Shail Kaveti is a Founding Partner at TheFounderVC. He previously worked as an engineer in high-frequency trading and at Amazon Business.

What Shail can write

Writes checks of$100K to $250K
Comes in atPre-seed, SeedMostly follows a lead
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TheFounderVC writes $100K to $250K checks, larger than 5% of firms in the atlas.

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Career

  1. Amazon Business
  2. TheFounderVC · Founding Partner
    Now

Companies founded

TheFounderVC

Investments named in public bios

PerplexitySpaceXAlaan

Focus

SaaSe-commerceAI

Education

Dartmouth, MBA

Also at TheFounderVC

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Questions

Who is Shail Kaveti?

Shail Kaveti is a Founding Partner at TheFounderVC. He previously worked as an engineer in high-frequency trading and at Amazon Business.

How much does Shail Kaveti invest?

Shail Kaveti invests through TheFounderVC, which writes checks of $100K to $250K at pre-seed, seed.

How do I pitch Shail Kaveti?

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

What did Shail Kaveti do before TheFounderVC?

Amazon Business.

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