TC Meenakshisundaram
Founder & Managing Director @ Chiratae Ventures
Bengaluru, India
TC Meenakshisundaram is a Series A investor at Chiratae Ventures in Bengaluru focused on Software and Financial Services. Mr. T C Meenakshisundaram (TCM) is founding Managing Director of IDGVentures India, a US$150 Million early-stage technology venture capital fundbacked by IDG, the world’s largest IT-focused media company. He currentlyserves on the Board of Directors at Apalya Technologies, Aujas Networks,ConnectM and iCreate Software.Previously, TCMspent three years with Walden International’s India investment team workingon investments in companies such as Mindtree Consulting, Venture Infotek, Jobstreet andWebvisions, across a range of technology sectors.Prior to joining IDG Ventures India, TCM served as Chief Financial Officer and President -Corporate Services at Venture Infotek, a leading payments processing company in India.He also worked for fourteen years with Wipro, India’s leading global IT services firm.
- Total investments:
- 30
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 40%
Last updated:
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Industries TC Meenakshisundaram invests in
Stages TC Meenakshisundaram invests in
Countries TC Meenakshisundaram invests in
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Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 3 (10%)
- Financial Services 3 (10%)
- Artificial Intelligence 3 (10%)
- FinTech 2 (7%)
- Analytics 2 (7%)
Stage
- Series A 7 (23%)
- Seed 6 (20%)
- Series B 4 (13%)
- Series C 3 (10%)
- Funding Round 2 (7%)
Investments
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| AgroStar is India’s foremost AgTech start-up working on the mission of #HelpingFarmersWin by providing a complete range of agri solutions at the fingertips of farmers. AgroStar’s tech platform provides a combination of agronomy advice coupled with service and agri input products that enable farmers to significantly improve their productivity andincome.We use an extensive amount of data, technology and agronomy knowledge to give the right solutions (advice+products) to Indian farmers.AgroStar currently operates in the states of Gujarat, Maharashtra, and Rajasthan and has over 5 Lakh farmers on its digital platform. Farmers in these states can avail agri solutions for their entire crop life-cycle with a simple “missed call” or through its Android app, which is amongst the highest rated farming focused apps in the country.Over the next 5 years, we plan to continue to provide incremental value to farmers in terms of wide range of inputs delivered at their doorsteps, world-class agronomy guidance and also access to market linkages and credit. | $30M / Venture - Series Unknown / Nov 20, 2025 | ||
| AgroStar is India’s foremost AgTech start-up working on the mission of #HelpingFarmersWin by providing a complete range of agri solutions at the fingertips of farmers. AgroStar’s tech platform provides a combination of agronomy advice coupled with service and agri input products that enable farmers to significantly improve their productivity andincome.We use an extensive amount of data, technology and agronomy knowledge to give the right solutions (advice+products) to Indian farmers.AgroStar currently operates in the states of Gujarat, Maharashtra, and Rajasthan and has over 5 Lakh farmers on its digital platform. Farmers in these states can avail agri solutions for their entire crop life-cycle with a simple “missed call” or through its Android app, which is amongst the highest rated farming focused apps in the country.Over the next 5 years, we plan to continue to provide incremental value to farmers in terms of wide range of inputs delivered at their doorsteps, world-class agronomy guidance and also access to market linkages and credit. | Apr 08, 2025 | ||
| AgroStar is India’s foremost AgTech start-up working on the mission of #HelpingFarmersWin by providing a complete range of agri solutions at the fingertips of farmers. AgroStar’s tech platform provides a combination of agronomy advice coupled with service and agri input products that enable farmers to significantly improve their productivity andincome.We use an extensive amount of data, technology and agronomy knowledge to give the right solutions (advice+products) to Indian farmers.AgroStar currently operates in the states of Gujarat, Maharashtra, and Rajasthan and has over 5 Lakh farmers on its digital platform. Farmers in these states can avail agri solutions for their entire crop life-cycle with a simple “missed call” or through its Android app, which is amongst the highest rated farming focused apps in the country.Over the next 5 years, we plan to continue to provide incremental value to farmers in terms of wide range of inputs delivered at their doorsteps, world-class agronomy guidance and also access to market linkages and credit. | $6.7M / Series E / Apr 08, 2025 | ||
| Metadome.ai is an AI-driven platform that enables brands to create digital experiences through extended reality (XR) technologies. The platform provides virtual reality, 3D product configurators, and virtual showrooms, allowing consumers to access products in a digital environment. Metadome.ai's AI capabilities support personalizedrecommendations and real-time interactions. The platform integrates across web, app, and in-store systems, supporting measurement of consumer interactions across channels. | $6.5M / Series A / Aug 08, 2024 | ||
