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Pankaj Shah

Managing Director at Finches

Palo Alto, California

Overview 

Pankaj Shah is the Managing Director at Finches in Palo Alto, California, with a strong focus on business development, entrepreneurship, investments, and strategic partnerships. Notable career highlights include serving as Managing Director at Sankhara and being actively involved as an investor and advisor in various successful startups such as ThirdLove and Wish.

Work Experience 

  • Managing Director

    2024 - Current

  • Managing Director

    2017

  • Council Member

    2024

Center for Astrophysics is an ongoing collaboration between the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory.

  • Advisor

    2016

Pair Eyewear is an eyewear brand designed and made specifically for children.

Raised $149,500,000.00 from Christian McCaffrey, New Enterprise Associates, Prysm Capital, Javelin Venture Partners, Alumni Ventures, Norwest Venture Partners and Blue Falcon Capital.

  • Advisor

    2021

EasyKnock provides sale-leaseback solutions that help homeowners to convert their home equity to cash.

Raised $429,700,000.00 from Northwestern Mutual Future Ventures and Alumni Ventures.

  • Advisor

    2019

Tuesday Capital is a VC firm that invests in companies and maintains a variety of relationships with other VC firms.

  • Investor

    2022

Midnight Society is a game studio developing online multiplayer games.

Raised $11,101,872.00 from Fourth Revolution Capital and Sterling.VC.

  • Investor

    2017

Ripple is a technology company that provides solutions for cross-border payments, crypto liquidity, and central bank digital currency.

Raised $293,800,000.00 from Uday Kumar Bangalore Shivaraman, The K Fund and Azure Ventures Group.

  • Investor

    2011

Addepar is a software and data platform for even the most complex investment portfolios.

Raised $531,362,336.00 from Vika Ventures, Cota Capital and D1 Capital Partners.

  • Investor

    2013

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