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
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Arizona State University Network
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Applied Materials 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), Upal Basu (Nokia Growth Partners), Sanjay Nath (Blume Ventures)
Rescale
Series CNov 2021$55M
Series CFeb 2021$50M
$270M
Co-investors: Garry Tan (Initialized Capital), Peter Thiel (Founders Fund), Ullas Naik (Streamlined Ventures), Ron Conway (SV Angel), Lorenzo Thione (Gaingels), Wei Guo (UpHonest Capital), Nagraj Kashyap (SoftBank Investment Advisers), Chris Dixon (Curated), Dr. E. Bora Uygun (Planet Ventures Inc.), Raj Sandhu (Great Oaks Venture Capital), Peter Bordes (Trajectory Ventures), Wolfgang Seibold (AGIC Capital), Ronald Conway Sr. (NewCo), Sam Altman, Paul Graham, Jeff Bezos, Richard Branson
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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