Investor profile

Semil Shah

Angel · Mill Valley, United States

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55 portfolio companies Angel · $379M invested · 65 investments · Investor rank #6,472 · Last investment 11/2021

Portfolio companies 55 ↑ 4% 5y

Decacorns 3 ↑ 50% 5y

Thoroughbreds 5 ↑ 25% 5y

Power Law #300Investor Ranking · Global · 2026 · Top 2%

01 · Biggest holdings

Semil Shah’s biggest current holdings.

The most valuable companies Semil Shah still holds — unicorns and thoroughbreds it has backed, ordered by Dealroom’s latest valuation. Companies that have been acquired or gone public are in Exits instead.

#CompanyEst. stakeValuationEst. value

1 Applied IntuitionDecacorn · Transportation · USA — $15.0B —
2 IroncladUnicorn · Legal · USA — $3.2B —

Estimated value = Semil Shah’s disclosed ownership % × Dealroom’s latest company valuation; direct named stakes only, exited positions excluded. Figures are indicative, not reported marks. See the underlying cap tables on Dealroom →

02 · Exits

Semil Shah’s biggest exits.

Portfolio companies that IPO’d or were acquired at $1B+, with the valuation recorded at exit and — for those still public — their value today. Exit events come from each company’s funding-round history; entry stage from Semil Shah’s transaction record.

DoorDash

$39B IPO · 2020

Entered SeedNow $92BFood

HashiCorp

$14B IPO · 2021

Entered Series ANow $7.1BSecurity

Instacart

$9.9B IPO · 2023

Entered SeedNow $11BFood

03 · Portfolio analysis

Where Semil Shah’s portfolio is concentrated.

Distribution of portfolio companies by headquarters country, sector, entry stage and current growth stage. Across all 55 portfolio companies. "Stage entered" is the first priced round the investor joined, derived from the investor’s transaction history.

By countryCount

USA57
India1

By sectorCount

Enterprise Software14
Transportation11
Fintech9
Jobs Recruitment5
Travel5
Marketing4
Telecom4
Home Living3
Education2
Energy2
Food2
Hosting2

By stage enteredCount

Seed40
Series A10
Series B+3

By growth stageCount

Breakout Stage24
Early Growth23
Late Growth11

04 · Portfolio market map

Inside Semil Shah’s portfolio.

The 58 highest-funded portfolio companies, of 55 tracked.

Transportation · Decacorn

Cambly

Education

$250M

Amino

Health

$160M

BirdEye

Marketing

$240M

Managed by Q

Real Estate

$100M

Luxe

Transportation

$200M

Headout

Travel

$120M

Narvar

Telecom

$120M

Paddle8

Fintech

$136M

Navdy

Home Living

$80M

People Data Labs

Jobs Recruitment

$180M

Hivemapper

Transportation

$128M

SkySafe

Security

$120M

Nautilus Labs

Transportation

$136M

Chain

Fintech

$120M

Onfleet

Transportation

$92M

Iris Automation

Robotics

$52M

Remix

Transportation

$100M

Second Measure

Fintech

$80M

Rewatch

Enterprise Software

$80M

Arkin Net

Hosting

$60M

Carmera

Transportation

$80M

Bluesmart

Travel

$6.4M

Cleanly

Home Living

$25M

Pillow

Travel

$54M

Dropbox Sign

Legal

$230M

Coin

Fintech

$62M

Datos IO

Education

$50M

Chameleon

Marketing

$52M

Mirror Contracts

Fintech

$35M

Shuddle

USA

$38M

WedPics

Media

$9.2M

Mariana

Marketing

$8.0M

Mast Mobile

Marketing

Kubos

Travel

$6.8M

Chariot

Transportation

$12M

Try.com

Fashion

$9.2M

Lattis

Energy

$4.0M

Last guide

Travel

$8.4M

Trusted

Kids

$8.4M

Gyroscope

Enterprise Software

$2.4M

Mortar Data

Fintech

$7.2M

Dextro

Media

$6.8M

Exitround

Fintech

$6.5M

Telecom

$6.0M

Prayas Analytics

Enterprise Software

$4.0M

BOND

Telecom

$4.0M

MightyText

Telecom

$2.6M

Gliph

Fintech

$100K

StoryWorth

USA

$500K

Filecoin

Fintech

$480K

CloudPeeps

Jobs Recruitment

05 · Portfolio founders

Where Semil Shah’s portfolio founders come from.

71 founders across the 58 highest-funded portfolio companies — by current location, university attended, and the companies they worked at before founding. Sourced from the founder records the API links to each portfolio company.

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