Shankar Chandran
InvestorPartner at Walden Catalyst
San Francisco, California, United States
Writes $550K checks
About
Shankar Chandran is a former Applied Materials engineer and primary inventor on eight patents with 19+ years investing in deep-tech—semiconductors, AI infrastructure, data, robotics—and co-headed Samsung’s strategic investment arm.
Shankar Chandran @chandranshankar
Thrilled to part of @walden_catalyst. Thank you @TechCrunch for writing about us. https://t.co/1b1mqdOXJH
Nov 1, 2021 · ♥ 5
Shankar Chandran @chandranshankar
Come visit our team at the Samsung booth in the Hall of Tech, H21. We look forward to meeting new entrepreneurs, startups and partners. https://t.co/jBCINVtGK7
May 15, 2019 · ♥ 1
Invests in
AI & Machine LearningBiotechData & InfrastructureDeep TechHardwareSemiconductors
Experience
- Walden Catalyst VenturesPartnercurrent2021 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
- Nace AIBoard Membercurrent2025 — present
- Virtue AIBoard Membercurrent2025 — present
- Ati MotorsBoard Membercurrent2024 — present
- 3D Glass Solutions, Inc.Board Membercurrent2023 — present
- GalileoBoard Membercurrent2022 — present
- Samsung Catalyst FundManaging Director, SVP & Co-Head of Samsung Catalyst Fund (SCF)2013 — 2021
- Panorama Capital / JP Morgan PartnersPartner2002 — 2013Menlo Park, CA
- Applied MaterialsEngineer / Manager1995 — 2000
Education
- The Wharton SchoolMBA2000 — 2002
- Arizona State UniversityMS, Materials Science & Engineering1993 — 1995
- Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University), VaranasiB.Tech, Engineering1989 — 1993
Skills & more
+8 more
Product DevelopmentProduct MarketingBusiness StrategyCross-functional Team LeadershipGo-to-market StrategyCloud ComputingStrategyManagementFrom Shankar's professional profile.
Same school
Also attended The Wharton School1,366
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Also attended Arizona State University82
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Also attended Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University), Varanasi11
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Shared employers
Also worked at Nace AI1
Also worked at Virtue AI6
Also worked at 3D Glass Solutions, Inc.3
Also worked at Galileo2
Investments
Board seats
3DGSAti MotorsGalileoMindsDBNace.AIOpaque SystemsVirtueAI
Per the firm's website.
Colleagues at Walden Catalyst
Network2
Investors connected to Shankar in public investor directories — a warm-intro map.





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