# Suresh Nihalani

> Suresh Nihalani is a angel investor backing Email and Photo Sharing. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Dec 2006
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/suresh-nihalani-7381928

Suresh Nihalani is a angel investor focused on Email and Photo Sharing. Suresh is responsible for sourcing investment opportunities in the Communications space, adding value to the teams of our portfolio companies, and working with founders and entrepreneurs on developing their ventures. He brings 23 years of experience in the Communications industry to Finaventures.In 1996, Suresh founded Accelerated Networks.Under his leadership, in just four years, the company received $88 million dollars in private capital. The company raised another $72 million from a successful IPO in June 2000.Prior to founding Accelerated Networks, Suresh was with ACT Networks which went public in 1995. Suresh was pivotal in driving ACT’s growth from a start-up company to a successful publicly traded company with a valuation of $500 million.Prior to ACT, Suresh was Director of Product Development at MICOM Systems, Inc. (Nortel Networks) for five years, where he was responsible for developing Statistical Multiplexers, Protocol Converter products and X.25 PADS. Before MICOM, he was with Litton Data Systems and Documation Inc.Suresh has an Electrical Engineering degree from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay, and an MSEE and MBA from the Florida Institute of Technology.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Email | 1 | 100% |
| Photo Sharing | 1 | 100% |
| Search Engine | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Xoopit | Xoopit features: - email content search - add links, maps, etc. from the web to a mail being composed - exposes information aboutall senders on a thread: profile pics, recent conversations and attachments and media they've sent. testing | $1.5M | Angel | Dec 01, 2006 | http://xoopit.com |

1 of 1 investments shown.

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## FAQ

### What does Suresh Nihalani invest in?

Suresh Nihalani invests primarily in Email, Photo Sharing and Search Engine startups, most often at Angel stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

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### When did Suresh Nihalani last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Suresh Nihalani closed in Dec 2006. Shizune tracks 1 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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