Managing Director
Navin Chaddha is a proven serial entrepreneur, corporate executive and venture investor. Navin was named on the Forbes Midas List as a top 100 dealmaker in 2007 and as a top 10 dealmaker in 2008. He invests in the software, enterprise infrastructure, networking systems, communications, Internet infrastructure and semiconductor sectors in the U.S. Navin leads Mayfield’s investments in India. His current Mayfield investments include Consim Info, Gigya, Mimosa Systems, Seedfund, Tejas Networks and WiChorus.
Navin has made 25 investments in the past of which 9 have had IPOs and 6 have been acquired. Some of his past investments include LVL7 Systems (acquired by Broadcom), NeoPath Networks (acquired by Cisco Systems), ReaMetrix, Still Secure, Test Quest, and Vendavo in the U.S. and GCI Solutions, Indya.com (acquired by News Corp), Makemytrip, and Persistent Systems in India. His notable investments that had an IPO include Allsec, IL&FS Investsmart, Provogue and Shree Renuka Sugars in India and Akamai, Northpoint Communications, Qwest Communications and Rhythms NetConnections in the U.S.
Navin was founder and CTO of VXtreme, a streaming media software company that was acquired by Microsoft and became Windows Media. He served in various management roles at Microsoft after that. Navin was also the co-founder of iBeam Broadcasting (NASDAQ IPO) and CEO of Rivio (acquired by CPA2Biz). His venture investing experience includes Managing Director at Gabriel Venture Partners and Venture Partner at Mobius Venture Capital.
Navin holds an MS degree in electrical engineering from Stanford University (received the Stanford and IBM Graduate Fellowships) and a B.Tech degree in electrical engineering from IIT Delhi (received the Director’s Medal for being first in his class) and was honored with the prestigious distinguished IIT Alumni Award in 2006. Navin is a Charter Member of TiE and AAMA, and serves on the Board of TiE. He holds over 35 patents and has been recognized as an industry thought leader by several publications including Aspatore Books, Business Week, Forbes, Fortune and The Wall Street Journal.
Adchemy
Consim Info
Gigya
Mimosa Systems
Tejas Networks
WiChorus Inc.
Gigya introduces Wildfire Socialize
Navin Chaddha on Reuters Panel - Global Technology, Media and Telecoms Summit
Navin Chaddha on TiECon Panel - Looking for the Next Billion Dollar Opportunities
Gigya Raises $9.5 Million Round
Mayfield Fund Leads $11.75 Million USD Round in Bharat Matrimony (Consim Info)
Navin Chaddha Named #10 on Forbes 2008 Midas List
Mimosa in Top 10 Companies to Watch in 2008
Tejas Networks Named A "Red Herring 100 Global" Award Winner
Wall Street Journal Highlights WiChorus as New Wave of Indian Company
