About
Shamir Karkal is Co-founder and President of Aleph Invariance, an investment platform, where he leads operational strategy and growth. He previously co-founded Sila and Simple, and works at the intersection of banking, payments, and technology as an investor and operator. He holds board positions at Wise and AIR.
Co-Founder & Chief Strategy Officer at Sila
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Experience
- Aleph InvarianceCo-founder and Presidentcurrent2025 — presentPortland, Oregon Metropolitan Area
- WiseNon Executive Director, USAcurrent2023 — presentUnited States
- AIR - Alliance for Innovative RegulationBoard Membercurrent2021 — presentWashington, United States
- SilaCo-founder2018 — 2025Portland, Oregon Area
- Mighty | Start A BusinessBoard Member2023New York, United States
- CGAPAdvisory Committee Member2018 — 2020
- BBVAHead, Open APIs2015 — 2017Portland, Oregon Area
- Simple FinanceBoard Member2010 — 2015Portland, Oregon Area
- Simple FinanceCFO and co-founder2010 — 2015
- McKinsey & CompanyManagement Consultant2006 — 2009Greater Pittsburgh Area
- UBS Securities Co., LtdSummer Associate2005Tokyo, Japan
- MphasisSystems Engineer/Release Manager2003 — 2004
- Intelligent Software SolutionsSoftware Engineer2001 — 2002
Skills & more
Early-Stage StartupsInvestment ManagementEntrepreneurship69Payments7Banking18Economics1Start-ups57Programming1Financial Services24Analytics8Business Development24Product Management14
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Business StrategyBusiness IntelligenceProgram ManagementSoftware DevelopmentPortfolio ManagementExecutive ManagementBusiness ProcessStrategic PartnershipsStrategyManagementVenture CapitalLanguages English · Hindi
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Shamir Karkal?
- Shamir Karkal is Co-founder and President of Aleph Invariance, an investment platform, where he leads operational strategy and growth. He previously co-founded Sila and Simple, and works at the intersection of banking, payments, and technology as an investor and operator. He holds board positions at Wise and AIR.
- Where does Shamir Karkal work?
- Shamir Karkal is Co-Founder & Chief Strategy Officer of Sila.
- What check size does Shamir Karkal write?
- Shamir Karkal typically writes checks of $5K – $50K.
- What companies did Shamir Karkal found?
- Shamir Karkal founded Sila.
- Where did Shamir Karkal go to school?
- Shamir Karkal studied at Carnegie Mellon University - Tepper School of Business (MBA, Finance); SCIT - Symbiosis Centre For Information Technology (MPIT, Information technology); Bangalore University (B.Sc., Physics).
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