# Prabhu Goel

> Prabhu Goel is a Series C investor backing Software and Enterprise Software. See 7 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 7
- Last investment: May 2016
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/prabhu-goel-b373798

Prabhu Goel is a Series C investor in San Francisco focused on Software and Enterprise Software. Prabhu began his career by joining IBM’s EDA organization at East Fishkill where he was involved with many developments in the area of chip test automation. At IBM he developed the Podem algorithm and other technologies that earned him 4 patents and several awards. He left in 1981 to join Wang Labs where he was exposed to the commercial EDAindustry. He left Wang in 1982 to start Gateway Design Automation – the company that delivered the now industry standard Verilog-XL to the market. In 1989 he sold Gateway to Cadence and continued at Cadence for 2 more years. He left Cadence to become a private venture capitalist. Since 1992, he has been an investor and a Director in a number of private companies. In 1996 he sold one of his companies, Frontline Design Automation, to Avant Corporation for a second venture success. Several of his present investments are in the EDA industry. Prabhu completed his graduate studies from Carnegie Mellon.

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $2.6M–$4.3M |
| Series C | $8M–$25M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 5 | 71% |
| Enterprise Software | 4 | 57% |
| Information Technology | 4 | 57% |
| Supply Chain Management | 2 | 29% |
| Mobile | 1 | 14% |

14 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series C | 2 | 29% |
| Seed | 1 | 14% |
| Angel | 1 | 14% |
| Series A | 1 | 14% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 14% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 4 | 57% |
| Ireland | 1 | 14% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| PowWow Mobile | PowWow Mobile is redefining the mobile enterprise. Their rapid mobile app solution, SmartUX, enables organizations to simplify and extend business apps to mobile by modernizing and streamlining existing processes to deliver new and intelligent enterprise to edge experiences. The company's SmartUX Platform simplifies and extends business appsto mobile, delivering modern omnichannel experiences that empower an anytime, anywhere workforce.The SmartUX enables organizations to simplify and extend business apps to mobile by modernizing and streamlining existing processes to deliver new and intelligent “enterprise to edge” experiences. It also provides a low-code, drag, and drops environment for rapidly creating and deploying secure cross-platform mobile apps. With unmatched accessibility and ease-of-use, our solution facilitates collaboration between IT and the business, significantly reducing backlogs and accelerating time to value.Based in San Francisco, PowWow Mobile has garnered prestigious awards and recognition from AOTMP, Compass Intelligence, Gartner and more. | $4.3M | Seed | May 04, 2016 | http://www.powwowmobile.com |
| Aera Technology | Aera Technology is the Cognitive Automation company that makes business agility happen. it deliver the first scalable digital platform that integrates with your existing systems to make and execute business decisions in real time. In the era of digital acceleration, Aera helps enterprises around the world transform they respond to the ever-changingenvironment. | $25M | Series C | Apr 19, 2016 | http://www.aeratechnology.com/ |
| Verecho | Verecho is a mobile first enterprise software platform to enable companies to automate their people knowledge management. Connect to both structured and unstructured data sets and enable employees to find others based on free text search. |  | Angel | Jul 31, 2015 | http://www.verecho.com |
| PowWow Mobile | PowWow Mobile is redefining the mobile enterprise. Their rapid mobile app solution, SmartUX, enables organizations to simplify and extend business apps to mobile by modernizing and streamlining existing processes to deliver new and intelligent enterprise to edge experiences. The company's SmartUX Platform simplifies and extends business appsto mobile, delivering modern omnichannel experiences that empower an anytime, anywhere workforce.The SmartUX enables organizations to simplify and extend business apps to mobile by modernizing and streamlining existing processes to deliver new and intelligent “enterprise to edge” experiences. It also provides a low-code, drag, and drops environment for rapidly creating and deploying secure cross-platform mobile apps. With unmatched accessibility and ease-of-use, our solution facilitates collaboration between IT and the business, significantly reducing backlogs and accelerating time to value.Based in San Francisco, PowWow Mobile has garnered prestigious awards and recognition from AOTMP, Compass Intelligence, Gartner and more. | $2.6M | Seed | Feb 20, 2015 | http://www.powwowmobile.com |
| POWWOW | Studio POWWOW is a transmedia and Animation Production company based in Dublin, Ireland. We specialize in the creation, development and production of entertainment content solutions across multiple platforms, including mobile, web and TV. Studio POWWOW is currently in development of its first major cross platform entertainment IP ‘The World ofShipAntics.’ The World of ShipAntics is an animated comedy adventure game being developed for iOS & Android devices. We will be developing The World of ShipAntics into Appisodes, a TV series, and more. | $2.5M | Series A | Sep 24, 2014 | http://studiopowwow.com/ |
| Serus | Serus Corporation provides intelligent operations management solutions to enterprises that outsource their manufacturing. It offers transaction automation, operations planning, and business performance management solutions that enable semiconductor, consumer electronics, and original equipment manufacturing companies to integrate business processesamong trading partners.The company offers WIP management solution for network WIP visibility, lot genealogy and analysis, instruction management, and integration; supply chain planning solution for modeling, material planning, constrained planning, and what-if scenario planning; demand planning solution for demand aggregation and forecasting, and forecast netting; purchase order management solution for purchase order approval, supplier collaboration, central repository, and exception management; fulfillment solution for intelligent and collaborative fulfillment; sales order management solution for sales order workflow, sales operations management, and reporting; and dashboard solutions.In addition, the company offers subscription, application hosting, trading partner, and support services. The company was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California. | $8M | Series C | Jul 11, 2007 |  |

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## FAQ

### What does Prabhu Goel invest in?

Prabhu Goel invests primarily in Software, Enterprise Software and Information Technology startups, most often at Series C and Seed stage. Most of the 7 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Prabhu Goel's check size?

Prabhu Goel typically joins rounds of $2.6M–$4.3M at Seed and $8M–$25M at Series C. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Prabhu Goel participates in.

### How do I contact Prabhu Goel?

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### When did Prabhu Goel last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Prabhu Goel closed in May 2016. Shizune tracks 7 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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