Kartik Chandra
General Partner at Morphosis Venture Advisors
Kartik Chandra
General Partner at Morphosis Venture Advisors
Bengaluru, Karnataka
Overview
Work Experience
Co-Founder & General Partner
2022 - Current
Investing and supporting digital businesses from India achieve global scale. Morphosis India invests in PreA and Series A financing rounds across three areas - B2B technology, Manufacturing, Climate Solutions.
Advisory Partner
2022
Early-stage VC investing in Tech-focused B2B businesses with significant ESG impact.
Strategy and Investments
2020 - 2022
Led growth initiatives via corporate development (100% takeovers, majority stake acquisition, take-privates) across all downstream operations (mobility solutions, EV infrastructure, traditional energy services) to expand business presence into GCC, North Africa and South East Asia (India, Indonesia)
GTM and Digital Strategy
2019 - 2019
Large Customer Sales (LCS) team. Supported BD efforts for Google Ad stack and Google Cloud offerings.
Consultant - Product and GTM
2018 - 2019
Go-to-market planning of patented FPGAs for hyperscale inference in data centre applications.
Management Consultant
2014 - 2018
Investments and value creation for global and regional private equity funds and GCC sovereign wealth funds on mid-market transactions. Strategy planning, investment advisory & diligence, and post-merger integration of targets across Industrials & Energy, Consumer Goods & Services, Healthcare & Life Sciences sectors. Select transactions: - IPO for downstream assets of leading regional energy major - Majority stake bid on IWPP by regional mid-market PE sponsor - Minority investment in ride-hailing company by global PE sponsor - 100% acquisition of MENA diagnostics chain by global PE sponsor - PIPE transaction on listed manufacturing target by regional SWF - Multiple greenfield investment mandates for regional SWFs in healthcare, defense, business services
Enterprise Tech Coverage
2013 - 2014
Trefis is a VC-backed fintech startup leveraging technology to provide sell-side research solutions to institutions and retail investors. Raised $3.5M from Village Ventures and other investors and valued at $30+m in 2014. I led sector coverage for Enterprise Technology, SaaS and OTA businesses in US and Europe. Also worked on product development and launched key features to reduce user churn and improve retention rates on the retail investor platform.