Investor profile
Kahini Shah
Government-backed, Venture capital & Partner at Obvious Ventures, AI Phase II Reviewer at National Science Foundation (NSF)
Kahini Shah is an AI Phase II Reviewer at National Science Foundation (NSF), whose known portfolio counts 14 companies.
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Investment focus
Contacts
Affiliated funds' portfolios
Partner at Obvious Ventures, whose known portfolio counts 11 companies
- Arbor
- Zanskar
- Halcyon
- Lynx
- Inductive Bio
- Fleetzero
- Ataraxis
- Boltz
- OpenHands
- Obello
- All In Foods
AI Phase II Reviewer at National Science Foundation (NSF), whose known portfolio counts 14 companies
- Morehouse College
- Current
- Pheronym
- Computer Science Teachers Association
- ISEECHANGE
- The University of Texas at Dallas
- Arkansas Tech University
- Future Use of Energy in Louisiana
- GuardianSat
- Northwest Nazarene University
- SubSeaSail
- University of Massachusetts Lowell
- and 2 more
Investor Profile
Founders in the listed sectors AI, Climate, Commerce and FinTech, and focus areas Alt Protein, Battery, Biotech and Clean Energy fall inside that listing.
Stage-wise, the deals at National Science Foundation (NSF) cluster around Growth, Seed and Series A rounds.
What the affiliated firm has backed is the closest available signal on whether Kahini Shah is worth approaching.
Colleagues
James Joaquin
Co-Founder & Managing Director
San Francisco, United States
Sami Inkinen
Venture Partner
Denver, United States
Erica Duignan Minnihan
Convergence Accelerator Mentor
New York City, United States
Ev Williams
Co-Founder
San Francisco, United States
Vishal Vasishth
Co-Founder & Managing Director
San Francisco, United States
Trish Costello
SubCommittee Chair
San Mateo, United States
Andrew Beebe
Managing Director
San Francisco, United States
Julie Hanna
Venture Partner
San Francisco, United States
Blake Petty
National I-Corps Instructor
College Station, United States
Alison Perez
NSF Proposal Reviewer
Washington, United States
Anku Madan
Principal
San Francisco, United States
Sally Hatcher
National Instructor
Boulder, United States
Jennifer O'Daniel
SBIR/STTR Reviewer
United States
Rohan Ganesh
Partner
San Francisco, United States
Frequently asked questions
Who is Kahini Shah?
Kahini Shah is a government-backed investor and venture capital investor based in San Francisco, California, United States, listed as AI Phase II Reviewer at National Science Foundation (NSF). The known portfolio of that firm counts 14 companies. That portfolio belongs to the firm, not to Kahini Shah personally.
What does Kahini Shah invest in?
Listed sectors include AI, Climate, Commerce and FinTech; listed focus areas include Alt Protein, Battery, Biotech and Clean Energy. Those tags come from the portfolios of the firms this profile is attached to, so they read as a record of what has been backed rather than a stated preference for what comes next.
What stage does Kahini Shah invest at?
National Science Foundation (NSF) appears in Growth, Seed and Series A rounds across its known deals, and Kahini Shah is listed there as AI Phase II Reviewer. Stage is the strongest single filter when you build a target list: an investor with no record at your stage rarely starts with you.
Which firm is Kahini Shah listed at?
Kahini Shah is listed as AI Phase II Reviewer at National Science Foundation (NSF). 14 other people in the database share a firm with Kahini Shah.
How do I contact Kahini Shah?
An email address, a phone number and a LinkedIn page are on file for Kahini Shah. The address stays masked on this page and is readable inside RaiseHunt after you create an account.
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