# Ramesh Haridas

> Ramesh Haridas is a seed investor in New York backing Internet and Software. See 10 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Location: New York, United States
- Total investments: 10
- Last investment: Nov 2019
- Lead investor: 10%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/rharidas
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/rameshharidas
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/rharidas

Ramesh Haridas is an Angel Investor since June 2006. Ramesh has been an entrepreneur and an investor in early stage internet companies for the last 10 years. He has started and sold two internet companies. Ramesh was Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer at Parakweet from March 2010 to February 2016. Parakweet is Ramesh's third startup.Ramesh has started and successfully sold two internet companies before - PrivacyBank.com, an online information bank; and Chintano -- an internet ad network that built proprietary contextual and behavioral targeting technology. Ramesh is also an active angel investor and was the first angel investor in 8tracks, nRelate (sold to IAC), and Esaya (sold to Linkedin); and an early investor in Mashery, AVG and Rapportive. In his free time, he enjoys playing squash and discovering good fiction. Ramesh holds a B.S. degree in Computer Science from the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $500k–$1.5M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Internet | 2 | 20% |
| Software | 2 | 20% |
| Information Technology | 2 | 20% |
| TV | 1 | 10% |
| Film | 1 | 10% |

33 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 5 | 50% |
| Angel | 1 | 10% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 10% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 10% |
| Convertible Note | 1 | 10% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 4 | 40% |
| United Kingdom | 4 | 40% |
| Canada | 1 | 10% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Ryde | Ryders is a last-mile delivery business that puts people and planet first. | $892K | Pre-Seed | Nov 01, 2019 |  |
| Sano Genetics | Sano Genetics is a health technology company that focuses on personalized medicine and genetics. They aim to empower individuals to contribute their genetic and health data for research purposes, with the goal of advancing scientific understanding and personalized approaches to healthcare. Sano Genetics often operates within the context of geneticresearch studies and projects, allowing participants to share their genetic information to contribute to the broader field of medical research | $637K | Seed | Apr 09, 2019 |  |
| Carv | Carv is the first wearable dedicated to skiing that speaks to you as you ski - it’s your digital ski coach. Built in consultation with Olympians, Carv gives you access to the feedback and knowledge that only elite skiers have had access to so far. With an extremely thin smart insert, Carv measures your motion and pressure distribution andrelays feedback through your earphones in real-time.Carv connects wirelessly to your smartphone to give simple, actionable feedback to casual skiers and detailed metrics and analysis for advanced and professional skiers.Carv lets you train, compete and challenge people with its detailed metrics and helps you improve your skiing with technique analysis. | $500K |  | Aug 01, 2017 |  |
| Wevat | Wevat makes it easy for tourists to get tax back on shopping in Europe. | $318K | Angel | Jan 17, 2017 |  |
| CareGuide | CareGuide is a family of online services and our mission is simple: pair families and individuals with great care providers. With thousands of user profiles, you'll be able to find the best care provider for you, in your area, in just about any industry. | $1.5M | Seed | Oct 14, 2014 |  |
| Modamily | Modamily connects and educates people who are ready to start a family. The platform connects singles looking for romantic relationships leading to children, platonic co-parents, and those looking for donors and surrogates. The platform also educates singles and couples on modern family fertility options available to them and has a concierge servicethat connects clients to hundreds of egg donor and surrogacy agencies so they have the most options when searching for a donor or surrogate. The site offers rich profiles, dynamic search, and profile validation services and was founded by Ivan Fatovic. | $100K | Convertible Note | Mar 15, 2014 |  |
| voxapp | voxapp is a platform where enterprises or consumers can create surveys for distribution exclusively on mobile devices globally. The platform will leverage the advances in cloud telephony, mass platforms on mobile and the changing mobile landscape in terms of mobile internet capabilities to launch a global P2P mobile surveys platform. Currentproduct consists of website to create surveys, create respondent acquisition campaigns, validate data authenticity, data analytics. The surveys are distributed via mobile (web/sms) and native apps. |  | Angel | Aug 26, 2013 |  |
| Disconnect | Disconnect was founded in 2011 on a belief that we all have a right to privacy. Our award-winning, user-friendly software and solutions protect hundreds of millions of people. |  | Seed | Mar 22, 2012 |  |
| TasteDive | TasteDive provides a complete entertainment recommendation system and hosts a community of people that enjoy discovering and sharing their interests in music, movies, TV shows, books, authors, games, podcasts (and soon much more!)Visitors get on-spot recommendation based on what they like, while registered users are provided with additionalfeatures, such as maintaining and sharing a taste profile, receiving personalized recommendations, exchanging opinions on their favorite items and keeping track of other users' activities. The service also provides an high-performance API for retrieving recommendations, which is used for integration with other platforms, products and services. |  | Seed | Nov 22, 2011 |  |
| Refinery29 | Refinery29 is a digital media and entertainment company focused on women. Through a variety of lifestyle stories, original video programming, and social, shareable content across all platforms, Refinery29 provides its audience with the inspiration and tools to discover and pursue a more independent, stylish, and informed life.The company wasfounded in 2005 and is headquartered in New York. | $500K | Seed | Feb 13, 2010 |  |

10 of 10 investments shown.

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## FAQ

### What does Ramesh Haridas invest in?

Ramesh Haridas invests primarily in Internet, Software and Information Technology startups, most often at Seed and Angel stage. Most of the 10 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Ramesh Haridas's check size?

Ramesh Haridas typically joins rounds of $500k–$1.5M 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 Ramesh Haridas participates in.

### When did Ramesh Haridas last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Ramesh Haridas closed in Nov 2019. Shizune tracks 10 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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