Investor profile
Sumia Shaikh
Corporate VC, Private equity, Venture debt & Head of Platform at New York Life
Sumia Shaikh is a Head of Platform at New York Life, whose known portfolio counts 13 companies.
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Investment focus
- Stage
- GrowthLate-StageSeed
- Focus
- CryptoInsurance-backedLendingMachine LearningREITWealth Management
Contacts
Affiliated funds' portfolios
Head of Platform at New York Life, whose known portfolio counts 13 companies
- Octane
- Wellth
- Affirm
- H2O.ai
- NYDIG
- SigFig
- Getty Realty
- BellXcel
- Blue Ridge Hospice
- Country Classics
- Fairview Capital Partners
- Kilroy Realty Corporation
- and 1 more
Investor Profile
Sumia Shaikh is listed against sectors AI, FinTech, Healthcare and Real Estate, and focus areas Crypto, Insurance-backed, Lending and Machine Learning in the database.
Stage-wise, the deals at New York Life cluster around Growth, Late-Stage and Seed rounds.
What the affiliated firm has backed is the closest available signal on whether Sumia Shaikh is worth approaching.
Colleagues at New York Life
Showing 20 of 26
Francisco Naveja
Managing Partner en New York Life Insurance Company
Guadalajara, Mexico
Fernando Solís García
Managing Partner en New York Life Insurance Company
Jalisco, Mexico
John Masson
Director
New York, United States
J.P. Brown
Investor
Seattle, United States
Evan Mikesell
Owner and co-founder of 1370 collective
Louisville, United States
Jane Choi
Managing Partner
Moorpark, United States
Richard Cote
Corporate Vice President
Jay, United States
Dinesh Ahluwalia
Managing Partner
El Paso, United States
Ben Holman
Managing Partner
Lubbock, United States
Romany Abraham
managing Partner
Horsham, United States
Jim Lusk
Managing Partner
Fresno, United States
Frank Scarpa
Managing Partner
Morristown, United States
Bill Campbell
Managing Partner
South Portland, United States
Joseph Hellmann
Investor
Washington, United States
Jeff Slattery
Managing Partner
Mason, United States
Sherry Lin
Managing Partner
Yonkers, United States
Nhu Dao
Investor
San Jose, United States
Robin Wahby
Managing Partner
Ponte Vedra Beach, United States
Stephen Bakke
Managing Partner
Brea, United States
Caitlin Herling
Director
Norwalk, United States
Frequently asked questions
Who is Sumia Shaikh?
Sumia Shaikh is a corporate venture investor and private equity investor based in New York City, United States, listed as Head of Platform at New York Life. The known portfolio of that firm counts 13 companies. That portfolio belongs to the firm, not to Sumia Shaikh personally.
What does Sumia Shaikh invest in?
Listed sectors include AI, FinTech, Healthcare and Real Estate; listed focus areas include Crypto, Insurance-backed, Lending and Machine Learning. 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 Sumia Shaikh invest at?
New York Life appears in Growth, Late-Stage and Seed rounds across its known deals, and Sumia Shaikh is listed there as Head of Platform. 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 Sumia Shaikh listed at?
Sumia Shaikh is listed as Head of Platform at New York Life. 26 other people in the database share a firm with Sumia Shaikh.
How do I contact Sumia Shaikh?
An email address, a phone number and a LinkedIn page are on file for Sumia Shaikh. The address stays masked on this page and is readable inside RaiseHunt after you create an account.
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