# Ranjith Menon

> Ranjith Menon is a seed investor at Chiratae Ventures (Bengaluru) backing Health Care and Medical. See 19 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Chiratae Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/idg-ventures-india)
- Location: Bengaluru, India
- Total investments: 19
- Last investment: Jan 2026
- Lead investor: 53%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/ranjith-menon/4/15b/307
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/ranjith_menon
- Website: http://ranjithmenonr.blogspot.com/

Ranjith Menon is a seed investor at Chiratae Ventures in Bengaluru focused on Health Care and Medical. Ranjith Menon - Executive Director @ Chiratae Ventures

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Health Care | 6 | 32% |
| Medical | 4 | 21% |
| Biotechnology | 2 | 11% |
| Emergency Medicine | 2 | 11% |
| Sales | 1 | 5% |

30 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 6 | 32% |
| Series A | 5 | 26% |
| Series B | 3 | 16% |
| Series C | 1 | 5% |
| Series D | 1 | 5% |

6 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| India | 10 | 53% |
| United States | 1 | 5% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| TakeMe2Space | TakeMe2Space is a startup focused on democratizing access to space and advancing space technology. M2Space aims to revolutionize how people interact with space by enabling access and experimentation for everyone. They are involved in building satellites and fostering innovation in the space sector | $5M | Seed | Jan 08, 2026 |  |
| HexaHealth | HexaHealth is a startup that aims to build a network of hospitals across the country, bring in digital solutions for better patient care throughout the patient’s surgery life cycle, and expand its consumer base to address the information asymmetry. | $12M | Series A | Apr 30, 2025 |  |
| Mili | Software for streamlining workflows for financial advisors | $2M | Seed | Dec 17, 2024 |  |
| Dezy | Smiles.ai leverages proprietary technology and expert healthcare professionals to provide access to high-quality and cost-effective dental care products and services. | $6M | Convertible Note | Oct 08, 2024 |  |
| ClaimBuddy | ClaimBuddy acts as one-stop solutions for Health Insurance Claim assistance for Patients and Hospitals. ClaimBuddy are building an ecosystem to ensure Hassle-free insurance claims by leveraging technology, and a set of simple yet powerful processes and operations. | $5M | Series A | Apr 12, 2024 |  |
| HexaHealth | HexaHealth is a startup that aims to build a network of hospitals across the country, bring in digital solutions for better patient care throughout the patient’s surgery life cycle, and expand its consumer base to address the information asymmetry. | $7M | Seed | Sep 01, 2022 |  |
| Redcliffe Labs | Redcliffe LifetechRedcliffe Lifesciences specializes in reproductive health testing, rare diseases, and cancer genetic diagnostics. The company offers a wide range of advanced products and services for healthcare companies, research institutions, and other public and private partnerships, such as testing using molecular and gene-based diagnostics,therapeutic molecules and advanced therapies, next-generation sequencing, and all bioinformatics services. | $61M | Series B | May 06, 2022 |  |
| Locofast | Locofast is the fastest-growing B2B textile marketplace, leveraging technology to the core of transaction enabling smart, efficient and sustainable fabric sourcing solutions to businesses around the world.In a span of two years, the company has raised two rounds of funding, most recently being Series B financing. The company is backed by ChirataeVentures and Axilor Ventures.The company is headquartered in New Delhi, with offices pan-India. | $15M | Series A | Feb 28, 2022 |  |
| ClaimBuddy | ClaimBuddy acts as one-stop solutions for Health Insurance Claim assistance for Patients and Hospitals. ClaimBuddy are building an ecosystem to ensure Hassle-free insurance claims by leveraging technology, and a set of simple yet powerful processes and operations. | $2.8M | Seed | Feb 28, 2022 |  |
| Dezy | Smiles.ai leverages proprietary technology and expert healthcare professionals to provide access to high-quality and cost-effective dental care products and services. | $23M | Series A | Jan 23, 2022 |  |

10 of 19 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Omidyar Network India](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/omidyar-network-india-050e) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Peak XV Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sequoia-india-2) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [3one4 Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/3one4) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Accel](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/accel) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Alkemi Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alkemi-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Alpha Wave Incubation](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alpha-wave-incubation-af7e) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About Chiratae Ventures

VC Fund · Bangalore, India

IDG Ventures India is a leading technology venture capital fund in India. The fund is part of IDG Ventures, a global network of technology venture funds with over $6 billion under management with over 220 investee companies and 10 offices across Asia and North America. IDG Ventures has been an investor in companies including Funzio, Ctrip, Tencent,Baidu, Netscape, BabyCenter, Sohu, Vancl and VinaGame. In India, IDG Ventures has invested in companies such as Flipkart, Myntra, Yatra, Newgen, Brainbees (FirstCry.com), Vserv, Manthan Software, Valyoo (Lenskart.com), Actoserba (Zivame.com), NestAway and Hiree. More information about IDG Ventures is available at www.idgvcindia.com

5 contacts available at Chiratae Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Ranjith Menon | Executive Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ranjith-menon |
| Sudhir Sethi | Founder and Managing General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sudhir-sethi |
| Venkatesh Peddi | Partner, Executive Director and Head of Software Sector | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/venkatesh-peddi |
| Karthik Prabhakar | Executive Director & Global Head - Fundraising | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/karthik-prabhakar |
| Kriti Gupta | Investment Analyst | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kriti-gupta |

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## FAQ

### What does Ranjith Menon invest in?

Ranjith Menon invests primarily in Health Care, Medical and Biotechnology startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 19 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in India. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Ranjith Menon last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Ranjith Menon closed in Jan 2026. Shizune tracks 19 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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