Vignesh Ramanujam
Partner @ Lok Capital
Chennai, India
Vignesh Ramanujam is a seed investor at Lok Capital in Chennai focused on Health Care and Information Technology. Entrepreneur — Founder, Investor, Board Member, Operator, Advisor, Observer, Partner, Seeker, Friend. Publicly active in private markets & privately active in public markets.
- Total investments:
- 17
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 29%
Last updated:
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Industries Vignesh Ramanujam invests in
Stages Vignesh Ramanujam invests in
Countries Vignesh Ramanujam invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
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Round size
- Seed
- $300k–$5M
- Pre-Seed
- $100k–$1M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Health Care 5 (29%)
- Information Technology 3 (18%)
- FinTech 2 (12%)
- Medical 2 (12%)
- Internet 2 (12%)
Stage
- Seed 8 (47%)
- Pre-Seed 4 (24%)
- Angel 1 (6%)
- Series A 1 (6%)
- Funding Round 1 (6%)
Country
- India 14 (82%)
- United States 1 (6%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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| The Happy Company ™ (THC) is an infrastructure platform powered by retail intelligence, focused on technology for the everyday consumer — beginning in India (and made in भारत). Operating at the intersection of commerce, content, and community, THC wholly owns and operates the Chaicup ® retail brand. Chaicup ® serves delicious, affordable, andsustainable foods and beverages, leveraging product and customer insights to marry an intelligent, world-class supply chain with a fast, friendly experience for both partners and consumers. | $5M / Seed / Oct 31, 2025 | ||
| M2P Fintech specializes in building financial infrastructure and offers a wide range of solutions across payments, lending, and banking. | $31.8M / Secondary Market / Sep 19, 2024 | ||
| The Happy Company ™ (THC) is an infrastructure platform powered by retail intelligence, focused on technology for the everyday consumer — beginning in India (and made in भारत). Operating at the intersection of commerce, content, and community, THC wholly owns and operates the Chaicup ® retail brand. Chaicup ® serves delicious, affordable, andsustainable foods and beverages, leveraging product and customer insights to marry an intelligent, world-class supply chain with a fast, friendly experience for both partners and consumers. | $500K / Seed / Apr 01, 2024 | ||
| India's First Reusable Baby Diaper brand | $5M / Series A / Aug 23, 2023 | ||
| Basis provides personal finance and investment services for Indian women. | $800K / Seed / Jan 31, 2022 | ||
| ePlane aims to tackle urban road traffic congestion by introducing innovative flying solutions. Their flagship product aims to provide a safe, sustainable, and affordable flying experience, contributing to a future of urban mobility that is efficient and eco-friendly. | $5M / Seed / Jan 10, 2022 | ||
| Khyaal is a full-stack digital solution for senior citizens designed and developed to improve their quality of life. We facilitate on-demand services and organise fun and engaging activities for seniors. Being a part of the Khyaal family means making a difference in the world by enriching the lives of the elderly. If selflessness and empathy is atrait that you carry and would want to put at work, then you will find Khyaal as the perfect place to invest your valuable time.At Khyaal, we value your individuality and the skills that you bring to the table. We also believe in the power of collective consciousness to serve others and make their lives easier and wholesome. We want all members of the Khyaal family to feel respected personally and professionally. Our working environment will always make way for new ideas, ownership and collective growth. | $1M / Pre-Seed / Jan 01, 2022 | ||
| Tortoise enables progressive employers to provision best mobile devices to their employees at zero cost | $500K / Pre-Seed / Jan 01, 2022 | ||
| Prescribe is an IIT-M and IIM-C backed HealthTech start-up that aims at efficient digital healthcare delivery through powerful technologies and leveraging patient friendly platforms like WhatsApp.With the launch of the National Digital Health Mission in India, we, at Prescribe bring to you an easy way to digitalize your clinical practice andthereby increase patient retention.Prescribe allows the healthcare professional to provide personalized attention to each patient through every stage of consultation.Our goal, at Prescribe, is to provide a level of digital adoption, to every private practitioner and small-scale clinic in this country, which is at par with corporate hospitals.From digital generation of prescription, OPD queue management, Online appointment booking, to tele-consultation, we work towards a seamless communication over WhatsApp via a 24×7 virtual assistance integrated with our powerful modules and dashboards to deliver exceptional patient care.We have worked tirelessly since 2018 and have successfully developed our artificial intelligence enabled software suite to accomplish this objective.Prescribe, Has Been Trusted By The Pioneers In The Field Of Healthcare, Time And Again. A Few Of Our Partners Include:AyurVAID AyurVAID Hospitals is a pioneering chain of new generation Ayurveda hospitals, dedicated to applying Ayurveda to solve modern health problems.Arya Vaidya Sala, Kottakkal, (AVS) Arya Vaidya Sala, Kottakkal, (AVS) is an 117 years old Charitable Institution engaged in the practice and propagation of Ayurveda, the ancient health care science of India. AVS offers classical Ayurvedic medicines and authentic Ayurvedic treatments and therapies to patients from all over India and abroad.Apart from this, we have happily partnered with 100+ doctors, clinics and hospitals. We strive for the betterment of healthcare community and patients, everyday. | $1.5M / Seed / Jan 01, 2022 | ||
| Karkinos Healthcare is technology-driven oncology focussed managed health care platform for the early detection and diagnosis of common cancers. | Oct 01, 2021 | ||
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Co-Investors
About Lok Capital
Lok Capital was founded in 2004. Lok (meaning "people") is an impact investor that makes investments in the finance, healthcare, food & beverages/agriculture, and climate & sustainability areas in India. The focus is on Series A+ ventures that deliver impact in an affordable, accessible and sustainable way. The Lok initiative was launched with the support of a grant from the Rockefeller Foundation. Lok has multi-dimensional, contextual impact screening criteria, incorporating promoter intent, gender, income levels, geography and a focus on underserved consumer segments. Lok has successfully raised & deployed 3 funds totalling $200M+ and is now in the process of raising its 4th fund — targeting another $150M-$200M.
Lok Capital Contacts
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Donald Peck
Co-Founder
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Rajiv B. Lall
Founder
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Shivathilak Tallam
Associate
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Venkatesh Natarajan
Co-Founder & Partner
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Vishal Mehta
Co-Founder and Partner
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FAQ
What does Vignesh Ramanujam invest in?
Vignesh Ramanujam invests primarily in Health Care, Information Technology and FinTech startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 17 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in India. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What round sizes does Vignesh Ramanujam invest in?
Vignesh Ramanujam typically joins rounds of $300k–$5M at Seed and $100k–$1M at Pre-Seed. These are whole funding-round sizes, not Vignesh Ramanujam's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds Vignesh Ramanujam took part in.
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When did Vignesh Ramanujam last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Vignesh Ramanujam closed in Oct 2025. Shizune tracks 17 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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