# PR Ganapathy

> PR Ganapathy is a pre-seed investor at Villgro (Chennai) backing Medical and Health Care. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Villgro](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/villgro)
- Location: Chennai, India
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Sep 2014
- Lead investor: 100%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://in.linkedin.com/in/prganapathy
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/prganapathy
- Website: http://www.prganapathy.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/prganapathy

PR Ganapathy is a pre-seed investor at Villgro in Chennai focused on Medical and Health Care. PR Ganapathy is the President (India) at Villgro, and has operational and strategic responsibility for all major programs that make Villgro's vision a reality. ​In addition to running Villgro’s programs, Ganapathy directly mentors several social enterprises in the Villgro portfolio, spending significant amounts of time helpingentrepreneurs overcome their challenges and scale.He is also actively involved in building the social enterprise ecosystem in ​India, through organizations like the Aspen Network of Development Entrepreneurs (ANDE), by active participation in various industry bodies and working groups, and by giving inspirational talks at forums like TEDx. ​Previously, Ganapathy co-founded a venture-funded startup and held leadership positions at small and large corporations in India and the US

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Medical | 1 | 100% |
| Health Care | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Ujjeewan Healthcare | Ujjeewan Healthcare is a medical services company that offers various healthcare services. | $36K | Pre-Seed | Sep 08, 2014 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## About Villgro

VC Fund · Chennai, India

Villgro is a venture capital firm specialized in incubation, seed, and early-stage social startups.The firm seeks to incubate enterprises in four key sectors: healthcare, education, agri-business, and energy. It invests up to Rs6 million ($0.1 million) in the form of equity or quasi-equity.Villgro was founded in 2001 and is headquartered inChennai, India.

5 contacts available at Villgro.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Maithili Rege | Associate Lead, Agriculture & Climate Action | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/maithili-rege |
| Mohammad Azhar | Government Inititative | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mohammad-azhar-55d2 |
| Paul Basil | Co-Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/paul-basil |
| PR Ganapathy | President | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/pr-ganapathy |
| Rathin Roy | Chairman | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rathin-roy |

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## FAQ

### What does PR Ganapathy invest in?

PR Ganapathy invests primarily in Medical and Health Care startups, most often at Pre-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.

### When did PR Ganapathy last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for PR Ganapathy closed in Sep 2014. 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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