Shankar Narayanan
Managing Director and Co-Head of the Asia Growth Capital @ The Carlyle Group
Mumbai, India
Shankar Narayanan is a seed investor at The Carlyle Group in Mumbai focused on Manufacturing and Wellness. Shankar Narayanan is the Founder of Sanaka Capital. Shankar previously worked at The Carlyle Group as a Managing Director and Co-Head of the Asia Growth Capital. Shankar Narayanan attended the XLRI Jamshedpur.
- Total investments:
- 7
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 29%
Last updated:
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Industries Shankar Narayanan invests in
Stages Shankar Narayanan invests in
Countries Shankar Narayanan invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
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Round size
- Seed
- $250k–$1.1M
- Angel
- $179k–$250k
Investment Focus
Industry
- Manufacturing 3 (43%)
- Wellness 2 (29%)
- Health Care 2 (29%)
- EdTech 1 (14%)
- Energy 1 (14%)
Stage
- Seed 2 (29%)
- Angel 2 (29%)
- Series A 1 (14%)
- Private Equity 1 (14%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 1 (14%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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| SwitchOn is developing Digital Twins for energy optimization and predictive maintenance.They leverage technologies such as Industrial IoT and Machine learning to digitize critical equipments for industries. Their Digital Twins help customers reduce unplanned downtime, improve operational efficiency and maximize asset utilization. | $4.2M / Series A / Apr 17, 2023 | ||
| Dawaa Dost specializes in the pharmacy retail chain of generic medicines in India. The company focuses on the availability of affordable generic medicines. Dawaa Dost was founded by Amit Choudhary and Yash Harlalka and is based in India. | $4M / Venture - Series Unknown / Jan 24, 2023 | ||
| Sanfe is a female hygiene brand that creates products such as stand-and-pee devices, intimate care products, panty liners, organic sanitary pads, pain relief roll-ons, and menstrual cups. Sanfe's products are comfortable, rash-free, natural & organic, and safe for the body and the environment.Sanfe's mission is to build a betterworld for women. | $1.1M / Seed / Feb 18, 2020 | ||
| Wellversed owns and operates a portfolio of nutrition and supplement brands to maximize human potential. Wellversed was established in 2018 by Aanan Khurma, Aditya Seth, and Ripunjay Chachan in Delhi, India. | $250K / Angel / Sep 24, 2019 | ||
| DEE Piping Systems (DEE), incorporated as DEE Development Engineers Limited was founded by Chairman & Managing Director Mr. K.L. Bansal along with a team of two technocrats in the year 1983. DEE, in the past three decades, driven by leaders with a bold and strong entrepreneurial vision, has evolved in the diverse field of Piping engineering andfabrication. | Private Equity / Aug 17, 2015 | ||
| Testbook.com is a platform that provides government exam preparation. Users can learn new concepts, attempt numerous mock tests to compare their preparation level with thousands of fellow aspirants. It provides users with relevant analytics on his performance in the mock tests to pinpoint their weak areas of preparation.It was founded in 2013 andis based in Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra | $250K / Seed / Oct 29, 2014 | ||
| Testbook.com is a platform that provides government exam preparation. Users can learn new concepts, attempt numerous mock tests to compare their preparation level with thousands of fellow aspirants. It provides users with relevant analytics on his performance in the mock tests to pinpoint their weak areas of preparation.It was founded in 2013 andis based in Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra | $179K / Angel / Oct 29, 2014 |
Co-Investors
About The Carlyle Group
The Carlyle Group is a private equity firm that caters to early and later-stage companies. The firm operates four fund families, focusing on leveraged buyouts, venture & growth capital, real estate, and leveraged finance investments.
The Carlyle Group Contacts
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Alexander Popov
Partner, Head of Credit Opportunities
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Alex Chi
Partner
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Alex Wagenberg
Managing Director and Partner
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Andrew Zimmermann
EMEA Controller(Director)
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Constantin Boye
Head of Carlyle Growth
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FAQ
What does Shankar Narayanan invest in?
Shankar Narayanan invests primarily in Manufacturing, Wellness and Health Care startups, most often at Seed and Angel stage. Most of the 7 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in India. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What round sizes does Shankar Narayanan invest in?
Shankar Narayanan typically joins rounds of $250k–$1.1M at Seed and $179k–$250k at Angel. These are whole funding-round sizes, not Shankar Narayanan's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds Shankar Narayanan took part in.
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When did Shankar Narayanan last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Shankar Narayanan closed in Apr 2023. Shizune tracks 7 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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