Rahul Chandra

Managing Director and Co-founder at Arkam Ventures

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Biography

Rahul Chandra is a co-founder and Managing Director of Arkam Ventures. He has more than twenty years in venture capital, having co-founded Helion Venture Partners, one of India's homegrown VC firms, and having started out at Walden in Silicon Valley in 1997. He left Helion and launched the successor vehicle in 2017 under the name Unitary Helion, which was rebranded Arkam Ventures at the debut fund's first close in June 2020. His prior and current investments referenced by the firm and press include Gupshup, MoEngage, IntrCity, Equitas, KreditBee, Jar and Skyroot. He studied in BITS Pilani's Master of Management Studies programme.

Education

Previous Experience

Notable Investments

GupshupMoEngageIntrCityEquitasKreditBeeJarSmallcaseSkyroot

Career Timeline

1997
Joined Walden in Silicon Valley during the dotcom boom
2017
Left Helion and launched a new early-stage fund under the name Unitary Helion, targeting $100M
2020
Rebranded the firm as Arkam Ventures and announced a first close of INR 3.25 billion
2022
Announced the final close of Arkam Fund I at $106M

Sources & References

Arkam Ventures team profile ↗Arkam Ventures team page ↗Forbes India: Inside Arkam's plan for Middle India ↗Business Standard: Rahul Chandra launches $100-mn early-stage fund ↗