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Rajiv Kapoor

Investor

Investor at Chai Ventures

New York City

Writes $100K – $5M checks · typically $1.5M

About

Rajiv Kapoor is a founding partner at Chai Ventures, a pre-Series A fund focused on investing in women-led businesses. He has invested in public companies including Tesla, Workday, and Tableau, as well as early-stage portfolio companies such as Compt, Hacware, and Nomic. Kapoor has also provided strategic consulting on marketing, hiring, and global structuring to over 100 companies and participated in an IPO exit in 2013 and a strategic acquisition in 2016.

Experience

  1. Chai VenturesFounding Partner, Investorcurrent2019 — presentNew York, New York, United States
  2. Rock The Street, Wall StreetBoard Membercurrent2025 — present
  3. MillieInvestorcurrent2024 — present
  4. VizerInvestorcurrent2023 — present
  5. Prospr At Work Inc.Investorcurrent2021 — present
  6. SamayInvestorcurrent2021 — present
  7. Matchable LtdInvestorcurrent2021 — present
  8. Nomic BioInvestorcurrent2020 — present
  9. Apis CorInvestorcurrent2020 — present
  10. EnterpriseAlumniInvestorcurrent2020 — present
  11. SYD (iamYiam)Investorcurrent2020 — present
  12. AaviaInvestorcurrent2020 — present
  13. ComptInvestorcurrent2020 — present
  14. CENTURY TechInvestorcurrent2019 — present
  15. Sixfold BioscienceInvestorcurrent2019 — present
  16. ExcepGenInvestorcurrent2019 — present
  17. BizlyInvestorcurrent2018 — present
  18. CB TherapeuticsInvestorcurrent2018 — present
  19. Vena MedicalInvestorcurrent2018 — present
  20. Women in CloudAdvisory Board Member2021 — 2024

Education

  1. London Business SchoolMasters, Management1996 — 1998
  2. Vanderbilt UniversityBA, Economics1986 — 1990

Skills & more

SaaS8Enterprise Software7Salesforce.com6Marketing Automation9Demand Generation8Business Development7Marketing Strategy16Lead Management11Start-ups15Lead Generation24Go-to-market Strategy5Product Management4
+6 moreB2B MarketingCloud ComputingStrategic PartnershipsNew Business DevelopmentEntrepreneurshipConsulting

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Frequently asked questions

Where does Rajiv Kapoor work?
Rajiv Kapoor is Investor at Chai Ventures.
What check size does Rajiv Kapoor write?
Rajiv Kapoor typically writes checks of $100K – $5M.

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