# Vishal Makhijani

> Vishal Makhijani is a seed investor at Zumper backing Software. See 11 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: Zumper
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 11
- Last investment: Jan 2021
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vish/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/vishalm
- Website: https://x.com/vishalm
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/vishal.makhijani

Vishal Makhijani is a seed investor at Zumper in San Francisco focused on Software and Enterprise Software. Vish Makhijani is President & COO of Zumper. Prior to joining Zumper, Vish was CEO of Udacity where he oversaw all company operations to democratize education around the world. He had been instrumental in the development of Udacity's Nanodegree program. Vish has held leadership positions at high-growth companies, including Zynga andYandex, where he scaled the business to millions of users. He was also senior vice president of Yahoo's Search and Marketplace businesses, and general manager at Inktomi until it was acquired by Yahoo. He began his career at PricewaterhouseCoopers in the New York and Silicon Valley offices, serving Fortune 500 and startup clients.Vish is currently on the boards of both Prosperworks and Pepperdata.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1.2M–$2.7M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 4 | 36% |
| Enterprise Software | 4 | 36% |
| SaaS | 3 | 27% |
| Information Technology | 3 | 27% |
| Apps | 2 | 18% |

27 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 4 | 36% |
| Funding Round | 2 | 18% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 9% |
| Series A | 1 | 9% |
| Series B | 1 | 9% |

7 stages tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Shabodi | Enterprise Software, SaaS, PaaS, 5G | $200K | Convertible Note | Jan 15, 2021 |  |
| Shabodi | Enterprise Software, SaaS, PaaS, 5G | $200K | Pre-Seed | Jan 15, 2021 |  |
| Trimian | Startup based in Menlo Park, focusing on mobile apps. The name comes from 'tri-simian', referring to the three wise monkeys. | $3M |  | Oct 24, 2017 |  |
| Instawork | Instawork operates as a career marketplace for hospitality professionals. It is changing how traditional recruiting works for small businesses by turning the process into an automated matching solution. Its vision is to create economic opportunity for local businesses and professionals, globally. The company was founded in 2015 and isheadquartered in San Francisco, California. | $1.8M | Seed | Aug 01, 2015 |  |
| Pepperdata | Pepperdata products provide observability and continuous tuning for the big data analytics stack. Unlike solutions that require manual, time-consuming application-by-application tuning, Pepperdata automatically scales system resources while providing a detailed and correlated understanding of each application using hundreds of real-timeapplication and infrastructure metrics. Companies like Comcast, Philips Wellcentive and NBC Universal depend on Pepperdata to deliver big data success. | $15M | Series B | Apr 16, 2015 |  |
| Amitree | Amitree Folio transforms the chaos of business email into an AI-powered deal organizer, project manager, and virtual assistant. It is driven by a mission to transform the way people work, allowing them to focus on the human parts of their job while letting the machine take care of all the tedious administrative work they otherwise do manually.The company was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California. | $2.7M | Seed | Jan 08, 2014 |  |
| LookSharp | LookSharp (powering InternMatch) is an online platform that connects students with amazing companies and helps companies hire amazing students. LookSharp allows companies of all sizes to build their employment brand on campus and expand their college hiring reach to more universities. Founded in 2009 by Andrew Maguire and Nathan Parcells,InternMatch (now LookSharp) began as a Washington only platform. In September of 2010 InternMatch expanded their services to the west coast. In November of 2011 InternMatch expanded nationally and launched their Campus Hub product which stays up year-round and displays rich content about a company including, video, photos and social media streams. The goal is help students better select where to apply and help companies find hires more likely to succeed.In January of 2013 InternMatch expanded their Campus Hub so companies use it to not only act as a central, easy to update location for their internship programs, but also could build unique messages for underclassmen, diverse students and new grad hires. InternMatch also launched a pared down self-service version of their Campus Hub, allowing smaller students to add rich content and helping make the internship discover process for students on InternMatch more complete.Overall, to support it's college hiring ecosystem LookSharp focuses on three things:First, LookSharp is looking to make the internship search and posting process incredibly simple. On the LookSharp platform both internship seekers and employers can search for a match, receive skill and location based matching recommendations, and access tools to manage the application process. Students can also search and apply to opportunities without registering. Second, LookSharp has built and continues to construct an evolving library of resources and tools. Students can access tools for resume creation, internship preparation, and more. Organizations can access resources that help with intern management, program development and advice on compensation. Third, LookSharp has built the infrastructure to help interested students connect with socially responsible positions especially at nonprofit organizations. Rather than volunteer, students recognize the value in experiential learning that combines positive social impact with career building which is a key tenet for LookSharp. | $4M | Series A | Jun 11, 2013 |  |
| Copper | Copper is the only crm made for G Suite, works instantly and has an intuitive user experience. Designed for the teams who close deals, Copper is helping people focus on what’s important: authentic relationships. | $2.5M | Seed | May 01, 2013 |  |
| LookSharp | LookSharp (powering InternMatch) is an online platform that connects students with amazing companies and helps companies hire amazing students. LookSharp allows companies of all sizes to build their employment brand on campus and expand their college hiring reach to more universities. Founded in 2009 by Andrew Maguire and Nathan Parcells,InternMatch (now LookSharp) began as a Washington only platform. In September of 2010 InternMatch expanded their services to the west coast. In November of 2011 InternMatch expanded nationally and launched their Campus Hub product which stays up year-round and displays rich content about a company including, video, photos and social media streams. The goal is help students better select where to apply and help companies find hires more likely to succeed.In January of 2013 InternMatch expanded their Campus Hub so companies use it to not only act as a central, easy to update location for their internship programs, but also could build unique messages for underclassmen, diverse students and new grad hires. InternMatch also launched a pared down self-service version of their Campus Hub, allowing smaller students to add rich content and helping make the internship discover process for students on InternMatch more complete.Overall, to support it's college hiring ecosystem LookSharp focuses on three things:First, LookSharp is looking to make the internship search and posting process incredibly simple. On the LookSharp platform both internship seekers and employers can search for a match, receive skill and location based matching recommendations, and access tools to manage the application process. Students can also search and apply to opportunities without registering. Second, LookSharp has built and continues to construct an evolving library of resources and tools. Students can access tools for resume creation, internship preparation, and more. Organizations can access resources that help with intern management, program development and advice on compensation. Third, LookSharp has built the infrastructure to help interested students connect with socially responsible positions especially at nonprofit organizations. Rather than volunteer, students recognize the value in experiential learning that combines positive social impact with career building which is a key tenet for LookSharp. | $1.2M |  | Jan 16, 2013 |  |
| Origami Labs | Origami (formerly known as Everyme) is the easiest way for you to share with your family. With Origami, your family receives a private, customizable website on which to share daily updates and store lasting memories in the form of photos, videos, quotes and more. | $1.5M | Debt Financing | Oct 01, 2011 |  |

