# Swamy Kotagiri

> Swamy Kotagiri is a angel investor at Magna International backing Cooking and Consumer Goods. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Magna International](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/magna-international-inc)
- Location: Bloomfield Hills, United States
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Apr 2018
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/swamy-kotagiri-270b969/

Swamy Kotagiri is a CEO at Magna International. He attended Oklahoma State University.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Cooking | 1 | 50% |
| Consumer Goods | 1 | 50% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 1 | 50% |

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Angel | 1 | 50% |
| Convertible Note | 1 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Tinychef | Originally known as Klovechef, Tinychef is the Google Maps of Cooking. The perfect assistant to make your kitchen more interesting. Since then, Tinychef has never looked back and all the recognition it received has been incredibly rewarding.Technology has touched almost every aspect of our lives but, for some reason, left the daily meal planningand cooking behind.Not anymore.Tinychef uses voice to revolutionize the way you search, plan, shop, and cook. Tinychef makes the entire process joyous, bringing families together around home-cooked meals. | $540.8K | Convertible Note | Apr 30, 2018 |  |
| Tinychef | Originally known as Klovechef, Tinychef is the Google Maps of Cooking. The perfect assistant to make your kitchen more interesting. Since then, Tinychef has never looked back and all the recognition it received has been incredibly rewarding.Technology has touched almost every aspect of our lives but, for some reason, left the daily meal planningand cooking behind.Not anymore.Tinychef uses voice to revolutionize the way you search, plan, shop, and cook. Tinychef makes the entire process joyous, bringing families together around home-cooked meals. | $352.6K | Angel | Nov 29, 2016 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Food-X](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/food-x) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [SOSV](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sosv) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Magna International

VC Fund · Aurora, Canada

Magna is a leading global automotive supplier with 317 manufacturing operations and 83 product development, engineering and sales centres in 29 countries. Magna has over 130,000 employees focused on delivering superior value to our customers through innovative products and processes, and World Class Manufacturing. Magna's product capabilitiesinclude producing body, chassis, interior, exterior, seating, powertrain, electronic, vision, closure and roof systems and modules, as well as complete vehicle engineering and contract manufacturing.

5 contacts available at Magna International.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Josh Berg | Director, Innovation Ventures | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/josh-berg-2 |
| Swamy Kotagiri | CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/swamy-kotagiri |
| David Goldberg | Senior Vice President, Corporate Development | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/david-goldberg-3f9e |
| Frank Stronach | Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/frank-stronach |
| Haley Rusicka | Senior Marketing Specialist- Magna Exteriors | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/haley-rusicka-57cd |

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## FAQ

### What does Swamy Kotagiri invest in?

Swamy Kotagiri invests primarily in Cooking, Consumer Goods and Artificial Intelligence startups, most often at Angel and Convertible Note stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Swamy Kotagiri last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Swamy Kotagiri closed in Apr 2018. Shizune tracks 2 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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