# Akshay Kothari

> Akshay Kothari is a seed investor at Notion backing Software and Information Technology. See 54 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Notion](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/notion-so)
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 54
- Last investment: Aug 2026
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/akothari
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/akothari
- Website: http://akothari.co/

Akshay Kothari is a seed investor at Notion in San Francisco focused on Software and Information Technology. Akshay Kothari is the co-founder of Pulse, a mobile application that allows you to read all your favorite content in one place. Pulse began as a class project in the Launchpad class at Stanford University, and has grown to over 30 million users today. It won the coveted Apple Design Award in 2011 and was inducted into the App Store Hall of Fame.Pulse was recently acquired by Linkedin for $90 million.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $2M–$15M |
| Pre-Seed | $850k–$20M |
| Series A | $12M–$25M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 22 | 41% |
| Information Technology | 14 | 26% |
| Internet | 11 | 20% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 10 | 19% |
| SaaS | 6 | 11% |

66 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 26 | 48% |
| Series A | 16 | 30% |
| Pre-Seed | 5 | 9% |
| Series B | 3 | 6% |
| Series C | 1 | 2% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 32 | 59% |
| India | 6 | 11% |
| New Zealand | 2 | 4% |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 4% |
| Canada | 1 | 2% |

7 countries tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Ambrook | Ambrook offers specialized accounting software for family-run farms, ranches, and agribusinesses. The platform includes bookkeeping, invoicing, bill payment, and analytics tools. Ambrook aims to help these businesses manage finances, track profitability, and prepare for the future. | $30M | Series B | Aug 04, 2026 |  |
| Maxed | The AI-Native Operating System for CPA Firms: Maxed replaces the expensive, fragmented software stack CPA firms are locked into today with a single, flexible platform powered by AI agents. Maxed provides best-in-class infrastructure at a fraction of the cost - automating the manual work that buries firms every tax season, allowing them to leverageAI to outpace competitors and serve more clients without increasing headcount. | $850K | Pre-Seed | Apr 23, 2026 |  |
| Eigen | Eigen is an AI-driven platform designed to enrich real-world social connectivity. | $15M | Seed | Apr 16, 2026 |  |
| Quanta | Quanta provides software companies with real-time financial clarity and empowerment. Quanta envision a world in which all business accounting tasks that are not creative in nature are automated, leaving finance teams and business owners to focus solely on strategic and creative work. | $15M | Series A | Dec 04, 2025 |  |
| Anomaly Bio |  | $2.6M | Pre-Seed | Nov 12, 2025 |  |
| Wabi | Wabi engages as a social platform where anyone can quickly create tiny apps using instructions. | $20M | Pre-Seed | Nov 05, 2025 |  |
| Gimlet Labs | Gimlet Labs is an applied research lab focused on developing next-generation AI infrastructure. | $12M | Seed | Oct 22, 2025 |  |
| Julius AI | Julius AI develops a platform that analyzes data with computational AI. It enables users to analyze datasets, create visualizations, solve math, and much more. | $10M | Seed | Jul 28, 2025 |  |
| Duna | Duna is redefining business identity. It will evolve into a network for shareable identity – making onboarding as simple as one click. | $12.1M | Seed | May 07, 2025 |  |
| Yutori | Yutori is part of a slew of AI startups creating autonomous agents, or systems that use AI to perform actions on their own. | $15M | Seed | Mar 27, 2025 |  |

10 of 54 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Accel](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/accel) — VC Fund, 8 deals together
- [basecase capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/base-case-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Correlation Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/correlation-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Designer Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/designer-fund) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [GTMfund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gtmfund) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Saga Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/saga-ventures-management) — VC Fund, 3 deals together

## About Notion

VC Fund · San Francisco, United States

Notion is for notes, tasks, wikis, and databases. The app blends everyday work apps into one. It serves as an all-in-one workspace for note-taking, task management, and project management. The app can be accessed via most web browsers.The company was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California. Additional offices are locatedin New York City, Tokyo, Seoul, Dublin, and Hyderabad.

5 contacts available at Notion.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Ada Draginda | Data Engineer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ada-draginda |
| Atul Varma | Software Engineer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/atul-varma |
| Camille Ricketts | Marketing | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/camille-ricketts |
| Ian Hansborough | Software Engineer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ian-hansborough |
| Marc Hiney | Enterprise Sales | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/marc-hiney |

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## FAQ

### What does Akshay Kothari invest in?

Akshay Kothari invests primarily in Software, Information Technology and Internet startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 54 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 Akshay Kothari's check size?

Akshay Kothari typically joins rounds of $2M–$15M at Seed, $850k–$20M at Pre-Seed and $12M–$25M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Akshay Kothari participates in.

### When did Akshay Kothari last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Akshay Kothari closed in Aug 2026. Shizune tracks 54 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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