fund

HiOctave AI solution helps small and mid' sized businesses (SMBs) automate and personalize customer experiences.

2 contacts available at HiOctave.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Anand Chandrasekaran | Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/anand-chandrasekaran |
| Golan Agmon | Co Founder and CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/golan-agmon-2e30 |

## Similar investors

### Similar industry
- [Goodwater Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/goodwater-capital) — VC Fund
- [FJ Labs](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fj-labs) — VC Fund
- [Antler](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/antler-be9c) — VC Fund

### Similar stage
- [Antler](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/antler-be9c) — VC Fund
- [Alumni Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alumni-ventures-group) — VC Fund
- [Right Side Capital Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/right-side-capital-management) — VC Fund

### Similar country
- [Titan Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/titan-capital) — VC Fund
- [Inflection Point Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/inflection-point-ventures-d275) — VC Fund
- [Blume Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/blume-ventures) — VC Fund

## Featured in investor lists
- [All Angel Investors in India](https://shizune.co/investors/angel-investors-india)
- [SaaS Investors in India](https://shizune.co/investors/saas-investors-india)
- [SaaS Angel Investors in India](https://shizune.co/investors/saas-angel-investors-india)
- [Software Investors in India](https://shizune.co/investors/software-investors-india)
- [Enterprise Angel Investors in India](https://shizune.co/investors/enterprise-angel-investors-india)
- [Enterprise Investors in India](https://shizune.co/investors/enterprise-investors-india)

## FAQ

### What does Anand Chandrasekaran invest in?

Anand Chandrasekaran invests primarily in Software, E-Commerce and SaaS startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 72 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in India. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Anand Chandrasekaran's check size?

Anand Chandrasekaran typically joins rounds of $300k–$7M at Seed, $1.6M–$25M at Series A and $25M–$42M at Series B. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Anand Chandrasekaran participates in.

### When did Anand Chandrasekaran last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Anand Chandrasekaran closed in Oct 2025. Shizune tracks 72 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.

# About Shizune
Shizune.co is an investor database. Core features:
- 48,091 startup investors (angels, VCs, accelerators, and others)
- Email, phone, LinkedIn (for intros), socials, and other contact data
- Updated daily from public funding news
- CSV and Excel export

The User can access the full database FOR FREE after signing up: shizune.co