Investing Profile

Shardul Shah(1)

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Partner at Index Ventures

indexventures.com/team/shardu...San Francisco, California

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Networks Shardul is a member of

University of Chicago Network

176 CONNECTIONS

Index Ventures Network

70 CONNECTIONS

Starburst Network

28 CONNECTIONS

Wiz Network

15 CONNECTIONS

Wiz Network

15 CONNECTIONS

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Current Investing Position

Index Ventures Partner

Investment Range

$100K - $50.0M

Sweet Spot

$15.0M

Investments On Record

Current Fund Size

$1.2B

Shardul Shah is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

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Shardul Shah's Investments On Record (42)

Company	StageDateRound Size	Total Raised
Simile	Series BJul 2026$200M Series AFeb 2026$100M	$300M
Co-investors: Scott Belsky (A24), Fei-Fei Li (AI4ALL), Guillermo Rauch (Vercel), Adam D'Angelo
Enigma	SeedJul 2026$71M	$71M
Co-investors: Max Rimpel (Index Ventures), Calvin Chin (E14 Fund), Sarah Guo (Conviction Partners)
Fireworks AI	Series DJul 2026$1.5B Secondary MarketOct 2025$20M Series COct 2025$230M	$1.8B
Co-investors: Anoushka Vaswani (Lightspeed Venture Partners), Eric Vishria (Benchmark), Matthew Miller (Sequoia Capital), Alfred Lin (Sequoia Capital), Sonya Huang (Sequoia Capital), Tim Tully (Menlo Ventures), Gavin Baker (Atreides Management, LP), Matt Murphy (Kleiner Perkins), Howie Liu
Twelve Labs	Series BJul 2026$100M Series AJun 2024$50M SeedDec 2022$12M SeedMar 2022$5M	$180M
Co-investors: Tiffany Luck (New Enterprise Associates (NEA)), Avi Bharadwaj (Intel Capital), Oren Etzioni (Madrona Ventures), Rob Toews (Radical Ventures), Aravind Bharadwaj (TuTr Hyperloop), Fei-Fei Li (AI4ALL), Oliver Cameron (Odyssey Ventures), Jay Simons (Bond), Nicolas Dessaigne (Y Combinator), Lukas Biewald
Frame Security	Series UnknownMay 2026$50M	$50M
Co-investors: Elad Gil (Gil Capital / Gil & Co), Assaf Rappaport (Mensch Capital Partners)
Parallel	Series BApr 2026$100M Series ANov 2025$100M Series AAug 2025$30M SeedJan 2024$30M	$400M
Co-investors: Vinod Khosla (Khosla Ventures), Matt Huang (Sequoia Capital), Andrew Reed (Sequoia Capital), Josh Kopelman (First Round Capital), Raj Gokal (Solana Ventures), Gabby Dizon (Infinity Ventures Crypto), Ramtin Naimi (Abstract Ventures), Mamoon Hamid (Kleiner Perkins), Tilt (040 Capital)
Linx Security	Series BMar 2026$50M Series AJul 2024$33M	$83M
Co-investors: Teddie Wardi (Insight Partners), Mickey Boodaei (Picture Capital), Assaf Rappaport (Mensch Capital Partners), Rakesh K. Loonkar (Picture Capital), Gili Raanan (Cyberstarts VC)
NewCore	SeedJan 2026$16M	$66M
Co-investors: Assaf Rappaport (Mensch Capital Partners), Ofer Ben-Noon (Jibe Ventures), Sharin Fisher (Fort Ross Ventures), Yevgeny Dibrov (Cyberstarts VC), Ofir Ehrlich

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Shardul Shah's Experience

Investor WizPresent

Investor Gatsby LabsPresent

Member, Board of Directors WizPresent

Investor Reclaim.ai from DropboxPresent

Investor BrightHirePresent

Member, Board of Directors BrightHirePresent

Member, Board of Directors Coalition, Inc.Present

Investor Dazz (acquired by Wiz)Present

Investor DazzPresent

Investor FireblocksPresent

Investor APEX (acquired by Tenable)Present

Investor NatomaPresent

Member Board of Directors Pilot.comPresent

Member, Board of Directors Parallel Web SystemsPresent

Member, Board of Directors Linx SecurityPresent

Member, Board of Directors Augment CodePresent

Investor Sublime SecurityPresent

Investor Temporal TechnologiesPresent

Member, Board of Directors Temporal TechnologiesPresent

Member, Board of Directors StarburstPresent

Member, Board of Directors CartesiaPresent

Member, Board of Directors SimilePresent

Member, Board of Directors 7AIPresent

Co-Founder Lime Therapeutics, Inc.Present

Partner Index VenturesPresent

Shardul Shah's Education

University of Chicago BAs Economics, Biology with specialization in Immunology

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