Investing Profile

Semil Shah(7)

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Venture Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners
semilshah.comMenlo Park, California
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Semil Shah's investing connections

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1 Investor

Connected to Boris Wertz (Version One Ventures).

Networks Semil is a member of
Harvard University Network
402 CONNECTIONS
University of Michigan Network
133 CONNECTIONS
Lightspeed Venture Partners Network
54 CONNECTIONS

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Current Investing Position
Lightspeed Venture Partners Venture Partner
Investment Range
$250K - $1.5M
Sweet Spot
$875K
Investments On Record
62

Semil Shah is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

Semil Shah's Investments On Record (41)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Shapes
SeedApr 2026$8M
SeedNov 2022$4M
$12M
Co-investors: Michael Mignano (Lightspeed Venture Partners), Bipul Sinha (Lightspeed Venture Partners), Scott Belsky (A24), Daniel Gross (C2 Investment)
Meadow Memorials
Series AMar 2026$9M
$9M
Co-investors: Lachy Groom (Stripe)
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), Ravi Mhatre (Lightspeed Venture Partners), George Mathew (Insight Partners), Bilal Zuberi (Lux Capital), Chris Moran (Lockheed Martin Ventures), Wally Wang (Scale Asia Ventures), 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: Dave Munichiello (GV (Google Ventures)), Nnamdi Iregbulem (Lightspeed Venture Partners), Arif Janmohamed (Lightspeed Venture Partners)
Matcha
Pre SeedOct 2024$2M
$2M
Co-investors: Alireza Masrour (Plug & Play Ventures), David Lieb
Synch
SeedMar 2024$3M
$3M
Co-investors: Jack Altman (Benchmark), Bala Chandrasekaran (Alt Capital), Aashay Sanghvi (Haystack), Chris Howard (Fuel Capital)
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