# Chinmay Chauhan

> Chinmay Chauhan is a seed investor at Acceler8 (Jakarta) backing Financial Services and FinTech. See 6 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Acceler8](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/acceler8-5b9b)
- Location: Jakarta, Indonesia
- Total investments: 6
- Last investment: Dec 2021
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chinmaychauhan
- Website: https://x.com/chinmaychauhan
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/chinmay.s.chauhan

Chinmay Chauhan is a seed investor at Acceler8 in Jakarta focused on Financial Services and FinTech. Chinmay Chauhan is based out of Singapore and is the Co-Founder of Acceler8. Chinmay previously worked at BukuWarung as the President, Board Member, and Co-Founder. Chinmay Chauhan attended the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $810k–$3M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Financial Services | 3 | 50% |
| FinTech | 2 | 33% |
| Sales | 1 | 17% |
| Banking | 1 | 17% |
| Women's | 1 | 17% |

16 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 4 | 67% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 17% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| India | 2 | 33% |
| Indonesia | 1 | 17% |
| Singapore | 1 | 17% |
| Philippines | 1 | 17% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Hyperface | Hyperface is a banking-as-a-service startup that helps companies create and launch their own credit cards. |  | Pre-Seed | Dec 15, 2021 |  |
| leap.club | leap.club is a private network of rising women leaders. leap.club offers a paid membership for women that helps them in their professional growth through a host of benefits, including a curated professional network, executive coaching, focus on mental wellness, masterclasses, etc. | $810K | Seed | Oct 11, 2021 |  |
| Upmesh | Upmesh provides e-commerce functionality for live commerce merchants on social media. | $3M | Seed | Oct 08, 2021 |  |
| Verihubs | Verihubs builds a digital infrastructure and provides a range of AI-based services for financial services enterprises in Indonesia. | $2.8M | Seed | Sep 27, 2021 |  |
| Verihubs | Verihubs builds a digital infrastructure and provides a range of AI-based services for financial services enterprises in Indonesia. | $2.8M | Seed | Aug 07, 2021 |  |
| NextPay | NextPay is an alternative to bank accounts for small businesses and entrepreneurs. Its platform enables companies to collect customer payments via digital invoices, manage their cash, and pay their employees, suppliers, or bills in batches to any bank or e-wallet. | $1.6M | Seed | Jul 28, 2021 |  |

6 of 6 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Amand Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/amand-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Central Capital Ventura](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/central-capital-ventura) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Insignia Ventures Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/insignia-ventures-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [MAGIC Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/magic-carpet) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [021 Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/021-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [1982 Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/1982-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Acceler8

VC Fund · San Francisco, United States

Acceler8 is a business intelligence platform that aims to replace traditional, calendar-driven workforce decisions with continuous, data-driven insights.

1 contacts available at Acceler8.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Chinmay Chauhan | Co-Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chinmay-chauhan |

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## FAQ

### What does Chinmay Chauhan invest in?

Chinmay Chauhan invests primarily in Financial Services, FinTech and Sales startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed 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 Chinmay Chauhan's check size?

Chinmay Chauhan typically joins rounds of $810k–$3M 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 Chinmay Chauhan participates in.

### When did Chinmay Chauhan last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Chinmay Chauhan closed in Dec 2021. 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.

### 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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