Chinnu Senthilkumar

Chinnu has been Managing Partner at Exfinity since its inception in 2013. Over three funds, he has championed 15+ deals out of a 40-company portfolio, including successes such as Pixis.AI, CloudSEK, Kinara.AI, Chara and Ati Motors. As a board member across many of these investments, he has actively guided multiple seed-to-exit journeys: driving product development, market expansion and organisational scale-up.

Beyond direct investing, Chinnu has facilitated growth-stage capital from marquee investors including SoftBank, General Atlantic, Tiger Global, TSMC and Petronas into the portfolio. He has also led fundraising for Exfinity Funds II and III, drawing commitments from institutions such as Western Digital (NASDAQ-listed), government fund-of-funds including EDF (Electronics Development Fund, sponsored by MeitY and SIDBI), and UHNI family offices including that of Azim Premji.

Prior to founding Exfinity, Chinnu brought 15 years of executive experience leading semiconductor enterprises across Silicon Valley and India, including Intel, SanDisk and Texas Instruments. At SanDisk, he led the company's India operations and served as CEO of its Indian subsidiary.