shl.vc
VC Fund
shl.vc is a VC fund focused on Software and Recruiting. Investing over $10 million a year into early-stage technology startups, mostly via $100K-$250K checks.
- Total investments:
- 5
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 0%
Last updated:
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Industries shl.vc invests in
Stages shl.vc invests in
Countries shl.vc invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
3 more contacts available
Round size
- Seed
- $1.5M–$2.3M
- Pre-Seed
- $1.5M–$1.5M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 2 (40%)
- Recruiting 2 (40%)
- Information Technology 2 (40%)
- SaaS 1 (20%)
- Privacy 1 (20%)
Stage
- Seed 2 (40%)
- Pre-Seed 2 (40%)
- Funding Round 1 (20%)
Country
- Canada 2 (40%)
- India 1 (20%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Sahil Lavingia
Founder
|
Founder | Total investments: 55 | Find email | |
Sandeep Bansal
Venture Scout
|
Venture Scout | Total investments: 0 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
Litebulb
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Litebulb saves engineers thousands of hours a year by automating deep, relevant technical onsite interviews. | $1.5M / Pre-Seed / Oct 26, 2021 | |
Airwork
|
Airwork is a platform to hire premium blue collar workers on-demand. You can get an Airwork the same way you get an Uber, except instead of a taxi, someone shows up to your business to work for the day. Airwork fills 98% of shifts in 2 hours, serving customers Tesla, the Toronto Pearson Airport, and the CNE across North America. Airwork is fundedby YCombinator, Expa, Village Global, and SHL Capital. | $1.5M / Pre-Seed / Oct 26, 2021 | |
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Airwork
|
Airwork is a platform to hire premium blue collar workers on-demand. You can get an Airwork the same way you get an Uber, except instead of a taxi, someone shows up to your business to work for the day. Airwork fills 98% of shifts in 2 hours, serving customers Tesla, the Toronto Pearson Airport, and the CNE across North America. Airwork is fundedby YCombinator, Expa, Village Global, and SHL Capital. | $1.5M / Seed / Oct 26, 2021 | |
Arcana Network
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Arcana is the Decentralized Storage Layer for Ethereum and EVM chains, with a Privacy Stack for Authentication, Identity and Access Control, Key Management, and End-to-End to encryption. With Arcana's Privacy stack, developers can build secure and privacy-preserving apps. | $2.3M / Oct 13, 2021 | |
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Arcana Network
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Arcana is the Decentralized Storage Layer for Ethereum and EVM chains, with a Privacy Stack for Authentication, Identity and Access Control, Key Management, and End-to-End to encryption. With Arcana's Privacy stack, developers can build secure and privacy-preserving apps. | $2.3M / Seed / Oct 13, 2021 |
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FAQ
What does shl.vc invest in?
shl.vc invests primarily in Software, Recruiting and Information Technology startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 5 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Canada. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What is shl.vc's check size?
shl.vc typically joins rounds of $1.5M–$2.3M at Seed and $1.5M–$1.5M at Pre-Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds shl.vc participates in.
How do I contact shl.vc?
Public channels for shl.vc include LinkedIn and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.
Who are the partners at shl.vc?
The team at shl.vc includes Sahil Lavingia (Founder) and Sandeep Bansal (Venture Scout). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
Is Shizune's investor data accurate?
Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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