Kannan Hariharan

Entrepreneur, Operator turned Tech Investor

📍 Greater Sydney Area, Australia🔄 Updated September 2026💼 10 investments📅 14 years investing🗓 Last invested Sep 2025
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Investor & Advisor
Sep 2025
On the average consumers across the globe lose $18 billion of entitlements every year on their purchases. The most common reasons are losing the receipt, being unaware of the consumer laws and inability to reach the right people on time. Entitle Guard enables consumers to realise the utmost value of their purchases. We envision a world where every consumer can maximize the value and lifespan of their purchases with ease and confidence. It is an integrated platform that empowers consumers to manage their purchases from acquisition to disposal. Entitle Guard stands out by offering a holistic platform that integrates all stages of the consumer product lifecycle, from installation and usage to warranty management and safe disposal. Unlike competitors that focus on specific niches, Entitle Guard aims to cover the entire spectrum, providing a one-stop solution for consumers.
Investor & Advisor
Sep 2023
What if cash flow wasn’t an issue? It isn’t—for businesses that clear invoices. When a bill comes in, they don’t pay it—they clear it. The banks figured this out 200 years ago. Every day in Australia, banks settle $300 billion in IOUs without transferring cash. With one net payment. All cleared. We’re bringing this to normal businesses. And the cash flow problem disappears to the extent that invoices are cleared.
Investor
Apr 2023
Gathar is on a mission to change the way the world gathers by creating amazing dining experiences wherever you are 🧑‍🍳 Gathar is a leading and trusted private chef and catering platform in Australia that is now taking the United States by storm supported by our US co-founder, Michelin-starred chef Curtis Stone. We’ve created thousands of 5-star dining experiences bringing the best local chefs and produce to your table to create gatherings of all shapes and sizes, from lively dinner parties to intimate date nights and corporate events. Gathar is here to help you get out of the kitchen and back to the party! Simply choose or work with us to create the perfect menu and your Culinarian arrives with everything needed to cook, serve, and clean up afterwards. Your dedicated Gathar concierge will take care of every delicious detail from start to finish, so all you need to do is ‘gathar’ everyone together. Since launching in 2018, Gathar has disrupted the catering and hospitality industry by providing an innovative solution to booking private catering for any occasion, from lively dinner parties to intimate date nights and corporate events. Join us as we grow the global Gathar goodness guided by our core team values: TOGETHER IS BETTER: we back each other and use our unique strengths to succeed together. HONESTY IS OUR POLICY: we play by the same rules and treat all conversations with respect. KEEP IT FRESH: we never stop thinking about the best ways to deliver 5-star service. PLATFORM WITH PURPOSE: we love bringing people together and have fun doing it.
mid stageCaterers
Investor & Advisor
Mar 2023
TRaiCE is an AI-enabled early-warning system that combines leading risk indicators from public newsfeeds and social data along with traditionally used internal account and credit bureau data to issue actionable alerts. TRaiCE • Automates risk analysis of customers 24x7 • Combines internal account + credit bureau + external APIs (LexisNexis, etc) + publicly available data (digital footprint and media presence of the entity) • Computes and predicts risk level for the next 3 to 6 months • RANK ORDER accounts by DEFAULT RISK DAILY • Provides visibility to Internal Performance + Public + Bureau Data in ONE place • Issues Early Warning Alerts on customers with the highest risk
Investor
Mar 2016
Inkers Technology made its mark in the AI technology landscape by designing and developing deep large-scale AI and ML solutions for Enterprises across the globe. With a rich history of solving complex challenges in AI, Computer Vision, and deep neural network, Inkers has now seamlessly extended its innovative capabilities into the construction industry. Introducing "Observance," a comprehensive AI-powered construction management solution. Inkers is revolutionizing the construction landscape through advanced AI, cloud-based processing, and state-of-the-art Lithic (LiDAR Thermal IMU Camera) scanners. This innovative product as a service (PAS) marks a significant stride in enhancing efficiency and precision in construction processes, showcasing Inkers commitment to pushing the boundaries of technology across diverse sectors. Ready to take your projects to the next level? Explore Observance today! Observance overview: https://www.inkers.ai/
Investor & Global Growth Partner
Sep 2015
ENIGMATIC SMILE LTD is an information technology and services company based out of United Kingdom.
Investor
Feb 2015
VEHITO – Be the golden standard for every automobile. We are an IOT company, developed the made in India Automotive products that cater various stakeholders in the industry. Our customers include Multibrand garages, Fleet Managers, Service Aggregators and Vehicle owners. Our Advanced Vehicle Diagnostic hardware and software helps all Garage owners, Service aggregators and all vehicle owners to provide accurate diagnostic information of the vehicle which will help to increase operational efficiency and reduce turnaround time. We also develop advanced fleet solutions along with the diagnostic data for all our fleet customers to manage their day to day business operations and save the unwanted expenditure in their business.. We are a rare breed of hardware product startups that also fully design and manufacture in India. Our vision is to connect to the Auto secondary and Service sector – throughout the life cycle of a vehicle with customers using cutting edge technology. Vehito is a SaaS-based platform that allows garages and fleets to increase their QoS by equipping them with technology tools to improve the quality, trust & transparency in their ecosystem.
