Investing Profile

Tarun Chitra

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Partner at Robot Ventures
tarunchitra.com/index.shtmlNew York, New York
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Networks Tarun is a member of
Cornell University Network
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Cornell University Network
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Cornell University Network
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Cornell University Network
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Cornell University Network
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Current Investing Position
Robot Ventures Partner
Investment Range
$100K - $1M
Sweet Spot
$250K
Investments On Record
15
Current Fund Size
$4M

Tarun Chitra is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

Tarun Chitra's Investments On Record (15)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Suilend
Series UnknownDec 2024$4M
$4M
Fantom Foundation
Series UnknownMay 2024$10M
$50M
Co-investors: Robert Leshner (Robot Ventures), Kevin Ding (DHVC (Digital Horizon Capital)), Fernando Martinelli, Stani Kulechov
Zama
Series AMar 2024$73M
$73M
Co-investors: Kyle Samani (Multicoin Capital)
Inco
SeedFeb 2024$5M
$5M
Co-investors: Calvin Liu (Divergence Ventures), Dovey Wan (Primitive Ventures), Kartik Talwar (A Capital), Kenzi Wang (Symbolic Capital)
Witness
SeedFeb 2024$4M
$4M
Co-investors: Nic Carter (Castle Island Ventures), Robert Witoff
Pimlico
Pre SeedSep 2023$2M
$6M
Co-investors: Sriram Krishnan (Andreessen Horowitz), Milo Kicks (Angel investor), David Hoffman
Olympix
SeedJul 2023$4M
$4M
Co-investors: Eliot Durbin (Boldstart Ventures), Guy Podjarny, Sam Kassoumeh
Renegade
SeedFeb 2023$3M
$3M
Co-investors: Naval Ravikant (The Hit Forge), Balaji Srinivasan

Tarun Chitra's Experience

Partner Robot Ventures2020 - Present
Founder, CEO Gauntlet2018 - Present
Quantitative Research and Development Vatic Labs (New York & San Francisco)2016 - 2018
Scientific Associate and Programmer D. E. Shaw Research2011 - 2016
Student Research (Mathematics and Physics) Cornell University2009 - 2011
Math Support Center Tutor Cornell University2007 - 2011
Undergraduate Researcher, Software Development Cornell University2010 - 2010
Student Research Summer Energy Recovery Linear Accelerator Group2010 - 2010
Clinical Development Intern, Summer 2009 AstraZeneca R&D2009 - 2009
Early Development, Summer (2008) Intern AstraZeneca R&D2008 - 2008

Tarun Chitra's Education

Cornell University B.A. Mathematics
Cornell University B.S. Applied Engineering Physics
Charter School of Wilmington