# Suresh V Shankar > Suresh V Shankar is a seed investor at Crayon Data backing Software and Analytics. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026. - Type: Angel Investor - Fund: [Crayon Data](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/crayon-data) - Total investments: 3 - Last investment: Jun 2017 - Lead investor: 0% - Last updated: Aug 2026 - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sureshshankar Suresh V Shankar is a seed investor at Crayon Data focused on Software and Analytics. Suresh V Shankar is the Founder and CEO at Crayon Data. ## Investment focus ### Industry | Industry | Investments | Share | | --- | --- | --- | | Software | 2 | 67% | | Analytics | 2 | 67% | | Machine Learning | 2 | 67% | | Artificial Intelligence | 2 | 67% | | SaaS | 1 | 33% | 11 industries tracked in total. ### Stage | Stage | Investments | Share | | --- | --- | --- | | Seed | 1 | 33% | | Angel | 1 | 33% | | Convertible Note | 1 | 33% | ### Country | Country | Investments | Share | | --- | --- | --- | | India | 1 | 33% | | Singapore | 1 | 33% | ## Investments | Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | boxx.ai | Boxx.ai democratizes analytics: Boxx uses Artificial Intelligence to build products that enable enterprises solve their most critical analytics problems quickly and at affordable costs. | $500K | Seed | Jun 12, 2017 | | | Crayon Data | Based in Singapore, Crayon Data is a big data startup, with an ambitious vision to ‘simplify the world's choices’. Crayon’s flagship product Maya is the world’s only choice engine, delivering digital personal experiences centered around taste.Powered by Crayon’s patented TasteGraph, ChoiceAI and Lifestyle Marketplace, Maya makes itpossible for any enterprise to compete in the ‘lifestyle economy’, by getting you 5 mins of each customer’s time.Crayon has been recommended in several Gartner reports including, the Gartner Digital Commerce Vendor Guide and Hype Cycle 2016. Crayon Data has been consistently awarded on various global platforms, including: 1. Top 5 in IBM Watson Mobile Developer Challenge 2014 2. Winner at TiE Silicon Valley’s TiE50 Awards in the software vertical 3. Finalist at Code_n 2014 @ CEBIT, Hannover: the only big data company from Asia 4. Part of interesting startups selected from the START track at Web Summit, Dublin 5. Selected as one of the top 50 emerging tech companies in India at InTech50 2015 6. Finalist at OrangeFab 2015 | $7.4M | Convertible Note | Jul 01, 2016 | | | Crayon Data | Based in Singapore, Crayon Data is a big data startup, with an ambitious vision to ‘simplify the world's choices’. Crayon’s flagship product Maya is the world’s only choice engine, delivering digital personal experiences centered around taste.Powered by Crayon’s patented TasteGraph, ChoiceAI and Lifestyle Marketplace, Maya makes itpossible for any enterprise to compete in the ‘lifestyle economy’, by getting you 5 mins of each customer’s time.Crayon has been recommended in several Gartner reports including, the Gartner Digital Commerce Vendor Guide and Hype Cycle 2016. Crayon Data has been consistently awarded on various global platforms, including: 1. Top 5 in IBM Watson Mobile Developer Challenge 2014 2. Winner at TiE Silicon Valley’s TiE50 Awards in the software vertical 3. Finalist at Code_n 2014 @ CEBIT, Hannover: the only big data company from Asia 4. Part of interesting startups selected from the START track at Web Summit, Dublin 5. Selected as one of the top 50 emerging tech companies in India at InTech50 2015 6. Finalist at OrangeFab 2015 | $3.7M | Angel | Jul 01, 2013 | | 3 of 3 investments shown. ## Co-investors - [Mitsui & Co](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mitsui) — VC Fund, 1 deal together - [Unicorn India Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/unicorn-india-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together ## About Crayon Data VC Fund · Singapore, Singapore Based in Singapore, Crayon Data is a big data startup, with an ambitious vision to ‘simplify the world's choices’. Crayon’s flagship product Maya is the world’s only choice engine, delivering digital personal experiences centered around taste.Powered by Crayon’s patented TasteGraph, ChoiceAI and Lifestyle Marketplace, Maya makes itpossible for any enterprise to compete in the ‘lifestyle economy’, by getting you 5 mins of each customer’s time.Crayon has been recommended in several Gartner reports including, the Gartner Digital Commerce Vendor Guide and Hype Cycle 2016. Crayon Data has been consistently awarded on various global platforms, including: 1. Top 5 in IBM Watson Mobile Developer Challenge 2014 2. Winner at TiE Silicon Valley’s TiE50 Awards in the software vertical 3. Finalist at Code_n 2014 @ CEBIT, Hannover: the only big data company from Asia 4. Part of interesting startups selected from the START track at Web Summit, Dublin 5. Selected as one of the top 50 emerging tech companies in India at InTech50 2015 6. Finalist at OrangeFab 2015 4 contacts available at Crayon Data. | Name | Title | Profile | | --- | --- | --- | | Suresh V Shankar | Founder & CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/suresh-v-shankar | | Bhavani Vishweshwar | Board Member | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bhavani-vishweshwar | | Srikant Sastri | Co-Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/srikant-sastri | | Vijaya Kumar Ivaturi | Cofounder & CTO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/vijaya-kumar-ivaturi-056a | ## Similar investors ### Similar industry - [Antler](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/antler-be9c) — VC Fund - [Alumni Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alumni-ventures-group) — VC Fund - [Right Side Capital Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/right-side-capital-management) — VC Fund ### Similar stage - [Antler](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/antler-be9c) — VC Fund - [Alumni Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alumni-ventures-group) — VC Fund - [Right Side Capital Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/right-side-capital-management) — VC Fund ### Similar country - [Antler](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/antler-be9c) — VC Fund - [Seeds Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/seeds-capital) — VC Fund - [Wavemaker Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/wavemaker-partners) — VC Fund ## Featured in investor lists - [Marketplace Angel Investors in Singapore](https://shizune.co/investors/marketplace-angel-investors-singapore) - [Artificial intelligence Angel Investors in Asia](https://shizune.co/investors/artificial-intelligence-angel-investors-asia) - [Big Data Investors in Singapore](https://shizune.co/investors/big-data-investors-singapore) - [Big Data Angel Investors in Singapore](https://shizune.co/investors/big-data-angel-investors-singapore) - [Marketplace Angel Investors in Asia](https://shizune.co/investors/marketplace-angel-investors-asia) - [Enterprise Angel Investors in Singapore](https://shizune.co/investors/enterprise-angel-investors-singapore) ## FAQ ### What does Suresh V Shankar invest in? Suresh V Shankar invests primarily in Software, Analytics and Machine Learning startups, most often at Seed and Angel stage. Most of the 3 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in India. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio. ### When did Suresh V Shankar last invest? The most recent investment recorded for Suresh V Shankar closed in Jun 2017. 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. # About Shizune Shizune.co is an investor database. 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