# Prashant Shah

> Prashant Shah is a Series A investor at Monta Vista Capital backing Software and Apps. See 5 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Monta Vista Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/monta-vista-capital)
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 5
- Last investment: Sep 2015
- Lead investor: 40%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/shahp
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/prashca

Prashant Shah is a Series A investor at Monta Vista Capital in San Francisco focused on Software and Apps. Prashant Shah is Managing Director of TiE LaunchPad (www.tielaunchpad.com), an accelerator for enterprise startups. He is also an active Charter Member of TiE Silicon Valley (www.tiesv.org), a member of its Board of Directors, and Co-Chair of TiE Angels. Prashant Shah has been an early stage venture investor since 2001. Previously, he was withHummer Winblad Venture Partners, an early stage VC focused on enterprise and infrastructure software. Prior to Hummer Winblad, Prashant spent many years defining and launching high tech products. His background spans all seven layers of the OSI stack with product management roles at enCommerce (acquired by Entrust), Cypress Semiconductor and AT&T. Prashant received a BS in Electrical Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 2 | 40% |
| Apps | 1 | 20% |
| Mobile | 1 | 20% |
| Real Time | 1 | 20% |
| Data Storage | 1 | 20% |

10 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 2 | 40% |
| Series B | 1 | 20% |
| Series C | 1 | 20% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| PubNub | PubNub is a secure global Data Stream Network (DSN) and easy to use API that enables our customers to connect, scale, and manage realtime applications and IoT devices. With over 70 SDKs for every platform, 250ms worldwide data transfer times, and scalability for hundreds of millions of devices, PubNub’s unique infrastructure gives you the abilityto easily connect and operate world-class realtime applications and IoT devices. PubNub is headquartered in San Francisco. Visit https://www.pubnub.com to start a free trial today. | $25M | Series C | Sep 21, 2015 |  |
| PubNub | PubNub is a secure global Data Stream Network (DSN) and easy to use API that enables our customers to connect, scale, and manage realtime applications and IoT devices. With over 70 SDKs for every platform, 250ms worldwide data transfer times, and scalability for hundreds of millions of devices, PubNub’s unique infrastructure gives you the abilityto easily connect and operate world-class realtime applications and IoT devices. PubNub is headquartered in San Francisco. Visit https://www.pubnub.com to start a free trial today. | $10.6M | Series B | Sep 17, 2013 |  |
| PubNub | PubNub is a secure global Data Stream Network (DSN) and easy to use API that enables our customers to connect, scale, and manage realtime applications and IoT devices. With over 70 SDKs for every platform, 250ms worldwide data transfer times, and scalability for hundreds of millions of devices, PubNub’s unique infrastructure gives you the abilityto easily connect and operate world-class realtime applications and IoT devices. PubNub is headquartered in San Francisco. Visit https://www.pubnub.com to start a free trial today. | $4.5M | Series A | Mar 21, 2012 |  |
| Evostor | EvoStor is pioneering development of a new generation of storage systems purpose-built for the challenging requirements of virtual infrastructure.Storage vendors have tried to add capabilities to legacy products to address the challenges introduced by virtualization. Just adding features is not enough. EvoStor delivers innovative new technologyto fully integrate with virtualization systems and management tools so they are simple to deploy and manage while providing enterprise class functionality. |  | Series A | Mar 19, 2010 |  |
| Evostor | EvoStor is pioneering development of a new generation of storage systems purpose-built for the challenging requirements of virtual infrastructure.Storage vendors have tried to add capabilities to legacy products to address the challenges introduced by virtualization. Just adding features is not enough. EvoStor delivers innovative new technologyto fully integrate with virtualization systems and management tools so they are simple to deploy and manage while providing enterprise class functionality. |  | Series A | Nov 01, 2008 |  |

5 of 5 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Relay Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/relay-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Southern Cross Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/southern-cross-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Starfish Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/starfish-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Clearvision Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/clearvision-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Envision Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/envision-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Bosch Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/robert-bosch-venture-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Monta Vista Capital

VC Fund · Sunnyvale, United States

Monta Vista Capital is an investment company focused on early stage B2B companies. It was founded in 2014.

5 contacts available at Monta Vista Capital.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Mark Greenough | Chief Financial Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mark-greenough |
| Prashant Shah | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/prashant-shah |
| Glen Anderson | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/glen-anderson |
| Roger Krakoff | General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/roger-krakoff |
| Sameer Chopra | Venture Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sameer-chopra-3de8 |

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## FAQ

### What does Prashant Shah invest in?

Prashant Shah invests primarily in Software, Apps and Mobile startups, most often at Series A and Series B stage. Most of the 5 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Prashant Shah last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Prashant Shah closed in Sep 2015. Shizune tracks 5 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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