# VK Rajaram

> VK Rajaram is a seed investor at Band of Angels (Palo Alto) backing Software and Automotive. See 8 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Band of Angels](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/band-of-angels)
- Location: Palo Alto, United States
- Total investments: 8
- Last investment: Nov 2016
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vkrajaram
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/vkrajaram

VK Rajaram is a seed investor at Band of Angels in Palo Alto focused on Software and Automotive. VK Rajaram - Member & Screening Committee Member @ Band of Angels

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $150k–$1.8M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 6 | 75% |
| Automotive | 3 | 38% |
| Mobile | 2 | 25% |
| Mobile Apps | 2 | 25% |
| Consumer Electronics | 2 | 25% |

32 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 5 | 63% |
| Series A | 1 | 13% |
| Series B | 1 | 13% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 13% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Sift wallet | Sift wallet is a free application that maximizes credit card benefits and earns reimbursements for consumers. The app analyzes hidden benefits that are buried in complex credit card policies and file the appropriate claims on the user’s behalf, getting consumers back tens of billions currently left on the table every year. It tracks all of theirpurchases in one place, maps benefits to individual purchases, and automatically streamlines claims. In BETA, Sift has gotten its users an average of 5–10% back on their purchases 1 Sift is the first service to comprehensively map all the benefits for 90% of all credit cards in the United States. |  |  | Nov 08, 2016 |  |
| 100Plus | 100Plus is the fastest-growing remote patient monitoring platform empowering doctors to manage their chronic patients remotely and proactively engage them to avoid expensive, episodic care and drive a higher quality of life. When a Medicare patient receives a 100Plus medical device, it’s at no cost to the patient or practice, fully configured, andready to use out of the box — no smartphone, app, Bluetooth, or WiFi required. Reduce episodic care and improve patient care by continuously monitoring high-risk seniors in your population. | $1.5M | Seed | Aug 02, 2016 |  |
| ShiftMobility | shiftMobility connects and revolutionizes the way automotive industry constituents collaborate and grow their business with just a phone or a tablet. | $2M | Series A | Jul 07, 2015 |  |
| inDinero | Based in San Francisco, California, inDinero creates software solutions to help small businesses track and manage their finances. It aims to provide its users with instant insights into the finances of their companies, leading them to save on unnecessary expenses and to earn more money for their companies. With a flat pricing model and financialdashboard, SMEs can manage books, review and categorize transactions, perform month and year end reconciliations, and handle tax preparation and filing. Launched in 2009, the company was founded by Jessica Mah, Andy Su, and Andrea Barrica. | $7M | Series B | Feb 18, 2015 |  |
| DynaOptics | DynaOptics' patented freeform lens technology and trade secret design-for-manufacturability enables very small form factor advanced optics with superior resolution, wide-angle with no aberration, superior low-light performance, and optical zoom at equivalent cost to existing installed base for injected molded plastic lenses - increasing sensorsizes with higher pixel count and decreasing thinness and smaller form factors for cameras mandate the smart adoption of our cost-equivalent solutions. Ideal for mobile handset camera, self-driving & driver assist vision, IoT and machine vision, body camera, military and micro-UAV, security & Smart City camera usages.DynaOptics has an exclusive, worldwide, license for this technology in all fields of use, and a number of provisional and non-provisional patents in its portfolio. |  | Seed | Feb 18, 2014 |  |
| One Inc. | One is a mobile app that uses common interests to help its users interact with others. | $150K | Seed | Feb 05, 2014 |  |
| Peloton Technology | Peloton Technology Inc. was founded in 2011 by a team of Silicon Valley entrepreneurs to address major pain points of today’s trucking fleets – accidents and fuel costs.Peloton's system uses radar and DSRC vehicle-to-vehicle communications to link active safety systems between pairs of trucks, reducing collision-related expenses and fuelcosts. The drivers remain fully engaged and retain steering control, while the system controls acceleration and braking similar to adaptive cruise control. The dramatic reduction in aerodynamic drag in these platoons provides substantial improvements in fuel economy for both the trailing and leading trucks: with on-road testing showing average savings over 7% between the two trucks. | $900K | Seed | Apr 01, 2013 |  |
| Getable | Getable is your equipment rental concierge. They get the equipment you need from one of their trusted suppliers near you. With their guaranteed up front pricing, you’ll never overpay. Reserve in their app or over the phone – you can even text us your order. They’ve got it from there. It’ll be where you need it, when you need it.Get it onGetable and you’re covered.- Never overpay: The price you see is the price you pay. No hidden fees.- 100% Customer Satisfaction Guaranteed: They pride theirsevles on taking care of their customers. They only partner with the best suppliers to provide quality rentals. They realize that problems do occur, but when they do, they have you covered. They’ll do whatever they need to do to ensure the problem gets solved.- Easy access to everything: Order how you want. With Getable you can order with their app, call us, or even text us your order. Managing your rentals is easy with their iOS app.They’ve been in the equipment rental industry since 2011. They have a depth of industry knowledge to make equipment rental process better for everyone. They truly believe in putting their customers first, they stand by their 100% satisfaction guarantee. | $1.8M | Seed | Feb 27, 2013 |  |

8 of 8 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Band of Angels](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/band-of-angels) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Birchmere Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/birchmere-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Camp One Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/camp-one-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Marc Bell Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/marc-bell-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Maveron](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/maveron) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [QueensBridge Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/queensbridge-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Band of Angels

VC Fund · Menlo Park, United States

Band of Angels is an investment firm that offers financial and advisory services to start-up companies. Band members have founded companies such as Symantec, Logitech, and National Semiconductor and been senior executives at the likes of Sun Microsystems, Hewlett Packard, and Intuit.

5 contacts available at Band of Angels.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Art Reidel | Member | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/art-reidel |
| Christian Dahlen | Investor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/christian-dahlen |
| Manthi Nguyen | Member | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/manthi-nguyen |
| Tom Carroux | Member | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tom-carroux |
| VK Rajaram | Member & Screening Committee Member | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/vk-rajaram |

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## FAQ

### What does VK Rajaram invest in?

VK Rajaram invests primarily in Software, Automotive and Mobile startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 8 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is VK Rajaram's check size?

VK Rajaram typically joins rounds of $150k–$1.8M at Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds VK Rajaram participates in.

### When did VK Rajaram last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for VK Rajaram closed in Nov 2016. 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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