# Monish Suri

> Monish Suri is a funding round investor at Prime Ventures (Amsterdam) backing iOS and Apps. See 8 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Prime Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/prime-technology-ventures)
- Location: Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Total investments: 8
- Last investment: Feb 2019
- Lead investor: 25%
- Last updated: Aug 2026

Monish Suri is a funding round investor at Prime Ventures in Amsterdam focused on iOS and Apps. Monish joined the firm in 2001 and is a Partner. Before joining Prime, Monish was with Northstream in Sweden, where he was the initiator of a venture fund focussed on wireless investments in the Nordic Countries. Prior to Northstream, Monish held various international positions with Future Electronics, a global distributor of electroniccomponents. He worked from the London and Singapore office of Future Electronics in sales and management. Monish started his career with the telecommunication division of Escorts Ltd., in India.Monish has an MBA from the University of Cambridge, an MSc in Information Engineering from City University, London and a BE in Electronic and Communication Engineering from University of Delhi.He is based in our UK office and currently serves on the board of directors of Eutechnyx, Intrinsic-ID Palringo and Pulsic.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| iOS | 1 | 13% |
| Apps | 1 | 13% |
| Audio | 1 | 13% |
| Gaming | 1 | 13% |
| Mobile | 1 | 13% |

17 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Funding Round | 3 | 38% |
| Series A | 2 | 25% |
| Seed | 1 | 13% |
| Series B | 1 | 13% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United Kingdom | 3 | 38% |
| United States | 1 | 13% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Zappi | Zappi helps global brands make faster and better decisions to drive business growth. They help global brands make faster and better decisions to drive business growth, shape new product development, and enhance their advertising and branding efforts. They assist them predicting success and disrupting their industries | $8M |  | Feb 25, 2019 |  |
| Intrinsic ID | Intrinsic ID is the world’s leading digital authentication company for the Internet of Things (IoT) and embedded applications. It is the inventor of SRAM Physical Unclonable Function, or SRAM PUF, leveraging manufacturing variations in semiconductors to create unique IDs and keys to authenticate chips, data, devices and systems.Because a uniqueID can be extracted easily from SRAM with Intrinsic ID’s technology, adding authentication and key provisioning is much less expensive than with current methods; no additional hardware is needed. Due to the low cost of implementing SRAM PUF and the critical need for security, Intrinsic ID’s authentication technology is ideally positioned to address the needs of the fast-growing IoT market.Through its flexibility, scalability and low implementation cost, Intrinsic ID products address the security needs of the fast-growing IoT market. Its solutions are used to validate payment systems, secure connectivity, authenticate sensors, and protect sensitive government and military data and systems. Intrinsic ID’s award recognition includes the EU 2016 Innovation Radar Prize, which honors high-potential innovations and innovators in EU-funded research. Intrinsic ID’s SRAM PUF technology has been proven in millions of devices and in products that have passed certification by Common Criteria Evaluation Assurance Level (EAL6+), EMVCo, Visa and multiple governments. | $5.3M |  | Apr 04, 2012 |  |
| The World's Online Festival | Palringo is a community messaging and gaming app for iOS and Android. The platform allows users to send instant messages, play games and to form large groups based on common interests. Launched in 2006, Palringo has more than 40 million installed users worldwide and offers a range of games along with more than 350,000 user created groups, some ofwhich have up to 2,000 members. Headquartered in London, Palringo also has offices in Newcastle, Ipswich, Gothenburg and Helsinki.Users can create and build community groups dedicated to the things they are passionate about, from gaming and entertainment to sports, travel and technology. They can further enhance their experience by using Palringo Credits to purchase virtual products such as rich media sticker packs, Bots and premium groups and accounts. Following the acquisition of Swedish game studio, Free Lunch Design, in 2014 and Tribe Studios in 2015, Palringo champions 'Community Gaming' - the integration of gaming capabilities with its instant messaging platform to create community orientated games. Palringo develops both in-app and external games. | $3.2M | Series B | Aug 01, 2010 |  |
| Eutechnyx | Eutechnyx Limited operates as a driving game developer in the United Kingdom. It offers game consoles; and publishes titles and original intellectual properties. The company was formerly known as Merit Studios (Europe) Ltd. and changed its name in 1997. Eutechnyx Limited was founded in 1987 and is based in Gateshead, the United Kingdom withadditional offices in the north east of England and Hong Kong. | $8.8M | Series A | May 13, 2010 |  |
