Manish Chandra
Angel Investor
San Francisco, United States
Manish Chandra is a seed investor in San Francisco focused on E-Commerce and Shopping. Manish Chandra is the founder and CEO of Poshmark, the largest social marketplace for fashion where millions of people come to buy, sell and share their personal style. Manish has always been passionate about building communities and founded the first social shopping company, Kaboodle, which was acquired by Hearst Corporation in 2007. WithPoshmark, Manish has applied his understanding of technology to change the way women think about shopping, building a passionate community based around people's love for fashion and each other. Manish received a BTech from IIT Kanpur, MS from UT Austin, and an MBA from Haas School of Business.
- Total investments:
- 12
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 0%
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Industries Manish Chandra invests in
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Investment Focus
Industry
- E-Commerce 5 (42%)
- Shopping 3 (25%)
- Artificial Intelligence 3 (25%)
- Apps 2 (17%)
- Internet 2 (17%)
Stage
- Seed 8 (67%)
- Series A 2 (17%)
- Series B 1 (8%)
- Debt Financing 1 (8%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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| Idler powers intelligent systems with scalable, on-demand RL environments for research, product, or simulation. | $9M / Seed / Aug 20, 2026 | ||
| Alta builds the next generation of personal shopping and stylin powered by AI. | $11M / Seed / Jun 16, 2025 | ||
| Shef is a homemade food marketplace that helps local cooks to make a meaningful income from home by selling authentic, homemade dishes to their neighbors. The company was founded by Alvin Salehi and Joey Grassia in 2019 and operates in seven markets, including San Francisco, New York, Seattle, Chicago, and Los Angeles. | $7M / Debt Financing / Mar 01, 2023 | ||
| Enabling each individual to curate for the many | Seed / Sep 30, 2021 | ||
| Swimply is an online marketplace that allows owners of underutilized swimming pools to monetize their pools’ downtime by sharing them locally by the hour. Think Airbnb, but for swimming pools. | $10M / Series A / May 05, 2021 | ||
| Belong is a residential network that vertically integrates all aspects of the home rental and home improvement process. Powered by AI. Made and loved by People. | $40M / Series B / Mar 09, 2021 | ||
| The Landing is a social design platform that empowers everyone to create together. Our mission is to empower and enable the creativity of our community through an intuitive, fun, and social platform. We believe the future of product discovery is social, experiential, and creator-led. We provide our community with the tools to discover, remix,create and connect over fully customizable moodboards. | $2.5M / Seed / Feb 25, 2021 | ||
| Zeen is a social design platform that empowers everyone to create together. Our mission is to empower and enable the creativity of our community through an intuitive, fun, and social platform. We believe the future of product discovery is social, experiential, and creator-led. We provide our community with the tools to discover, remix, create andconnect over fully customizable moodboards. | $2.5M / Seed / Feb 25, 2021 | ||
| Belong is a residential network that vertically integrates all aspects of the home rental and home improvement process. Powered by AI. Made and loved by People. | $10M / Series A / Jun 28, 2019 | ||
| Part & Parcel is a community commerce platform for plus-size women, selling apparel and footwear plus to plus.Founded by Lauren Haber Jonas, with the belief that plus-size women deserve a world that’s rich with options in clothing, community and opportunity. Lauren set out to create the kind of shopping experience she never had as a plus-sizewoman herself. Where she could feel genuinely welcomed and no longer an afterthought. Where shopping for clothes could be a source of joy and affinity. With a selling model that would provide a flexible path to prosperity for plus-size women. | $4M / Seed / May 14, 2019 | ||
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FAQ
What does Manish Chandra invest in?
Manish Chandra invests primarily in E-Commerce, Shopping and Artificial Intelligence startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 12 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
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When did Manish Chandra last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Manish Chandra closed in Aug 2026. Shizune tracks 12 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.
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