Investing Profile

Tarun Chitra

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Partner at Robot Ventures
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Current Investing Position
Robot Ventures Partner
Investment Range
$100K - $1M
Sweet Spot
$250K
Investments On Record
18
Current Fund Size
$4M

Tarun Chitra is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

Tarun Chitra's Investments On Record (18)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Divine Research
SeedSep 2025$7M
$7M
Co-investors: Hart Lambur (Robot Ventures)
ETHZilla
Post Ipo EquityJul 2025$430M
$430M
Co-investors: Peter Thiel (Founders Fund), Robert Leshner (Robot Ventures)
Suilend
Series UnknownDec 2024$4M
$4M
Yupp
SeedJun 2024$33M
$33M
Co-investors: Chris Dixon (Andreessen Horowitz), Ram Shriram (Sherpalo Ventures), Florian Leibert (468 Capital), Anand Rajaraman (rocketship.vc), Gokul Rajaram, Othman Laraki, Kunal Shah, Biz Stone, Baris Gultekin, Josh Elman
Fantom Foundation
Series UnknownMay 2024$10M
$50M
Co-investors: Robert Leshner (Robot Ventures), Kevin Ding (DHVC (Digital Horizon Capital)), Stani Kulechov, Fernando Martinelli
Zama
Series AMar 2024$73M
$130M
Co-investors: Paul Veradittakit (Pantera Capital), Ken Seiff (Blockchange Ventures), Kyle Samani (Multicoin Capital)
Inco
SeedFeb 2024$5M
$5M
Co-investors: Kenzi Wang (Symbolic Capital), Calvin Liu (Divergence Ventures), Dovey Wan (Primitive Ventures), Kartik Talwar (A Capital)
Witness
SeedFeb 2024$4M
$4M
Co-investors: Nic Carter (Castle Island Ventures), Robert Witoff

Tarun Chitra's Experience

Partner Robot Ventures2020 - Present
Founder, CEO Gauntlet2018 - Present
Quantitative Research and Development Vatic Labs (New York & San Francisco)2016 - 2018
Scientific Associate and Programmer D. E. Shaw Research2011 - 2016
Student Research (Mathematics and Physics) Cornell University2009 - 2011
Math Support Center Tutor Cornell University2007 - 2011
Undergraduate Researcher, Software Development Cornell University2010 - 2010
Student Research Summer Energy Recovery Linear Accelerator Group2010 - 2010
Clinical Development Intern, Summer 2009 AstraZeneca R&D2009 - 2009
Early Development, Summer (2008) Intern AstraZeneca R&D2008 - 2008

Tarun Chitra's Education

Cornell University B.A. Mathematics
Cornell University B.S. Applied Engineering Physics
Charter School of Wilmington