Investor profile
Keval Desai
Angel & General Partner at InterWest Partners, Founder & Managing Director at Shakti
Keval Desai is an angel investor based in San Francisco, California, United States with 11 known investments: Buffer, Canva, Pogoseat, Swiftly, Felt, Optimizely, Abacus.AI, I Done This, Post Intelligence, Gfycat and SourceNinja.
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Contacts
Keval Desai portfolio companies (11)
- Buffer
- Canva
- Pogoseat
- Swiftly
- Felt
- Optimizely
- Abacus.AI
- I Done This
- Post Intelligence
- Gfycat
- SourceNinja
Affiliated funds' portfolios
General Partner at InterWest Partners, whose known portfolio counts 13 companies
- Bolt
- Welcome
- The RealReal
- Sera Prognostics
- Splice Machine
- Aryaka Networks
- Atria Systems
- Eiger BioPharmaceuticals
- Pelican Imaging
- RedShift BioAnalytics
- PMV Pharmaceuticals
- Doximity
- and 1 more
Founder & Managing Director at Shakti, whose known portfolio counts 14 companies
- Glacier
- Stable
- Vahan.ai
- NextWork
- Clove
- alphaXiv
- Food Health Collective
- Musubi
- Gimbal Space
- Zindi
- Aidaptive
- Betteromics
- and 2 more
Investor Profile
The listing covers sectors AI, Commerce, Consumer and Hardware, and focus areas Customer Support, Developer Tools, Enterprise SaaS and Infrastructure. Startups operating in these areas may find Keval Desai relevant.
Keval Desai appears in Seed and Series A rounds across the known deals.
The portfolio and focus above give founders context on whether Keval Desai matches their raise.
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Frequently asked questions
Who is Keval Desai?
Keval Desai is an angel investor based in San Francisco, California, United States with 11 known investments on file, among them Buffer, Canva and Pogoseat. The sections above list the sectors, stages and firms attached to that record.
What does Keval Desai invest in?
Listed sectors include AI, Commerce, Consumer and Hardware; listed focus areas include Customer Support, Developer Tools, Enterprise SaaS and Infrastructure. Those tags come from the companies attached to this profile, so they read as a record of what has been backed rather than a stated preference for what comes next.
What stage does Keval Desai invest at?
The known deals of Keval Desai include Seed and Series A rounds. 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 Keval Desai listed at?
Keval Desai is listed as Founder & Managing Director at Shakti. 6 other people in the database share a firm with Keval Desai.
How do I contact Keval Desai?
An email address, a phone number and a LinkedIn page are on file for Keval Desai. The address stays masked on this page and is readable inside RaiseHunt after you create an account.
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