# Paresh Ghelani

> Paresh Ghelani is a seed investor at 2020 Company backing Water and Retail. See 3 investments, round sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: 2020 Company
- Location: Chicago, United States
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: Sep 2024
- Lead investor: 33%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/paresh-ghelani

Paresh Ghelani is a seed investor at 2020 Company in Chicago focused on Water and Retail. As a co-founder of 2020, Paresh is responsible for the strategic direction and financial strength of the company. He brings years of hands-on management experience from successfully developing and operating business concerns. With expertise in management strategy and vision, Paresh has spent his career building organizations from the ground up.Prior to 2020, Paresh was an investor and operations director at a boutique consulting firm in Chicago, where he directed all corporate engineering and operations efforts in addition to being responsible for the definition of service positioning and marketing. He built the organization from the ground up, growing the company to 55 consultants within the company’s first year. The firm was then acquired by a publicly traded Fortune 500 company. Earlier in his career, Paresh was a senior network analyst at Zurich Insurance, where he was responsible for network design, product evaluation, implementation and operation.Paresh received his BA in Computer Science from the University of Illinois at Chicago.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Water | 1 | 33% |
| Retail | 1 | 33% |
| E-Commerce | 1 | 33% |
| Manufacturing | 1 | 33% |
| Food Processing | 1 | 33% |

7 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 67% |
| Angel | 1 | 33% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| India | 1 | 33% |
| United States | 1 | 33% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Round size | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Alpino | Alpino is a food company that processes and distributes peanut products. | $1.2M | Seed | Sep 16, 2024 |  |
| Alpino | Alpino is a food company that processes and distributes peanut products. | $1.2M | Angel | Sep 16, 2024 |  |
| Genesis Systems | Genesis Systems is a developer of state-of-the-art industrial technologies that provide sustainable water resource generation and environmental transformation. The company focuses on developing and creating, sustainable water solutions in arid environments. Genesis' technology generates water directly from the air at industrial scales. Itspecializes in the fields of technology research, systems development, and resource sustainability.Genesis Systems was founded in 2017 in Kansas City Missouri and is headquartered in Tampa, FL with offices throughout the U.S. | $10.3M | Seed | Feb 09, 2022 |  |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Southland Holdings](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/southland-holdings) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About 2020 Company

VC Fund · Chicago, United States

2020 Company is a technology company. 2020 is focused on providing the highest quality information technology and business solutions for one primary purpose: to enhance the performance of Government and commercial enterprises.

2 contacts available at 2020 Company.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Paresh Ghelani | Co-founder & Chief Executive Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/paresh-ghelani |
| Mike Raymond | Chief Strategy Officer | — |

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## FAQ

### What does Paresh Ghelani invest in?

Paresh Ghelani invests primarily in Water, Retail and E-Commerce startups, most often at Seed and Angel stage. Most of the 3 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in India. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Paresh Ghelani?

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### When did Paresh Ghelani last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Paresh Ghelani closed in Sep 2024. Shizune tracks 3 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?

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