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Shravan Reddy

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Partner at Pear VC · Founder at Pixelapse

Bay Area

FoundedPixelapse · YC

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Shravan Reddy is a Partner at Pear VC, where he backs early-stage AI, B2B software, and fintech companies. Before investing, he was an engineering leader at Stripe, where he helped scale Stripe Treasury from concept to hundreds of millions of dollars in deposits and led Issuing integrations with partner banks. Earlier, he co-founded and was CEO of Pixelapse, a design collaboration company that reached profitability and tens of thousands of designers before being acquired by Dropbox, where he then led collaboration product teams. He studied CS, Economics, and Management Science & Engineering at Stanford and holds multiple patents. He writes essays on venture, product, and financial infrastructure.

Contact· published on Shravan's own website

Invests in

AI & Machine LearningFintechFuture of Work

Beyond investing

Founded
Co-founded and served as CEO of Pixelapse, a design collaboration company later acquired by Dropbox.
Education
Earned a BS in CS and Economics and a Master's in Management Science & Engineering (MS&E) at Stanford.
Awards
Graduated Tau Beta Pi at age 20.
Family
Grew up between the Bay Area and Hyderabad.
More
Holds multiple patents.

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Founder at PixelapseYC W12

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YC

Shravan went through Y Combinator (Winter 2012) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

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Pixelapse's investors · 3

Salesforce VenturesSan Francisco · $5M – $50M checksSpark CapitalSan Francisco · $500K – $25M checksY CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2012

Co-founders at Pixelapse

MMMin Ming Lo
Min Ming LoFounder

Investments

Investor

AnderaBatonBridgeHealthCamberEloFlow ClubGuardOwlLoreMeridianNomadicMLNuvoOptexityOuterbasePerseusPistonPravāhShiplightValloY/n

Sources: the investor's own website · curated public sources.

Writing

All posts ↗
Why Launch2025-03-06

The author argues founders should launch early and repeatedly, addressing common objections and explaining that early launches yield feedback, usage data, early adopters, and fundraising traction.'

Colleagues at Pear VC

Ajay Kamat
Partner at Pear VC
Alex Gao
Engineer at Pear VC
Anand Iyer
Investor and founder in San Francisco
Andrew Parambath
Venture Partner at Pear VC
Aparna Sinha
Advisor at Pear VC
Arash Afrakhteh
Partner at Pear VC
Eddie Eltoukhy
Partner at Pear VC
Eddie Harrison
Co-founder at Navro

Frequently asked questions

Who is Shravan Reddy?
Shravan Reddy is a Partner at Pear VC, where he backs early-stage AI, B2B software, and fintech companies. Before investing, he was an engineering leader at Stripe, where he helped scale Stripe Treasury from concept to hundreds of millions of dollars in deposits and led Issuing integrations with partner banks. Earlier, he co-founded and was CEO of Pixelapse, a design collaboration company that reached profitability and tens of thousands of designers before being acquired by Dropbox, where he then led collaboration product teams. He studied CS, Economics, and Management Science & Engineering at Stanford and holds multiple patents. He writes essays on venture, product, and financial infrastructure.
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.
What companies has Shravan Reddy invested in?
Investments tracked here include Andera, Baton, BridgeHealth, Camber, Elo, Flow Club, GuardOwl, Lore, Meridian, NomadicML, Nuvo, Optexity, and 7 more.
What awards has Shravan Reddy received?
Graduated Tau Beta Pi at age 20.
What has Shravan Reddy written?
Shravan Reddy has 1 tracked post on shravanreddy.com, including "Why Launch".

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