Ranjith Menon in

Ranjith Menon

Examiner · DISC type cs
Managing Director at Chiratae Ventures
📍 Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Ranjith Menon is a Partner and Managing Director at Chiratae Ventures, focusing on early-stage Health-tech, Deep-tech, and B2B SaaS investments in India. An alumnus of Great Lakes Institute of Management with a background in mechanical engineering, he has been a venture investor since 2007 with notable investments like Myntra and Uniphore.

Based on his public commentary, Ranjith is deeply interested in how technology can solve large-scale problems and shape the future. He actively engages with forward-thinking concepts like the application of AI in new frontiers, from drug discovery to space-based data centers, and enjoys mentoring emerging entrepreneurs.

Unique fact: Before his venture capital career, Ranjith designed aircraft engines for Pratt & Whitney and did aero-structural design work for Airbus.

Read the full overview →
Current Role
Managing Director
Location
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Personality Overview

How Ranjith shows up

Late Adopter
Unexpressive
Process Oriented

They do not like taking risks at all and go for proven options in the end. They are heavily focused on quality and prefer doing things the right way, even if it takes time. Being observant comes to them naturally.

Priorities

Topics Ranjith cares about

Health-tech Investing
Leads the Health-tech investment sector for Chiratae, focusing on technology that can address significant gaps in the Indian healthcare market.
B2B & SaaS
Maintains a core investment focus on online B2B domains and SaaS companies, as highlighted in his professional profiles and portfolio.
+5 more topics Login to view topics
Career

Work history

11-2021
Managing Director
Chiratae Ventures
8-2017
Board Member
Onco.com
2-2017
Board Member
SigTuple
3-2015
Board Member
Uniphore
3-2010 - 12-2019
Board Member
Forus Health Private Limited
In the press

Media appearances

Chiratae Ventures announces key elevations in its growth journey of three Managing Directors and AVP. Featured in Chiratae Ventures (official blog)
See now
Chiratae Ventures makes leadership appointments amid succession planning. Featured in Livemint
+3 more appearances Login to view media
Education
2004 - 2005
MBA
Great Lakes Institute of Management
2004 - 2005
Master of Business Administration - MBA
Illinois Tech Stuart School of Business
Social presence
in
Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

c

Calculativeness (C)

Calculativeness (C) reflects the degree to which a person is likely to be cautious, systematic and analytical. Those scoring high tend to emphasise quality and accuracy.

Other Chiratae Ventures Employees

Explore more public profiles from related professionals.

More profiles

Discover additional public profiles from our index.

Unlock the full playbookSee exactly how to sell to Ranjith. Free, 10 seconds.