# Kris Gopalakrishnan

> Kris Gopalakrishnan is a seed investor at Axilor Ventures backing E-Commerce. See 36 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Axilor Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/axilor-ventures)
- Location: Bengaluru, India
- Total investments: 36
- Last investment: May 2024
- Lead investor: 14%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/kris-gopalakrishnan/50/499/10b
- Website: https://x.com/kris_sg?lang=en
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FollowCII/videos/on-national-startup-day-kris-gopalakrishnan-chairman-advisory-board-cii-centre-o/587984857201917/

Kris Gopalakrishnan is a seed investor at Axilor Ventures in Bengaluru focused on E-Commerce and Artificial Intelligence. Gopalakrishnan (Kris to his colleagues) is one of the founders of Infosys Technologies Limited. As Chief Executive Officer, he plays a key role in defining the company strategy and using technology and innovation continuously to maintain its leadership in the industry.On June 22, 2007, Kris took over from Nandan M. Nilekani as the CEO andManaging Director of Infosys Technologies Limited. Kris previously served as Chief Operating Officer (since April 2002), and as the President and Joint Managing Director (since August 2006). His responsibilities included customer services, technology, investments and acquisitions.Kris' initial responsibilities at Infosys included management of design, development, implementation and support of information systems for clients in the consumer products industry in the U.S. Between 1987 and 1994, he headed the technical operations of KSA/Infosys (a joint venture between Infosys and KSA at Atlanta, U.S.) as Vice President (Technical). In 1994, Kris returned to India and was appointed Deputy Managing Director of the company.Kris is currently the Chairman of the Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management (IIITM), Kerala, and Vice Chairman of the Board for Information Technology Education Standards (BITES) set up by the Government of Karnataka. Kris is the Vice Chairman of the Confederation of Indian Industries(CII) Southern Regional Council. He is also a member of ACM, IEEE and IEEE Computer Society.Kris holds a master's degree in Physics and Computer Science from the Indian Institute of Technology Madras.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $382k–$2.5M |
| Series A | $2.5M–$14M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| E-Commerce | 8 | 22% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 7 | 19% |
| Software | 6 | 17% |
| Internet | 5 | 14% |
| Machine Learning | 5 | 14% |

66 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 11 | 31% |
| Series A | 11 | 31% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 3 | 8% |
| Angel | 2 | 6% |
| Series C | 2 | 6% |

7 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| India | 23 | 64% |
| United States | 3 | 8% |
| Singapore | 1 | 3% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Myelin Foundry | Myelin Foundry is a deep tech product start-up that transforms human experiences and industry outcomes by building Artificial Intelligence algorithms on video, voice, and sensor data for edge devices. The Myelin team has expertise in productizing deep learning frameworks including CNNs, and GANs, with applications in Media & Entertainment,Health & Wellness, and National Security.The Myelin Foundry was established in January, 2019 in Bengaluru, Karnataka. | $4M | Venture - Series Unknown | May 08, 2024 |  |
| Resorcio | Resorcio offers users the option to develop resources in many categories. Among the many categories, it falls under accounting, agriculture, biology, biotechnology, architecture, and design. Audio, templates, presentations, papers, and other types are among the available formats. |  | Seed | Apr 11, 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 |  |
| Planys Technologies | Planys Technologies is an IIT Madras incubated company that provides submersible robotic inspection and survey solutions using Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROVs). Planys has its head office in Chennai where it indigenously designs and manufactures compact ROVsPlanys brings world class technology and cutting-edge innovations in underwaterrobotics and diagnostics in the shallow-mid depth segment. Planys’ technology spans the domains of marine robotics, advanced Non-Destructive Evaluation (NDE), and post-inspection analysis. Planys provides a holistic service offering to customers through a design level fusion of ROV manufacture, operations and structural diagnostics. Planys is the first and currently the only OEM of ROVs in the Indian Sub-continent.Planys was founded by IIT Madras alumni and faculty who have been working together on various projects since 2012. | $1.6M | Seed | Nov 16, 2021 |  |
| Vahdam Teas | Vahdam Teas is a digitally native tea company that focuses on sourcing and selling premium quality teas directly from Indian plantations to consumers worldwide, eliminating middlemen to ensure freshness and provide better returns to farmers. | $23.6M | Series D | Sep 08, 2021 |  |
| Clootrack | Clootrack is a first of its kind platform, that discovers and measures brand perception metrics that matter. Clootrack does this with proprietary deep learning & AI algorithms based on proven mathematical models. | $4M | Series A | Sep 03, 2021 |  |
| Vahdam Teas | Vahdam Teas is a digitally native tea company that focuses on sourcing and selling premium quality teas directly from Indian plantations to consumers worldwide, eliminating middlemen to ensure freshness and provide better returns to farmers. | $23.6M | Series D | Sep 01, 2021 |  |
| JetSynthesys | JetSynthesys Pvt. Ltd. is part of the Navani family owned JetLine Group of Companies. JetSynthesys is the group's most innovative company in the promising Digital and Technology Business World with a vision to create world class digital products, platforms and services in India and play an active role in the digital daily life of 1.2 billionIndians extending that to all individuals on the planet through very powerful targeted big data analytics and unbeatable content and user experiences. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Jul 29, 2021 |  |
| RuleZero | Rulezero is a technology platform created by experienced startup executives to automate and manage the equity ownership of a startup. | $1.4M | Seed | May 10, 2021 |  |
| Verloop.io | Verloop develops AI software for customer support automation. Its platform provides AI voice agents, chatbots, agent assistance, quality monitoring, analytics, and omnichannel customer engagement for businesses across multiple industries. | $5M | Series A | Aug 25, 2020 |  |

10 of 36 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Growth Story](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/growthstory) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Chiratae Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/idg-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Mankind Group Family office](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mankind-group-family-office) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [NuVentures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nuventures-2) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Sixth Sense Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sixth-senseventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Urmin Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/urmin-group-family-office) — VC Fund, 3 deals together

## About Axilor Ventures

VC Fund · Bangalore, India

Axilor Ventures is an early stage seed fund and startup accelerator founded by some of the iconic entrepreneurs and business leaders, which include Kris Gopalakrishnan, S D Shibulal, Professor Tarun Khanna, Srinath Batni and Ganapathy Venugopal. In the last three years, Axilor has supported more than 80 startups, made 30+ investments and has anactive Alumni network of 150+ founders.. Axilor focuses on early stage investments across the following sectors - Consumer Internet, Enterprise SaaS, Healthcare Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Fintech and Industrial IoT.

5 contacts available at Axilor Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kris Gopalakrishnan | Chairman | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/s-gopalakrishnan |
| Ganapathy Venugopal | Co-Founder & CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ganapathy-venugopal |
| Julian Philips | Mentor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/julian-philips |
| Nandan Venkatachalam | Investment Associate | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nandan-venkatachalam |
| Nidhi Mathur | Venture Partner, Axilor Lab | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nidhi-mathur |

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## FAQ

### What does Kris Gopalakrishnan invest in?

Kris Gopalakrishnan invests primarily in E-Commerce, Artificial Intelligence and Software startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 36 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in India. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Kris Gopalakrishnan's check size?

Kris Gopalakrishnan typically joins rounds of $382k–$2.5M at Seed and $2.5M–$14M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Kris Gopalakrishnan participates in.

### When did Kris Gopalakrishnan last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Kris Gopalakrishnan closed in May 2024. Shizune tracks 36 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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