India

About Mayfield India

Investor team with roots in India | Investing Mayfield India Fund:  $111 million

The Indian market—with its strong GDP, expanding middle class, entrepreneurial culture and wealth of talent—offers tremendous opportunity for entrepreneurs and investors. Mayfield India’s team is uniquely poised to help our entrepreneurs identify and leverage these opportunities.

The Mayfield India team is comprised of Navin Chaddha, Robin Vasan, and James Beck. The Mayfield India team is advised by the Mayfield India Advisors team, comprised of Vikram Godse and Nikhil Khattau. The Mayfield India team and Mayfield India Advisors team members are based on the ground in India and in the U.S., allowing us to track trends, assess opportunities, and share strategic resources and information from two vantage points. Mayfield India has invested in over 20 Indian companies in the past, of which 7 have had IPOs and another 5 have been acquired.

Mayfield India invests in India-based companies that have potential to become industry leaders, with a focus on Consumer Services, Internet, Mobile, Technology & Technology Enabled Services, Logistics, and Agriculture-related Businesses. We also invest a portion of our Mayfield XIII fund in technology-focused opportunities in India. Our portfolio companies include Centum Learning, dealsandyou, Fourcee, Genesis Colors, Geodesic Techniques, and Sohan Lal Commodity Management. Notable past successes of the team include India Bulls, India Games, MakeMyTrip, and Persistent Systems.

Mayfield India’s team approach to investing is simple: we invest in relationships, not transactions. What does this mean for the entrepreneur?  Ongoing personal attention from our partners, expertise and resources from our network of global relationships, and insights from a 43-year track record of  success that includes over 530 investments with more than 100 IPOs and over 100 mergers and acquisitions.

Mayfield India Advisors is a trade name of MF Advisors LLP.

Team Spotlight

Navin Chaddha

  • Adchemy
  • Akamai
  • Ankeena Networks, Inc.
  • Appcelerator
  • Bharat Matrimony (India)
  • Brighter
  • CloudVelocity

Navin Chaddha is responsible for the overall leadership of Mayfield Fund. He is a proven serial entrepreneur and venture investor. He has been named

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Vikram Godse

  • Centum Learning (India)
  • Fourcee (India)
  • Genesis Colors (India)
  • Geodesic Techniques (India)

Vikram has been an active venture investor in India over the last 11 years and has successfully invested in and had exits from his early-stage and gro...

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Nikhil Khattau

  • Bharat Matrimony (India)
  • dealsandyou (India)
  • Geodesic Techniques (India)
  • Sohan Lal Commodity Management (India)

Nikhil Khattau is an experienced banker, entrepreneur and venture investor who has built and invested in companies in India since 1995. Nikhil also ha...

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Robin Vasan

  • Akimbi Systems, Inc.
  • Alfresco Software
  • Centrify Corporation
  • CloudPhysics
  • Couchbase
  • EasilyDo
  • GroundWork

Robin Vasan is a software entrepreneur and investor. He invests in the mobile, cloud/SaaS and big data themes. His current investments include Alfre

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Investments

Current Investments

  • Amagi Media Labs
  • Bharat Matrimony (India)
  • Centum Learning (India)
  • dealsandyou (India)
  • Fourcee (India)
  • Genesis Colors (India)
  • Geodesic Techniques (India)
  • Sohan Lal Commodity Management (India)
  • Tejas Networks (India)

Notable Investments

  • Makemytrip
  • Persistent Systems