# Shaherose Charania

> Shaherose Charania is a seed investor at Nike (San Francisco) backing Sports and Marketing. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Nike](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nike)
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Oct 2021
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/shaherose
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/shaherose
- Website: https://x.com/shaherose
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/shaherose

Shaherose Charania is a seed investor at Nike in San Francisco focused on Sports and Marketing. Shaherose Charania joined DVC as Founding Partner in 2021.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Sports | 1 | 100% |
| Marketing | 1 | 100% |
| Advertising | 1 | 100% |
| Marketplace | 1 | 100% |
| Sponsorship | 1 | 100% |

8 industries tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| OpenSponsorship | OpenSponsorship is the marketplace for athlete and sports-influencer marketing, connecting brands with 25,000+ athletes and health & wellness creators across 150+ sports. Unlike a traditional agency, brands run the whole campaign in one platform - search and match, message, contract, pay, and measure ROI. Trusted by brands like Walmart,Anheuser-Busch, and Vitamin Shoppe. | $4M | Seed | Oct 21, 2021 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Isos Capital Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/isos-capital-management) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Oxonian Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/oxonian-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Nike

VC Fund · Beaverton, United States

Nike is a sporting goods company that designs, develops, and markets footwear, apparel, equipment, and accessory products.The company offers various categories of shoes including running, training, basketball, soccer, sport-inspired urban shoes, and kids' shoes. It also provides shoes for aquatic activities, baseball, football, cheerleading,golf, lacrosse, outdoor activities, skateboarding, tennis, volleyball, walking, wrestling, and various athletic and recreational uses. In addition, the company offers sports-inspired lifestyle apparel, athletic bags, and accessory items.Further, it provides a line of performance equipment including bags, socks, sports balls, eyewear, timepieces, electronic devices, bats, gloves, protective equipment, golf clubs, and various equipment designed for sports activities under the NIKE brand name, as well as markets apparel with licensed college and professional team and league logos.Additionally, it offers licenses to produce and sell NIKE brand swimwear, children's apparel, training equipment, eyewear, electronic devices, and golf accessories. The company also markets its products under the brand names of Converse, Chuck Taylor, All Star, One Star, Umbro, Jack Purcell, Cole Haan, Bragano, and Hurley.It sells its products to retail accounts through stores, independent distributors, and licensees, as well as through its Website, nikestore.com. As of May 31, 2009, Nike, Inc. operated 338 retail stores in the United States and 336 retail stores internationally.The company was founded in 1964 and is headquartered in Beaverton, Oregon.

5 contacts available at Nike.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Chris Shimojima | VP, E-Commerce | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chris-shimojima |
| David Ayre | EVP, Global Human Resources | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/david-ayre |
| Elliott Hill | President and Chief Executive Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/elliott-hill-0b8c |
| Jeremy Anderson | Expert Application Security Engineer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jeremy-anderson-2 |
| John Donahoe | President and CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/john-donahoe |

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## FAQ

### What does Shaherose Charania invest in?

Shaherose Charania invests primarily in Sports, Marketing and Advertising startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 1 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 Shaherose Charania last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Shaherose Charania closed in Oct 2021. 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?

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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