Rahul Chandra

Business mentor, Foodie, Hindu, Idea generator, Investor, Parent

Co-founder of Helion Ventures and having 13 years of venture capital investing and corporate development experience in technology product and services companies in India and the US. He serves on the Board of UnitedLex and Mindworks. Between 2000 and 2006, Rahul was based in Silicon Valley as part of the investment team at Walden International, a global venture capital firm with more than $2B under management. Between 2004 and 2005 he also led the M&A efforts at e4e Inc., a Santa Clara, CA based BPO company with more than 4,000 employees across the globe. In 1996, during the earliest days of venture investing in India, Rahul was the first hire at Walden's India office. In this role he managed investments for Walden's India dedicated Fund between 1996 and 2000. Rahul has invested in more than 30 early-to-mid-stage companies such as Mindtree, Ikanos (IKAN), e4e Inc and Techspan (Headstrong). Prior to Walden, he worked in the Capital Markets Group at Lazard India, and in the Primary Market Department at the Securities Exchange Board of India. Rahul has an MBA from University of California, Berkeley and graduated from Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani in 1993.

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