# Shelley Zhuang

> Shelley Zhuang is a seed investor at Passage AI (San Francisco) backing Software and Analytics. See 7 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Passage AI](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/passage-ai)
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 7
- Last investment: Feb 2026
- Lead investor: 43%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shelleyzhuang
- Website: https://x.com/ShelleyZhuang
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/shelley.zhuang/

Shelley Zhuang is a seed investor at Passage AI in San Francisco focused on Software and Analytics. Shelley Zhuang is based out of Las Vegas, Nevada and is the Founder and Managing Partner of Cannage Capital. Shelley previously worked at Ecoplast Technologies as a EVP of Business Development. Shelley Zhuang attended the University of California, Berkeley.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 4 | 57% |
| Analytics | 2 | 29% |
| Cyber Security | 2 | 29% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 2 | 29% |
| Credit | 1 | 14% |

18 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 4 | 57% |
| Series A | 1 | 14% |
| Convertible Note | 1 | 14% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 4 | 57% |
| Canada | 1 | 14% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Airrived | Airrived is an enterprise-grade, agentic AI platform tailored specifically for cybersecurity applications. | $6.1M | Seed | Feb 03, 2026 |  |
| Coalesce Automation | Coalesce Automation develops data management platforms that automate data activities. The company's platform combines the speed of an intuitive graphical user interface (GUI), the flexibility of code, and the effectiveness of data transformation automation, allowing businesses to obtain effective data management and analytics capabilities. | $26M | Series A | Sep 28, 2022 |  |
| Coalesce Automation | Coalesce Automation develops data management platforms that automate data activities. The company's platform combines the speed of an intuitive graphical user interface (GUI), the flexibility of code, and the effectiveness of data transformation automation, allowing businesses to obtain effective data management and analytics capabilities. | $5.9M | Seed | Jan 20, 2022 |  |
| Sardine | Sardine specializes in providing risk management solutions primarily for the financial services sector. They focus on using artificial intelligence and machine learning to help enterprises manage risks associated with fraud, credit, and compliance. The company aims to serve businesses in the digital economy by offering tools and services thatenhance operational efficiency and ensure regulatory compliance. | $4.6M | Seed | Aug 07, 2020 |  |
| Human Security | HUMAN is a cybersecurity company that protects enterprises from bot attacks to keep digital experiences human. We have the most advanced Human Verification Engine that protects applications, APIs and digital media from bot attacks, preventing losses and improving the digital experience for real humans. Today we verify the humanity of more than 10trillion interactions per week for some of the largest companies and internet platforms. Protect your digital business with HUMAN. To Know Who’s Real, visit www.humansecurity.com. |  | Convertible Note | Mar 01, 2014 |  |
| Human Security | HUMAN is a cybersecurity company that protects enterprises from bot attacks to keep digital experiences human. We have the most advanced Human Verification Engine that protects applications, APIs and digital media from bot attacks, preventing losses and improving the digital experience for real humans. Today we verify the humanity of more than 10trillion interactions per week for some of the largest companies and internet platforms. Protect your digital business with HUMAN. To Know Who’s Real, visit www.humansecurity.com. | $2M | Convertible Note | Jan 01, 2014 |  |
| CryptoNumerics | HIPAA, GDPR and Data Residency requirements restrict your ability to conduct data science. CryptoNumerics removes these restrictions. CryptoNumerics enables you to create privacy protected datasets with quantifiable privacy risk. In addition, you can build statistical and machine learning models that protect people’s privacy. Our team consists ofengineers and visionaries with previous experience in C-Level roles at Fortune 500 companies, founding teams of venture backed growth stage start-ups, and accomplished R&D leaders. | $2.4M | Seed |  |  |

7 of 7 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [GreatPoint Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/greatpoint-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Coinbase Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/coinbase-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Emergence Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/emergence-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Industry Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/industry-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Inner Loop Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/innerloop-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Plug and Play](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/plug-and-play-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Passage AI

VC Fund · Mountain View, United States

Passage AI is a venture-backed company located in the heart of Silicon Valley. We were founded in 2016 by three Silicon Valley veterans with an extensive background in deep learning and artificial intelligence. We are funded by leading seed/angel investors. Our mission is to make it seamless for businesses to converse with their customers, andhelp businesses put their customers first.Passage AI's platform provides the AI, NLU/P, and deep learning technology as well as the bot building tools to create and deploy a conversational interface for your business.

3 contacts available at Passage AI.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kendall Thornton | Director of Marketing | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kendall-thornton |
| Pascale Diaine | Investor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/pascale-diaine |
| Shelley Zhuang | Investor & Board Member | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/shelley-zhuang |

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## FAQ

### What does Shelley Zhuang invest in?

Shelley Zhuang invests primarily in Software, Analytics and Cyber Security startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 7 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 Shelley Zhuang last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Shelley Zhuang closed in Feb 2026. Shizune tracks 7 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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