# Vishal Agarwal

> Vishal Agarwal is a seed investor at Checkmate (New York) backing FinTech and Finance. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Checkmate](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/itsacheckmate-com-inc)
- Location: New York, United States
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Oct 2023
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vishalagarwal82/

Vishal Agarwal is a seed investor at Checkmate in New York focused on FinTech and Finance. Vishal Agarwal serves as a Founder & CEO at ItsaCheckmate.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| FinTech | 1 | 50% |
| Finance | 1 | 50% |

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 1 | 50% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 50% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Nigeria | 1 | 50% |
| South Africa | 1 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Momint | Momint is a blockchain technology company. Momint specializes in putting real assets and legal contracts on the blockchain. Momint Marketplace enables the trade of solar energy, heritage assets, and art through advanced and secure blockchain technology. Their mechanism allows individuals to support renewable energy adoption. | $1.3M | Seed | Oct 12, 2023 |  |
| OnePipe | OnePipe simplifies complex infrastructure so you can focus on creating market-defining innovations. Banks and fintech partners of OnePipe have contributed the majority of the underlying infrastructure required to establish your product as a service. | $1M | Pre-Seed | Dec 17, 2020 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Adaverse](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/adaverse) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Atlantica Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/atlantica-ventures-ac1b) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Crossfin Technology](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/crossfin-technology-2) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Future Perfect Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/future-perfect-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Ingressive Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ingressive-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Mountain Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mountain-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Checkmate

VC Fund · New York, United States

ItsaCheckmate is a leading service in integrating 3rd party delivery platforms (such as GrubHub, UberEats, Postmates and 30 others) directly into POS systems. It integrates these 3rd party tablets to the existing POS systems of the restaurants, so the orders flow straight through from these 3rd party systems, to the POS of the restaurant operatorsand prints directly in the kitchen - without any manual involvement at all. This results in orders getting through faster with no error in entry from one system to the other. Founded in 2016, Checkmate is based in New York

5 contacts available at Checkmate.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vishal Agarwal | Founder & CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/vishal-agarwal |
| Amit Solanki | Director Of Engineering | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/amit-solanki-e8c4 |
| Brajpratap Singh | Developer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brajpratap-singh |
| Bryan Cowan | Vice President of Special Projects & Development | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bryan-cowan |
| Luke Ivers | CTO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/luke-ivers-c26a |

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## FAQ

### What does Vishal Agarwal invest in?

Vishal Agarwal invests primarily in FinTech and Finance startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Nigeria. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Vishal Agarwal last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Vishal Agarwal closed in Oct 2023. Shizune tracks 2 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?

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