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Investor profile

Sunil Chhaya

Co-Founder and General Partner, Kearny Jackson

About

Sunil Chhaya brings a deeply global perspective from his migrant family background—grandparents moved from India to Kenya, parents from Kenya to the UK, and he was born in Nice before living across Munich, Boston, London, New York, and San Francisco—which he connects to understanding founders navigating uncertainty and relocation-heavy journeys. He developed his product-first investment approach from childhood exposure to semiconductor prototypes through his father's work and looks for founders driven by a tormenting spark where a product idea occupies them so completely that building it becomes the only way forward. Sunil Chhaya brings a deeply global perspective from his migrant family background—grandparents moved from India to Kenya, parents from Kenya to the UK, and he was born in Nice before living across Munich, Boston, London, New York, and San Francisco—which he connects to understanding founders navigating uncertainty and relocation-heavy journeys. He developed his product-first investment approach from childhood exposure to semiconductor prototypes through his father's work and looks for founders driven by a tormenting spark where a product idea occupies them so completely that building it becomes the only way forward.

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Investment focus

Stages
Pre-Seed
Seed
Sectors
SaaS
FinTech
Enterprise
AI
Data

Investment details

Avg check size$200K - $400K
Can lead rounds
No
Geographies
USA