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Krishnakumar Natarajan

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Managing Partner at Mela Ventures · Board director at FirstHive

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

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About

Krishnakumar Natarajan co-founded Mindtree in 1999, scaling it to a USD 2.5 billion market cap leader, and served as Chairman of NASSCOM to advance Indian IT in global markets. He is an active angel investor backing over 30 startups across consumer, healthcare, logistics, and fintech sectors, and mentors startup founders on strategy, fundraising, and operations. His investee companies have attracted funding from major institutional investors, and he has leveraged corporate M&A networks to facilitate exits.</bio_summary> <parameter name="sector_codes">["consumer", "fintech", "healthcare", "logistics"]

Board director at FirstHive

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FirstHive's investors · 7

Arka Venture LabsMumbai · $100K – $500K checks · since 2024Benhamou Global VenturesMenlo Park · $200K – $5M checksInfo Edge VenturesGurgaon · $685K – $31M checksMela VenturesBengaluru · since 2022Saama CapitalPalo Alto · $500K – $4M checksSUVAN VENTURESCupertinoTwin VenturesPalo Alto · $100K – $150K checks · since 2024

Co-founders at FirstHive

ABAditya Bhamidipaty
Aditya BhamidipatyCEO

Experience

  1. Mela VenturesManaging Partnercurrent2019 — presentGreater Bengaluru Area
  2. MindtreeExecutive Chairperson2016 — 2019Bangalore
  3. MindtreeCo-Founder1999 — 2019Bangalore
  4. MindtreeChief Executive Officer & Managing Director2008 — 2016
  5. MindtreePresident & CEO- IT Services1999 — 2008
  6. Wipro LtdChief Executive- Electronic Commerce and Financial Solutions1996 — 1999
  7. Wipro LtdVice President- Human Resources1993 — 1996
  8. Wipro LtdRegional Manager North1989 — 1992

Skills & more

People Management14Strategic Planning99Leadership99Team Management99Management99Strategy34Globalization52Business Strategy99Team Building99Outsourcing99E-commerce99Customer Relations18
+12 moreBusiness ProcessP&L ManagementHuman ResourcesIT Service ManagementMarketingPre-salesVendor ManagementBusiness AnalysisBusiness DevelopmentCRMSalesProduct Management

Languages Tamil

From Krishnakumar's professional profile.

Investments

Investor

1CrowdLetsVentureZeva Capsol

Per the firm's website.

Colleagues at Mela Ventures

Ashwath Narayan
Assistant Manager – Finance at Mela Ventures
Grace McGill
Senior Associate at Marlinspike Partners
Johannes Hecker
Investor at Castel Capital
Kalyan Sundar
Head of Finance at Mela Ventures
Mack Gill
Head of Global Securities Processing at FIS Capital Markets at Mela Ventures
Narendran Sivakumar
Head of Marketing & Partnerships at Mela Ventures
Neetan Chopra
Chief Digital and Information Officer at IndiGo at Mela Ventures
Padmashree Shagrithaya
Executive Vice President & MD – Insights & Data GBL, at Capgemini at Mela Ventures

Frequently asked questions

Who is Krishnakumar Natarajan?
Krishnakumar Natarajan co-founded Mindtree in 1999, scaling it to a USD 2.5 billion market cap leader, and served as Chairman of NASSCOM to advance Indian IT in global markets. He is an active angel investor backing over 30 startups across consumer, healthcare, logistics, and fintech sectors, and mentors startup founders on strategy, fundraising, and operations. His investee companies have attracted funding from major institutional investors, and he has leveraged corporate M&A networks to facilitate exits.</bio_summary> <parameter name="sector_codes">["consumer", "fintech", "healthcare", "logistics"]
Where does Krishnakumar Natarajan work?
Krishnakumar Natarajan is Managing Partner at Mela Ventures and Board director at FirstHive.
What companies has Krishnakumar Natarajan invested in?
Investments tracked here include 1Crowd, LetsVenture, Zeva Capsol.
Where did Krishnakumar Natarajan go to school?
Krishnakumar Natarajan studied at XLRI Jamshedpur (MBA, Marketing and Systems); College of Engineering, Guindy (BE, Mechanical Engg).

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