About
Shravan Reddy is a Partner at Pear, where he focuses on the firm's PearX pre-seed program. He previously co-founded and served as CEO of Pixelapse, a design collaboration company acquired by Dropbox, then led Dropbox teams building collaboration tools and later worked as an engineering leader at Stripe, where he grew Stripe Treasury and led Issuing bank integrations. He studied CS and Economics at Stanford and earned a Master's in Management Science & Engineering from Stanford.
Contact· published on Shravan's own website
Invests in
AI & Machine LearningFintechFuture of Work
Beyond investing
- Education
- Studied at Stanford (CS and Economics) Studied at Stanford (Master's, Management Science & Engineering (MS&E))
- Hobbies
- Reddy plays basketball, takes his child on long hikes and coffee runs, and enjoys building Star Wars Lego kits. Reddy follows the NBA, has supported the Golden State Warriors since the 'We Believe' era, cheers for India in the cricket World Cup, and attends Stanford Cardinal football games.
- Family
- Reddy and his partner had their first baby, whom he reads to every night before bedtime.
Mentioned above: the Dropbox mafia →
From Shravan's own website — common ground for a warm intro.
Founder at PixelapseYC W12
Intro paths
Shravan went through Y Combinator (Winter 2012) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
In turn, Shravan can intro founders to Pixelapse's investors below.
Pixelapse's investors · 1
Co-founders at Pixelapse
Experience
- Pear VCPartnercurrent2024 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- Pear VCVisiting Partner2024San Francisco Bay Area
- Angel InvestorAngel Investorcurrent2020 — present
- StripeEngineering Leader2020 — 2024San Francisco, California
- DropboxSenior Engineering Manager2015 — 2019San Francisco, California
- PixelapseCEO & Co-Founder2011 — 2015Palo Alto, California
- RockMelt (Acquired by Yahoo)Software Engineer2010 — 2011
- Apple Inc.Software Engineer2009
Colleagues at Pear VC
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Shravan Reddy?
- Shravan Reddy is a Partner at Pear, where he focuses on the firm's PearX pre-seed program. He previously co-founded and served as CEO of Pixelapse, a design collaboration company acquired by Dropbox, then led Dropbox teams building collaboration tools and later worked as an engineering leader at Stripe, where he grew Stripe Treasury and led Issuing bank integrations. He studied CS and Economics at Stanford and earned a Master's in Management Science & Engineering from Stanford.
- Where does Shravan Reddy work?
- Shravan Reddy is Founder of Pixelapse and Partner at Pear VC.
- What does Shravan Reddy invest in?
- Shravan Reddy invests in AI & Machine Learning, Fintech, Future of Work.
- What companies did Shravan Reddy found?
- Shravan Reddy founded Pixelapse.
- Where did Shravan Reddy go to school?
- Shravan Reddy studied at Stanford University (MS, Management Science and Engineering); Y Combinator (W2012); Stanford University (BS, Computer Science).
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