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Snehal Shinde

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General Partner at TwinVC · General Partner at Twin Ventures · Founder at Zeni

Palo Alto, California

Writes $100K – $150K checks · typically $125K

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About

Snehal Shinde is a three-time founder and Chief Product Officer at Zeni, an AI finance operations platform for mid-market enterprises. He previously founded Mezi, an AI travel assistant that raised $11.5M and was acquired by American Express for $125M, where the company scaled to over 100M users. Shinde is also an investor at TwinVC and focuses on building AI-native companies in what he terms the context layer between software systems and human decision-making.

Founder at Zeni

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Zeni's investors · 5

Elevation CapitalGurugram · since 2021Saama CapitalPalo Alto · $500K – $4M checksSierra VenturesSan Mateo · $500K – $10M checksThink InvestmentsSan FranciscoTwin VenturesPalo Alto · $100K – $150K checks

Co-founders at Zeni

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Swapnil S.Founder

Experience

  1. ZeniChief Product Officer & Co-foundercurrent2020 — presentPalo Alto, California, United States
  2. Twin VenturesGeneral Partnercurrent2018 — presentPalo Alto, California, United States
  3. American ExpressVice President, AI Product Management2018 — 2020Sunnyvale, CA
  4. Mezi (acquired by American Express)Chief Product Officer, CTO & Co-founder2015 — 2018Sunnyvale, CA
  5. RdioAdvisor2015San Francisco, California
  6. RdioVice President, Emerging Markets2014 — 2015San Francisco Bay Area
  7. Dhingana (acquired by Rdio)Co-founder, President & CTO2013 — 2014Sunnyvale, CA
  8. Dhingana (acquired by Rdio)CEO and Co-founder2011 — 2013Sunnyvale, CA
  9. YahooSenior Product Manager2008 — 2011
  10. YahooSenior Software Engineer2006 — 2008Sunnyvale, CA
  11. Symantec CorporationSenior Software Engineer2004 — 2006
  12. Teradata, NCR CorporationSoftware Engineer2003 — 2004
  13. ADP CompanySoftware Engineer2000 — 2002

Skills & more

Financial Technology (FinTech)1Go-to-Market Strategy1Artificial Intelligence (AI)1AI Product Strategy1Product ManagementVenture ScalingProduct Management84Entrepreneurship31Scalability17Analytics27Mobile Devices68Start-ups51
+8 moreLeadershipMobile ApplicationsBusiness DevelopmentSoftware DesignDistributed SystemsUser ExperienceWeb ServicesAgile Methodologies

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Colleagues at TwinVC

Swapnil Shinde
Managing Partner at Twin Ventures

Frequently asked questions

Who is Snehal Shinde?
Snehal Shinde is a three-time founder and Chief Product Officer at Zeni, an AI finance operations platform for mid-market enterprises. He previously founded Mezi, an AI travel assistant that raised $11.5M and was acquired by American Express for $125M, where the company scaled to over 100M users. Shinde is also an investor at TwinVC and focuses on building AI-native companies in what he terms the context layer between software systems and human decision-making.
Where does Snehal Shinde work?
Snehal Shinde is General Partner at TwinVC and Founder at Zeni.
What check size does Snehal Shinde write?
Snehal Shinde typically writes checks of $100K – $150K.
Where did Snehal Shinde go to school?
Snehal Shinde studied at University of Southern California (MS, Computer Science); COEP Technological University (Bachelor of Engineering, Computer Engineering).

Founder mafias

Twin Ventures mafia2

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Swapnil ShindeManaging PartnerFounded Zeni

TwinVC mafia2

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Swapnil ShindeGeneral PartnerFounded Zeni

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Shared employers

Also worked at Dhingana (acquired by Rdio)1

Swapnil ShindeManaging Partner at Twin Ventures