Dennis Shaya is a 25-year industry veteran and partner at Capri Ventures. He has held roles at Siemplify, a NYC micro VC, Ford, IBM, and Deloitte Consulting, with investments in Drizly, Confirm.io, Swarm Mobile, and CoreStream.

What Dennis can write

Writes checks of$3M to $10M
Comes in atSeed, Series A, Series BCan lead the round
Ownership target7-10%At first check
Email the firm[email protected]The firm's own inbox for founders.

Capri Ventures writes $3M to $10M checks, larger than 93% of firms in the atlas.

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Career

  1. Deloitte Consulting · corporate role
  2. NYC micro VC · partner
  3. Siemplify · General Manager
  4. Ford
  5. IBM
  6. Deloitte Consulting
  7. Verity Capital LLC
  8. Capri Ventures · General Partner
    Now

Companies founded

WorldCrest

Investments named in public bios

DrizlyConfirm.ioSwarm MobileCoreStreamFieldPulsePlainID

Focus

enterprise techearly stageenterprise software

Education

Michigan State UniversityTexas McCombs School of Business

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Who is Dennis Shaya?

Dennis Shaya is a 25-year industry veteran and partner at Capri Ventures. He has held roles at Siemplify, a NYC micro VC, Ford, IBM, and Deloitte Consulting, with investments in Drizly, Confirm.io, Swarm Mobile, and CoreStream.

How much does Dennis Shaya invest?

Dennis Shaya invests through Capri Ventures, which writes checks of $3M to $10M at seed, series a, series b.

How do I pitch Dennis Shaya?

Email [email protected], the firm's inbox for founders, and name Dennis in the subject. A warm intro from a founder Capri Ventures backed works better.

What did Dennis Shaya do before Capri Ventures?

corporate role at Deloitte Consulting; partner at NYC micro VC; General Manager at Siemplify; Ford; IBM; Deloitte Consulting; Verity Capital LLC.

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