# Aneel Ranadive

> Aneel Ranadive is a seed investor at Soma Capital (San Francisco) backing Software and FinTech. See 50 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Soma Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/soma-capital)
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 50
- Last investment: Sep 2025
- Lead investor: 8%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aneelr/
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/aneelrr
- Website: https://www.somacap.com/
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/aneelr

Aneel Ranadive is a seed investor at Soma Capital in San Francisco focused on Software and FinTech. - Managing Partner at Soma Capital. Early investor in Rappi, Cruise, Lendup, Embarktrucks, Astranis, Atrium, Razorpay, etc. (portfolio companies make up over $6bn in total enterprise value) - Family ownership of the Sacramento Kings NBA team - Founder of Tag, location sharing app backed by Facebook Cofounder Eduardo Saverin and Tim Draper. Acquiredby Mark Cuban in 2015 - Head of Product at Nielsen Media Sync in San Francisco - Co-founder of GlanceGuide, video analytics company sold to Nielsen - Founder of BoredAt, anonymous social network backed by Redpoint Ventures - Investment Banking Analyst at Bank of America - B.S. in Mathematics at Columbia University

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 18 | 36% |
| FinTech | 11 | 22% |
| Information Technology | 10 | 20% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 10 | 20% |
| Financial Services | 9 | 18% |

83 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 36 | 72% |
| Series A | 7 | 14% |
| Pre-Seed | 4 | 8% |
| Series B | 1 | 2% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 2% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 30 | 60% |
| Mexico | 3 | 6% |
| Canada | 2 | 4% |
| Colombia | 2 | 4% |
| Brazil | 1 | 2% |

7 countries tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Icarus Robotics | Icarus Robotics, the business, is developing a robotic labour force for space utilising embodied artificial intelligence (AI). | $6.1M | Seed | Sep 17, 2025 |  |
| Kontigo | We help underbanked gig workers in Latam build credit and access group financing where small groups of family or friends lend and save money together. Users can validate their income from multiple sources such as gig apps, catalog sales, and open finance (Uber, Rappi, Didi, Indriver, Avon, and all major banks). After verifying the income wedirectly offer them group savings and group loans, without leaving WhatsApp, their primary messaging app. | $20M | Seed | Sep 01, 2025 |  |
| Oway | Oway is a rideshare freight platform that uses AI to automatically coordinate and sell unused space in trucks to businesses at up to a 50% discount compared to traditional LTL freight shipping. It's a $100B problem in the US alone, with every year up to 50% of all the truck space in the country going empty or unused despite massive supplychain shortages.The American logistics industry is extremely fragmented with little automated coordination between carriers. Oway focuses on building an ecosystem that takes inefficiency (unused truck space) and turns it into a decentralized shipping platform that enables significantly faster and cheaper deliveries for small batch freight shipments up to 12 pallets. For carriers, integrating Oway can immediately increase annual revenues by up to 30% with almost no impact to existing delivery schedules.In a technical sense, Oway applies stochastic spread optimization and real-time liquidity modeling to dynamically price freight shipments, effectively functioning as a decentralized market maker optimizing expected value across variable supply constraints. It provides a simple UI and API for businesses to leverage this tool for any means. | $4M | Seed | Aug 22, 2025 |  |
| Aspora | Aspora help users bank seamlessly across countries, invest in diverse assets, access credit and insurance services. | $53M | Series B | May 01, 2025 |  |
| Artisan AI | Artisan AI creates digital workers, called Artisans. The company's first Artisan, Ava, automates the entire outbound sales process and can be set up with a 10-minute conversation. Ava creates TCPs, and prospects with her database of over 270,000,000 contacts, crafts & sends highly bespoke email sequences, and books meetings into yourcalendar. And, you can manage all features & settings by talking to Ava via Slack. | $25M | Series A | Apr 09, 2025 |  |
| Truewind | Truewind is an IT company that provides AI-powered bookkeeping and finance software. | $13M | Series A | Dec 11, 2024 |  |
| Inventive AI | Inventive is an AI-powered RFP & Questionnaire Response Management platform that drives 70%+ efficiency in sales response workflows. | $4M | Seed | Aug 28, 2024 |  |
| Zamp | Zamp is the sales tax technology provider of solution that eliminates the need for you to manage the software. | $4M | Seed | May 10, 2023 |  |
| TicketRev | TicketRev is a technology startup revolutionizing the ticketing industry through cutting-edge fan engagement solutions. By leveraging their solutions, TicketRev empowers sports teams, venues, and event organizers to create unforgettable experiences for their fans. The company is backed by world-class investors, including 500 Global, Soma Capital,Groove Capital and Techstars. To learn more about | $1.1M | Pre-Seed | Apr 17, 2023 |  |
| Meticulous | Meticulous is a tool for detecting bugs in web applications. The company was founded in 2021. | $4M | Seed | Feb 06, 2023 |  |

10 of 50 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Y Combinator](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/y-combinator) — VC Fund, 28 deals together
- [Global Founders Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/global-founders-capital) — VC Fund, 12 deals together
- [Gradient](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gradient-ventures) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
- [Rebel Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rebel-fund) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
- [Hanover Technology Investment Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hanover-technology-investment-management) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Two Sigma Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/two-sigma-ventures) — VC Fund, 4 deals together

## About Soma Capital

VC Fund · San Francisco, United States

Soma Capital is a fund built by founders for founders that focuses on software. It has invested seed in startups now worth over $60 billion combined including Cruise, Rappi, Ironclad, Human Interest, Razorpay, Rippling, and Lambda School among others (20 unicorns) It was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

5 contacts available at Soma Capital.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Chris Fortunato | Investor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chris-fortunato |
| Ki Cooley-Winters | Technical Lead | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ki-cooley-winters |
| Alvin Xiao | Scout Lead | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alvin-xiao-8806 |
| Aneel Ranadive | Managing Partner & Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aneel-ranadive |
| Fouad Farhat | Investor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fouad-farhat |

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## FAQ

### What does Aneel Ranadive invest in?

Aneel Ranadive invests primarily in Software, FinTech and Information Technology startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 50 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 Aneel Ranadive last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Aneel Ranadive closed in Sep 2025. Shizune tracks 50 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

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