About SHAKTI
We know great founders have options. We hope you will speak to the founders we have backed to learn why they chose us to be their trusted partner from zero to IPO. Founder trust is our most important asset and we have a demonstrated track record of earning it.
We’ve been in your shoes, building and scaling companies in Silicon Valley for decades. Along the way, we’ve partnered with 100+ founders at the earliest stages—sometimes before there was even a product or company. Many have partnered with us more than once … and even chosen to invest in our funds.
Our team is intentionally complementary: Gen X, Y, and Z; a mix of Silicon Valley tech and Wall Street finance. We’re engineers, marketers, and financiers—and we know what Day 1 feels like.
At Shakti, venture capital isn’t a transaction. It’s an ongoing service we provide to you. We help you hire the right people, land customers, raise your next round—and we’re there when the journey gets messy (because it always does).
If you're building something that reimagines the way the world works, we'd love to hear from you.
Our investment approach
Stage?
Pre-seed to Series-A. We invest early: Pre-revenue, pre-product, sometimes even before incorporation.
Check size?
$250K–$2M to start, additional $1-2M in follow-ons.
Focus?
Reimagination of toothbrushes with AI and robotics—a “toothbrush” is a large, frequent use case.
Geography?
US incorporated but can be operating anywhere globally.
Ownership?
We lead, co-lead, or follow. No fixed ownership target. We are aiming for 10-100x ROI.
Supporting our founders
How do we help?
We can help you with the three things that matter most at this stage.
Hiring a world class team
We’ve helped founders close founding engineers, first sales leads, and execs who scale. That means rewriting job posts, jumping on candidate calls, and making the intro that lands your product designer. We’ve done it before—and we’ll do it with you.
Getting customers
Whether your first customers are consumers, SMBs, or Fortune 100s, we connect you directly to decision-makers. Not just intros, but the context, prep, and strategy to turn those meetings into wins.
Raising your next round
We know how to position early-stage companies for the next round. We help you sharpen the pitch, backchannel with follow-on investors, and build the kind of momentum that lands the investment.
The SHAKTI Titan platform
Startups are a team sport—but it’s lonely at the top. Through our Titan Network, you get access to over 50 world-class operators: former and current Founders/CEOs & CxOs of public tech companies. Their insight and network can change your trajectory.