# Gautam Godhwani

> Gautam Godhwani is a seed investor at Good Startup backing Apps and Employment. See 4 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Good Startup](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/good-startup)
- Total investments: 4
- Last investment: May 2026
- Lead investor: 25%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ggodhwani
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/ggodhwani
- Website: https://x.com/ggodhwani
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/ggodhwani

Gautam Godhwani is a seed investor at Good Startup focused on Apps and Employment. Gautam Godhwani is the Founder & Managing Partner of Good Startup. He previously worked at Intuary as a Board Member. Gautam Godhwani attended the University of California Berkeley.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Apps | 1 | 25% |
| Employment | 1 | 25% |
| Recruiting | 1 | 25% |
| Photo Sharing | 1 | 25% |
| Search Engine | 1 | 25% |

6 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 3 | 75% |
| Series A | 1 | 25% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 2 | 50% |
| Sweden | 1 | 25% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| StrainX Bioworks |  | $13M | Seed | May 24, 2026 |  |
| SMAQO | Driven by innovation and science, SMAQO creates next-generation fungi based foods that create superior taste, nutrition, and affordability while meeting the demand for clean and sustainable protein. Our mission is simple: Better food — for your health, your wallet and the planet. |  | Seed | Sep 10, 2025 |  |
| Flipsicle | A tech incubator dedicated to developing a deep understanding of how we make sense of the visual world. | $2M | Seed | Nov 12, 2014 |  |
| Simply Hired | Simply Hired, a technology company based in Sunnyvale, California, operates job search engines in 24 countries and 12 languages. With more than 30 million unique visitors per month, the company provides job seekers access to millions of job openings across all job categories and industries, reaching job seekers on the web, mobile devices, email,and via thousands of partner sites including The Washington Post, Fox Business, Bloomberg Businessweek, Computerworld, International Nurses Association, and Hero2Hired. Simply Hired enables employers to efficiently and cost-effectively reach candidates searching for jobs through its full-service pay-per-click (PPC) and self-service pay-per-post job advertising solutions. Simply Hired was founded in 2005 and is privately held with funding from Foundation Capital and IDG Ventures. For more information, visit www.simplyhired.com. | $1.2M | Series A | Oct 01, 2004 |  |

4 of 4 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Prime Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/angelprime) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Dholakia Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dholakia-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [IIT Delhi Angels](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/iit-delhi-angels) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [ITIL Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/itil-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Leo Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/leo-capital-india) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Nuora Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nuora-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Good Startup

VC Fund · Singapore, Singapore

Good Startup is a venture firm focused on the alternative protein sector.

3 contacts available at Good Startup.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Gautam Godhwani | Founder & Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gautam-godhwani |
| Cedric Brusselmans | Investor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cedric-brusselmans |
| Jayesh Parekh | Founder & Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jayesh-parekh |

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## FAQ

### What does Gautam Godhwani invest in?

Gautam Godhwani invests primarily in Apps, Employment and Recruiting startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 4 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 Gautam Godhwani last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Gautam Godhwani closed in May 2026. Shizune tracks 4 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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