| The World's Online Festival | Palringo is a community messaging and gaming app for iOS and Android. The platform allows users to send instant messages, play games and to form large groups based on common interests. Launched in 2006, Palringo has more than 40 million installed users worldwide and offers a range of games along with more than 350,000 user created groups, some ofwhich have up to 2,000 members. Headquartered in London, Palringo also has offices in Newcastle, Ipswich, Gothenburg and Helsinki.Users can create and build community groups dedicated to the things they are passionate about, from gaming and entertainment to sports, travel and technology. They can further enhance their experience by using Palringo Credits to purchase virtual products such as rich media sticker packs, Bots and premium groups and accounts. Following the acquisition of Swedish game studio, Free Lunch Design, in 2014 and Tribe Studios in 2015, Palringo champions 'Community Gaming' - the integration of gaming capabilities with its instant messaging platform to create community orientated games. Palringo develops both in-app and external games. | $3.1M |  | Aug 23, 2009 |  |
| The World's Online Festival | Palringo is a community messaging and gaming app for iOS and Android. The platform allows users to send instant messages, play games and to form large groups based on common interests. Launched in 2006, Palringo has more than 40 million installed users worldwide and offers a range of games along with more than 350,000 user created groups, some ofwhich have up to 2,000 members. Headquartered in London, Palringo also has offices in Newcastle, Ipswich, Gothenburg and Helsinki.Users can create and build community groups dedicated to the things they are passionate about, from gaming and entertainment to sports, travel and technology. They can further enhance their experience by using Palringo Credits to purchase virtual products such as rich media sticker packs, Bots and premium groups and accounts. Following the acquisition of Swedish game studio, Free Lunch Design, in 2014 and Tribe Studios in 2015, Palringo champions 'Community Gaming' - the integration of gaming capabilities with its instant messaging platform to create community orientated games. Palringo develops both in-app and external games. | $3.2M | Series A | Dec 01, 2007 |  |
| The World's Online Festival | Palringo is a community messaging and gaming app for iOS and Android. The platform allows users to send instant messages, play games and to form large groups based on common interests. Launched in 2006, Palringo has more than 40 million installed users worldwide and offers a range of games along with more than 350,000 user created groups, some ofwhich have up to 2,000 members. Headquartered in London, Palringo also has offices in Newcastle, Ipswich, Gothenburg and Helsinki.Users can create and build community groups dedicated to the things they are passionate about, from gaming and entertainment to sports, travel and technology. They can further enhance their experience by using Palringo Credits to purchase virtual products such as rich media sticker packs, Bots and premium groups and accounts. Following the acquisition of Swedish game studio, Free Lunch Design, in 2014 and Tribe Studios in 2015, Palringo champions 'Community Gaming' - the integration of gaming capabilities with its instant messaging platform to create community orientated games. Palringo develops both in-app and external games. | $828K | Seed | Aug 01, 2006 |  |
| Zappi | Zappi helps global brands make faster and better decisions to drive business growth. They help global brands make faster and better decisions to drive business growth, shape new product development, and enhance their advertising and branding efforts. They assist them predicting success and disrupting their industries | $15.3M |  |  |  |

8 of 8 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Northstar Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/northstar-ventures) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [ePlanet Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dfj-eplanet-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [NTEC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ntec) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Cipio Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cipio-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [NStar](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nstar) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Bosch Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/robert-bosch-venture-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Prime Ventures

VC Fund · Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Prime Ventures is a venture capital firm focusing on investing in European companies in the technology and related industries and leverages its capital, experience and network to actively guide them into global category leaders. The firm has invested in companies in the Benelux countries, United Kingdom, France, Finland and Sweden. From itsoffices in The Netherlands and the UK the independent partnership manages over EUR700 million in committed capital.(Source :

5 contacts available at Prime Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Joost Holleman | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/joost-holleman |
| Ilja Bobbert | Founder & Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ilja-bobbert |
| Margaret Perchik | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/margaret-perchik |
| Martijn van Heeswijk | Associate | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/martijn-van-heeswijk |
| Monish Suri | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/monish-suri |

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## FAQ

### What does Monish Suri invest in?

Monish Suri invests primarily in iOS, Apps and Audio startups, most often at Funding Round and Series A stage. Most of the 8 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United Kingdom. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Monish Suri last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Monish Suri closed in Feb 2019. Shizune tracks 8 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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