Samir Shah
Managing Partner & Founder @ Peak Venture Partners
Mumbai, India
Samir Shah is a seed investor at Peak Venture Partners in Mumbai focused on PaaS and EdTech. Samir is extremely passionate about sustainability, and has a deep knowledge of our core sectors through his investments, operating positions and industry affiliations over the past decade. He enjoys working closely with entrepreneurs to help build real value in companies. Samir began his career in venture capital in 2014, through his privateinvestment office - Sattva Capital. Sattva has invested in over 30 companies across stages and sectors in the past five years, with several strong performers in sustainability including Drinkwell, ION Energy, GIST and HST Power. Within the space, water purification, solar, EVs, batteries and measurement of natural capital impacts are core areas of investment and expertise. The investment office has since become known to bring strong value-add and a wealth of knowledge to its portfolio companies. Samir is also an Adjunct Professor at Ahmedabad University, teaching a course on Sustainability.
- Total investments:
- 8
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 25%
Last updated:
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Industries Samir Shah invests in
Stages Samir Shah invests in
Countries Samir Shah invests in
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Investment Focus
Industry
- PaaS 1 (13%)
- EdTech 1 (13%)
- Mobile 1 (13%)
- Retail 1 (13%)
- FinTech 1 (13%)
Stage
- Seed 4 (50%)
- Angel 2 (25%)
- Funding Round 1 (13%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 1 (13%)
Country
- India 6 (75%)
- Norway 1 (13%)
- United States 1 (13%)
Investments
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| Brisil specializes in producing silica and precipitated silica for various applications. | Seed / Aug 26, 2026 | ||
| Hydrogen Mem-Tech aim is to make the green shift happen through our state-of-the-art hydrogen separation technology with carbon capture. | Oct 22, 2024 | ||
| NeonVest supercharges founders’ networking. Think, LinkedIn 2.0. The platform uses data to connect early-stage founders to experts in VC and successful operators, for one-on-one, 30-60 minute video conversations. These conversations are primarily for mentorship and professional networking, and can massively help founders scale up in many waysoutside of just capital (though that, too). | Seed / Oct 09, 2022 | ||
| Awaaz.De provides technology solutions and services for development sector organizations to connect with under served communities. It develops cost-effective, easy-to-use communication and data collection tools that work on mobiles and landlines, breaking language and literacy barriers. Awaaz.De clients use their applications for health, education,microfinance, and agriculture to increase the impact.Awaaz.De was founded on 2010 and is headquartered in Ahmedabad, India. | Angel / Feb 13, 2018 | ||
| Shortlist works in India and East Africa to help growing enterprises hire based on skills and potential, rather than pedigree. The Shortlist platform screens candidates using predictive chat-based interviews and online competency-based assessments, letting employers skips the most time-consuming and bias-prone phases of hiring. | $1M / Seed / Sep 19, 2017 | ||
| FindURClass is a search and discovery platform that provides its users with information on all extracurricular activities and hobby classes, in and around their area. The platform shortlists classes based on class type, location, age, and price. Its users also get access to user reviews and ratings and even book their classes online.FindURClasswas launched in 2013 and is based in Mumbai, Maharashtra. | Venture - Series Unknown / Jan 28, 2016 | ||
| Arya.ai offers 'Autonomous AI' product stack for financial institutions to automate and augment core business tasks using deep learning. | $750K / Seed / Dec 22, 2015 | ||
| Joybynature is an online shopping and retail store selling natural and organic products. The company currently works with over 300 vendors across the country and gets over 65 percent of its orders from states outside North India.Joybynature sells more than 8 thousands of organic and natural products across categories including home care, apparel,groceries, baby care, cosmetics, and more. They have created an online space for easy accessibility to Nature's bounty. The mission of Joybynature is to provide natural & healthy products available to people at their doorstep.Joybynature was founded in 2013 and is based in New Delhi, Delhi, India. | $1M / Angel / Jul 21, 2015 |
Co-Investors
About Peak Venture Partners
Peak Venture Partners is an early-stage sustainability investment firm. Peak Venture Partners identify and invest in purpose-driven entrepreneurs looking to make a difference in the world, and shape our collective future.
Peak Venture Partners Contacts
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Samir Shah
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Aakash Shah
Partner
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Karan Mehta
Principal
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Sanjay Nayar
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What does Samir Shah invest in?
Samir Shah invests primarily in PaaS, EdTech and Mobile startups, most often at Seed and Angel stage. Most of the 8 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in India. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
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The most recent investment recorded for Samir Shah closed in Aug 2026. Shizune tracks 8 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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