Rajiv Raghunandan
Co-Founder and Managing Partner @ Arali Ventures
Bangalore, India
Rajiv Raghunandan is a seed investor at Arali Ventures in Bangalore focused on Artificial Intelligence and Internet. Rajiv Raghunandan is the Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Arali Ventures. He previously worked at InfraHedge Ltd, A sub of State Street Corporation as a Director. Rajiv Raghunandan attended the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore.
- Total investments:
- 9
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 78%
Last updated:
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Industries Rajiv Raghunandan invests in
Stages Rajiv Raghunandan invests in
Countries Rajiv Raghunandan invests in
Investment Focus
Industry
- Artificial Intelligence 5 (56%)
- Internet 2 (22%)
- Software 2 (22%)
- Medical Device 2 (22%)
- Machine Learning 2 (22%)
Stage
- Seed 7 (78%)
- Pre-Seed 1 (11%)
Country
- India 7 (78%)
- Norway 1 (11%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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RenaissThera
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RenaissThera is a biotechnology startup that uses AI platforms to produce low-cost, new small-molecule-targeted medicines. | Seed / Jun 23, 2026 | |
Bidaal
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Bidaal Technology Private Limited is a next-generation Indian Company providing cutting-edge AIOT solutions to the heavy industry. Our aim is to provide digital surveillance and monitoring of these industries through our innovative products. Our current products include semi-autonomous surveying equipment, smart traffic management systems for heavymachinery and mine/plant/construction workers, radar-based proximity warning systems and post-mining geo-tagging services. Our products and services increase the safety of industrial operations thereby reducing huge losses incurred by companies due to hazards and accidents. | $1M / Seed / Oct 25, 2024 | |
CogniSaaS
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CogniSaaS is a customer onboarding platform that collaborates with customers and internal teams to prevent project delays. It empowers cross-functional teams in enterprise SaaS for customer-centric value delivery. The company aims to deliver a seamless customer-centric experience. The company's founders are experienced in managing onboardingand implementation projects. | Seed / Mar 25, 2022 | |
Pathfndr
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With our flagship product Pathfndr, we are building the Shopify of Travel to help travel agents & travel influencers globally to go from no digital presence to powering their hybrid/ digital business with a no-Code, AI-powered Travel Operating System. Pathfndr is built on a foundation of billions of data points, which are used to provideIntelligent Inspiration + Dynamic Packaging through meaningful combinations of destinations, flights, hotels, activities and more.We are a Nasscom Emerge50 awardee, winner of World Tourism Forum Lucerne startup competition, and have been recognized by Skyscanner as one of the best travel startups in the world. We are an alumnus of Plug n Play Tech Center (Silicon Valley accelerator), Axilor (India’s largest startup accelerator) and Eilat Travel Tech (an Israeli travel tech accelerator), and are backed by some of the best travel, tech & product minds. | $1.1M / Seed / Jun 23, 2021 | |
decodem.ai
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We declutter the deluge of data and decode'm for insights. We are generating playlists of insights across multiple themes in multiple formats.Our key differentiation is that we understand text like humans do and provide new & unique class of insights @ higher analytical scale, significant velocity, and lower incremental cost. In theback-end, we use techniques of machine learning/ artificial intelligence wrapped in a lot of heuristic code. | Seed / Mar 18, 2020 | |
Oivi
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Oivi has built a breakthrough retinal camera that enables primary care physicians to detect early signs of blinding or systemic disease during routine check-ups. Our patented design merges precision optics with AI-guided robotics to deliver hospital-quality imaging with minimal training and at a fraction of the cost of traditional systems. Theplatform continuously evolves through software updates, expanding its diagnostic reach. We’ve screened 100,000+ patients and growing rapidly.Founded by camera-technology experts—CEO Anders Eikenes (Huddly co-founder; $400M IPO) and Khaleel Udyawar (20+ years in imaging systems)—we’ve grown to 30 employees across the US, India, China, and Norway. We’ve raised $15M (half equity, half grants) and are preparing Series A to scale in the US. | $500K / Pre-Seed / Sep 30, 2019 | |
CynLr
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CynLr is a technology company that develops a visual object intelligence platform for industrial robotic arms. The platform allows robots to see, understand, and manipulate objects in unstructured environments without pre-training. | $655K / Seed / Aug 06, 2019 | |
Wingman
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Wingman is a real-time sales coaching tool for sales representatives. Wingman helps sales teams with real-time coaching, which enforces good habits like better listening and talking speed.Wingman listens to sales calls, and in real-time tells reps what to say, to close more deals.With Wingman, you don't need to memorize the documentation.We'll give it to you when you need it.Wingman helps you overcome objections so you can close more deals.With Wingman, put your best foot forward when you come up against competition. | Seed / Mar 17, 2019 | |
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Wingman
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Wingman is a real-time sales coaching tool for sales representatives. Wingman helps sales teams with real-time coaching, which enforces good habits like better listening and talking speed.Wingman listens to sales calls, and in real-time tells reps what to say, to close more deals.With Wingman, you don't need to memorize the documentation.We'll give it to you when you need it.Wingman helps you overcome objections so you can close more deals.With Wingman, put your best foot forward when you come up against competition. | Seed |
Co-Investors
Speciale Invest
3 deals together
TEXMIN
3 deals together
Campus Fund
2 deals together
100x Entrepreneur
1 deal together
Acsys Investments
1 deal together
About Arali Ventures
Arali Ventures is a pre-seed, seed Stage VC fund investing in startups building frontier tech solutions for enterprise. Founded by Rajiv and Arun, who come with over two decades of building enterprise focussed businesses, Arali Ventures premise is that cutting-edge enterprise tech globally can be built from India
Arali Ventures Contacts
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Arun Raghavan
Founding Partner
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Rajiv Raghunandan
Co-Founder and Managing Partner
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FAQ
What does Rajiv Raghunandan invest in?
Rajiv Raghunandan invests primarily in Artificial Intelligence, Internet and Software startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 9 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in India. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
When did Rajiv Raghunandan last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Rajiv Raghunandan closed in Jun 2026. Shizune tracks 9 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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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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