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Shakeel Rashed
Partner at Capital Factory
Austin, Texas
Overview
Shakeel Rashed is an experienced professional in emerging technologies with a focus on AI/ML, startups, and investments, currently serving as a Board Member, Partner, and Mentor at Capital Factory where he aids startups in navigating challenges. He holds advisory and board positions in various companies, including BlinkAi, Pattern Sciences, and NarrativeDx, showcasing expertise in due diligence and business model innovation.
Rashed's career highlights include his role as a Managing Director/Advisor at an accelerator and his involvement in investments and advisory positions in companies like Compl.ai, Cerebri AI, and Chiron Health, demonstrating a strong track record in supporting and guiding startups in the tech industry.
Work Experience
Board
2021 - Current
Partner and Mentor (I help startups survive the valley of death)
2015
- Mentor several startups in Austin to guide them through their business model development (product development and customer development), fund raising and metrics. The total startups have nearly doubled during this time. - Several workshop on business model canvas and pitch practices
Managing Director/Advisor, Accelerator
2017 - 2021
- Due Diligence on startups joining Capital Factory accelerator program and the prestigious $100K challenge program. The total startups have nearly doubled during this time. - Mentor several startups in Austin to guide them through their business model development (product development and customer development), fund raising and metrics. - Workshop, panels on innovation, data sciences, AI - Led SXSW panel on perils of startup and tech investing
Capital Factory is a venture capital firm and an accelerator that seeks to invest in seed-stage, early-stage, and later-stage companies.
Board Member
2016 - 2023
BlinkAI provides customer engagement solutions for car dealers. Worked very closely with the founding team as they setup the foundations of a high growth company.
BlinkAi is a manufacturing company that provides artificial intelligence for the automobile industry.
Board Member
2017 - 2023
Pattern Sciences provided AI/ML models for high dimensional data used in multiple industries including pharmaceuticals, finance and marketing
Pattern Sciences is an artificial intelligence research lab.
Advisor/Investor
2017 - 2021
Compl.ai offers business travelers complete platform freedom while ensuring they stick to smart travel policies, built on dynamic market intelligence, not random, Googled templates. Work with the founder on product positioning, go to metric, funding and growth metrics.
Advisor/Investor
2015 - 2020
Cerebri AI provides AI and machine learning solutions to help enterprises grow top line revenues by giving them a 1:1 relationship with their customers. Advise them on market positioning and customer acquisition.
Cerebri AI provides customers with "Answers-as-a-Service" using our CVX real-time AI software platform.
Raised $19,000,000.00 from Arcis Capital Partners, M12 - Microsoft's Venture Fund, Leawood Venture Capital and UT Horizon Fund.
Board Member
2015 - 2017
I have worked in advisory capacity with NarrativeDX (Healthcare/Patient Experience Management platform using AI/NLP) since early 2014. Coached the founders with customer development (pilots at high profile hospitals), product development using lean methodologies, and fund raising. Joined their board in early 2015 and helped their management through series A funding.p
Investor
2015 - 2017
Chiron is a leading telemedicine platform used for doctors and RNs to serve their patients
Board Member
2015 - 2017
I represented an HBS Angel Investment Group which is the largest shareholder of Tiesta Tea. Tiesta is a leader in providing bulk tea to through several channels. Seen the growth from few stores to TT being carried at many retailers, including Costco and HEB in Texas. Saw the team grow from great challenges in retail value chain and distribution.
Tiesta Tea is a provider of tea of various flavors that blends to fit every taste and lifestyle.
Raised $8,168,130.00 from Cambridge Companies.
Board Member
2015 - 2016
Gest is an new generation human computer interface company working on the most accurate gestural interface to date with your hands. I have been advising them since their early days at Longhorn startup network. Helped the team from start through prototyping and kickstarted success knowing very well how hardware is hard.
Advisor
2014 - 2015
Worked as a technology advisor to the AJCC (American Joint Committee on Cancer). Advised AJCC on transformation strategy of Cancer Staging from book to digital formats including Standards in healthcare, CMS Guidelines, HL7/FHIR, DITA XML conversion to API.
American College of Surgeons is dedicated to improving the care of the surgical patient and to safeguarding standards.