# Ranjith Menon
Ranjith Menon is a Partner and Managing Director at Chiratae Ventures, an early-stage technology venture capital firm formerly known as IDG Ventures India, and has been investing in Indian technology startups since 2007.[1](https://www.chiratae.com/chiratae-ventures-announces-key-elevations-in-its-growth-journey-of-three-managing-directors-and-avp/) • [2](https://people.equilar.com/bio/person/ranjith-menon-chiratae-ventures/30528636) He is known for early-stage bets in health-tech and online business-to-business companies, including Myntra, Fintellix, Sourcebits, Uniphore, and [Redcliffe Labs](https://www.edgepedia.org/redcliffe-labs).[2](https://people.equilar.com/bio/person/ranjith-menon-chiratae-ventures/30528636) • [1](https://www.chiratae.com/chiratae-ventures-announces-key-elevations-in-its-growth-journey-of-three-managing-directors-and-avp/) His own profile describes his focus as early stage investments in the Health-tech and online B2B domains.[3](https://www.linkedin.com/in/ranjith-menon-30715b4)
| Fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Firm and role | Partner & Managing Director, Chiratae Ventures; elevated to Managing Director alongside Karthik Prabhakar and Venkatesh Peddi[1](https://www.chiratae.com/chiratae-ventures-announces-key-elevations-in-its-growth-journey-of-three-managing-directors-and-avp/) |
| Tenure | Joined IDG Ventures India (now Chiratae) in February 2007[3](https://www.linkedin.com/in/ranjith-menon-30715b4) |
| Sector focus | Early-stage health-tech and online B2B[3](https://www.linkedin.com/in/ranjith-menon-30715b4) |
| Led investments | GoMechanic, Bizongo, Zumutor, Redcliffe, Uniphore, among others[1](https://www.chiratae.com/chiratae-ventures-announces-key-elevations-in-its-growth-journey-of-three-managing-directors-and-avp/) |
| Exited deals he was part of | Myntra (acquired by Flipkart), Fintellix (acquired by Verisk), Sourcebits (acquired by Globo-Plc), AasaanJobs (acquired by Naspers)[2](https://people.equilar.com/bio/person/ranjith-menon-chiratae-ventures/30528636) |
| Education | Mechanical engineering degree, Bangalore University; MBAs from Great Lakes Institute of Management and Illinois Tech Stuart School of Business[2](https://people.equilar.com/bio/person/ranjith-menon-chiratae-ventures/30528636) • [3](https://www.linkedin.com/in/ranjith-menon-30715b4) |
| Prior career | Aerospace engineering and marketing: BEML, Infotech Enterprises, Pratt & Whitney engine design, Airbus aerostructural work[3](https://www.linkedin.com/in/ranjith-menon-30715b4) |
## Early life and education
His education, as recorded on his professional profile, includes a degree in mechanical engineering from [Bangalore University](https://www.edgepedia.org/bangalore-university) and an MBA in [Marketing](https://www.edgepedia.org/marketing) and Operations from Great Lakes Institute of Management (2004–05); the same profile also lists an MBA from [Illinois Institute of Technology](https://www.edgepedia.org/illinois-institute-of-technology)'s Stuart School of Business in 2004–05.[2](https://people.equilar.com/bio/person/ranjith-menon-chiratae-ventures/30528636) • [3](https://www.linkedin.com/in/ranjith-menon-30715b4)
His first career was in engineering rather than finance. Per his own account, he started as a design engineer working on automotive and aircraft structures, with stints at Bharat Earth Movers Limited (2000–01) and [Infotech Enterprises](https://www.edgepedia.org/cyient) (2001–06), where he later moved into marketing and business development for the aerospace vertical.[3](https://www.linkedin.com/in/ranjith-menon-30715b4) In that period he spent a few years designing aircraft engine components for [Pratt & Whitney](https://www.edgepedia.org/pratt-and-whitney) and did aerostructural design work for Airbus.[2](https://people.equilar.com/bio/person/ranjith-menon-chiratae-ventures/30528636)
## Career at Chiratae Ventures
Menon joined IDG Ventures India in February 2007, within a year of the firm's 2006 launch as a home-grown early-stage tech venture fund; the firm was later renamed Chiratae Ventures India Advisors and has been an early backer of companies including Myntra, Lenskart, Curefit, Firstcry, and Uniphore.[3](https://www.linkedin.com/in/ranjith-menon-30715b4) • [1](https://www.chiratae.com/chiratae-ventures-announces-key-elevations-in-its-growth-journey-of-three-managing-directors-and-avp/)
