# Neal Shenoy

> Neal Shenoy is a seed investor at [212]Media backing Analytics. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Oct 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [\[212\]Media](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/212-media)
- Location: New York, United States
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: May 2014
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Oct 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/nealshenoy
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/learnwithhomer
- Website: http://www.learnwithhomer.com
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/learnwithhomer

Neal Shenoy is a seed investor at [212]Media in New York focused on Analytics and Social Media. Neal Shenoy is Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer at BEGiN. Neal manages BEGiN’s purpose and vision, sets its strategy and execution plan, recruits talent and manages strategic relationships with investors and partners. Neal has built a team with deep industry expertise across organizations such as Nickelodeon, PBS Kids, Scholastic, Barnes& Noble, Pearson and Mattel.He has helped guide BEGiN to be one of the largest, fastest growing and most promising platforms for early childhood literacy and language learning, earning recognition from the Aspen Institute, American Library Association, Education World and National Education Association. Neal is also a Co-Founder of SAAVN, the largest streaming service for South Asian music in the world, and a Founding Partner at [212]MEDIA, which builds consumer media ventures in fragmented markets alongside major media companies. Prior to [212]MEDIA, Neal was Co-Founder and President of Simile, a contextual advertising platform in media and publishing. With a B.S.F.S. in International Relations from the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University Neal began his career as an Investment Banker in an upstart unit of Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette that advised media & telecom companies.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Analytics | 1 | 100% |
| Social Media | 1 | 100% |
| Social Media Marketing | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| LiftMetrix | LiftMetrix instantly creates a customized social media marketing plan to drive key business objectives. LiftMetrix optimizes the value of growing investment in social marketing by turning raw measurement data into specific ROI metrics and recommendations. It also moves well beyond social analytics and superficial metrics to a deeper level ofbusiness intelligence. With LiftMetrix, you finally have a proven, powerful way to ensure that the social marketing spending impacts business. | $2M | Seed | May 30, 2014 | http://www.liftmetrix.com |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [AngelFire Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/angelfire-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Elevate Innovation Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/elevate-innovation-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Empire Angels](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/empire-angels) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [New York Angels](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/new-york-angels) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Residence Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/residence-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Vaidya Capital Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/vaidya-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About [212]Media

VC Fund · New York, United States

212]MEDIA is a digital media firm that owns and operates a portfolio of companies, which create unique content and communities in partnership with major media companies. [212]MEDIA owns and operates the businesses in its portfolio and ensures the success of each of them by recruiting the best talent in the industry, developing innovative digitalproducts and services, marketing to audiences, building revenues, and investing its own capital.The [212]MEDIA portfolio is comprised of Saavn (South Asian content distribution), Sportsvite (online recreational sports communities), Speakaboos (children's publishing online) and SnakBlox (advertising supported casual game syndication).

4 contacts available at [212]Media.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Neal Shenoy | co-founder & principal | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/neal-shenoy |
| Paramdeep Singh | Co-Founder & Principal | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/paramdeep-singh |
| Rishi Malhotra | partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rishi-malhotra |
| Vinodh Bhat | Principal | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/vin-bhat |

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## FAQ

### What does Neal Shenoy invest in?

Neal Shenoy invests primarily in Analytics, Social Media and Social Media Marketing startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 1 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 Neal Shenoy last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Neal Shenoy closed in May 2014. 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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