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Shail Kaveti
InvestorPartner at TheFounderVC
San Francisco, California
Writes $150K – $250K checks · typically $200K
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About
Shail Kaveti is a Founding Partner at TheFounderVC, where he invests in vertical AI companies at pre-seed and seed stages, focusing on application-layer businesses that leverage proprietary workflow data as competitive advantages. Prior to venture capital, he held operational roles at Wayfair leading customer personalization and recommendations using transformer models, at Amazon as an early employee on Amazon Business, and in trading roles at Bank of America and Susquehanna International Group. He is also an angel investor and writes about defensibility and data flywheels on his Substack newsletter Vertical Signal.
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Shail Kaveti?
- Shail Kaveti is a Founding Partner at TheFounderVC, where he invests in vertical AI companies at pre-seed and seed stages, focusing on application-layer businesses that leverage proprietary workflow data as competitive advantages. Prior to venture capital, he held operational roles at Wayfair leading customer personalization and recommendations using transformer models, at Amazon as an early employee on Amazon Business, and in trading roles at Bank of America and Susquehanna International Group. He is also an angel investor and writes about defensibility and data flywheels on his Substack newsletter Vertical Signal.
- Where does Shail Kaveti work?
- Shail Kaveti is Partner at TheFounderVC.
- What check size does Shail Kaveti write?
- Shail Kaveti typically writes checks of $150K – $250K.
- What companies has Shail Kaveti invested in?
- Investments tracked here include Alaan.
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