# Ashwin Navin

> Ashwin Navin is a seed investor at i/o Ventures (San Francisco) backing Apps and Beauty. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [i/o Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/i-o-ventures)
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Apr 2026
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/ashwinnavin
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/ashwinnavin
- Website: http://ashwinnavin.com/
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/ashwinnavin

Ashwin Navin is a seed investor at i/o Ventures in San Francisco focused on Apps and Beauty. Ashwin Navin - Co-Founder, CEO @ Samba TV

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Apps | 1 | 50% |
| Beauty | 1 | 50% |
| FinTech | 1 | 50% |
| Wellness | 1 | 50% |
| Health Care | 1 | 50% |

7 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 1 | 50% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 50% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 1 | 50% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Youtility | Every year we spend over 50% of our salaries on home finances yet managing and tracking these accounts is a modern day nightmare. Youtility is on a mission to provide a simple and smart solution. |  | Seed | Apr 23, 2026 |  |
| Selfmade | Selfmade offers an emotional wellbeing brand created with mental health experts. | $1M | Pre-Seed | Jul 28, 2021 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Fyllo](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fyllo-c1dc) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [NMRPP](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nmrpp) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Silver Falcon Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/silver-falcon-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About i/o Ventures

VC Fund · San Francisco, United States

i/o ventures is an early stage startup program that focuses heavily on its mentorship.They work closely with founders from product launch through the next stage of company development, sharing what has proven to work for product scaling, revenue growth and fund raising.Their partners and mentors have started and ran some of the topinternet companies. They want you to take advantage of their experience leading teams, building great products, raising money, negotiating mergers and acquisitions, scaling infrastructure, all with the hope that you dramatically improve your execution and time-to-market (and won't repeat their mistakes!)They take pride in their roles both as founders and operators. Everyone of us has recently or is currently running a technology company. They understand the most common challenges that all entrepreneurs face.They're based out of a funky space in the mission that they invite both portfolio companies and people looking to start a company to come hang out at.

3 contacts available at i/o Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Aber Whitcomb | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aber-whitcomb |
| Ashwin Navin | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ashwin-navin |
| Dan Bragiel | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dan-bragiel |

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## FAQ

### What does Ashwin Navin invest in?

Ashwin Navin invests primarily in Apps, Beauty and FinTech startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 2 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 Ashwin Navin last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Ashwin Navin closed in Apr 2026. Shizune tracks 2 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?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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