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Shail Kaveti

Investor

Partner at TheFounderVC

San Francisco, California

Writes $150K – $250K checks Β· typically $200K

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Aaron AthanasunlockedShail: together at Wayfair (2018)
Γ—3Shail: together at Perplexity
Γ—2Shail: together at Amazon
Shail: together at BILL

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.

Experience

  1. TheFounderVCPartnercurrent2024 β€” presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  2. AutoInvestorcurrent2026 β€” present
  3. Alaan Ψ§Ω„Ψ’Ω†Investorcurrent2025 β€” present
  4. PotatoInvestorcurrent2025 β€” present
  5. PerplexityInvestorcurrent2024 β€” present
  6. BILLProduct Lead | Growth | Monetization & Billing Platform2023 β€” 2024San Francisco Bay Area
  7. WayfairProduct Lead | Customer Personalization & Recommendations2018 β€” 2023San Francisco Bay Area
  8. AmazonSenior Manager | Product Management & Growth Strategy2016 β€” 2018Greater Seattle Area
  9. Code KrantiFounder2013 β€” 2015Hyderabad Area, India
  10. Bank of AmericaQuantitative Engineer | Fixed Income Currencies and Commodities2010 β€” 2014Greater New York City Area
  11. Susquehanna International GroupQuantitative Research Engineer | Equity Options2007 β€” 2010Greater Philadelphia Area

Skills & more

Portfolio Management2Deal Sourcing2Due Diligence1Venture Capital1Project Management4A/B Testing3Product Design1Growth StrategiesPaymentsBilling SystemsArtificial Intelligence (AI)Financial Analysis1
+12 moreFinTechCompetitive AnalysisVendor ManagementMarketingData AnalysisStakeholder ManagementMachine LearningEquity TradingC#Python.NETTrading Systems

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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.
Where did Shail Kaveti go to school?
Shail Kaveti studied at The Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth (Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.)); Drexel University (Mathematics and Computer Science).

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