Rahul Chandra
Director @ Helion Venture Partners
Gurgaon, India
Rahul Chandra is a co-founder and Managing Director of Helion and has 15 years of venture capital investing and corporate development experience in technology product and services companies in India and the US. He serves on the Boards of Shubham, UnitedLex, Netambit, Mindworks and manages investments in Spandana and Equitas.Between 2000 and2006, Rahul was based in Silicon Valley as part of the investment team at Walden International, a global venture capital firm with more than $2B under management. Between 2004 and 2005 he also led the M&A efforts at e4e Inc., a Santa Clara, CA based BPO company with more than 4,000 employees across the globe.Rahul started Venture Capital investing in 1996 in India as the first hire at Walden's India office. In this role he managed investments for Walden's India dedicated Fund between 1996 and 2000.Rahul has invested in more than 30 early-to-mid-stage companies such as Mindtree, Ikanos (IKAN), e4e Inc and Techspan (Headstrong). Prior to Walden, he worked in the Capital Markets Group at Lazard India, and in the Primary Market Department at the Securities Exchange Board of India.Rahul has an MBA from University of California, Berkeley and graduated from Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani in 1993.
- Total investments:
- 18
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 67%
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Industries Rahul Chandra invests in
Stages Rahul Chandra invests in
Countries Rahul Chandra invests in
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 4 (22%)
- FinTech 3 (17%)
- Financial Services 3 (17%)
- Information Technology 3 (17%)
- AgTech 2 (11%)
Stage
- Series A 8 (44%)
- Seed 5 (28%)
- Series B 3 (17%)
- Series D 1 (6%)
- Funding Round 1 (6%)
Country
- India 9 (50%)
- United States 4 (22%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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KühlTherm
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KühlTherm builds full-stack liquid cooling systems that redefine thermal performance and scalability for AI infrastructure — powered by patented technology and relentless R&D. | $1.1M / Seed / Jul 16, 2026 | |
Ringg
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Ringg develops software for the industrial sector. Their services include lead generation, AI voice assistants, and capturing leads. Their customers contact them through email, phone, and online applications. | $5.3M / Series A / Jan 20, 2026 | |
Chara Technologies
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Chara Technologies is building a scalable, cloud-controlled, and rare-earth-free platform for designing, building, and deploying electric motors for various applications. | $5.9M / Series A / Oct 13, 2025 | |
Fyno
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Product Notification - At Fyno, we are building an intelligent orchestration layer to empower developers, engineers and product managers to meet all their notification needs.- Manage complicated workflows, automation, analytics, user preferences, and more with a simple UI and minimal coding efforts.- And BTW, going live with a newchannel/service provider will only take a few clicks. | $4M / Seed / Sep 30, 2025 | |
smallcase
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Smallcase is a wealth management startup that focuses on democratizing equity investing. It builds platforms and investment products to invest better in Indian equities. A smallcase is a basket of stocks/ETFs weighted intelligently to reflect an idea. It was founded in 2015 and is based in Bangalore, India. | $50M / Series D / Mar 28, 2025 | |
BharatAgri
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BharatAgri is a platform that delivers actionable insights that help increase the yield and income of farmers. BharatAgri helps farmers grow efficiently and grow more through the systematic implementation of scientific techniques by providing critical information at appropriate times and regular monitoring. | $4.2M / Series A / Oct 19, 2023 | |
Jar
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Jar is an investment tech startup that allows users to save money by taking spare change from online transactions and investing it in digital gold automatically which can be redeemed anytime or withdrawn easily through UPI. The company was co-founded in 2021 by Nishchay AG and Misbah Ashraf and is based in Bangalore, Karnataka. | $22.6M / Series B / Aug 18, 2022 | |
Mudrex
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Mudrex helps people invest in crypto like a hedge fund does. Pro traders build trading algorithms using Mudrex algorithmic trading platform. Mudrex builds portfolio bundle using top performing algorithms for different risk-reward profile. An investor simply choose a portfolio based on her risk-reward expectations. Mudrex then automatically buys andsells different crypto currencies on behalf of investors. | $6.5M / Seed / Dec 28, 2021 | |
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Jar
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Jar is an investment tech startup that allows users to save money by taking spare change from online transactions and investing it in digital gold automatically which can be redeemed anytime or withdrawn easily through UPI. The company was co-founded in 2021 by Nishchay AG and Misbah Ashraf and is based in Bangalore, Karnataka. | $4.5M / Seed / Aug 31, 2021 | |
Jai Kisan
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Jai Kisan is a fintech platform that provides sustainable financing for rural emerging markets. They help farmers understand their financial status through a next-generation/hyper-localized agriculture credit score digitizing their finances and farm capabilities for financial institutions. | $30M / Series A / May 30, 2021 | |
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Co-Investors
About Helion Venture Partners
Helion Venture Partners is a stage independent, India-focused venture fund, investing in high growth technology powered businesses and consumer services.
Helion Venture Partners Contacts
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Dhruv Prakash
HR Advisor
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Alok Goyal
Partner
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Ashish Gupta
Co-Founder & Senior MD
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Dourvesh Kumar
Director
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Piyush Gupta
Venture Partner
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What does Rahul Chandra invest in?
Rahul Chandra invests primarily in Software, FinTech and Financial Services startups, most often at Series A and Seed stage. Most of the 18 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in India. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
When did Rahul Chandra last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Rahul Chandra closed in Jul 2026. Shizune tracks 18 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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