# Lakshmi Narayanan

> Lakshmi Narayanan is a seed investor at Zee Entertainment Enterprises backing Manufacturing. See 22 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Zee Entertainment Enterprises](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/zee-entertainment-enterprises)
- Location: Chennai, India
- Total investments: 22
- Last investment: Feb 2025
- Lead investor: 14%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://in.linkedin.com/in/lakshmi-narayanan-1762573

Lakshmi Narayanan is a seed investor at Zee Entertainment Enterprises in Chennai focused on Manufacturing and Artificial Intelligence. Lakshmi Narayanan is the Chief Executive Officer at Cognizant Technology Solutions.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $338k–$16M |
| Angel | $34k–$2M |
| Pre-Seed | $24k–$1.3M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Manufacturing | 4 | 18% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 4 | 18% |
| Sports | 3 | 14% |
| Internet | 3 | 14% |
| Software | 3 | 14% |

56 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 9 | 41% |
| Angel | 4 | 18% |
| Pre-Seed | 4 | 18% |
| Series A | 1 | 5% |
| Series C | 1 | 5% |

8 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| India | 18 | 82% |
| United States | 3 | 14% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Clean Core Thorium Energy | Clean Core Thorium Energy develops advanced nuclear fuel for existing reactors. | $15.5M | Seed | Feb 06, 2025 |  |
| AGNIT Semiconductors | AGNIT Semiconductors is to provide Gallium Nitride devices that are dependable, cost-effective, high-performing, and unique for the upcoming wireless systems. AGNIT Semiconductors is a semiconductor business that uses gallium nitride (GaN). AGNIT Semiconductors primary focus is on designing and producing electrical components and GaN materials(wafers) for use in radio-frequency applications. For the defense and telecommunications sectors, AGNIT's GaN components provide strong performance, cost, and footprint advantages. | $3.5M | Seed | Oct 17, 2024 |  |
| QpiAI | QpiAI vertically integrates quantum computing and AI for solutions in manufacturing, industrial, transportation, finance, pharmaceuticals, and materials with diverse software platforms and products and provides impactful advances to generative AI and various industry verticals. | $6.5M | Seed | Jun 21, 2024 |  |
| Raptee Energy | Emobility | $3M | Seed | Sep 26, 2023 |  |
| Monitra Healthcare | Monitra Healthcare is a Hyderabad based med-tech company developing solutions that capture cardiac events anytime anywhere. Our products detect cardiac arrhythmias and cardiovascular disease at real-time for pre-emptive treatments. Cardiac monitoring is widely used to identify heart disease, to monitor cardiac activity before and after surgery andother cardiac procedures, and to assess the effects of therapeutic drugs on cardiac activity. The Company’s vision is to dramatically reduce the effects of heart disease by making monitoring and pre-emptive cardiac care a seamless part of everyday life. | $500K | Seed | Jun 09, 2023 |  |
| SwitchOn | SwitchOn is developing Digital Twins for energy optimization and predictive maintenance.They leverage technologies such as Industrial IoT and Machine learning to digitize critical equipments for industries. Their Digital Twins help customers reduce unplanned downtime, improve operational efficiency and maximize asset utilization. | $4.2M | Series A | Apr 17, 2023 |  |
| SIMBYM | An integrated "NO_CODING" collaborative platform for Work Management, ITSM /Agile Delivery and Business Process Management. |  | Pre-Seed | Feb 06, 2023 |  |
| EKAM | EKAM is a part of The Manipal group. | $601.1K | Angel | Jul 19, 2022 |  |
| YNOS Venture Engine CC | YNOS Venture Engine is a technology platform for nascent and early stage entrepreneurs that provides business intelligence and fund raising analytics. Its platform assists in understanding the startup landscape, estimating valuation, identifying suitable investors, and obtaining top-tier expert consultation all in one place. | $337.6K | Seed | Jan 10, 2022 |  |
| Astrome Technologies | Satellite Internet and Telecom Backhaul Company | $3.4M | Convertible Note | Sep 28, 2021 |  |

10 of 22 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [23 High Networth Individuals (HNIs)](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/23-high-networth-individuals-hnis) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [91 Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/91-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [The Chennai Angels](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/the-chennai-angels) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [YourNest Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/yournest-venture-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [1Crowd](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/1crowd) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [3one4 Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/3one4) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Zee Entertainment Enterprises

VC Fund · Mumbai, India

Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited is one of India’s leading television, media and entertainment companies. It is amongst the largest producers and aggregators of Hindi programming in the world, with an extensive library housing over 100,000 hours of television content. With rights to more than 3,000 movie titles from foremost studios and oficonic film stars, Zee houses the world’s largest Hindi film library.

5 contacts available at Zee Entertainment Enterprises.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Subhash Chandra | Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/subhash-chandra |
| Arun Kapil | Cooking on TV - Spice Expert, Home Cook | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/arun-kapil |
| Ashish Sehgal | CSO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ashish-sehgal-2 |
| Lakshmi Narayanan | CCO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lakshmi-narayanan |
| Lakshmi Narayanan | CCO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lakshmi-narayanan-2 |

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## FAQ

### What does Lakshmi Narayanan invest in?

Lakshmi Narayanan invests primarily in Manufacturing, Artificial Intelligence and Sports startups, most often at Seed and Angel stage. Most of the 22 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in India. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Lakshmi Narayanan's check size?

Lakshmi Narayanan typically joins rounds of $338k–$16M at Seed, $34k–$2M at Angel and $24k–$1.3M at Pre-Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Lakshmi Narayanan participates in.

### When did Lakshmi Narayanan last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Lakshmi Narayanan closed in Feb 2025. Shizune tracks 22 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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