In the firm's 15th year, Chiratae announced the elevation of Menon, Karthik Prabhakar, and Venkatesh Peddi to Managing Director, each having spent over a decade at the firm at the time.[1](https://www.chiratae.com/chiratae-ventures-announces-key-elevations-in-its-growth-journey-of-three-managing-directors-and-avp/) The announcement coincided with the final close of the firm's fourth fund, oversubscribed at $337 million in August 2021; at that point the firm reported over 39 exits, $1 billion in assets under management since inception, 3 IPOs and 6 unicorns.[1](https://www.chiratae.com/chiratae-ventures-announces-key-elevations-in-its-growth-journey-of-three-managing-directors-and-avp/)
Within the firm, Menon leads the health-tech sector.[1](https://www.chiratae.com/chiratae-ventures-announces-key-elevations-in-its-growth-journey-of-three-managing-directors-and-avp/) His LinkedIn profile carries an internally inconsistent timeline: it lists an "Executive Director" title from February 2007 to November 2023 alongside a Managing Director role from November 2021 to the present. The firm's elevation release dates the Managing Director title to 2021 and does not use an "Executive Director" title.[3](https://www.linkedin.com/in/ranjith-menon-30715b4) • [1](https://www.chiratae.com/chiratae-ventures-announces-key-elevations-in-its-growth-journey-of-three-managing-directors-and-avp/)
## Notable investments and exits
Menon has been part of several exited Chiratae portfolio companies: Myntra (acquired by Flipkart), Fintellix (acquired by Verisk), Sourcebits (acquired by Globo-Plc), and AasaanJobs (acquired by [Naspers](https://www.edgepedia.org/naspers)).[2](https://people.equilar.com/bio/person/ranjith-menon-chiratae-ventures/30528636)
Among companies still in the portfolio, the firm credits Menon with leading investments in GoMechanic, Bizongo, Zumutor, Redcliffe, and Uniphore.[1](https://www.chiratae.com/chiratae-ventures-announces-key-elevations-in-its-growth-journey-of-three-managing-directors-and-avp/) He has held a board seat at Uniphore since March 2015, and per his own post, in October 2025 the company announced a $260 million Series F round with participation from NVIDIA, AMD, Snowflake, and [Databricks](https://www.edgepedia.org/databricks). In his post on the round, Menon wrote that he had watched the company grow "from our first cheque", indicating Chiratae's involvement from the company's earliest funding.[3](https://www.linkedin.com/in/ranjith-menon-30715b4) • [4](https://www.linkedin.com/posts/ranjith-menon-30715b4_uniphore-announced-our-260-million-series-activity-7387095166769197056-1v0U)
## Boards and public positions
His profile lists board and advisory roles with Uniphore (since March 2015), [Bizongo](https://www.edgepedia.org/bizongo) (since 2016), Onco.com, and SigTuple (both since 2017), and Forus Health from March 2010 to December 2019.[3](https://www.linkedin.com/in/ranjith-menon-30715b4) An executive directory bio adds that he currently works with Uniphore, Redcliffe, ExMyB, and Mili, among others, and serves on the Investment Committee of C-CAMP's Leap Fund, a program under BIRAC (India's Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council).[2](https://people.equilar.com/bio/person/ranjith-menon-chiratae-ventures/30528636)
## Recent developments
The post-2023 record rests mostly on his own statements. He continues as Partner and Managing Director at Chiratae, and in October 2025 he publicized Uniphore's $260 million Series F with the strategic investors noted above, per his LinkedIn post.[4](https://www.linkedin.com/posts/ranjith-menon-30715b4_uniphore-announced-our-260-million-series-activity-7387095166769197056-1v0U) • [3](https://www.linkedin.com/in/ranjith-menon-30715b4) His profile also lists current work with newer health-tech companies including ExMyB, Dezy, and Hexa Health.[3](https://www.linkedin.com/in/ranjith-menon-30715b4)
This article covers only the investor who has been with IDG Ventures India/Chiratae Ventures in Bengaluru since February 2007; other people of the same name in unrelated fields are not the subject here.
## References
1. [Chiratae Ventures announces key elevations in its growth journey of three Managing Directors and AVP](https://www.chiratae.com/chiratae-ventures-announces-key-elevations-in-its-growth-journey-of-three-managing-directors-and-avp/)
2. [Ranjith Menon - Executive Bio, Work History, and Contacts - Equilar ExecAtlas](https://people.equilar.com/bio/person/ranjith-menon-chiratae-ventures/30528636)
3. [Ranjith Menon — LinkedIn profile (self-authored)](https://www.linkedin.com/in/ranjith-menon-30715b4)
4. [Ranjith Menon LinkedIn post on Uniphore $260M Series F (23 October 2025)](https://www.linkedin.com/posts/ranjith-menon-30715b4_uniphore-announced-our-260-million-series-activity-7387095166769197056-1v0U)
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