# Ashwin Ravichandran

> Ashwin Ravichandran is a non-equity assistance investor at Spark backing Education. See 35 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Spark](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/spark-2879)
- Location: Accra, Ghana
- Total investments: 35
- Last investment: May 2024
- Lead investor: 14%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashwinravi107
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/ashwin107
- Website: https://x.com/ashwin107

Ashwin Ravichandran is a non-equity assistance investor at Spark in Accra focused on Education and Health Care. Ashwin Ravichandran is the Co-Founder & Head of Operations at Spark. Ashwin attended Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $100k–$1.2M |
| Pre-Seed | $100k–$110k |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Education | 7 | 20% |
| Health Care | 5 | 14% |
| Information Technology | 5 | 14% |
| Software | 4 | 11% |
| Agriculture | 4 | 11% |

68 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Non-equity Assistance | 25 | 71% |
| Pre-Seed | 7 | 20% |
| Seed | 3 | 9% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Ghana | 24 | 69% |
| Nigeria | 5 | 14% |
| United States | 2 | 6% |
| Kenya | 1 | 3% |
| South Africa | 1 | 3% |

6 countries tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Ozone Technologies | Ozone Technologies produces prosthetic limbs at a reasonable cost and with sustainability. |  | Non-equity Assistance | May 06, 2024 |  |
| Farmercy Technologies | Farmercy Technologies converts AC units into solar-powered mini coolers to reduce crop spoilage. |  | Non-equity Assistance | May 06, 2024 |  |
| MeSADA PCL | MeSADA wants to make industrial farming simpler and more reasonably priced for our intended audience.  MeSADA is a start-up agriculture technology hardware developer that aims to close the technological gap in the African environment. fit technologies that simplify and lower the cost of industrial farming for small and medium-sized farms. MeSADAprovides solutions for automating control-intensive farming operations and increasing farm power to meet the intensification needs of smallholder and medium-sized farmers. |  | Non-equity Assistance | May 06, 2024 |  |
| Geia Technologies | Geia Technologies is a HealthTech company creating a digital ecosystem that connects healthcare professionals and patients. |  | Non-equity Assistance | May 06, 2024 |  |
| Craft Education | Craft Education is a social enterprise offering teletherapy platform for children, providing behavioral therapy and live support via mobile. |  | Non-equity Assistance | May 06, 2024 |  |
| TECHAiDE | TECHAiDE is a information technology company that provides education, youth development, and health delivery service. |  | Non-equity Assistance | May 06, 2024 |  |
| ThinkBikes | Thinbikes Limited offers Last-mile transportation utilizing electric cargo bikes to people and businesses in urban and rural areas at a reasonable cost. These bikes can be leased or shared. With our commitment to safety, quality, prompt service, and anticipating our customers' needs, Thinbikes Limited aims to establish enduring relationshipswith our customers. |  | Non-equity Assistance | May 06, 2024 |  |
| STEMAIDE AFRICA | STEMAIDE AFRICA is an edtech making STEM accessible through innovative tools and fostering essential skills in young learners. |  | Non-equity Assistance | May 06, 2024 |  |
| Eazzier Transpay | Eazzier Transpay's portfolio of business goods and tools, which includes POS terminals and software, immediate capital, storefront business management software, bookkeeping, invoicing, and more, can be used by market women, shopping malls, and businesses of all sizes to manage and expand their operations. |  | Non-equity Assistance | May 06, 2024 |  |
| Husk Technologies | Husk Technologies is an agritech company that provide hardware manufacturing to cocoa industry. |  | Non-equity Assistance | May 06, 2024 |  |

10 of 35 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Korea International Cooperation Agency](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/korea-international-cooperation-agency) — VC Fund, 25 deals together
- [UNICEF StartUp Lab](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/unicef-startup-lab) — VC Fund, 25 deals together
- [Codec Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/codec-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Code Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/code-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [E4EAfrica](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/e4eafrica) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Meltwater Entrepreneurial School of Technology (MEST)](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/meltwater-foundation) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Spark

VC Fund · Accra, Ghana

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| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Ashwin Ravichandran | Co-Founder & Head of Operations | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ashwin-ravichandran |

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## FAQ

### What does Ashwin Ravichandran invest in?

Ashwin Ravichandran invests primarily in Education, Health Care and Information Technology startups, most often at Non-equity Assistance and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 35 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Ghana. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Ashwin Ravichandran's check size?

Ashwin Ravichandran typically joins rounds of $100k–$1.2M at Seed and $100k–$110k at Pre-Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Ashwin Ravichandran participates in.

### When did Ashwin Ravichandran last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Ashwin Ravichandran closed in May 2024. Shizune tracks 35 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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