Anand Chandrasekaran is a managing partner at Celesta Capital and co-founded Crescendo and HiO, applying AI to customer experience for enterprises and small businesses. He previously held investing roles at General Catalyst and product leadership roles at Five9, Meta, Snapdeal and Airtel.
Anand Chandrasekaran is a managing partner at Celesta Capital and co-founded Crescendo and HiO, applying AI to customer experience for enterprises and small businesses. He previously held investing roles at General Catalyst and product leadership roles at Five9, Meta, Snapdeal and Airtel.
Career
Anand Chandrasekaran studied at Stanford University (MS, Electrical Engineering (2002)) and PSG College of Technology (BE, Electronics and Communication Engineering (1999)).
H(Co-founder at HiO (HiOctave) from 2025 to Present
Managing Partner at Celesta Capital until PresentCCo-founder at Crescendo until Present
Executive Vice President, Product Management at Five9 from 2019 to 2021SChief Product Officer at Snapdeal from 2015-06 to 2016-05
BAChief Product Officer at Bharti Airtel from 2014-04 to 2015-06
YSenior Director, Global Search Products at Yahoo until 2014
ACo-founder at Aeroprise from 2001 to 2008
Investing Announcements
Cosigns Received
Rohit BansalCo-Founder, Titan Capital and AceVector; Co-Founder of Snapdeal
@anandc proud of the super work by you and the product team.
Second Cosign
when someone like him guides a growing startup like ours, it makes a lot of on-ground difference.