Abhishek Chandra
Lead Investor
Abhishek is the Lead Investor at Soonicorn Capital who focuses on evaluating trends and identifying investment opportunities. He also invests a significant amount of time in helping his early-stage portfolio companies. He has invested in several startups in his individual capacity before starting the syndicate under the Soonicorn Capital brand.
He has a proven track record of building multimillion dollar Businesses from scratch through strategic Initiatives on Product Development, Market Research and Business Development.
Abhishek has over a decade of experience in leadership roles in the Internet / Technology sectors across India and SEA Market.
Currently Abhishek is a Chief Revenue Officer at Gokwik which is backed by Sequoia, RTP Global and Matrix Partners. Prior to Gokwik he was Chief Business officer at Docquity and Core Team member at Mobikwik where he spent more than 8 years and built various business verticals from scratch. He is a Delhi College of Engineering Alum.
Chirag Taneja
Co-Lead and Mentor
Chirag is a Co-Lead and Mentor at Soonicorn Capital. Being a veteran in the D2C and Consumer Internet market he mentors startups in achieving Product Marketing Fit and eventually raising bigger capital during Series B,C,D. He has also invested in several startups in his individual capacity which has eventually scaled up and raised bigger rounds.
Chirag is a Serial Entrepreneur with over a decade of work experience across domains of consumer brands, DTC, e-commerce, management consulting and product management.
Currently Chirag is a Co-Founder and Ceo at Gokwik which is backed by Sequoia, RTP Global and Matrix Partners. Prior to Gokwik he was Chief Revenue officer at Bombay Shaving Company where he was heading business strategy, revenue management and marketing for online business. Before that he was running a food tech startup and he also spent a considerable time with Yes Bank as a senior investment banker. He is a FMS and Delhi College of Engineering Alum.