Haystack
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Crystal Huangunlockedknows Semil Shah · together at Harvard University (overlapped)
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×2knows the team · via Lightspeed Venture Partners
Haystack is a venture capital firm that backs early-stage founders, with a focus on Silicon Valley and beyond. It invests at the seed stage across technology startups.
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Semil Shahin𝕏FounderSemil Shah is Founding General Partner of Haystack, an early-stage venture capital firm. He has been a Venture Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners since 2018 and has invested in over 200 companies including DoorDash, Instacart, Figma, and HashiCorp.
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- What does Haystack do?
- Haystack is a venture capital firm that backs early-stage founders, with a focus on Silicon Valley and beyond. It invests at the seed stage across technology startups.
- Who founded Haystack?
- Haystack was founded by Semil Shah.
- Who are Haystack's investors?
- Haystack's investors include Kfund, OVNI Capital.