Investing Profile

Tarun Chitra

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Partner at Robot Ventures

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Cornell University Network

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Current Investing Position

Robot Ventures Partner

Investment Range

$100K - $1M

Sweet Spot

$250K

Investments On Record

Current Fund Size

$4M

Tarun Chitra is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

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Tarun Chitra's Investments On Record (19)

Company	StageDateRound Size	Total Raised
Divine Research	SeedSep 2025$7M	$7M
Co-investors: Hart Lambur (Robot Ventures)
Forum Markets	Post Ipo EquityJul 2025$430M	$430M
Co-investors: Peter Thiel (The Founders Fund), Robert Leshner (Robot Ventures)
Yupp	SeedJun 2025$33M	$33M
Co-investors: Ram Shriram (Sherpalo Ventures), Anand Rajaraman (Milliways Ventures), Florian Leibert (468 Capital), Biz Stone (Jelly Industries), Josh Elman (Greylock Partners), Gokul Rajaram (gokulrajaram.com), Othman Laraki (Frontier Medicines), Chris Dixon (Curated), Baris Gultekin, Kunal Shah
Suilend	Series UnknownDec 2024$4M	$4M
Fantom Foundation	Series UnknownMay 2024$10M	$50M
Co-investors: Kevin Ding (Polychain Capital), Fernando Martinelli (Balancer Labs), Stani Kulechov (Aave Labs), Robert Leshner (Robot Ventures)
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 (Borderless Capital), Calvin Liu (Divergence Ventures), Dovey Wan (Primitive Ventures), Kartik Talwar (A.Capital Ventures), Kenzi Wang (Symbolic Capital)
Witness	SeedFeb 2024$4M	$4M
Co-investors: Robert Witoff (Polychain Capital), Nic Carter (Castle Island Ventures)

Tarun Chitra's Experience

Partner Robot Ventures2020 - Present

Founder, CEO Gauntlet2018 - Present

Math Support Center Tutor Cornell Law SchoolPresent

Math Support Center Tutor AstraZeneca R&DPresent

Student Research (Mathematics and Physics) Cornell Law SchoolPresent

Student Research (Mathematics and Physics) AstraZeneca R&DPresent

Student Research Summer AstraZeneca R&DPresent

Undergraduate Researcher, Software Development Cornell Law SchoolPresent

Undergraduate Researcher, Software Development AstraZeneca R&DPresent

Quantitative Research and Development Vatic LabsPresent

Managing Partner Robot VenturesPresent

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.S. Applied Engineering Physics

Cornell University B.A. Mathematics

Charter School of Wilmington

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