# Anil Advani

> Anil Advani is a seed investor at Inventus Law backing Artificial Intelligence. See 12 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug…

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: Inventus Law
- Location: Palo Alto, United States
- Total investments: 12
- Last investment: Oct 2022
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anadvani/

Anil Advani is a seed investor at Inventus Law in Palo Alto focused on Artificial Intelligence and Software. Anil Advani is the Managing Partner and Founder of Palo Alto and San Francisco based law firm, Inventus Law. His practice focuses on representing early stage start-up companies, from 2-3 "guys in the garage" through the life-cycle of the venture, negotiating angel and venture financings, customer and licensing transactions, and mergersand acquisitions. He has also represented a number of angel investor groups. Over the last 12 years working at powerhouse law firms like Cooley Godward and Orrick Herrington, Mr. Advani has represented over 800 startups and founders (including many backed by the premier Silicon Valley incubator Y Combinator), and been involved in almost 200 financing and M and A transactions valued at over $1 billion in aggregate.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $500k–$845k |
| Pre-Seed | $945k–$1.5M |
| Convertible Note | $50k–$220k |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Artificial Intelligence | 6 | 50% |
| Software | 4 | 33% |
| SaaS | 2 | 17% |
| Internet | 2 | 17% |
| Analytics | 2 | 17% |

