Venkatesh Peddi
Partner, Executive Director and Head of Software Sector @ Chiratae Ventures
Bengaluru, India
Venkatesh Peddi is a Series A investor at Chiratae Ventures in Bengaluru focused on Artificial Intelligence and Internet. Venkatesh Peddi is based out of Bengaluru, Karnataka, and is the managing director & partner of Chiratae Ventures. Venkatesh previously worked at Reliance Venture Asset Management as a deputy vice president. Venkatesh Peddi attended Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies.
- Total investments:
- 34
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 44%
Last updated:
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Industries Venkatesh Peddi invests in
Stages Venkatesh Peddi invests in
Countries Venkatesh Peddi invests in
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Investment Focus
Industry
- Artificial Intelligence 7 (21%)
- Internet 6 (18%)
- Software 6 (18%)
- Machine Learning 4 (12%)
- SaaS 3 (9%)
Stage
- Series A 9 (26%)
- Seed 8 (24%)
- Series B 6 (18%)
- Series C 3 (9%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 2 (6%)
Country
- India 8 (24%)
- United States 8 (24%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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| Quanfluence operates as a quantum technology start-up. Quanfluence develops photonics-based quantum and quantum-inspired solutions. | $10M / Venture - Series Unknown / Oct 07, 2026 | ||
| GetVantage is a Fintech platform that offers entrepreneurs growth solutions that include equity-free funding, real-time insights, business optimisation tools, and a powerful founder's ecosystem. GetVantage is India and Southeast Asia’s leading non-dilutive capital gateway for digital-first businesses and SMEs across 18+ sectors includingeCommerce, CleanTech, D2C, Edtech, EV & infrastructure, SaaS, Healthtech, Foodtech, cloud-kitchens, QSR and many more.Founded in 2019 by seasoned fintech entrepreneur Bhavik Vasa and Tech and Ops veteran Amit Srivastava, the GetVantage uses proprietary technology to analyze an assortment of sales, marketing, and accounting data to offer growth capital to founders based on current and projected revenue in a fraction of the time it takes to raise from traditional sources. GetVantage makes data-driven investments between US$ 10,000 to US$ 3 million to help digital businesses unlock their growth potential. Unlike traditional funding sources, GetVantage doesn’t require business owners to give up equity or control via board seats, or warrants. As a founders-first company, GetVantage has built a strong ecosystem of strategic partners to provide business owners with powerful growth solutions (capital, community, content, collaboration) to hypercharge growth.GetVantage has quickly become a valued partner in the startup and eCommerce ecosystem helping founders reach new customers and focus on growing revenues without diluting ownership. The company has a number of exciting businesses in its current portfolio and a robust pipeline. As the leading non-dilutive fintech marketplace in India, GetVantage has firmly established itself as one of the most active investors in the country with a portfolio of over 450+ of the most exciting brands in India. The company has onboarded over 9,000+ brands onto its platform and is on track to fund 1000+ brands in the next 18 months.In keeping with the company's commitment to being a founders-first organization, GetVantage also launched a community support initiative for emerging entrepreneurs as a way of giving back by paying it forward to the next generation - www.foundersforfounders.org.In October 2020, GetVantage announced it had raised a US$5 million seed round led by Chiratae Ventures (formerly IDG Ventures) along with Dream Incubators (Japan) and other marquees NBFCs and debt funds. In June 2022, the company announced a $36 million pre-Series A / growth round led by Varanium Group and co-led by returning investor Chiratae Ventures. The round also so participation from returning investor Dream Incubator Japan, as well as new investors Sony Innovation Fund, InCred, and DMI Sparkle Fund. | $6.6M / Series A / Aug 04, 2026 | ||
| Pepsales is a B2B SaaS company that shows personalized product demos to every buyer at every touchpoint. Pepsales Personalizing demos are complex, and time-consuming and is dependent on Account Executives, Sales Engineers, and Engineering teams. | $1.1M / Pre-Seed / Sep 24, 2024 | ||
| Salesforce runs revenue. But using it still requires developers. Clientell changes that. We build autonomous AI agents that let RevOps, admins, and consultants execute complex Salesforce tasks — building reports, updating configs, deploying automations — through plain language. No code. No dev dependency. No 3-week sprint. The result: ops teamsmove at the speed they think, not the speed IT responds. Clientell is built for the teams that live inside Salesforce but have never owned it. Manufacturing ops leads who need pipeline visibility now. SaaS RevOps teams running lean with no Salesforce developer on staff. Consultants managing 10 orgs at once. We're not a copilot. We're not a chatbot wrapper. We're the execution layer that sits on top of your Salesforce org and gets things done. | $2.5M / Seed / Apr 15, 2024 | ||
