# Sandeep Raju > Sandeep Raju is a seed investor at Samaaru (Pune) backing Semiconductor and Internet of Things. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026. - Type: Angel Investor - Fund: [Samaaru](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/samaaru) - Location: Pune, India - Total investments: 3 - Last investment: Jun 2024 - Lead investor: 0% - Last updated: Aug 2026 - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sandeepraju/ Sandeep Raju is a seed investor at Samaaru in Pune focused on Semiconductor and Internet of Things. Sandeep is a co-founder at Samaaru India. As Chief Investment Officer at Pioneering Ventures, he co-led the incubation of Samaaru as a PV group company and serves as a board member overseeing platform services, new business incubation, and investor relations. Sandeep earlier served in P&L leadership, M&A, investments and incubation rolesat Infosys and Wipro. He learnt venture development skills by training on board-sponsored projects at Infosys including the Life Sciences Practice (incubation lead and first employee), Lodestone ($350 mn acquisition), OnMobile (NSE: ONMOBILE), Yantra (now IBM), Stratify (now Iron Mountain), CiDRA, Workadia and Infosys China. Over two decades, he has learnt from stressed venture and market situations during three downturns. As an executive, entrepreneur or lead investor, he has helped create ~1000 new jobs, led multi-cultural teams of ~1500 associates, worked on venture transactions worth ~$0.5 billion, delivered ~6x growth over 6 years as a P&L leader, and co-created ~7x value with co-investors in recent years. ## Investment focus ### Industry | Industry | Investments | Share | | --- | --- | --- | | Semiconductor | 2 | 67% | | Internet of Things | 2 | 67% | | Artificial Intelligence | 2 | 67% | | Finance | 1 | 33% | | Government | 1 | 33% | 6 industries tracked in total. ### Stage | Stage | Investments | Share | | --- | --- | --- | | Seed | 1 | 33% | | Angel | 1 | 33% | | Funding Round | 1 | 33% | ### Country | Country | Investments | Share | | --- | --- | --- | | Switzerland | 2 | 67% | | India | 1 | 33% | ## Investments | Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Synthara Technologies | Synthara is a Zurich-based artificial intelligence (AI) company that provides system-level solutions for businesses to enhance their products or services with smart features. The company portable and wearable gadgets such as virtual reality headsets, small wireless monitoring cameras, sensor networks, have limited smart features because computingpowerful algorithms cannot be run on them. Synthara IPs provide server-class performance with an extremely low energy requirement for neural networks (10 TOPs/Watt). | $11M | | Jun 05, 2024 | | | Synthara | Synthara is a Swiss semiconductor startup revolutionizing the compute performance of embedded chips by orders of magnitude. We are working on a new breed of energy-efficient computational AI chips that are hand-crafted for smart sensor applications such as hearing aids, wearables, biomedical monitoring, and AR/VR. Our flagship product,ComputeRAM, is a drop-in replacement for conventional SRAM that performs complex calculations directly in memory. This drastically reduces CPU workload, boosting system performance and delivering exceptional efficiency, especially for AI workloads. With ComputeRAM, we help chipmakers and device manufacturers lower costs, shorten time to market, and unlock new opportunities for innovation. | $5.5M | Seed | Jun 05, 2024 | | | Haqdarshak | Haqdarshak is a technology-enabled platform working to transform how Indian citizens learn about, apply for, and benefit from, government schemes. The company is composed of a group of passionate social entrepreneurs using technology to impact the next billion. The team comprises of individuals from diverse background who have come together out ofcommon interest and passion. The investor community represents individuals holding prestigious positions in different companies across various sectors. | $191K | Angel | Mar 22, 2017 | | 3 of 3 investments shown. ## Co-investors - [DeepIE Ventures Management Co.](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/deepie-ventures-management-co) — VC Fund, 2 deals together - [Deeptech Labs](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/deeptech-labs) — VC Fund, 2 deals together - [Excellis](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/excellis) — VC Fund, 2 deals together - [HTGF (High-Tech Gruenderfonds)](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/high-tech-gr%C3%BCnderfonds) — VC Fund, 2 deals together - [Onsight Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/onsight-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together - [OTB Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/otb-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together ## About Samaaru VC Fund 1 contacts available at Samaaru. | Name | Title | Profile | | --- | --- | --- | | Sandeep Raju | Co-founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sandeep-raju-3193 | ## Similar investors ### Similar industry - [Antler](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/antler-be9c) — VC Fund - [Alumni Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alumni-ventures-group) — VC Fund - [Right Side Capital Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/right-side-capital-management) — VC Fund ### Similar stage - [Antler](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/antler-be9c) — VC Fund - [Alumni Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alumni-ventures-group) — VC Fund - [Right Side Capital Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/right-side-capital-management) — VC Fund ### Similar country - [SICTIC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sictic) — VC Fund - [Zürcher Kantonal Bank](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/z%C3%BCrcher-kantonalbank) — VC Fund - [Foundation for Innovation and Technology (FIT)](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/foundation-pour-l-innovation-technologique) — VC Fund ## Featured in investor lists - [Internet Angel Investors in Switzerland](https://shizune.co/investors/internet-angel-investors-switzerland) - [Artificial intelligence Angel Investors in Switzerland](https://shizune.co/investors/artificial-intelligence-angel-investors-switzerland) - [Enterprise Angel Investors in Switzerland](https://shizune.co/investors/enterprise-angel-investors-switzerland) - [Hardware Angel Investors in Switzerland](https://shizune.co/investors/hardware-angel-investors-switzerland) - [Artificial intelligence Investors in Switzerland](https://shizune.co/investors/artificial-intelligence-investors-switzerland) - [Software Angel Investors in Switzerland](https://shizune.co/investors/software-angel-investors-switzerland) ## FAQ ### What does Sandeep Raju invest in? Sandeep Raju invests primarily in Semiconductor, Internet of Things and Artificial Intelligence startups, most often at Seed and Angel stage. Most of the 3 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Switzerland. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio. ### When did Sandeep Raju last invest? The most recent investment recorded for Sandeep Raju closed in Jun 2024. Shizune tracks 3 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? 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. # About Shizune Shizune.co is an investor database. 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