# Sashi Reddi

> Sashi Reddi is a seed investor at SRI Capital (Philadelphia) backing Internet and Software. See 24 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [SRI Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sri-capital)
- Location: Philadelphia, United States
- Total investments: 24
- Last investment: Sep 2024
- Lead investor: 42%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/sashireddi

Sashi Reddi is a successful technology entrepreneur, business leader, and an active angel investor. Sashi runs a seed stage venture fund, SRI Capital, that is typically the first institutional investor in various technology and media start-ups. SRI currently has over 20 investments, spread evenly between India and the US. He is also a member of theinvestment team at Gabriel Investments.Previously, Sashi was the founder and CEO of AppLabs, the world’s largest independent software testing company with over 2,500 QA professionals in India, the US, and the UK. AppLabs was funded by Sequoia Capital India. CSC acquired AppLabs in September 2011. Series A investors in AppLabs received a 10X return on their investment in 6 years. Post the acquisition of AppLabs by CSC, Sashi served as the VP & GM, Big Data and Analytics at CSC, reporting directly to the CEO. A serial entrepreneur, Sashi has started three other companies prior to AppLabs. These were EZPower Systems (web content management pioneer acquired by DocuCorp, and eventually a part of Oracle), iCoop (group purchasing dotcom), and FXLabs (leading Indian game developer acquired by Foundation 9 Entertainment).Sashi received his BTech in Computer Science from the IIT Delhi, an MS in Computer Science from NYU, and later a PhD from The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.Sashi serves on the advisory board of Wharton Entrepreneurship, board of Ben Franklin Technology Partners, as well as on the board of T-Hub, India’s largest incubator for start-ups. He is a charter member of TiE Philadelphia and TiE Hyderabad. He also runs a charitable organization, SRI Trust, that supports the educational and overall development needs of 600 children in 3 schools in India.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $600k–$1.3M |
| Series A | $4M–$17M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Internet | 4 | 17% |
| Software | 4 | 17% |
| News | 3 | 13% |
| SaaS | 3 | 13% |
| Education | 3 | 13% |

