Fundraising Fox

Anand Chandrasekaran

Investor

Partner at Celesta Capital

San Francisco Bay Area

Writes $500K – $20M checks

FoundedCrescendoAI

About

Anand Chandrasekaran spent two decades building five global products with 10M+ users and leverages deep product/engineering experience as a top-ranked India–US seed investor who cofounded AI-first contact center Crescendo.

Invests in

AI & Machine LearningDeep TechDefense TechHardwareNew MaterialsRoboticsSemiconductorsSpace Tech

Experience

  1. Celesta CapitalManaging Partnercurrent2024 — present
  2. CrescendoFoundercurrent2023 — present
  3. HiOFoundercurrent2025 — present
  4. DeelInvestorcurrent2021 — present
  5. CartaInvestorcurrent2019 — present
  6. FPL TechnologiesSeed Investorcurrent2018 — present
  7. TitanSeed Investorcurrent2024 — present
  8. invideoSeed Investorcurrent2018 — present
  9. NoBroker.comSeed Investorcurrent2016 — present
  10. PipeInvestorcurrent2020 — present
  11. Monarch MoneySeed Investorcurrent2019 — present
  12. ExotelSeed Investorcurrent2020 — present
  13. Orange Health LabsSeed Investorcurrent2020 — present
  14. Observe.AIInvestorcurrent2020 — present
  15. DealShareSeed Investorcurrent2018 — present
  16. Two ChairsSeed Investorcurrent2018 — present
  17. AcceldataSeed Investorcurrent2019 — present
  18. SaaS LabsSeed Investorcurrent2021 — present
  19. InversionSeed Investorcurrent2021 — present
  20. Smith.aiAngel Investorcurrent2018 — present

Education

  1. Stanford UniversityMaster of Science (M.S.), Electrical Engg.
  2. Stanford University School of EngineeringMaster of Science (M.S.), Management Sciences
  3. PSG College of TechnologyBachelor of Engineering (B.E.), Electronics and Communication
  4. Harvard Kennedy SchoolYGL Executive Program2011

Skills & more

ManagementProduct ManagementEntrepreneurshipEngineering ManagementProduct DesignDriving GrowthMobile ApplicationsCross-functional Team LeadershipBoard of Director experienceInternet ServicesMobile DevicesStart-ups
+12 moreStrategic PartnershipsSaaSAnalyticsVenture CapitalProgram ManagementStrategyLeadershipCloud ComputingEnterprise SoftwareHadoopE-commerceBusiness Strategy

From Anand's professional profile.

Same school

Shared employers

Deals · 1

CrescendoAIBoard seat

via Celesta Capital · filed Oct 2024 · $31.5M raise

Attribution from SEC filings, press coverage, and firm rosters.

Colleagues at Celesta Capital