# Darshan Chandaria

> Darshan Chandaria is a seed investor at Chandaria Capital backing Software and B2B. See 5 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Chandaria Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chandaria-capital)
- Total investments: 5
- Last investment: Nov 2022
- Lead investor: 40%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/darshan-chandaria-7143a57/
- X (Twitter): https://mobile.twitter.com/dchandaria
- Website: https://x.com/dchandaria
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/darshan.chandaria

Darshan Chandaria is a seed investor at Chandaria Capital focused on Software and B2B. Darshan Chandaria is the Group CEO and Director of Chandaria Industries. He previously worked at Pentland Brands Plc as a Graduate Trainee. Darshan Chandaria attended Harvard Business School.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $58k–$285k |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 2 | 40% |
| B2B | 1 | 20% |
| SMS | 1 | 20% |
| IaaS | 1 | 20% |
| Local | 1 | 20% |

23 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 4 | 80% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 20% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kenya | 4 | 80% |
| United States | 1 | 20% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Leta | Leta Technology is a software development company that creates supply chain and logistics software to enable the efficient and automated movement of goods. | $3M | Pre-Seed | Nov 22, 2022 |  |
| UTU Technologies | Trust infrastructure for the sharing economy. | $285K | Seed | Nov 21, 2022 |  |
| Cloud9 - Africa's Lifestyle Network | Cloud9xp.com is a online marketplace and booking service for leisure experiences.We believe that everyone deserves to have fun, feel good and be happy. We believe happiness starts with a drop, becomes a ripple and creates a wave. We believe happiness is amplified when shared.Put simply, Cloud9 is in the business of happiness and are passionateabout giving people more #HighOnLIfe moments.All of our products; across apparel, consumer electronics and lifestyle items are authentic, and we only work with the most upstanding, and energetic brands in the world to bring you the best possible products. | $58K | Seed |  |  |
| Bamba | Today, organizations spend a lot of money on physical data gathering exercises using old-fashioned paper-based methods. These methods result in expensive, severely delayed and incomplete data . With Bamba, a client can launch a data collection exercise anywhere in the world simply from the comfort of their web browser and the client can ensureindividuals respond with complete answers by paying those individuals for that data with mobile airtime in 122 different countries thus far. | $250K | Seed |  |  |
| Savannah Brands | Savannah Brands is a food & beverage company. |  | Seed |  |  |

5 of 5 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [4Di Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/4di-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Chui Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chui-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [DotExe Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dotexe-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Pani](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/pani) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Samurai Incubate](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/samurai-incubate) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Verdant Frontiers](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/verdant-frontiers) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Chandaria Capital

VC Fund · Nairobi, Kenya

Chandaria Capital operates as a venture capital Fund. We believe that innovative ideas will transform Africa. We invest, mentor, and work together with incredible entrepreneurs to create impactful companies that can change the continent.

2 contacts available at Chandaria Capital.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Darshan Chandaria | Founder & CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/darshan-chandaria |
| Neer Chandaria | Director Of Sales, Marketing & Business Development | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/neer-chandaria |

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## FAQ

### What does Darshan Chandaria invest in?

Darshan Chandaria invests primarily in Software, B2B and SMS startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 5 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Kenya. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Darshan Chandaria's check size?

Darshan Chandaria typically joins rounds of $58k–$285k 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 Darshan Chandaria participates in.

### When did Darshan Chandaria last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Darshan Chandaria closed in Nov 2022. Shizune tracks 5 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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