# Anna-Katrina Shedletsky

> Anna-Katrina Shedletsky is a Series A investor at Instrumental (Palo Alto) backing B2B and SaaS. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Instrumental](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/instrumental)
- Location: Palo Alto, United States
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: May 2022
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anna-katrina-shedletsky-3577b835
- Website: https://x.com/anna_shedletsky

Anna-Katrina Shedletsky is a Series A investor at Instrumental in Palo Alto focused on B2B and SaaS. Anna-Katrina Shedletsky is based out of Palo Alto, California and is the co-founder & ceo of Instrumental. Anna-Katrina previously worked at Apple as a Apple product design lead. Anna-Katrina Shedletsky attended Stanford University.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| B2B | 1 | 100% |
| SaaS | 1 | 100% |
| Hardware | 1 | 100% |
| Software | 1 | 100% |
| Industrial | 1 | 100% |

6 industries tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Tractian | TRACTIAN makes it easy for maintenance teams to detect issues in their machines early on. Just like Shazam, it quickly identify the "song" the machine is producing and warn about mechanical failures right when their first signs appear. | $15M | Series A | May 17, 2022 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [N47](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/next47) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [MONASHEES](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/monashees-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Y Combinator](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/y-combinator) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Instrumental

VC Fund · Palo Alto, United States

Instrumental is building software that enables assembly lines to autonomously operate, learn, and adapt parts and processes - saving billions of dollars in scrap and rework costs.Their customers use Instrumental to find and fix issues on their assembly lines, preventing development schedule slips and beginning production at higher yields. Theirequipment and data service is deployed on multiple global assembly lines at top-tier manufacturers.Instrumental was founded by Anna-Katrina Shedletsky and Samuel Weiss, two former Apple engineers who, after spending hundreds of days in China on manufacturing lines, set out to revolutionize the manufacturing space. They are assembling a diverse team who sees inefficiencies as opportunities and want to develop a system that changes the manufacturing world for the better.

5 contacts available at Instrumental.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Anna-Katrina Shedletsky | Co-Founder and CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/anna-shedletsky |
| Caitlin Curtis | Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/caitlin-curtis-f81a |
| Gabrielle Poston | Recruiter | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gabrielle-poston |
| Lisa Robin | Controller | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lisa-robin |
| Rustem Feyzkhanov | Staff Machine Learning Engineer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rustem-feyzkhanov |

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## FAQ

### What does Anna-Katrina Shedletsky invest in?

Anna-Katrina Shedletsky invests primarily in B2B, SaaS and Hardware startups, most often at Series A stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Brazil. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Anna-Katrina Shedletsky last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Anna-Katrina Shedletsky closed in May 2022. Shizune tracks 1 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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