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Krishnakumar Natarajan

InvestorFounder

Co-founder, Mindtree; Investor at Mela Ventures at Mela Ventures · Board director at FirstHive

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

FoundedFirstHive

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

Intro paths

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In turn, Krishnakumar can intro founders to FirstHive's investors below.

FirstHive's investors · 6

Arka Venture LabsMumbai · $100K – $500K checksBenhamou Global VenturesMenlo Park · $200K – $5M checksInfo Edge VenturesGurgaon · $685K – $31M checksMela VenturesBengaluruSaama CapitalPalo Alto · $500K – $4M checksSUVAN VENTURESCupertino

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

Education

  1. XLRI JamshedpurMBA, Marketing and Systems1979 — 1981
  2. College of Engineering, GuindyBE, Mechanical Engg1974 — 1979

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
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
Parthasarathy NS
Managing Partner at Mela Ventures
Prachi Malpani
VP, Investments at Mela Ventures

Frequently asked questions

Where does Krishnakumar Natarajan work?
Krishnakumar Natarajan is Co-founder, Mindtree; Investor at Mela Ventures at Mela Ventures and Founder at FirstHive.
What companies did Krishnakumar Natarajan found?
Krishnakumar Natarajan founded FirstHive.

Same school

Also attended XLRI Jamshedpur26

Thomas DelplanqueRegulatory Director at Hummingbird VenturesSiddharthSenior Associate at Eight Roads VenturesManpreet RatiaManaging Partner, Portfolio Success at Jungle VenturesBijou KurienInvestor at LightboxBabu VittalPeople & HR Practice Leader at RTP GlobalSpurthi NaiduPeople & Talent Lead at Avataar Venture Partners

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Also attended College of Engineering, Guindy12

Karthee MadasamyManaging Partner at MFV PartnersLak AnanthGlobal Managing Partner at Next47Hariharan PremkumarManaging Director & Head of India at DSG Consumer PartnersRam NagappanVenture Partner at SixThirty VenturesChinnu SenthilkumarManaging Partner at Exfinity VenturesS. SomasegarManaging Director at Madrona Venture Group at Mela Ventures

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Shared employers

Also worked at Mindtree8

P K GopalakrishnanInvestor, Mentor & Co-founder Malabar Angel network at SeafundDivya RaghavanPrincipal at NGP CapitalZerin RahimanFounder & Managing Director at IndigoEdgeParthasarathy NSManaging Partner at Mela VenturesRostow RavananMember, Investment Committee at Mela VenturesSharbani DharCEO and Founder, DotInfinity at TiE Women Global Pitch Competition

+ 2 more

Also worked at Wipro Ltd48

Sumit JoharAdvisor at Clear VenturesVignesh RavikumarInvestor at Sierra VenturesDipanjan BasuCo-Founder & Partner at Fireside Ventures Advisory LlpSiddharth GuptaVP - Finance at Fireside Ventures Advisory LlpArpit BeriManaging Partner, India at Jungle VenturesChetan RanaCFO at Titan Capital

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