# Aleks Shamis

> Aleks Shamis is a seed investor at s16vc (New York) backing Agentic AI and Information Technology. See 11 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [s16vc](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/s16vc)
- Location: New York, United States
- Total investments: 11
- Last investment: Jul 2026
- Lead investor: 18%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/pub/aleksandr-shamis/0/a4b/461

Aleks Shamis is a seed investor at s16vc in New York focused on Agentic AI and Information Technology. Aleks Shamis is the Co-Founder and Deputy CEO at Borzo and the Co-Founder of s16vc. He attended Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Agentic AI | 2 | 18% |
| Information Technology | 2 | 18% |
| EdTech | 1 | 9% |
| Rental | 1 | 9% |
| Fashion | 1 | 9% |

22 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 5 | 45% |
| Series A | 4 | 36% |
| Angel | 1 | 9% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 9% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 2 | 18% |
| Norway | 1 | 9% |
| Germany | 1 | 9% |
| Singapore | 1 | 9% |
| The Netherlands | 1 | 9% |

6 countries tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passionfroot | Passionfroot develops creator marketing software that helps businesses discover creators, manage campaigns, process payments, and measure campaign performance. Its platform uses artificial intelligence to support campaign planning, creator matching, outreach, workflow management, analytics, and reporting across social media and content platforms. | $15M | Series A | Jul 22, 2026 |  |
| Stacks | Stacks is an AI-powered workspace that shortens monthly financial close cycles, reduces accounting risk, and boosts accuracy. | $23M | Series A | Feb 19, 2026 |  |
| Sizl | Sizl is reshaping the food delivery landscape by providing on-demand meals that are cooked and delivered within 30 minutes. By leveraging the dark kitchen model, Sizl operates with its dedicated delivery team and proprietary software (ERP system and user-centric mobile apps). All these cool features really stand-out and appeal to the customers,marking Sizl as an avant-garde in the sector. | $3.5M | Seed | Apr 08, 2025 |  |
| Stacks | Stacks is an AI-powered workspace that shortens monthly financial close cycles, reduces accounting risk, and boosts accuracy. | $3.1M | Pre-Seed | Feb 19, 2025 |  |
| Stacks | Stacks is an AI-powered workspace that shortens monthly financial close cycles, reduces accounting risk, and boosts accuracy. | $7.3M | Seed | Feb 19, 2025 |  |
| Passionfroot | Passionfroot develops creator marketing software that helps businesses discover creators, manage campaigns, process payments, and measure campaign performance. Its platform uses artificial intelligence to support campaign planning, creator matching, outreach, workflow management, analytics, and reporting across social media and content platforms. | $3.8M | Seed | Oct 21, 2024 |  |
| Whizz | Whizz is a provider of subscription-based rental services intended to offer monthly rental of last-mile vehicles to delivery drivers. The company also provides technical service and support during the entire subscription period enabling users to rent a handheld vehicle without having to worry about maintenance and repair. Whizz's e-bikes aredesigned to make delivery fast and easy. | $3.4M | Seed | Apr 11, 2023 |  |
| RPA Supervisor | The RPA Supervisor manages your digital workforce for you. It acts as an automated controller that drastically optimizes your RPA resources with advanced algorithms and event handling capabilities. | $20M | Series A | Jul 27, 2022 |  |
| Pivot | Pivot is a growing startup at the interface of two rising markets — online education and passion economy. It's a supplementary education platform with online programs for those who want to get a new profession in the creative field.Our mission is to help everyone discover their passion and turn it into the profession they love. We offer awide range of online programs in creative professions such as interior designers, nutritionists, personal stylists, wellness coaches, 3d designers, and many more. | $2.1M | Seed | Feb 15, 2022 |  |
| Pivot | Pivot is a growing startup at the interface of two rising markets — online education and passion economy. It's a supplementary education platform with online programs for those who want to get a new profession in the creative field.Our mission is to help everyone discover their passion and turn it into the profession they love. We offer awide range of online programs in creative professions such as interior designers, nutritionists, personal stylists, wellness coaches, 3d designers, and many more. | $800K | Angel | Aug 15, 2021 |  |

10 of 11 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [General Catalyst](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/general-catalyst-partners) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [EQT Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/eqtventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Creandum](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/creandum) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Supernode Global](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rooks-nest-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [ACE & Company](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ace-and-company) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [AltaIR Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/altair) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About s16vc

VC Fund · New Castle, United States

s16vc is an early-stage founder-centric angel fund. The fund focuses on early stage technology investments, operating globally in Europe, and the US. We have brought together more than 80 founders & operators to support early stage companies in their growth. Fund partners are active founders and operators: - Oleg Bibergan - Co-founder &Co-Managing Partner at s16vc, venture investor & corporate finance executive with 15 years of experience spanning early, growth, and late stage deals as equity investor with GS SSG, Kismet Capital Group, and personal angel portfolio- Aleks Shamis - Co-founder & Co-Managing Partner at s16vc. Ex-Deputy CEO at Borzodelivery.com (global on-demand delivery business, operating in 10 countries)- Mike Peregudov - Founder & CEO at Pivot.ws (EdTech startup in the US market), Food Party (exit to Yandex)- Leo Batalov - Partner, Global Co-Head of Emerging Growth Companies & Venture Capital at DLA Piper, top international law firm- Egor Rudi - Founder & CEO at Profi.ru (leading services marketplace in Eastern Europe), Co-founder at Hands.ru (first Uber-like marketplace in home improvement market)- Tolya Marin - Founder at Payment systems (fintech company with profit per employee > PayPal & 20m installs/ 5m MAU)- Andrey Khusid - Founder and CEO of Miro, the world's most popular visual collaboration platformBeing founders ourselves, we are confident that people succeed, not ideas, and feel immense respect for every founder who perseveres to the point of creating impact and monetizable value. We invest in teams who share our values: - People succeed, not ideas- Community, not individual- Trust- Transparency- Intrinsic motivation to help- Pay forward- Beginner mindset

5 contacts available at s16vc.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Aleks Shamis | Co-Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aleksandr-shamis |
| Anatoly Marin | Founding Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/anatoly-marin-3ac7 |
| Anatoly Marin | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/anatoly-marin |
| Andrey Khusid | Founding Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andrey-khusid |
| Egor Rudi | Founding Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/egor-rudi |

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## FAQ

### What does Aleks Shamis invest in?

Aleks Shamis invests primarily in Agentic AI, Information Technology and EdTech startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 11 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Aleks Shamis last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Aleks Shamis closed in Jul 2026. Shizune tracks 11 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?

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