Investing Profile

Semil Shah(7)

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Venture Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners
semilshah.comMenlo Park, California
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Networks Semil is a member of
Harvard University Network
610 CONNECTIONS
University of Michigan Network
194 CONNECTIONS
Lightspeed Venture Partners Network
66 CONNECTIONS

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Current Investing Position
Kamanu Ventures & Lightspeed Venture Partners Scout Venture Partner
Investment Range
$250K - $1.5M
Sweet Spot
$875K
Investments On Record
72

Semil Shah is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

Semil Shah's Investments On Record (51)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Shapes
SeedApr 2026$8M
SeedNov 2022$4M
$12M
Co-investors: Michael Mignano (Lightspeed Venture Partners), Bipul Sinha (Lightspeed Venture Partners), Daniel Gross (C2 Investment), Scott Belsky (A24)
Meadow Memorials
Series AMar 2026$9M
$9M
Co-investors: Lachy Groom (Physical Intelligence)
Fiddler Labs
Series CJan 2026$30M
Series BDec 2024$19M
Series BJun 2021$32M
Series ASep 2019$10M
SeedOct 2018$3M
$94M
Co-investors: Raviraj Jain (Lightspeed Venture Partners), George Mathew (Insight Partners), Bilal Zuberi (Lux Capital), Chris Moran (Applied Materials), Wally Wang (Scale Asia Ventures), Ravi Mhatre (Kamanu Ventures & Lightspeed Venture Partners Scout), Zain Gulamali (Amazon Alexa Fund)
EraDrive
SeedDec 2025$6M
$6M
Co-investors: Ricardo Sequerra (Point Nine Capital)
Redpanda Data
Series DApr 2025$100M
Series CJun 2023$100M
Series BFeb 2022$50M
Series AJan 2021$13M
SeedJan 2020$3M
$270M
Co-investors: Arif Janmohamed (Lightspeed Venture Partners), Nnamdi Iregbulem (Lightspeed Venture Partners), Dave Munichiello (GV (Google Ventures))
Matcha
Pre SeedOct 2024$2M
$2M
Co-investors: Alireza Masrour (Plug & Play Ventures), David Lieb
Synch
SeedMar 2024$3M
$3.5M
Co-investors: Jack Altman (Benchmark), Diana Hu (Y Combinator), Bala Chandrasekaran (Alt Capital), Chris Howard (Fuel Capital), Aashay Sanghvi (Haystack)
Polar Signals
SeedJan 2024$7M
SeedAug 2021$4M
$11M
Co-investors: Nnamdi Iregbulem (Lightspeed Venture Partners), Gaurav Gupta (Lightspeed Venture Partners), Dave Munichiello (GV (Google Ventures)), Guillermo Rauch

Semil Shah's Experience

Venture Partner Lightspeed Venture Partners2018 - Present
General Partner HaystackPresent
Product Marketing & Distribution Concept.io2013 - 2014

Semil Shah's Education

Harvard University Master's Economic Development and Strategy
University of Michigan BA History

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