# Shri Dodani

> Shri Dodani is a seed investor at Global Hands-On VC backing Hardware and Software. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Global Hands-On VC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/global-hands-on-vc)
- Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: Jul 2026
- Lead investor: 33%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shri-dodani-83b489/

Shri Dodani is a seed investor at Global Hands-On VC in San Francisco Bay Area focused on Hardware and Software. Shri Dodani is the founding partner at Global Hands-On VC (GHOVC).He attended

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Hardware | 1 | 33% |
| Software | 1 | 33% |
| Semiconductor | 1 | 33% |
| Machine Learning | 1 | 33% |
| AI Infrastructure | 1 | 33% |

7 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 1 | 33% |
| Series B | 1 | 33% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 33% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| TYLsemi | TYLsemi is revolutionizing how AI infrastructure silicon is developed by producing standards-based, production-ready chiplets specifically designed for current multi-die systems. | $43M | Seed | Jul 14, 2026 |  |
| Edgecortix | EdgeCortix is a fabless semiconductor company specializing in energy-efficient artificial intelligence (AI) processing at the edge. The company’s platform includes the SAKURA-II AI accelerator, a low-power silicon co-processor capable of real-time generative AI inference on multi-billion-parameter models within an approximately 8 W envelope. Italso offers the MERA compiler and software framework that enables developers to deploy models across heterogeneous systems, leveraging flexibility through the Dynamic Neural Accelerator (DNA) architecture. The hardware-software co-design approach ensures adaptable, runtime-reconfigurable performance for use cases ranging from vision to language applications. |  | Series B | Aug 17, 2025 |  |
| Edgecortix | EdgeCortix is a fabless semiconductor company specializing in energy-efficient artificial intelligence (AI) processing at the edge. The company’s platform includes the SAKURA-II AI accelerator, a low-power silicon co-processor capable of real-time generative AI inference on multi-billion-parameter models within an approximately 8 W envelope. Italso offers the MERA compiler and software framework that enables developers to deploy models across heterogeneous systems, leveraging flexibility through the Dynamic Neural Accelerator (DNA) architecture. The hardware-software co-design approach ensures adaptable, runtime-reconfigurable performance for use cases ranging from vision to language applications. | $20.1M | Venture - Series Unknown | Oct 03, 2023 |  |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [SBI Investment](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sbi-investment-2) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
- [Pacific Bays Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/pacific-bays-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Renesas Electronics Corporation](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/renesas-electronics-corporation) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Aero X Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aero-x-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [CDIB Capital Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cdib-capital-group) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Cycle Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cycle-group-3570) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Global Hands-On VC

VC Fund · Los Altos, United States

GHOVC is a Japanese start-up accelerator that provides investment and hands-on support to help them succeed abroad.

1 contacts available at Global Hands-On VC.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Shri Dodani | Founding Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/shri-dodani-bdf3 |

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## FAQ

### What does Shri Dodani invest in?

Shri Dodani invests primarily in Hardware, Software and Semiconductor startups, most often at Seed and Series B stage. Most of the 3 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 Shri Dodani last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Shri Dodani closed in Jul 2026. Shizune tracks 3 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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