# Vishal Rao

> Vishal Rao is a seed investor in Boston backing Software and Artificial Intelligence. See 84 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Location: Boston, United States
- Total investments: 84
- Last investment: Nov 2024
- Lead investor: 1%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/vishalrao
- X (Twitter): https://www.twitter.com/VishalVentures
- Website: http://vishalventures.com
- AngelList: https://angel.co/vishal-rao

Vishal Rao is a seed investor in Boston focused on Software and Artificial Intelligence. Advisory CTO and Angel Investor

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $500k–$8.8M |
| Pre-Seed | $500k–$2.1M |
| Series A | $3.8M–$25M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 26 | 31% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 14 | 17% |
| Information Technology | 10 | 12% |
| Internet | 9 | 11% |
| SaaS | 8 | 10% |

133 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 36 | 43% |
| Pre-Seed | 24 | 29% |
| Series A | 5 | 6% |
| Funding Round | 5 | 6% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 3 | 4% |

9 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 62 | 74% |
| India | 1 | 1% |
| Canada | 1 | 1% |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 1% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Aquaria | Aquaria provides solutions to secure access to clean water. The organization adapts its approaches based on the needs of these communities. It addresses water-related challenges through various methods. | $12M |  | Nov 20, 2024 |  |
| Delphi | Delphi is digital cloning that scales time, monetizes knowledge, and interacts audience at scale. | $2.7M | Seed | Sep 06, 2023 |  |
| Cambridge Terahertz | Cambridge Terahertz is a technology company that offers SaaS applications, REST APIs, and 3D imaging systems. |  | Pre-Seed | Aug 15, 2023 |  |
| SiPhox Health | SiPhox offers a handheld testing device with RNA/DNA and protein testing for point-of-care and At-Home solutions. The company's kit is made by multiplexing RNA, antibody, and antigen tests on a single silicon photonic chip which is amplified by plasmon resonance and silicon photonic resonator readout, enabling users to undertake tests fordisease safely and in a disposable point-of-care and at-home manner.SiPhox was founded in 2020 and is based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. | $17M | Series A | Jul 19, 2023 |  |
| Cerebras Systems | Cerebras Systems is a startup backed by premier venture capitalists and the industry’s most successful technologists. They are serially successful entrepreneurs dedicated to solving problems others are afraid to tackle. They value integrity, passion, real world problem solving ability, and a sense of humor. |  | Secondary Market | Jul 01, 2023 |  |
| NewHomesMate | Propertymate helps homebuyers to find, compare and buy new constructions. We leverage data science to match buyers, agents and home builders based on the best potential close after analyzing millions of listings and individual buying patterns of hundreds of thousands of homebuyers. | $5.5M | Seed | Jun 14, 2023 |  |
| Jome | Find, compare, and buy your new construction home — all in one place | $5.5M | Seed | Jun 14, 2023 |  |
| Consensus | The consensus is to enable discovery and consumption of the world's expert knowledge. No matter your background, finding scientific research has always been a difficult procedure. Consensus think AI has the potential to transform this equation if applied intelligently, deftly, and tastefully. | $3M | Seed | Apr 21, 2023 |  |
| Linum | Linum is a creative platform which allows everyone to make animated videos. | $500K | Pre-Seed | Apr 05, 2023 |  |
| Berri AI | Berri AI is an API platform for SaaS businesses to create ChatGPT apps programmatically. Users can quickly connect their data with Berri and create LLM apps that are ready for production. | $500K | Pre-Seed | Apr 05, 2023 |  |

10 of 84 investments shown.

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## FAQ

### What does Vishal Rao invest in?

Vishal Rao invests primarily in Software, Artificial Intelligence and Information Technology startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 84 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 Rao's check size?

Vishal Rao typically joins rounds of $500k–$8.8M at Seed, $500k–$2.1M at Pre-Seed and $3.8M–$25M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Vishal Rao participates in.

### When did Vishal Rao last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Vishal Rao closed in Nov 2024. Shizune tracks 84 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?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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