# Vipul Ved Prakash

> Vipul Ved Prakash is a seed investor backing Artificial Intelligence. See 8 investments, round sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Oct 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 8
- Last investment: Jan 2025
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Oct 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/vipulved
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/vipulved

Vipul Ved Prakash is a seed investor in San Francisco focused on Artificial Intelligence and Software. Vipul Ved Prakash was the Founder, CEO, and CTO of Topsy Labs.

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Artificial Intelligence | 3 | 38% |
| Software | 2 | 25% |
| Blockchain | 2 | 25% |
| Art | 1 | 13% |
| Web3 | 1 | 13% |

22 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 5 | 63% |
| Series A | 1 | 13% |
| Series B | 1 | 13% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 13% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Round size | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oumi | Oumi is a group of academics, developers dedicated to fostering greater transparency and cooperation in frontier AI. | $10M | Seed | Jan 29, 2025 | https://oumi.ai/ |
| Sahara AI | Sahara AI is a decentralized AI network that enables freely and securely deploying autonomous AI with a high-performance, privacy-first network. | $37M | Series A | Aug 14, 2024 | https://saharalabs.ai |
| InScope | InScope build the future of Accounting, Financial Reporting and Audits. | $4.3M | Seed | Jun 12, 2024 | https://www.inscopehq.com |
| Nous Research | Nous Research is a decentralized AI startup that focuses on developing open-source, human-centric artificial intelligence models and tools. Its work encompasses large language model architecture, data synthesis, fine-tuning, and reasoning, aiming to align AI systems with real-world user experiences. In addition to model development, theorganization emphasizes decentralized AI training. It utilizes blockchain technology, specifically the Solana network, to coordinate and incentivize global participation in training its AI models. This approach allows individuals worldwide to contribute idle computing power for AI training, promoting a more distributed and collaborative development process. | $20M | Seed | Jan 10, 2024 | https://nousresearch.com |
| Truework | Truework is a one-stop platform that helps banks, lenders, and others verify income and employment. It is used for employment and income verification which puts consumers in control of the data. It specializes in the fields of financial services, fintech, and developer APIs. | $30M | Series B | May 20, 2020 | https://www.truework.com |
| REscan | REscan is digitizing the physical world starting with large commercial real estate portfolios, making them remotely viewable, analyzable, editable, and XR ready. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Sep 23, 2019 | http://www.rescan360.com |
| Siminars | Siminars is : A BETTER WAY TO SHARE KNOWLEDGEThe internet is a big place, with lots of content. It's tough to get your ideas heard. So why even attempt to share what you know? Because with the right tools, your ideas can triumph over the noise and make the world more knowledgeable.Siminars provides experts with everything they need topublish their ideas and be heard.- Course creation tools- Distribution platform- Optimized End user experienceThe company has three different offerings:- Open Siminars are free to make, and free to take. They are ideal to help promote an idea, a product, a person, or a brand.- Retail Siminars are for premium ideas and allow content creators to productive their content. It's a multimedia e-book broken down into bite sized pieces.- Private Siminars are designed to aid collaboration and/or training. Any company could unleash the power of Siminars to improve internal communication, transfer knowledge, and train employees, vendors, or customers. | $75K | Seed | Jan 06, 2014 | http://www.siminars.com |
| Zivity | Zivity, a San Francisco startup which launched at TechCrunch40 in 2007, is a premium subscription and fan interaction platform. Zivity celebrates artists through crowdsourced curation and editorial moderation of photography that highlights unique beauty. Fans freely interact with artists and support their favorite artists through microdonations andrecurring monthly support. In July 2009 | $1M | Seed | Aug 01, 2007 | http://zivity.com |

8 of 8 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Sequoia Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sequoia-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [World Innovation Lab](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/wil) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [9Yards Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/9yards-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Activant Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/activant-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Alumni Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alumni-ventures-group) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Amex Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/american-express-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Vipul Ved Prakash invest in?

Vipul Ved Prakash invests primarily in Artificial Intelligence, Software and Blockchain startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 8 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 Vipul Ved Prakash last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Vipul Ved Prakash closed in Jan 2025. Shizune tracks 8 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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