# Sony Joy

> Sony Joy is a seed investor at Truecaller (Kochi) backing Consulting and Human Resources. See 6 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Truecaller](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/true-software-scandinavia)
- Location: Kochi, India
- Total investments: 6
- Last investment: Dec 2021
- Lead investor: 50%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/sonyjoy
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/sonyjoy
- Website: https://x.com/sonyjoy
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/joy.sony

Sony Joy is a seed investor at Truecaller in Kochi focused on Consulting and Human Resources. Sony is a serial entrepreneur who founded multiple startups in the telecom & fintech space. His first startup MOBME was founded while he was half way into his engineering degree back in 2006. MOBME monetised a bouquet of B2B & B2B2C products in the telecom space, creating employment for hundreds. His next startup Chillr, founded in 2013,was funded by Sequoia, Blume & Uniqorn. Chillr was the pioneer in seamless inter-bank mobile payments years before UPI & during this stint he worked closely with numerous banks including the likes of HDFC Bank, Bank of Baroda etc. In 2018 Chillr was acquired by Swedish HQ Caller ID app Truecaller, post which he has been heading Truecaller's fintech arm. More recently, he took responsibility of building the Enterprise Business vertical for Truecaller from ground up. It's now an extremely fast growing business unit that's operating like a full fledged SaaS company and is focused on making business communication safe & efficient. The division already boasts of hundreds of active clients across BFSI, Fintech, EdTech, Healthcare, Automotive etc and is becoming an indispensable tool for businesses that rely on telephones as a communication channel.Truecaller is now a listed company after its IPO in NASDAQ Stockholm in October 2021.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Consulting | 2 | 33% |
| Human Resources | 2 | 33% |
| SaaS | 1 | 17% |
| Retail | 1 | 17% |
| Consumer | 1 | 17% |

15 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 4 | 67% |
| Pre-Seed | 2 | 33% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| India | 3 | 50% |
| United States | 2 | 33% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Evenflow | Evenflow acquires and scales third-party brands that sell on e-commerce marketplaces such as Amazon & Flipkart. | $5M | Seed | Dec 14, 2021 |  |
| ToolJet | ToolJet is an open-source low-code framework used to build and deploy custom internal tools. Its platform builds internal tools in minutes using pre-built components and can connect to databases, services, cloud storage, and custom API endpoints to fetch data and take action. | $1.6M | Seed | Dec 13, 2021 |  |
| Premagic | Premagic is a software for professional photographers to share photos with clients. | $266.5K | Pre-Seed | Nov 30, 2021 |  |
| OpenVitae | Recruitment Marketplace |  | Seed | Nov 01, 2021 |  |
| Volcano | Volcano is a live video platform for IRL content |  | Seed | Nov 01, 2021 |  |
| SuperHire | SuperHire provides pre-vetted, interview-ready candidates to its clients by leveraging its fast-growing expert recruiter community. |  | Pre-Seed | Nov 01, 2021 |  |

6 of 6 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Nexus Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nexus-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Venture Catalysts](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/venturecatalysts) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [300 ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/300-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [100Unicorns](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/9unicorns) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Better Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/better-capital-e839) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Faad Network](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/faad-network) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Truecaller

VC Fund · Stockholm, Sweden

Truecaller makes your mobile environment smarter by allowing you to connect with who you want, when you want. Truecaller enables you to expand your contact list and reach people you want to find; helps you more easily identify who is calling your cell phone; and protects your mobile identity from unwantedspammers.https://only4usupport.blogspot.com/2019/05/truecaller-benefits-or-loss.html

5 contacts available at Truecaller.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Sony Joy | VP - Truecaller Enterprise Business | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sony-joy |
| Alan Mamedi | CEO & Co-Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alan-mamedi |
| Bing Gordon | Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bing-gordon |
| Kari Krishnamurthy | Chief Commercial Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kari-krishnamurthy |
| Lishoy Bhaskaran | Director of Growth | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lishoy-bhaskaran |

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## FAQ

### What does Sony Joy invest in?

Sony Joy invests primarily in Consulting, Human Resources and SaaS startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 6 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in India. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Sony Joy last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Sony Joy closed in Dec 2021. Shizune tracks 6 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.

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