# Arnav Sahu

> Arnav Sahu is a Series A investor at Peak XV Partners backing Artificial Intelligence and Software. See 8 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Peak XV Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sequoia-india-2)
- Total investments: 8
- Last investment: May 2026
- Lead investor: 88%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/arnavsahu
- Website: https://www.arnavsahu341.com

Arnav Sahu is a Series A investor at Peak XV Partners focused on Artificial Intelligence and Software. Arnav Sahu is the Investment Partner of Peak XV Partners. He attended the Cornell University.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Artificial Intelligence | 6 | 75% |
| Software | 4 | 50% |
| B2B | 3 | 38% |
| Generative AI | 3 | 38% |
| Information Technology | 3 | 38% |

21 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 4 | 50% |
| Seed | 3 | 38% |
| Series B | 1 | 13% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Vapi | Vapi is a platform that allows the integration of applications and services. It enables users to create, manage, and monitor APIs. It also supports developers in building solutions and facilitates collaboration between teams. Vapi serves industries such as technology, finance, healthcare, and logistics. | $50M | Series B | May 12, 2026 |  |
| Manufact | MCP Use provides open-source developer tools and infrastructure for the model context protocol. | $6.3M | Seed | Feb 12, 2026 |  |
| The Prompting Company | The Prompting Company analyzes and creates AI-optimized content for products to gain visibility in AI-generated answers. | $6.5M | Seed | Oct 30, 2025 |  |
| Mem0 | The Memory layer for your AI apps | $20M | Series A | Oct 28, 2025 |  |
| Alex AI | Apriora can save hundreds of hours by automating technical interviews and helps to scale engineering teams efficiently. | $17M | Series A | Sep 29, 2025 |  |
| Alex AI | Alex AI is an autonomous recruiter platform that automates interviewing and screening for candidates across multiple industries. The system conducts live phone and video interviews, provides actionable insights, and integrates into existing Applicant Tracking Systems. Alex AI helps organizations screen more candidates and increases recruiterproductivity by managing scheduling and initial conversations. | $17M | Series A | Sep 29, 2025 |  |
| Hyperbound | Hyperbound is a simulated AI Sales Roleplay platform that turns ICP descriptions into interactive AI buyers in less than 2 minutes. It helps your sales team onboard 50% faster and boosts your team's conversions on cold, warm, & discovery calls.Every sales team wants to do more roleplays, but it's often unscalable and biased. Insteadof having your sellers practice on real prospects and burn leads in the process, Hyperbound allows your reps to get realistic at-bats with an AI buyer. Sellers can finally gain call confidence and mastery in a simulated environment that doesn't put your pipeline at risk and gives time back to your managers. Interested in trying it out today? Start a free demo simulation at hyperbound.ai and contact us at founders@hyperbound.ai for next steps. | $15M | Series A | Sep 15, 2025 |  |
| Better Auth | Better Auth provides tools for developers to simplify how developers manage user authentication. | $5M | Seed | Jun 24, 2025 |  |

8 of 8 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Y Combinator](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/y-combinator) — VC Fund, 11 deals together
- [Bessemer Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bessemer-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Pioneer Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/pioneer-fund) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Uncorrelated Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/uncorrelated-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Base10 Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/base10-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Basis Set Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/basis-set-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Peak XV Partners

VC Fund · Bengaluru, India

Peak XV Partners (Formerly Sequoia Capital India & SEA) is a venture capital and growth investment firm investing across India, South East Asia, and beyond. Peak XV has grown to manage over $9bn in capital across 13 funds and invested in over 400 companies, of which ~40 companies have achieved revenues of over $100MM.

5 contacts available at Peak XV Partners.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Ishaan Mittal | Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ishaan-mittal |
| Ajey Gore | Operating Partner - Technology | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ajey-gore |
| Arnav Sahu | Investment Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sanchit-narang |
| Ashish Agrawal | Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ashish-agrawal |
| Harshjit Sethi | Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/harshjit-sethi |

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## FAQ

### What does Arnav Sahu invest in?

Arnav Sahu invests primarily in Artificial Intelligence, Software and B2B startups, most often at Series A and Seed stage. Most of the 8 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 Arnav Sahu last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Arnav Sahu closed in May 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.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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