# Naveen Gavini

> Naveen Gavini is a Series A investor in San Francisco backing Apps and Mobile. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Sep 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Feb 2024
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Sep 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ngavini
- Website: https://x.com/ngavini

Naveen Gavini is a Series A investor in San Francisco focused on Apps and Mobile. Naveen Gavini is the SVP, Products at Pinterest. He previoualy worked as a Head of Design & User Experience at Pinterest, where he oversees the user experience across all of Pinterest’s consumer products. He guided the team through the transition to mobile, building the first mobile app and transitioning the service’s usage to 80% mobile injust one year. Since then, he’s helped scale the company, building out product, engineering and design teams crafting many of Pinterest’s most successful features.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Apps | 1 | 100% |
| Mobile | 1 | 100% |
| Social | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Lapse | Lapse is a social disposable camera app. The app lets close groups recreate the magic of old-school disposable cameras by taking 36 snaps to ‘rolls’ in private group chats. | $30M | Series A | Feb 27, 2024 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Google Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/google-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [DST Global](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/digital-sky-technologies-fo) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Greylock](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/greylock) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Octopus Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/octopus-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Speedinvest](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/speedinvest) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Naveen Gavini invest in?

Naveen Gavini invests primarily in Apps, Mobile and Social startups, most often at Series A stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United Kingdom. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Naveen Gavini?

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### When did Naveen Gavini last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Naveen Gavini closed in Feb 2024. Shizune tracks 1 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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