# Arpan Shah

> Arpan Shah is a seed investor at NewCo (Palo Alto) backing FinTech and Payments. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [NewCo](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/newco-3)
- Location: Palo Alto, United States
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: Jan 2026
- Lead investor: 67%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/arpanshah29

Arpan Shah is a Partner at Pear VC. He previously was part of the Engineering Leadership at Plaid. Prior to Plaid, he co-founded Flannel then sold to Plaid. He was also the Head of Data Platforms and Data Products at Robinhood. Arpan attended Stanford University.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| FinTech | 2 | 67% |
| Payments | 1 | 33% |
| Logistics | 1 | 33% |
| Developer APIs | 1 | 33% |
| Mobile Payments | 1 | 33% |

8 industries tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 2 | 67% |
| Nigeria | 1 | 33% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| RadixArk | RadixArk focuses on developing infrastructure for AI inference and training systems. It builds tools to make frontier-level AI more efficient, accessible, and cost-effective. | $100M | Seed | Jan 21, 2026 |  |
| Piston | Payments technology company for the logistics Industry | $6.1M | Seed | Jun 10, 2025 |  |
| Okra | Digitizing financial services for Africa. | $3.5M | Seed | Apr 21, 2021 |  |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Accel](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/accel) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Accenture Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/accenture-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Bond](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bond-57ec) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [NVIDIA](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nvidia) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Pear VC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/pejman-mar-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Salience Capital Partners Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/salience-capital-partners-management) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About NewCo

VC Fund · San Francisco, United States

NewCo is an organizer of forums and conferences used to connect people with businesses on a mission. Its events are city-specific festivals and create unique partnerships to offer a cross-platform publication that enables clients to connect to its audiences with their stories and shape business, politics, and culture.

5 contacts available at NewCo.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| April Downing | Co-Founder & Chief Operating Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/april-downing |
| Arpan Shah | Co-Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/arpan-shah-4 |
| Austin Murray | Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/austin-murray |
| Ben Bixby | CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ben-bixby |
| Bianca Loew | Partner, NewCo, Mexico | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bianca-weishupl |

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## FAQ

### What does Arpan Shah invest in?

Arpan Shah invests primarily in FinTech, Payments and Logistics startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 3 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 Arpan Shah last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Arpan Shah closed in Jan 2026. Shizune tracks 3 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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