# Sheel Tyle

> Sheel Tyle is a Series A investor at Robinhood backing Software and Automotive. See 43 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Robinhood](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/robinhood)
- Total investments: 43
- Last investment: Nov 2024
- Lead investor: 35%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/pub/sheel-tyle/12/b02/544
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/sheeltyle
- Website: https://sheeltyle.com/

Sheel Tyle is a Series A investor at Robinhood focused on Software and Automotive. Sheel is the Founder & CEO of Amplo, a global venture capital firm helping build companies that matter. He is a member of the Board of Directors for Andela, most recently named the #1 most innovative company in Africa by Fast Company. He previously was the co-head of the seed practice at NEA, the world's largest venture capital firm. As anangel investor, Sheel has invested in the seed or Series A of Casper, Flutterwave, Mark43, Robinhood, and others.Sheel graduated from Stanford University in three years, at the age of 19. He is a World Economic Forum Global Shaper, and was on the Forbes 30 under 30 list in 2013. He holds a JD from Harvard Law School. In 2016, upon invitation of the White House, Sheel was part of the US delegation with President Obama on his historic visit to Cuba.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1.2M–$9.5M |
| Series A | $5.5M–$30M |
| Series C | $10M–$150M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 10 | 23% |
| Automotive | 4 | 9% |
| Health Care | 4 | 9% |
| FinTech | 3 | 7% |
| Internet | 3 | 7% |

58 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 12 | 28% |
| Seed | 11 | 26% |
| Series C | 8 | 19% |
| Series B | 5 | 12% |
| Series D | 1 | 2% |

7 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 17 | 40% |
| India | 1 | 2% |
| Spain | 1 | 2% |
| Brazil | 1 | 2% |
| Tanzania | 1 | 2% |

7 countries tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Nodal | Nodal is a digital health startup that provides a surrogacy matching platform for couples and individuals. It connects vetted surrogates and intended parents while providing transparency, equity, education, and support to all parties involved in the process. The startup specializes in matching intended parents with surrogates using proprietarytechnology. Members will have access to Maven Clinic's virtual care platform, which includes expert care from providers ranging from mental health providers and pediatricians to sleep and career coaches, in addition to education and support throughout the process. | $4M | Seed | Nov 05, 2024 |  |
| Nala | Nala is a FinTech company developing a mobile payments application to simplify money transfers and transactions without data connectivity. Their services include financial inclusion, digital financial services, mobile money, and fintech. | $40M | Series A | Jul 09, 2024 |  |
| Two Chairs | Two Chairs provides high-quality, in-person psychotherapy at thoughtfully-designed clinics. The company tailors care to peoples unique needs, goals, and preferences through personalized matching and concierge insurance support.Two Chairs creates space for conversation about mental health for clients and for themselves. They also prioritizeself-care and learning, growing, and supporting the community they create, together.Two Chairs is headquartered in San Francisco, California. | $72M | Series C | Apr 16, 2024 |  |
| Montauk Climate | Montauk Climate is an incubator that creates technology firms at the vanguard of climate, infrastructural, and energy transformations. | $8.5M | Venture - Series Unknown | Mar 20, 2024 |  |
| Helm.ai | Helm.ai develops next-generation AI software for ADAS, autonomous driving, and robotics automation. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Redwood City, CA, the company reimagines AI software development to make scalable autonomous driving a reality. Helm.ai offers full-stack real-time AI solutions, including deep neural networks for highway andurban driving, end-to-end autonomous systems, and development and validation tools powered by Deep Teaching™ and generative AI. The company collaborates with global automakers on production-bound projects. | $55M | Series C | Aug 16, 2023 |  |
| Helm.ai | Helm.ai develops next-generation AI software for ADAS, autonomous driving, and robotics automation. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Redwood City, CA, the company reimagines AI software development to make scalable autonomous driving a reality. Helm.ai offers full-stack real-time AI solutions, including deep neural networks for highway andurban driving, end-to-end autonomous systems, and development and validation tools powered by Deep Teaching™ and generative AI. The company collaborates with global automakers on production-bound projects. | $31M | Series C | Dec 19, 2022 |  |
| Nodal | Nodal is a digital health startup that provides a surrogacy matching platform for couples and individuals. It connects vetted surrogates and intended parents while providing transparency, equity, education, and support to all parties involved in the process. The startup specializes in matching intended parents with surrogates using proprietarytechnology. Members will have access to Maven Clinic's virtual care platform, which includes expert care from providers ranging from mental health providers and pediatricians to sleep and career coaches, in addition to education and support throughout the process. | $4.7M | Seed | Sep 21, 2022 |  |
| Genies | Genies is a mobile app company that allows users to clone themselves. Through their Avatar Agency, consumer product, and SDK, Genies has set the foundation for swift, widespread adaptation of avatars in society, business, and culture. With over a million clothing and facial options provided, users can create their Genie to represent themselfhowever they’d like.Genies was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Venice, California, United States. | $150M | Series C | Apr 12, 2022 |  |
| Nala | Nala is a FinTech company developing a mobile payments application to simplify money transfers and transactions without data connectivity. Their services include financial inclusion, digital financial services, mobile money, and fintech. | $10M | Seed | Jan 27, 2022 |  |
| Fuzey | Fuzey offers a digital one-stop shop for SMEs and independent contractors such as plumbers, electricians, and mechanics. Their platform allows them to grow and manage their businesses and focus on the services they provide. SMEs can manage their communications across SMS, Whatsapp, email, Facebook, and Instagram, understand customer behavior,manage appointments directly to calendars, send invoices, receive payment, and increase customer reviews. | $4.5M | Seed | Dec 17, 2021 |  |

10 of 43 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Contrary](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/contrary-capital) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [Spark Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/spark-capital) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [CAA Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/caa-ventures) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Susa Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/susa-ventures) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [ACVC Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/acvc-partners) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [AME Cloud Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ame-cloud-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together

## About Robinhood

VC Fund · Menlo Park, United States

Robinhood is a stock brokerage that allows customers to buy and sell stocks, options, ETFs, and cryptocurrencies with zero commission.

5 contacts available at Robinhood.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Erika Balbuena | Head of ESG | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/erika-balbuena |
| Gretchen Howard | Chief Operating Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gretchen-howard |
| Surabhi Gupta | VP of Engineering | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/surabhi-gupta |
| Vlad Tenev | Co-Founder,President, and CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/vlad-tenev |
| Aboud Khaddam | Investor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aboud-khaddam |

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## FAQ

### What does Sheel Tyle invest in?

Sheel Tyle invests primarily in Software, Automotive and Health Care startups, most often at Series A and Seed stage. Most of the 43 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Sheel Tyle's check size?

Sheel Tyle typically joins rounds of $1.2M–$9.5M at Seed, $5.5M–$30M at Series A and $10M–$150M at Series C. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Sheel Tyle participates in.

### When did Sheel Tyle last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Sheel Tyle closed in Nov 2024. Shizune tracks 43 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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