# Surya Panditi

> Surya Panditi is a seed investor in San Francisco backing Hardware and Renewable Energy. See 4 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 4
- Last investment: Jun 2024
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/pub/surya-panditi/0/139/689
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/suryapanditi
- Website: https://x.com/suryapanditi
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/surya.panditi

Surya Panditi is a seed investor in San Francisco focused on Hardware and Renewable Energy. Surya Panditi is based out of San Francisco, California, United States, North America, and served as the CEO of Ketsen Networks. Surya previously worked at Enel X as CEO, North America. Surya Panditi attended the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1.1M–$1.6M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Hardware | 1 | 25% |
| Renewable Energy | 1 | 25% |
| Internet of Things | 1 | 25% |

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 1 | 25% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 25% |
| Convertible Note | 1 | 25% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Praan | Praan creates hyperlocal clean air zones within open areas on corporate campuses, schools, universities, hotels, hospitals, residential complexes, malls and industrial areas through a low-cost, filterless and artificially intelligent outdoor air purification technology, enabling individuals to breathe clean, healthy, fresh and safe air. |  | Convertible Note | Jun 15, 2024 |  |
| Praan | Praan creates hyperlocal clean air zones within open areas on corporate campuses, schools, universities, hotels, hospitals, residential complexes, malls and industrial areas through a low-cost, filterless and artificially intelligent outdoor air purification technology, enabling individuals to breathe clean, healthy, fresh and safe air. | $1.1M | Seed | Jun 15, 2024 |  |
| Praan | Praan creates hyperlocal clean air zones within open areas on corporate campuses, schools, universities, hotels, hospitals, residential complexes, malls and industrial areas through a low-cost, filterless and artificially intelligent outdoor air purification technology, enabling individuals to breathe clean, healthy, fresh and safe air. | $1.6M | Seed | Jan 12, 2022 |  |
| Praan | Praan creates hyperlocal clean air zones within open areas on corporate campuses, schools, universities, hotels, hospitals, residential complexes, malls and industrial areas through a low-cost, filterless and artificially intelligent outdoor air purification technology, enabling individuals to breathe clean, healthy, fresh and safe air. | $1.9M | Pre-Seed | Jan 12, 2022 |  |

4 of 4 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Paradigm Shift Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/paradigm-shift-2) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Avaana Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/avaana-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Snow Leopard Technology Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/snow-leopard-technology-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Social Impact Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/social-impact-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [a16z Scout Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/a16z-scout-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Aera VC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aera-vc) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Surya Panditi invest in?

Surya Panditi invests primarily in Hardware, Renewable Energy and Internet of Things startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 4 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Surya Panditi's check size?

Surya Panditi typically joins rounds of $1.1M–$1.6M at Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Surya Panditi participates in.

### When did Surya Panditi last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Surya Panditi closed in Jun 2024. Shizune tracks 4 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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