# Vaidhehi Ravindran

> Vaidhehi Ravindran is a Series C investor at Lightrock backing Transportation and Apps. See 10 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Lightrock](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lightrock)
- Location: Bengaluru, India
- Total investments: 10
- Last investment: Oct 2022
- Lead investor: 40%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vaidhehiravindran

Vaidhehi Ravindran is a Series C investor at Lightrock in Bengaluru focused on Transportation and Apps. Vaidhehi Ravindran is the Partner at Lightrock India. Vaidhehi Ravindran attended Columbia | SIPA.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Transportation | 2 | 20% |
| Apps | 1 | 10% |
| AgTech | 1 | 10% |
| Mobile | 1 | 10% |
| Rental | 1 | 10% |

17 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series C | 2 | 20% |
| Series E | 2 | 20% |
| Series D | 1 | 10% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| DeHaat | DeHaat is a technology-led platform that offers end-to-end agriculture services to Indian farmers with an aim to improve the efficiencies of the agriculture value chain.DeHaat connects small farmers to their various needs – Seeds, fertilizers, equipment, crop advisory, and market linkage through a wide network of trained micro-entrepreneurs.Registered farmers get access to a wide range of agricultural inputs (Seed, Fertilizer and Crop protection) directly from competitive sources. Subsequently, they get customized crop reminder call in the local language as well as crop monitoring support from the same DeHaat micro-entrepreneur. Lastly, they sell the farm produce directly to institutional buyers. Farmers place their various demand related Agri input, field visit or Agri output either through the toll-free number or mobile application and get last-mile services through assigned micro-entrepreneur. | $44.1M | Series E | Oct 21, 2022 |  |
| DeHaat | DeHaat is a technology-led platform that offers end-to-end agriculture services to Indian farmers with an aim to improve the efficiencies of the agriculture value chain.DeHaat connects small farmers to their various needs – Seeds, fertilizers, equipment, crop advisory, and market linkage through a wide network of trained micro-entrepreneurs.Registered farmers get access to a wide range of agricultural inputs (Seed, Fertilizer and Crop protection) directly from competitive sources. Subsequently, they get customized crop reminder call in the local language as well as crop monitoring support from the same DeHaat micro-entrepreneur. Lastly, they sell the farm produce directly to institutional buyers. Farmers place their various demand related Agri input, field visit or Agri output either through the toll-free number or mobile application and get last-mile services through assigned micro-entrepreneur. | $60M | Series E | Oct 21, 2022 |  |
| DeHaat | DeHaat is a technology-led platform that offers end-to-end agriculture services to Indian farmers with an aim to improve the efficiencies of the agriculture value chain.DeHaat connects small farmers to their various needs – Seeds, fertilizers, equipment, crop advisory, and market linkage through a wide network of trained micro-entrepreneurs.Registered farmers get access to a wide range of agricultural inputs (Seed, Fertilizer and Crop protection) directly from competitive sources. Subsequently, they get customized crop reminder call in the local language as well as crop monitoring support from the same DeHaat micro-entrepreneur. Lastly, they sell the farm produce directly to institutional buyers. Farmers place their various demand related Agri input, field visit or Agri output either through the toll-free number or mobile application and get last-mile services through assigned micro-entrepreneur. | $115M | Series D | Oct 26, 2021 |  |
| DeHaat | DeHaat is a technology-led platform that offers end-to-end agriculture services to Indian farmers with an aim to improve the efficiencies of the agriculture value chain.DeHaat connects small farmers to their various needs – Seeds, fertilizers, equipment, crop advisory, and market linkage through a wide network of trained micro-entrepreneurs.Registered farmers get access to a wide range of agricultural inputs (Seed, Fertilizer and Crop protection) directly from competitive sources. Subsequently, they get customized crop reminder call in the local language as well as crop monitoring support from the same DeHaat micro-entrepreneur. Lastly, they sell the farm produce directly to institutional buyers. Farmers place their various demand related Agri input, field visit or Agri output either through the toll-free number or mobile application and get last-mile services through assigned micro-entrepreneur. | $115M | Series D | Oct 26, 2021 |  |
| Chalo | Chalo develops a transport application that delivers real-time transit information such as live tracking, get the transit arrival time, and more. From live tracking buses to providing digital solutions focusing on cashless rides, Chalo dreams to make public transport accessible, affordable, and hassle-free for Indian commuters.The Chalo Appprovides live tracking of over 15,000 buses in 21 cities and has more than 70 lakh downloads as of July 2021. The Chalo Card, a contactless tap-to-pay travel card, is a successful bus travel card. Chalo also offers products like mobile tickets, mobile bus passes, and multi-trip 'Super Saver' plans that can be bought on the Chalo App as well as through the Chalo Card. Chalo partners with bus operators to deploy this technology and improve the bus travel experience. | $40M | Series C | Oct 05, 2021 |  |
| Chalo | Chalo develops a transport application that delivers real-time transit information such as live tracking, get the transit arrival time, and more. From live tracking buses to providing digital solutions focusing on cashless rides, Chalo dreams to make public transport accessible, affordable, and hassle-free for Indian commuters.The Chalo Appprovides live tracking of over 15,000 buses in 21 cities and has more than 70 lakh downloads as of July 2021. The Chalo Card, a contactless tap-to-pay travel card, is a successful bus travel card. Chalo also offers products like mobile tickets, mobile bus passes, and multi-trip 'Super Saver' plans that can be bought on the Chalo App as well as through the Chalo Card. Chalo partners with bus operators to deploy this technology and improve the bus travel experience. | $40M | Series C | Oct 05, 2021 |  |
| Vogo | Vogo is a dockless scooter rental company that lets customers rent scooters for short one-way trips. The company's VOGO box is attached to each scooter and lets customers access the key without any human intervention and start riding. Vogo is the fastest commute option available today in India at a fraction of the cost of other alternatives.Vogo is currently available at limited pick-up and drop-off points across Bangalore and Hyderabad. | $11.5M | Series C | Feb 18, 2021 |  |
| Vogo | Vogo is a dockless scooter rental company that lets customers rent scooters for short one-way trips. The company's VOGO box is attached to each scooter and lets customers access the key without any human intervention and start riding. Vogo is the fastest commute option available today in India at a fraction of the cost of other alternatives.Vogo is currently available at limited pick-up and drop-off points across Bangalore and Hyderabad. | $11.5M | Series C | Feb 18, 2021 |  |
| Dunzo | Dunzo is a hyper-local delivery app that connects users to the nearest delivery partner. The delivery and e-commerce company offers services that include delivery of packages, groceries, food, medicines, pet supplies, and more. It strives to advance the retail landscape by providing micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) with digitaltools and solutions to streamline and facilitate eCommerce sales. Dunzo is backed by investors Alteria Capital, Google, Lightbox, Evolvence, LGT Lightstone Aspada, and S Korea's Hana Financial Investment.It was co-founded by Ankur Aggarwal, Dalvir Suri, Kabeer Biswas, and Mukund Jha in Bengaluru, Karnataka, India in 2015. | $12M | Series E | Jan 19, 2021 |  |
| Dunzo | Dunzo is a hyper-local delivery app that connects users to the nearest delivery partner. The delivery and e-commerce company offers services that include delivery of packages, groceries, food, medicines, pet supplies, and more. It strives to advance the retail landscape by providing micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) with digitaltools and solutions to streamline and facilitate eCommerce sales. Dunzo is backed by investors Alteria Capital, Google, Lightbox, Evolvence, LGT Lightstone Aspada, and S Korea's Hana Financial Investment.It was co-founded by Ankur Aggarwal, Dalvir Suri, Kabeer Biswas, and Mukund Jha in Bengaluru, Karnataka, India in 2015. | $12M | Series E | Jan 19, 2021 |  |

