# Kayar Raghavan

> Kayar Raghavan is a seed investor at The Chennai Angels backing Apps and Sales. See 4 investments, round sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Oct 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [The Chennai Angels](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/the-chennai-angels)
- Location: London, United Kingdom
- Total investments: 4
- Last investment: Jan 2026
- Lead investor: 25%
- Last updated: Oct 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kayar-raghavan-93188

Kayar Raghavan is a seed investor at The Chennai Angels in London focused on Apps and Sales. Kayar Raghavan, aka Rags, is an internationally experienced banker and consultant with over 40 years of field experience in banking, financial services, management consulting and advice in ops & tech design, value engineering, M&A due diligence and outsourcing. A Financial Times qualified Non Executive Director. A thought leader. A LeadAngel, Syndicate Leader and Board Member in several Startups.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Apps | 1 | 25% |
| Sales | 1 | 25% |
| Solar | 1 | 25% |
| Dating | 1 | 25% |
| Energy | 1 | 25% |

10 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 3 | 75% |
| Angel | 1 | 25% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| India | 3 | 75% |
| United States | 1 | 25% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Round size | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Bolna | Bolna offers voice AI agents that transforms business to qualify leads, boost sales, automate customer support, and streamline recruitment. | $6.3M | Seed | Jan 20, 2026 | https://www.bolna.ai/ |
| Trelish | Trelish is a premium coffee brand that specialises in instant liquid coffee blends. | $428.6K | Angel | Nov 24, 2022 | https://trelish.in/ |
| Trulymadly | TrulyMadly is a new, modern way to find true, mad love. A platform that brings singles together based on common interests and psychological matching.Verified profiles - Think of it as a set up by friends. They wouldn’t introduce you to random strangers on the street, right?Nor do they. From authenticating ID proofs to social profiles andemployment records, they’ll find you a really ‘real’ match.True compatibility - It’s not about introducing two single people. It’s about introducing the two right single people.You tell us your what you like, what makes you laugh, angry and emotional. Once done, they’ll match you with someone who is made for you.Safe and Discreet - They’re like those friends who know how keep all information you share, private.Your profile can only be viewed by the ones they sort out for you. And you can only be messaged by those you have liked. No casual surfing, no spamming, no peeping tom business. | $2.1M | Seed | Apr 20, 2021 | http://trulymadly.com |
| Fourth Partner Energy | Fourth Partner Energy provides turnkey rooftop solar energy solutions for customers in India. The company specializes in manufacturing solar energy based applications and its current product portfolio includes solar lanterns, home lighting systems, solar street lights, and photovoltaic panels.Fourth Partner Energy aims to build, develop, andmanage a large operating portfolio of de-centralized solar power assets in India and is positioned as a leading renewable energy services company. It strives to be a partner for sustainable change and endeavors to do so by providing products and services that improve the renewable resources available on the planet, and provide its customers with better quality at lower costs.Fourth Partner Energy is an MNRE empanelled Channel Partner and an ISO 9001:2008 certified company. It is also registered as a partner with state bodies such as RREC, TNREDC, and NREDCAP. The company was founded in 2010 by | $500K | Seed | Jul 24, 2014 | http://fourthpartner.co/index.html |

4 of 4 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [General Catalyst](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/general-catalyst-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [100Unicorns](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/9unicorns) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [AngelList](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/angellist) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Eight Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/eight-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Inflection Point Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/inflection-point-ventures-d275) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Orange Collective](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/orange-collective) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About The Chennai Angels

VC Fund · Chennai, India

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.

5 contacts available at The Chennai Angels.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Aditya Mirza | Angel Investor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aditya-mirza |
| Chandran Krishnan | Chief Executive Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chandran-krishnan |
| Jay Jayaraman | Investor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jay-jayaraman-a56f |
| Krishna K. Srinivasan | Member | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/krishna-srinivasan |
| Ramaraj R. | Co-Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ramaraj-r |

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## FAQ

### What does Kayar Raghavan invest in?

Kayar Raghavan invests primarily in Apps, Sales and Solar startups, most often at Seed and Angel stage. Most of the 4 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 Kayar Raghavan?

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### When did Kayar Raghavan last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Kayar Raghavan closed in Jan 2026. Shizune tracks 4 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?

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