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Mayuran Yogarajah

Investor

Head of IX Labs; Distinguished Engineer at Index Exchange corporate venture activity

Toronto, Ontario

Writes $300K – $600K checks · typically $500K

About

Mayuran Yogarajah leads IX Labs, the venture capital arm of Index Exchange launched in 2019 to back early-stage startups. As Index's first distinguished engineer and part of the founding team at Index Exchange and its predecessor Casale Media, he previously served as SVP of engineering and grew the engineering organization to over 170 people. He attended the University of Toronto.

Experience

  1. Index ExchangeHead of IX Labs & Distinguished Engineercurrent2019 — presentToronto, Canada Area
  2. Index ExchangeChief Technology Officer2003 — 2019Toronto, Canada Area
  3. Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC)Committee Membercurrent2025 — present
  4. Hardware Angel NetworkFounding Membercurrent2023 — present
  5. MeroBoard Membercurrent2021 — present
  6. FoundersPressTechnical Editorcurrent2022 — present
  7. ventureLABMentorcurrent2022 — present

Frequently asked questions

Who is Mayuran Yogarajah?
Mayuran Yogarajah leads IX Labs, the venture capital arm of Index Exchange launched in 2019 to back early-stage startups. As Index's first distinguished engineer and part of the founding team at Index Exchange and its predecessor Casale Media, he previously served as SVP of engineering and grew the engineering organization to over 170 people. He attended the University of Toronto.
Where does Mayuran Yogarajah work?
Mayuran Yogarajah is Head of IX Labs; Distinguished Engineer at Index Exchange corporate venture activity.
What check size does Mayuran Yogarajah write?
Mayuran Yogarajah typically writes checks of $300K – $600K.
Where did Mayuran Yogarajah go to school?
Mayuran Yogarajah studied at University of Toronto Mississauga.

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Shared employers

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