# Avinash Shekhar

> Avinash Shekhar is a seed investor at Zebpay (Malta) backing Blockchain and Cryptocurrency. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Zebpay](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/zebpay)
- Location: Malta, Latvia
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Mar 2022
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/avinash-shekhar-968a695/

Avinash Shekhar is a seed investor at Zebpay in Malta focused on Blockchain and Cryptocurrency. Avinash Shekhar

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1M–$1M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Blockchain | 1 | 50% |
| Cryptocurrency | 1 | 50% |
| Financial Services | 1 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Paxo Finance | Paxo Finance is a decentralized protocol opened up under collateral borrowing in the Defi space also Paxo Finance allows to do margin trade | $1M | Seed | Mar 28, 2022 |  |
| Paxo Finance | Paxo Finance is a decentralized protocol opened up under collateral borrowing in the Defi space also Paxo Finance allows to do margin trade | $1M | Seed | Mar 28, 2022 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Lemon Grass Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lemon-grass-fund) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Rajat](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rajat) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Zebpay](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/zebpay) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About Zebpay

VC Fund · Malta, Latvia

Zebpay is a trusted and secure crypto exchange with the wallet that serves customers across the globe. Zebpay is available on Web, Android and iOS for trading bitcoin, ether, ripple, and various other popular cryptocurrencies.Zebpay for Android and iOS offers a seamless mobile trading experience to everyone, everywhere. More than 3 millionconsumers have trusted Zebpay for its security and ease of use for crypto trading worldwide. It is one of the first major exchanges to integrate Lightning Network transactions.

4 contacts available at Zebpay.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Avinash Shekhar | Co-CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/avinash-shekhar |
| Geetika Mehta | Chief Human Resources Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/geetika-mehta-3a00 |
| Raj Karkara | Chief Marketing Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/raj-karkara |
| Tarun Jain | CFO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tarun-jain-f6c8 |

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## FAQ

### What does Avinash Shekhar invest in?

Avinash Shekhar invests primarily in Blockchain, Cryptocurrency and Financial Services startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Spain. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Avinash Shekhar's check size?

Avinash Shekhar typically joins rounds of $1M–$1M at Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Avinash Shekhar participates in.

### When did Avinash Shekhar last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Avinash Shekhar closed in Mar 2022. 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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