About
Samir Shah is a hands-on operator who founded Zephyr, an enterprise test-management in the Atlassian ecosystem, and leverages decades building quality engineering teams to help founders with go-to-market and engineering.
Invests in
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareFintechSaaS
Experience
- CervinVenture Partnercurrent2022 — presentPalo Alto, California, United States
- CervinOperating Partner2018 — 2021Palo Alto, CA
- revyzAdvisory Board Membercurrent2022 — present
- IKJ CapitalVenture Partnercurrent2023 — presentSão Paulo, Brazil and Palo Alto, CA
- Duke Capital PartnersAngel Investorcurrent2020 — present
- ReactionInvestment Advisorcurrent2020 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- ZephyrBoard Member2007 — 2018San Francisco Bay Area
- ZephyrFounder & CEO2007 — 2016San Francisco Bay Area
- Telecom Business Unit - Patni ComputersVice President, QA Practice2000 — 2006
- PointcastQA Director1996 — 2000
- AttachmateQA Manager1995 — 1996
- WollongongQA Manager1992 — 1996
Education
- Stanford University Graduate School of BusinessExecutive Program2018
- The University of AlabamaMS, Engineering1990 — 1992
- Bangalore UniversityBE, Electronics1985 — 1990
- The East-West School1970 — 1983
Skills & more
Start-ups11Cloud Computing15Agile Methodologies11Mobile Devices6Product Management9Go-to-market Strategy6Zephyr2Testing14Mobile Applications6Scalability3Test Management13Professional Services6
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SaaSEnterprise SoftwareJavaStrategyMySQLXMLFrom Samir's professional profile.
Colleagues at Cervin
Courtney McKee
Vice President of Finance at Cervin Ventures
Daniel Karp
Partner at Cervin Ventures
Madison Steele
Operations Manager at Cervin
McKayla Nevins
Business Development Manager at Cervin
Neeraj Gupta
Partner at Cervin Ventures
Nilesh Maheshwari
Associate at Cervin Ventures
Preetish Nijhawan
Co-Founder & Partner at Cervin Ventures
Scott Brown
Partner, Head of Platform at Cervin Ventures
Frequently asked questions
- Where does Samir Shah work?
- Samir Shah is Venture Partner at Cervin.
- What does Samir Shah invest in?
- Samir Shah invests in AI & Machine Learning, Cybersecurity, Enterprise Software, Fintech, SaaS.
Same school
Also attended Stanford University Graduate School of Business1,291
Roelof BothaAdvisor & former Steward at Sequoia Capital; SpaceX board memberPeter FentonGeneral Partner at BenchmarkSteve JurvetsonCo-founder of Future VenturesDavid SzeAdvisory Partner at GreylockKatherine BoyleGeneral Partner at Andreessen Horowitz (American Dynamism)Hunter WalkCo-founder & Partner at Homebrew
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Also attended The University of Alabama42
Andy CloydVenture Partner, Rise of the Rest at RevolutionRobert SiglerSenior Advisory Board at IronGate Capital AdvisorsHenk BothPrincipal, Investment at Anzu PartnersCoyn MateerAdvisor at UTXO ManagementChris HopsonChief Financial Officer at UTXO ManagementCassie CliftonAdvisory Board Member at UTXO Management
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Also attended Bangalore University28
Karthik SelvarajOperations at Hashed EmergentSrikrishna RamamoorthyVenture Partner at Capria VenturesRajesh PathaniaChief Legal Officer and General Counsel at Woodstock FundPrashanth PrakashPartner at AccelAsh LilaniFounder and Managing Partner at Saama CapitalAmrita BarthakurPartner at Saama Capital
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Shared employers
Also worked at Cervin11
Neeraj GuptaPartner at Cervin VenturesShirish SathayePartner at Cervin VenturesCourtney McKeeVice President of Finance at Cervin VenturesDaniel KarpPartner at Cervin VenturesNilesh MaheshwariAssociate at Cervin VenturesTaylor OliverPartner at Cervin Ventures
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Also worked at Reaction14
David GlickCEO at Edge VCFranz ZöchbauerManaging Director at VERBUND X VenturesEnrico CarboneGeneral Partner, W250 Fund at ReactionSingari SeshadriGeneral Partner, W250 Fund at ReactionCharles FrolandGeneral Partner, Catalyst Fund at ReactionDan MatthiesManaging Partner, Catalyst Fund at Reaction
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