# Rajesh Chelapurath

> Rajesh Chelapurath is a seed investor backing FinTech and Financial Services. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Apr 2020
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rajesh-chelapurath-2a1662

Rajesh Chelapurath is a seed investor focused on FinTech and Financial Services. Rajesh is Founder, President & Managing Member at Ceera Investments, LLC, a registered investment advisory firm that manages investment portfolios for individuals, trusts, pensions, and corporations. Prior to founding Ceera Investments, LLC in 2005, Rajesh began his career in investment management and research when he joined the BurnhamFinancial Group's Houston office in 1998. Rajesh has also held several marketing positions at the Medical Equipment Division of Larsen & Toubro Ltd in Mumbai, India. Rajesh currently serves as a Trustee, BITSAA Intl, and the Chief Investment Officer of BITSAA Investment Committee that oversees the investment fund of BITSAA. At BITS, he was actively involved in Oasis '91 (as STUCCAN, Art n Dee), Oasis '92 (as Ex-Officio STUCCAN), and in Apogee. He is a Charter Member of TiE (The Indus Entrepreneurs), Houston Chapter and a member of the Houston Society of Financial Analysts and the CFA Institute. Rajesh graduated from BITS, Pilani in 1993 with a B.E. (Hons) in Electrical & Electronics and an M.Sc. (Hons) in Physics. In 1998, he completed an MBA (Finance) from the A.B. Freeman School of Business at Tulane University, New Orleans. Rajesh is based out of Houston, TX.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $3M–$3M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| FinTech | 2 | 100% |
| Financial Services | 2 | 100% |
| Banking | 1 | 50% |
| Cryptocurrency | 1 | 50% |
| Information Technology | 1 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Nuo | Nuo is a decentralized and transparent crypto banking platform for emerging markets. It acts as a financial control center to store, spend and grow any crypto currency of your choice.Using Nuo app, users can store all their crypto currencies at one place, pay for their coffee at Starbucks with a Nuo Card or make near instant peer to peertransfers over Nuo Network. It also enables users to avail global financial products and services at one place via Nuo Play. | $3M | Seed | Apr 04, 2020 | https://www.nuo.network/ |
| Juno | OnJuno is a cross-border banking platform that aims to give users across the world a high yield account to grow their savings. Going live in the US, OnJuno is taking a radical approach towards creating an open and global banking system for everyone, regardless of their location or income. | $3M | Seed | Oct 09, 2019 | https://onjuno.com/ |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Astarc Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/astarcventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Polychain](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/polychain-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Singapore Angel Network](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/singapore-angel-network) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Consensus Lab](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/consensus-lab-9e7d) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [ConsenSys](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/consensus-systems) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Dragonfly Capital Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dragonfly-capital-management) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Rajesh Chelapurath invest in?

Rajesh Chelapurath invests primarily in FinTech, Financial Services and Banking startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in India. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Rajesh Chelapurath's check size?

Rajesh Chelapurath typically joins rounds of $3M–$3M at Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Rajesh Chelapurath participates in.

### How do I contact Rajesh Chelapurath?

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### When did Rajesh Chelapurath last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Rajesh Chelapurath closed in Apr 2020. Shizune tracks 2 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?

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