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Abhinav Shashank

Investor

Co-founder & General Partner at Z21 Ventures

Oakland, California, United States

Writes $500K – $1M checks

About

Abhinav Shashank is a founder-operator who leverages experience scaling Innovaccer into a global health‑tech unicorn and projects a distinctive family-first personal brand, listing Avni's Dad before his titles.

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Invests in

AI & Machine LearningDeep TechEnterprise SoftwareHardwareHealthtechSaaS

Experience

  1. InnovaccerChief Executive Officercurrent2014 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  2. z21 VenturesCo-Foundercurrent2023 — presentBerkeley, California, United States
  3. MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, GOVERNMENT OF INDIAMember, Apex Committeecurrent2023 — presentNew Delhi, Delhi, India
  4. Ingersoll RandInnovation Executive2010 — 2012Gurugram, Haryana, India

Education

  1. Indian Institute of Technology, KharagpurBachelor of Engineering - BE, Mechanical Engineering2006 — 2010

Skills & more

Strategic Planning47Analysis49Leadership99Strategy99Engineering4Board Administration4Board Level2Fundraising1Mobile Marketing3Integrated Marketing3Due Diligence2Networking1
+12 moreVenture CapitalNew Venture DevelopmentIntrapreneurshipBlue Ocean StrategyProduct ManagementProduct MarketingInnovation ManagementProduct InnovationEntrepreneurshipProduct DevelopmentCompetitive AnalysisStart-ups

Languages English · Hindi

From Abhinav's professional profile.

Same school

Also attended Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur75

Deep NisharInvestment Team at General CatalystSomnathTechnology Partner and Chief Data Scientist at Clear VenturesMoiz SaifeePartner, Analytics at Correlation VenturesIndra SinghalOperating Partner at EMERGENT VENTURESVasu MurthyCPO Fellow at Mighty CapitalAntra SaxenaAssociate at Kae Capital

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Shared employers

Also worked at Innovaccer10

Priyanka MitraPartner at M12 (Microsoft's Venture Fund)Dev KharePartner at Lightspeed Venture PartnersNagraj KashyapGeneral Partner at Touring CapitalRaj Shekhar SinghCo-Founder and General Partner at Z21 VenturesDipty DesaiVenture Partner at Elevate CapitalAlexander PiresDirector at Atlantic Vantage Point

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Also worked at Ingersoll Rand6

Christopher HoppeEngineered Biology at GENERAL INCEPTIONFrancis Da CostaInvestor at Sand Hill AngelsRichard DeVaughnCEO, The Arcadia Group International and Jaro Media Services at Reinventure CapitalRob MartensPresident at Allegion VenturesValery WangPartner at InBlockchainSteve HochhauserFormer Chair and Chief Executive Officer, Johns Manville at Wind Point Partners

Colleagues at Z21 Ventures

Anand Akela
Venture Advisor at Z21 Ventures
Ankit Bhangar
Venture Advisor at Z21 Ventures
Dibyendu Rana
Venture Advisor at Z21 Ventures
Jyotika Gupta
Co-Founder and Partner at Z21 Ventures
Raj Shekhar Singh
Co-Founder and General Partner at Z21 Ventures
Ritik Singh
Analyst at Z21 Ventures
Shachi Shah
Principal at Z21 Ventures
Sudarshan Ravi Jha
Co-Founder and Partner at Z21 Ventures