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: Robert Leshner (Robot Ventures)
Suilend
Series UnknownDec 2024$4M
$4M
Yupp
SeedJun 2024$33M
$33M
Co-investors: Florian Leibert (468 Capital), Anand Rajaraman (rocketship.vc), Biz Stone
Fantom Foundation
Series UnknownMay 2024$10M
$50M
Co-investors: Robert Leshner (Robot Ventures), Kevin Ding (DHVC (Digital Horizon Capital)), Fernando Martinelli, Stani Kulechov
Zama
Series AMar 2024$73M
$130M
Co-investors: Kyle Samani (Multicoin Capital), Ken Seiff (Blockchange Ventures)
Inco
SeedFeb 2024$5M
$5M
Co-investors: Calvin Liu (Divergence Ventures)
Witness
SeedFeb 2024$4M
$4M
Co-investors: Nic Carter (Castle Island Ventures), Robert Witoff

Tarun Chitra's Experience

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
Partner Robot Ventures2020 - Present
Founder, CEO Gauntlet2018 - Present

Tarun Chitra's Education

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