| Pixis is a California-based technology company that provides codeless AI infrastructure to enable customers to scale accurate data-driven marketing. The company's codeless AI infrastructure currently comprises over four-dozen proprietary AI models that are deployed across an ecosystem of products and plugins. Pixis is on a mission to providemarketers with robust plug-and-play AI products without them having to write a single line of code. | $85M / Series C / Sep 14, 2023 | ||
| HealthPlix pioneered the digitization of healthcare through its future-ready AI-powered EMR platform for doctors in India. The start-up currently empowers 10K+ doctors to drive better health outcomes for their patients by providing clinical decision support at the point of care. More than 22 million patients have been treated using the HealthPlixEMR platform by doctors across 16 specialties. HealthPlix's doctor base and network span across 370+ cities in India, making it the trusted EMR platform for doctors in the country. | $20M / Series C / Mar 14, 2023 | ||
| Emitrr is a complete business toolbox. Emitrr helps local businesses communicate and engage customers through text messages and automation. | $3.9M / Seed / Aug 02, 2022 | ||
| Empowering consumer businesses to improve their sales conversions and funnel efficiency, using Artificial Intelligence & Data Science. | $17.5M / Series B / Jul 20, 2022 | ||
| GetVantage is a Fintech platform that offers entrepreneurs growth solutions that include equity-free funding, real-time insights, business optimisation tools, and a powerful founder's ecosystem. GetVantage is India and Southeast Asia’s leading non-dilutive capital gateway for digital-first businesses and SMEs across 18+ sectors includingeCommerce, CleanTech, D2C, Edtech, EV & infrastructure, SaaS, Healthtech, Foodtech, cloud-kitchens, QSR and many more.Founded in 2019 by seasoned fintech entrepreneur Bhavik Vasa and Tech and Ops veteran Amit Srivastava, the GetVantage uses proprietary technology to analyze an assortment of sales, marketing, and accounting data to offer growth capital to founders based on current and projected revenue in a fraction of the time it takes to raise from traditional sources. GetVantage makes data-driven investments between US$ 10,000 to US$ 3 million to help digital businesses unlock their growth potential. Unlike traditional funding sources, GetVantage doesn’t require business owners to give up equity or control via board seats, or warrants. As a founders-first company, GetVantage has built a strong ecosystem of strategic partners to provide business owners with powerful growth solutions (capital, community, content, collaboration) to hypercharge growth.GetVantage has quickly become a valued partner in the startup and eCommerce ecosystem helping founders reach new customers and focus on growing revenues without diluting ownership. The company has a number of exciting businesses in its current portfolio and a robust pipeline. As the leading non-dilutive fintech marketplace in India, GetVantage has firmly established itself as one of the most active investors in the country with a portfolio of over 450+ of the most exciting brands in India. The company has onboarded over 9,000+ brands onto its platform and is on track to fund 1000+ brands in the next 18 months.In keeping with the company's commitment to being a founders-first organization, GetVantage also launched a community support initiative for emerging entrepreneurs as a way of giving back by paying it forward to the next generation - www.foundersforfounders.org.In October 2020, GetVantage announced it had raised a US$5 million seed round led by Chiratae Ventures (formerly IDG Ventures) along with Dream Incubators (Japan) and other marquees NBFCs and debt funds. In June 2022, the company announced a $36 million pre-Series A / growth round led by Varanium Group and co-led by returning investor Chiratae Ventures. The round also so participation from returning investor Dream Incubator Japan, as well as new investors Sony Innovation Fund, InCred, and DMI Sparkle Fund. | $36M / Series A / Jun 29, 2022 | ||
| Pixis is a California-based technology company that provides codeless AI infrastructure to enable customers to scale accurate data-driven marketing. The company's codeless AI infrastructure currently comprises over four-dozen proprietary AI models that are deployed across an ecosystem of products and plugins. Pixis is on a mission to providemarketers with robust plug-and-play AI products without them having to write a single line of code. | $100M / Series C / Jan 19, 2022 | ||
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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
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Venkatesh Peddi
Partner, Executive Director and Head of Software Sector
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Karthik Prabhakar
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Kriti Gupta
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What does Venkatesh Peddi invest in?
Venkatesh Peddi invests primarily in Artificial Intelligence, Internet and Software startups, most often at Series A and Seed stage. Most of the 34 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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When did Venkatesh Peddi last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Venkatesh Peddi closed in Oct 2026. Shizune tracks 34 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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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 Oct 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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