Who we are
The Chennai Angels
TCA is a Group of successful leaders that have successfully built, run and in many cases exited enterprises across multiple domains and industries. TCA helps entrepreneurs build and grow their ventures and enterprises into successful companies.
Inception
Aspiring entrepreneurs with innovative business ideas often fumble to translate thoughts into commercially viable ventures. These teething troubles could be attributed to inadequate awareness in taking ideas forward or paucity of funds. In an effort to help these young minds, a group of prominent successful entrepreneurs came forward to form a consortium called The Chennai Entrepreneurship Trust Fund in Nov 2007, which is now The Chennai Angels (TCA).
Our Role Today
Besides providing capital, TCA members act as mentors for those venturing into the business world. TCA has among its members several Venture Capitalists who are available to partner TCA on larger outlays. Along with high quality mentoring, investors are able to handhold the entrepreneur through the life cycle of fundraising and open doors to customers and partners of very high order.
Portfolio
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Board of Directors
Gopal Srinivasan
Ramaraj R
Lakshmi Narayanan
Board of Directors
Gopal Srinivasan
Ramaraj R
Lakshmi Narayanan
Executive Committee
Ramaraj R
R Ramaraj is a serial entrepreneur who has been involved in ventures in IT cellular and Internet….
Rajeev Mecheri
Rajeev is a first-generation entrepreneur and Angel investor in technology start-ups.
K Mahalingam (Mali)
K Mahalingam (Mali) is a Partner / Director at TSM Group of companies and a member of The Chennai…
Padma Chandrasekaran
Padma Chandrasekaran is an angel investor actively seeking opportunities to invest in promising y…
Chandu Nair
Chandu has over 30 years of experience in industry, consultancy, media, and information services….
Satish Kumar
Mr. Satish Kumar stepped down on March 31, 2009, from the position of the Managing Director and C…
K Ramakrishnan (Ramki)
K Ramakrishnan (Ramki) is Senior Managing Director Strategic Relationships at Spark Capital…
S Premkumar
Prem has been one of the key business leaders of HCL. His association with the group spans many y…
C K Ranganathan
Mr. CK Ranganathan was born in Cuddalore to parents with a primary interest in education. He took…
Reji Joseph is a Chartered Accountant with a degree in Economics from Loyola College in Chennai
Bharat Garg
Bharat Garg is currently a Director at M/s Advait Steel Rolling Mills P Ltd (Family Business) & work experience of 19 years in the Steel Hot Rolling Industry.