# Kiran Karunakaran

> Kiran Karunakaran is a seed investor backing Apps and Training. See 1 investments, round sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Sep 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Nov 2022
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Sep 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kiran-karunakaran-672153/

Kiran Karunakaran is a seed investor focused on Apps and Training. Kiran is a Partner with over 12 years of management consulting and private equity experience. His primary focus is in management consulting across the Asia Pacific region and his areas of expertise span Digital Transformation, Customer experience and Convergence.During is career Kiran has lived and worked across 15 countries in North America,Asia and Australia and he has a deep understanding of CXO agenda issues in both developed and developing markets. Kiran has led large scale multi-year transformations in leading operators across the region and has significant experience in managing complex change management projects covering multiple functions. He has been involved in 3 mobile operator launches and has also advised boards on 2 post merger integration engagements. Kiran has deep expertise in developing the Corporate strategy for integrated telecom operators and has also been involved in end-to-end Customer Experience revamps for incumbent operators in the region.Prior to joining Delta Partners, Kiran was a Sr. Principal at Bain & Co. where he was an integral part of the leadership team in Asia Pacific. He was instrumental in helping strengthen the TMD practice in Asia was a founding member of the Kuala Lumpur office.Kiran holds a dual MBA from Ross School of Business, University of Michigan and HEC School or Management, Paris where he was on the deans list and recipient of the prestigious EGIDE French Embassy scholarship. He also has a CFA charter and an undergraduate degree in business and statistics from HEC School of Management, Paris. He is fluent in English and Hindi and is conversational in Chinese Mandarin and French.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Apps | 1 | 100% |
| Training | 1 | 100% |
| Education | 1 | 100% |
| E-Learning | 1 | 100% |
| Employment | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Suraasa | Suraasa helps teachers in meeting skill and certification requirements by virtue of its courses. Once ready, teachers are helped to get selected for domestic and international teaching jobs and the local teaching approvals for the target countries. They put them in touch with government and private schools with better salaries. | $1.2M | Seed | Nov 30, 2022 | https://www.suraasa.com |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Inflection Point Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/inflection-point-ventures-d275) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [NB Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nb-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Sprint Vc](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sprint-vc) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [SucSEED Indovation](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sucseed-indovation) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Supermorpheus](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/supermorpheus) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Vinners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/vinners-8812) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Kiran Karunakaran invest in?

Kiran Karunakaran invests primarily in Apps, Training and Education startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in India. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

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### When did Kiran Karunakaran last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Kiran Karunakaran closed in Nov 2022. Shizune tracks 1 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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