44 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 5 | 42% |
| Pre-Seed | 4 | 33% |
| Convertible Note | 2 | 17% |
| Angel | 1 | 8% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 6 | 50% |
| India | 4 | 33% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Matters.AI | OptIQ is an artificial intelligence-driven platform that enables developers to manage cloud infrastructure, deployment, monitoring, logging, and cloud security compliance in a single platform without having core DevOps expertise. | $1.5M | Pre-Seed | Oct 11, 2022 |  |
| Ottonomy | Ottonomy IO is a tech startup which builds autonomous robot fleets to make contactless deliveries for safe and enhanced user experience, saving millions of dollars for eCom, Logistics, retail industries to name a few. The state of the art mapping and perception elements are unique to navigate in ever changing surroundings for both indoor andoutdoor environments integrated with a fleet management and monitoring cloud framework. | $1.5M | Pre-Seed | Dec 09, 2021 |  |
| Evo Foods | Evo Foods is a food processing company that manufactures and produces a delicious and fluffy plant-based egg alternative. Its first product is a 100% plant-based liquid egg made from lentil protein that contains no cholesterol or antibiotics. The company is using cutting-edge science and technology to develop the next generation of plant-basedalternatives to animal products. Its plant-based liquid egg is created with the startup's proprietary patent-pending technology and indigenous Indian ingredients such as moong beans and peas. | $945K | Pre-Seed | Apr 19, 2021 |  |
| Evo Foods | Evo Foods is a food processing company that manufactures and produces a delicious and fluffy plant-based egg alternative. Its first product is a 100% plant-based liquid egg made from lentil protein that contains no cholesterol or antibiotics. The company is using cutting-edge science and technology to develop the next generation of plant-basedalternatives to animal products. Its plant-based liquid egg is created with the startup's proprietary patent-pending technology and indigenous Indian ingredients such as moong beans and peas. | $845K | Seed | Apr 04, 2021 |  |
| Upkeep | Upkeep is reimagining the $200B Longevity, Prejuvenation, Hair Restoration, & Medical Aesthetics category as the first consumer marketplace.Consumers aren’t just slathering creams, dyeing their hair or painting their faces anymore, they're upgrading their actual biology.We’ve moved beyond products (changing the appearance of theavatar), into neurotoxins and lasers (modifying the external layer), and now into biohacking, testing, longevity, and performance based personal care that impacts how we look, feel, and even age. That’s the world Upkeep was built for this convergence of health and aesthetic.Upkeep is the easiest way to find, book, and pay for all your medical aesthetic treatments!We offer a curated platform for Botox, Filler, Prejuvenation, Hair Restoration, Next-Gen Facials, Body Contouring, Lasers, Longevity and more! Trusted providers in your area.Whether you’re looking to visit for the first time or you’re a regular, Upkeep is THE app in the MedSpa industry to provide a marketplace for all of your treatment needs. Download the Upkeep app to get started! |  | Pre-Seed | Mar 01, 2021 |  |
| Ottonomy | Ottonomy IO is a tech startup which builds autonomous robot fleets to make contactless deliveries for safe and enhanced user experience, saving millions of dollars for eCom, Logistics, retail industries to name a few. The state of the art mapping and perception elements are unique to navigate in ever changing surroundings for both indoor andoutdoor environments integrated with a fleet management and monitoring cloud framework. | $50K | Convertible Note | Nov 01, 2020 |  |
| inFeedo | InFeedo is a SaaS-based people predictive analytics company that is helping over 100 enterprises, such as GE, Puma, Kotak, Tata, Airtel, redefine employee engagement. It is currently focused on its flagship product Amber, an artificial intelligence-enabled bot that helps CHROs manage employee engagement, predict attrition, and measure companyculture in real-time. Amber connects with employees across organizations to collect actionable insights for HR, in order to enhance employee engagement, curb potential attrition, and gain a real-time sense of overall sentiment. The company was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in Gurgaon, India. | $700K | Seed | Aug 04, 2020 |  |
| PRECILY, INC. | Precily, Inc. is a Palo Alto, CA headquartered company with research and development centers in Delhi, India. Bharath Rao is the Founder & CEO. Precily Aura is a deep technology AI-driven startup that works in the tax, legal and finance domain. We are a research-driven company that utilizes best-in-breed deep learning, NLG and NLP to provideclustering, smart insights, opinion bias, and language generation and work on structured and unstructured data. Precily works with the BIG 4 consulting companies, leading Law firms, where our technology is currently being deployed. The technology has resulted in a 305% ROI for BIG4, Law firm customers.Precily has raised 3 rounds of institutional funding for Precily, Inc. from leading Venture Capitalists, Angel Investors, and leading law firms. | $771K | Seed | May 01, 2019 |  |
| sensfix | IoT-connected Field Service Management Platform which enables devices to automatically schedule and manage their repair & maintenance needs, transparent to all stake-holders leveraging Blockchain. First machine-initiated real-time ticketing system,digitizing workflows for full automation.Enterprise SaaS saves 30% on Operations &Maintenance cost of physical assets by enabling successful repairs on first visit and reducing repair failure rate to < 1%. | $155K | Angel | Apr 04, 2019 |  |
| Crowdera | Crowdera is a free crowdfunding platform that supports social impact and innovation projects serving individuals, non-profit organizations and social innovators. Crowdera complements organizations’ existing fundraising and volunteering activities by offering a user-friendly platform to create visually compelling, viral fundraising campaignsthat raise awareness and funding for an individual or organization’s needs and dreams.Future of Funding for the Things That Matter! |  | Seed | Jun 04, 2018 |  |

10 of 12 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Kale United](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kale-invest) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Seven Hound Ventures, Inc.](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/seven-hound-ventures-inc) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Sustainable Food Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sustainable-food-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [1517 Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/1517-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Arvind Kumar](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/arvind-kumar-a574) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Better Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/better-capital-e839) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Inventus Law

VC Fund · Palo Alto, United States

Inventus Law is a Silicon Valley based premier law firm that represents high growth startup companies, founders, angel investors.

1 contacts available at Inventus Law.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Anil Advani | Founder and Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/anil-advani-2 |

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## FAQ

### What does Anil Advani invest in?

Anil Advani invests primarily in Artificial Intelligence, Software and SaaS startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 12 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 Anil Advani's check size?

Anil Advani typically joins rounds of $500k–$845k at Seed, $945k–$1.5M at Pre-Seed and $50k–$220k at Convertible Note. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Anil Advani participates in.

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### When did Anil Advani last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Anil Advani closed in Oct 2022. Shizune tracks 12 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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