| BeepKart is building a buyer-focused brand of used 2-wheelers. It is taking a digital-first approach to provide the trust that buyers seek in this high consideration & involvement category. BeepKart is helping write buyer-friendly rules to make the experience of buying and owning a used 2-wheeler as haggle-and-hassle-free as with new2-wheelers. | $6.5M / Series A / Apr 03, 2024 | ||
| The Meat Chop is your ONE-STOP-SHOP for all of your meat and seafood needs. | $846.6K / Seed / Nov 01, 2022 | ||
| BeepKart is building a buyer-focused brand of used 2-wheelers. It is taking a digital-first approach to provide the trust that buyers seek in this high consideration & involvement category. BeepKart is helping write buyer-friendly rules to make the experience of buying and owning a used 2-wheeler as haggle-and-hassle-free as with new2-wheelers. | $8.8M / Series A / Oct 07, 2022 | ||
| Minus Zero is accelerating the world's transition to autonomous mobility, taking up an unconventional approach towards vision-only autonomy in the trickiest of traffic conditions, drawing inspiration from the human brain to develop the world's most human-like driving experience | $1.7M / Seed / May 23, 2022 | ||
| HUVIAiR is a pioneer of visual-intelligence led construction management software. It’s flagship SaaS platform CONSTRA, enables customers to extract insights from visual inputs to make analytics driven decisions all along their planning, building and managing their projects better. CONSTRA ingests visual inputs from drones, 360 degree cameras,laser scanners, mobile phones and as well as traditional sources like CAD drawings and BIMS. The platform then extracts the technical and operational information within them onto a visually appealing dashboard. The various stakeholders of the project can then collaborate through this platform to meticulously plan each stage of the project, remotely monitor the progress, ensure the conformance to plan, identify deviations, list and manage snags, manage master data, and generate diverse formats of reports. At the heart of CONSTRA lies a computer vision based deep-learning engine system. This engine is capable of automatically detecting and reporting the actual progress of construction and benchmark it against the planned progress metrics captured within traditional CRM systems. Clients using CONSTRA can save up to 75% of time on progress monitoring, reduce their supervisory manpower requirement by at least 50% and reduce the overall costs of the project by up to 20%. CONSTRA is available for subscription in multiple attractive plans. The clients can access the platform though a web-interface as well as a mobile application. | $3.2M / Series A / Jan 17, 2022 | ||
| Metadome.ai is an AI-driven platform that enables brands to create digital experiences through extended reality (XR) technologies. The platform provides virtual reality, 3D product configurators, and virtual showrooms, allowing consumers to access products in a digital environment. Metadome.ai's AI capabilities support personalizedrecommendations and real-time interactions. The platform integrates across web, app, and in-store systems, supporting measurement of consumer interactions across channels. | $4M / Seed / Dec 20, 2021 | ||
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Co-Investors
About Chiratae Ventures
IDG Ventures India is a leading technology venture capital fund in India. The fund is part of IDG Ventures, a global network of technology venture funds with over $6 billion under management with over 220 investee companies and 10 offices across Asia and North America. IDG Ventures has been an investor in companies including Funzio, Ctrip, Tencent,Baidu, Netscape, BabyCenter, Sohu, Vancl and VinaGame. In India, IDG Ventures has invested in companies such as Flipkart, Myntra, Yatra, Newgen, Brainbees (FirstCry.com), Vserv, Manthan Software, Valyoo (Lenskart.com), Actoserba (Zivame.com), NestAway and Hiree. More information about IDG Ventures is available at www.idgvcindia.com
Chiratae Ventures Contacts
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Ranjith Menon
Executive Director
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Sudhir Sethi
Founder and Managing General Partner
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Venkatesh Peddi
Partner, Executive Director and Head of Software Sector
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Karthik Prabhakar
Executive Director & Global Head - Fundraising
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Kriti Gupta
Investment Analyst
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What does TC Meenakshisundaram invest in?
TC Meenakshisundaram invests primarily in Software, Financial Services and Artificial Intelligence startups, most often at Series A and Seed stage. Most of the 30 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in India. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
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