# Buddy Shakhashir

> Buddy Shakhashir is a Series A investor at BBQ Capital (Dubai) backing Web3 and FinTech. See 14 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [BBQ Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bbq-capital)
- Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- Total investments: 14
- Last investment: Nov 2021
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/buddyshakhashir
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/shakbuddy
- Website: https://platform-vc.com

Buddy Shakhashir is a Series A investor at BBQ Capital in Dubai focused on Web3 and FinTech. Buddy Shakhashir - Partner @ BBQ Capital

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Series A | $7.5M–$36M |
| Series C | $200M–$1B |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Web3 | 2 | 14% |
| FinTech | 2 | 14% |
| Internet | 2 | 14% |
| Software | 2 | 14% |
| Logistics | 2 | 14% |

42 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 4 | 29% |
| Series C | 2 | 14% |
| Initial Coin Offering | 2 | 14% |
| Seed | 1 | 7% |
| Series G | 1 | 7% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 8 | 57% |
| Malta | 1 | 7% |
| Germany | 1 | 7% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Ethyca | Ethyca is an infrastructure platform that provides developers and product teams with the ability to ensure consumer data privacy throughout applications and services design. It also provides your product, engineering and privacy teams with unmatched ease of use and functionality to better care about your user's data. The company helpscompanies discover sensitive data, then provides a mechanism for customers to delete, see or edit their data from the system. Ethyca's mission is to increase trust in data-driven business by building automated data privacy infrastructure. | $7.5M | Series A | Nov 03, 2021 |  |
| Gorillas | Gorillas is a grocery delivery provider as it aims to aggregate supermarket product ranges delivered to consumers within 10 minutes of ordering. Gorillas help customers get what they need when they need it. The company was founded in May 2020 and headquartered in Berlin, Germany. | $1B | Series C | Oct 20, 2021 |  |
| Ethyca | Ethyca is an infrastructure platform that provides developers and product teams with the ability to ensure consumer data privacy throughout applications and services design. It also provides your product, engineering and privacy teams with unmatched ease of use and functionality to better care about your user's data. The company helpscompanies discover sensitive data, then provides a mechanism for customers to delete, see or edit their data from the system. Ethyca's mission is to increase trust in data-driven business by building automated data privacy infrastructure. |  | Series A | Oct 01, 2021 |  |
| Gorillas | Gorillas is a grocery delivery provider as it aims to aggregate supermarket product ranges delivered to consumers within 10 minutes of ordering. Gorillas help customers get what they need when they need it. The company was founded in May 2020 and headquartered in Berlin, Germany. |  | Series C | Sep 01, 2021 |  |
| Coco | Coco is a last-mile delivery service that deploys human-operated sidewalk robots to transport goods from merchants to their customers. Its robot fleet serves thousands of customers per week in Santa Monica, Los Angeles, Austin, and Houston, paving the way for a more optimistic future of delivery that benefits local communities.Launched inFebruary 2020, the company has partnered with national restaurant brands like SBE (Umami Burger) and is actively scaling across many locations. It serves a wide range of family-operated restaurants like Bangkok West Thai in Santa Monica and San Pedro Brewing Company in Los Angeles. | $36M | Series A | Aug 25, 2021 |  |
| Collective | Collective operates as an online back-office platform designed for self-employed people. Its technology and a team of trusted advisors give its members the freedom to focus on what matters by taking care of everything from business incorporation to accounting, bookkeeping, tax services, and access to a community all in one platform. | $20M | Series A | May 12, 2021 |  |
| Discord | Discord operates as a voice, video, and text communication service to talk and hang out with friends and communities. It was originally created for people who loved to play games, but these passionate people realized it could be enjoyed for more purposes. Discord is now used by everyone from local hiking clubs, to art communities, to study groups. | $100M | Series G | Jun 30, 2020 |  |
| Nabis | Nabis is the #1 wholesale platform powering over $1B annually in licensed cannabis commerce across the U.S. Founded in 2018 by serial tech entrepreneurs and backed by Y Combinator, Nabis enables thousands of nationwide brand and retailer partners to innovate, launch, and scale strategically. Its integrated wholesale solution includes best-in-classonline marketplace, state-of-the-art multi-channel fulfillment, payment processing, flexible financing, data analytics, and sales and marketing services. Nabis delivers the predictability cannabis operators need to grow. Nabis has been recognized on Inc. 5000’s list of Fastest Growing Private Companies in America, Fast Company’s 50 Most Innovative Companies in America, and Deloitte’s Technology Fast 500. Learn more at nabis.com. | $4.3M | Seed | Apr 22, 2019 |  |
| Shield Bio | At Shield, we’re ensuring that antibiotic resistance doesn’t become more deadly than cancer.In 2050 more people will be dying of antibiotic resistant pathogens than cancer. Infections that were once treatable with a simple oral antibiotics are now requiring complex, painful treatments and resulting in serious health complications for patients.Gonorrhea is one such infection, having become resistant to over 10 different antibiotics, they have only one treatment that is still effective and resistance to this has already begun to emerge. With 820,000 new infections every year in the US, antibiotic resistance will spread quickly, which is why the CDC has resistant gonorrhea at an urgent threat level, the highest level available.Shield's novel genomic testing platform enables STI clinics to identify the antibiotic resistant strains of gonorrhea and other pathogens that their patients have, so they can select the correct antibiotics and halt the spread of antibiotic resistance. | $8M | Series A | May 23, 2018 |  |
| Shield Bio | At Shield, we’re ensuring that antibiotic resistance doesn’t become more deadly than cancer.In 2050 more people will be dying of antibiotic resistant pathogens than cancer. Infections that were once treatable with a simple oral antibiotics are now requiring complex, painful treatments and resulting in serious health complications for patients.Gonorrhea is one such infection, having become resistant to over 10 different antibiotics, they have only one treatment that is still effective and resistance to this has already begun to emerge. With 820,000 new infections every year in the US, antibiotic resistance will spread quickly, which is why the CDC has resistant gonorrhea at an urgent threat level, the highest level available.Shield's novel genomic testing platform enables STI clinics to identify the antibiotic resistant strains of gonorrhea and other pathogens that their patients have, so they can select the correct antibiotics and halt the spread of antibiotic resistance. |  | Series A | Mar 01, 2018 |  |

10 of 14 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [BBQ Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bbq-capital) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Coatue](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/coatue) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [IA Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ia-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Material V](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/Material-V) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Y Combinator](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/y-combinator) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [A*](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/a-capital-4ec5) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About BBQ Capital

VC Fund · San Francisco, United States

BBQ Capital is an early-stage venture capital company.

2 contacts available at BBQ Capital.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Buddy Shakhashir | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/buddy-shakhashir-27a5 |
| Nemanja Kostic | General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nemke-kostic |

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## FAQ

### What does Buddy Shakhashir invest in?

Buddy Shakhashir invests primarily in Web3, FinTech and Internet startups, most often at Series A and Series C stage. Most of the 14 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 Buddy Shakhashir's check size?

Buddy Shakhashir typically joins rounds of $7.5M–$36M at Series A and $200M–$1B at Series C. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Buddy Shakhashir participates in.

### When did Buddy Shakhashir last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Buddy Shakhashir closed in Nov 2021. Shizune tracks 14 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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