# Kumar Vembu

> Kumar Vembu is a seed investor at GOFRUGAL Technologies backing SaaS. See 4 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [GOFRUGAL Technologies](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gofrugal-technologies)
- Location: Chennai, India
- Total investments: 4
- Last investment: Sep 2025
- Lead investor: 50%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kumar-vembu-a0a45710/?ppe=1
- Website: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Nishant_Chandravanshi

Kumar Vembu is a seed investor at GOFRUGAL Technologies in Chennai focused on SaaS and Travel. Kumar Vembu - Founder & CEO @ GOFRUGAL Technologies

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| SaaS | 1 | 25% |
| Travel | 1 | 25% |
| Tourism | 1 | 25% |
| Restaurants | 1 | 25% |
| Travel Agency | 1 | 25% |

9 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 50% |
| Series A | 1 | 25% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 25% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Baanhem Ventures | Baanhem Ventures represents a privately held entity with a concentration on the, supported by its designation as a non-government company. |  | Seed | Sep 24, 2025 |  |
| PickYourTrail | PickYourTrail is a travel company that enables travelers to plan and book personalized international vacations such as honeymoons and family vacations. Travelers are offered with personal itineraries and Travel Genie: a personalized travel journal with travel information and tips. The company deals with vacations in Asia, Africa, Oceania, America,and Europe.PickYourTrail was co-founded by Hari Ganapathy and Srinath Shankar and is based in Chennai, India. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Mar 22, 2022 |  |
| PickYourTrail | PickYourTrail is a travel company that enables travelers to plan and book personalized international vacations such as honeymoons and family vacations. Travelers are offered with personal itineraries and Travel Genie: a personalized travel journal with travel information and tips. The company deals with vacations in Asia, Africa, Oceania, America,and Europe.PickYourTrail was co-founded by Hari Ganapathy and Srinath Shankar and is based in Chennai, India. | $3M | Series A | Feb 18, 2019 |  |
| UrbanPiper | UrbanPiper focuses on identifying key areas of technology where restaurants in the current age need to have a reliable and resilient solution — and provide end-to-end solutions that help the restaurants focus on their core objective: making great food! To achieve that, UrbanPiper offers a single platform through which restaurants can easily onboardthemselves and set up automations to handle their online business on DSP (Food Aggregator) apps while having all the tools to build their own direct ordering experience online. And it doesn't end there — as the platform builds on the online experience to allow restaurants to automate and deploy solutions to comprehensively manage their in-store operations or managing entire restaurant chains of 100s of outlets, if not 1000s. | $459.2K | Seed | Mar 22, 2018 |  |

4 of 4 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Axilor Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/axilor-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Endurance Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/endurance-capital-77c4) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About GOFRUGAL Technologies

VC Fund · Chennai, India

GOFRUGAL have been providing Point of Sale Software for Retail, Restaurant and Distribution businesses since 2004, in the form of complete business automation solutions paired with mobile apps and cloud solutions. Headquartered in Chennai, India, our technological footprint has grown to benefit of 25,000+ retail businesses across 60+ countries. Ourkey focus is on providing a great customer experience with our digital solutions**Products**:

2 contacts available at GOFRUGAL Technologies.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kumar Vembu | Founder & CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kumar-vembu |
| Krishna Prasath Muralidharan | Head of Investments | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/krishna-prasath-muralidharan |

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## FAQ

### What does Kumar Vembu invest in?

Kumar Vembu invests primarily in SaaS, Travel and Tourism startups, most often at Seed and Series A 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 Kumar Vembu?

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### When did Kumar Vembu last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Kumar Vembu closed in Sep 2025. 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.

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