10 of 11 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [500 Global](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/500-startups) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Forum Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/forumventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Greylock](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/greylock) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Kapor Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kapor-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Accel](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/accel) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [AME Cloud Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ame-cloud-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Zumper

VC Fund · San Francisco, United States

Zumper is the largest private rental platform in North America—supporting over 75 million people every year find their next place. We believe finding your new apartment is more than just a move. It’s something bigger. A step forward. A new beginning. A fresh start. Whether you’re moving across the country or across the street, you deserve to lovewhere you land.But today’s rental experience is broken. It’s outdated, exhausting, and slow. We spend hours of our lives searching just to settle for places that don’t feel like home. Zumper is on a mission to change the way you rent, forever. To make it easier, faster, and more human—where renting an apartment is as easy as booking a hotel. By making this vision a reality, we’re creating opportunity for everyone to live better from one fresh start to the next.To date we’ve raised over $150 million from Kleiner Perkins, Goodwater Capital, Headline, Dawn Capital, and the Blackstone Group. We’re proud to have been named a 2021 Best Startup Employer by Forbes and a 2021 Best Place to Work/Company with the Best Benefits by BuiltIn SF.

5 contacts available at Zumper.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Darren Goode | Chief Marketing Officer | — |
| Dave Costantino | Staff Engineer - Backend | — |
| Russell Middleton | Co-Founder | — |
| Shalin Amin | Chief Experience Officer | — |
| Tanguy Le Louarn | Chief Growth Officer | — |

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## FAQ

### What does Vishal Makhijani invest in?

Vishal Makhijani invests primarily in Software, Enterprise Software and SaaS startups, most often at Seed and Funding Round stage. Most of the 11 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 Vishal Makhijani's check size?

Vishal Makhijani typically joins rounds of $1.2M–$2.7M 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 Vishal Makhijani participates in.

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### When did Vishal Makhijani last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Vishal Makhijani closed in Jan 2021. Shizune tracks 11 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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