# Vikas Desai

> Vikas Desai is a seed investor at Achari Ventures (New York) backing SaaS and Cannabis. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Achari Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/achari-ventures)
- Location: New York, United States
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Aug 2022
- Lead investor: 100%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vikas-desai-1b287616/

Vikas Desai is a seed investor at Achari Ventures in New York focused on SaaS and Cannabis. Vikas Desai is the Founder & Partner of Achari Ventures.He attend to the NYU Stern School of Business in 2009.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| SaaS | 1 | 100% |
| Cannabis | 1 | 100% |
| Software | 1 | 100% |
| Compliance | 1 | 100% |
| Risk Management | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Komplyd | Komplyd is an enterprise-class cannabis technology platform that manages risk and compliance easily. Komplyd’s API provides enriched data, increasing the team’s productivity. It provides real-time and accurate compliance updates. It is a common data model and a single endpoint that empowers the team to rapidly deliver cannabis compliance solutionsin days. |  | Seed | Aug 09, 2022 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Ensemble](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ensemble-brands) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Poseidon Asset Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/poseidon-assetmanagement) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Achari Ventures

VC Fund · New York, United States

Achari Ventures is an investment firm that invests in cannabis & cannabis-related companies.

1 contacts available at Achari Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vikas Desai | Founder & Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/vikas-desai-2c76 |

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## FAQ

### What does Vikas Desai invest in?

Vikas Desai invests primarily in SaaS, Cannabis and Software startups, most often at Seed 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.

### When did Vikas Desai last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Vikas Desai closed in Aug 2022. 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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