# Praveen Paranjothi > Praveen Paranjothi is a seed investor at Pinegray backing Database and Software. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026. - Type: Angel Investor - Fund: [Pinegray](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/pinegray) - Total investments: 2 - Last investment: Sep 2019 - Lead investor: 0% - Last updated: Aug 2026 - LinkedIn: http://lu.linkedin.com/in/praveenjothi - X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/praveennjothi Praveen Paranjothi is an entrepreneur and investor in venture and impact capital. ## Round sizes | Stage | Round size | | --- | --- | | Seed | $1.5M–$5.3M | ## Investment focus ### Industry | Industry | Investments | Share | | --- | --- | --- | | Database | 1 | 50% | | Software | 1 | 50% | | Biometrics | 1 | 50% | | Real Estate | 1 | 50% | | Cyber Security | 1 | 50% | 10 industries tracked in total. ### Country | Country | Investments | Share | | --- | --- | --- | | Portugal | 1 | 50% | | United States | 1 | 50% | ## Investments | Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | CASAFARI | CASAFARI brings transparency to chaotic property markets by building a clean and complete real estate database. The company's proprietary technology allows agents to collect, clean, match duplicates, and evaluate every property coming to the market and to source the best investment opportunities in real-time. | $5.3M | Seed | Sep 10, 2019 | | | TypingDNA | TypingDNA provides typing biometrics authentication as a service, enabling companies to recognize people by the way they type. The company's authentication technology compares how people type on their keyboards against previous recordings. Works on both mobiles and PCs. Headquartered in New York, United States, with offices in Romania, EU. | $1.5M | Seed | Jan 31, 2019 | | 2 of 2 investments shown. ## Co-investors - [Bynd Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/busy-angels) — VC Fund, 1 deal together - [GapMinder VC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gapminder-vc) — VC Fund, 1 deal together - [Gecad Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gecadgroup) — VC Fund, 1 deal together - [Lakestar](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lakestar) — VC Fund, 1 deal together - [Round Hill Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/round-hill-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together - [Round Hill Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/roundhillventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together ## About Pinegray VC Fund 1 contacts available at Pinegray. | Name | Title | Profile | | --- | --- | --- | | Praveen Paranjothi | Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/praveen-paranjothi | ## Similar investors ### Similar industry - [Antler](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/antler-be9c) — VC Fund - [Alumni Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alumni-ventures-group) — VC Fund - [Right Side Capital Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/right-side-capital-management) — VC Fund ### Similar stage - [Antler](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/antler-be9c) — VC Fund - [Alumni Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alumni-ventures-group) — VC Fund - [Right Side Capital Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/right-side-capital-management) — VC Fund ### Similar country - [Portugal Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/portugal-ventures) — VC Fund - [Caixa Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/caixa-capital-2) — VC Fund - [Armilar Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/espirito-santo-ventures) — VC Fund ## Featured in investor lists - [Software Angel Investors in Portugal](https://shizune.co/investors/software-angel-investors-portugal) - [Proptech Angel Investors in Portugal](https://shizune.co/investors/proptech-angel-investors-portugal) - [Real Estate Angel Investors in Portugal](https://shizune.co/investors/real-estate-angel-investors-portugal) - [All Angel Investors in Portugal](https://shizune.co/investors/angel-investors-portugal) - [Artificial intelligence Investors in Portugal](https://shizune.co/investors/artificial-intelligence-investors-portugal) ## FAQ ### What does Praveen Paranjothi invest in? Praveen Paranjothi invests primarily in Database, Software and Biometrics startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Portugal. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio. ### What is Praveen Paranjothi's check size? Praveen Paranjothi typically joins rounds of $1.5M–$5.3M at Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Praveen Paranjothi participates in. ### When did Praveen Paranjothi last invest? The most recent investment recorded for Praveen Paranjothi closed in Sep 2019. Shizune tracks 2 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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