Chandu Nair
Angel Investor @ The Chennai Angels
Chennai, India
Chandu Nair is a promoter of the Menterra Social Impact Fund. He has over 30 years of experience in consultancy, business information, and media in Indian and global markets. He is the co-founder of Scope e-Knowledge Center, a KPO company, where hegrew the company to 1,000 people during his tenure.A member of TiE (The IndusEntrepreneurs) and NEN (National Entrepreneurship Network), he advises entrepreneurs in creating and building their businesses. He holds an MBA from IIM-Ahmedabad.
- Total investments:
- 6
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 50%
Last updated:
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Industries Chandu Nair invests in
Stages Chandu Nair invests in
Countries Chandu Nair invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
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Round size
- Seed
- $426k–$3M
- Angel
- $34k–$145k
Investment Focus
Industry
- Retail 2 (33%)
- Automotive 2 (33%)
- E-Commerce 2 (33%)
- Manufacturing 2 (33%)
- Consumer Goods 2 (33%)
Stage
- Seed 2 (33%)
- Angel 1 (17%)
- Series A 1 (17%)
- Series B 1 (17%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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| This was the start for The Indus Valley. They sell Natural cookware products. The core idea was to make everyone realise that a good kind of cookware is as important as the ingredients to make a healthy and tasty dish. All their products have the customer’s wellness as the core. What makes the products different are the types of material they usewhich involves wood, clay, cast iron, soapstone and so on. Their main motto is to make their utensils work hard as they do for healthy and tasty food and to be a brand that people can rely on. | $17M / Series B / Jun 30, 2026 | ||
| Emobility | $3M / Seed / Sep 26, 2023 | ||
| SwitchOn is developing Digital Twins for energy optimization and predictive maintenance.They leverage technologies such as Industrial IoT and Machine learning to digitize critical equipments for industries. Their Digital Twins help customers reduce unplanned downtime, improve operational efficiency and maximize asset utilization. | $4.2M / Series A / Apr 17, 2023 | ||
| Bumberry is a brand for mothers who care for generations to come. Bumberry manufactures environmentally friendly and baby-friendly products and services. Our expertise is in innovation in baby-friendly products for mothers who care tomorrow. Bumberry pioneered the idea of modern cloth diapers in the Indian market by launching on Amazon, Flipkart,and Firstcry.comFashionable diapers Bumberry diapers serve its purpose and makes your baby look fashionable. A wide selection of cool and trendy designs are available for you to choose from. Your baby stands out at any social meetings or functions when he or she is wearing a Bumberry reusable cloth diaper. Easy to use Bumberry cloth diapers have snaps or Velcro-style closures, with hi-tech waterproof fabrics that keep leaks at bay. Bio-Soft Liners make diaper changes a breeze.Comfortable There’s nothing like the feel of soft cloth against your baby’s skin. You can tell when a cloth is wet, so cloth diapers get changed more often – and that’s healthy. Babies in cloth benefit from more air circulation, less build-up of high temperatures, and are less susceptible to skin rashes unlike in disposables.Economical and saves money Disposables or Single-use diapers from 0-3 years cost between Rs. 20,000-30,000 . A stash of cloth diapers that can be used for the same 2 1/2 year period can cost as little as Rs. 3500. Phenomenal savings, even after you factor in extra 2-3 loads of laundry per week. Think about using the same durable diaper for a second child in the family!!! Even bigger savings!Saves planet Count the 3000 disposable diapers used by one baby on average adding to upto 1 to 2 TONS of garbage. It is estimated that one single-use diaper can take 500 years to biodegrade. Bumberry confines to the world's motto of "Reduce, Re-use and Recycle." | $425.7K / Seed / Sep 02, 2021 | ||
| This was the start for The Indus Valley. They sell Natural cookware products. The core idea was to make everyone realise that a good kind of cookware is as important as the ingredients to make a healthy and tasty dish. All their products have the customer’s wellness as the core. What makes the products different are the types of material they usewhich involves wood, clay, cast iron, soapstone and so on. Their main motto is to make their utensils work hard as they do for healthy and tasty food and to be a brand that people can rely on. | $33.6K / Angel / Mar 16, 2020 | ||
| This was the start for The Indus Valley. They sell Natural cookware products. The core idea was to make everyone realise that a good kind of cookware is as important as the ingredients to make a healthy and tasty dish. All their products have the customer’s wellness as the core. What makes the products different are the types of material they usewhich involves wood, clay, cast iron, soapstone and so on. Their main motto is to make their utensils work hard as they do for healthy and tasty food and to be a brand that people can rely on. | $145.3K / Angel / Jul 03, 2019 |
Co-Investors
About The Chennai Angels
The Chennai Angels (TCA), formerly known as Chennai Entrepreneurship Trust Fund, was established in November 2007 with the objective of fostering Entrepreneurship with prime focus on nurturing and mentoring new generation entrepreneurs.You can play bellayoscura.com for real money or test your skill in practice mode - all under a safe andresponsible gaming environment and a 24/7 customer support.Aspiring entrepreneurs with innovative business ideas often fumble to translate thoughts into commercially viable ventures. These teething troubles could be attributed to inadequate awareness in taking the ideas forward or paucity of funds.In an effort to help these young minds, a group of prominent successful entrepreneurs came forward to form a consortium called The Chennai Entrepreneurship Trust Fund in Nov 2007, which is now The Chennai Angels (TCA). TCA are a Group of successful leaders who have successfully built, run and in many cases exited enterprises across multiple domains and industries and help entrepreneurs build and grow their ventures and enterprises into successful companies.Besides providing capital, TCA members act as mentors for the green horns venturing into the world of business. TCA has among its members several Venture Capitalists who are available to partner TCA on larger outlays. The big advantage of being a TCA investee is that, apart from very high quality mentoring, investors are able to handhold the entrepreneur through the life cycle of fund raising as well and open doors to customers and partners of very high order.
The Chennai Angels Contacts
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Aditya Mirza
Angel Investor
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Chandran Krishnan
Chief Executive Officer
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Jay Jayaraman
Investor
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Krishna K. Srinivasan
Member
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Ramaraj R.
Co-Founder
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FAQ
What does Chandu Nair invest in?
Chandu Nair invests primarily in Retail, Automotive and E-Commerce startups, most often at Seed and Angel stage. Most of the 6 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in India. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What is Chandu Nair's check size?
Chandu Nair typically joins rounds of $426k–$3M at Seed and $34k–$145k at Angel. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Chandu Nair participates in.
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When did Chandu Nair last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Chandu Nair closed in Jun 2026. Shizune tracks 6 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.
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