# Shahin Hedayat

> Shahin Hedayat is a Series A investor at Candou Ventures (San Francisco) backing PaaS and EdTech. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Candou Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/candou-ventures)
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Jun 2018
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shahin-hedayat-6939a910/

Shahin Hedayat is a Series A investor at Candou Ventures in San Francisco focused on PaaS and EdTech. Shahin Hedayat has a passion for high tech entrepreneurship addressing complex problems through collective human ingenuity. Shahin has been an entrepreneur since 1997 starting companies with the aim of creating social impact and economic benefits for all stakeholders. Shahin spends most of his time now on angel investment through Candou Ventureswhich he co-founded in 2015.Prior to Candou Ventures, Shahin co-founded 5 companies and served various roles as President, CEO, Chairman and Board Member. Those companies are Centillium Communication (IPO), Beceem Communication (Acquired by Broadcom), Enverv (Acquired by Semtech), Apixio (in operation) and Polyup (in operation). Centillium, Beceem and Enverv exits generated over $4B of shareholder value. Apixio and Polyup are currently operating and growing. Prior to 1997, Shahin held technical and managerial roles at Cirrus Logic for 11 years where he became VP of Engineering of a product line with $90M revenue.Shahin holds a bachelor’s and a master’s degree from the University of Michigan (1981,1983) and is named on 9 U.S. patents.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| PaaS | 1 | 100% |
| EdTech | 1 | 100% |
| Internet | 1 | 100% |
| Education | 1 | 100% |
| Sales Automation | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| ApplyBoard | ApplyBoard is an online platform that empowers students around the world to access the best education by connecting international students, recruitment partners, and academic institutions on its platform. Founded in 2015, the company is headquartered in Kitchener, ON Canada, with over 1000 staff members spanning 25 countries. ApplyBoard has builtpartnerships with over 1,500 primary, secondary, and post-secondary institutions, and works with 7,500+ Recruitment Partners, to drive highly qualified applicants and diversity to campuses across Canada, the United States, and the United Kingdom. To date, the company has assisted more than 200,000 students with their educational journey. | $13M | Series A | Jun 28, 2018 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Artiman Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/artiman-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Candou Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/candou-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [INP Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/inp-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Candou Ventures

VC Fund · Palo Alto, United States

Candou is an early seed round firm focused on supporting entrepreneurs with unique and defensible ideas. They are uniquely positioned to help shape your plans into investible businesses, fund your seed round and then help you raise money from tier 1 VCs.

3 contacts available at Candou Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Faraj Aalaei | Founding General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/faraj-aalaei |
| Shahin Hedayat | Founding General partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/shahin-hedayat |
| Susan Akbarpour | Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/susan-akbarpour |

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## FAQ

### What does Shahin Hedayat invest in?

Shahin Hedayat invests primarily in PaaS, EdTech and Internet startups, most often at Series A stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Canada. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Shahin Hedayat last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Shahin Hedayat closed in Jun 2018. 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.

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