56 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 8 | 33% |
| Funding Round | 5 | 21% |
| Series A | 3 | 13% |
| Series B | 3 | 13% |
| Angel | 2 | 8% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| India | 9 | 38% |
| United States | 7 | 29% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 4% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Way2news | Way2News is a short Summarized News in Your Local Language. | $14M | Series B | Sep 17, 2024 |  |
| Way2news | Way2News is a short Summarized News in Your Local Language. | $16.7M | Series A | Jun 09, 2022 |  |
| Skit | Vernacular.ai is an AI-first SaaS business driven with the mission to end bad call center experiences. We help enterprises in enhancing customer experience through intelligent voice conversations by automating call center queries.VIVA (Vernacular Intelligent Voice Assistant) is our Voice AI-powered call center automation platform that helpsenterprises streamline contact center operations and enhance customer experience & engagement.Empowered by our speech recognition engine and natural language understanding technology, you can now hold human-like conversations every time and Increase your self-service effectiveness. | $23M | Series B | Sep 01, 2021 |  |
| Fakespot | Fakespot provides a solution to detect fake reviews and scams in eCommerce. Fakespot protects consumers while saving them time and money by using AI to detect fraudulent product reviews and third-party sellers in real time. Its technology analyzes consumer reviews to detect suspicious activity and recommend better alternatives to consumers. | $4M | Series A | Nov 30, 2020 |  |
| VideoKen | About us: Millions of informational videos are available on internet, but are highly underutilized due to the short attention span of people. VideoKen is an AI-based platform that makes informational videos rich and consumable. It uses AI techniques to automatically index videos, creating table-of-contents and phrase cloud, which nicely summarizekey topics in a video, and lets viewers jump directly to the topics of interest within a video. It also supports more effective video search (without a reliance on manual tags), lead generation for businesses, and rich insights into video viewing behavior of the target audience.Problem Statement: Videos account for roughly 75% of the internet traffic. Enterprises are using informational videos for employee learning, sales enablement, marketing and internal communication. However, the intended viewers rarely have the time and patience to watch more than a few minutes of these videos. On a related note, although millions of learning videos are freely available, covering practically any topic, it is well known that learners get disengaged very quickly. VideoKen is transforming the way people consume and utilize informational videos, and in the process, also creating value for the organizations creating the video content.Example: Here are some of the sample links that illustrate how hard it is to peer inside and navigate long videos on the popular (and powerful) YouTube platform, and the difference made by AI-based techniques (explained below) in VideoKen.1. CEO presentations at Customer Events: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lyRPyRKHO8M VideoKen: https://videoken.com/embed/lyRPyRKHO8M 2. Webinar: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvV13MvvQ8k VideoKen: https://videoken.com/embed/fvV13MvvQ8k3. Product Walkthrough: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FzeG1fTVFo VideoKen: https://videoken.com/embed/7FzeG1fTVFo | $930K | Seed | Oct 22, 2018 |  |
| Fakespot | Fakespot provides a solution to detect fake reviews and scams in eCommerce. Fakespot protects consumers while saving them time and money by using AI to detect fraudulent product reviews and third-party sellers in real time. Its technology analyzes consumer reviews to detect suspicious activity and recommend better alternatives to consumers. | $1.3M | Seed | Sep 04, 2018 |  |
| Yellowdig | Yellowdig's software platform creates a social layer on top of existing enterprise learning systems used by colleges, universities, and organizations. Unlike pre-existing social technology, Yellowdig is designed for higher education institutions. The platform provides instructors and learners with a private and secure experience, controlledand protected within the institution's designated environment. Yellowdig was established in 2015 and is headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. | $800K |  | May 19, 2018 |  |
| IndianMoney | IndianMoney is an online platform that offers free financial advice and education. The platform covers the categories of insurance, investment, loans, property, capital markets, mutual funds, loans and credit cards, mutual funds, and tax. It also features EMI calculators enabling individuals to calculate car, home, and personal loans. The companyalso offers a free mobile application, which is available for download on the Google Store. It enables users to access free financial advice, alerts, advice, and news right from their smartphones. | $3M |  | Jan 09, 2018 |  |
| VideoKen | About us: Millions of informational videos are available on internet, but are highly underutilized due to the short attention span of people. VideoKen is an AI-based platform that makes informational videos rich and consumable. It uses AI techniques to automatically index videos, creating table-of-contents and phrase cloud, which nicely summarizekey topics in a video, and lets viewers jump directly to the topics of interest within a video. It also supports more effective video search (without a reliance on manual tags), lead generation for businesses, and rich insights into video viewing behavior of the target audience.Problem Statement: Videos account for roughly 75% of the internet traffic. Enterprises are using informational videos for employee learning, sales enablement, marketing and internal communication. However, the intended viewers rarely have the time and patience to watch more than a few minutes of these videos. On a related note, although millions of learning videos are freely available, covering practically any topic, it is well known that learners get disengaged very quickly. VideoKen is transforming the way people consume and utilize informational videos, and in the process, also creating value for the organizations creating the video content.Example: Here are some of the sample links that illustrate how hard it is to peer inside and navigate long videos on the popular (and powerful) YouTube platform, and the difference made by AI-based techniques (explained below) in VideoKen.1. CEO presentations at Customer Events: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lyRPyRKHO8M VideoKen: https://videoken.com/embed/lyRPyRKHO8M 2. Webinar: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvV13MvvQ8k VideoKen: https://videoken.com/embed/fvV13MvvQ8k3. Product Walkthrough: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FzeG1fTVFo VideoKen: https://videoken.com/embed/7FzeG1fTVFo | $1M | Seed | Apr 21, 2017 |  |
| Yellowdig | Yellowdig's software platform creates a social layer on top of existing enterprise learning systems used by colleges, universities, and organizations. Unlike pre-existing social technology, Yellowdig is designed for higher education institutions. The platform provides instructors and learners with a private and secure experience, controlledand protected within the institution's designated environment. Yellowdig was established in 2015 and is headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. | $1M | Seed | Jul 18, 2016 |  |

10 of 24 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Hyderabad Angels](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hyderabad-angels) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Faith Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/faith-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [growX ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/growx-venture-management) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Musketeer Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/musketeer-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [QB1 Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/qb1-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Rosecliff Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rosecliff-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About SRI Capital

VC Fund · Philadelphia, United States

SRI Capital is an early stage venture capital firm focused on funding innovative startups primarily in India and the US. We will also consider global startups that are looking to enter the Indian consumer market.Our three main areas of interest are: (1) Enterprise software and deep tech: We are interested in Indian/US startups developingapplications and technology for sale to the US enterprise and/or SME market, preferably in a subscription model with built-in scalability for rapid growth. We like capital efficient product development teams, led by technology founders, serving niche market segments. (2) Indian consumer market: Indian startups that are looking to capitalize on the Digital India story to bring innovative products and services to middle income Indian consumers are interesting to us. We especially like startups that fully leverage India Stack. (3) Cross-border innovation to serve the Indian consumer market: We realize that there is terrific IP and tech in the Nordics, Israel, and elsewhere. Given our deep ties to India and our networks there, we would love to fund startups that are well positioned to serve the Indian consumer market.We are usually the first institutional investor in a company. We invest between $500,000 and $1,000,000 for a meaningful minority interest and are happy to lead the round. We are active investors, providing support to the founders beyond just a board role. We may provide additional capital as a bridge or as a part of Series A, capping our investment in any one company at $5,000,000.

1 contacts available at SRI Capital.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Sashi Reddi | Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sashi-reddi |

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## FAQ

### What does Sashi Reddi invest in?

Sashi Reddi invests primarily in Internet, Software and News startups, most often at Seed and Funding Round stage. Most of the 24 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in India. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Sashi Reddi's check size?

Sashi Reddi typically joins rounds of $600k–$1.3M at Seed and $4M–$17M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Sashi Reddi participates in.

### When did Sashi Reddi last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Sashi Reddi closed in Sep 2024. Shizune tracks 24 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?

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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