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=Investor profile=

Rajan Anandan is an active investor in early-stage technology companies. Rajan has invested in internet, mobile and software startups in India, South-East Asia and the US. Rajan has a deep understanding of technology, a track record of investing in many sectors across technology, first-hand experience of working closely with founding teams of startups and leading and growing several large technology businesses in US and India. He is the co-founder of Blue Ocean Ventures, the first venture capital fund in Sri Lanka and has been deeply engaged in building the startup ecosystem in Sri Lanka. He was Google’s Vice President for South-East Asia and India for eight years; he left Google in mid-2019 to join Sequoia Capital. Prior to Google, Rajan led businesses at Microsoft and Dell. Rajan started his career at McKinsey and Company in Chicago and was a partner in the firm. Rajan has been instrumental in developing India’s internet ecosystem. During his tenure at Google, he launched many initiatives to bring Indians online. The Internet Saathi initiative - focused on helping women in rural India get online, and RailWire, which brought free high-speed public Wifi to Indian railway stations for the first time, are some of his notable contributions during his tenure at Google. He has been a thought leader in the internet space in India and South-East Asia. For instance, he predicted that India would reach 300m internet users when India had only 100m users in 2011. He launched the Google-Temasek research which helped shape the internet ecosystem in the region. Rajan completed his B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1991 and M.Sc. from Stanford University in 1992.

Career
Rajan has held senior leadership roles at several global technology companies. He served as the Vice President of Google in India and South-East Asia for eight years from 2011 to 2019. In this role, Rajan was responsible for Google’s sales and operations in a region with 850million internet users and several billion dollars of revenue. Prior to Google, Rajan worked as the Managing Director of Microsoft India between September 2008 and August 2010. Here, he was responsible for all aspects of Microsoft’s software, OEM and services business in India. Under his command, Microsoft India was recognized as the No. 1 subsidiary among the emerging markets worldwide (China, Russia, Brazil, Mexico, Turkey, South Africa and India). Before joining Microsoft, Rajan was the Vice President and Country General Manager of Dell in India from April 2006 to August 2008. He served as a Vice President, Global Outsourcing from May 2004 to March 2006 at the same company. His stint at Dell India saw the company’s revenue growth from $250 million to $800+ million. At Dell, he held several leadership roles including being the Executive Assistant to Chairman Michael Dell from August 2003 to March 2004. Rajan started his career in 1992 with McKinsey & Company. At McKinsey, Rajan was based in the Chicago office. As a partner in the firm, he worked with Fortune 500 companies in the US. He left McKinsey in 2003.

Angel Investments
Rajan is one of India's most prolific angel investors and has invested in over 100 Indian startups over the past decade. He also launched Sri Lanka’s first venture capital fund BOV Capital in 2016 and has also made several investments in US and South-East Asia technology startups. Many of his angel investee companies have raised follow-on rounds from leading global and Indian venture capital firms. Rajan has over 40 companies in his angel investment portfolio that have raised series A, B, C or beyond. Several of his portfolio companies have become Unicorns and he has over 10 companies that are valued at over $100million (based on last round financing). Select companies where Rajan is an angel investor (excluding companies from which Rajan has exited):
 * Druva
 * Capillary
 * Innovacer
 * Uniphore
 * Policybazaar
 * Mobilewalla
 * Rapido
 * Dunzo
 * Goqii
 * Freshtohome
 * Peelworks
 * Dataweave
 * webengage
 * Instamojo
 * Idifi technologies
 * Appzen
 * Zunum Aero
 * Atlan
 * Myupchar
 * Popxo
 * LittleBlackBook
 * Lucideus
 * Squadrun
 * Analytical Space
 * Sheroes
 * Bombay Hemp company
 * Smytten
 * Circle of Life
 * Crofarm
 * Simsim
 * Ekanek
 * Nayan
 * Styledotme
 * Gamingmonk
 * Bajao
 * Trell
 * Clinikk
 * Nivesh
 * Mom's Belief
 * Instashift
 * Leflair
 * Zunum Aero
 * Ultra
 * Karza
 * Signzy
 * Aureus Analytics
 * Pregbuddy
 * Ricult
 * IOK Labs
 * Omnify

Awards & Achievements
Rajan has been felicitated with prestigious awards for his contribution in the field of technology and he has played leadership roles in several industry bodies.
 * IMPACT Person of the Year, 2018
 * AIMA Managing India Awards, 2018
 * Chairman, Internet and Mobile Association (2017 - 2019 and 2013 - 2015)
 * Executive Council of NASSCOM (2011 - 2018)
 * President of TiE Delhi NCR (2018 - current)
 * Venture Capital Investment Committee of SIDBI - focused on Government of India’s Rs. 10,000 Crore Fund of Funds (2018 - 2019)

Category:Investment