Investing Profile

Shankar Chandran

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Managing Director, SVP & Co-Head of Samsung Catalyst Fund (SCF) at Samsung Catalyst Fund
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Networks Shankar is a member of
Financial Services, Financial Technology, and Business Services Network
258 CONNECTIONS
Arizona State University Network
62 CONNECTIONS
Applied Materials Network
41 CONNECTIONS
Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University), Varanasi Network
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Current Investing Position
Samsung Catalyst Fund Managing Director
Investment Range
$550.0M - $550.0M
Sweet Spot
$550.0M
Investments On Record
6

Shankar Chandran is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

Shankar Chandran's Investments On Record (5)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Nace.AI
SeedMay 2026$22M
$27M
Co-investors: Quentin Clark (General Catalyst), Nkechi Iregbulem (Modyfi)
Ati Motors
Series BJan 2025$20M
$31M
Co-investors: Rohit Sharma (True Ventures)
Rescale
Series CNov 2021$55M
Series CFeb 2021$50M
$270M
Co-investors: Lorenzo Thione (Gaingels), Garry Tan (Initialized Capital), Ullas Naik (Streamlined Ventures), Wei Guo (UpHonest Capital), Ronald Conway Sr. (NewCo), Ron Conway (Angel Investors LP Funds), Peter Thiel (The Founders Fund), Chris Dixon (Curated), Nagraj Kashyap (SoftBank Investment Advisers), Dr. E. Bora Uygun (Planet Ventures Inc.), Raj Sandhu (Great Oaks Venture Capital), Peter Bordes (Trajectory Ventures), Wolfgang Seibold (AGIC Capital), Sam Altman, Richard Branson, Jeff Bezos, Paul Graham
Datrium
Series DSep 2018$60M
$120M
Co-investors: Scott Sandell (New Enterprise Associates (NEA)), Forest Baskett (New Enterprise Associates (NEA))
SoundHound
Series DJan 2017$75M
$230M
Co-investors: Aydin Senkut (Felicis Ventures), Pejman Nozad (Pear VC), Larry Marcus (Marcy Venture Partners), Jay Eum (GFT Ventures), Bobby Yazdani (Cota Capital)

Shankar Chandran's Experience

Engineer / Manager Applied MaterialsPresent
Managing Director, SVP & Co-Head of Samsung Catalyst Fund (SCF) Samsung Catalyst FundPresent
Partner Financial Services, Financial Technology, and Business ServicesPresent

Shankar Chandran's Education

Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University), Varanasi B.Tech Engineering
Arizona State University MS Materials Science & Engineering

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