# Pavan Katepalli

> Pavan Katepalli is a seed investor in San Francisco backing Web3 and Gaming. See 1 investment, round sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

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

Pavan Katepalli is a bay area entrepreneur, engineer, investor, and animal rights activist. In 2014, he Co-Founded and was CTO of INRTracker.com and raised $50k in seed funding from Rodger Ford, Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year. In 2015, he served as Chief Learning Officer and an early-stage CTO for Trilogy Education Services. Trilogyraised 80 million dollars of venture funding, grew to 1000+ employees, expanded internationally, and was acquired by 2u (Nasdaq: TWOU). Pavan was a speaker at Bitcoin 2019 and consulted on blockchain technical architecture for banks and government entities. Pavan has a BA in Mathematics from Rutgers University.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Web3 | 1 | 100% |
| Gaming | 1 | 100% |
| Blockchain | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Round size | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Moku | Moku is a web3 gaming platform that enables players connect to gaming guilds, NFT casting pages, game strategy communities, and more. | $5.4M | Seed | Sep 09, 2024 | https://hq.moku.gg |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [A16Z GAMES Speedrun](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/a16z-games) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Arca](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/arca-5fb9) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Big Brain Holdings](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/big-brain-holdings) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Contango Digital Assets](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/contango-digital-assets) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Formless Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/formless-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Sky Mavis](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sky-mavis) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Pavan Katepalli invest in?

Pavan Katepalli invests primarily in Web3, Gaming and Blockchain startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Canada. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Pavan Katepalli?

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### When did Pavan Katepalli last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Pavan Katepalli closed in Sep 2024. Shizune tracks 1 investment 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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