# Cholamandalam

> Cholamandalam is a VC fund in Chennai backing FinTech and Automotive. See 3 investments, round sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Chennai, India
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: Sep 2021
- Lead investor: 100%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/cholamandalam-investment-and-finance-co-ltd/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/chola_ms
- Website: http://www.cholamandalam.com
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CholaFinance/

Cholamandalam is an Indian assurance firm that provides a range of assurance schemes for corporate and individual clients.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for Cholamandalam. Shizune tracks 10 team members at Cholamandalam. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/cholamandalam?utm_source=investor_profile

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| FinTech | 1 | 33% |
| Automotive | 1 | 33% |
| Transportation | 1 | 33% |
| Financial Services | 1 | 33% |
| Information Technology | 1 | 33% |

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 1 | 33% |
| Debt Financing | 1 | 33% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Ganesh Vasudevan | Head-Digital Initiatives, Marketing & Corporate Communications | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ganesh-vasudevan |
| Ankur Singh | Branch Manager | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ankur-singh-9622 |
| Arul Selvan | Sr. Vice President and CFO | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/arul-selvan-6015 |
| Arun Alagappan | Executive Director | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/arun-alagappan |
| Balraj Menon | Senior Vice President | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/balraj-menon |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Round size | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Paytail | Paytail is a technology start-up providing instant paperless EMIs to consumers to buy products as well as services across millions of offline merchants. | $1.5M | Seed | Sep 16, 2021 | https://www.paytail.com/ |
| Federal Transport Private Limited | Federal Transport began its journey in January 2013 initiated by Mr. Chandan Singh and it concerns on empty container transportation. Mr. Singh has an overall experience of 10 glorious years in this field. The main motive of initiating this portal is to deteriorate the complexities between the clients and service providers. This portal aims toprovide a free, unique and single platform for hassle-free interaction between the clients and service providers.The portal is an embellishment of technological growth and usage between individuals to share details and place requests accordingly. This portal displays only valid and genuine rates that are quoted transparently. This initiative is beneficial to both clients and various service providers since it helps to create business opportunities and binds technological support for the welfare of individuals. This service can be accessed by anyone irrespective of distance and is free for a limited period of time. | $14K | Debt Financing | Jun 05, 2019 | http://www.federaltransport.in/ |
| Federal Transport Private Limited | Federal Transport began its journey in January 2013 initiated by Mr. Chandan Singh and it concerns on empty container transportation. Mr. Singh has an overall experience of 10 glorious years in this field. The main motive of initiating this portal is to deteriorate the complexities between the clients and service providers. This portal aims toprovide a free, unique and single platform for hassle-free interaction between the clients and service providers.The portal is an embellishment of technological growth and usage between individuals to share details and place requests accordingly. This portal displays only valid and genuine rates that are quoted transparently. This initiative is beneficial to both clients and various service providers since it helps to create business opportunities and binds technological support for the welfare of individuals. This service can be accessed by anyone irrespective of distance and is free for a limited period of time. | $29K | Debt Financing | Jul 07, 2018 | http://www.federaltransport.in/ |

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## FAQ

### What does Cholamandalam invest in?

Cholamandalam invests primarily in FinTech, Automotive and Transportation startups, most often at Seed and Debt Financing stage. Most of the 3 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in India. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Cholamandalam?

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### Who are the partners at Cholamandalam?

The team at Cholamandalam includes Ganesh Vasudevan (Head-Digital Initiatives, Marketing & Corporate Communications), Ankur Singh (Branch Manager) and Arul Selvan (Sr. Vice President and CFO), among 10 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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