Sudheendra Chilappagari

Sudheendra Chilappagari is a Principal at Battery Ventures based in San Francisco, California, where he focuses on venture capital investments within the broader technology sector. Prior to joining the global investment firm in 2021, he developed foundational industry expertise working directly as an entrepreneur and operational executive. In his current investment capacity, Chilappagari evaluates, executes, and manages portfolio allocations across the application software and infrastructure software verticals. He specifically targets and partners with technical founders who are engineering software as a service, application programming interface, and core infrastructure platforms. Operating across all stages of corporate development from early financing to growth equity, he provides strategic capital to emerging technology enterprises. Chilappagari ultimately leverages his dual background as a former startup operator and current institutional investor to support high-growth software companies scaling within the modern commercial market.