# Nandan Venkatachalam

> Nandan Venkatachalam is a seed investor at Axilor Ventures backing Software. See 14 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Axilor Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/axilor-ventures)
- Location: Bengaluru, India
- Total investments: 14
- Last investment: Nov 2025
- Lead investor: 43%
- Last updated: Aug 2026

Nandan Venkatachalam is a seed investor at Axilor Ventures in Bengaluru focused on Software and B2B. Nandan Venkatachalam

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 3 | 21% |
| B2B | 2 | 14% |
| Logistics | 2 | 14% |
| E-Commerce | 2 | 14% |
| Supply Chain Management | 2 | 14% |

22 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 8 | 57% |
| Series A | 3 | 21% |
| Series B | 1 | 7% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Quickshift | Quickshift provides warehousing and e-commerce fulfillment services along with fleet support for distribution. It helps streamline the storage, distribution, and fulfillment across retail, wholesale, and e-commerce channels. The company was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in Pune, Maharashtra, India. | $2.5M | Seed | Nov 11, 2025 |  |
| CapGrid | CapGrid is a B2B commerce company specializing in sourcing and procurement of direct-material supplies. Its platform houses detailed capability intelligence of global supply sources from major manufacturing and best-cost sourcing destinations. | $517.4K | Series A | Feb 12, 2025 |  |
| Wiz Freight | Wiz Freight is a full-stack digital freight management platform for emerging markets. | $11.2M | Series B | Jan 04, 2024 |  |
| Leremitt | Leremitt's platform serves as a vital link between businesses and global markets, empowering MSMEs with secure and reliable payment solutions, dedicated support, streamlined processes, and valuable trade intelligence to thrive in the increasingly competitive international trade landscape. | $1.3M | Seed | Jul 27, 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 |  |
| CapGrid | CapGrid is a B2B commerce company specializing in sourcing and procurement of direct-material supplies. Its platform houses detailed capability intelligence of global supply sources from major manufacturing and best-cost sourcing destinations. | $7M | Series A | Jan 30, 2023 |  |
| Metalbook | The cheapest prices can be found on Metal book, a full-stack digital supply-chain platform that links a global network of metal suppliers and customers. Additionally, it offered fabrication and modification for finished and semi-finished goods connected to metal at the best costs on the market. We are committed to creating a global marketplace bybringing together offline companies. This marketplace will believe in speedy, transparent transactions and hassle-free logistics, enabling end-to-end procurement solutions for the consumer. | $5M | Seed | Aug 29, 2022 |  |
| Prolance | Prolance simplifies the process of executing interior projects through automation and aggregation, thus eliminating errors, cost escalations and ensuring predictability for everyone in the interior business. | $2M | Seed | Aug 18, 2022 |  |
| Wiz Freight | Wiz Freight is a full-stack digital freight management platform for emerging markets. | $36.2M | Series A | Mar 31, 2022 |  |
| CapGrid | CapGrid is a B2B commerce company specializing in sourcing and procurement of direct-material supplies. Its platform houses detailed capability intelligence of global supply sources from major manufacturing and best-cost sourcing destinations. | $551K | Seed | Nov 10, 2021 |  |

10 of 14 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Nexus Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nexus-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
- [Foundamental](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/foundamental) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [Arali Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/arali-ventures) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Anicut Angel Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/anicut-angel-fund) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Tiger Global Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tiger-global) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Capital A](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/capital-a-5a4d) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About Axilor Ventures

VC Fund · Bangalore, India

Axilor Ventures is an early stage seed fund and startup accelerator founded by some of the iconic entrepreneurs and business leaders, which include Kris Gopalakrishnan, S D Shibulal, Professor Tarun Khanna, Srinath Batni and Ganapathy Venugopal. In the last three years, Axilor has supported more than 80 startups, made 30+ investments and has anactive Alumni network of 150+ founders.. Axilor focuses on early stage investments across the following sectors - Consumer Internet, Enterprise SaaS, Healthcare Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Fintech and Industrial IoT.

5 contacts available at Axilor Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kris Gopalakrishnan | Chairman | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/s-gopalakrishnan |
| Ganapathy Venugopal | Co-Founder & CEO | — |
| Julian Philips | Mentor | — |
| Nandan Venkatachalam | Investment Associate | — |
| Nidhi Mathur | Venture Partner, Axilor Lab | — |

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## FAQ

### What does Nandan Venkatachalam invest in?

Nandan Venkatachalam invests primarily in Software, B2B and Logistics startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 14 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 Nandan Venkatachalam last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Nandan Venkatachalam closed in Nov 2025. Shizune tracks 14 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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