Investor
May 2014
Treasure forever the moments with your office mates with OyePlay. Our Sports Event Management Company combines the element of fun with fitness. It gives opportunities to Corporate and kids to diversify their skill sets in playing variety of Sports and Athletic Events. Headquartered in Bangalore, OyePlay is running its operations successfully in Bangalore, Hyderabad and Chennai. It is our privilege to organize your favorite sports. With the amazing response OyePlay has been getting from you, it has a count of more than 10,000 players who have participated in our tournaments across cities. We focus on providing equal opportunities to school kids and organize many inter school tournaments for them. Your little champs can enjoy playing in tournaments organized by us. With an efficient team to work with, we assist and organize Sports day out, sports tournaments/leagues for Corporate. Our happy customers include well-known companies like IBM, Honeywell, redBus,Ma-Foi analytics, Standard chartered, Oracle, Nec Technology, Odessa Technology, NIIIT, quinnox, AOL and many others. OyePlay is completely customer centric. It takes care of all the small yet significant details of the game. It organizes end to end services for Corporate sports events like ground quality, equipment, referee, volunteers, food, trophies, souvenirs, mementos, anchors, commentators etc. Booking sports grounds and sports centers was never so easy! Download the OyePlay App to make your reservation in just a few clicks. You can also book for tournaments from this App. OyePlay have recorded more than 25,000 transactions using this App.
early stageSpectator Sports
Investor
Apr 2014
Lodestar is India’s first scientific career guidance company. Founded by eminent people from the education industry, Lodestar helps parents make smart career decisions through our scientific tools, researched information, authentic data & advanced decision making methodologies. Our program has already guided many students from leading schools in Bangalore.
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Investments (10)
Founder (1)
2025
Investor & Advisor
Sep 2025
On the average consumers across the globe lose $18 billion of entitlements every year on their purchases. The most common reasons are losing the receipt, being unaware of the consumer laws and inability to reach the right people on time. Entitle Guard enables consumers to realise the utmost value of their purchases. We envision a world where every consumer can maximize the value and lifespan of their purchases with ease and confidence. It is an integrated platform that empowers consumers to manage their purchases from acquisition to disposal. Entitle Guard stands out by offering a holistic platform that integrates all stages of the consumer product lifecycle, from installation and usage to warranty management and safe disposal. Unlike competitors that focus on specific niches, Entitle Guard aims to cover the entire spectrum, providing a one-stop solution for consumers.
Co-Founder and Managing Partner
Jan 2025
Australia Digital Ventures is a Sydney-based boutique advisory firm with a regional presence in Bangalore. We work alongside founders, companies, and investors providing commercial, strategic, and transaction support grounded in real operating experience. We have built and scaled businesses ourselves. That is the experience we bring to every engagement.
2023
Investor & Advisor
Sep 2023
What if cash flow wasn’t an issue? It isn’t—for businesses that clear invoices. When a bill comes in, they don’t pay it—they clear it. The banks figured this out 200 years ago. Every day in Australia, banks settle $300 billion in IOUs without transferring cash. With one net payment. All cleared. We’re bringing this to normal businesses. And the cash flow problem disappears to the extent that invoices are cleared.
Investor
Apr 2023
Gathar is on a mission to change the way the world gathers by creating amazing dining experiences wherever you are 🧑‍🍳 Gathar is a leading and trusted private chef and catering platform in Australia that is now taking the United States by storm supported by our US co-founder, Michelin-starred chef Curtis Stone. We’ve created thousands of 5-star dining experiences bringing the best local chefs and produce to your table to create gatherings of all shapes and sizes, from lively dinner parties to intimate date nights and corporate events. Gathar is here to help you get out of the kitchen and back to the party! Simply choose or work with us to create the perfect menu and your Culinarian arrives with everything needed to cook, serve, and clean up afterwards. Your dedicated Gathar concierge will take care of every delicious detail from start to finish, so all you need to do is ‘gathar’ everyone together. Since launching in 2018, Gathar has disrupted the catering and hospitality industry by providing an innovative solution to booking private catering for any occasion, from lively dinner parties to intimate date nights and corporate events. Join us as we grow the global Gathar goodness guided by our core team values: TOGETHER IS BETTER: we back each other and use our unique strengths to succeed together. HONESTY IS OUR POLICY: we play by the same rules and treat all conversations with respect. KEEP IT FRESH: we never stop thinking about the best ways to deliver 5-star service. PLATFORM WITH PURPOSE: we love bringing people together and have fun doing it.
mid stageCaterers
Investor & Advisor
Mar 2023
TRaiCE is an AI-enabled early-warning system that combines leading risk indicators from public newsfeeds and social data along with traditionally used internal account and credit bureau data to issue actionable alerts. TRaiCE • Automates risk analysis of customers 24x7 • Combines internal account + credit bureau + external APIs (LexisNexis, etc) + publicly available data (digital footprint and media presence of the entity) • Computes and predicts risk level for the next 3 to 6 months • RANK ORDER accounts by DEFAULT RISK DAILY • Provides visibility to Internal Performance + Public + Bureau Data in ONE place • Issues Early Warning Alerts on customers with the highest risk
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