# Venky Natarajan

> Venky Natarajan is a Series A investor at Lok Capital backing Financial Services and Finance. See 8 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Lok Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lok-capital-2)
- Location: Chennai, India
- Total investments: 8
- Last investment: Oct 2025
- Lead investor: 63%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/venky-natarajan-7805/

Venky Natarajan is a Series A investor at Lok Capital in Chennai focused on Financial Services and Finance. Venky Natarajan - Co-Founder & Partner @ Lok Capital

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Financial Services | 4 | 50% |
| Finance | 3 | 38% |
| FinTech | 2 | 25% |
| Education | 2 | 25% |
| Health Care | 2 | 25% |

11 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 3 | 38% |
| Funding Round | 2 | 25% |
| Series B | 1 | 13% |
| Private Equity | 1 | 13% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 13% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| GrowXCD Finance | GrowXCD Finance provides support for origination, loan processing, and collections for their secured small-ticket mortgage product. | $22.6M | Venture - Series Unknown | Oct 01, 2025 |  |
| Veritas Finance | Veritas Finance focuses on meeting the financial needs of the micro, small, and medium enterprises. Veritas Finance Private Limited is an organization started with the primary intention of reaching out to the customers who either have no access or inadequate access to financial services in the informal sector. 'Veritas' in Latin meanstruth. True to its name, Veritas is focused on making a true impact through inclusive access to financial services on the customers engaged in informal activities.The company is run by professionals with rich experience in the financial services industry that aims to make availing credit easy to this segment and make a positive impact on the lives of millions of Indians engaged in informal activities and who actually build the nation. | $28.6M | Private Equity | Sep 09, 2024 |  |
| GrowXCD Finance | GrowXCD Finance provides support for origination, loan processing, and collections for their secured small-ticket mortgage product. | $6M | Series A | Nov 27, 2023 |  |
| Affordplan | Emerging from an intent to enable affordability to millions of ailing commoners, Affordplan provides tailored financial planning solutions that allow the people to plan, save & pay for their medical expenses beforehand. From pre-planned procedures like cosmetic dentistry to chronic or intensive conditions like cardiac care, an Affordplan is ofaid to a diversified range of medical treatments. | $6.6M | Series B | Apr 15, 2018 |  |
| Dr. Mohan's Diabetes Specialities Centre | Dr. Mohan's Diabetes Specialities Centre (DMDSC) was conceived by Dr.V.Mohan, internationally acclaimed diabetologist and his wife Late Dr. Rema Mohan, internationally known specialist in eye disorders in diabetes. They are ably supported by Dr.I.Ranjit Unnikrishnan, Vice Chairman, Dr.R.M.Anjana, Joint Managing Director & Mr. Subham H.Bardhan, who is the C.E.O.On 1st September 1991, it all began on one floor of a rented building at Royapettah High Road, when Dr. Mohan's Diabetes Specialities Centre (Dr. Mohan's DSC or M.V. Diabetes Specialities Centre as it was then known) was born. Within a span of 25 years, Dr. Mohan's DSC has blossomed into an international centre of excellence in diabetes and over 3,70,000 patients registered at the centre bear testimony to the success story that is Dr. Mohan's DSC. | $10.2M | Series A | Apr 12, 2017 |  |
| QED | QED intends to make science learning inclusive, relevant and more importantly universally accessible for all boys and girls - young budding scientists. QED is neither a school nor a laboratory. QED is quite aptly called The Center For The Art Of Science. | $941.7K | Series A | Mar 24, 2014 |  |
| Dvara Holdings | IFMR Holdings is positioned as a financial inclusion platform and houses three businesses: IFMR Capital – a debt capital markets platform for 75 originators offering micro-loans, small business finance, affordable housing and commercial vehicles finance; IFMR Rural Finance – a technology licensor that developed the Kshetriya Gramin FinancialServices (KGFS) model for remote rural markets |  |  | Mar 01, 2012 |  |
| Asirvad Microfinance | Asirvad Microfinance provides microfinance loans to women from a poor and low-income households. | $1.5M |  | Sep 10, 2009 |  |

8 of 8 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Evolvence India Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/evolvence-india-fund) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Prime Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/angelprime) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Avendus Wealth Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/avendus-capital-2) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Blue Earth Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/blue-earth-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Kalaari Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kalaari-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Omidyar Network](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/omidyar-network) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Lok Capital

VC Fund · New Delhi, India

Lok Capital is a premier impact investor based in India, investing in inclusive growth across finance, health, agriculture & climate.

5 contacts available at Lok Capital.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Donald Peck | Co-Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/donald-peck-4 |
| Rajiv B. Lall | Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rajiv-b-lall |
| Shivathilak Tallam | Associate | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/shivathilak-tallam |
| Venky Natarajan | Co-Founder & Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/venky-natarajan |
| Vishal Mehta | Co-Founder and Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/vishal-mehta-3 |

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## FAQ

### What does Venky Natarajan invest in?

Venky Natarajan invests primarily in Financial Services, Finance and FinTech startups, most often at Series A and Funding Round stage. Most of the 8 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in India. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Venky Natarajan last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Venky Natarajan closed in Oct 2025. Shizune tracks 8 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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