# Ajay Shah

> Ajay Shah is a seed investor at Silver Lake (Menlo Park) backing Software and Machine Learning. See 5 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Silver Lake](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/silver-lake)
- Location: Menlo Park, United States
- Total investments: 5
- Last investment: Dec 2021
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ajay-shah-b223ab3b

Ajay Shah is a seed investor at Silver Lake in Menlo Park focused on Software and Machine Learning. Ajay Shah founded Shah Capital Partners in 2004 and joined the Silver Lake team in 2007 as the Managing Partner to found and develop the firm's middle market strategy, Silver Lake Sumeru. Prior to founding Shah Capital, Mr. Shah founded and managed the Technology Solutions Business of Solectron, a $2 billion business. Mr. Shah was the CEO ofSmart Modular Technologies, a company that he co-founded in 1989 and led through its public offering in 1995. He managed its growth to over $1 billion in revenues and directed its acquisition by Solectron Corp. in 1999 for over $2 billion. Mr. Shah serves on the board of directors of Flextronics, TES, CMAC, Ingenient, Magellan, Mobile Messenger, AVI-SPL, Inc., Power-One, Inc., and is chairman of the board of SMART Modular. He is a senior fellow of the American Leadership Forum and also serves on the boards of Northern California Public Broadcasting and The Indian School of Business, India and is a Trustee of the American India Foundation. He has a B.S. in Engineering from University of Baroda and an M.S. in Engineering Management from Stanford University.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $2M–$5.1M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 3 | 60% |
| Machine Learning | 3 | 60% |
| Big Data | 2 | 40% |
| Embedded Systems | 2 | 40% |
| Information Technology | 2 | 40% |

16 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 3 | 60% |
| Series A | 1 | 20% |
| Post-IPO Equity | 1 | 20% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 3 | 60% |
| Canada | 1 | 20% |
| Israel | 1 | 20% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Galileo (Acq by Cisco) | Next generation data toolchain for ML developers | $5.1M | Seed | Dec 20, 2021 |  |
| Deeplite | Deeplite creates intelligent optimization software for deep learning deployed on cloud servers and edge devices. Deeplite provides a platform that uses AI to automatically make other AI models smaller, faster, and more energy efficient creating compact, high-performance deep neural networks that can run at the “edge” in vehicles, cameras, sensors,phones; devices you use every day. A significant challenge with deep learning models is that they are too large to deploy on small hardware, too slow to process mission critical applications or compromise battery life. Deeplite solves this problem by using a fully automated, proprietary and patented AI engine to optimize DNN models so that they can be deployed to any hardware platform on any device. .Our technology leverages years of research and new developments in tinyML to produce fast, efficient and scalable deep learning solutions for challenging real-world environments. At Deeplite, we enable AI for everyday life. | $4M | Seed | Apr 13, 2021 |  |
| Kloudless | Kloudless abstracts away the differences between APIs without compromising functionality, creating a simple, unified interface for developers to build native integrations into their applications. Code once to our Unified APIs, and reuse that code for any service in that category. We support 100+ integrations across software categories like CloudStorage, CRM, Calendar, Email, Chat, Accounting, ERP, Messaging, ITSM, and more.Our platform technology can quickly ingest new APIs and add support for new integrations, which makes Kloudless a great long-term partner for satisfying future product requirements and customer requests. | $6M | Series A | Mar 27, 2018 |  |
| Crosswise | Crosswise provides the world’s most authoritative consumer device map to ad tech vendors, consumer brands and premium publishers. Combining data science, Big Data and machine learning, Crosswise identifies which PCs, phones, tablets, digital TVs and other connected devices are being used by individual consumers. When leveraged for cross-devicetargeted advertising, content personalization and analytics, this data represents a huge source of untapped business potential. | $2M | Seed | Jan 08, 2014 |  |
| Spansion | Spansion is the largest company exclusively focused on Flash memory solutions. Flash memory can be found in nearly every electronic device- in cell phones, cars, printers, networking equipment, set-top boxes, high-definition TVs, games and other consumer electronics. As people continue to demand more multimedia content in their homes, at work andon the go, and as electronic products become increasingly complex, the amount of Flash memory in electronic devices will continue to grow. |  | Post-IPO Equity | May 11, 2010 |  |

5 of 5 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Alibaba Entrepreneurs Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alibaba-entrepreneurs-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Aspect Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aspect-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Business Development Bank of Canada](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bdc-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Bow Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bow-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Business Development Bank of Canada](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/business-development-bank-of-canada) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Desjardins Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/desjardins-venture-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Silver Lake

VC Fund · Menlo Park, United States

Silver Lake is a global technology investment firm focused solely on making large-scale investments in leading technology companies.They are partners to world-class management teams that seek to use their capital and expertise to build and extend their market leadership. seeks to formulate its investments to enable growth and frequently employsconservative capital structures designed to drive aggressive investment in new initiatives, innovation, and business expansion.Their core investment thesis is that the technology industries represent an extraordinary yet under-exploited target for large-scale private investments. The firm also seeks to cultivate proprietary or specialized investment opportunities not typically available to generalist investors. It devotes its full scope of talent and intellectual capital to the singular mission of investing in the world’s technology, technology-enabled businesses, and related growth businesses.Silver Lake was established in 1999 by David Roux, Glenn Hutchins, Jim Davidson, and Roger McNamee and is based in Menlo Park, California.

5 contacts available at Silver Lake.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Ajay Shah | Sumeru Founding Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ajay-shah-2 |
| Christian Lucas | Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/christian-lucas |
| David Roux | Co-Founder & Senior Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/david-roux |
| David Zhang | Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/david-zhang-4 |
| Karen King | Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/karen-king |

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## FAQ

### What does Ajay Shah invest in?

Ajay Shah invests primarily in Software, Machine Learning and Big Data startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 5 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Ajay Shah's check size?

Ajay Shah typically joins rounds of $2M–$5.1M at Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Ajay Shah participates in.

### When did Ajay Shah last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Ajay Shah closed in Dec 2021. Shizune tracks 5 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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