# Kamal Hassan > Kamal Hassan is a seed investor at Cartly (Toronto) backing SaaS and Consulting. See 5 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026. - Type: Angel Investor - Fund: [Cartly](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cartly-inc) - Location: Toronto, Canada - Total investments: 5 - Last investment: Mar 2026 - Lead investor: 40% - Last updated: Aug 2026 - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kamalhassan/ Kamal Hassan is a seed investor at Cartly in Toronto focused on SaaS and Consulting. Kamal is a passionate entrepreneur, who wants to give all entrepreneurs the opportunities that he has had. He has been involved in the entrepreneurial ecosystem from all sides since 1997: as CEO of three early stage companies, as interim leadership, as a board member in five organizations, as an angel investor in ten companies, as a guest lecturerat three universities, and as a consultant looking at microfinance (with Bain) and entrepreneurial ecosystems (for INSEAD). VentureLynx represents the sum of his experience: the tool he wishes he had in all cases. ## Investment focus ### Industry | Industry | Investments | Share | | --- | --- | --- | | SaaS | 2 | 40% | | Consulting | 2 | 40% | | Sharing Economy | 2 | 40% | | B2B | 1 | 20% | | Events | 1 | 20% | 27 industries tracked in total. ### Stage | Stage | Investments | Share | | --- | --- | --- | | Seed | 3 | 60% | | Pre-Seed | 2 | 40% | ### Country | Country | Investments | Share | | --- | --- | --- | | India | 2 | 40% | | Italy | 1 | 20% | | United States | 1 | 20% | | The Netherlands | 1 | 20% | ## Investments | Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Dehurdle | Dehurdle is the intelligence infrastructure for human performance. We replace unscalable legacy executive coaching with continuous, privacy-first AI.Dehurdle delivers highly personalized coaching and predictive organizational analytics seamlessly within existing enterprise workflows. Our platform is built from the ground up to guarantee dataprivacy, ensuring that confidential communications are never compromised or analyzed, instantly satisfying the requirements of Fortune 500 CISOs.Dehurdle currently powers continuous behavioral development for the managerial layers of global giants, including Deloitte, PwC, AB InBev, and Suzuki R&D. Our foundational behavioral methodology has been officially validated and published as an academic case study by IIM Bangalore and Harvard Business Publishing. | $535K | Pre-Seed | Mar 23, 2026 | | | Levery, Inc. | Levery is a DEX-as-a-Service platform for banks, asset managers, and fintechs to launch compliant digital-asset exchanges. | $20K | Pre-Seed | Oct 21, 2025 | | | GoFloaters | GoFloaters is a platform for individuals and teams to discover and book spaces to work & meetings across 14 cities in India. We help people to take a break from WFH and make work fun & engaging again.100's of companies and 1000's of individuals are using our on-demand office space app on a daily basis. - Employees are bookingour workspaces to escape the boredom of WFH - Teams are booking our meeting spaces to work together & collaborate effectively - Companies are saving a lot of money as this eliminates the need for a permanent office | | Seed | Oct 27, 2022 | | | Peerby | A neighborhood network for sharing consumer goods. Borrow power tools, electronics, party equipment, and much more from your neighbors. | $2.5M | Seed | May 31, 2022 | | | Breaters | Breaters is a coaching program based on mindfulness to help emotional eater having a peaceful relationship with food. Breaters' approach will lead to long-term sustainable changes in a gentle but equally powerful manner. | | Seed | Dec 29, 2020 | | 5 of 5 investments shown. ## Co-investors - [Emilia Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/emilia-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together - [Invstt](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/invstt) — VC Fund, 1 deal together - [Rockstart](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rockstart-accelerator) — VC Fund, 1 deal together - [RubyLight](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rubylight) — VC Fund, 1 deal together - [Shamrock Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/shamrock-ventures-6f32) — VC Fund, 1 deal together - [Techstars London](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/techstars-london) — VC Fund, 1 deal together ## About Cartly VC Fund · Mississauga, Canada Cartly is an online grocery delivery service that is exclusively designed for ethnic/community based grocery buyers to save their time and effort!Cartly delivers the groceries ordered before 5 PM on the same day. Cartly shoppers are trained professional grocery pickers who ensure to select the groceries as per customer needs.Currentlywe are in Toronto and GTA area, expanding soon to ship non perishable items across Canada which currently missing for South Asian Community. 2 contacts available at Cartly. | Name | Title | Profile | | --- | --- | --- | | Kamal Hassan | Advisor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kamal-hassan | | Praveen Korukonda | Chief Executive Officer and founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/praveen-korukonda-3b42 | ## Similar investors ### Similar stage - [Antler](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/antler-be9c) — VC Fund - [Alumni Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alumni-ventures-group) — VC Fund - [Right Side Capital Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/right-side-capital-management) — VC Fund ## FAQ ### What does Kamal Hassan invest in? Kamal Hassan invests primarily in SaaS, Consulting and Sharing Economy startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 5 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in India. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio. ### When did Kamal Hassan last invest? The most recent investment recorded for Kamal Hassan closed in Mar 2026. Shizune tracks 5 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. # About Shizune Shizune.co is an investor database. 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