# Amarjit Gill

> Amarjit Gill is a seed investor at Nepenthe Capital (San Francisco) backing Video and Internet. See 9 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Nepenthe Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nepenthe-capital)
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 9
- Last investment: Dec 2023
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/gillamarjit

Amarjit Gill is a seed investor at Nepenthe Capital in San Francisco focused on Video and Internet. Prior to Maginatics, Amarjit co-founded and helped lead three companies that built lasting technologies. He was co-founder and VP of business development and sales at SiByte (acquired by Broadcom), co-founder and EVP of business development and sales at PA Semi (acquired by Apple), and co-founder and CEO of Agnilux (acquired by Google).Earlierin his career, Amarjit was director of sales for strategic accounts in Digital Equipment Corporation’s semiconductor group. After that business unit was purchased by Intel, he served in a similar capacity for Intel. Amarjit also worked for many years at Texas Instruments in its technical sales organization.Amarjit received a BS degree in Electrical Engineering from San Jose State University.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1.1M–$8M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Video | 2 | 22% |
| Internet | 2 | 22% |
| Software | 2 | 22% |
| Biotechnology | 2 | 22% |
| Information Technology | 2 | 22% |

20 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 5 | 56% |
| Angel | 1 | 11% |
| Series A | 1 | 11% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 11% |
| Convertible Note | 1 | 11% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 7 | 78% |
| Canada | 1 | 11% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Asato | Asato is developing an AI-powered enterprise copilot platform for CIOs, giving unprecedented visibility and control over AI-powered IT spending and empowering to take decisive action. | $7.5M | Seed | Dec 05, 2023 |  |
| Alcion | Alcion secures data protection from ransomware, malware, accidents, and outages using an AI-driven strategy. | $21M | Series A | Sep 19, 2023 |  |
| Alcion | Alcion secures data protection from ransomware, malware, accidents, and outages using an AI-driven strategy. | $8M | Seed | May 31, 2023 |  |
| Artera | Artera is a provider of precision medicine and develops artificial intelligence (AI) testing to customize treatments for cancer patients. It develops specialized tools to support personalized clinical care. Its test predicts therapeutic benefits and provides risk stratification. | $90M |  | Mar 21, 2023 |  |
| Galileo (Acq by Cisco) | Next generation data toolchain for ML developers | $5.1M | Seed | Dec 20, 2021 |  |
| Variational AI | Variational AI uses state-of-the-art machine learning in a data-efficient method to rapidly generate novel and diverse compounds that are optimized for multiple properties to avoid the most common causes of drug attrition and increase clinical probability of success. Variational AI works with leading biopharmaceutical partners and is developing itsown internal pipeline. | $3.5M | Seed | Nov 17, 2021 |  |
| Gbox by OnCircle, Inc. | Gbox is a Direct-to-consumer multimedia monetization to empower YouTubers, MCNs, and any other video creators. Its patented technology “wraps” anything of value and controls decentralized content access on the web. Unique transaction engine allows a variety of business models (subscriptions, PPV, advertising, eCommerce, social currency, and more).It is the best way to sell and distribute videos on the web.It was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in Mountain View, California. | $2.3M | Convertible Note | Dec 01, 2015 |  |
| ClipMine | ClipMine is a smart video annotation platform that personalizes online video discovery and viewing experience for everyone. It is a startup working on radically improving how the end-users discover and consume the growing online video content. | $1.1M | Seed | Mar 15, 2015 |  |
| Eyegroove | Eyegroove is the social network for the music video and a technological platform that, for the first time, effortlessly brings together all the elements of great video: music, editing, and effects. It offers a mobile iOS application that allows users to choose a piece of streaming music, record video, and add interactive effects. |  | Angel | May 05, 2014 |  |

9 of 9 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [A&E Investments](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/a-e-investment) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Alliance of Angels](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alliance-of-angels) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [H. Barton Asset Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/barton-asset-management) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Breyer Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/breyer-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Coatue](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/coatue) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [FactoryHQ](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/factoryhq) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Nepenthe Capital

VC Fund · Cupertino, United States

Nepenthe Capital

2 contacts available at Nepenthe Capital.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Amarjit Gill | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/amarjit-gill-aa2a |
| Amarjit Gill | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/amarjit-gill |

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## FAQ

### What does Amarjit Gill invest in?

Amarjit Gill invests primarily in Video, Internet and Software startups, most often at Seed and Angel stage. Most of the 9 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 Amarjit Gill's check size?

Amarjit Gill typically joins rounds of $1.1M–$8M 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 Amarjit Gill participates in.

### When did Amarjit Gill last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Amarjit Gill closed in Dec 2023. Shizune tracks 9 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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