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Snehal Shinde

InvestorFounder

General Partner at Twin Ventures · Founder at Zeni

Palo Alto, California

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

FoundedZeni

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 · $1.5M – $37M checksSaama CapitalPalo Alto · $500K – $4M checksSierra VenturesSan Mateo · $10M checksThink InvestmentsSan FranciscoTwin VenturesPalo Alto · $100K – $150K checks

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

Education

  1. University of Southern CaliforniaMS, Computer Science2002 — 2004
  2. COEP Technological UniversityBachelor of Engineering, Computer Engineering1996 — 2000

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 Twin Ventures

Swapnil Shinde
Managing Partner at Twin Ventures

Frequently asked questions

Where does Snehal Shinde work?
Snehal Shinde is General Partner at Twin Ventures and Founder at Zeni.
What check size does Snehal Shinde write?
Snehal Shinde typically writes checks of $100K – $150K.
What companies did Snehal Shinde found?
Snehal Shinde founded Zeni.

Founder mafias

University of Southern California mafia129

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Kent WakefordJuris Doctorate (J.D.)Founded Breaking +4Matt MichelsonM.S.Founded Evid Science +1Jinal JhaveriMaster of ScienceFounded SchoolMint +1Kyle MichelsonPolitical ScienceFounded Getlabs +1Kenneth FrankBSFounded Turning +1Jonathan FriedmanPost-Doctoral ResearcherFounded Assembly +1

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COEP Technological University mafia4

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Jayant KhadilkarBachelor's DegreeFounded ImpactKarmaVaibhav DomkundwarBachelors in EngineeringFounded MobileumSwapnil ShindeB.EFounded Zeni

Twin Ventures mafia2

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Swapnil ShindeManaging PartnerFounded Zeni

Same school

Also attended University of Southern California474

Shaun MaguirePartner at Sequoia CapitalDamir BecirovicInvestor at Index VenturesVojtech HornaInvestor at Index VenturesNatalie VaisInvestor at Spark CapitalErica BresciaManaging Director at Redpoint VenturesDylan PearcePartner at Greycroft

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Also attended COEP Technological University7

Ravi RajamonyVice President at March Capital PartnersHemant JoshiFounding Partner at Pentathlon VenturesMahendra JainFounding GP at Chakra Growth FundAvijeet AlagathiManaging Partner at Shastra VCJayant KhadilkarAdvisor at Sure VenturesVaibhav DomkundwarInvestor at Better Capital

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Shared employers

Also worked at American Express140

Victoria TreygerGeneral Partner at Felicis VenturesGabriella GiglioHR & Executive Talent at General CatalystKen ChenaultInvestment Team at General CatalystRebecca JamesInvestor at Index VenturesTed LeonsisFounder & Partner, Revolution Growth at RevolutionKatrina PagliaChief Legal Officer at Pantera Capital

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Also worked at Dhingana (acquired by Rdio)1

Swapnil ShindeManaging Partner at Twin Ventures

Also worked at Yahoo4

John MathenyVenture Partner at Foothill VenturesDavid GowdeyManaging Partner at Jungle VenturesRobin ChanVice President at Conductive VenturesNoga EdelsteinOperating Partner at Black Nova VC

Also worked at Symantec Corporation84

AyshaAdvisor at Clear VenturesSteve SinghManaging Director at Madrona Venture GroupSaket SrivastavaInvestor at Foundation CapitalGeyer JonesFormer Chief Strategy Officer at RSA Security at Scale Venture PartnersDoug NealManaging Director at eLab VenturesTed SchleinGeneral Partner at Ballistic Ventures

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