# Samarth Shekhar

> Samarth Shekhar is a seed investor at SixThirty (Amsterdam) backing Financial Services. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [SixThirty](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sixthirty)
- Location: Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Nov 2020
- Lead investor: 100%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/samarthshekhar

Samarth Shekhar is a seed investor at SixThirty in Amsterdam focused on Financial Services. Samarth Shekhar heads the EMEA presence (based in Amsterdam) of SixThirty Ventures, an early stage VC headquartered in St. Louis, US offering B2B FinTech & InsurTech startups funding and connections to top US financial institutions. He was recognized by the WSJ / Financial News FinTech40 as one of the "40 Innovators Shaping the Futureof Finance" in 2014. He is the co-founder of FinTech Forum, since 2013 the leading community (network of 12000+) for startups, investors and financial institutions in Europe. Prior to SixThirty Ventures, he founded (2012) and ran TechFluence, an award-winning corporate development boutique in Frankfurt/ Main.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Vlot | Vlot is offering intergrated life risk analysis, life insurance coverage and dynamic life planning solutions combined with digital underwriting through cutting edge APIs and algorthims. | $1.2M | Seed | Nov 02, 2020 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Spicehaus Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/spicehaus-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About SixThirty

VC Fund · St Louis, United States

SixThirty is a global venture capital fund that operates a go-to-market program for B2B FinTech, InsurTech & Cybser Security startups. SixThirty invests in and helps grow between 8 - 12 early-stage (generally Seed - Series A) companies each year, providing funding, mentorship, and connections. Learn more about the SixThirty investment processat https://sixthirty.co/apply/.SixThirty's mission is to find the most innovative ideas in enterprise financial technology, insurance technology, and cyber security across the globe, and work with like-minded corporate investors and partners to mentor and grow them into great businesses.

5 contacts available at SixThirty.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Atul Kamra | Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/atul-kamra |
| Joel Brightfield | Principal | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/joel-brightfield |
| Molly Hoffmeyer | Director Of Strategic Partnerships | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/molly-hoffmeyer |
| Samarth Shekhar | Regional Manager EMEA | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/samarth-shekhar |
| Tyler Short | Director of Operations and Chief Compliance Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tyler-short |

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## FAQ

### What does Samarth Shekhar invest in?

Samarth Shekhar invests primarily in Financial Services startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Switzerland. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Samarth Shekhar last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Samarth Shekhar closed in Nov 2020. Shizune tracks 1 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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