Vijay Shankar
Angel Investor
Sydney, Australia
Vijay Shankar is a seed investor in Sydney focused on FinTech and Financial Services. Vijay Shankar
- Total investments:
- 29
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 14%
Last updated:
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Industries Vijay Shankar invests in
Stages Vijay Shankar invests in
Countries Vijay Shankar invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
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Round size
- Seed
- $10k–$50M
Investment Focus
Industry
- FinTech 8 (28%)
- Financial Services 6 (21%)
- Software 5 (17%)
- Artificial Intelligence 4 (14%)
- Payments 3 (10%)
Stage
- Seed 13 (45%)
- Series A 4 (14%)
- Series C 2 (7%)
- Pre-Seed 1 (3%)
- Series B 1 (3%)
Country
- United States 13 (45%)
- India 3 (10%)
- United Kingdom 3 (10%)
- Canada 1 (3%)
- Sweden 1 (3%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wander is a platform that allows users to book smart homes for their next workcation, vacation, or anything in-between. Wander is a startup that builds infrastructure to experience the world. The company was founded by John Andrew Entwistle. | Series A / Apr 12, 2023 | ||
| Delight is a dating service where users only date one person at a time. Founded in 2022 and is based in San Francisco. | Seed / Apr 11, 2023 | ||
| Winvesta is a UK based fin-tech building a platform with specialist cross-border solutions.It has two main segments. 1. Global Payments Collections for Exporters: Traditional banking rails are archaic, opaque and customer-unfriendly. Credit card collections work only for small transactions. The Global trade market of USD 32tn is broken. We helpfix it by making it transparent, honest and bringing power into the hands of the customers.2. Global Investing: People in emerging markets have limited access to investment opportunities overseas. As the products from the world travel around, we become users of these in every country. How can we fix it? Through Winvesta's Global investing platform, anyone can start investing globally through companies and funds listed in the US. | Seed / Apr 11, 2023 | ||
| Hadrius develops compliance management software for financial services firms that helps organizations oversee regulatory requirements through a unified platform. Its platform supports functions such as marketing review, communications archiving, trade surveillance, employee oversight, code of ethics management, and compliance programadministration. The software uses artificial intelligence to automate compliance workflows, monitor communications and trading activity, and generate documentation for regulatory reviews. It is designed for broker-dealers, registered investment advisers, private funds, and compliance consulting firms that are subject to SEC and FINRA regulations. Hadrius also provides centralized tools that help organizations manage policies, supervision activities, risk monitoring, and audit records within a single system. | $500K / Seed / Apr 05, 2023 | ||
| Hadrius develops compliance management software for financial services firms that helps organizations oversee regulatory requirements through a unified platform. Its platform supports functions such as marketing review, communications archiving, trade surveillance, employee oversight, code of ethics management, and compliance programadministration. The software uses artificial intelligence to automate compliance workflows, monitor communications and trading activity, and generate documentation for regulatory reviews. It is designed for broker-dealers, registered investment advisers, private funds, and compliance consulting firms that are subject to SEC and FINRA regulations. Hadrius also provides centralized tools that help organizations manage policies, supervision activities, risk monitoring, and audit records within a single system. | Seed / Apr 04, 2023 | ||
| JOCO Powers Delivery in Urban Environments. Our premium light electric vehicles (LEVs) are built to last and our platform removes all the hassle of owning, storing, charging and maintaining a LEV; just focus on doing the deliveries! With carbon emissions at an all time high, we’re on a pursuit to bring cleaner air to the world. | Seed / Apr 04, 2023 | ||
| Omaze provides an online fundraising platform. It gives everyone a chance to win once-in-a-lifetime opportunities, like a trip to SpaceX's Singularity University headquarters, or a hang-out session with the cast of It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia. | Series C / Mar 29, 2023 | ||
| Griffin is making a bank you can build on. They provide banking-as-a-service solutions for companies that want to offer financial services products. The company is currently seeking regulatory approval from the PRA and FCA to become the UK's first platform bank. It was founded in 2017 and based in London, England. | Series A / Mar 27, 2023 | ||
| Bujeti is a web and mobile app for issuing smart physical and virtual corporate cards to make bank transfer payments. | Seed / Mar 01, 2023 | ||
| Prime Trust is a technology-driven trust company unlike anything else in existence. We are doing to the traditional trust industry what Paypal did to merchant processing; completely disrupting it by writing software that brings services to the masses and that business partners can build on top of. As a chartered, regulated financial institution weare overseen by the banking commissioner’s office at the Financial Institutions Division. As a trust company we hold cash and non-cash assets such as stocks, bonds, Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, tokens, real estate, and private business ownership interests. We act as custodian and trustee for a wide variety of personal and corporate trusts, as well as a major part of the crowdfunding industry, and work with individuals, corporations, lawyers, brokers, investment advisers and others on holding and managing specialized custodial, escrow and trust services. | Series C / Feb 23, 2023 | ||
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FAQ
What does Vijay Shankar invest in?
Vijay Shankar invests primarily in FinTech, Financial Services and Software startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 29 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What is Vijay Shankar's check size?
Vijay Shankar typically joins rounds of $10k–$50M at Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Vijay Shankar participates in.
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When did Vijay Shankar last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Vijay Shankar closed in Apr 2023. Shizune tracks 29 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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