# Vikram Chachra

> Vikram Chachra is a seed investor at 8i Ventures (Mumbai) backing FinTech and Financial Services. See 29 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [8i Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/8i-ventures)
- Location: Mumbai, India
- Total investments: 29
- Last investment: Aug 2025
- Lead investor: 28%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vchachra
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/lemonandice
- Website: https://x.com/lemonandice

Vikram Chachra is a seed investor at 8i Ventures in Mumbai focused on FinTech and Financial Services. Vikram Chachra is the Founding Partner at 8i Ventures.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $948k–$4.5M |
| Angel | $200k–$750k |
| Series A | $3.6M–$23M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| FinTech | 7 | 24% |
| Financial Services | 6 | 21% |
| B2B | 3 | 10% |
| Payments | 3 | 10% |
| E-Commerce | 3 | 10% |

42 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 11 | 38% |
| Series A | 6 | 21% |
| Angel | 5 | 17% |
| Series B | 3 | 10% |
| Series C | 2 | 7% |

6 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| India | 14 | 48% |
| United States | 3 | 10% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| TransBnk | 'TransBnk' is a Transaction Banking Platform that enables Corporate, Commercial, and Institutional clients to conduct agile, secure, and robust transactions using Embedded Finance and SaaS. Their goal is to provide deep subject experience to facilitate smooth domestic cash management and payments transactions. In close coordination withbanks, they provide escrows, trade finance, supply chain financing, and custodial services. | $21M | Series B | Aug 27, 2025 |  |
| Naagin | Naagin is the Original Indian Hot Sauce brand. With an unwavering focus on quality and flavour, we want to represent India’s rich and diverse spice culture and put Indian chillies on the world map.India is the largest consumer and exporter of chillies worldwide, and Indian cuisine is globally renowned for its fiery flavours – but no local brandhas ever truly aligned itself with this reputation. We know food – so we understand the importance of great ingredients. Every batch of hot sauce we bottle brings you a blend of ethically sourced produce, entirely prepared from real vegetables and the highest quality of locally grown Indian chillies. Naagin Sauce is perfect for anyone looking for an instant taste upgrade. It is versatile and can be used as a condiment, cooking sauce or marinade, offering quality and convenience at an affordable price point. | $2.1M | Venture - Series Unknown | Jun 04, 2025 |  |
| Easebuzz | Easebuzz is a full-stack payment solutions platform that offers a comprehensive suite of API-driven financial services designed to help businesses digitize payments and manage end-to-end financial operations. These services include digital payment collections, payment disbursals, connected banking, split payments, automated reconciliation, vendorpayments, sub-merchant management, and refund management. Easebuzz serves a diverse clientele across various sectors such as education, retail, non-banking financial companies (NBFCs), insurance, e-commerce, direct-to-consumer (D2C), travel, and tourism. The platform supports multiple payment modes, including credit cards, debit cards, net banking, UPI, EMI, buy now pay later (BNPL), and wallets, facilitating seamless transactions for businesses and their customers. | $23.3M | Series A | Apr 07, 2025 |  |
| TransBnk | 'TransBnk' is a Transaction Banking Platform that enables Corporate, Commercial, and Institutional clients to conduct agile, secure, and robust transactions using Embedded Finance and SaaS. Their goal is to provide deep subject experience to facilitate smooth domestic cash management and payments transactions. In close coordination withbanks, they provide escrows, trade finance, supply chain financing, and custodial services. | $4M | Series A | Aug 21, 2024 |  |
| Refold AI | Cobalt is an embedded integration platform that provides API integration services for SaaS companies. |  | Seed | Mar 01, 2024 |  |
| TransBnk | 'TransBnk' is a Transaction Banking Platform that enables Corporate, Commercial, and Institutional clients to conduct agile, secure, and robust transactions using Embedded Finance and SaaS. Their goal is to provide deep subject experience to facilitate smooth domestic cash management and payments transactions. In close coordination withbanks, they provide escrows, trade finance, supply chain financing, and custodial services. | $1M | Seed | Jun 20, 2023 |  |
| Creditail | Payments & short tenor working capital offerings for FMCG Retailers & Distributors. | $2.5M | Seed | Dec 04, 2022 |  |
| Naagin | Naagin is the Original Indian Hot Sauce brand. With an unwavering focus on quality and flavour, we want to represent India’s rich and diverse spice culture and put Indian chillies on the world map.India is the largest consumer and exporter of chillies worldwide, and Indian cuisine is globally renowned for its fiery flavours – but no local brandhas ever truly aligned itself with this reputation. We know food – so we understand the importance of great ingredients. Every batch of hot sauce we bottle brings you a blend of ethically sourced produce, entirely prepared from real vegetables and the highest quality of locally grown Indian chillies. Naagin Sauce is perfect for anyone looking for an instant taste upgrade. It is versatile and can be used as a condiment, cooking sauce or marinade, offering quality and convenience at an affordable price point. | $947.6K | Seed | Aug 16, 2022 |  |
| BharatX | BharatX is a Fin-Tech startup that enables any Consumer-facing app/website in India to offer Credit to their users by integrating its APIs. It can enable white-leballed journeys like of "Buy Now, Pay Later","Credit Line", "Try and Buy", "Pay in 3", "Postpaid", etc. | $4.5M | Seed | May 12, 2022 |  |
| VantedgeAI | The goal of Vantedge AI, formerly known as 8vdx, is to provide an Agent Marketplace of curated agents to enable investors to get an investing edge to generate alpha by leveraging AI. Our insight to build this marketplace comes from our experience from running a credit hedge fund for 15 years and as a Y Combinator backed startup, we understand thecomplexities of AI and are here to offer a complete infrastructure to funds and startups alike. Our platform is built to serve the investment community with the highest security, compliance, and infrastructure tailored for institutional investors. | $3M | Seed | May 06, 2022 |  |

10 of 29 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [BEENEXT](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bee-next) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
- [Better Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/better-capital-e839) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
- [Flourish Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/flourish-venture) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Omidyar Network India](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/omidyar-network-india-050e) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [GMO VenturePartners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gmo-venturepartners) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Varanium Capital Advisors](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/varanium-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together

## About 8i Ventures

VC Fund · Mumbai, India

8i is an early stage VC fund that backs founders removing friction from consumer and SMBs in India. Seeded Category winners like Slice, M2P, Easebuzz, Blue Tokai, Easebuzz, Transbnk and Signzy.

2 contacts available at 8i Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Muskaan Khilnani | Analyst | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/muskaan-khilnani |
| Vikram Chachra | Founding Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/vikram-chachra |

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## FAQ

### What does Vikram Chachra invest in?

Vikram Chachra invests primarily in FinTech, Financial Services and B2B startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 29 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in India. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Vikram Chachra's check size?

Vikram Chachra typically joins rounds of $948k–$4.5M at Seed, $200k–$750k at Angel and $3.6M–$23M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Vikram Chachra participates in.

### When did Vikram Chachra last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Vikram Chachra closed in Aug 2025. Shizune tracks 29 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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