# Sudhin Shahani

> Sudhin Shahani is a seed investor at Surf Air backing Travel, Cooking and Delivery. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Surf Air](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/surf-air)
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: May 2013
- Lead investor: 100%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sudhin-shahani-567373

Sudhin Shahani is a seed investor at Surf Air focused on Travel and Cooking. Sudhin Shahani is the Co-founder, CEO, and Executive Chairman of Surf Air.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Travel | 1 | 50% |
| Cooking | 1 | 50% |
| Delivery | 1 | 50% |
| Logistics | 1 | 50% |
| Hospitality | 1 | 50% |

8 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 1 | 50% |
| Post-IPO Equity | 1 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Panna | Panna is the smart cook’s go-to video resource for learning to cook like a chef. And we don’t feature just any chef. Ours are among the world’s best, in fact, most have a Michelin star or a James Beard Foundation nomination. We know that sometimes a written recipe just isn’t enough, and that you want to see how a chef creates their most famousdishes via video.Panna has built an award-winning video content distribution platform for web and mobile that elegantly marries text and video of accomplished, award-winning chefs cooking their most beloved recipes from scratch. Each video is step-by-step so you can cook alongside the world's best chefs. | $1.4M | Seed | May 06, 2013 |  |
| Surf Air | Surf Air is the nation’s first All-You-Can-Fly private air travel membership, providing frequent regional business and leisure travelers with a sophisticated and hassle-free air travel experience that saves valuable time and money.The company operates Pilatus PC-12s in executive interior configuration to and from convenient airports in the SanFrancisco Bay Area, Los Angeles Metro Area, Santa Barbara, and Truckee Lake Tahoe, with service to additional locations to follow.Prospective members can take advantage of pricing as low as $1,599 per month prior to September 1, at which point membership prices will increase as part of the new service offering. Membership options include Individual, Friends & Family, Group, and Business Memberships. | $1M | Post-IPO Equity |  |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Ironfire Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ironfire-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Launchpad LA](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/launchpadla) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Scrum Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/scrum-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Third Wave Digital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/third-wave-digital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Vectr](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/vectr) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Surf Air

VC Fund · Santa Monica, United States

Surf Air is the nation’s first All-You-Can-Fly private air travel membership, providing frequent regional business and leisure travelers with a sophisticated and hassle-free air travel experience that saves valuable time and money.The company operates Pilatus PC-12s in executive interior configuration to and from convenient airports in the SanFrancisco Bay Area, Los Angeles Metro Area, Santa Barbara, and Truckee Lake Tahoe, with service to additional locations to follow.Prospective members can take advantage of pricing as low as $1,599 per month prior to September 1, at which point membership prices will increase as part of the new service offering. Membership options include Individual, Friends & Family, Group, and Business Memberships.

5 contacts available at Surf Air.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Bruce Hack | Board of Directors | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bruce-hack |
| Sudhin Shahani | Co-founder, CEO, and Executive Chairman | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sudhin-shahani |
| David Anderman | Chief Legal Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/david-anderman |
| Deanna White | Chief Administrative Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/deanna-white-9218 |
| Ido Gruberger | Chief Strategy Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ido-gruberger-ef74 |

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## FAQ

### What does Sudhin Shahani invest in?

Sudhin Shahani invests primarily in Travel, Cooking and Delivery startups, most often at Seed and Post-IPO Equity stage. Most of the 2 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 Sudhin Shahani last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Sudhin Shahani closed in May 2013. Shizune tracks 2 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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