Angel investor based in India. 7 companies backed across 13 recorded rounds, Aug 2007 – Apr 2025.
Sectors of the companies in the portfolio, by company count.
Head-office city of the companies in the portfolio.
Rounds by stage.
Total size of the rounds they joined — an angel's own cheque is a share of this, and is not disclosed.
Every company Narayanan Balakrishnan appears as an investor in, most recent round first.
| Company | City | Sectors | Latest round | Rounds | Round value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fabheads | Chennai | Advanced MaterialsManufacturing Services | Series A Apr 2025 | 3 | $12M |
| Fibsol | Chennai | GenomicsCrop TechAgriculture Biotechnology | Angel Dec 2020 | 2 | $496.3K |
| Detect | Chennai | IoT ApplicationsManufacturing TechArtificial Intelligence | Seed Jun 2017 | 1 | $700.2K |
| KobZo LED | Chennai | B2B E-CommerceFacility Management TechRetail Tech | Seed Mar 2017 | 2 | $1.1M |
| Planys Technologies LED | Chennai | Water and Wastewater Management TechMaritime TechProfessional Service Robots | Seed Dec 2015 | 1 | $271.1K |
| Technology Front LED | Chennai | Sports Tech | Angel Jun 2009 | 2 | $862K |
| ITW LED | Angel Jun 2009 | 2 | $851.6K |
Investors that appear in the same rounds. Two names in one round is what "invested together" means here — it is not a claim about a relationship off the cap table.
| Investor | Type | Based | Shared rounds | Shared companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kaushik Gopal | Angel | 4 | 3 | |
| Anil Jain | Angel | Chennai | 4 | 3 |
| Sriram Subramanya | Angel | 4 | 3 | |
| Sudha Gopal | Angel | 4 | 2 | |
| Koppara Sajeeve Thomas | Angel | 4 | 2 | |
| Kubos | Firm | Chennai | 3 | 2 |
| Vijay Kedia | Angel | San Francisco | 3 | 1 |
| Vaidyanathan Balasubramanian | Angel | Chennai | 3 | 1 |
| Ravichandran Srinivasan | Angel | 3 | 2 | |
| Rajan Srikanth | Angel | Chennai | 3 | 3 |
| Ramasamy Subramaniam Iyer | Angel | 3 | 2 | |
| Gopal Srinivasan | Angel | 3 | 2 | |
| Ananthanarayanan Kumar | Angel | 3 | 2 | |
| Krishnamurti Raghavendra Rao | Angel | 3 | 3 | |
| S V Krishnamurthy | Angel | 3 | 3 | |
| Prakash Katama | Angel | 3 | 3 | |
| Amritha Gopal | Angel | Chennai | 2 | 2 |
| Nagendra Bandaru | Angel | 2 | 1 | |
| Krishnamurthi Rao | Angel | 2 | 1 | |
| Sowrirajalu Ravichandran | Angel | 2 | 1 |