# Sunil Pai

> Sunil Pai is a seed investor at Alchemist Accelerator backing Mobile Apps and Rental. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Alchemist Accelerator](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alchemist-accelerator)
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: May 2021
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/sunilmpai
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/sunilpai
- Website: https://x.com/sunilpai
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/sunil.pai

Sunil Pai is a Partner at AngelList and angel investor. Sunil graduated from the University of California - Berkeley with a B.A. and certificate in Entrepreneurship and Technology. While at Berkeley, he served as a researcher for the Haas School of Business, studying corporate innovation and performance outcomes of publicly traded firms in thehigh-tech sector. Sunil was also a four-year member of the top ranked Berkeley debate team and won the California state debate championship. He now serves on the Advisory Council for the Bay Area Urban Debate League.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Mobile Apps | 2 | 67% |
| Rental | 1 | 33% |
| Fashion | 1 | 33% |
| Software | 1 | 33% |
| Analytics | 1 | 33% |

17 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 1 | 33% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 33% |
| Series C | 1 | 33% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Greg | Greg is changing the way humans live alongside plants.We believe that everyone should understand how plants work and be able to participate in solutions to the existential challenges our planet is facing, from food system insecurity to collapsing ecosystems.We've started by creating a delightful mobile app that helps people grow thrivingplants. Our community has grown from 100 beta users in August 2020 to over 50,000 active users today. Plants have been watered with Greg over 1M times, and partners like The Sill and over 100 other retailers have started sharing Greg to help their customers care for newly-purchased plants. | $5.4M | Seed | May 27, 2021 |  |
| HeadSpin | HeadSpin is a developer of a digital experience intelligence platform used to provide flawless digital experiences. Its platform utilizes automation, AI, and analytics to unify end-to-end testing, performance optimization, and experience monitoring with thousands of devices deployed in 100+ locations on the real carrier and WiFi networks around theglobe that enable development, QA, operations, and product teams to remotely test and monitor mobile applications and increase revenue. | $60M | Series C | Feb 25, 2020 |  |
| Postmoda | A peer-to-peer fashion rental marketplace for luxury, designer and vintage focused on sustainability. We’ve replaced big warehouses with your local dry cleaners who serve as infinite warehouses, cleaners, and fulfillment centers with a storefront reach. | $1.5M | Pre-Seed | Nov 06, 2019 |  |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Dell Technologies Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dell-technologies-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [First Round Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/first-round-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Gaingels](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gaing) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Ground Up Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ground-up-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [ICONIQ Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/iconiq-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Index Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/index-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Alchemist Accelerator

VC Fund · San Francisco, United States

Alchemist is a venture-backed accelerator focused on accelerating the development of seed-stage ventures that monetize from enterprises (not consumers). CB Insights rated Alchemist the top accelerator in 2016 based on the median funding rates of its grads (YC was #2). The accelerator’s primary screening criteria is on teams, prioritizing havingdistinctive technical co-founders. The organization provides seed investment into companies it admits (typically $36K), and provides founders a structured path to traction, fundraising, mentorship, and community throughout a 6-month program. The company's backers include many of the top corporate and VC funds in the Valley -- including Khosla Ventures, DFJ, Cisco, GE, next47(Siemens), and Salesforce, among others—the accelerator seeds around 75 enterprise-monetizing ventures/year. Notable alumni include LaunchDarkly, Rigetti Quantum Computing, mPharma, Matternet, and Mightyhive.

5 contacts available at Alchemist Accelerator.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Albert Kim | Investor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/albert-kim-2fad |
| Andrew McMahon | Mentor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andrew-mcmahon |
| Arun Shekar | Mentor & Advisor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/arun-shekar-615d |
| Ash Rust | Mentor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ash-rust |
| Asif Khan | Mentor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/asif-khan-4243 |

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## FAQ

### What does Sunil Pai invest in?

Sunil Pai invests primarily in Mobile Apps, Rental and Fashion startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed 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 Sunil Pai last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Sunil Pai closed in May 2021. 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.

### 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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