Shekhar Kirani — CEO
Some of my investments: 1. Higgsfield.ai (seed/Series A) - Orchestration layer for generating Images/Videos on top of all the models. 2. e6data.com (Seed/Series A) - Lakehouse high-performance compute engine for AI and analytics. 3. biostate.ai (Seed/Series A) - Enabling 90% of the population to live for 90 years using AI on multiomics. 4. openfx.com (seed/Series A) - Instant Cross-border payment infrastructure. 5. accelequant (Seed/Stealth) - Delivering quantum commercial advantage today. 6. idenHQ (Seed+) - Fine-grained access across for AI and enterprise apps. 7. ChronicleHQ (Seed/Seed+) - AI-first business critical presentation application.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a seasoned venture capital investor specializing in technology startups.
Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Experience: 33 yrs 3 mos
Skills
- Venture Capital
- Business Development
Career Highlights
- Extensive experience in early-stage technology investments.
- Strong track record of backing successful founders.
- Expertise in scaling innovative tech startups.
Work Experience
Sprinto
Investor from Seed Stage (4 yrs 4 mos)
Amagi Corporation
Board Member (4 yrs 11 mos)
Appsmith
Investor at Seed Stage (6 yrs 8 mos)
Uniqode (formerly Beaconstac)
Investor from seed stage (6 yrs 10 mos)
FalconX
Investor from seed stage (7 yrs 2 mos)
Zomentum
Investor from seed stage (7 yrs 6 mos)
BrowserStack
Series A Investor (8 yrs 4 mos)
Facilio
Investor from seed stage (8 yrs 9 mos)
Cogoport
Investor from seed stage (8 yrs 11 mos)
Carestack
Series A Investor (9 yrs 1 mo)
Hashnode
Investor from Seed Stage (10 yrs 7 mos)
ansr.com
Investor from seed stage (10 yrs 11 mos)
Zenoti.com
Investor from seed stage (11 yrs 2 mos)
Crown It (GoldVIP)
Investor from seed stage (8 yrs 10 mos)
Presentations.AI
Investor from Seed Stage (11 yrs 11 mos)
ChargeBee
Investor from seed stage (12 yrs 7 mos)
iSPIRT Foundation
Founders Circle Member (13 yrs 3 mos)
Jifflenow
Investor from seed stage (11 yrs 1 mo)
Hotelogix
Investor from seed stage (14 yrs 3 mos)
Accel
Partner (14 yrs 8 mos)
Venture Partner (10 mos)
Freshworks
Investor from seed stage (14 yrs 8 mos)
SureWaves MediaTech Pvt Ltd
Investor from seed stage (14 yrs 9 mos)
VeriSign
Country Manager and Vice President (2 yrs 3 mos)
Vice President (3 yrs 11 mos)
Vice President, Messaging (2 yrs)
LightSurf Technology, Inc.
Vice President (6 yrs)
Starfish Software
Director (3 yrs)
U S WEST
Senior Software Engineer (3 yrs)
Education
PhD at University of Minnesota
ME at Indian Institute of Science (IISc)
BE at University of Mysore