10 of 10 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Lightrock](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lgt-lightstone) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [Prosus Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/prosus-ventures) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [RTP Global](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rtp-global) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Lightrock](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lightrock) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Sofina](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sofina) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Alteria Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alteria-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About Lightrock

VC Fund · London, United Kingdom

Lightrock is a global growth capital platform that backs purpose-driven entrepreneurs tackling the world’s biggest challenges. Lightrock invests in companies that pursue scalable and tech-driven business models around the key impact themes of people, planet, and productivity/tech for good. Lightrock’s portfolio includes more than 90high-growth companies across Europe, US, Latin America, India and Africa, supported by more than 100 Lightrock professionals based in 6 global offices. Lightrock is backed by LGT, the international private banking and asset management group, and other leading global institutions.For more information, please visit www.lightrock.com.

5 contacts available at Lightrock.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Christopher Steinau | Growth Investor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/christopher-steinau |
| Kevin Bone | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kevin-bone-27a9 |
| Marcos Wilson Pereira | Partner, Head of Latin America | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/marcos-pereira |
| Pal Erik Sjatil | Global Managing Partner and CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/pal-erik-sjatil |
| Umur Hursever | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/umur-hursever |

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## FAQ

### What does Vaidhehi Ravindran invest in?

Vaidhehi Ravindran invests primarily in Transportation, Apps and AgTech startups, most often at Series C and Series E stage. Most of the 10 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in India. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Vaidhehi Ravindran last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Vaidhehi Ravindran closed in Oct 2022. Shizune tracks 10 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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